the i team exposes how they are a cuesed of mislead >> police in north florida say it now appears as robbery of a husband and wife known for adopting children with disabilities. the couple was shot to death inside their home as they slept. authorities said the billings were well connected and wedgey which provided them enough to support their 16 children, most of whom adopted, some with special needs. >> the children were just their calling. >> we have a motive. >> was michael jacksonville murdered. in an interview with a london tabloid. la toya lashed out saying she believes 100% her brother was killed. >> >> it is said if investigators may have determined who provideded pop star with the powerful drug, that person could be charged with manslaughter. >> there's a lot of pressure for teens to do well on the s.a.t. or other tests. parents are blaming one company of take advantage of that desire. >> the sceem that got parents to buy expensive products they couldn't return. when a market ever called and promised to increase her son's sat score, she bit. >> as soon as she mentioned my so

chances for showers and thunderstorms especially across a few years of the southeast right into north florida. earlier on i was talking about the microburst in massachusetts. beautiful today. of course i don't know if i mentioned hopkins but hopkins is where we saw that damage. beautiful across the northeast. really tomorrow if you're looking for a day to call in sick to work, friday is the day. saturday looking good. and actually sunday is the next best chance for showers and thunderstorms in boston. if you're watching wmgt tv 41 in mac macon, georgia, see the sky from a cowboy's perspective when you hear legends at the museum of arts and sciences planetarium show. that is your eastern event of the day. >> thanks, todd. no calling in on friday, okay? >> all right, fine. >> all right. thanks,todd. >>> now, here's an early look at this morning's headlines in entertainment. while questions surrounding the king of pop's death continue to mount, there is no question just who's the reigning king of the music charts. right now for the second week in a row, michael jackson has three of the five best

we will keep the rain across northern new england and well to our south across north florida. in between, a high pressure stand witch is where we are at. high of middle 80s with sunshine. how about the seven-day forecast? there it is. tomorrow will be the coolest day of the next seven. saturday will be the hottest with plenty of sunshine. we will take a shot at 90 degrees. city still have a couple of quartered thunderstorms for your sunday. other than that i'd say we are getting by with great weather for the middle of july. >> hey, everyone. 17 minutes after the 5:00 hour and just a reminder my behind the scenes camera is up and running. visit me at my blg at wusa9.com. talk about the beltway. a new accident to tell you about on the outer loop at clara barton parkway. watch for crews. volume light. the traffic is flowing okay. moving to the outer loop outside. this is a live shot from colesville road. no problems to report here. inner loop is doing fine, as well. to the maps and checking out route 4, route 5, 301, all the roads are accident free. over to the inner loop from th

here's the storms, yep, rumbling through dixie, south georgia about to get hit across north florida. between this batch of rain and a little front across the great lakes bringing showers and storms through central new york in to new england. in between the wet weather lies the sinking dry weather from high pressure. we is that today and tomorrow and the next couple of days really. the only fly in the ointment this batch of fog to the west. we'll replace that with sunshine. highs in the middle 80s. keep an eye on the screen. the forecast just off to the right. always on the screen. so if you miss my weather forecast you can find it here at channel 9, always on your side. take a look at the forecast for today, middle 80s. to the south thunderstorms for raleigh, 87. 81 dry in pittsburgh and in buffalo 75. and not a bad one. they will have some rain east to syracuse and albany. put up the next seven. the chimes say to look up. we found great weather for you today through tomorrow and wednesday. mostly sunny and dry. we'll have some clouds around on thursday night. it will be cooler and 8

more showers will be skirting across southeast georgia and north florida today. up across the central great plains they are dealing with thunderstorms. leaving the dakotas behind and moving to minnesota and des moines, catching a flight here may have weather-related delays this afternoon from cluster that may even make it to chicago before the day is over. as for the heat, texas count on triple-digits there, just like phoenix. chicago 79. 92 in new orleans. if you are staying local we have a nice day. partly cloudy skies and lower humidity. and this is highway it looks them seven day is up. by the weekend warming up. saturday's high of 89 and scattered thunderstorms making a comeback. a couple will be around on monday. and then in to next week i see some really nice weather on tuesday and wednesday. don't forget to check out my blog i'm live behind the scenes with my web cam. >> what's the latest. >> i hope you are up and i hope you have the coffee brewing. i hope you are ready for a great thursday. weekend is almost here. 395 northbound past duke street finding

north florida not too bad but the temperatures this morning are just abnormally cool. so much so we had quite a few records. here's a sampling of the records, 12 of them overall. 46 in valentine, nebraska. 49 in cedar rapids. 54 in cincinnati and 59 in huntsville, a very powerful cold front dropped through the region and is going to continue to sink to the south and kind of stall out a little bit. this going to tick around at least through monday so more record lows can be expected over the next couple of days. let's show you what's going on in terms of showers and thunderstorms. not a heck of a lot. one area we're watching from new mexico to texas and colorado where we have a threat of severe weather. we talked a little bit tropics an i want to show you disturbed weather heading towards the caribbean but they are heading to an area that whose strong wind shear. so the spnl less than 30% or very low that either of these -- but just to put it in perspective, this time last year, i'll come over there with you. >> i wanted to play with this. >> we had our first storm cris

really florida, the problem area, especially north florida from apalachicola to cedar keys, spreadingver towards jacksonville and daytona beach. your beach day is probably going to be ruined throughout the afternoon. otherwise it is gorgeous. kansas city 7. st. louis is nice. atlanta doesn't have the humidity for once. which is perfect. and not bad in new england, either, chris. so not too many problem areas. we'd love to get our friends out west a little bit of wet weather, maybe on a monday through friday would work. >> honestly, i think they'd take it almost any time with all the water restrictions and everything else that's going on. 115 in phoenix? >> it's supposed to be hot, but i don't think that makes a difference, does it? >> it's a dry heat. >> yes, i love when they say that. >> it's hot. 115, it's hot. coming up, he was more than just the face of cbs news. walter cronkite brought all of us in america to the front lines of some of the world's most notable stories. from the assassination of jfk to the moon to vietnam. we take a look at how his reporting impacted an entire nat

the beautiful beaches in north florida, a lot of lightning and rain throughout your morning. the rest of the forecast, relatively quiet. hot and dry, in fact, the drought continues. we're also watching the heat building in the west. and the one thing i liked about my job is even when there's no weather, it's interesting. we've not had a tropical named system yet. we're at the end of july. >> you're right! . >> we still haven't had our "a" named storm. going back to look at all the records and only three times in the last 20 years has it taken us this long to get our "a" named storm. one of those, 1992, hurricane andrew. just because we haven't had one doesn't mean -- >> you know what nick just said, he just jinxed it. >> i know. >> next weekend. >> i walk under ladders. i'm not nervous about that. >> okay. we'll see what he says. thank you very much, bill. still to come a live report on sarah palin's final weekend in office. what to expect from the alaska governor. also new signs of life for the housing market. you're going to hear why some markets are a long way from hitting

probably south georgia and north florida will continue to see the big rainfall totals. keeping the heat down in those areas. o other bizarre pattern is this out-of-position jet stream in the northeast. and around the great lakes states. we'll watch the lows dip here. below-normal temperatures from chicagoland all the way into the new england states. and we'll have two areas of thunderstorms that will develop there. we're in high fire danger on the west coast. >>> off to a great start this tuesday morning, with temperatures in the 60's. fairfax is at 57, frederick 62. it is becom s and l that weather was brought to you by the ford fusion hyb d hybrid. diane? >> thanks, sam. >>>he when you eat the next fas food meal, do you want to see what's happening inside your body? we'll show you what's happening. miles on a single tank 0 and epa estimated 41 mpg city and all the words stick because they're true. we speak the most fuel-efficient midsize sedan in america. we speak the all-new 2010 ford fusion hybrid. get in... and drive one. we speak the all-new 2010 ford fusion hybri

and the storms will be fairly strong anywher that south georgia area into north florida. we'll get some sunshine in new york and keep it around for a little while. >> we are off to mostly sunny skies this morning. a beautiful start to our day. the dew points are down. even lower humidity been yesterday. newington, up 59. stafford, 66. we are mainly in the 60-degree range. 82 is the afternoon high temperature. all of america's weather in the next half hour. robin? >> your moment from the memorial yesterday, you were saying. >> yeah. it had to be jennifer hudson's voice. it was just amazing. >> there's so many. so many moving moments from the jackson memorial. we're going to take a look back now. so many people around the world london to tokyo, to sydney, gathered together to watch the service live on tv. comforting one another. it was more dignified than perhaps some might have expected because during his life, of course, michael jackson, surrounded by controversy. and sometimes a circus-like atmosphere. but yesterday, there was just music, memory, and pure emotion. ♪ hall

let's move on to north palm beach, florida. paul, good morning. caller: florida is like california.t confuses me. i live near one of the wealthiest states -- in one of the wealthiest states. we have oranges, nasa, so much, and tourism. so many different ways people in florida make money. the same as california. i cannot understand year after year of being the most wealthiest place where most people and a lot of workers and illegal aliens, large amounts, working at low wages, year after year, were not doing nothing but working and working and our dollars that we have sweated for, how can these two states, especially california, be in so much debt year after year after year? it is robbery. i want to know why this is not being investigated. every state everywhere across the country, everybody is broke and bankrupt of a sudden. nobody had any problems until the word "stimulus" or "bailout" came about. there are no excuses. we're working and busting our backs. host: thank you. in florida there% of general fund deficit is 27% this year. in dollar figures that is $6 billion. lisa is online

in this area here across north florida, look at that train of thunderstorms that's going to continue on through that area. we expect to see some torrential downpours at times, as much as one to three inches of rain can be expected here today, as well into coastal parts of georgia, also into the carolinas. and the temperatures are really up there, except for, say, boston, for example, where you're cloudy and wet. triple digits certainly for the heat index across much of texas today. heidi? >> all right, appreciate that. >>> blue vests and bulk buying. a familiar site in unfamiliar territory. what happens when the world's biggest retailer meet the world's second biggest population. yes, we do. and we can say 700 miles on a single tank and epa estimated 41 mpg city and all the words stick because they're true. we speak the most fuel-efficient midsize sedan in america. we speak the all-new 2010 ford fusion hybrid. get in... and drive one. ♪ we are going to see the king ♪ soon and very soon ♪ we are going to see the king ♪ >>> one final entrance. michael jackson remembered yesterday by ma

down along the louisiana coast and alabama an also watch out today in north florida. big storm.weather today heading out into northern texas, our friends in amarillo and back up into the denver area, strong storms, too. and that july heat continues all wait through the desert areas wa?a?a?a?a?a?a?a?a?a?a?a?a?a?a?ú >>> that's your weekend forecast. hope you have a wonderful weekend. ahnnva? >>ksan?th. ilst to me,il walter onkite on orhisttey, journalism, politics and his deep love of the sea, and his last in-depth interview with us coming up after these messages. but even with calcium, vitamin d, exercise, i still got osteoporosis. i never thought i could do more than stop my bone loss. then my doctor told me i could, with once-monthly boniva. boniva works with your body to help stop and reverse bone loss. studies show, after one year on boniva, nine out of ten women stopped and reversed their bone loss. i know i did. (announcer) don't take boniva if you have low blood calcium, severe kidney disease or can't sit or stand for at least one hour. follow dosing instructions carefully

certainly kicking up is south georgia, north florida, a little louisiana, mississippi, alabama, comingre when you leave the house, there are strong storms in your area. sunny an >> you're >> you're fine. we're squeezed in. more in the next half hour. now it's back to diane. >> we love you, diane. >> totally mesmerized on camera. >> thanks to all of you. a lot of caffeine on that street, i think. >>> well, now we turn to friends of south carolina's first lady. talking for the first time about jenny sanford who has shown, as we said, grace in the glare. as you know, her husband mark sanford, the governor, confessed to an affair with an argentinean woman and his wife jenny has responded in public with unusual strength, class. what's going on inside? sharyn alfonsi spoke to some of her close friends. "gma" exclusive. >> reporter: friends of jenny says she has all the grace of a southern belle but also that steely gut of a wall street banker. two qualities that have served her well over the past few weeks. for the first time close friends of jenny sanford are speaking out about her strength

scatter thunderstorms, heavy rain and strong winds from south texas to north florida. >> a high of 92 from new york to atlanta. a cool 65 in seattle, 9 in portland but boise heats up to 87. >> a self-proclaimed art nis florida is pedalling bicycles that cost more than many used cars. he is calling them works of art. >> you be the judge. alicksis mixes old with new. but most are made from scratch and they could run you up to $15,000. he says his bikes are fancy/functional. some feature hand wrapped copper wiring or wood rooms. >> he says a stingle frame can take him up to 250 hours to build. despite that hefty price tag, he sells about 50 bikes a year. >> wow. >> they have to be made of gold for me to buy at that price. >> there's a bike shop in my neighborhood i went in and prices are outrageous, like a thousand bucks for a bike, which is a lot to me. >> i assumed the bikes would not even resemble a bike, be something really drastically different. >> i don't know a thing about art. >> me either. ♪ let it roll, baby, roll, let it roll, all night long ♪ >> in gaffney, south carolina hun

have some thundershowers to our south from the carolinas, through the tennessee valley, down to north florida there are possible as well as around the central plains, northern plains, some rain perhaps for the northern rockies. but elsewhere, shouldn't have any flight delays around the nation. if you're going to be traveling today. for us, we've got a stalled front to our south that's keeping the humidity at bay so we're on the dry side of this front. the circulation around high pressure over the great lakes is pumping in some of this lower humidity that will be in place here for today, tonight and tomorrow. highs toyn i the upper 80s. lots of sunshine. and should be partly cloudy tonight. there's a slight chance of a shower this evening and then tomorrow mostly sunny, low humidity, mid-80s. a little more humid on nednesday, a little hotder, too. up around 90. hot and humid on thursday. maybe an afternoon thundershower. as the front goes by, that should usher in more low humidity fo fr sr ,ayaturday and sunday ppw , iit aearsthobed ul s drying out again and highs in ows in the rning 60s. that

a university of north florida marketing professor, kyra, estimates that we, consumers, made up to $100 million for these products because of these agreements. so, an interesting case. and just beginning of it. >> always get a second opinion. you got to -- you got to triple and quadruple your price checks on a number of things, comparative shopping. >> that's it. that's what the internet's good for, kyra, let's face it. >> thanks, susan. >> you're welcome. >>> the secretary striking it rich with six-figure thank yous from their boss. why one d.a. was dolling out texas-sized bonuses. and as a progressive customer, you get to use any of our concierge claim centers. so i can just drop off my car and you'll take care of everything? yep, even the rental. what if i'm stuck at the office? if you can't come to us, we'll come to you in one of our immediate response vehicles! what if mother won't let me drive? then you probably wouldn't have had an accident in the first place. and we're walkin'! and we're walkin'... making it all a bit easier -- now that's progressive! call or click today. >>> we

i'm guessing that your constituents in north florida, million-dollar incomes in your district. >> in, when we determine -- this nation determines it has to go back to fiscal responsibility. those who benefit most from our economic model, and is it's the best economic model in the world, should be asked to pay. and ultimately, that's what we'll have to do. >> it sounds like you might be able to vote for that. >> well, it depends upon on how structured. we're no not going to waste money. as a government, we have to be accountable in how we spend it. >> john, the policy will determine the pay force. 41 blue dogs in the last congress did support some sort of additional surtax on millionaires to help pay for modernizing the montgomery gi bill. and so we may get to that point, but we were more comfortable at this stage, as we should be, focusing on the policy that will help contain costs before we determine what the most appropriate pay for will be. >> thanks for joining us. >> thank you. >> mark and erin, there you have it, blue dogs are resisting a lot of provisions in that leadership bi

he's carried southern states, north carolina, florida, post notably, virginia. he carrieded states in every region, and i think that's a demonstration that there's a broad coalition of people in this country who are not going to be distracted, who are not going to fall prey to the promise of falsehoods and lies. and that's all it is, andrea, it's just a big lie that's designed to divide and distract. >> but do you think that, do you think, mr. mayor, that there is some fear on the part of some people in white america, as the nation moves more and more towards being of a majority of color, that this has created its own wedge issue, where people are really reacting out of anxieties, that they don't understand, maybe not even understanding their own racial motivations? >> there's a lot of truth to that statement, andrea, but i do think that we in the urban league, as an organization that's multiracial believe that the tragedy is when those of us who know that those things are not true or realistic don't push back, don't assert, don't argue the other side of the iss

probably two inches from northern florida all the way to just north of orlando.around that stationary boundary. up to the north a little farther, a little weak impulse at the moment turns stronger this afternoon. severe thunderstorms are possible for new york city, boston all the way up to portland, maine, is a possibility. a better likelihood back off towards the west. showers, thunderstorms developing right now around a weak front. it's right around north dakota down in towards wisconsin getting in on a little bit of that action. iowa, light showers. minnesota, light rain, too. minneapolis might pick up a thunderstorm or two later this afternoon. the heat is back for you for the four corners. your high today in denver, right about 95 to 98. gets hotter for you tomorrow. let me take you live to the nation's capital. doing traveling towards the beltway, looking good at the white house right now. lots of sunshine. 85 to 88. that will be the high temperature. also remains dry. just a slight chance of a thunderstorm mainly in the northern suburbs. that's about it, t

look at the showers in the frontal boundaries, developing on the gulf coast, trudging to north floridaof south carolina had up to 2.5 inches of rain. it's going to come down pretty heavily this afternoon, specifically across the low part of south carolina, lothe low country. heavy rain today. three to four inches of rain, ú? including hilton head and ú? savannah, and you can see it continuing tomorrow with lots of action. to go along with the heavy rain, we'll see the chance of severe thunderstorms. slight chance sef veer weather across georgia, northern parts of florida. you'll see gusty winds and hail to be the main threat there. again, flash flood watches in the areas of green. a dry day for you in new york. still a chance of a scattered shower or thunderstorm developing, but most of the heavy rain should be across parts of northern new england. more rain in store for you today. high pressure dominating the four corners, but you get up to the northwest, a little light rain in seattle. right now it's just scattered activity. later today, moderate risk of severe weather. we'll be talk

florida where we hope to get the space shuttle up later today. burlington, vermont is going to see a beautiful day. nice, cool, crisp morning, but the afternoon will be gorgeous, 76 degrees. wilmington, north carolina, 90 today. down in florida, 94 and warm in ft. myers. well, lynn, we're going to talk a little bit about the lack of any tropical systems when i come back a little later. >> all right. bill, thanks so much. >>> well, a bank actually puts up good numbers. a tech leader leads by example. and one heck of a billing error. your early morning business headlines are straight ahead. >>> plus, we have the details that will let you decide whether tony romo had a reason for his nasty breakup with jessica simpson. >>> also, the american lead giveth and the american league taketh away. and could an all-star be headed to philly? you're watching "early today." >>> good morning. welcome back to "early today." i'm lynn berry. and here are some of your top headlines this morning. >>> nasa hopes to launch the space shuttle "endeavour" on a mission to the international space station this evening. five previous attempts have been scrubbed because of bad weather and technical problems. >>> homelan

if the president decided, move this to and air force base in north florida, the whole operation, wouldere be any danger to the civilian population? >> as i mentioned, sorry -- we have 2,000 soldiers that are into the mission we are doing. there is a secure place, you saw in one of the transparency, the facilities we have built and enhanced throughout the last three years, years, the enormous cost. i can say they are secure, we know what we are doing and we are safeguarding. if we place them into the other places, did i answer? >> you didn't answer but i understand. >> i am learning. we have a lot of human-resources done in guantanamo. they are always combining with two guards always. if they are going to move to the appointment, we have 30 language represented in guantanamo. we have a linguists or translator for every time we talk to them, every time we move them, it is a special accommodation call all the amenities that they have. if it is dangerous we have them come, we take them out of the battlefield, it is safe for us and we are supporting our allies. yes, sir? >> you said there a

. >>> a lot of lightning down in florida and in pennsylvania, north of baltimore. thunderstorms are moving across the state this evening. storms also move for west virginia -- moved through west virginia. the front is still to the west, so we may pick up something overnight tonight, but the rain chances are a lot stronger up to the north, at least over the next hour or so as the storms move into new jersey and eventually offshore. let's look at what happened during the day to day around the area. 82 was a high at the airport. we thought it would be warmer, but the clouds thicken up and it held the temperatures down a few degrees. stevens bill is at 75 and annapolis at 76. college park is at 79 and frederick at 75. here are all the clouds associated with the release stormy weather. the strong storms are up to the north. they have had some severe weather up there this evening. the clouds are more scattered here in the baltimore area. this line is triggering the storms up in pennsylvania. the cold front is just around the pittsburgh area are just passed that. we could

now the rain is coming in across north and central florida once again.e's that tampa radar picture. you can see it swinging on through. you can see the one thin stripe between atlanta and orlando -- or tampa and orlando. more rain will train over the same area. flash flood watch for the carolina coastline, all the way down into the northern part of the georgia coast, including savannah. those temperatures will be baking hot. with the hot air coming up from the south, showers and thunderstorms going early this morning. you can see that watch box right here. severe thunderstorm watch, a lot of lightning flashing all around south dakota, in towards northern parts of nebraska and another line developing now when you get in towards oklahoma, which is beginning to die down just a bit. severe weather, robin, you bet we're going to have it, spots i put in red for the afternoon. >> it's going to be a rough day today. gusty winds and large hail. >> thanks. some house democrats are accusing top cia officials of repeatedly misleading congress house intelligence comm

there are some rain showers acss thenorth earn gulf of mexico into north earn florida.ansas and in the midwest. that's a weather system that will gradually makes it way here but it will take until the weekend to get here. here is your five-day forecast. fist of all, today very pretty. in fact today and tomorrow and some would even say friday. highs in the low to mid-80s. lots of sunshine each day. lower humidity for today. and i think our humidity doesn't start to build in until friday but especially on saturday and sunday when our highs will be in the upper 80s to around 90. that's a look at the weather. now another look at this morning's rush hour traffic. here is the ever popular and busy julie wright. >> and i have some more dallas goodies for that little amanda to send her way as well. >> i always manage to forget that until you bring it up again. you should stop bringing it up. >> why? i'm a proud cowboys fan. >> because you live in d.c. >> i'm not from here. >> there are too many -- you're not from dallas. >> no. this is america, i can like who i want. >> that's

florida rise? without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one minute. >> mr. speaker, this past week i held a town hall meeting in north port, florida. more than 300 people showed up. the common theme at the forum was that the government should not nationalize health care. my constituents don't want a one size fits all d system where bureaucrats choose treatment and doctors. my constituents want to make their own medical choices. some in congress are rushing to bring a complex and far-reaching health bill to the house floor within the next two weeks. this plan has numerous challenges in it. first it imposes an 8% tax on small businesses who don't offer health insurance to their employees. most of these family-run businesses want to offer health care insurance but can't afford it. it's an 8% tax not on profit but on overhead. it becomes overhead. it's an 8% expense. how does taxing small business help us get out of the worst economic recession in more than a century? this is a job killer, not a job creator. let's work together and make it better for small business and stop the taxing on small business. thank you. the sp

north carolina, 86. still a few clouds. ft. myers, florida, much better chance for some of those thunderstorms. so, dan, again, finishing off the week, absolutely beautiful. though we do have a chance for showers in the forecast for the weekend. we'll talk more about that coming up. >>> and i ordered your booet came while you were doing the weather. i went online. no bamboo. booets only. >>> oil drops, stocks finish flat. and aig wants permission for more bonuses. your early morning business headlines are straight ahead. >>> plus, bruno has been burning up the press, but will he be too hot the handle at the box office. >>> also, yankees are feeling minnesota. dodgers take a bite out of the big apple. and one of the strangest finishes to a ball game ever. you're watchiy "rlyeadato ."su >>> good morning and welcome back to "early today," everyone. i'm dan kloeffler. and here are some of your top headlines this morning. >>> in iraq, bombs killed nearly 60 people, marking the worst violence since u.s. troops pulled out of iraqi cities just last week. the worst attack happened in a northern suicide,

north. there are rain showers down to our south towards florida and more rain showers in towards the midwest. otherwise things are going to stay dry and sunny for us before things start to change as we go head not weekend. 81 degrees in hagerstown and 79 degrees in winchester. nice tph-pgz in store. thing will be cooling down overnight tonight. mostly clear skies and getting down to a temperature of 59 degrees. close to the record low temperature at 54 degrees. i'll have a look at the seven-day forecast when those 90s could be returning coming up in just a few minutes. >>> a day after michael jackson's huge memorial service there was talk about who will pay for it all. attorneys for the city of los angeles are looking into whether they can legally ask for money from third parties. the extra security, police motorcade and other expenses are believed to total around $4 million. more than 17,000 people gathered in andout side of the staples center for the event. >>> fighting the rising cost of prescription drugs. how you can get your prescriptions for a whole lot is redesigned... to clean deepe

the heat, humidity, stormy weather of july from southern north carolina right down into georgia and floridaey are getting some strong storms. this high pressure will dominate the scene tonight and tomorrow. we will probably see a few clouds developing around our region tomorrow afternoon. overall, a very pleasant weather pattern holds through the work week. storm's not scheduled to get here later in the day on saturday. we missed the normal of 87 by several degrees with east to northeast winds at 5 to 10 miles per hour. out on the chesapeake bay tomorrow, waves are 1 foot or less. if you are heading westbound into the mountains, only 66 degrees at oakland right now. tomorrow, an isolated thunderstorm might pop up. around the chesapeake bay tomorrow, sunshine, if you cloud, 82 degrees. down at ocean city, sunshine with temperatures comfortable, mid 70's on the beach. 78 around baltimore tomorrow. 81 degrees on friday. a thunderstorm may develop on saturday and then clearing out on sunday. temperatures heat up toward the middle of next week. >> the amount of e-mail spam we get is still rising

north, not so beautiful. know gland, still clouds and showers -- new england, still clouds and showers. in central florida of rain down there. boston some showers, you are in the 60s right now. showers right along the hudson river, just to the north of new york and connecticut. that's all moving out to the east and northeast. for us, higher pressure moves in. dry weather continues through friday, the and sunshine as well. by saturday night, more humidity, chance of a shower or a thundershower by saturday night. small craft advisory into the morning hours. northwest winds at 10 to 15 knots on the bay tomorrow. bay temperature 77. so tonight generally clear, a few clouds, 62, otherwise a beautiful night, and tomorrow lots of sun is, 84, continued on the dry side. even a little cooler. 84, humidity comes back on saturday, and saturday night, scattered thundershower around, drying out, late sunday 84, 66 the second half of the weekend. denise. >> thank you, bob. >>> coming up, frustration boils over for the orioles, and manager dave trembley isn't going to take it any more. >>> the night for the orioles start

north. the rain in much of florida is farther north to the gulf states. northeast has been nice. finally getting into beautiful summertime weather with low levels of humidity. that certainly has been good. it's been relatively wet other places. check out numbers across the tennessee valley. this is the sore spot in the nation as far as where the rain was over the weekend. two inches in chattanooga. west virginia 2.3, nashville, tennessee, 1.63. here is where the line of showers is now. stationary boundaries right there, where they should be this time of year lifting farther north bringing in humidity. that happens, raise those showers a little farther north. still a cool shot of air coming across the northeast. relatively dry, temperatures in the 80s. a little pulse going across parts of upstate new york. watertown heading towards potsdam, that's about it. another nice day. back up to you. >> all right, rob. thanks so much. 48 minutes after the hour. nutrisystem for men: flexible new programs personalized to meet your goals. what's great about nutrisystem is you eat the foods you

. >>> now a rare citing in the chesapeake bay over the weekend of the a florida manatee came north ford saturday afternoon at a marina. the local police officer captured it on camera. its u.s. geological survey in gainesville, florida identified it as a 15-year-old male that hangs out in the miami area. this is the first manatee citing this far north this year. >> it just hang around the area. it would come up and stand in the water and then come back up and get a breath and then go back down and hover in the area and then he decided he had enough of us and took off. >> marine biologists from the baltimore national aquarium say the creature did not appear to be injured or sick and they think it will makes it way back to florida. now, allison, pan manatees not known for being cute. >> no they are not. >>> i have a truly special dog and cat couple or sisters becoming local sell -- celebrity. closey is a 5-month-old chihuahua and kit-cat is a cat left at the washington humane society because the owner could not care for them. and they have been so kind to bring them to us in the studio an

florida. they lost north carolina. they lost virginia. and the worry has to be if we don't fight this guy every single step in 2012, we might lose louisiana, we might lose georgia or south carolina. the whole idea is that the red state-blue state issue is interesting, but i also think that even our country would not want a 70% party. i think you're going to see a turn in the 2010 elections. we'll lose illinois, you heard that first here, right? you'll see a turn because people like a balanced government and we can't tie too much to one party being too much to the left, one party too far to the right. i think the public is just independent and they're trying to figure out who can lead that. >> the dangerous thing is they never gave us an exit time here, so we have been pressing your indulgence and keeping you for quite a while. we'll take one more question from the audience right up here in the middle and then we'll do the lightning round with the panel and then i'll let you go on for the night. are there prizes? >> only depending on how y

north of houston. getting right around panama city. you can see some showers right around the florida panhandle. whole mess is sliding to the north. if you're planning to travel by road today, showers and thunderstorms out there. radar depicting a pretty good slug of moisture immediately out to the west. the low clouds are in. we have delays for the airport scheduled today, unfortunately. get into friday, we'll see a lot of that action across most of the east coast. look at the rain coming in out of west virginia right now in toward pennsylvania. new york state getting covered up with heavy rain. albany radar pictures just continues to show solid sheet of rain over you. look for about 1 or 2 inches of rain today and severe storms popping up later this afternoon in that daytime heating. flash flood watches in dark green, the warnings are in light green right around memphis. and in texas, you're watching this batch of thunderstorms move on through. it might spark up a few san antonio showers and thunderstorms. better for the severe weather, though, up to the north. the pacific northwest, heat is b

florida. you are not going to be seeing the 10 to 20-degree cooler temperatures as we head into the upcoming weekend. >>> let's go back to the maps to the northern part of florida, you will see the heavy rainfall this weekend. notice over the next 48 hours to the north, jacksonville back over toward tallahassee, along the gulf coast, we could be talking about 2, 3, maybe even 4 inches of rainfall going to be possible. we're going to continue to monitor the situation and keep you posted with the very latest, robin. >> thank you, chris! >>> the country's first double hand transplant patient is doing therapy to develop muscles in those new hands. but the nerves in them have not finished growing since he had had surgery in had may. jeff keptner says he just wants to be able to feel his wife's touch when they hold hands. >> she is holding my hand, but i can't feel that. and when i get all of my sensation back, i want to be able to feel her, you know. feel her hand touching mine. >>> a bacterial infection caused keptner to lose his hands and feet about a decade ago. >>> you could get a glass of wine at starbucks, but the store may not look like you

this is where the action is across the north -- the southeast. florida right now looks to be okay.e landing. "endeavo "endeavour" is going to try to make a landing there at 10:48. a 30% chance of thunderstorms in the afternoon. the parameters around the kennedy space center can't be any sort of precipitation in 30 nautical miles and the ceiling has to be 8,000 feet or higher. we should get that. if it's delayed at all in the afternoon, john, carol, we'll probably have some problems. back to you guys in new york. >> keep track of that, thanks, rob. >>> the new defense spending bill, some say it looks like a christmas ham than a piece of legislation. chris laurence is going to break it down for you. beautiful fighter -- on the books or off of the books? we'll find out. ♪ can't touch this >>> i can't believe they're not dancing in there. welcome back to the most news in the morning. the military spending bill with the price tag of $6 billion plus. and a lot of that money is coming from congressional earmarks. pentagon correspondent chris lawrence has more for you. >>> john, carol, the

. >> i am from north central florida. let me echo what they have indicated.he president is obviously not read the bill himself. i am going to have a very simple amendment. let me read it to you. nothing in this division shall prevent individuals from keeping their current health benefit plan. that sounds pretty simple. the president has said -- this is what he said -- if you like your doctor, you will be able to keep your doctor. if you like your health care plan, you will be able to keep the health care plan. that is the president's statement. what does the bill said? i have a copy therefore anyone that is interested. -- what does the bill say? it says that after five years the commissioner mandates that all health care plans in america must meet a qualified health benefit plan under section 1 01 including the essential benefits action under section 121. what that means is that all the plans that patients have will have to conform in been mandated to change otherwise they are eliminated, terminated. the president says he wants everyone to be able to have the

to north palm beach florida, the morning on our independent line. caller: good morning. as far as they struggle goes, i believe there are a lot of great technical advances that we can learn from traveling in space, but i really think we have learned enough and if we are going to look for life out there, we cannot travel a distance we have to find intelligent life out there. it is impossible and we already know that. and that life has already found us, so i think it is pointless to be spending so much money on space when there is so much on this earth that we have to find out about. i do love technology in space, but i think we have enough for now and i think we need to focus on more important things. host: do you know anybody involved in the space program in florida? caller: yes, i do. host: in what capacity? caller: things that have to be built coming getting contracts from the type of work. host: as the space program maintain the economy on the coast of florida? caller: yes, because florida is a great deal of debt, so you can imagine that with everything else here, dis

north carolina. but it willest south and over parts of florida and georgia getting strong thunderstorms. here is how it plays out for us temperature wise. mid 70s, comfortable. one of the nights to crack open the windows. we will see the next day planner, showing sun and clouds by tomorrow morning. 69 to start off the day. and 81 by lunch time. and slight chance for a stray shower. so keep the umbrella nearby. but also use the sunglasses. how long you can keep them out? have a look at that in the seven day coming up. >> you can be in charge of your own on personalized radar. i-radar. you can track storms down to your street. go to foxbaltimore.com, and click on i-radar. >> keep in mind there were fireworks displays last night. however, this may be a picture of a meteor in the skies over maryland. right after 1 a.m., this morning, harford county police received a lot of calls, apparently about a loud explosion and lights in the sky. mike hankie of free land was taking pictures of a far off galaxy and said he may have captured the meteor in the frame. and police do not know what it is or i

what do these states have in common -- arkansas, indiana, louisiana, maine, florida, nebraska, north ohio? >> well, hell, you just named 49 states. i don't know what. what? >> these are all swing senators in the health care vote. >> there you go. >> the white house is playing hardball with them by tv ads beginning today. they'll go through the dnc, of course, with real stories, sad stories from real people i think will also pop up on msnbc, but it's part of the president's effort to bring pressure on senators from back home to get work done here in d.c. >> that's really the key. you just named the states where those moderate democratic senators that are in swing states, a lot of those you named actually states mccain carried and that bush carried twice. that's really where the power is now as we move forward, isn't it, when you talk about cap and trade in the senate, talking about the tax increases. those like evan bayh and mary landrieu determine which direction this country is going to go, don't they, at least over the next year? >> right. it's increasingly clear there needs to be

florida's tourism. this is going to be closer to the shore, much further near the north? >> absolutely. he reason why the gulf of mexico has been so off limits on the eastern side is because of this, right here. florida's trade market white sand beaches. $65 million every year, coming from tourists. out there in the gulf of mexico is the potential, estimates at the high end are 3 billion gallons of hydrocarbon. that could be natural gas or oil. untapped right now. currently attached to the u.s. senate's energy bill, which will be voted on in the fall. if that's days, the senator from florida says that he will filibuster -- if that stays, the senator from florida says that he will filibuster. shepard: is there a way of quantifying how risky this kind of thing can be? >> the mineral management service for the federal government says that the risk for offshore drilling with platforms and pipelines is very minimal. even the oil industry concedes that it can be a risky venture, no matter what. anytime that you drill into the environment. between katrina and rita, 150 oilcloth forms were destr

a lot of clouds down from florida and back to tex parps all tied into this frontal bound. to the northure dominating and a producer really pretty day from new york city up towards boston and all the way back into the central part of theountry but we were dealing with this wave of lower pressure and now the low is starting to pull on out of here and tomorrow arkansas low kicks on out towards the atlantic it will take the clouds with it. tomorrow, mostly sunny skies. temperatures will climb into the mid 80s. watching this frontal bound. it will be a weak one. so we'll not see much other than a couple of clouds out of it. so with that said, let's talk about the forecast for tomorrow morning. clearing skies overnight. so by the time we get to tomorrow, we'll call it sunny. but again, we will have some patchy conditions especially southwest of town. temperatures anywhere from the mid 50 esthrough the mid 60s. and then during the day, just a really pretty day. lots of sunshine. temperatures climbing into the mid 80s. we'll call it delightful because again we'll have low humidity. you can't b

north carolina. here is why they couldn't get the shuttle off today, more showers coming through cocoa, florida.look at today, another tenth of an inch. they've had over four inches for the month. as we go through the nighttime hours, tomorrow morning, another beautiful morning. lot of sunshine with a dry, high pressure in on us. that will continue with light north to northwesterly winds right on in through wednesday. by the time we get into thursday, our winds begin to turn a little bit more into the southwest. humidity comes back. my goodness, tomorrow morning, temperatures in the 60s. even around town, it will be in the low 60s. 50s once again. another july. 50s for you folks out in the suburbs, sparkling blue sky, few puffy, cumulus clouds coming out today. what a week to be on vacation. sunny, warm, dry. temperatures low to mid 80s, more of the same on tap for wednesday and thursday. we're in a dry pattern, so only a chance of an afternoon shower or thunder shower on thursday and friday. temperatures may get to 90, but we're way below 90 in terms of how many we might expect. no sign of a bu