but don't tell that to newfoundlanders, that was -- that's not their way.own the street, they knew they were from the plane they would take them into their house and feed them and let them sleep and let them shower. that was just the thing to do. >> oh, i would have taken the whole works up here if i had the room, i would have brought the whole works of them up here. [laughter] >> that's just who i am. >> the thousands of stranded travelers had settled into their temporary homes with just the clothes on their backs. soon, donated clothes began to flood into the shelters. [laughter] >> >> with food, shelter and clothing now taken care of, many of gander's guests had other more serious concerns. >> many their medications were in their check luggage. and so the nurses, you know, took their medical requirements or drug requirements and we worked with the hospital and the local pharmacists. >> the local pharmacies provided the prescriptions without charge, medical care was ready and waiting at the local hospital. even the town's stores opened their doors to the

it will make a run at our friends in newfoundland sunday night into monday. likely as a morphed storm. it will have hurricane-force winds. this will be the second time this year that newfoundland gets hit by a hurricane. we have been relatively lucky so far to not have a major storm here. we're waiting for hurricane season to be done. hopefully, we'll talk about a man who was caught smuggling humming birds in his pants. caught at airport security. we'll have pictures too. >> oh, great. i can't wait for that. >> see you then. >> thank you, rob. we needed to smile. >>> we're continuing to follow this breaking news on the death of an american citizen linked to al qaeda. anwar al awlaki is dead. some of his followers were also killed. no word on exactly how he and his followers were killed. anwar al awlaki is suspected in playing a key part in the failed underwear bomber incident in 2009. this man is suspected of encouraging nadal hasan to kill 13 fellow soldiers at fort hood in 2009. he was named a global terrorist by the treasury department. we have just learne

as it aims for the eastern tip of canada here in newfoundland, it could make landfall over avalon peninsula. warnings and watches are issued. things getting stormy late thursday into friday. you want to watch for that. the u.s. will look largely unsettled thanks to a long frontal system here. looking at scattered showers across much of the country. as for the highs still on the cool side, especially the northeast. new york drops into the teens. we have 15 in toronto. 20 degrees in d.c. and oklahoma city still going to be on the cool side. and lastly, a look at europe for the scandinavian peninsula, dryer conditions are coming in. rain lingering on the coastline, that is headed out tonight. meanwhile, more rain comes in off the west. france as well as the eye beerian peninsula, showers and widespread rain moving into the british isles. highs friday, 15 in moscow, 17 degrees in warsaw, 18 in kiev. looking cooler here out east. all right. that's a look at your weather forecast. here is the three day outlook. >>> that's it for "newsline." i'm catherine kobayashi in tokyo. thanks for joining us.

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somewhere between newfoundland and argentina. >> no plans to argentina. >> let's check out with jeff ranieri with your forecast. >> let's get jeff to put a forecast today for the space junk. not going to be happening. the chance is so slim. look at these numbers today. it was hit. 100 in livermore. 897 in morgan hill. south san jose, 96. we did get cooling near the coastline. the marine layer building back toward san francisco. right now 80 in oakland. winds northwest at 10. so your numbers have dropped 10 degrees there in oakland from this time yesterday. but that little layer of fog is having a little impact inland. still holding on to the century mark. 89 in san jose. the onshore flow is trying to return, but it's still going to have little impact tomorrow. looking at slight cooling on the coastline with another hot day in the forecast. and look for this larger cooling coming in my seven-day forecast. all of that cool air we keep previewing and talking about is tucked well behind this frontal system several hundred thousand miles away. we do think by late friday and saturday we'll

maria, the hurricane that we've been tracking for the past several days is now headed for newfoundland. we have warnings, tropical storm warnings, hurricane warnings posted across eastern locations. it's a very fast-moving system. moving at 7 2 kilometers per hour. it is going to be heading straight up through and then should start to lose steam after it makes landfall. it's currently giving us winds of 130 kilometers per hour. stronger gusts with that, too. so we're talking about some heavy rain, as well as winds that could cause some structural damage. high waves and certainly some coastal flooding. now as we head back to look at what's happening across the rest of the u.s. and canada, for most of you in the east, you're going to be noticing some considerably cooler temperatures. across parts of the north, across the great lakes and heading in towards the northeast here, that's going to mean some freeze problems for many of you. down towards the south, just a bit of respite from those very hot temperatures you've been seeing for much of the summer. should really take the edge off som

that's essentially between newfoundland and argentina. that means that only the 1,000 or so people who live in antarctica are absolutely safe. the odds of getting hit by space degree? since 75% of the earth is covered by water, nasa says the chances are 1 in 3,200 that some human will be hit. with 7 billion humans on the planet, the chance you will be hit is 1 in 21 trillion. by comparison, the chance you will be hit by lightning, 1 in 1 million. the biggest piece of space junk to fall to earth was skylab in 1979. >> skylab fell to earth today and as far as we know, no one was hit by any of the pieces. >> reporter: today nasa estimates there are at least 22,000 pieces of orbiting space junk. >> what causes the problem is that one piece of junk will smash into another piece of junk and that makes a lot more pieces of junk. >> reporter: so far no one has been injured by falling space junk. nasa hopes to keep it that way come friday -- or saturday. tom costello, nbc news, washington. >> we hope you are all in for the night. that's our broadc

it's a good news, however it looks lit's going to be tracking towards newfoundland, making landfall therebe early next week. so we have to keep a close eye on this system. a couple oowreur is going to be very active his is where severe storm may be enthere. anehind that it's going to bery per hour in someea cuma gog er stnginelser , s ll ne he at. rextd forecast. >>> this just in, tonight china launched its first space laboratory module an initial step toward building its own space station. >> the tiangong lifted off from the jiuquan satellite launch center in northwest china. tiangong means heavenly palace in chinese. the tiangong will dock with another unmanned spacecraft that will be launched within two months. >>> and that's our broadcast for this hour on "newsline," we'll be back with more news in half an hour. i'm michio kijima in tokyo. thank you for watching, bye-bye.

maria, the hurricane that we've been tracking for the past several days is now headed for newfoundland. we have warnings, tropical storm warnings, hurricane warnings posted across eastern locations. it's a very fast-moving system. moving at 7 2 kilometers per hour. it is going to be heading straight up through and then should start to lose steam after it makes landfall. it's currently giving us winds of 130 kilometers per hour. stronger gusts with that, too. so we're talking about some heavy rain, as well as winds that could cause some structural damage. high waves and certainly some coastal flooding. now as we head back to look at what's happening across the rest of the u.s. and canada, for most of you in the east, you're going to be noticing some considerably cooler temperatures. across parts of the north, across the great lakes and heading in towards the northeast here, that's going to mean some freeze problems for many of you. down towards the south, just a bit of respite from those very hot temperatures you've been seeing for much of the summer. should really take the edge off som

be possible, just a little bit more but as it aims for the very eastern tip of canada here and newfoundland, it could make landfall over avalon peninsula so we have warnings, watches issued already. things getting stormy here late thursday into friday. so watch out for that. meanwhile, the u.s., too, looking largely unsettled thanks to a long frontal system along it. scattered showers, really across much of the country. as for those highs still on the cool side, especially northeast. new york into the teens. we have 15 in toronto. 20 degrees only in d.c. and oklahoma city, too, is still going to be on the cool side. and lastly, a look at europe here. finally for the scandinavian peninsula, much drier conditions to come on in. this rain lingering and headed out tonight. meanwhile, more rain coming in off the west so france as well as the iberian peninsula looking at showers and more rain into the british isles. as for highs on friday, 15 in moscow. 17 degrees in warsaw and even 18 degrees in kiev. looking cooler here out west. all right. and that's a look at your weather forecast for now. he

they are guessing on friday somewhere between newfoundland and argentina. >> i think you're safe. >>> up next, 20% or less? what do you usually tip. where the bay area ranks when it comes to tipping. >>> and also what likely happened in the moments leading up to the deadly reno airway crash. some aviation experts speak out. >>> and another shakeup in the silicon valley. meg whitman may be back to take over a high-tech giant. >>> i'm scott budman. how your smartphone can make you smarter about finance and health care. >>> cell phones and new ceos are dominating the news today. scott budman is here with a speculation of meg whitman comeback. >> meg whitman is being talked about as the next ceo for hewlett-packard. hp has a ceo. while the company has struggled under the less than year-long leadership of leo apotheker. they are not commenting whether meg whitman is in line for the job. wall street liked the rumor sending hp shares up 7%. as for the rest of the markets, not pretty. it was a rough day for your money after federal officials told wall street that a full economic recovery is l

looked for her, but today the french announced they had found her, about 560 miles off the coast of newfoundlandbout 13,000 feet down. >>> daily flashback to this day in 1985 when researchers announced they had found the titanic, arguably the most famous shipwreck of all time. more than 1,500 people died when the luxury liner sank in 1912. >>> the window is closing for sarah palin to get into the republican race for president. palin will soon be forced to end the will she or won't she speculation she's fueled for the better part of the last two years. but first, she'll stoke it a little longer, speaking to a tea party rally in iowa on saturday. mitt romney makes his first big public pitch to the tea party on sunday in new hampshire. on monday palin will speak to the same group stepping on romney's speech -- i'm sure that was accidental, and forcing a split screen with the declared candidates who gather hours later at a south carolina forum hosted by senator jim demint. >>> let's bring our panel in. carol lee is a white house reporter for the "wall street journal," ma they yeah gold for the los a

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but don't tell that to newfoundlanders. that's not the way.aw somebody walking down the street from the plane they would let them into their house and let them sleep and shower. i was just the thing to do. >> i would've loved to take a novel workshop here if i had the room. i would've brought the whole rest of them appear. that's just who i am. >> of thousands of stranded travelers had settled into their temporary homes with just the clothes on their backs. soon, donated clothing began to flood into the shelters. with food, shelter and clothing now taking care of, and many of the enders gas had other more serious concerns. >> many medications were in their check luggage and so the nurses coming in now, took the medical requirements for drug requirements that we worked with the hospital and the local pharmacy. >> the local pharmacy is provided to without charge. emergency medical care was ready and waiting at the local hospital. even the town stores open their doors to the air travelers, allowing them to take needed items off the shelves free o

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, even up into nova scotia, you know how they can be affecting your area, the atlantic canada, newfoundlandden. right over scotland. there we go, this is marimaria, still a gutter ball for us. going to be very close to better mud da. going to turn to the right and move north and northeast. that is good news. some other good news, some of pictures out of texas, not so bad todayful the winds have died down. firefighters getting a handle on many of those fires that have been out there for so very long. there is still a fire threat, still a little bit of a wind threat for places around dallas today. but look at those pictures. that's what people are coming back home to in parts of pass trup county, northern sections north of houston. this was just to the east of austin, texas, as well. finally getting a little bit of relief, firefighters getting a handle on some of these fires, randi. >> chad, thank you very much. as we said, the president is speaking in columbus, ohio. he has just taken the stage. let's take you there and listen to what the president has to say today. >> it is good to be back

, and into tomorrow we're going to see this storm come very close to the southeastern shore of newfoundlandthat very carefully. we are expecting, certainly, some very strong winds and some heavy rain for parts of eastern canada. just want to show you the tropical activity. we are past that climb to logical peak season, but we could see some tropical storms, certainly some named storms and/or hurricanes as we head into october. remember wilma and mitch, those were very strong hurricanes in the month of october. now, let's talk about the radar where we're seeing a very strong cold front move across the northeast, back into the southern plains that will drop temperatures in some cases 30 dee theres. and -- degrees. and then we're seeing the radar light up across the central u.s. let's zoom in to jon scott's colorado rockies, he loves it there so much, he owns it. but we are seeing the potential for some snow showers above 8,000 feet, so the skiers already waxing their boards, and it's not even fall yet, jon scott. jon: get 'em waxed. that's for sure. [laughter] i'm ready, i'm there. >> reporte

john's, newfoundland getting a hurricane today at 2:00. that is maria. it's not the first time.gor was last year. they're getting themselves together from that. that happens today. >> just prepare yourself for the chill when you step outside this morning. i was, like -- >> i know. >> it became february in like five minutes. >> and it's all your fault. >> keep those cards and letters coming. >> thanks, sam. >>> we're going to turn to charlie sheen. he turned up on "the tonight show" with jay leno, for a frank and funny interview. here's a look. >> please welcome our old friend, charlie sheen. ♪ are you dating now? >> i don't think what you could call what i do dating. >> you've never been on a date. i never realized that. >> no. been on long dates called marriage. >> man. wow. >> i know, i know. i'm single and having fun. and i pretty much -- >> not too much fun. >> not too much fun because i'm in work mode. >> are you still angry towards the producers and cbs? >> no. i would have fired my [ bleep ] too. >> any advice to ashton? >> i mean, nothing i could say right here. >> yeah.

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on a 9/11 like any other day there were hundreds of planes approaching newfoundland on route to canadiannd u.s. destinations. >> some had enough fuel to go back to europe and those are beyond the point of return and decided they were going to land in canada. is back this recorded on 9/11 redials the tracks of the aircraft on the approach to north america. the trees is marked in yellow are landing at the gander international airport. islamic most people are aware it is a fairly big airport for the size of the town that it serves and we have the facilities to handle the aircraft and the main difference between the normal day and 9/11 as we had more aircraft to one or two larger aircraft so 138 at the time. >> 224 flights carrying more than 33,000 passengers >> no one can sue the united states government would do. it closed its airspace and said nothing could go over the united states and by a understand why the americans did that, but what about us? we are the neighbor. we found ourselves in the circumstance of having to scramble. we were informed after the fact and we had to really scramb

maria, 80 mile-an-hour winds clipping newfoundland late are today. a rare event. the third hurricane of the season and this one will hit canada. international falls is near canada, too. 19 degrees. marquette, michigan, 31. record lows. cold air infiltrating and even the earliest snow ever across north central wisconsin. just a little falling there. maybe lake effects happening, too. 20 to 30 degrees in some spots this morning. frost and freeze advisories issued and this cold front pushing all the way. the gulf of mexico in the atlantic. a lot of folks getting a taste of this, but that cold front, a bit of a price to pay here. ocean city, maryland. check out this video. a water spout caught on tape. this thing came off the bay and got on land. did a little damage to trucks and structures, but nobody got hurt with this thing. remarkable video. ocean city, maryland, thank you for that. the only severe weather report as far as tornadoes are concerned. that was yesterday. enjoy the cool weather, guys. back up to you. >> okay, a. >> there you go. >> i'm heading to toron

the goal of newfoundland the pineapple plantation was a distant relative of sanford gold who was onef the missionary descendants who helped overthrow the queen and became president of the republic of hawaii, be short-lived government in between the hawaiian kingdom and hawaii becoming american territory. there's no real relationship other than they were distant cousins. at stanford is an interesting figure. his father was a missionary. first feature at the school founded by the missionaries to educate missionary children in honolulu and that is the alma mater of our president. it was interesting to me at the inauguration of president obama when he had his alma mater marching band playing in his inaugural parade and from this school founded by sanford's father whose ended up overthrowing the queen and taking her place as figurehead of hawaiian government and when they were marching in his inaugural parade they were playing a song written by the queen being played by the high school marching band of a school attended by all the missionary descendants who overthrew her. i love irony. >>