however, we see the specs of blue, north of win chest near the panhandle of west virginia.ey're getting a few light showers there. temperatures in the 60s to near 70 degrees as we approach the noon hour. it's not going to warm up much as we get into the afternoon. we see it climbing into the low 70s. upper 60s, out of the mountains near 70. a lot of heat is building in the midwest. we are going to see the flow continuing out of the east and we'll have these clouds with us from time to time throughout the rest of the afternoon. and we will have temperatures just reaching the low 70s. and then overnight tonight it should be partly to mostly cloudy at times, the 60s by dawn tomorrow. during the day on tuesday, it appears we'll have highs near 80 and breaks in the cloud. during the day on wednesday, morning lows, mid-60s. afternoon highs into the mid-80s. upper 80s perhaps on thursday. now as we get into friday and the weekend, looks like we'll have the heat around on friday but cooler for the weekend with clouds in and out. now, jerry, how's the traffic? >> time to take a look

most of the showers heading up to far western maryland and in the western panhandle.showers once they get in will be intermittent in nature, and then the showers across southern west virginia will try to swing up during the evening hours this evening. not the best outdoor activity weekend, but as you can see, there is a lot of dry spots between the rain drops. temperatures in the upper 60s to near 70 for now. and that area of low pressure gradually heading up towards western new york state. ten degrees cooler than yesterday. but the steadier rain showers i think are probably more likely for the second half of the day tomorrow. here is the future cast model. low pressure sinking our way by 6:00 tomorrow morning light rain in and around the city of washington. and then tomorrow during the course of the day hit and miss showers on and off throughout the good part of the day tomorrow, and then plenty of clouds and this disturbance close to us may have lingering chances into monday. but no severe weather. maybe a rumble or two of thunder is all you will have to worry about

and so this is the landing panhandle. i want to show you two representations of innovative and creative ways that industry is implementing new type of notice and the key with choice is to make sure for the first time everybody in the ecosystem is complying and participating. and everybody is respecting consumers privacy. that's a real, i think, evolution. there's nothing new about opt out but have everybody doing it. even people that aren't sort of front-facing or consumer-facing is the real key here. and so, you know, principles are great. we're seeing notice. we're seeing choice. but in the end, we also need accountability. and i just want to highlight -- lee is going to talk about council better business bureaus who has been a partner since day one and i highlight the self-regulatory program which has a long history in this area. and then certainly trustee, we showed the treatment from trustee and the service. there's a serious commitment to enforcement here and to compliance. and with that, i think i'll let lee take o

the north easterly wind helps to push it away from the panhandle of florida.therwise, mild conditions. that frontal boundary back across the northern plains. until tomorrow, clear skies today and tonight. tomorrow, frontal boundary showing a hint of showers developing by 1:00. philly up to new york a bitter shot. see how it breaks up outside of baltimore? that means a chasmal chance of showers pushing through. we will have midday clouds tomorrow, and then a nice weather pattern through friday, friday night, into the weekend, a different story transitioning back to cooler weather for mother's day. again, aiming for 83 as the two- degree guarantee. a beautiful day leading to a nice night. down to 59. the outlook for tomorrow a small chance of a shower, early afternoon, and a quick peek at 80 on friday. slipping into the 70s with showers on sunday morning and, 67 on mother's day. kim. >>> you may see closures still at westminster because of a motorcycle accident. emergency vehicles are still on the scene we check the baltimore metro area, and looking good on 95 s

thanks to the pressure and trying evade the oil slick trying to make its way on shore across the panhandlef florida. we will see how it helps with conditions and the oil cleanup efforts down there across the gulf. as far as we are concerned, mild between the weather systems. the next front racing in here tomorrow afternoon. today, mostly clear sky tonight. remember yesterday? we talked about the boundary that could give us an afternoon shower it didn't happen. this one looking more impressive, but not much. philly to new york and england at 1:00, we watch it breakup across the bay. a surge of wind and maybe a brief shower popping up in the afternoon. clearing back out. good through friday. friday afternoon and into the weekend, another change, and that will be a colder change. today the 83 çfor the 2-degree guarantee. for tonight, back çto 52. tomorrow, looking for the clouds to build late in the morning. small chance of an early morning shower. otherwise, once again above normal with the high of 82. right now back to the roads with kim brown. >> thank you, justin. this morning off to a

there are a few clouds in the panhandle area. look at rain showers and storms firing up toward the great lakes. it is the only active weather anywhere in the eastern united states up across the lake and cleveland. we are not going to see much from that. high pressure keeps us nice and dry tonight and into the early part of the day tomorrow. we could see a slight chance of a passing shower each afternoon. forecast model keeps the disturbance primarily north of us. tomorrow afternoon a slight chance of a passing shower. then we'll talk you in tighter -- take you in tighter thursday and friday. there will be a slight chance of a passing shower friday evening. i'm not looking for rain until saturday. tonight dropping down to 60 or some not as cool as last night. we should hang on to 60 overnight. mostly clear. still mild. tomorrow early sunshine. then we'll see more clouds build in the afternoon. we'll call it variably sunny. two degree guarantee 82 degrees. more humid tomorrow. tomorrow night 50. few clouds as a shot of cooler air m

a couple of sprinkles to the south and west of culpepper and sprinkles in the panhandle of west virginia. sending kids and adults back out to to work and school. cloudy and damp. pack umbrellas for monday. another risk of showers tomorrow. i'm optimistic for memorial day weekend. >> we'll come back to you if a few minutes. >>> the family of the man whose suv went careening on a bike path say they have no idea why he would have lost control. that driver and the teenage where killed. >> reporter: the driver was gary thorne, relatives say they don't know why he crashed but don't believe he was drinking and driving. kevin griffin is the stepfather of gary thorn, the man behind the wheel of the durango that crashed friday after striking and killing a 17-year-old fairfax high school student on a bike path. >> both families going through something now that no parent should have to go through, a loss of a child and bury your own child. our condolences and prayers go to them like we hope their conlol leco condolence come back to juice it was 4:00 on friday, police say thorn's durango crossed a me

the spreading slick threatened shoreline from the mouth of the mississippi river to the florida panhandle, but the heaviest oil had yet to make land. the oil comp company bp said it was using chemicals deep below the surface to break up the oil and the gulf waters themselves, whipped by continuing strong storms, might be keeping the slick further off shore. but the weather also hampered containment efforts. >> winds blowing 35 knots out there and 45-foot seas to contend with. >> reporter: bp operated but did not own the oil rig that exploded two weeks ago. its ceo said today it would pay for the clean-up and some of the ripple effect. >> this was an accident. this was a drilling rig operated by another company. it was their people, their systems, their processes. we are responsible not for the accident but we are responsible for the oil and for dealing with it and cleaning the situation up. >> reporter: in the meantime bp worked on ways to cap the mile-deep petro guyser on the sea floor. first it was using underwater robots to cap the smallest of three leaks that once led to the sunken ri

it will be brutal from denver south, into the texas panhandle. expect wind-driven storms, carrying baseball-sized hail. other stormy spots, from tennessee south to the gulf and the pacific northwest. but what a beautiful, warm, sunny day in the southwest and the northeast. >> the pacific northwest is unusually chilly, with dies only in the 50s. some toasty tempts in the mid 80s. and the hot spot, phoenix topping 100 degrees for the first time this season. >> warm down there. >>> when we come back, we'll update today's top story. overseas trading following the dow's thursday decline. >>> plus, wild weather. look at that. new video of strong storms and wind-whipped brush fires. >>> and missing masterpieces. calculating the loss of five priceless paintings plucked from a paris art museum. >>> and recapping the top business story this morning. the senate has passed a sweeping financial reform bill. it gives the government broad, new powers to police banks and break them up if they threaten the health of the overall economy. concern about the impact o

thunderstorms from the texas panhandle up to the canadian border. tornadoes, large hail and 80-mile-an-hour winds in nebraska and the dakotass today. nearly 2 feet of mountain snow for parts of utah, wyoming and montana. showers from seattle to portland and gusty winds and rain in the carolinas. >>> high near 90 from miami to dallas and all the way up to the twin cities. 70s in boston and new york and 85 in atlanta. much cooler out west. just 50 in billings, 60 in boise and 62 in seattle. >>> and "moneyscope" is next. mortgage rates could be headed to a new low for the year. >>> new surcharges mean air travel will cost you more this summer but there is a way to avoid paying the added costs. >>> plus this -- >> reporter: from london, the duchess of york in disgrace again on the front pages. >>> new numbers out this morning are expected to show a big home sales boost in april. sales of homes were up by more than 5% compared to the month before. it shows millions of buyers took advantage of an $8,000 first-time home buyer tax credit before it expired.

severe hail and windy over eastern colorado into the texas panhandle.ornia east through texas. >> unusually chilly in the northwest today with highs in the 50s. 80s along much of the east coast. phoenix hits triple digits for the first time this season. the first of many times this season i have a feeling. >> yes. >>> investors reeling from the stock market plunge may want to check their pocket change for a possible windfall. >> what may be america's oldest silver dollar just changed hands for nearly $8 million. look at that. it's the highest price ever paid for a single coin. it's a mint condition 1794 liberty dollar sold by a private collector to a nonprofit coin research group. >> a nonprofit coin research group? i wonder how they got all that cash. >> good point. >> the previous record price for a coin was $7.5 million for a 1933 $20 gold piece. >> i have pennies that are a couple of years old that look miserable. a coin that's 200 plus years old, it looks like it was just minted. how about that. >> i wouldn't try selling those pennies. >> they're n

and washington county is also up here in the panhandle area is 9.6% unemployment. holmes county, 7.2% unemployment. walter county, 6.8% unemployment. santa rosa county, 9.4% unemployment and scambia county, better known as pensacola is 9.8% unemployment. i say all of that, ladies and gentlemen, because if we don't kill this whole issue that we have oil on the beaches in florida, those unemployment numbers that i just mentioned are going to get higher. that's not fiction, that's fact. and think it's important that we understand that even though b.p. and halliburton and all these oth companies that took advantage of what they were supposed to do and put these individuals in a financial situation, that they're not going to even be able to provide for their families. i want toes families to know -- those families to know that we're going to do everything we can, at least i am as a member of congress, to make she's these individuals pay. that's not going to -- make sure these individuals pay. that's not going to put food on the table, not right now. but i'll tell you on

i've been out on the beaches in the panhandle, i'll be out there again later today. was in miami just yesterday morning. the beaches are beautiful. the water is clean. the restaurants are open. the hotels are anxious for people to come down and the fish are biting. so it's a good time to come to florida. please come down. things look good so far. and we'll try to protect our beaches as much as we possibly can and pray to god. >> things look good so far, but have you already seen economic impact on florida's tourism? >> in fact, we have. last week when i was in the panhandle, some of the boat chartered captains told me that their phones were not ringing, that they were experiencing a slowdown, if you will, as it related to their business. we're concerned about the tourism industry in florida. 85 million people a year after all come to visit the beauty of the sunshine state. we want them to continue to be able to do that. so far so good. and we'll be prepared and doing everything we can to protect our beautiful state. >> governor, as you stay optimistic, i want to ask

thunderstorms from the texas panhandle to minnesota. tornados, large hail and 80-mile-an-hour winds in nebraska and the dakotas. up to 20 inches of mountain snow in utah, wyoming and montana. showers from seattle to portland. gusty winds and rain in the carolinas. >> highs near 90 from dallas to the twin cities today. 70s in boston and new york. 85 for atlanta. much cooler out west today. 50 in billings. 60 in boise. 62 for seattle. >>> well, there are a lot of ooh-la-las yesterday as venus williams hit the court at the french open. >> williams turns more heads than usual, advancing to the second round sporting a see-through black lace negligee. it was trimmed in bright red, looking very much like a corset. and she wore skin-toned underwear beneath. >> wow. venus says her look is part of her motif this year, which is all about illusion. the illusion of wearing clothes. she has ten outfits with her, can't wait to see the next one. >> she's done that skin-tone bloomer thing in the past and it's fooled a lot of people. there he goes again.

fishing for here from the gulf of mississippi river and the gulf all the way over to the florida panhandle. the frustration comes in in the sense that all of that shoreline boom that they've been laying out, some 500,000 feet has been just whipped around by these high winds and waves, that oil whipping right over that -- over the boom heading right in towards the shore. also a sense of frustration in there's only five possible options on capping this well. the worst possible option is digging another well that could take months and they don't have that kind of time here. back to you. >> all right, we'll continue to check in with you, craig, throughout the morning. thanks very much for that update and another fox news alert now, the lone surviving gunman from the terror attacks in mumbai found guilty. he w he was convicted of killing 58 people in a train station in a 2008 attack. he faces a death penalty when sentenced tomorrow. they found two suspects not guilty of helping in that plot. iran's president mahmoud ahmadinejad set to face off with hillary clinton today in new york city. the tw

watching an easterly wind across the gulf coast, this helps to keep the oil slick just off the florida panhandle and hopefully to help with some of the efforts down there to contain that oil spill. as far as we're concerned the next weather system tries to race in here by tomorrow. high pressure, clear skies. tomorrow, generally a frontal boundary that could get a little active in the afternoon. we showed this model yesterday. it didn't really do anything in the afternoon. most of the rain was kept north of the border in through pennsylvania but this one extends through southern maryland, southeast virginia, spotty shower around baltimore. more stuff contained around philadelphia and up towards new york city but there's that threat of a brief shower tomorrow afternoon. then we clear out again and we're in pretty decent shape through friday morning. friday night and saturday different story as cold weather pattern sets in for the mothers' day weekend. 83 today is our 2-degree guarantee. we'll settle back to 59 overnight. tomorrow look for, again, a brief shower possible but not a guarantee in the

so that is what he did and we traveled up and down the panhandle of texas. was a big district, from midland on the south to herbert on the north and end that included laveck, the big town and odessa for the two oil towns in the district and the rest was

as the district had been a district, and so that's what he did, and we traveled up and down the panhandle of texas, it was a big disstrict, from mid land on the south to hur ford on the north, midland and odessa were the two oil towns in the district and the rest was rural farming district, dry land cotton farming, and all the way up to herford. >> and i'm not sure this is in the book, but i do remember you telling me a story once about he asked about a speech, and you did actually -- go ahead and have some water. water. and you had always said his speeches were terrific, but this night, you decided to actually give a little critique and then what happened. >> one time when george was running for congress, that time, george's mother gave me some advice and she said, don't criticize george's speeches. she said that she had criticized her george's speech and he had come home for weeks later with letters saying it was the best speech he'd ever given. so i really took it to heart and i didn't ever criticize him and one time we were driving home from lubbock and we were just driving into our d

>> guest: well, texlahoma resulted from the need by the people in the panhandle texas and panhandle's oklahoma to get them what they didn't have which was better roads and they felt like safe government wasn't being responsive to them so the best way to get state roads or better roads was to secede and form their own state. it is one of a large number of similar in the history where people wanted to redress grievances by creating a new state. >> what are your favorite examples of the country over the history? give us a couple. >> well, one that is near and dear to my heart is the state of lincoln which would have been the pacific northwest. our northwestern borders are not terribly well designed. i lived in idaho for many years and lincoln would have been a combination of the eastern part of washington state, what is now, and the northern part of idaho. there is a very distinct from the rest of their states and would have been in the state. this idea has been coming up over and over again in the last century because we could have drawn better borders and that part of the united states

a check of live doppler, there is one or two spray rain drops getting ready to move into the panhandle of west virginia. the risk increases by late this afternoon and overnight tonight. showers likely off and on throughout much of the day tomorrow and rainy weather lingers into monday. aaron, back over to you. >>> thank you. more local and news in about 30 minutes. now back to new york. >>> we are back on this saturday morning, may 22, 2010, it's a beautiful day here in new york city and our thanks to all the fine folks who are spending part of their morning was. we're going to head outside in just a bit to say hi, but in the meantime, back to studio 1a, i'm amy robach, back with lester holt. in this half hour, police are calling it an atrocious hate crime, four men and a juvenile are charged with endangering the safety of a minor. we'll have more on this story coming up. >>> plus, there's been more trouble for lindsay lohan, she claims she was stuck in france because of a stolen passport. when she failed to show up for court on thursday, a warrant was issued for her arrest. >>> plus i

i love the beautiful beaches down in the panhandle of florida.nd nobody wants to see oil washing up on the white sand beaches. >> should the federal government be able to set a minimum wage? >> repeat that one more time. a little bit of an echo. >> should the federal government be able to set a minimum wage? >> it's not a question of whether they can or cannot. i think that's decided. i think the question you have to ask is whether or not, when you set the minimum wage it may cause unemployment. those who are at the lowest wages, if you raise the wage to a certain rate, if it's above what the employer deems that their labor is worth, they won't get hired. so, the least-skilled people in our society have trouble getting jobs, the higher you make the minimum wage. and it's one of those things where you see on the surface. you say, oh. all these workers at mcdonald's got raised 50 cents an hour. but there were 21 workers. and now, there's 15 workers if you raise the minimum wage too high. if it were a good idea to raise the minimum wage and it worke

. >> reporter: here on the florida panhandle, this area has boasd they have the whitest beaches in the that could change and the oil hits the sand. megyn: president obama expected to talk to the governors of tennessee and kentucky as the flooding gets worse. these pictures are incredible. the cumberland river is 7 feet above flood stage. the storms and flooding are to blame for 21 deaths in the south. the number could rights further still. many people are trapped in their homes right now. including country singer julia roberts. she sent us brand-new pictures not too long ago. take a look at this. the water almost reaching the tops of the street signs. the drivers, their cars completely submerged. just hold it right here. this is a major highway. would you look at this? julia joins us live in 10 minutes. and may day protests getting out of hand. activists resorting to violence, damaging several businesses in california and it got scary for some. is this the first you have heard of this? michelle malkin on the may day protests you did not see. plus a violent arrest caught on tape. what y

tomorrow it will move farther towards the south, heaviest rain moving across parts of southern georgia, panhandleda and into alabama. a long night ahead and will take a few days to get a sense of how severe this has been for so many people. >> gregg: all right, tough several days for those folk. thanks. >> patti ann: thousands of protesters taking to the streets that weekend across the country over arizona's crack down on illegal immigration, the state's new law inspiring protests in phoenix, chicago, dallas and los angeles and homeland security secretary janet napolitano says while all measures are being taken to security the border. policy change is needed. >> every resource can be put at that border is being put at that border and every security being made but we still need comprehensive immigration reform. >> casey steegel is live in phoenix. what cities drew the biggest numbers? >> reporter: patti ann, as you said, it has been an action-packed weekend and the biggest crowds were no doubten los angeles, 50,000 people took to the streets in downtown l.a., look at the video for yourself. gloria

guest: it resulted from a need by the people in the panhandle of texas and oklahoma to get somethinghey did not have, which was better roads. they felt like state government was not being responsive to them, so the best way they thought -- best way, they thought, to get better roads was to secede and form their own state. it was one of the episodes in our history where people want to add address grievances by creating a new state. host: what are other examples over history? give us a couple. guest: 1 that is near and dear to my heart is the state of lincoln, and that is a the northwest. i lived in idaho for many years. lincoln would have been a combination of the eastern part of washington state and the northern part of idaho. the areas are distinct from the rest of their states. this idea has been coming up over and over again over the last century, because we could have drawn bitter borders and in that part of the united states. -- we could have drawn a better reporters in that part of the united states. similarly, california is a little too big. there have been a number of attempt

kentucky and this morning, it's been very heavy in around areas of louisiana and now towards the panhandlethunderstorms move in. out across the west where we've got very nice conditions, we'll see plenty of sunshine all up and down the coast as well as in and around the four corners. a little bit of rain towards the pacific northwest, but the system you see pulling in there is going to be pretty light. no major problems with that. as you move forward here, i'll show you where the troubles spots are going to be, where you see that yellow outlined where we see the chance of hail, winds, maybe an isolated tornado, but i think it's going to be a pretty small one if we do see anything, nothing too significant. a little bit of light flooding in across areas of kentucky and tennessee for your day today as well as that front stretches out there. temp-wise for your day. we're going to be dealing with pretty nice conditions across most of the country. 74 and plenty of sunshine towards minneapolis, getting back up towards 70 in denver, which will be welcomed. 96 in phoenix and as we move on for your

i represent the eastern panhandle of west virginia that continues to welcome new residents seeking the lower cost of living and family environment west virginia offers. many of these new west virginians work in the washington, d.c. area for the federal government. telework would further improve the quality of life for these commuters. teleworking would allow them to perform their duties and responsibilities from home or another work site. we actually have a remote telework facility in jefferson county, where they would be removed from their regular workplace. telework would be good for the families because it provides employees the flexibility they may need to meet daily demands. it's an environmental bill because i believe it will reduce traffic congestion and air pollution as well as cut gasoline consumption. additionally, employees benefit from the increased productivity. i think the private sector has studies out there showing that telework can be much more productive for the overall organization. improved morale, fewer sick days, -- sick days used, worker retention and less office