and it does take a significant amount of -- and because of v-cap and what's happened just in our northern ohio congressman and our project area up there, one in northern east arkansas, two in missouri, we have had numerous global players come to missouri to investigate. >> and chairman, you have spoken -- advanced biofuel and it's one that commercially available today and from our standpoint, the biodiesel education program which has a modest amount of funding, we ask that that continue because it does help and it very vital to us having market place acceptance of our fuel and marketplace. and so from an advanced biofuel standpoint, it is available, it is being accepted in the marketplace, woe just need to continue that effort. >> now i recognize the gentleman from colorado for five minutes. >> thank the chairman and thank the panel for being here, this is first kind of a comment from mr. rainford, you're giving me hope with manure, in terms of becoming if you need a little more supply, we have some hou hours -- some horses and a very productive lama. talking about the campus gigantus to be ab

and we have showers in northern ohio, along a weak front drifting our way later today. between now and then, temperatures will climb. the area in yellow well into the 70s, virginia, maryland, the district. reagan national at 78. it will climb to the 80s by late they are afternoon. as we look at temperatures now, it's in the low to mid 70s, montgomery, arlington, fairfax and prince george's county. mid 70s throughout much of central virginia and the shenandoah valley. going forward over the next 48 hours, the line of showers that may be coming through the area in green, maybe around 7:00, 8:00 this evening. maybe a little thunder or lightning. passing off farther south and by midnight. moving away from the metro area. sunshine back on thursday, a terrific weather pattern developing for the rest of the week and into the weekend. for this afternoon, we'll have a few clouds rolling in maybe producing an isolated thunderstorm. that wouldn't be until late afternoon, maybe after 5:00. before then, into the mid 80s. overnight tonight, any thundershower activity coming through w

bringing strong winds, large hail and isolated tornadoes will stretch from northeast kansas to northern ohio. showers and thunderstorms will roll into the northeast. another storm system will affect the south. the heavy downpours in some areas. and rain and high mountain snow will blanket the pacific northwest. >>> in sports news now. the angels' jared weaver had the right stuff, pitching a no-hitter against the twins. he faced only 29 batters, striking out 9. he walked josh willingham in the seventh, the only twin to get on base. the last out was a long fly ball to the warning track that had everybody holding their breath. jared weaver throws his first ever no-hitter and the angels win it 9-0. >>> in basketball, the grizzlies bounce back against the clippers. o.j. mayo was taking it to the hoop and hitting from downtown. he scores 20 to help memphis take down the l.a. clippers 105-98. their series is now tied 1-1. >>> in other first-round games, the san antonio spurs crush the utah jazz 114-83. they take a 2-0 lead. the indiana pacers blow out orlando 97-74 for a 2-1 playoff advantage. >>>

you see a lot of areas struggling, through central, northern ohio to get up into the 70s.chicago, 66 degrees, now you put the temperatures with the actual forecast out 0 there, you're looking at 75 in kansas city, some of the best chances for thunderstorms, central oklahoma, south-central kansas and northeast texas, make sure you have a way to get your warnings. continue to follow tropical depression beryl off the southeast coast could become a tropical storm later today or tomorrow. so folks in north carolina want to keep a close eye on the forecast. >>> well coming up, what has rihanna's friends a little worried. and something jessica biehl does badly. plus -- age sure hasn't stopped 64-year-old steven tyler when it comes to living to excess. this may not shock you. your "first look" at entertainment is straight ahead. you're watching "first look" on msnbc. i should be arrested for crimes against potted plant-kind. we're armed, and inexperienced. people call me an over-waterer. [ female announcer ] with miracle-gro, you don't have to be a great gardener to have a green t

and it does take a significant amount because of b cap and what's happened in our northern ohio congressman and our project area up there, one in northern east arkansas and two in missouri we have had numerous global players come to most most to investigate. >> and chairman holden, you asked about advanced biofuels, i can't speak to seal you losic, biodiesel is an advanced biofuel and one that is commercially available. from our standpoint, the biodiesel education program which has a modest amount of funding we asked that that continue. it does help and it's very vital to us having marketplace acceptance to our fuel in marketplace. from an advanced biofuel standpoint it is available. it is being accepted in the marketplace. we need to continue that effort. >> well, thank you. now recognize the gentleman from colorado for five minutes. >> thank you, mr. chairman. and thank the panel for being here. i guess first a comment to mr. rainford. we're giving me hope with manure in terms of becoming a fuel if you need a little more supply, we have a horses and a very productive llama that i'd be hap

bill: we have new details on a plot to blow up a bridge in northern ohio. suspect involved. we'll bring you an update in a moment what we're learning from the f.b.i. he's repeatedly rejected taufbg being mitreject talk of being mitt romney's running mate. now he's raising eyebrows with what he said yesterday. we'll tell you what he said and you can decide. martha: he has people talking again. this man's little boy suffers from autism an was bullied at school. he never expected, though, to be bullied by a teacher. stewart chafitz joins us with an update on this story, there is more to tell here east went undercover to protect his son. >> keep your mouth shut. shut your mouth. you can't argue with nutrition you can see. great grains. great grains cereal starts whole and stays whole. see the seam? more pcessed flakes look nothing like natural grains. i'm eating what i kn is better nutrition. mmmm. great grains. search great grains and see for yourself. bill: as we mentioned right before the break now we now have the pictures of five people arrested in this plo

storms from indiana into illinois that produced tornadoes, a lot of hail yesterday into areas of ohio and northern kentucky. even our friends in north carolina dealt with large hail and winds. back here, these were the storms from last night from minnesota. that line of storms is still moving this morning. if you're in milwaukee, chicago, the quad city areas, you will have the rain and thunderstorm action this morning during your morning rush hour, the worst of it heading on interstate 80 toward the quad cities. also it looks like from madison to green bay, storms your way. milwaukee had one line of storms, you'll see another through the morning rush hour. that's by far the worse travel this morning. we've had a surge of very warm, humid air coming up out of the gulf. we're at 71 degrees to start your morning in kansas city, very much like the middle of summer. when with you have air as cold as 38 in montana, there's your clash. that's why later today we're going to get a pretty good severe weather outbreak here, especially from nebraska into areas of iowa. that warm made it into d.c. yesterday, t

that same air mass has been fueling scattered showers, southeastern ohio, northern pennsylvania all gettingrain. this more unsettled area of weather drifting slowly east. so we're about to get into that. this will be rain that we really could use, still more than three inches behind on our typical rain totals. so we'll take the rain. we think the best chance comes late tomorrow evening and into the day wednesday. high pressure still providing not only that southeast breeze but a brief reprieve from any rain for another 12 to 24 hours. this second area of disturb weather, that's going to make the difference. so here's our best indication on the future trend model. the showers lining up to our west by tomorrow evening and we look for those showers to begin to fire up over maryland as we go into wednesday morning. this will be your wednesday morning commute for central maryland and heavier rains as we go into wednesday afternoon and evening. so wednesday evening could be our main timing. overnight 55, cloudy, breezy, just a stray shower possible early tomorrow. but the better chance for rain c

heavy rain parts of south chicago and moving into northern ohio and southern michigan.it of snow west of the mountains there in denver. the threat for severe weather along this slow moving cold front anywhere from western pennsylvania, including pittsburgh, south towards parts of texas as well. mostly in the form of hail and damaging winds and maybe a couple of isolated tornadoes along that front and cooler air behind it. this is a rare sight over the weekend. video from japan. ferocious tornado here injuring dozens people. you can hear the panic of these folks as this tornado ripped through their neighborhood. there was one fatality. serious damage with this. you would think in japan not many tornadoes, pretty rare event. it happens about 20 times a year on average. so rare, but not unheard of. they do get them from time to time but this was strong and good pictures there appear fortunately, did some damage and caused some injuries north and east. a couple of cities north and east of tokyo. >> thanks, rob. >> you got it. >>> warren buffett has bad news for homeowners.

in northern ohio, we've seen how important project labor agreements are. we use them to save lives. as skilled laborers perform extremely dangerous work that i would dare to say almost no one in this house is capable of performing. these workers are absolutely essential for these agreement -- these agreements are absolutely essential for workplace safety, for ensuring quality construction, and protecting the lives and rights of those men and women who perform extremely difficult on a regular basis. i'm reminded in toledo, ohio, we were replacing a major interstate bridge, the largest transportation project in ohio history, over $400 million. over several years. we knew we needed a project labor agreement to complete the job with as few accidents as possible. because we were replacing a lift bridge along one of the reason's most important interstate highway systems adjoining three states. we insisted, i work sod hard, that there be a project labor agreement for the construction of this complex skyway bridge over the largest river that go into the great lakes. i didn't want it to be l

now the thunderstorms rolling through northern indiana and northern portions of ohio, lightning strikes've had about 6,000 in the last hour throughout this region. if you're driving on interstate 80 between chicago and toledo, that's by far the worst of it. it's not fun around champaign, illinois. a lot of people probably being woken up by loud claps of nunder. forecast, severe weatherwise, areas of yellow chance of severe storms today. not too many tornadoes so that's good. nashville, memphis, louisville, indianapolis and all of the state of ohio, a chance of large hail and damaging winds. east coast, right on the coast, d.c. to new york, boston, you're dry for today. then that's it, chance of rain tuesday through thursday. thunderstorms possible pittsburgh and buffalo. southeast just a few storms. if you want the gorgeous weather, you have to head to the west coast, mr. geist. >> we'll be thinking about sham bana, champaign, illinois. >>> let's turn to sports now. regardless of the final outcome of the nishgz series against the heat, fans in new york got a brief sigh of relief, the kn

that's to focus on those women in swing areas of swing states such as shaker height, ohio, northern virginia, the suburbs of philadelphia, the middle of florida. what's called the i-4 corridor. they're ephhoping even women vos who are ambivalent about the economy will be swayed by some issues they talk about on the trail. >> not surprisingly, the first lady traveling with the president today. a sign of things to come for this team? >> that's right, and her introduction of the president was a reminder to voters of how empathetic the president is, her husband, how much they can identify with his personal life story. these women, michelle obama and ann romney, will play a huge role in humanizing their husbands and we saw some of that today. we're going to see a lot more in the next six months. >> all right, jake, as always, thanks to you. first thing in the morn, jake will be hosting "this week. th kw his guests, senator john mccain and top obama campaign adviser david axelrod. >>> our ongoing look at where to find jobs in america. last night we reported open those new numbers. more than 100,00

mismatch and it does take a significant amount and because of the cap and what's happened just in our northern ohio congressman and ourproject area and northern arkansas and in misery we've had -- in missouri, we've had numerous global players come to missouri to investigate. >> estimate you asked about the biofuel and why i can't speak to the cellulosic one as commercially available today, and from our standpoint the bio diesel education program which has an honest account of -- modest amount of funding, we asked that that would continue because it does having the marketplace help and it's very vital to us acceptance of the school and marketplace comes from the advanced standpoint it is here advanced standpoint it is here and is available and is being accepted in the marketplace, we just need to continue that effort. >> thank you. we recognize the gentleman for colorado for five minutes. >> thank you mr. chairman and the panel for being here first a kind of comment for giving me hope with maneuver in terms of -- manure in terms of becoming a fuel if you need more supply we have horses in a very pr

north of that front, norms reaching from ohio, northern illinois and michigan this evening.t front is going to get strung out across our area or just north of us today. will it trigger something? if you live up north, you might keep an eye out for that. we're beginning to see rain bands off a sub tropical storm. it is a loosely organized storm. it is not a total tropical storm. it doesn't have the find of strength you could get from a regular storm. and it will be moving, drifting westward toward the carolina -- toward the georgia and carolina coast. then we have weather out to the west including snows in montana near yellow stone into wyoming and even down into utah and nevada at the higher he will vagues. it is cold enough to snow there. a summer weekend, but not everybody has it covered. let's look at current conditions outside. the sun is out in fon town. we have clear skies or sunny skies now. 67 depreeze downtown. it is 67 at the airport. 93% ewe midity. the humidity is way, way up there. the winds are calm. at least the barometer is rising. that will tend to keep the

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mismatch and it does take a significant amount and because of the cap and what's happened just in our northern ohio congressman project area and northern arkansas and in misery we've had numerous global players come to missouri to investigate. estimate you asked about the biofuel and why i can't speak to the cellulosic one as commercially available today, and from our standpoint the bio diesel education program which has an honest account of funding, we asked that that would continue because it does help and it's very vital to us having the marketplace acceptance of the school and marketplace comes from the advanced standpoint it is here and is available and is being accepted in the marketplace, we just need to continue that effort. >> thank you. we recognize the gentleman for colorado for five minutes. >> thank you mr. chairman and the panel for being here first a kind of comment for giving me hope with maneuver in terms of becoming a fuel if you need more supply we have horses in a very productive and i would be happy to send out to you. mr. taylor i guess i would like to ask a question because i

the door, anywhere from the quad cities to central illinois, indiana, especially to northern half of the state and ohio, be prepared for at least a portion of the day to have some serious downpours around. thunderstorms and scattered storms from orlando to atlanta today. then the storm slides to the east of tuesday. we're going to have widespread rain really from the southeast all the way up to the eastern board. well, if you're watching us on on kcrp local 2 in texas, bring your child to the tyke hikes at the houston arboretum and nature center houston. and that's your "early today" event of the day, lynn. >>> and now here's an early look at this morning's headlines in entertainment. when it comes to big box office debuts there's never been a bigger one than "the avengers." it notched the biggest ever opening by far, rocketing past the $169 million set by last year's final "harry potter." there's no technicality or doubt at today's average ticket prices. it's estimated "the agent veries" sold around 825,000 tickets. including overseas earnings in barely a week and a half, the avengers has already clim

district court for the northern district of ohio. we need to confirm him and we need to confirm him this month before congress breaks. mr. president, i yield the floor. the presiding officer: the senator from florida. mr. nelson: i ask consent that the time on the democratic side be equally controlled between me and senator levin. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. nelson: and that would mean how many minutes? the presiding officer: six and a half minutes are remaining for the majority. mr. nelson: for the total? the presiding officer: that is correct. mr. nelson: okay. well, then i will speed up my remarks, mr. president, until i see senator levin come in. i too want to talk about the vacancies. there's no sense for all of this slow walking. fortunately in florida, we have a process that takes the politics out of the selections of judges. the two senators appoint a judicial nominating commission of prominent people all over the state, and they do the interviews. they do the selections of at least three for each vacancy. o

it does look fairly wet tv from the northern plains states into the ohio valley and great lakes. in the northeast, the same thing in south florida. global temperatures are expected and in the 30 day outlook, i'm looking near normal for most of the corn belt, but from the brca2 texas westward, above normal temperatures expected. as far as precipitation for the next 30 days, then this would take us through the middle of june, above normal for the mid- atlantic and you can see in the four corners region, it became most of the corn belt ends up near normal. but precipitation is tough for this time of year. >> while i'm trying to decide how i can use that in a sentence. >>> spirit of the heartland is this weekend we celebrate 'armed forces day' - a time to honor the men and w >> this weekend we celebrate armed forces day, a time to honor men and women serving in the military. >>> and in this report check then he told us about a special camp for military kids are learning to cook and serve while their parents or their country. >>> is a place where this is the activity of the day. but,

northern new england. record highs in the ohio and mississippi river valley. record highs in the great lakes, more rain in the pacific northwest. northern plains sunny and hot from the southwest gulf coast on into the mid-atlantic states. >> good morning. it will be a warm and humid kind of day. we will see some scattered showers and thunderstorms redevelop this afternoon. >> and that's your latest weather. >> all right, al, coming up next. skipping the summer slump with fun learning tools. people keep asking me if that lady in the viva commercial is really my mother. they keep asking me if the dirty guy is really my son. huh -- what do you tell 'um? holy smokes, these viva towels really are tough, even when wet! [ mike ] for the record, that's my real father, cleaning up a real mess on a real grill. see? very impressive! you're a natural. oh that's much better... dad's got his tough mess, i've got mine. [ female announcer ] grab a roll and try it on your toughest mess. i think you got it. never beat around the bush. you'll just squash the berries. new triple

a line of storms across western ohio and eastern indiana and northern kentucky.the area. there will diminish but a look at the camera in downtown cincinnati. some of that may hold together. morning showers here tomorrow. temperatures in the lower 80's across the region. dropping into the upper 50's to the mid-60's. our futurecast shows showers as we head through the afternoon hours. temperatures warming into the lower 80's. through thursday, a carbon copy. warm and muggy weather. we're still on target to reach the upper 80's for the day on friday, possibly near the 90- degree mark. partly cloudy and isolated thunderstorms in the afternoon. highs in the lower 80's. daily chances of storms through saturday. drier air will come through the area on sunday. more for you in a bit. back to you. >> we will need to get you an apartment in new york. >> it is so much fun to follow this series. the caps have been looking for some of offensive production. all the talk was about playing time poor decisions, and the rangers crowd chanted his name all night but in the third, how

pockets developing across most of the corn belt while most of the areas from the northern plains in to the tennessee and ohio river valleys aren't overly dry. you can see a huge area that we are watching now and in some cases a -- a low stage drought but the drought areas have gotten large their georgia over the past couple weeks. they have remained very bad in west texas and new mexico and parts of the four corner areas. it's amazing over the past two weeks how much more color there is a cross the corn belt and that is something we will have to watchw. he will need more moisture. we have a good trough into this coming week. you can see in memorial day itself a nice trough. that will produce a pretty good chance for showers and thunderstorms in the plain states here as we head into monday and that front will come eastward cutting down the ridge. great lakes in to northeast over the home day weekend. we start to cool things down and then our computer model showing good trough by the end of the week. we flip-flop things the trough -- the ridge in the east and the ridge in the west and -- as we head through thi

northern oklahoma, southern kansas. we also had strong storms yesterday with wind damage in central portion of indiana into the border of ohio, large hail was reported in the mountains of north carolina. the majority of the nasty weather was from here oklahoma through northern texas. large hail in and around amarillo. this morning, the thunderstorm threat changes from damage wind to lightning strikes. right now we're tracking this line of storms. almost the same spot it was yesterday morning. heading for fayetteville and fort smith, arkansas. 9,000 lightning strikes in the last hour. we also have the chance for some flooding concerns. at the peak of tornado season in may in the u.s. we typically have 257 tornadoes. that's almost just about ten a day we would average in may. we'll wait and see what happens. as of today not a big tornado threat but anywhere from omaha to minneapolis that's the biggest threat of severe weather this afternoon. that's a look at your national forecast. now here's a look at your weather outside your window. many areas of the country today will have a chance of afternoon showers and thunderstorms. b

northern part of mexico. up towds the rthiset drier in the ohio valley, but instead parts of new england and the northeastern states will see wet weather o yr tuesday. behind it there's a new low pressure system moving into the great lakes region, so some lit owsxpected in chicago on your tuesday with the high of 22 degrees, 19 degrees in toronto, down towards the southnosnges0egrees warmer than it was on monday with a high of 28 degrees. now, moving over to europe, a ghreursyem is brig dry conditions across most of continentalal euro aro,ut tse w esre systems move into the western continent and the lower portion of the scandinavian peninsula bringing wet and windy weather on tuesy. sore like southern norway anded sweden see late season mountain snow. out towards the east, a separate systems pdung sere weather in parts of eastern europe and that will move into western russia over the next 24 hours. another warm day for you in sc wh a hh o 22 degrees despite rain, 23 in kiev with thundershowers. reaching the -dre mkn athens, but towards the west still on the cool side in london with a high of 14 degrees. i'll

northern rockies. cruel near yellowstone. hot conditions will spread by sunday into the ohio valley, indianapolis 500 will be baking in the sun90s. could see isolated storms on both sunday and monday in new england, passing storms but the stronger storms coming down on a cold front from the northern plains. near st. louis or chicago during the late afternoon on monday. keep that in mind for your plans. >>> if you're watching us on wval, baltimore, maryland, in wheaton, ice skating during scheteam skate night. >>> a look at entertainment, the "the avengers" will move aside at the box office. >> about time. >> as a new blockbuster takes center stage. "men in black 3" will take top spot over the weekend. despite being a decade since the last men in black and four years since will smith's last film, experts say drawing wide interest, both young and old, that is good news for the studios, since the budget to make this one blew up way over $200 million. >> have you been on the ride at universal? >> i saw them shooting the movie though. don't cry for the "the avengers," should take in $40 million this weekend the fourth highest gros

some snow to the northern rockies and to the pacific northwest they're still watching some scattered showers and storms from st. louis into the ohioto the mid-atlantic. we'll take that rain, though. in terms of temperatures we are building this rain all the way toward the northern plains, upper 70s and low 80s. we're also getting records in atlanta. 89. very close to a record for your tuesday. as we head toward wednesday we're still watching showers and thunderstorms moving across the western great lakes. and in the mid-atlantic. drying out across the south african plains and texas. and a few showers linger in the northern rockies and pacific northwest. what about the temperatures on wednesday? we're still unseasonably mild building across the ohio valley and trying to push into d.c. 80 degrees there. warming up in new york. thursday, more rain as we head well into may here, the beginning of may, into the pacific northwest. seattle a chilly 52 degrees. meanwhile, we're still watching some scattered showers over the great lakes. they push into the interior as we head toward friday. atlanta, if you hadn't reached 90 by friday, you'l

ohio valley looks great today. milwaukee looks nice. a chance of some showers in areas of the northern plains, cold front going through. we'll track heavy rain threat as we go through the weekend. >>> bill thanks so much. >>> a gigantic goof at jp morgan chase. sony hits new lows. diamonds for charities. >>> both the dark and funny sides of johnny depp. debut at the box office this weekend. >>> coming up the hawks co-owner had choice words for kevin garnett, he responds in a big way. more historical runs in baltimore. you're watching "early today." >>> good bhorj oh >>> a fda panel has recommended approval for a drug that has been shown to be more than 90% effective at preventing hiv prevention. the fda could approve it as early as next month. >>> the justice department filed suit against joe arpaio over discriminatory practices against latinos and pattern of unlawful conduct by maricopa deputies. >>> controversy growing over the latest "time" magazine cover. highlighting a story on attachment parenting by showing a mother breast feeding her three-year-old son. from questions of approp

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. >> potentially with affluent suburbites in northern virginia and the potential to hurt him and working class lites in ohionow if there's a vice presidential pick that fits that mold exactly, but i think overall in terms of the map you are seeing the white house sort of refocus on what they think is the future democratic majority which probably includes fewer white working class voters, which leaves the romney campaign with an opportunity to potentially gain ground in midwestern states. >> i would go with peggy and christie keeps protesting he wouldn't do it, and people say because he doesn't seem to be a healthy, you know, chizelled excess member of american manhood he is not cosmetically right. you know, he is the one guy out there who you would like to go have a beer with, and maybe a second beer. he is good value. he is politically very, very adept. >> the case for christie that a friend suggested me is christie would be a terrible vice president, as he himself has suggested. right? just a terrible number two sort of, you know, in the julia louise dreyfus kind of role. what do you want for your vice pr

ohio river valley. showers in the pacific northwest. few showers in the northern plains.new england. >> good morning. there are some clouds and some fog this morning. if you isolated storms could crop up later this afternoon. >> and that's your latest weather. >> al, thank you. up next, house hunting for $250,000 or less. right after this. sometimes, i feel like it's me against my hair. [ female announcer ] weak, damaged hair needs new aveeno nourish+ strengthen. active naturals wheat formulas restore strength for up to 90% less breakage in three washes. for strong, healthy hair with life, new aveeno nourish+ strengthen. for strong, healthy hair with life, what if we could keep enough plastic waste to cover all of manhattan out of landfills each year? the equivalent of 140 million trash bags, gone. by using glad trash bags, designed with reinforcing bands to be stronger with less plastic waste, we can. it's a small change that can make a big difference. and try glad odor shield with febreze freshness... strong bags that neutralize strong odors. some aerosols may just mix

. >> potentially with affluent suburbanites in northern virginia and the potential to hurt him with working class catholics in ohio know if there's a vice presidential pick that fits that mold exactly, but i think overall in terms of the map, you are seeing the white house sort probably includes fewer white working class voters, which leaves the romney campaign with an opportunity to potentially gain ground in midwestern states. >> who would you pick, if you were running -- if you were running romney's vice presidential search? >> oh, i'd go with peggy and tend to pick christie. you know, christie keeps protesting that he won't do it, and people say because he doesn't seem to be a healthy, you know, chiseled specimen of american manhood, he's not cosmetically right. you know, he's the one guy out there that you would like to go have a beer with and maybe a second beer. he's good value, he's politically very, very adept. >> the case for christie that a friend suggested to me is that christie would be a terrible vice president, as he himself has suggested. right, just a terrible number two sort of, you know, in the

ohio valley. did i mention we even have snow falling across the northern rockies. that's a look >>> and here's a great start to the day for the 75th anniversary of the golden gate bridge. as we look at that forecast, we'll see some clearing skies just after lunchtime, but cool and breezy temperatures around the golden gate. highs close to 60 in san francisco indid not upper 60s to low 70s with morning drizzle. your seven-day forecast shows memorial day a bit warm e. then the summer-like heat comes back and then cool against toward next weekend. >>> and back to you, lester. >> crystal, thanks. >>> it's yet ear black eye for the vatican. the pope's butler accused of leaking confidential documents. the pope is said to be pained that one of his closest confidants is betraying him. duncan, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, lester. these leaks started in january, rocking the vatican with allegations of corruption and cover-up. immediately the hunt started for the source and finally last week police say they found hundreds of documents at the home of one of the pop

of course the heat wave across the south into the ohio valley, and did i mention we have snow falling across the northern rockies. that's a look at the weather across the nation. here is what is happening where you live. >> a good sunday morning to you. i am storm 4. it's awfully humid outside. temperatures in the 60s and low 70s in most neighborhoods. 74 at national airport. and 72 at frederick and new market maryland. our forecast for today, a mix of clouds and sunshine. a chance for more thunderstorms today north of the d.c. metro area. code orange on the air quality. highs today, upp >>> and back to you, lester. >> crystal, thanks. >>> it's yet another black eye for the vatican, the arrest of pope benedict's butler, accused of leaking the pontiff's own confidential documents. the pope is said to be pained that one of his closest confidantes is accused of betraying him. nbc's duncan golestani is covering the story from our london newsroom. duncan, good morning. >> good morning, lester. these leaks started in january, rocking the vatican with allegations of corruption and cover-up. immediately, the hun

ohio valley. did i mention we even have snow falling across the northern >> good morning, steamy weather as we head through this hold day weekend. 89 dn orees for the high temperatures around maryland. 70's near ocean city. >>> and back to you, lester. >> crystal, thanks. >>> it's yet another black eye for the vatican, the arrest of pope benedict's butler, accused of leaking the pontiff's own confidential documents. the pope is said to be pained that one of his closest confidantes is accused of betraying him. nbc's duncan golestani is covering the story from our london newsroom. duncan, good morning. >> good morning, lester. these leaks started in january, rocking the vatican with allegations of corruption and cover-up. immediately, the hunt started for the source, and finally, last week police say they found hundreds of documents at the home of one of the pope's most trusted aides. it's like something from a hollywood movie. >> open the doors and tell the world the truth. >> reporter: a mystery at the vatican complete with the accusation that the butler did it. pope benedict has been searching for

ohio valley, coming across our region. we've got one line now, more showers in northern virginia. then this other cluster we'll have to watch the next few hours as it tracks just south of due east. you can see these moderate showers in clinton, down 301 toward andrews. but the heavy stuff with lots of lightning and thunder into southwestern areas and western areas of charles county. passing stafford and fredricksburg. colonial beach had one round. round two is coming with dahlgren the next few minutes. in and around the leonardtown area, northern st. mary's county headed toward reduce by, st. leonard, maybe solomon, this has a lot of lightning and thunder and heavy rain as well. we're seeing the scattered showers and storms this morning and rather mild. 67 right now at reagan national. it's 65 on the bay in annapolis. even north and west the cool spot out in garrett county, 55. hagerstown 59. it's 6:00 a.m. some storms in spots. that means wet roads in spots. that means even slower in spots. >> slower in spots and unfortunately a very serious situation down in brandywine. good mor

northern new england. record highs in the ohio and mississippi river valley. from the southwest gulf coast on into the mid-atlantic states. >>> good morning to you. starting with a live look, san francisco, beautiful, clear sky. camera has a bit of a shake, as we have some winds and they will pick up throughout the afternoon gusting from 15 to 30 miles per hour. we only have sustained wind speed in san francisco 5 miles per hour. highs in the 70s and 80s inland. tomorrow 74 degrees. friday, shower activity for the afternoon hours. warming up saturday. >> and that's your latest weather. >> all right, al, coming up next. skipping the summer slump with fun learning tools. people keep asking me if that lady in the viva commercial is really my mother. they keep asking me if the dirty guy is really my son. huh -- what do you tell 'um? holy smokes, these viva towels really are tough, even when wet! [ mike ] for the record, that's my real father, cleaning up a real mess on a real grill. see? very impressive! you're a natural. oh that's much better... dad's got his toug