experience, and knows how certainly he knows how to speak english, served on school board in north a dakota of assembled a tool kit of skills that really enabled him to become a community leader in portland. >> so fascinating. it occurs to me you are a social historian and these marvelous books are only written because people leave material behind, for people such as ava and yourself and william told to read together. as a social historian what are somethings that people that come after you should be thinking about now to save for the future? >> everything. it is amazing -- i mean people always think of the papers of the famous person or important community leader, sermons of the prominent rabbi and of course those are important but in working on the book we use programs, from individual synagogue events, to get a sense of what was important to that synagogue when they celebrated their 25th anniversary in 1922 or something what was important to them who were the speakers, the mayor came to speak that is interesting for us to know. that tells us something about that community. >> or papers o

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it touched down in north dakota and it is today of farm here. that is why site see all of the debris it fine. fortunately >> nobody was >> well that is good. yes one of the big roles as the storm chaser you are supposed to remain safe and if you see debris coming into your windshield i think you are too close. temperatures are in the '50s around the bay and the of 64 degrees in antioch. san francisco's checking at 54. san jose's 60 and the winds have been really, a breezy, and dusty. we as team wins all day at to 20 and 30 and we have cool winds blasting into the delta. temperatures are just not warming up. and that is what we saw today. readings of the '70s, lot of fault to deal as well. here's the fog tracker at midnight. showing the fog is making a surge in land and we see this act of low clouds and drizzle. at 6:00 a.m. look at it the fault. it is just about everywhere even extending all the way into inland. this is high time in the central it now. it is making a huge inland search for tonight and as we go into the daytime hours tomorrow it

national weather service says at many as seven tornadoes may have touched down in minnesota and north dakota this weekend. >>> home video from florida shows a rare waterspout off the coast of sarasota yesterday. the residents who recorded the footage said the water spout lasted almost ten minutes before disappearing in to the clouds. >>> in california, some of the world's best surfers came out in hopes of being named the big kahuna at the u.s. open of surfing. competitors ripped through massive waves for bragging rights and a substantial $100,000 cash prize. in the end, the event's defending champion took the top spot. thousands are lining up for dumpster diving. not what you think. there's no trash in these dumpsters. they have been retrofited with pools, offering much needed relief this sweltering summer. the best part is both locals and tourists swam for free. >>> and now for a look at your national and regional weather, here is nbc meteorologist bill karins with the weather channel forecast. hey, bill. >> as if new york city isn't crowded enough. let's jump into a 4 foot deep pool. >> th

it's one of the seven tornados to hit north dakota and minnesota. no injuries reported. >> not as many twisters today but stormy with hail and strong winds from dakotas just west of chicago. zaerted showers from detroit to new york. thunderstorms from louisiana to florida. and heavy rain from arizona to montana. plus heat advisories from the northern lanes to the gulf coast. >> dallas hits 102. kansas city, 98, omaha, 96. 104 in phoenix, 85 in salt lake city. >>> and a hollywood passing to note this morning. patricia neal has passed away. the actress with the legendary husky voice was a star of stage and screen. she earned an oscar back in 1963. >> neal made an extraordinary recovery of a stroke at the age of 69. she died yesterday at her summer home on martha's vineyard after battling lung cancer. >>> ford gets assistance dealing with its debt. >>> and toronto's brandon morrow, he was as close as he could have been to baseball's six no-hitter of the season. mrut close just doesn't count. stay with us. have you tried honey bunches of oats with real

tornadoes slammed parts of north dakota and minnesota, where a storm chaser recorded one violent twisters it spun across the countryside. the tornado hit and exploded a farmhouse, ripping it to pieces. remarkably, no injuries are reported. torrential rains triggered mudslides in a town in northwest china, killing more than 100 residents in the homes below. more than a thousand others are missing and more rain is in the forecast. reasons continue to kill 1500 people and left 2 million homeless. the worst flooding in 80 years triggered devastated landslide, submerged villages if in the south and caused billions of dollars in damage. still still ahead on tonight's "cbs evening news," can-do inventors who say they can't get their patents quickly enough. old legs. p.a.d., the doctor said. p-a-d... p.a.d. isn't just poor circulation in your legs causing you pain. it more than doubles your risk of a heart attack or stroke. i was going to tell you. if you have p.a.d., plavix can help protect you from a heart attack or stroke. plavix helps keep blood platelets from sticking together and forming c

as many as seven twisters may have touched down in the border area between minnesota and north dakotae over immigration, some republicans are making a push to consider changes to the 14th amendment to the constitution. that could affect children of immigrants who are born in the u.s. and instantly become citizens. jan crawford reports. >> reporter: for most, the path to citizenship is long and hard. with years of waiting and work to say their country is america. but there is another route to citizenship for the next generation of immigrants. they can enter the country illegally, or fly in on a tourist visa, to have a baby. >> if someone is here illegally and they have a child, that child is automatically granted u.s. citizenship. >> reporter: senator lindsey graham and other republican leaders want to challenge that by changing the 14th amendment of the constitution so babies born to foreigners in the united states are not automatically granted citizenship. >> there are schemes along the border. pay $2,500 to $5,000, they will sneak you across the border, they will take you to an amer

it's sponsored by senator dorgan of north dakota. and it's called the indian energy parity act.nd it would help make some of these problems go away. of course, what we have now is a congress that seems unwilling or unable to act on most energy legislation, and the fear is this is just landing on a stack of bills that seems to be going nowhere. and the tribes say we don't have time to waste on this, this needs to happen now. >> belva: well, there's something called the bureau of indian affairs -- >> yeah. >> belva: -- who have been either friend or foe, depending on your point of view. where are they on this issue? are they mounting or hitting up this legislative drive to improve things? >> they're not. and what you hear from the tribes is sort of the accumulation of years of frustration with an agency that they say does not represent them, does very little except sort of throw up obstructions to these projects. the amount of red tape that tribes have to go through to do pretty much anything on indian land is formidable and is a real obstacle for them. so one of the things that t

these mages images from a 14-year-old, taken near her home in north dakota as these twisters approached. told us in a pho phone call haday to our newsroom she'd never seen anything like it, and then the sirens went off. one man was killed, another injured when the tornadoes doesed a car several hundred yards. >>> we're going to turn to the n to twhere the president and the family will be visiting the the florida panhandle this weekend. we were we had been waiting for word thad allen that allen that the well was killed once and for nder, this we got a firm reminder, however, that this is not over until its in . let's go to matt gutman in oil?siana tonight. concern about more oil? >> reporter: they are, david. delaa lot, but enough to delay te final kill of this well by about five days now. about fi scientists believe there may be elieve gallons of oil still trapped in the well. 40,000 gallons the question is, how do you trap extract it without letting that oil leak again into the gulf? close, but not yet. >> everybody is in agreement, we need to proceed with the relief well. >> reporter:

as many as seven tornadoes touching down in southeast north dakota and western minnesota. >> oh, no.h, no. no, no, no, no. >> wow. >> oh, no. >> that is the reaction of a veteran storm chaser saturday destroying a farm house outside the town of campbell minnesota. wow. >>> 76-year-old homeowner and his family luckily were not there at the time. no one was hurt. >> glass in my back. >> couple eye catching events along two shore lines, first, let's go to san diego, estimated 350,000 people packing imperial beach for national sand castle championships. kicked off saturday, they actually have a children's sand castle contest. sunday they had the open competition getting under way with sand artists vying for $21,000 in cash prizes. it has been an annual event at imperial beach since 1980. >> yes. how about that. how about men in briefs. >> the best divers on the globe jumping off a platform 86 feet high. into the aidry attic sea southern italy yesterday. cliff diving world series. the winner from russia -- watch how he starts his dive. hand stand position, got the best marks from judges h

strong storms in minnesota and north dakota this weekend spawned several tornados, including this one which wiped out a farmhouse. a dispatcher said the owner and his wife were away at the time of the twister. these pictures were taken by so- called storm chaser you hear there, someone who seeks out and photographs tornados. there were so many tornados weather experts weren't sure exactly how many swift twisters moved through the area. >>> let's check in now with mark. we have some wild weather up in tahoe. >> just about 175 miles to the east. we have some showers and some heavy rain. some very heavy rain and strong thunderstorms in that area. right now on the maps, the coverage showing up here. as we come in tighter. you can see closing in on tahoe city. rainfall rates once again about an inch a half-hour, one inch per half-hour and a flash flood warning in place until 7:00 this evening. a look at how the satellite looks with the clouds producing the rain and the thunderstorms. back here in the bay area, we have the lower clouds, fairly stable weather pattern, but a cool weather patt

as many as seven tornadoes may have touched down in north dakota and minnesota over the weekend.was hurt. one of them destroyed seven farm buildings and tossed a pick-up truck about a half mile. another one damaged a sugar beat field. the national weather service will be out there to determine the number of tornados. >>> coming up, the new study on working moms and their kids. a look at what researchers found coming up. >>> should the children of undocumented immigrants still be citizens because they're born in the united states? see who wants to take another look at the 14th amendment next. >>> break out your black and orange tie dye for the game tonight. it is jerry garcia tribute night it bob il winl sgir will sing t national anthem and garcia's daughter will throw out the first pitch. [ male announcer ] how can rice production in india, affect wheat output in the u.s., the shipping industry in norway, and the rubber industry, in south america? at t. rowe price, we understand the connections of a complex global economy. it's just one reason 75% of our mutual funds beat their 1

and there are six dams in montana, north dakota, and south dakota that have now retained one-third of all the sediment that the mississippi river used to deliver to this area to sustain the coast. so there's the multiplicity of factors involved in this. >> brown: well, mr. van heerden, that's an area i think you agree with, this problem of the erosion of the wetlands. explain what you see there. >> well, you know, the healthy moss will reduce the surge by at least a foot per mile. a healthy swamp will reduce the surge by about six feet per mile. and, you know, we've lost, as john was saying, this protection, this apron of protection that used to ensuring that we could survive on the coast. since katrina just for instance, we've lost over 100,000 acres of our wetlands. the real issue is the corps of engineers was tossed by congress in parallel to doing the concrete, the levees, to develop a plan to restore coast. and that plan is still not out, that is still not achieved, and once again it looks like the corps' main interest is pouring concrete rather than getting into what we really h

north dakota even around 90 degrees. that's your forecast. now here's lester. >> chris, thanks. now to politics. it was a tough week for house democrats with two of their own under scrutiny for ethics violations. for more of that and the rest of the political landscape we want to turn to david gregory, moderator of "meet the press." good to see you. >> good morning. >> a week ago we were talking about charlie rangel's efforts, ethics violations and the prospects for a fall trial. now maxine waters could face an ethics trial on charges she was helping a bank, that her husband was invested if. these are two long-standing members of the house. are their ties negsly a link to what happens to democrats in the fall? >> not necessarily. you'll see a lot of republicans who will try to use that old comment from nancy pelosi, the speaker, about drawning the swamp in washington against her and against the democrats. she would counter there are ethics proceedings moving forward, that the process is work. i think the rangel issue at the moment is more pressing. president obama had some comme

that is really u dwest over the weekend, including this tornado that crossed state lines from north dakota video. a storm chaser caught this one as it smashed a farmhouse. at least seven twisters touched down in that area. thankfully, no one was hurt. incredible video. >> you can imagine how close they are to get video like that. most people would of course run as fast as they could from a sight like that. >> hello. >> you have to admit it is awesome to see. >> that's why storm chasers go after those twisters. now there's a way for regular people to get a little of that rush too. eric horng checked out an extreme vacation. ♪ >> reporter: ah, vacation. we all have our favorite memories. like that relaxing week at the beach. that fun-filled ski trip to the mountains. and of course, that time we chased a big, scary tornado through the countryside? >> let's go, quickly! >> got to move! >> good lord, the rotation! tornado! >> reporter: that's right. it may not sound like the most relaxing getaway. >> my wife actually made me do a will before i came out here last time. >> reporter: for some, sto

grand forks, north dakota. mark, republican line. caller: good morning. i guess, my hypothesis is that considering the alliance between the saudi royal family and the u.s. government, that these two organizations are both involved in bringing terrorism to iraq. five quick points -- three if you have time. during the heat of the iraq war during c-span he carried a former defense ministry from iraq by the name of ali alawi who said he has firsthand knowledge of suitcases of cash from saudi arabia going to al qaeda in iraq and killing our troops. saying coming from saudi charities, which would be under control of the government. made of 2009, c-span. richard holbrooke, special envoy from afghanistan and pakistan, the special envoy for obama, he testified before the house foreign affairs committee and said that current taliban fighting is coming from saudi arabia. recently on c-span they carried an update which involves the representative from kuwait talking about the situation in iraq and he said there is no way that he and the saudis would allow a shia-run

a tornado ripped through an area near the north dakota border destroying a farm and a house and sending debris flying through the air. the house was fortunately empty at the time. there were no reports of injuries. that thing is huge! that is scary. it is now 7:07. back over to matt and ann. >> thanks, natalie. >>> here's a problem. al is off today. >> right. >> stephanie abrams. >> supposed to be here. >> his partner, is here. we have an empty chair here because, see the building across from us over here, 30 rock. stephanie is stuck in an elevator in that building right now trying to get to the studio. stephanie, good morning. >> hi, guys. we do "wake up with al" from 6:00 to 7:00 on the 6th floor. we get in the elevator on the 6th floor. all of a sudden it jostled around around dropped and we all kind of grasped. it did that on every floor. all of a sudden we got stuck on 1m in "a" car. we're just sitting here hanging out. we're fine but just sitting now waiting. >> could you do the forecast anyway, steph? >> why not. >> go ahead. >> here we go. we're talking about the heat wave that'

who opposed expanding are going to take the cell -- the senate seat in delaware and indiana and north dakotad they are going to throw out that big spender in arkansas. [cheers] and they're going to throw out the big spender in colorado. and they are going to throw out that big spender from nevada. [cheers and applause] i hope you guys like my ankle. . angle -- i hope you guys like my anklgle. [laughter] and the big spender from washington has been looking for a safe district, but cannot find one outside of caracas and how ivana. and we will win those, too. and we will win in illinois and pennsylvania. and we will not stop there. the big spenders from oregon and new york and connecticut who think they are safe, i got a message for you. november is coming. [cheers and applause] and i believe 60 or 80 big spenders in washington are going to be sending change of address forms to the post office. [applause] and when i say november is coming, i feel like john the baptist. but i have got to tell you something. it is too damn late to repent. moon [applause] now, when we, who oppose big spending, tak

heartland and beyond the heat, tornadoes hit parts of the midwest on friday killing one person in north dakota and more rain is also expected today in iowa. this as tens of thousands of people in that state remain without water. ron allen is live in ames, iowa with the latest. >> reporter: good morning. the news out here is actually pretty encouraging. the water seems to be dropping everywhere. this area that i'm standing in yesterday was covered with water and as you can see, it's pretty much gone this morning. further in the background there, you can perhaps hear and see a huge truck. it's blowing warm air into that building trying to dry it out. that's happening in a number of places here on campus. beyond the campus in the town of a mc ames, there are tens of thousands of people in this entire community who do not have clean water. city crews worked feverishly to repair flood damage. officials say strict water conservation measures and a boil water alert will lookly remain in place well into next week. >> ames is a town virtually cut off by flood waters. >> reporter: ames had the worst flo

. >> i grew up in north dakota and was raised by my grandparents. my grandfather said if you cannot put 20% down on the house, you have no business buying it. >> there you go. >> that was my amendment in committee and it lost. i wish you had been there, doctor. dr. johnson, on a couple of occasions you have mentioned medicare as being a key measure on our long-term issues. i think you have dealt with the issue of technology and the expense of the last six months of life, for lack of a better term. do you have any specific proposals in the medicare area that could be useful to the financial condition, that work, incorporated in the original bill, the healthcare bill? >> no, unfortunately. i have spent time talking to leading health policy experts. i will share the names with your staff. there are obviously some indications, both within the va system and within the private sector of health organizations that have managed to get a grip on costs without severely compromising quality of care. these experiments have proved hard to replicate. we do not und

host: fargo, north dakota. kevin on the independent line. caller: hell are you guys all doing today? i have more of a comment, i guess. you know, we are kind of conservative, but we had a lot of liberals here, too. i was wondering, we have a lot of our kids going to other schools that are bigger and bigger schools. i was wondering, in getting a lot of questions from these kids. they want to know if they are going to be shut down because they have a conservative view. i did some raw data on it. they have a point, you know. host: we will leave it there. what is the percentage of graduates to attend for-profit schools that get jobs? guest: it has to do with the accreditation process. if you are regionally accredited -- traditional universities do not have a specific metric that must be reported to them. some schools voluntarily report their placement. some schools must report their placement rate to be a creditor and be a creditor, in turn, as to check on that. the two largest are creditors are reporting placement rates of somewhere around 70%.

those who oppose big spending are going to take the senate seat in delaware and in indiana and in north dakotaa. [applause] i hope you guys like my angle. they're going to throw out the big spender from california and from washington. [applause] and the big spender in wisconsin has -- [cheers and applause] he's been looking for a safe district but he can't find one outside of cralkcass and have na. we're going to beat him too and we're going to win those open satisfy in illinois and in pennsylvania. and we're not going to stop there. the big spenders from oregon and new york and connecticut who think they're safe, i've got a message for you. november is coming. [applause] and i believe 60 or 80 big spenders in washington are groing to be sending change of address forms to the post office. [applause] and when i say november is coming, i feel like john the baptist. but i've got to tell you something, it's too damn late to repent. [applause] now, when we, we who oppose big spending, take back congress, both houses, we are going to face two funchedmental challenges, and that's your real work. that

columbia, but we're in the territories and spread out all over the world from turkey if to career to north dakota to southern texas. families are stationed there. we have very few locations where families are not with their airmen. we also have a grip of people -- a group of people who are in different locations that are all around abroad to may or may not have families. my job is to make sure that family programs are real resources, that we work with our partners and provide the service that are needed for military families. if you have never been on a military base, you might find it surprising -- the microcosm of the rest of the country that a military base can provide. we have supermarkets, department stores, we have social workers, as we have doctors, we have counseling centers, we have child care centers, we have marinas in some places, golf courses, bowling centers. we have some nice installations that are good to be assigned to. people have a military way of life in the air force. we still have 15%-20% of our young people who will join the service, so they are from birth to adults are mak

delaware, indiana and north dakota. and they are going to throw out that big spender in arkansas.eers and applause] and they are going to throw out that big spender in colorado. [cheers and applause] and they are going to throw out that big spender from nevada. [cheers and applause] i hope you guys liked my angle. they are going to throw out the big spender from california and from washington. [cheers and applause] and the big spender in wisconsin, he has been looking for a safe district, but he can't find one outside of caracas and havana. we are going to beat him, too. and we are going to win those open seats in illinois and pennsylvania. and we are not going to stop there. the big spenders from oregon and new york, and connecticut, who think they are safe, i've got a message for you. november is coming. [cheers and applause] and i believe 60 or 80 big spenders in washington are going to be sending change of address forms to the postseason -- post office. and when i say november is coming, i feel like john the baptist. but i've got to tell you something. it is too dam late to re

. >> i grew up in north dakota and was raised by my grandparents. my grandfather said if you cannot put 20% down on the house, you have no business buying it. >> there you go. >> that was my amendment in committee and it lost. i wish you had been there, doctor. dr. johnson, on a couple of occasions you have mentioned medicare as being a key measure on our long-term issues. i think you have dealt with the issue of technology and the expense of the last six months of life, for lack of a better term. do you have any specific proposals in the medicare area that could be useful to the financial condition, that work, incorporated in the original bill, the healthcare bill? >> no, unfortunately. i have spent time talking to leading health policy experts. i will share the names with your staff. there are obviously some indications, both within the va system and within the private sector of health organizations that have managed to get a grip on costs without severely compromising quality of care. these experiments have proved hard to replicate. we do not und

i will help you get back on time as a group because while i am from north dakota, when i left there, they said i will speak in a way that is consistent with the east coast. thank you to the table that allowed me to sit with them. up front, they have tables that are reserved for youth. i told them that my birthday is tomorrow, august 12. tomorrow, i want the young but today i still am and i asked to join them. if you look around, this is a full room today. there were kind enough to let me join them. can i came back tomorrow, it would be a different story. it is a pleasure to be here today and i want to also recognize the department of education and the assistant deputy secretary, kevin jennings for his leadership in bringing all of us here. one of the operating divisions of the u.s. department of health and human services, we are very excited to be partnering through this effort and we look forward to others going forward to have as part of today's activities six different federal departments that are full partners with this particular focus on diminishing and eliminating bullying acr

i have just returned from north dakota. we have organized around a table -- a round-table. as co-chairman of the commission, i thought i would come by and have the opportunity to visit with all of you and the witnesses. i thank the witnesses who have come to lead the discussions on this project that is very important. i have written about this subject in a book. it is a subject that our commissioned things is very important -- the issue of human trafficking. in dealing with china, coming from the standpoint of the congressional executive committee on china, we have had a number of hearings and roundtable discussions about what happens in china. i am pleased to say the subject on which we have a discussion today is one on which there has been some progress in china. as think is important to recognize that the chinese -- i think it is important to recognize that the chinese does recognize -- the chinese government recognizes this is an issue. i am pleased that that result. however, it has been more aggressive to describe this as a problem in to begin talking about national ef

so 737's will not be flying to north dakota to connect passengers to denver. but are geddes' well. that is how they will get to denver and get onto wherever they will be flying domestically internationally. that is the way that the networks work. for the most part, the low-cost carriers will not offer service to those communities if we were not in a position to economically do so. >> thank you. i am much more familiar with continental that i am with the other airline. you have built a reputation in the last 10 years of having a culture that is very supportive of passengers and the employees seem to be quite pleased and happy. when you combine the pilots and continue this merger, what will be your position on the pilots of 40? will they come together prior or do you plan to -- >> so, congresswoman, i have only been in the industry for fewer than eight years. some of that relative to 10 years, i was doing something else at the time. our pilots leadership is going to be given the opportunity to speak to their views of this combination and extent to which they perceive it to be a benef

north as washington, d.c. heavy downpours from west texas to south dakota. thunderstorms and flash flooding in arizona and new mexico. >> 90 in colorado springs. 92 in albuquerque. and a scorching 106 in phoenix. mostly 80s from fargo to detroit. 90 here in new york. 93 in baltimore. and 102 in dallas. >>> well, the annual list of america's best schools is out. and there is a change at the top. >>> on top of that, tracking the gulf oil. a new study proves that 80% may be lurking beneath the surface. >>> and an oscar-winner gets ready for chemotherapy. ♪ think fast, go slow ♪ now i know ♪ freedom is all that i need [ female announcer ] ladies, raise your spoons. now there's nothing left standing between you and a satisfying breakfast. introducing special k low-fat granola. with 50% less fat than the leading granola and 5 grams of fiber per serving, it's a satisfying way to help you manage your weight. special k low-fat granola -- a taste of freedom. and i wondered what it was. i found out that connected to our muscles are nerves that send messages through the

north america, the severe weather will be targeting the plains of the northwest once again. the dakotas, nebraska into minnesota looking at the threat of severe thunderstorms, tornadoes can't be ruled out either. essentially the same story on friday as well. that area of rain heading slightly towards the east into the great lakes, but also iowa looking at severe storms to break out on friday. central and western canada looking at very unsettled conditions tonight and into your friday. some of that rain will be making its way into the rockies over the next couple of days. another area we've been keeping an e on is the gulf of mexico. heavy wet persistent rain has been affecting the area for the last couple of days. so flooding is going to be a bit of a concern here as well. taking a look at your temperatures, the heat is going to stay put for the south. that's also extending up into the upper -- the lower midwest as well, 33 degrees in chicago. coming in at 30 in washington, d.c., and 23 up in vancouver. finally for europe, lots of thundershowers will erupt again in central europe. that'

north that we're going to be seeing the severe weather. we have a few systems here bring widespread rain across central canada down into the midwest here. al bett alberta, down into the far eastern dakotas, wisconsin, minnesota, severe weather is taking place as well as for some very strong gusts. possibly tornadoes. maybe hail in there as well. down into the southeast it stays very wet here, too. but miami you should be dry on your friday and into saturday. so that's a welcome break from the storms that you've been seeing. lots of heavy rain across mexico and mexico city getting downpours as well. out to the west, you're looking really, really good. nice in seattle and vancouver. 28 and 26 respectively. lots of sunshine here. a great place to be but all of the heat is continuing across the south and the east. 34 in atlanta and 37 in houston. let's take a look at what is going on in europe. it's a similar picture to what we've been seeing this week because it's the same system that we've been looking at. moving towards the central porg portions, still quite unsettled for the british isles. across england, particularly. and then the front coming down through scandinavia and into central

north carolina as early as thursday night. so back to you guys. >> all right, jeannette, thank you. >>> now the rest of the monday forecast. large hail, 80-mile-an-hour winds and isolated tornados in the dakotas, minnesota, and nebraska. heavy rain along the gulf coast. showers from little rock to st. louis and memphis. thunderstorms in the southwest. >> cooling down out west. just 66 in seattle. 68 in boise. and 72 in salt lake city. much of the midwest hovering around the 90 degree mark. getting up to the mid-90s in the northeast. >>> an subway driver is a hero after bringing his train to a sudden stop. his quick thinking managed to save the life of a woman who'd fallen on the tracks. wabc's lucy yang has the story. >> i actually watched her go off the platform. so that's -- you know, i didn't even need anybody to wave or, you know, get my attention. i knew -- i knew that i had to stop the train. i brought my train to a controlled stop. >> reporter: and that is how 36-year-old frankie lusk went from mild-mannered motorman to hero. he was operating the queens-bound "n" train in the 59th station at fifth avenue when he witnessed every worker's worst nightmare, a woman on the tracks. he had on

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