ac in the pacific northwest if they had any. triple digit temperatures have triggered heat advisories in a region known for its cool weather. the temperature has hit 100 degrees in seattle making this the hottest day on record there. the unusual heat wave has lasted for several days, but winds off the pacific ocean may cool things down a bit by friday. f. they can hang in there. >>> federal authorities are looking for an eighth suspect in connection an alleged north carolina terror group. sources say the man has been identified as jude mohammed, believed to be in pakistan. daniel boyd, a drywall contractor and his two sons were among the seven people arrested so far. they're accused of plotting a violet jihad overseas. investigators say boyd, the son of a marine, was the group's ring leader. he spent three years in the middle east secretly buying guns and recruiting groups to kidnap and kill people. boyd's wife, sabrina, says her family travels to the middle east for peaceful reasons including praying for a son who had died in a

pretty unusual to see in the pacific northwest this time of year.essive heat warnings will be in effect through wednesday for places like portland, even long view before the day is out. or highs could reach the 90s. but all the way through wednesday, possibly exceeding the triple digits. for the rest of the nation, still hot in parts of texas and of course the four corners. dallas and houston at 96, 109 in phoenix, 103 in las vegas. 69 for san francisco. 08 in chicago. 87 degrees in washington, d.c. and 90 in miami. that is a look at your forecast across the nation. i'm reynold wolf for "hln." >>> a machine for removing carbon dioxide from the international space station has been fixed. the dwits shut down yesterday with a record 13 people aboard the linked station and shuttle "endeavour." nasa says even if the system isn't fixed soon, it can stay linked until tuesday's scheduled undocking. astronauts will perform a fifth and final spacewalk tomorrow. >>> a law school graduate is going to work just so that they can take her bar exam. the test is tue

. >> thanks for being with us. 1:00 eastern, 10:00, pacific. >> thanks for being with us.great sunday. captions by vitac this is a baby seat seven news update. >> in the news marion barry has again been arrested. park police approached him last night by good hope road. apparently a woman had accused barry of stalking her. police later arrested him. he was charge of misdemeanor stocking but was released on a citation. a natural gas explosion was said to have caused major damage to a house in the northwest. the blast happened at 6:00 p.m. last night in the 6100 block of morgan avenue. the house was destroyed. the force of the explosion was so strong it shattered windows on a neighbor's use. no one was hurt. let's get a check of the forecast. >> it is pretty dull out there this morning. temperatures are generally in the '60s. 64 in damascus. you can see what looks like a very potent system moving around the area, light rain for the most of us today. high temperature today, 84 degrees, well below the seasonal average. today, great skies and temperatures from 76-84 degrees. tom

is a trans-pacific power. hillary clinton spoke at length about washington's commitment to its allies in the region. her aides said that a collective policy and a united front were paying off on issues like north korea and burma. washington is also trying to push back against china's growing influence in the region. >> the iraqi prime minister, nouri al-malki, holding his first talks at the white house since the obama election. now that the u.s. has repeated their pledge to pull out all troops from iraq by 2011, it is the issue of lifting iraq's multibillion-dollar chapter 7. >> it would be a mistake for iraq to continue to be burdened by the sins of a deposed dictator. in order to do that, we will have to obtain cooperation from members of the united nations. there will have to be specific disputes that are resolved between iraq and its neighbors. we intend to be very constructive in that process. we have said clearly, and i repeated it today, we will work diligently with iraq so that, in fact, iraq is no lon

pacific time. reporting live from los angeles, elizabeth sanchez, cbs news. >> elizabeth, what happened with the court case yesterday involving michael's estate? >> reporter: well, katherine jackson, michael jackson's mother, lost her bid to control the estate. a judge ruled that jackson's longtime attorney and jackson's longtime friend will have control of the estate, just like the will stated, the 2002 will stated. >> elizabeth sanchez in los angeles. elizabeth, thanks. remember to stay tuned to this cbs station for live coverage of michael jackson, the farewell, starting at 1:00 p.m. eastern time, 10:00 a.m. pacific. >>> on the cbs money watch, stock markets in asia finished in the red this morning. claire leka has more from new york. >> good morning to you, michelle. asian stocks did slip overnight. japan's benchmark nikkei inched down .33%. hong kong shares slumped .66%. on wall street, investors are worried they may have been too optimistic the economy would recover soon. the dow jones indust

then drop off and faded away, scene finally over islands in the pacific.our correspondent was lucky enough to follow the most memorable moments of the clips across india. >> cruising at 41,000 feet, to witness the celestial spectacle of the century, the moment of totality when the sun disappeared from view. it was a magical sight that stayed with us for 6.5 minutes, and then it was over. >> everyone here was very enthusiastic and excited. we have a mixed bunch. people who are seeing it for the first time, and even a few children. these scenes are the best ones in the house. bbc or the best. they are the ones from where you can see the total eclipse. for this privilege, you pay a steep price. >> it is unbelievable. i have seen photographs of eclipses. it is not the same. >> the only thing is that i missed the diamond ring. there is a lot of hype about it, and i miss all that. everyone was taking photographs. i did not ask the gentleman in front of me for the binoculars. it was a little disappointing. >> while they are struck with wonder about the booklets,

. >> hawaii and our interests in the pacific are extremely protective. not just because the last couple days 11 missiles have been launched by north korea but in the last few years the u.s. has continued to popular cruisers and destroyers with the aegis antimissile system which we profiled on fox before which can shoot threats out of the sky. you have the xp as radar to say as radar built on old oil platform that can be moved around the region. forces have already -- always been here for the last 50 years at a significant level that had this new technology on top, light and our interests in the pacific's -- in the pacific and our allies are protected. >> julie: what other military resources or there. >> the navy the coast guard they do a fantastic job working with our allies in the pacific. it is not just american assets. you have south korean and japanese assets. when the two ships the united states has now with each his capabilities again the ability to shoot down missiles off the coast of north korea in international waters, and we heard today from ap

the ac i should say in the pacific northwest if they had any. it's the heat that's really cranking up. triple digit temperatures triggered heed advisories in a region known for its cool weather here. the forecast high for seattle today is 100. which would make it the hottest day on record there. the unusual heat wave has lasted for several days at this point but winds off the pacific ocean may cool things down a bit. hopefully by friday for all of you there. >>> we're learning even more about the final moments of michael jackson's life. paramedics said the superstar wasn't breathing, had no pulse when they got to his rented home. a fire department official said he received every possible life saving treatment, what they called the hallelujah package. paramedics also said they worked on him for 42 minutes, that he was too far gone to be rushed to the hospital and said his personal physician, dr. conrad murray was there and that he was calling the shots. >> he took responsible at the scene this fire captain told me. nervous charge, calling the sho

. >>> some relief is in the forecast for the pacific northwest. but not before what will likely be another 100-degree day. sprinklers were used to cool down rooftops, as seattle reached a record-breaking 103 degrees. long lines formed outside stores for fans and air conditioners. and longer lines on the highway because of overheated cars and trucks. >> it's a bad day to be out here on the road. yeah. there's nothing like i i've never seen anything like it. >>> mariners fans got relief from the heat by snding in a cooling mist, set up at the stadium. >>> and now, for a look at this morning's weather from all around the nation. thunderstorms and flooding across the south. drenching east texas, all the wato tennessee. severe weather hits west texas and new mexico today. thunderstorms from denver to des moines. atreted afternoon showers and thunderstorms for much of the eastoast. >> another scorcher inhe northwest. a record 99 in seattle. and 98 in portnd but phoenix is once again the hot spot on the map at 108. just 69 in fargo. and 70 in minneapolis

we've been in the pacific command for decades. the guns have largely been silent in our area of responsibility. for that, we're grateful. it is due to the efforts of several in the room including walter slocombe and the general. we wanted to take what got us where we are and try and catapulted five, 10, 20 years in the future. it is a dynamic aor, as we described. the economic engine is turning. their opportunities and challenges of plenty other. everything about the countries in our area of responsibility, if you think about them and realize how much room there is for growth, how much opportunity there is for, in some cases, a adventurism in korea or in some cases, that behavior. in many more cases than not, cooperating in of collaborating to ensure more peace and stability in the region that is why we chose to undertake the process of writing a new strategy for the u.s. is a big way. based a lot on what we saw in the rearview mirror but try to look up to 20 years down the road. it is this is undertaking to be sure. we ended up c

. >>> now to the pacific northwest where the story tonight is the heat. in parts of the northwest, heat records are being shattered, in seattle, take one, parts of oregon, temperatures this week are over 100 degrees. weather channel meteorologist, mike seidel in seattle tonight where a lot of people are trying to beat the heat at the beach there. mike, good evening. >> good evening, brian. and some bad news tonight. we just learned one person has died from this heat wave here in king county, washington. this is the fourth consecutive day, soaring temperatures have sizzled in the pacific northwest making it the hottest july on record. >> hot, too hot, way too hot. we are trying to stay hydrated. >> reporter: in seattle where temperatures yesterday reached an all-time high of 103, people flock ed to water fountains. and lake fronts. anything to stay cool. >> swimming a lot. and going to friends' house whose have air conditioning. >> reporter: they're lining up to get ice cream at baskin robbins. >> anything to get out. from the apartment. >> reporter: at

pacific northwest, much cooler. ocean shores, 67 degrees.look, the northeast does dry out a little bit thanks so much. this weather report has been brought to you by aveeno sunblock. bill? >> all right, marysol. >>> well, we've all been there, right? you're craving a nice, juicy burger. but you pass up it up for the healthier option. what if we told you that those so-called healthier options were actually worse than the comfort foods you're craving in the first place? we call them foods that fool. they're everywhere. joining us is "shape" magazine registered editor, cynthia sass. how do we get fooled? >> nutrition is a complex puzzle. just when you think you have a couple pieces right, you get a few more pieces thrown at you. so, there's a lot more you have to get to know. >> we have our mind set on old information, i suppose. >> that's true. that's true. >> okay. well, let's get some examples. we're at the grill, right? we're in the backyard. and the burger is the way to go. that's the example i just used. >> right. turkey burger. a lot of

very hot hair is moving in the pacific northwest. we'll talk more about that. but really the sheet on for many folks across the country. >> julie: thank you very much. >> gregg: now to the political crisis in honduras, ousted president briefly, ever so briefly, crossing into his country from nicaragua. he only went a few feet before retreating in less than 30 minutes or so. interim government we're not too impressed with it. it's just a publicity stunt. supporters of the newly installed president protested but the backers of the overthrown president also took to the streets. that is where we find steve harrigan with the latest. when you and i last talked, he had a cell phone in his hand. then he crossed and he went back. what was the point. why did he do that? >> you're right. he had a cell phone in his hand and he was surrounded by about 200 television cameras. his supporters realized what he was trying to do was bring attention to his plight. he says she an ousted president trying to get back in his own country, a victim of a coup d'etat that has condemned as

it moved to southern japan and ended in the pacific ocean.it was in total darkness for six minutes and 39 seconds. an eclipse when the moon moves between the earth and the sun. take a look at the totality of this eclipse. from india through china and ends up in the pacific ocean. quite an event last night. there was a stampede in india because somebody was killed from all the spiritual connotations in the can dethethe hindu relig. we have some moisture in the air mass over our area today. we will have a stickier air which will be the trend that leads throughout the weekend and the next couple of days. we are starting to bring back the humidity and heat. a high of 86 degrees today. only a trace amount of precipitation yesterday. we have less of a chance to see some today. wednesday will be developing and kicking up out of the south east at about -- winds today will be developing and kicking up out of the south east. 88 is our average high. we closer to it than we have been all week long. the record was a setback in 1957 and outports 101 degree

. >>> they're cranking up the ac in the pacific northwest, if they had any. triple digit temperature. the forecast high for seattle, think about this, 100 degrees. that would make it the hottest day on record there. the unusual heat wave has lasted for several days now. winds off the pacific ocean are expected to cool things down just a bit, but, boy, not until probably friday. so hope they're all doing okay out there. >>> president obama is taking his push for health care reform to north carolina. live pictures coming to you right now. we see the town hall meeting in raleigh. the president has been urging congress to send him a bill to extend health care insurance for everyone. he got the crowd fired up right now. >>> international cancer experts now consider tanning beds as deadly as arsenic or mustard gas. the world health organization is declaring the devices probable carcinogens or causes of cancer. a new analysis of 20 medical studies found people who use tanning beds before age 30 increase their skin cancer risk by 75%. a tanning bed trade association

it cast a wide shadow over asia and the pacific ocean. beautiful. turning day to darkness for up to six minutes and 39 seconds in some parts of asia. visitors from lots of different countries, including britain, germany, australia, came to china to witness the celestial event. >>> rob marciano joins us now. what a perfect segue over there to you. right? we were concerned though, rob, yesterday, that some of those folks in china weren't going to be able to see anything. >> we were. a lot of them -- they at least saw the eclipse shrouded in cloud cover. a little peek here, little peek there. can you imagine spending thousands of dollars to go over there to see that? there are a lot of these eclipse hunters who do that. >> right. >> if i were forking out that kind of cash -- >> can't you get some sort of guarantee? >> there you go. this is the money shot. this is the clear shot somewhere in china. i can't remember the city. but that's the total lunar eclipse there. because the moon is a little bit closer to us for this cycle and because the sun during

here's what's going on in the pacific. pacific rather quiet, too. monsoon in india. here is the path of totality as it moves down from china on into the northern part of the pacific. so it will be pretty good shape out there for the weather overall. and there's where the path of totality is. here's shanghai here. you can get a idea of that path and great good shape. some areas will be cloudy. but a lot of folks, millions and millions of people will be seeing the longest eclipse of the 21st century. for us, our clouds and our eclipse of rain continues. that's the lack of it. with humidity tomorrow and there is -- always a risk in the mountains especially of showers and thundershowers. and there will be a cold front coming our way and finally, thursday, at least a chance important rain. hir the meantime for this evening, partly cloudy. warm. temperatures near 80 grdeeede and later on tonight, i think skies willole s ware will be able to see the international space station and the seletthu together. i will show you that in just a ttw minutes. we areoing -- risk of a sho

the alert comes from the pacific tsunami warning center after a quake measuring 7.8 was recorded all of south island, 160 kilometers left of a city. there have been no reports, though, of civilian damage or casualties. we can talk now on the phone to a manager of a hotel in the area. what evidence have you had of this on the ground? >> just shaking for a good four minutes to five minutes, the whole building just shook. >> what kinds of things were happening during this period? >> doors were swinging, the building was creaking, lights were swaying and tables and chairs. >> in the hotel itself, what was their reaction from people, the residents staying there? was there panic? >> it was very calm and everybody said, what a good earthquake. quite scary to start off with, but everybody coped nicely and nobody panicked very much. >> i don't know if you heard my introduction but there has been this tsunami warning, and alert. have you heard that? >> we looked up on the internet, but nobody has reacted. we're pretty close to the sea here, but i don't think we are to worry that the moment. >>

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cooler with showers in the pacific northwest. >>> just 65 in seattle and 69 in portland but salt lake city hits 95 and phoenix 110. seasonable in the nation's heartland with the highs in the 80s from detroit to omaha. 90s across the south. 77 in boston and 84 here in new york. >>> and coming up on this monday, new evidence that your morning coffee could prevent alzheimer's. >> plus a big green light for general motors. one step closer to emerging from bankruptcy. >>> searching i'm good. neral motors >>> general motors has cleared a major hurdle on its road to ee mejing from bankruptcy and a judge ruled they can sell their best add sets to a new government controlled company. it's necessary to avoid immediate harm to the automaker. gm and the government will look to close the sale buthursday. >>> chrysler announced it has filled remaining vacancies on the board of directors. it emerged from bankrupt si june 11th and will a holding at the end of the month. >>> after a couple of weeks economic reports about t unrtainty, investors shift their focus to corporate america and they digest rep

pacific time.e will be a police escort taking the family to the staples center. there are also reports that there's a possibility that jackson's body would be tran ported. of course, if that happened, that could be quite a spectacle indeed to transfer the body. but the bottom line is, we don't know. we don't know because the family wanted everything to be private in terms of their time here this morning. one thing we do know is that the investigation in to jackson's death definitely continues. >> reporter: the investigation continues in to why jackson who apparently was healthy enough for concert rehearsal died at the age of 50. monday we learned three search warrants is issued in this case which is still being classified as a death investigation. >> there were three warrants signed by a judge. they are syled. >> reporter: according to the associated press, diprivan, a sedative typically only used in hospital settings was found in jackson's home. that's the same drug this nurse claims jackson asked

naval base in fort -- coral harbour and destroyed most of the pacific fleet, killing 3,000 soldiers, sailors, airmen and marines. must have heard of that moment of the attack on pearl harbor was only a series of attacks that began world war ii in the pacific. the next week hours they also struck other targets in the pacific, among them america's most important position in the area, the philippine islands. they bombed clark field, destroy the american air force. two weeks later on december 22nd, the imperial japanese fourteenth army invaded the philippine islands. the japanese landed 43,000 men. the americans and filipinos met them with roughly 110,000 men. with the american air force destroyed, the inexperienced, ill trained and badly equipped american/filipino troops had no airplanes to protect them and no navy to resupply them and it didn't take the japanese want to push the filipinos and americans back and back again to a final defensive position on the tiny peninsula of bataan. they were under siege, 6, starving and outgunned for, the bataan force, 76,000 men, surrendered. was th

patrick nunn is professor of oceanic sciences at university of south pacific and fiji.what a great assignment. as i wrote this review what came to mind first were images of adventures in paradise, the tv show starring gardner mckay and reading national geographic articles. nunn begins there are a few topics that captured the imaginations of people within the last few centuries more than the idea of finished islands. he tells about a trip he took to the island in the feg group. long ago, they told me, an island had existed between [inaudible] one of immense cultural importance in the district. then one day it abruptly disappeared. it slipped underneath the surface of the water. only a few of its occupants survived. sometimes today my informants told me when they cross the channel where the island once was the shouts and screams of people can be heard coming up from the ocean depths and that is why you must show respect by removing your hat and being quiet when you cross the channel for if you are too loud cries from below cannot be heard and those of during and frustrati

to austlia, where there's a new warning of mass extitions of plants and animals in the broad uth pacific region known as oce oceana, unless there are mor changes to ptect the enronment. the warng comes from scientists who have reviewed thousands of sear studies in the region and insist thempact of huma is the caus we get moreon this from shane mcleod of abc in australia >> reporter: going ck through the fossilrecord, sientists re still ucertain about what caused the five or six mass exnctions in earth's history. e events like the o thatiped ou the dinosaurs. with the number of extinction rising alarmingly decades, scientists areworried. >>ost biologists believe now we're intour xth gatest extinctionevent, and i's really down to o spees, and that'shuman. >> porter: and oeana is no ifferent. scientts have reviewed more th 24,000 conservation researchapers across the region. th've found environmentss diverse asaustralia's outba and th pacific isnds affecting many of t same survival challenges. unequivally, it's the role of hans that's determinin what's hppening to the biodiversi conservatio

giant arches symbolize the two main places the war was fought known as the atlantic theater and the pacific theater. then, there's the freedom wall of 4,000 stars. each one of those gold stars represents 100 americans killed in wwii. if you do the math, you'll realize that more than 400,000 americans laid down their lives in world war ii. >> it's an area where you're expected to be quiet and to be reverential. >> the world war ii memorial is still relatively new. but it's already a popular destination for visitors to washington, d.c. most americans, in fact virtually everybody, welcomes the addition of the wwii memorial. at the wwii memorial for "teen kids news," i'm lauren. ♪ >>> and now our fox in the classroom update. >> a major announcement in the nation's health care policy. in a move the white house is calling unprecedented, president barack obama is pledge to go reduce the rate of health care spending by 1.5% a year over the next ten years. that rate reduction adds up to a savings of some $2 trillion or more. >> we can't continue down the same dangerous road we've been traveling for

. >>> and the pacific northwest is broiling in temperatures never seen befor never. captions paid for by abc, inc. >>> good evening. against a backdrop of rising concern about the resurgence of the h1n1 swine flu this fall, a government advisory committee decided who should be the first to get the vaccine. at the front of the line are the people most vulnerable to the disease. pregnant mothers and health care workers are at the top of the list, but supplies are lited and the first doses will be dispensed later in the flu season than officials had hoped. lisa stark has more. >> reporter: good evening. committee members today wrestled over which group should have top priority for the new pandemic flu vaccine. ultimately, they decided to paint a broad brush. first, they'll go to the patients with the highest risk. not just pregnantwomen, 15 of whom have died from this illness, also jung infants, and those 19 to 64 with health problems, such as asthma and diabetes. in a surprise move, the committee added healthy college-aged kids to the list, deciding 19-24-year-olds sho

the key might be found on a tiny island in the pacific. that's where investigators have found art facts that might have belonged to amelia earhart and where they plan to search for her dna. we have rick joining us live from philadelphia. hillary swank is going to play amelia earhart in a movie about her. why is there still so much facination with earhart. >> she disappeared at the height of her career, mysteriously. she was headline news for days after she disappeared. everyone expected a happy ending when people were hearing radio distress calls pr her. they expected the navy or the coast guard to rescue her moment tearily and then, nothing. it was such a mysterious disappearance. it's a form ma for an enduring mystery. >> now, you even believed and i did for a really long time, that she ran out of fuel and had to ditch her aircraft and that was it. i have been reading more about these distress calls that were made. are you up thoon. can you tell us more about that and why you think there may be something on this island, that she may have

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they've found environments as diverse as australia's outback and the pacific islands affecting many of the same survival challenges. >> unequivocally, it's the role of humans that's determining what's happening to the biodiversity conservation in our region. and it's fundamentally due to increasing population rates and our consumption. >> reporter: habitat destruction, overfishing and hunting and pollution are among the most devastating along with the looming threat of climate change, and some of the species that have arrived, along with humans, are having a dramatic impact. the prescription, the scientists say, is a better coordinated response. while national parks and protected zones are on the rise, there's still not enough to protect ecosystems from the threats. >> such as land clearing, logging, building dams and diverting water out of rivers. >> reporter: but most of all, they say, human behavior has to change. shane mcleod, abc news. >>> and that's "worldfocus" for this thursday evening. don't forget, go to worldfocus.org for much more global news and to watch the program any ti

>> reporter: some do care and committing the old name to memory. >> atlantic pacific, atlantic pacific what i say now and that's what i'll always say. >> reporter: in the last century, they had trouble reading anything because of graffiti, it's much cleaner now and new york city said corporate cash entering the subways helps keep fares low, of course, conductors will have much more to announce. >> same reason, money. same reason. >> reporter: these new signs will be phased in at the subway station, and who knows what's next. perhaps the columbus circle station or enron time square. you never know where this could end up. >> and in brooklyn of all places where they like to be independent and free from the commercialism. we're going to staples center, right? every single arena is -- >> or the nokia center across the street. >> richard doesn't look too happy about it at all. all right, richard. >> well, it could get confusing. >> at least they're not renaming the united nations any time soon. as far as we know. >> reporter: you never know. wellbeing. we're all striving for it. purina cat

in the north, pacific northwest, minnesota, and up to alaska, it is going to be milder. the big question is? what is going to happen in california and the southwest where the southwest has been in a ten-year drought. they expect it is going to, they will see more precipitation there, but they don't think it is going to be enough to break that drought. >> all right, anne thompson. with a look at the weather. tonight and months into the future. we will see. we'll be watching it that's for sure. >>> very big news for general motors. a federal judge cleared the way for the company to sell good assets to a kind of new gm, which will be largely owned by all of us the taxpayers. this means the deal could be closed, gm could emerge from bankruptcy as we know it, as soon as tomorrow. when we continue in just a moment -- summer campers in philadelphia. sadly learning a hard lesson about race. first we add the baking soda, then we put the vinegar. scientific explorations in the kitchen? bring it. it started bubbling. new bounty is thick and absorbent. it cleans the mess with less.

applause ] i am here with my father, he fought in world war ii with the greatest generation in the pacific theater, for this country. i don't want this flag to change. i want my country back! >> if you are referring to the president there, he is a citizen of the united states. he is a citin of the united states. >> i think we shouldll stand up and give pledge allegiance to the flag. >> the crowd then stood in a spontaneous pledge of allegiance. that is just part of the scene that unfolded at a gop congressman's town meeting in delaware. we'll put the entire videotape on our website. a lot of us live with this issue, we get e-mails asked about it. justice correspondent pete williams will join in on this conversation from washington. pete, no matter how untrue this comes up at a lot of public gatherings now? >> yes, and members of congress say they hear this question often too. one even said he is reluctant to advertise townhall meetings because he is concerned questions about this will drown out everything else. >> i have read about him. >> reporter: john mccain started hearing it during la

it looked very bleak by the end of 42 in the pacific. in europe it was no better. inmates 42 by september or october, they were very close to cairo and the suez canal to control all of north africa so the allies landed in november but up until then his army kept marching. in europe and 41 they had attacked russia and moved all the way to leningrad, moscow, ukraine but then pushed up by the winter and and 42 it got worse. their german army surrounded leningrad and move to the outskirts of moscow they captured the ukraine and moved on to the caucus. in europe everything was going bad. and the north atlantic and the north sea they were seeking large number of allied vessels -- vessels. but actually the most serious submarine warfare was in the caribbean and in the gulf. between the first of february 42 until the end of november 42, the germans were just using a few submarines about 610 allies, a large allied vessels with 3.1 million tons of carrying power. with almost no loss at two themselves. it was that enormous success, almost 18 percent of all of the ships lost b

as laura marquez reports, fans are flying off the shelves. >> reporter: higher pacific northwest wenting for a fan. >> all fans are gone. >> reporter: stores that stocked up sold out before noon. >> i got to come back this afternoon to try and get a bigger fan. they just have desk top fans right now. >> reporter: to escape repressive heat, families are resorting to sleeping outside or in their basements. >> it just sucks the life right out of you, just like it was 95 and 90% humidity back in a place like new jersey. >> reporter: maureen got a surprise when she opened her freezer. >> why are they in the freezer? >> they need to be cold. >> reporter: for many in seattle, keeping cool has become an improvisational art. there have been entire years where the city hasn't hit 90 degrees. this year alone it's topped that mark four days running and even more heat is expected. cooling season terse, a rarity -- cooling centers, a rarity here, are now up and running. swimming pools are extending hours while outdoor workers are withering. >> just as long as it doesn't get too much above a hundred

that this was the day it splashed down in the pacific ocean. the uss hairnet plucked them from thecean. the uss hornet museum is the site of this year's splash down 2009 celebration. that's where we find casey stegall live in almeda, california with the latest. >> hey. good to see you. the ship is incredible. behind me in all its glory. but no doubt the pictures really tell the story. let's get right to it. we want to show you the video. we are talking about the uss hornet. it's docked in the san francisco bay and it's a 19-story floating aircraft carrier. the ship fought nine major battles in world war ii, the cold war, then vietnam, but she is perhaps most famous for her mission in july of 1969, the splash down as it's called, 40 years ago, when the hornet and its crew plucked the astronauts and the space capsule from the apollo 11 mission from the waters of the pacific ocean. the world watched as the helicopter brought neil armstrong and the rest of his crew on board after spending eight days in outer space, more than 21 of those hours on th

leaving a purple mark on the planet believed the size of the pacific ocean. >> has more than 40 yearso command module made its fiery reentry through earth's atmosphere and slashed him safely in the pacific ocean. the three astronauts on board and leaving what here's earlier seemed impossible. .exe found earth after becoming the first humans to travel to the moon, buzz aldrin, neil armstrong and michael collins emerges heroes stepping aboard the uss hornet aircraft carrier and today, hundreds are marking the historic event on board the ship that picked them up, talked them out of the sea. the chip is now a museum and kcc goes there. with my mother today at? seem actually, this is some very cool stuff. a lot of people are reliving history over this weekend. but you don't have to be a history buff to really appreciate the beauty behind me. i will step out of the way and let you take live look at what we're talking about hear. the uss hornet is back here in the san francisco bay, tilt and served in world war ii and the tours of vietnam, which is perhaps best known for her mission, 40 year

waves hit this part of california because of strong winds in the pacific. there is a surf and flood advisory for l.a. beaches until later tonight. >>> we are talking about your health now and swine flu has spread to almost every country in the world. the cdc there is a good chance you could get it because there are still no human vaccine for it and, as reported, there may be a vaccine available soon. >> reporter: the u.s. centers for disease control estimates up to 40% of americans could contract swine flu over the next two years and several hundred thousand could die if vaccines are not successful. the cdc today said all u.s. children from age six months to 18 years should get a seasonal flew vaccine every year but that vaccine will not prevent swine flu. >> this is definitely a challenge for us. we are in a race against time, because we are preparing for the fall and the fall is almost around the corner. >> reporter: in brevard county, florida, several summer camps have reported swine flu outbreaks. deb tee thompson in florida, the mother of an 11-year-ol

and it will be windy across the pacific northwest. for hln, i'm karen maginnis. >>> battling the deadly swine flu virus. u.s. officials are counting on vaccines to win the medical war. and they're ready to write a big check to make sure that happens. >>> u.s. health officials are bracing for the fall flu season. they want to make sure they are ready for any outbreak of the h1n1 virus, otherwise known as swine flu. health and human services secretary kathleen sebelius will announce tomorrow the u.s. will spend another billion dollars on vaccinations. she says research is under way to fight the virus, hoping to fight the spread of the pandemic. 211 people have died of swine flu in the u.s. officials estimate as many as a million americans may be infected with the virus. >>> a california jail has quarantined about 400 inmates after one of them tested positive for swine flu virus. sheriff's officials in san diego county say the inmays are being isolated in various housing units and they've been given antiviral drugs. visits to the county'

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to win the war and revolution and see the borders of the united states extend all the way to the pacific ocean. is that true or just ecology? >> i think that is just lithology. washington and certainly look to the west. he and 60,000 acres. he had fought to win the west and the french and indian war fighting in what was the ohio country at that time, but generally kind of in the midwest. was later been ohio, indiana, illinois, michigan, wisconsin, and so washington and i think certainly hope that in the united states would gain that area and even after yorktown washington proposed to roche demo a joint invasion of canada. he writes to congress and in his letter he talks about all that great man in canada and also securing the frontiers of america and securing the american national security by keeping great britain out of canada in the postwar years and most southerners i think, never quite interested in what they call the southwest of that time, what we think of as the southeast today, alabama, mississippi and whatever. but i don't think that very many people thought at least anytime soo

there is a rotation across the pacific northwest.t of there and a big ritual building and with the temperatures we will see temperatures exploding across the pacific northwest. here are your house today. very warm across a central plains. tomorrow you will see things around seattle gift for the upper 80s. we'll get to the upper 90's this week. portland you could be around 100-105. these are the highest pictures you have seen possibly ever across the pacific northwest. nice day today across the east. >> alysin: can you tell mutinous bag of treats you have next to you to queue. >> clayton: i was told earlier it's a bag of swag. i was saying swag. that's a different terminology. all of our producers were laughing at me and they just let me keep saying swag. >> dave: we were laughing with you. >> clayton: gets a bag of swag with lots of goodies including fox paraphanalia. >> alysin: did you or your kid to comic con. >> clayton: there are flip-flops in hear, a sweater, and we're showing you this because of our super pages contest. go to f