flooding on i-35, and 40 from north texas to oklahoma city. wet on i-70, from kansas to denver. d on i-80, around salt lake city and cheyenne. windy in the east on i-87 and 95, in both new york and new england. >> if you're flying today, you can expect some airport delays in seattle, san francisco, salt lake city, denver and dallas. >>> federal researchers are making some dire predictions this morning about the health of all americans. >> if your junk food consumption continues spiking the obesity rate, the number of diabetics could double or triple in the next 40 years. brad wheelis has details. >> reporter: the cdc has worn if nothing is done to address the obesity epidemic, it could skyrocket. one in ten adults has diabetes today. the prediction is one in three adults could have the disorder 20 years from now. >> because the population is getting older. because the population is obese, because of the demographics of the population, the racial makeup is changing, the rate of diabetes is going to go up dramatically. >> reporter: doctors have been pushing diet and healthy routine

stockman actually received advance notice the oklahoma city bombing was going to happen. >> well, there is more than one problem with that. the big one is that stockman did not in fact receive advanced in the -- in the of the bombing. he got an e-mail 15 minutes after which he turned over. well now there is an apology and it is pretty lame. >> on monday i said mr. stock man's notice was not advance notice. it was right after the bombing. i apologize for the misstatement. it was an editing error and miep alone. to the conservative blogers who are extremely angry with me for making that mistak -- mistake and who no doubt will be extremely angry for airing this correction, let me say, thank you. thank you for signaling enthusiasm forgetting all of the details right. if the country talked more about the steve stock -- stockmans of the world and what extremism was like in the country, that would be good as a country. particularly before this round of elections. >> nice, taring everybody there. the old dog made an editing excuse. now we go to angry kitty. >>> clearly an anti-government extrem

se casaron en septiembre del 2003 mientras ambos estudiaban en oklahoma city ella tenía 21 años de edadresentó la solicitud para pedir la residencia permanente. >> diana tejada nunca fue formulada por ningún delito en noviembre del 2008 durante la entrevista de funcionarios de inmigración ella admitió que su matrimonio era falso. >> se casó dice porque le pidió que no quería regreso al líbano y tenía que servir al ejército nacional y fue deportado en marzo de este año. dijeron que la kconducta de tejada era claramente equivocada. >> lucha por ser reelecto en el término con nevada y su portavoz señaló que lo importante es la medida desesperada de los republicanos que se han rebajado para manchar la reputación. >> este analista republicano no piensa que impactada en la campaña de ridge pero asegura que será una medida desesperada. >> todas las encuestas muestran que está por delante. >> había tenido una situación precaria, muy difícil. >periodista: muestran una batalla electoral muy estrella contra ridge y la republicana sharon a. que ha tenido retórica y anuncios en washington, lori mont

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stockman actually received advance notice the oklahoma city bombing was going to happen. >> well, there is more than one problem with that. the big one is that stockman did not in fact receive advanced in the -- in the of the bombing. he got an e-mail 15 minutes after which he turned over. well now there is an apology and it is pretty lame. >> on monday i said mr. stock man's notice was not advance notice. it was right after the bombing. i apologize for the misstatement. it was an editing error and miep alone. to the conservative blogers who are extremely angry with me for making that mistak -- mistake and who no doubt will be extremely angry for airing this correction, let me say, thank you. thank you for signaling enthusiasm forgetting all of the details right. if the country talked more about the steve stock -- stockmans of the world and what extremism was like in the country, that would be good as a country. particularly before this round of elections. >> nice, taring everybody there. the old dog made an editing excuse. now we go to angry kitty. >>> clearly an anti-government extrem

and 74 in oklahoma city. some rain there today but nothing like the storms that they have on sunday. take a look at this. it hammered oklahoma city. the amount of hail and the size of the hail. nickel to quarter size hail reported there. even a few reports of golf ball size hail covering the ball. i'll shift up for a second. you can hear i pounding the road and the vehicle. th will be droing in south and east. a better chance to see showers and storms tomorrow. not a huge chance. only a 30% chance tomorrow but at least better during the overnight. the system comes through. we have an area of high pressure that will begin moving in on the other side of the system. the best chance of rain is for tomorrow. tomorrow won't benearly, there's the 60s tonight. not nearly as mild as today. there's a look at your forecast for this evening. 65 to 73. tomorrow morning, a few clouds around the area. 50 to 58 degrees. for the afternoon, 83 to 87. mostly sunny with a very light wind. it is the end of e week. we'll talk more

oklahoma city, nice at 85. so i ess, veronica, the only question is how many days in a row can we have sunshine? >> i say 365 days in a row. >> the flowers wouldn't be too happy. they need a little water, right? >> it's oy. palm trees are good enough. >>> the ups and doins of golden oil and what will today's job umbers say? your early morning business headlines are straight ahead. >>> plus, is she box office ison or is she box office gold? this weekend may tell. >>> the nhl drops the puck on gnaw season, some controversy in baseball and ti lincecum is lights out. you're watching "early today." >> good morning, and welcome back to "early today." i'm veronica de la cruz. here are some of your top headlines thimorning. >>> a government investigator says the social security administration mistakenly sent out 72,000 stimulus checks of $250 apiece to people who were dead. that amounts to ound $18 million. the report finds more than half of those payment have been returned. >>> chilean officials say a drilling machine

who knows, maybe new york city is the new oklahoma city. we had that storm system kick through areas of the aeft last night. we still have a little bit of rain. the storms rolled right over the jets and minnesota vikings game. two storm systems, one up in new englandnd theother one down here in louisiana. new york city looks okay, just like rain. but philadelphia is going to have a wet morning pipt goes back here into central p.a. and it's goingo go straight through philly. we're talking rain early today. we had strong storms going through areas of louisiana. they're weaker now. but it looks like new orleans has rain heading your way in all of extreme southern louisiana. as far as the forecast for today goes, we're going to continueo watch showery type weather and rainey weather, cooler weather, too. d.c. looks like you're going to avoid much of this wet weather. and the res of the country looks rather dry and rather warm with the exemption there of denver. that's your tuesday forecast. now here is a look at the weather outside your window.

gain makes is slick on i-10 and 35 in texas on i-40 from little rock to oklahoma city. t on i-75 and 80 in the northeast. >> and if you're flying today expect airport delays in kansas city, dallas, houston, detroit and philadelphia. >>> final preparations are being made to free the 33 miners trapped deep underground in chile. >> today, the men started taking aspirin to ward off blood clots. jeffrey kofman reports. >> reporter: geologists found loose rock around the top 300 feet. and that is where the steel casing is going. >> you have here, the winds on this structure, that will sustain this wheel. >> reporter: attached to the winch, the rescue capsule. a very cramped 21-inch tube. if all goes according to plan, they will start to bring the men out on wednesday. officials say the miners are on remarkably good spirits. >> we have began talking to them regarding the proper order of rescue. and they are fighting against us yesterday because every one of them wanted to be at the end of the line, not at the beginning. >> reporter: that follows this dramatic moment saturday mo

just east of oklahoma city. right there in the plains. around here we have some clouds moving in overnight and looks like a pretty wet day. 48 now with clear skies. the dewpoint is down to 44 and it's a pretty good indication of how chilly it can get tonight. a 48 in oakland and 60 in ocean city. so quite a range of 40s and 60 and the clouds are just beginning to move into southwest virginia. tomorrow they will come back out of the east again and bring up moisture from the atlantic ocean and pick up during the day and tomorrow night. by friday they will be quite strong but shifting to the northwest as the moisture will be leaving us. first we have to deal with a lot of rain. michigan, indiana, now into ohio. southwest virginia, some showers there. this is all moving to our region. once this energy gets to the atlantic coast it's going to develop a low pressure, probably around jersey and then head up toward new england. we're going to start seeing northeasterly winds coming in off the land bringing a lot of moisture. looking for about an

oklahoma and texas, anyone driving interstate 35 north of dallas or south down from oklahoma city is going to have to deal with those storms. they're going to continue to slide toward arkansas during the day and even dallas could end up with some storms during the morning rush hour. the forecast does call for those thunderstorms in dallas. we should be dry for the most part. everywhere east of the appalachians. we're looking at a pretty gorgeous day down here from miami to atlanta. the carolinas look fantastic today. mid-atlantic looks pretty good. new york city, the big columbus day parade should be fine, 75 and sunny. some of that wet weather, though, a little storm is going to develop and head through pennsylvania and into areas of new jersey and southern new england as we go into tuesday. so, tomorrow will be a little different. but today looks really nice around the nation. enjoy. if you're watching us on ksdk-5 in st. louis missouri, celebrate art with dozens of shows and performances at concert halls, museums, theaters throughout the city at the american arts experience, st. l

oklahoma city, you look okay, also. as far as the temperatures go, it's a warm day. it's going to be very mild this afternoon. highs today, about 85 degrees in d.c., charlotte, raleigh, all the way down to atlanta. chance of a thunderstorm or two and showers in dallas. another mild day. not quite as warm, but mild from minneapolis to chicago. even in new england, we're going to be sunny. it's amazing how warm it's continuing. we keep waiting for once you get to the mid to late fall, you can get frofts and freezes. we start talking about our first snows here, but we're not even close to that. >> traders await the next step from the fed. the dollar feels the heat and at what age do people get grumpy? your first look at business headlines straight ahead. >>> the phillies go for the sweep and the rays try to stay alive. plus, could the saints overcome three interceptions from their star quarterback? ready to try something new? campbell's has made changes. adding lower sodium sea salt to more soups. plus five dollars in coupons to get you started. campbell's condensed sou

disasters as the 1993 missouri floods, the 1994 north ridge, california, earthquake and the oklahoma cityombing in 1995. they're drinking habits were surveyed for a period of up to three years after their exposure. the authors say that just .03% of them became alcohol abusers as a result of the experience. but they found that a stunning 83% of recovering alcoholics went back to the bottle following a traumatic event. the study concludes that most alcohol abuse following disasters is the result of former alcoholics suffering a relapse. with this "medical minute," i'm dr. timothy johnson. >>> stink bugs and bedbugs can be real pests but before you call that pest control company we've got a very important warning. coming up at 5:30. >>> it may not be that much for some but your electric and gas bill could go up by as much as $50 a year. good evening, i'm roosevelt leftwich. bge is asking customers to pay more to deliver gas and electricity to their homes. abc2 news brian kuebler explains why. >> reporter: in a year that was already full of weather extremes you just may have to pay even more

it >> in oklahoma city, cell phones are being used to encourage students to read. 1,506th and seventh graders and received free telephones as part of our research program. students read books and complete tests. if they pass, more minutes are added to their telephone. >> second graders are paid $2 per book to read. at the end of fiscal year, they're reading comprehension have raised up three >> students are being compared to a control group that did not received cell phones. some believe the program is equal to bribing kids and the results will be short-lived. filming the third installment of a transformer's movie came to a halt this morning. a police car slammed into the yellow camaro known as ball will be. the officers suffered minor injuries. took over at m &t bank stadium. >> it was part of the fourth evening "purple evening", an event that celebrated female fans. it became so popular this year that it sold out. >> with the sweat still on the field from sunday's win, it was the ladies who are taking the field in droves. so the event at 5000, the biggest crowd ever for a "purple ev

looked like oklahoma city, instead of brooklyn, new york. >> that is hail? >> about quarter-inch hail covering the ground. almost looked like snow at one point. very impressive to say the least. i missed the crowd rushing for your book, but i did catch that. we have a hurricane out there that just formed. this one though, like a lot of hurricanes, not a big threat. the ninth one of the season. just off the coast of mexico. it is in a precarious spot. this is where we get big storms. this is where wilma was before it headed up into florida. not this time. this one will be short of the u.s., die out near western cuba the forecast will keep it a category 1. it will remain a weaker-type hurricane. if you are going to cancun the next couple of days, today or tomorrow that won't be fun. western cuba, the storm should weaken. it looks to avoid south florida with the gusty winds. south florida will still get rain out of this. that will be it. we luck out once again. as far as the rainfall goes, philadelphia, the rain starting to end. trenton, the rain is coming down

i do not favor oklahoma city or to also won over the other. it is a nice position to be in. i have spent a lot of time visiting in tulsa and all of northeastern oklahoma. i understand the importance of trying to make sure that the expressway gets completed because it is not just about economic development over the industrial parks, it is also about being able to move on the north side of tulsa in a fashion that will alleviate some of the transportation issues that occur. i understand the importance of making sure the river development occurs. we have seen what has happened over what used to be a canal. it is now booming with development. ast also boost course development here, -- as the tulsa -- as tulsa boosts development here, it is important to all of oklahoma. i know oklahoma city and tulsa have to be strong. we have to have strong economies here. they are the economic engines that drive our state. i am committed to make sure that both of them are strong parts of our economy. >> mary fallin? >> as your next governor of the state of oklahoma, i think it is important that t

oklahoma city is opted to make sunday sacred. >> in some cities, the showdown isn't over religion orchools but sports. on halloween, arlington, texas has game four of the world series. and the saints and steelers but at least one man says the holiday should be left alone. >> the scariest thing is the number of politicians who are screwing it up for children. >> there might be a sweet silver lining. instead of saturday or sunday, some kids may opt for both. >> if you want to stay dry, tomorrow is the day. >> we have showers and we are starting a dry and warming trend. today a live look from high definition emeryville camera. notice the clouds. dark out there and moist. we do have a fog and light rain sfualg around the bay. over a 1/3 of an inch in npa. the past hour or so, san francisco coming in at .42 and we're not quite done yet. down through santa cruz we're going to hold on to the showers in the morning hours. look what is going on now. we have development off shore. this will continue to rotated to the east. as it does we'll bump in showers around ben lomond and clouds build up

you still hang on to war temperatures like dallas, oklahoma city in the 80's.are getting close to the 70- degree mark. that has cleared out quickly. there are northwesterly winds and a few sprinkles and showers. that should end soon and we are hanging on. we are having clearing skies. the futurecast shows a lot of the cloudiness dissipating overnight and we will hang onto breezy conditions. a large area of high pressure will take up residence for the weekend. we will have a breezy pattered tomorrow and mid-60's. the bright and sunny day. at least 270 degrees, libby into the lower 70's. partly cloudy, cool and breezy. 61 by noon and lots of sunshine. still breezy. wendy in some spots tomorrow. check out the next seven days. at least 70 and upper 60's on monday and tuesday. the next chance of rain next wednesday with scattered showers. great weather for the gold cup in big meadow. fedex field should be clear for kick off time. >>> tonight, "20/20" takes on the growing problem of bullying. we talk to the parents of children who were believed to death. >> i could h

my sister died in oklahoma city. where is my money? >> we did not do it for oklahoma city. we did not do it for katrina. why did we do it for 911. virginia tech is private. >> it was not random and it was not a mistake. you cannot justify these compensation programs from the perspective of the victim. i do not have a very good answer as to why a 9/11 betim gets paid and an oklahoma city big dumb does not with public money. but from the perspective of the american people and the congress, their elected representatives, i think 9/11 was special. i think congress felt they wanted to show their solidarity and compassion for the victims of 9/11. so from the perspective of american society, not from the perspective of the victims, i can see a justification. >> the times we had done its sense have been semi-private. virginia tech and ldp, which is semi private. >> i do not know why it is and my private. it is private private. the united states government and bp entered into a private compact to create a $20 billion fund, totally bp money, to pay claims in the gulf. it is not quasi

a gang fight broke out after a church event in oklahoma city. lling one, injuring five young girls. >> shots fired. >> according to chicago police, of the 344 murders in this city today, half are gang-related. and half the number of murder victims were 25 years old or younger. new york city police have noticed the surge in what community leader have called black-on-black violence. the homicide rate of young african-american males is 12 times higher than their white counterparts. the statistics have launched a new initiative. the nypd and commissioner ray kelly is joining forces with new york pastors to reduce crime, save lives and restore the love thy neighbor lesson back to new york. >> please welcome police commissioner ray kelly and sea brooks. >> commissioner, what was the catalyst getting the partnership established between the new york city police department and the spiritual community of brooklyn. >> the catalyst was the core leadership of clergy in brooklyn got fed up with the black-on-black crime, and they came to us, it was the clergy i

she linked conservatives to the oklahoma city bombing. and then she goes after fox news for fear mongering. she does it without a trace of irony or realization that she is a hipocrite. that takes mad skills. >> i have a crush on her ability to not see things correctly. >> and i spilled skills with a "z." >> that's mad skillz. >> and refer together program all things considered, they changed the name to some things considered. andrew, how do you feel about npr? >> not a fan. i do not like it on facebook. >> really? >> i did not click on pr. >> you feel that strongly? >> yes, that strongly. you can see it in my face. >> mary, you said we hospital have subsidized propaganda, but shouldn't it be radio or television of any kind? >> yeah, we don't need the additional funding. people like the product they are buying, and they will support the product they are buying. if they don't want. it the government should not be the one providing it. >> this is not china. >> it is not china. >> but it will be. >> you can tell it is not china because we are

. >> drew, it wasn't long ago i met kirk smally, he lives in oklahoma city or near it, anyway.ike to speak out publicly or on television. but after his 11-year-old son committed suicide after being bullied at school, he felt he had to speak out. he said no child should be bullied to death. and he wants to make sure no child ever is again. kirk smally is on a mission. there he is, an honored guest at oklahoma city's western heights high school, trying to put a stop to bullying. >> i have to make a difference. i promised my son on father's day this year, i would stop this from happening to another child. >> for years, smally's son, ty, struggled with a bully at school. >> and when you say he was being picked on, how was he being picked on? >> oh, name-calling. tyler was always kind of small. >> reporter: his father says ty was a typical kid with typical grades who took the abuse for two years. on the day ty finally decided to push back physically, he got into trouble. he was suspended from school. for ty, that was too much to bear. on that day, last may, he killed himself. he was

oklahoma city has opted to keep sunday sacred, and utah hasn't made it official but the majority of trick or treerts there are expected to do the same. in some cities, the saturday versus sunday showdown isn't over religion or school but sports. on hall week arlington, texas, has game 4 of the world series, and new orleans hosts the saints and steelers. one man says the holiday should be left alone. >> i think the scariest thing about halloween this year are the number of politics who politicians who are crying it up for children. >> there might be a sweet sill her lining. instead of saturday or sunday smrgs kids may opt for both. abc news, atlanta. accomplish. >> alan: we have a list of halloween events today and tomorrow. it's on our web site, abc7.com, and the list includes events specifically categorized as children friendly. and leigh glaser is here. her little trick-or-treater is running around in her outfit. >> leigh: falling on a sunday. yours is probably doing the same thing. we will have dry evening tomorrow night. tonight, different story. you can see the clouds have been with

it was an awful moment, the oklahoma city bomber when he went there and gave this spectacular speech he became our preacher, our father, our minister, that's when the empathy emerged. >> larry: "parker spitzer" premieres monday at 8:00. you're getting a preview here. check it out. more after this. >> larry: we're back with "parker spitzer." sounds like a law firm, but it's a television show. and it debuts monday night at 8:00, eastern, 5:00, pacific. let's talk individual races. what do you make of this new york governor's race? >> i'm going to defer. >> it's a shame it has descended into these crazy allegations with colin powell. the republican candidate is not going to win. it will be closer than people would have thought because of dynamic not only in new york, but upstate nation. the upstate economy is abomination. andrew cuomo will win, but not with the margin. >> larry: why aren't you -- >> i'm not allowed to endorse. i guess it's endorsement. >> you would vote no matter what, right? >> no i cross party lines in races and will always vote for the best candidate. >> he will win

i do not favor oklahoma city or to also won over the other. it is a nice position to be in. i have spent a lot of time visiting in tulsa and all of northeastern oklahoma. i understand the importance of trying to make sure that the expressway gets completed because it is not just about economic development over the industrial parks, it is also about being able to move on the north side of tulsa in a fashion that will alleviate some of the transportation issues that occur. i understand the importance of making sure the river development occurs. we have seen what has happened over what used to be a canal. it is now booming with development. ast also boost course development here, -- as the tulsa -- as tulsa boosts development here, it is important to all of oklahoma. i know oklahoma city and tulsa have to be strong. we have to have strong economies here. they are the economic engines that drive our state. i am committed to make sure that both of them are strong parts of our economy. >> mary fallin? >> as your next governor of the state of oklahoma, i think it is important that t

it does include you in the oklahoma city area so we'll keep you up to date as those storms develop later we head into tomorrow, that front will advance toward the east. places like dallas-ft. worth on into the houston area, we'll see that chance of rain. we also see some scatter the showers across parts of the northeast. keep that in mind if you have travel plans for your monday. tomorrow is a holiday. columbus day. some of you don't have to work and may make it a long weekend with travel. temperaturewise, look at this. this whole ready area i highlighted from dakotas stretching down into the southeast, temperatures are going to be unbelievably warm for this time of year. we're talk 10 to 20 degrees above average pushing 80 degrees in minneapolis for your monday and into chicago. 85 in st. louis. 87 in atlanta. even d.c. up there at 86 degrees. hopefully you can get outside and enjoy some of this nice fall weather. now, we are keeping our eye on the tropics. it's october. we're still in hurricane season. you have until november 30th before that is over with. and the national hurricane ce

there he is, an honored guest at oklahoma city's western heights high school trying to put a stop to bullying. >> i have to make a difference. i promised my son on father's day this year i would stop this from happening to another child. >> for years his son ty struggled with a bully at school. >> and when you say he was being picked on, how was he being picked on? >> name calling. ty was always kind of small. shove here, push there. >> he was a typical kid with typical grades who took the abuse for two years. on the day ty finally decided to push back physically, he got into trouble. he was suspended from school. for ty, that was too much to bear. on that day last may he killed himself. he was 11 years old. >> ultimately my son's safety rested in my hands. i was responsible for my son's safety. i don't hold -- >> that's a harsh thing to say about yourself. >> i'm his dad. >> i know, but he's out in the world. >> it's my job to protect him. no matter what. no matter where he was. it was my job to protect him. >> reporter: but how do you protect your child from a bully? assistant depu

coming off a loss to oklahoma city. derek rose scored 28 points in that game.thibodeau what lessons were learned. >> we stood a lot, we held on to the ball, we didn't make quick decisions, we didn't cut hard. and we took low percentage shots. those are things that we have to correct. that being said, we just -- it's a two point game with three minutes to go we were in position to get a win but we have to play a lot better in the 4th quarter. >> i think being in the right places, certain making crazy fouls that can change the game. we just got to clear that up. it's nothing big. hopefully tomorrow you see that. we worked on it today. >>> meantime the big three making their home debut against the orlando magic tonight. chris barb to james to wade for the alley-oop. heat outscoring magic 28-10 in the 3rd. miami now 2-1. they bury orlando 96-70. >>> outscoring the rangers 20- 7. they hope to move a step away from their first world series title since way back. they were the new york giants back then. scoring two runs off c.j. wilson. then the rest of the bullpen cou

oklahoma city, 37 degrees. the old-time record and longview, texas seeing a temperature yesterday of 41. new york, an hour delay right now. newark, 30-minute delays, and philly has got 25. and then briefly, fredricka, this thing could be our next tropical depression or storm, but at this point, we're pretty well protected with the way the atmosphere and weather pattern is set up to keep it away from the u.s., but we will keep an eye on it. fnchts it were to have an name, would it be an o? >> otto, i believe. not necessarily that threatening but i've known some mean ottos in my time. little beavers with bad appetites. >> that would be otter-like. thank you so much for that, rob. >>> okay, shocking moments during a ukrainian circus performance captured on camera by a cnn i-reporter. a lion tamer in the ring is suddenly mauled by two lions. circus workers tried to hose down the lions as you see right there. according to a witness, doug shepard who was there with his family, they say there wasn't much to protect th

this stays in place at dodge city, oklahoma city and dallas.er than the past few. mostly dry and sunny on the eastern seaboard. those strong storms stay in place. it's been so much fun, on a all that weather was brought to you by the chrysler town and country. george? >>> all week long, we've been studying alzheimer's, its treatments, and the search for a cure. part of a special partnership with maria shriver and the alzheimer's association, to present the shriver report. this morning, dr. richard besser is here with the latest on the promising research for the more than 30 million americans living with alzheimer's. >> reporter: all this week, we've witnessed the emotional toll of alzheimer's disease. >> i love you very much. >> reporter: the love and loss. >> love me? >> yes, i do. >> i love you. >> reporter: looking for hope, we asked, could research taking place right now yield treatments? even one day, a cure? >> when i first looked under the microscope and saw the profound effects, i thought, wow. this is really fascinating. the death of t

about 90 miles southeast of oklahoma city, champion tumbling and cheer wants to show kids that gettingrogram called lay a foundation of fitness in our community. in addition to new equipment, it will provide at least ten full-year scholarships. and the gym will be open one day every month so that any child can come in for free instruction, along with getting information on health and nutrition. of course, there's still time for you to vote for your favorite ideas. logon to abcnews.com/refresh. are you refreshed, being in new york? >> i am. >> invigorating, right? >> it is. >> all the way from seattle. >> yep. >> let's talk about the weather. we have serious concerns in the middle of the concern. severe weather threat across my home state of indiana, into portions of ohio. we could see isolated tornadoes. incredible winds that will damage probably a lot of tree limbs. expect power outages. and strong storms from new york state down into the gulf coast states. let's go west for our folks from washington. and we'll start to see him the things improve. gorgeous in the southeast. texas, ano

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it does include you in oklahoma city, be aware of that.m on the move tomorrow bringing showers and storms to places like dallas and down towards the houston area and finally dry out across parts of the pacific northwest and while it was gorgeous in the northeast today, tomorrow those showers arriving by late in the day. take notice of the big red area i put on the map here for tomorrow. that's where temperatures are going to be extremely warm. we're talking 10 to 20 degrees above average. a lot more like summer than fall. look at all in80s out here, even pushing 80 for places like minneapolis, as well as chicago. a gorgeouses view of atlanta at this hour. not a cloud in the sky. 84 degrees, just four degrees shy of the record. tomorrow, we might break that record, so, it is warm even by atlanta standards. and, of course, it's that time of the year where you have the fall foliage going on. peeking across interior new england and the upper midwest and parts of the rocky mountains. randi, enjoy it. >> you bet i will. >>> having a baby girl co

a gang fight broke out after a youth event if oklahoma city, killing one and injuring five young girlsrding to chicago police of the 344 murders in the city today, half are gang related and half the number of murder victims were 25 years old or younger. new york city police have noticed the surge in what community leaders called black on black violence. the city's homicide rate of young african-american males is 12 teams higher than white counterpart. these statistics prompted a new initiative in the city. the n.y.p.d. under the leadership of commissioner ray kelly is joining forces with some of new york's pastors, for the program to reduce crime, save lives, and perhaps restore the love thy neighbor lesson back to new york's communities. >> please welcome new york police officer commissioner ray kelly and gerald seabrooks. >> (applause) >> commissioner, let me ask you, what was the catalyst for getting the new partnership established between the new york city police department and the spiritual community in brooklyn. >> the catalyst was that the core leadership of clergy in brooklyn s

one woman thought a truck hit the laundromat where she was working in oklahoma city. the magnitude 4.3 quake hit wednesday morning, a bit stronger than the 3.6 quake that rattled d.c. back in july. >>> the drug war is at the center of the murder of an american in mexico and tonight police think they know why he was killed. >>> plus think you have time to get that flu shot? think again. why doctors say your family needs to get it now coming up at 10:30. frce ttge bob ehrlich says he wants to fix maryland. but he increased state spending by record amounts. ehrlich raised $3 billion in taxes and fees... including property taxes... and a 40% increase in college tuition. and now he's made over $1 billion in new promises... with no plans to pay for them... except for cutting education. cuts that will lay off teachers and increase class sizes. that's not a budget. and bob ehrlich's not the kind of leader... we can trust. hi, home. i'm home. genuine glee just $14.99 and $79.99. find what makes you happy >>> tight security today at a department of public works facility where a

stockman received advance notice that the oklahoma city obabombi was going to happen. >> that sounds like he knew that people were going to be killed

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a new traffic study says nashville has the worst traffic in the country, followed by oklahoma city. and then birmingham. los angeles does not rank in the top ten, nor does the bay area, in fact they come in 17th and 34th place respectively as the worst metro areas for traffic snarls. the study developed by ceo's for cities and the rockefeller foundation measures mobility by total drive time and not traffic delays. >>> well, jeff ranieri is in the city and he's got his sari on. >> he's at an indian dance and music festival. tell us more about it. >> we're previewing it. it's quite colorful and quite the experience out here. it happens friday, saturday and sunday. it's called traditions engaged. back here behind me, young ladies that are going to be performing a quick preview. this is a classical dance called ktuk. ♪ >> that was great, laid diz, we're going to come over here and talk to raj, you are here with traditions engaged. tell us a little bit about this unique and colorful experience people can attend this weekend. >> yes, i'm a member of the dance company. this is a three-day

and northward into oklahoma, if you're leaving oklahoma city, driving eastward on i-40, you're goingr wet weather. for those traveling, there's wet weather in the midwest affecting chicago. thunderstorms rolling from the southwest. all of this rain is likely to affect air travel. the only delay we have right now for those flying right now, san francisco, that's where we're reporting delays. overall still look agent stormy conditions across the nation's midsection. let's het hed down to the tropic. tropical storm richard an active hurricane season for 2010. notice the burst of convection. this storm has intensified a bit since the last advisory. the thunderstorm activity is bearing down on honduras, nicaragua and towards guatemala and belize. we will see a lot of heavy rain. possibly 3 to 5 inches, maybe 7 inches in higher terrain, we cannot rule out mudslides which of course would be deadly and dangerous for this region. i want to show you the track. there have been some changes. check out the intensity. the storm is meandering north, it becomes a category 1 hurricane according to th

oklahoma city, these storms will be to the east of you about the worst of it you lucked out on.ar as abilene, the storms are pushing off to your east. notice the storms aren't that far from ft. worth. these will move through the dallas/ft. worth metro plex as we go throughout the two to four hours. sometime around 1:00. also to the north of this, strong storms moving through central illinois. a lot of hev rain is likely from chicago, peoria, champaign, springfield. this area will get drenched this afternoon. now from milwaukee to green bay. a stormy day today, much of the country is looking at storms in the middle and also on the west coast. what a beast of a storm is coming on shore tonight and tomorrow. round one was last night and this morning. right now showers from portland to medford. northern california had much of their rain early this morning in the overnight hours. now that's moving up in to the mountains. there's heavy snowfall up around tahoe today. the top of the ski areas i'm sure are getting some snow. also heavy rain tomorrow. gusty wind. a one-two punch on the w

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oklahoma city has opted to keep sunday sacred, and utah hasn't made it official, but the majority of trick-or-treaters there are expected to do the same. in some cities, the saturday versus sunday showdown isn't over religion or school but sports. on halloween, arlington, texas, has game four of the world series, and new orleans hosts the saints and the steelers. but at least one man says the holiday should be left alone. >> i think the scariest thing about halloween this year are the number of politicians who are screwing it up for children. >> reporter: there might be a sweet silver lining to this debate. instead of saturday or sunday, some savvy kids may opt for both. for "good morning america," yunji de nies, abc news, atlanta. >> i love that. that's smart. >>> coming up, custody fight. parents must now hand over a 3-year-old boy that they've had since birth to the biological father he's barely met. what is best for the child? >> and you do not want to miss this. we're going to meet the woman behind dan the man, his mom. how many ways did i get mrs. harris to embarrass her son? oh

. >>> good morning, it is wednesday, oklahoma city 13. i'm juliette goodrich.t with our top story. everyone is talking about free at last. 11 of the 33 trapped

oklahoma city baseball begins for real tomorrow.iants and braves gets an extra day off and will open the division series thursday night at at&t. the giants will go with two time cy young winner tim lincecum in game one to be followed in the rotation by matt cain and jonathan sanchez, barry zito is not expected to start a game in this series. now the question is, will he even be on the play-off roster? >> i know there's been a lot of talk about barry and, you know, he -- sure he has had the struggles there lately. but, you know, that's going to be a decision we'll make probably in the next day or two. >> i mean, i hadn't heard one thing from anybody. so i don't want to hear from you guys first i want to wait until i hear something. then it will be official instead of speculation. >> he is talking about play- offs and we're 6.5 out. 7.5 out. we had two months to play and the padres are playing great baseball and i'm thinking what are you talking about? and he is a guy that gives you all this, you know, stuff that you're going to need