in addition, cities and towns above pittsburgh were doing the same thing. and then they were affecting the water intakes of pittsburgh. 90% of this region gets its drinking water from those same rivers that we have overflows occurring. hecht: we have sewage overflow with as little as 1/10" inch of rain. and our average storm here is a 1/4" storm. lichte: over a year's period, 16 billion gallons' worth of combined sewage and stormwater overflows into our rivers. tarr: it's not a problem of point "x" and point "y" alone. this is a watershed problem. a watershed problem. lichte: the watershed encompasses many municipal boundaries and it doesn't know any local politics. narrator: in the pittsburgh system, 83 cities and towns use the same sewage treatment plant -- alcosan. so all 83 municipalities have to work together to address the problem. schombert: we know we have billions of dollars that will have to be spent over the next 15 to 20 years. you can't do that wisely when you have 83 separate government agencies making decisions. the municipal consent orders a

[cheers] ♪ >> hello, pittsburgh. it is good to be back in pittsburgh, pennsylvania.ouple of people i want to acknowledge. first of all, one of my favorite people, one of our finest united states senators, give it up for bob casey. i think we have in the house as well your mayor, and congressman mike dole is in the house. the allegheny county executive is here, and we want to thank others for the free programs. great job. great job. [applause] now, first of all, before we do anything else, before we do anything else -- >> we love you! >> i love you back. let's also be clear about a very important situation that has arisen. the white sox and the pirates are in first place. so we may be in the world series together. >> go pirates! >> we love each other and can root for each other until we get to the world series. then it's every man for himself. i know is hot, i know you guys have been waiting for a while, so i want to just say thank you to everybody for taking the time to be here. >> thank you! >> i hope everybody had a great fourth of july. we had some folks over for

she joins us live this afternoon from pittsburgh. we didn't hear the president talk about the jobs report until about ten minutes in this morning, kristen. it will be very interesting to see how long he waits to talk about those numbers in pittsburgh. >> reporter: yeah, it's a good point, craig. and we expect him to continue to try to put a positive spin on what is really a disappointing jobs report, when he takes the podium here in pittsburgh at carnegie mellon university. we expect him to tout what he sees as his accomplishments in the economy, including the auto bailout. that's something that really resonates with voters in nortrn ohio, which is where he was earlier today and yesterday. and of course, here in western pennsylvania. he'll also probably reiterate that statistic, that 4.4 million jobs were added in the private sector over the past 28 months. but, craig, it is really a tough sell, because in addition to the numbers that you talked about, if you look at the breakdown, and i think we have a graphic of some of these numbe

pittsburgh to be specific. crowd where the president is because president obama plans to make an address as well. we've been waiting on this. dan, give me a bit of a rundown as to what we're going to hear the president say when the news really can't be spun to be very good. >> reporter: we'll continue to hear the president talk about what he and his administration have been doing over the last three and a half years to try to right the economy. there will be an admission from the president that there's a lot more that needs to be done and that turning the economy around will not happen overnight. you've heard the president and others in the campaign and the administration talking about how this is a problem that's been developing over a decade. it will not be reversed overnight. the president will talk about what he hopes to accomplish if he is elected another four years. we don't expect the president will talk about the jobs numbers at this event here. earlier today a poll in ohio, the president did touch on a

first things first, showers and storms this morning, you see them there south and east of pittsburgh. some of them have been sneaking in toward maryland and west virginia and almost across junction north of winchester here in frederick county, virginia. toward meyersville, heavier showers. all it have moving southeast.

to aspen, then he may have been heading to rural settlements in washington county out of and so pittsburgh. the trail went cold until november 1853 when buck received a third letter from banks informing him that he had arrived safely in hammenton, canada. there is the story of the underground railroad for you. there are a number of issues here that i will try to disentangle in this story. it took the longest while to pull this together from the scattered letters and other documents. banks' escape provides us with an opportunity to explore further the nature and consequences of what henry bibb who escaped from slavery in kentucky called the work of self emancipation. it seems odd that banks would go through such lengths to keep in touch with his former master. he felt -- banks offered in his final letters from canada to repay buck the $800 security he had to forfeit when he left. but neither his attachment to his wife and friends in front royal nor the gratitude he felt to buck diminished banks' determination to be free. his chances of reaching freedom were increased if he could throw off a

pittsburgh based pnc bank is sticking with its sponsorship but wall street may downgrade the school's credit rating. >>> some virginians say they couldn't call 911 when they needed help the most. coming up an investigation is underway to find out what caused the massive communications outage during this summer's storms. >> if you see a story we should look into, give us a call at 202-895-3000 or send us an e- mail to fox5tips@wttg.com. i'm barack obama and i approve this message.

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south of pittsburgh now still lightning coming in toward garrett county.n toward northern maryland. you have this one thunderstorm, we have other showers which are diminishing as they approach winchester. frederick seeing a little rain, as well as west nonresponsive sister this morning. -- westminister this morning. martinsburg just getting in on some showers now. temperatures in the upper 60s. we are still in the upper 70s and it is a sticky morning out there. mostly cloudy skies, on the michael and son weather camera. 77 degrees with a northwest wind at 10, and the humidity 69%. so yeah, another very muggy start. a lot of heat in the middle of the country. temperatures 100 to 105 from minneapolis to st. louis. the heat is going to build east a little bit over the next few days. we are going to see this ridge in the middle expand east, still a threat for the isolated thunderstorms the next few arches. inthe heat and humidity will be the bigger issue and that has pretty much made me give up on my lawn for the summer. heat and thunderstorms 98 this afternoo

meanwhile the giants in pittsburgh, in first place for the first time in 20 years since bonds was therell into the gap. zito not good tonight. 7 hits, 4 runs. they got him out of there with a one run lead and he would be standing in the victory column at the finish. cabrera hitting .358. starter on tuesday night at the all-star game. 6-5, 9th inning. romo on. that is how you wants to face him and that is it. romo now, his fifth save of the season. you may see him finishing up. he is hot. the and the giants end their losing streak. warriors signed a pick. no big terms released. big story in hoops, ray allen is leaving the celtics and takes $6 million left to play with lebron james in miami. everybody goes how can he leave the celtics, but his name was always -- always heard him name around trade time and so he says i will get the jump on you, see you later, i am hanging with lebron james and dwyane wade. roger federer versus this fellow sunday who took care of business today. austin, the last brit in 1938 to make the finals. andy murray a winner today. if roger federer wins he will retak

more late-winning heroics, this time in pittsburgh.fter the astros tied it in the ninth the pirates drew sudden win in the bottom of the inning. first homer of the year, pirates walk off with a 9-8 win. >>> casper wells spoiled everything with a bomb to left. all was not lost. orioles held on to beat the mariners. >>> and finally as the nation celebrates independence day, serena was in england launching a barrage of fireworks, serving up 13 aces, she advances to the semis at wimbledon with a straight set win. and that's your look at sports on "early today." i'm mario solis. >>> which movie does r. kelly claim broke up his marriage? your early morning entertainment headlines are straight ahead. plus preparations are under way for a fourth of july tradition as patriotic flags, parades and fireworks. you're watching "early today." >>> well, happy fourth of july to everyone out there. record heat today. very hot. actually dangerous heat with humidity too. many areas of the plains through the lower great lakes and the ohio valley. we'll hav

and there was a moment in -- there was a moment in pittsburgh, where we filmed part of it in pittsburghnd i would hide it in the room in the hotel when i went out. >> jimmy: to keep from people and maids for future movies? [ laughter ] >> yeah, exactly. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: so they could have to come up with another plan. >> anyway, i put -- probably thinking about somebody else, put it away and came back. and forgot where i put it. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: great. >> and i just -- i'd been in the lobby having a coffee. and i thought, oh, my god, i haven't left it on the table down there in the -- it was a white-hot panic. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: i would imagine. >> for about 20 minutes. i felt my career ended in pittsburgh. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: that you would have been thrown out of show business? >> that would be my book "it ended in pittsburgh." >> jimmy: isn't there any way to blame it on michael caine or something like that? >> no, because he's name is on the bleeping script. >> jimmy: oh, i see it. >> it's serial numbers and your name is water-marked each copy. so the number is my

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in the east bay just west of pittsburgh, burglary thieves are targeting a baypoint neighborhood between willow pass road and highway 4 by ambrose park. there have been three burglaries within a couple block was one another in the past few weeks. on june 29th, a home burglarized on ambrose avenue near water street. on july 5th, a home on audi's lane, and a hillstreet residence was burglarized after that. two happened overnight, the other during the day. i'm grant lotus. >>> one person is in custody in connection with vandalism at an east bay cemetery. dozens of head stones were vandalized with some kind of oil at the chapel of the chimes in union city. workers have cleaned it up. police have not released details on the person in custody. >> a look at your overnight lows tonight, in the 50s with areas of patchy fog. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ [ male announcer ] what's the point of an epa estimated 42 miles per gallon if the miles aren't interesting? the lexus ct hybrid. this is the pursuit of perfection. >>> several suspects arrested the gun point on high 85 in cupertino today. deputies stopped a truck, bri

. >>> heavy rainfall last week left some parts of pennsylvania, pittsburgh, the burghs with flash floods. here are some of the videos from it. this is one of the videos that we got from wpxi. >> flood of 2012. there's the floating dumpster down 51. >> apparently they got two inches of rainfall an hour and that left them with this. >> luckily got all the cars out. the dumpster is floating. there is my man porky's car, completely screwed. >> poor porky. porky will need a good ride. >> hope you got good insurance. two cars screwed here. got that one. we got three. the old truck, too. i could probably get this old truck out of here, actually. i have the keys to this. i'll try to get the old truck out of here. i'll get back to you. >> i think he did. >> the problem is the video ens before we know if he got the truck out. i will go with you. i think he got it out. >> i also have another video. they were definitely rescuing drivers stuck in their cars in the flood. >> pittsburgh, my hometown, there's a lot of hills. a lot of hills. you would imagine that when there's a lot of hills, that means

from pennsylvania back to pittsburgh, strong storms with the threat of wind and hail damage. could deal with power outages later today. >>> well, if you're watching us on nc 5, dallas-ft. worth, in dallas, texas, take the day to meet some of the state's great native wild lyre including cougars and horned lizards. and that's your "early today" event of the day, lynn. >>> all right, bill. thanks so much. >>> and now here's an early look at this morning's headlines in entertainment. russell brand is apparently following the lead of ex- katy perry and is dating again. brewster, the youngest sister of georgianna brewster. >>> yes, tom cruise arrived in new york to visit suri. but today's tom and katy split is about kate hudson. tmz reports she unwittingly walked by the hotel tom was staying in and was suddenly swamped by paparazzi. speaking of paparazzi, tmz also reported that they recommended the ring leader who chased justin bieber who chased him down the freeway be the first person under the law to not endanger people. >>> bob dylan will mark 50 years as a recording artist by r

those at risk for the severe storms anywhere from here in the yellow, ohio, pittsburgh, d.c.p toward southern new england watch out if the strong storms this afternoon. >>> well, if you're watching us on nbc 5, dallas-ft. worth, in dallas, texas, take the day to meet some of the state's great native wildlife including cougars, horned liz dards at texas treasures at the dallas zoo. and that's your "early today" event of the day, lynn. >>> all right, bill. thanks so much. >>> and now here's an early look at this morning's headlines in entertainment. russell brand is apparently following the lead of his ex, katy perry and he's dating again. he's dating brewster, the youngest sister of georgia na brewster. >>> yes, tom cruise arrived in new york to visit suri. but today's tom and katy split is about kate hudson. tmz reports she unwittingly walked by the hotel that cruise was staying in and was suddenly swamped by paparazzi. it's really sad when you see pictures of her hiding from the paparazzi. speaking of paparazzi, tmz also reported authorities recommend the ring leader who cha

coming up through pittsburgh and mostly antioch, 80 westbound and panola, still a nice drive. >>> well, a couple of things are going on, much stronger sea breeze, thunderstorms have been blowing up over the sierra valley mainly to sacramento valley coming right up from central california. and for us, 50s and 60s on the temperatures, a lot of moisture and it might be mild but we will have to keep an eye on things near the central coast. fog sun clouds, cooler breezy, tropical inland and there is a southwest wind of travis. still want to hots and we will keep it there once we get into the weekend. >>> two uc davis neurosurgeons are now banned from doing testing on any humans. what they are saying about the tests after being performed on dying brain cancer patients. >>> plus, rainwater and flooding, stay tuned for more news weather and traffic. ireless receivers that let you move the tv around wherever. no siree, bob. who's bob? and if you didn't have a tv outlet, well then you couldn't watch diddly-squat. you talk a lot. you have no idea how good you have it. that's not working. [ grunts

no still waiting in pittsburgh. thank you pittsburgh. terry? noo are you sure? yes. i got it. to go jim! what is going on in there? beats me.here's that file. got it. righteous. share files instantly, only on the galaxy s3. available at sprint. ( cheers and applause ) >> jon: welcome back. my guests tonight, oh, very funny abtors. their new movie is called "the campaign." >campaign. ." >> whoa. you little... ♪ my country tis of thee. ♪ sweet land of liberty ♪ ( laughter ). >> jon: please welcome back to the show zach galfianakis and will ferrell. ( cheers and applause ) >> jon: some grains of rice if you want to-- if you want to eat up there. >> is this our swag? >> jon: that's your gift bag and i've been hatching those during the entire program. first of all, it's great toy see you guys again. the movie, i haven't seen it, but i've heard. no, it's great. it's-- it's it's hilarious. you guys are great. tell me about being on so the together. that must have been-- that must have been something. the two of you guys. the hijinx. >> we had a lot of fun. there were a lot pranks we

he said he was jumped last week in pittsburgh and thrown into the van.obbed and his attackers threatened to dill him. he saw the police, unlocked the door and went to the police for safety. >>> man who stripped down to his birthday suit in oregon has been found not guilty. a judge ruled his nudity was an act of protest, falling under protected free speech. >> come on, man. you can't take that much crack on a plane. everybody nose that. it's against the nation's drug policy. >>> if you're trying to eat right, you may want to add something to your list. dark chocolate. a swiss chocolate manufacturer says that flavonols in dark chocolate can help your. the company will have the right to make the claim on its labels if approved. >> i anticipate they're going to say in moderation, right? >> of course. >>> while penn state decides the fate of the joe paterno statue, some students are standing their guard. they started the vigil after plane flew over the school with a banner that said, take the statue down or we will. penn state will make a decision about the s

i gave a call to pittsburgh police about ten minutes ago looking for a little bit more information. what we are looking for is that vehicle description. we are also trying to find out how that victim is doing. obviously injuries to the leg and to the face are very serious. that victim to taken to john mere medical center. we will continue to follow this story throughout the morning. christien kafton ktvu channel 2 news. >>> we also have developing news in plaster county. a wild fire is 10% contained. that fire is burning between colfax and forest hill. 100 firefighters are attacking that -- 1800 firefighters are tackling that fire right now. >> i didn't even get back to my mouse. i slept in the car. had my dogs with me. >> the fire started wednesday afternoon and yesterday firefighters reported that they had it 20% contained but hot temperatures and wind did not help their efforts. the cause of that fire is still under investigation. >>> a three-year-old boy was critically injured after he was hit by a car in vallejo. police say the boy darted into the street from between two parked

pittsburgh was 20th. >>> i was blogging about a few days ago, maybe its free sauna treatments. the free steam sauna outside. it's hot and humid. maybe it helps the skin around the baltimore area. this is a wide, widespread heat warning. this is unusual and widespread, all but extreme western maryland, mountains with the heat warning through tomorrow evening. here is part of the reason, temperatures now are excessively hot and you can see the weather continuing to be very clear out there as we put a few of our cameras in to motion across the area. blue skies, hot conditions continuing right across central maryland now. 97 degrees that's a current air temperature. at the airport, downtown, hotter than that. our weather observation center down in the city, is actually getting in trouble with the heat. we don't have a new number out of downtown, we can tell you around the city when you are at 100, you are probably at 102- 103 in the city. no storm concerns tonight. we had a cluster come through last evening, see no sign tonight. atmosphere stable. numbers are upper 90s for air temp

it is warmer and lead in pittsburgh at 74. fallfish is hopeful the wait is live. drizzle close to the oceans. the fog will clear away slowly by the afternoon we will see sunshine whatever at a warming into next week. netflix the fog will be socked it from and the pacific. the haft sought elective is going into first. did she not know that hurt is not correct pronoun's used the heart is peyton share are is this how are in either the of the she ec and her team and still huge for her of issues double that steve when >>brian: mountain view in fremont are close to 80. for the inland spot the warmest place is will be back into the '90s for tomorrow. >> '60s and '70s. why would a lot of fog in the morning. >> more than 130,000 people have descended on san diego. >> the panel was nothing short of a testosterone's s. some of the biggest and baddest action stars in the world. >> sylvester stallone is and arnold schwarzenegger received a standing ovation. source a member of the blond jokes. >> of hollywood legends were joined by some new

bit of history in pittsburgh.ourth inning gary jones hits a solo shot off the right field foul pole. neil walker hits a solo shot. deja vu all over again. back-to-back jacks off the upright. first time that's happened since 2000. pirates beast the astros 11-2. that's your "first look" at sports. i'm mario solis. >> for another look at the weather here's nbc meteorologist bill karins. leapt me guess it's hot out there? >> yes. the big question is what will it be like for the fireworks displace. you have the outdoor concert in washington, d.c. and thunderstorms tomorrow. beautiful day in northeast down d.c. hot again but sunny and dry, no worry about thunderstorms rolling through. today's forecast 81 and sunny in boston. warmer around new york. 91 today. philly at 93. d.c. 94. humidity is low. it's bearable. thunderstorms could move in late in the afternoon from buffalo back to pittsburgh and definitely through the great lakes. fourth of july forecast does include a chance of showers and thunderstorms, all of new en

everything sliding off to the south and east is a little bubble trying to form south and east of pittsburgh. we have a couple of storms trying to form but again most of this diving down into virginia, so the good news is the majority of these storms will be pushing off toward our south and west for the overnight. the problem back closer to home is the temperatures and right now at 11:00 in town, it's 84 degrees. feeling like it's 88. so again, could be some dangerous heat. these are the air temperatures, that's not taking into account what the actual temperatures are inside homes. 70 for the overnight, partly cloudy and again a storm chance as we head into the overnight hours, on the big boards there's that cluster of showers and storms moving to the southeast, we have a lot of activity over the northern plains and more heath in the 7- day forecast, we're going to detail that a coming up in just a little bit. >>> if i took you lie above eastern and fleet and told you to look down, i bet you could see a chew chew train and a fish. brian kuebler can't wait to tell you this story of gp art. an

he won pittsburgh's allegheny county, 57-42. pittsburgh there, an island of blue. but what is surprising about this bus tour is not that it's starting in the swing state of ohio, but that it's ending in a state where mitt romney has yet to run a stiingle tv ad since becoming the presumptive nominee. joining me now the stephanie cutter. let me start there, where i left off. why pennsylvania? you guys seem to be more concerned about it than republicans are in targeting it. do you -- how nervous are you guys about pennsylvania? >> oh, i disagree, chuck. the president's on a bus tour all through ohio today. we're in the northeast part of the state. it just made sense to hop over to pennsylvania and touch base with those voters dl. you know, i'm sure throughout the course of this campaign we'll be back in pennsylvania again not because we're concerned about it but because we want to talk to the voter tons ground there. we feel pretty good about where we stabbed nd in pennsylvania b doubt, we will be back there. >> do you believe the

the eighth overall pick of the pittsburgh pirates in last month's mlb draft.otential $4 million signing bonus and he wants to return to his senior season to get an engineering degree. how good can he be if his summer league debut is any indication? very, very good. newly acquired gard -- guard sitting next to lee in las vegas. basketball iq right here. follow your miss, kids. and then attack the rim. fouled on the dunking attempt. 8 of their 13 shooting. as good as he looked klay thompson looked better. he finishes with 24 and warriors hammer

live coverage for pittsburgh later for president obama's two- day bus tour.an events" talk about whether the economy grows more for job growth of black and -- what creation. and then we hear from nicholas jones from the census bureau and cynthia korea -- board from theroot.com. 9:15 a.m., the series on international news bureaus continues with simon wilson, washington bureau chief from

concord, fairfield, areas south of hsan jose, antioch, fairfiel and concord and pittsburgh likely toee 100-degree temperatures possibly by wednesday. for now, it's pretty comfortable. one of the cooler days of the week is tomorrow. you've got the low clouds coming in for the morning. back to the coast for the afternoon, a little more sunshine on the marin coastline tomorrow. as we head through the evening, we'll see a sea breeze, but not as strong as we've got going outside right now. for the morning you'll see low clouds, a little misty skies around the bay area for your monday morning. 40s and 50s outside. during the day tomorrow, a little bit warmer. 80s to low 90s around the south bay. in the tri valley, upper 80s to low 90s. san francisco still the 60s. even the peninsula and inner east bay you'll see numbers coming up tuesday into wednesday, we've highlighted those three days for you. inland valleys climb into the mid-90s to near 100 degrees. but we should not see that coupled with high humidity. or thunderstorms. but still, it's going to be a little shock to the system once th

it's 83 in richmond but only 76 up in pittsburgh or the burg as my pittsburgh friends like to call it. oakland is only 70. they were in the 50s this morning in garrett county. it's 28 across the bay in cambridge. 84 for la plata and the pax river naval air station, we've got 81 degrees. look at this shot on the michael & son weather camera, the capitol dome looks absolutely gorgeous this afternoon. 84. the air is dry. the winds are calm. humidity only 33%. you really don't get days better than this in the month of july very often. showers and storms once again pounding the upper midwest and the great lakes. once again we've got this big, huge area of high pressure right over the middle of the country. they're having a really tough summer. places like kansas city, st. louis. drought conditions, temps 100 to 10 5. that's persisting. for us we've got a northerly flow bringing down the air from canada giving us a nice day today. today the futurecast, all is well. sunshine today. clear skies to partly cloudy skies tonight, especially up north. tomorrow temperatures are going to soar. we're