a slow warm-up from seattle to portland. tomorrow we go with temperatures similar to today, almost in the 70s. nice in medford. that's more like it, seattle and portland jumping up to upper 70s. if you're in sacramento enjoy hands-on demonstrations of how model trains work at the train show at the sacramento convention center. that's your event of the day. >> sounds good, billy, thank you. >>> now here's an early look at this morning's headlines and entertainment. the blockbuster "transformers: dark of the moon" will notch top spot but there will be strong showings by other debut films. "dark of the moon" broke the $200 million mark. it will earn $45 million give or take. "horrible bosses" boasting strong reviews and a big cast including jason bateman, jennifer aniston and colin farrell. it should take second. the not so well reviewed talking comedy "zoo keeper" should be good enough for third and a start at earning back the $80 million it cost to make. jennifer aniston imprinted her hands and feets outside hollywood's graum

we'll be beautiful in portland. 77 is a very comfortable temperature with partly cloudy skies. salt lake city and boys ji nice, too. hot in the deserts. getting toasty in phoenix at 107. a look at tomorrow, more sunshine and temperatures close to average in most locations. if you're watching us from portland, oregon, at the carnival, the head on over to the sheep rodeo at the hood river county fair at the hood river county fairgrounds. that's your pacific event of the day. i had cotton candy last week for the first i'm in two years. >> i love cotton candy. that sugar high is perfect for the mornings. bill, thank you. >>> now here's an early look at this morning's headlines in entertainment. morgan freeman wants the world to know he does not support right-wing causes. a representative for freeman told tmz he did not narrate an ad by a conservative group in wisconsin nor did he voice over an earlier ad for controversial governor scott walker. he accused a narrator of trying to sound like freeman. >>> lindsay lohan has court issues this time it's small claims court. a man who inst

warmer days of the summer. 84 in portland. medford at 94. we actually have some nice weather conditions even salt lake city and boise will enjoy >> looks like the weekend forecast will be improving. warm and dry. >> let's hop plane to the west coast. all right, bill, thank you so much. >>> well, a big euro debt deal, a new owner for chrysler, and a royal dash through duty-free. your early morning business headlines are straight ahead. >>> plus, captain america's mission was to fight the nazis, but he has an even tougher mission this weekend at the box office beating "harry potter." >>> coming up, one save and a beauty. the nfl owners are ready for football, but are the players? you're watching "early today." >>> good morning, and welcome back to "early today." i'm lynn berry. here's some of your top headlines this morning. >>> senior defense officials tell nbc news today the pentagon will announce that both secretary of defense leon panetta and all of the joint chiefs have certified the military is ready to repeal don't ask, don't tell. pres

cool on the immediate coast but 87 in portland. temperatures have cooled off with a frontal system that's come in. jet stream dipping to the south. still warm in boise. deserts are warm. san francisco down to 56. that's jacket weather. you can see we don't have a lot of moisture out there. we had some monsoonal showers in new mexico. a weak system kicking out of the northwest knocking the temperatures down. boise, 85 compared to 100s yesterday. a significant frontal system. 67 today in seattle. we're back into the cool weather after what was a really enjoyable weekend. that's a look at yo >> we're not going to see too much bad weather in the west this upcoming weekend. should be a decent week. >> thank you, bill. >>> how no debt deal is affecting markets. what ipo to look for on wall street this week. and what not to do when you think you've been sold a lemon. your early morning business headlines are straight ahead. >>> plus, was it might or magic this weekend at the box office? >>> a first at the tour de france. plus three new ha

portland at 70. not much better. as we look toward tomorrow, repeat. 68 in seattle. chance of showers. that's getting a little ridiculous. if you are watching on kcre in sacramento, california, head to placerville at the main library. that's your event of the day. just butter on mine. no salt. >> bill, thank you so much. >>> now here's an early look at this morning's headlines in entertainment. for a celebrity, matt damon thinks he's pretty lucky especially compared to his friends, brad pitt and angelina jolie. damon told german tv this past weekend pitt and jolie are like prisoners. they can't go someplace and even if they just want to take a walk, it turns into a "international incident." as for his relative peace, damon credits living in new york city. he avoids tourist spots and says new yorkers are "very cool." they don't flip out if they see me. >> the fallout from the jennifer lopez and mark anthony divorce seems to be coming from her camp, focussing on his controlling nature. us weekly quotes sources who say he always tries to manage her wardrobe because he d

we have showers from portland northwards. it won't pour, just occasional showers, temperatures in the 60s. and there's the 66 in san francisco, where fingers crossed for a little bit of sun late in the day. that's not a promise. that's a look86 for your high. san jose, 73 for you. not a lot is going to change in the west, it's going do remain cool. if everyone in the rest of the country is too hot, get a plane ticket. >>> well stocks stumble, big deals in the works and a costly online business hiccup. your early morning business headlines are straight ahead. >>> plus, doing her duty for her country. actress mila kunis goes above and beyond. >>> the sluggers swing for the fences and one player turns a home run derby into a family affair. you're watching "early today." >>> good morning, and welcome back to "early today." i'm lynn berry. afghan president hamid karzai's half brother was shot and killed today in his own house by a friend. to critics, ahmed walid karzai, head of the provincial council, had become a symbol of corrup

here in california it was in the 90s, but the cooler weather remains from portland up to seattle. do you believe in seattle? we have only had three 80-degree days this year. i mean, that's an incredible stat. the warmest was 84, and that was only for one day. here's what we are dealing with today. we need the jet stream to go north of the pacific northwest up into canada. then we'll get the warmer air to flow your way. as long as the flow continues from the north or northwest, we are going to see the cool summer stick with us. also a good deal of sunshine out there in central california today. in bellingham, the only area i found to have rain, and that continues at this hour. and today we have a slight chance of showers for seattle and portland as it stays cloudy and cool. that's a lookrosa, right around. tucson, a slight chance for a late-day storm. the good news is the pacific northwest will be sunny so they won't be the warmest this weekend. >> all right. >> it is sunny, though. >> they'll take that. they'll take that. bill, thanks so much. >>> well, wall street worries, an air

portland, around 79 and sunday's forecast, not a lot changes.t looks like a little warmer air mass for some areas. but overall, what you see is what you get into the weekend. if you're watching us on kntv, nbc 11 in california's bay area, head to nearby mountain view, for the little ones, for a children's production of the "wish peddler." at mountain view center for the performing arts. >>> bill, thank you. >>> now here's an early look at this morning's headlines in entertainment.cc1: with three new releases crowding theaters this weekend, it's safe to say there's something for everyone at the box office. harrison ford and daniel craig saddle up in the sci-fi western "cowboys and aliens." an 1800s town invaded by aliens. the movie's big name talent should be a big draw for the movie goers to the tune of an expected $42 million. everyone's favorite blue creatures are back and now on the big screen in "the smurfs." the live action animation hybrid that stars neil patrick harris has been getting abismal reviews. nostalgia will likely send ticket sa

so he gets about 150 veterans in a meeting in portland. and says, you know, we could go there and lobby, too. we can lobby in person. and so, what he proposes is that they all get on freight cars and head for washington. and petition for the bonus the, the immediate payment. and his first job is to get the great bill by wright patman out of committee. so they hop on frates in portland, oregon. and start heading east. and radio and newspapers start picking it up. in some ways, it's an interesting news phenomenon, because it's a continuing story. and as they go east, more and more papers and more and more radio stations start to hear about this. and veterans elsewhere in the country start saying, well, we can do the same thing. we can hop freights or jump into lobbies or hitchhike and get to washington ourselves. so streams of veterans start filling up boxcars and hitchhiking on highways, going into washington. the ones who were close to washington, such as the ones in new jersey, are the first to arrive. they actually arrive before the guys

detectives quickly determined that joel courtney grew up in beaverton, a portland suburb about 75 miles on the day of the kidnapping?p+ there was one person who could answer that question and many more. >> her name, dina mcbride, joel courtney's older sister. she lived in portland. >> my first thought is, cute dimpled little blond haired mischief vows kid, with sweet little spirit and hilarious laugh. >> days before, corvallis police got that call from albuquerque and heard joel courtney's name for the first time, dina received a call herself. it was from joel's wife with word of his arrest in new mexico. dina and her mother took in the news together. >> how did your mom react? >> she was horrified. you know, there were very few details that she felt like the truth needs to come out. >> but the truth was hard to figure out in those first moments. the scowling man in the mug shot was hardly the joel his sister knew when he was little. >> i remember him coming home from the hospital. i remember him toddling, all of the classic childhood milestones. and we were a very, very happy family. >

boston 78. 81 in l.a. 77 in portland. average temperatures in the east. 89 in baltimore. 70 in seattle. 92 in sacramento. >>> talk of a major departure from the obama administration. >>> then a fast food first. "consumer reports" names the best chains in the country. wh where does your favorite restaurant rank? >>> ouch, take a look at this. the venomous c cature found on a plane after stinging a sleeping passenger.agagagagagagagagagagai >>> "america this morning" continues now with "america's money." >>> treasury secretary timothy geithner says he isn't going anywhere. geithner says he will remain as treasury secretary for the foreseeable future. he was responding to reports that he would step down once talks on the debt ceiling are done. geithner is the longest t rving of the president's top economic advisers and an architect of much of the administration's economic policies. >>> overseas markets are moving higher today after greece approved those strict new economic cuts. tokyo's nikkei average gained more than 50 poin

opening "the meadow" in portland, oregon. >> i want you to come in and stand and feel like you are a beautiful person in a beautiful place. >> but how do you convince perspective customers that your salt is quite extraordinary and very different from your common everyday table salt? in their case, by getting the customers enganged through the story behind the kondment. >> i was at my birthday party a friend recommended he's like, you have a lot to say about salt. if you use that, it gives you something to talk around and share with other people. it gives a calling card. >> so mark and jennifer started to add value to their brand by telling true personal stories about themselves and their products to their customers. >> someone walks in the door that you've never seen before and you spend some time talking and you start to feel your relationship and this connection. >> when i went in, one part of my brain said the analytical part said this is rubbish. who cares? do i really know? and how come it's so expensive? >> anne is one of their portland customers. >> he's on a motorcycle trip t

actually partment of mojo i haven't been to the local one but i can tell you in portland going to the d.m.v. is actually a really pleasant experience going through to the veterans administration hospitals veterans v.a. hospitals have in fact v.a. care has the high as a higher rating from its customers than any for profit health insurance zero companies there are no not at zero a lot of horror stories they are true of course there's a lot of horror stories coming out of united health care and you know you know pick your company or whatever why don't you know denmark looked at oil and they said there's a bunch of externalities here associated with oil people are getting cancers people are getting asthma this stuff is causing global warming or. i add a couple extra dollars a tax on the because to oil to recover that i did we do that why do the oil companies get to keep all the you know they take all the probably don't get a lot higher paying for all the extra now they actually don't get a lot of profit they only get a few pennies per gallon it's largely axes right now energy is one of th

upper 70s in sacramento. 71 in portland. and 87 degrees in billings. >> of course it is the summer.ll right. >>> the forecast for phoenix called for baseball-sized baseballs. major league baseball's annual home run derby it was the defense that actually stole the show. off the bat of yankees robinson cano, a ball boy makes a tremendous diving catch in short center field. take another look. >> how about that. very cool. cano asked his father to pitch to him in the derby and it paid off as the yankees second base man would go on to win the derby. that is the cool thing. it's baseball season, it's good to see that. i like that. are you ready? here he goes, he's winding it up. let's see that arm. righty or lefty? oh, come on. keisha, you're a baseball fan, ready? going to do a windup. there you go. >> oh, nice. >> and she catches it. >> we will be right back. ♪ [ sponge ] okay, team. time to tackle these greasy dishes. we're facing some toug opposition today. i'm gonna need my biggest player. a change in the lineup? that little squirt? [ cheers and applause ] [ female announcer ] one bo

and some showers from portland to seattle. >> 75 in portland. 85 in sacramento. and 95 in boise.ear 90 in the twin cities. 93 in kansas city. and 104 in dallas. 79 here in new york. thankfully. 90 in atlanta. 91 in miami. >> it was a rough weekend. >> it was nuts. finally mother nature showing a little bit of mercy. >>> lately we've been blaming the stifling weather for pretty much everything. >> that's probably why a moose was on the loose this weekend in an idaho falls neighborhood. wildlife experts say it's not unusual for moose to show up around this time of year, looking to cool off in the river. >> can't blame them. >> i would do the same thing. >> it's rough. this is one of the first they've seen so far this summer, actually. animal control eventually corralled the moose with a sleeping dart. >> i hope he was okay. >> he's okay. get a little rest for the moose there. >> they are such interesting looking creatures. >> a polite way to say it. we'll be back with more "world news now" right after this. we'll be back with more "world news now" right after this. ♪ hey, check it

still creditor up in seattle seattle portland. no flight delays at any of our major airports. any time you travel flight tracker is waiting for you at abc7news.com. >>> internet conversations from the man accused of leaking classified documents has been released by wired.com. first time we're getting a glimpse behind the leaks. >> identifying himself with the use are name brad s. 87 he writes i've had an unusual and stressful experience over the last decade. yes, questioned my gender, sexual orientation was easy to figure out but i started to come to terms with it within a first few months of my deployment. they withheld his personal revelations for more than a year but released them only after new york magazine published the same information first. manning rights, i already got myself into minor trouble revealing uncertainty for gender identity which is putting me in awkward limbo. julyian assange has denied any involvement with him but it took me four months to determine it was assange. i'm not interested in working for wikileaks. >> it could give prosecutors a motive to giv

that's the system moving into portland. for this time of year, it's too early. you don't see that that often coming down. low pressure will move in. that all spills cooler, inland temperatures, they will slide back on wednesday. low clouds, wednesday at times. local temperatures, temperatures are in the 50s and 60s for the coast and bay. there will be 50s and 60s today. 77 fairfield. alameda, 63. brentwood, 80. 79 gilroy. saratoga, 76. fremont upper 60s, low 70s. same for much of the peninsula but 50s and 60s along the san mateo coast. cooling continues through wednesday. it does look like we'll see slightly warmer temperatures in the weekend. >>> one of arnold schwarzenegger's lass duty as governor -- has -- last duty as governor has him going to a courtroom. >>> and there's new signs that the former first lady has reportedly found her place to live -- herself a place to live. >>> in just about 45 minute, president obama will lay out the battlelines in the fight over raising the national debt ceiling. as alison burns reports, he will hold a news conference befo

in the rewrite coming up next, a republican senate candidate in maine is so crazy, a portland newspaperold him to get out of the race while he told the world that barack obama is not a christian. that's in the rewrite next >> announcer: this past year alone there's been a 67% spike in companies embracing the cloud-- big clouds, small ones, public, private, even hybrid. your data and apps must move easily and securely to reach many clouds, not just one. that's why the network that connects, protects, and lets your data move fearlessly through the clouds means more than ever. >> time for tonight's rewrite. olympia snow has a problem and his name is more conservative challenger. polls show that snow can be beaten in a republican primary by mr. more conservative challenger. she would be trounced by more conservative challenger 58-33. ork limpia snow is an obvious target era of tea party republicans. she is the least conservative in the senate. snow is the only republican to vote for the democrats reform bill in the senate finance committee. in the mark up, she was the only republican to sup

with wu refusing to comment, how did the portland paper get the story and decide to publish it?and in new york, stephen engel berg, currently the managing ed of pro publica. >> you and your associates broke the story. unnamed sources. the family wouldn't talk. did that give you any hesitation? >> we had a history or a base of knowledge, both publish and unpublished. and we were very careful because of the explosive nature of the charge and the people involved, especially a young woman that we did not move to publish until we were certain of the facts of the case. >> frustrated by the fact that no one would go on the record? >> sure. that's not the first choice, always. but in a story of this type it's understandable. then you throw in the odd culture of congress where background and off the record is a daily existence. you understand how to maneuver around that and still get certainty. >> you not only have the odd culture of congress, but this unusual history of david wu. we can put up a picture of him in the famous tiger suit. this was a halloween costume he e. mailed out to co

i knew he was an all-american at the university of portland. he said no, didn't graduate college but i also didn't graduate high school. i was dumbfounded. i said wait a minute, how can you end up in a four year institution like the university of portland without graduating high school? so i pulled this transcript which i did for the book and lo and behold on his college transcript it said he did not graduate. on his portland transcript and showed how the school had erased grades to keep him playing because when he went there, this was at a time when not a lot of blacks were allowed to enter large black colleges. >> what year are we talking about here? >> we are talking about 1960. so when i saw this, in my personal life i worked in a program. i was an athlete myself but nevertheless i saw a lot of parallels of what was going on with my father in 1952 what is going now in the 2000's. and 2011. you know it is kind of sad because there are so many parallels that are still going on because pretty much this is really supposed to be about education

that's what a portland newspaper is reporting. it says the scoop came from inside wu's office. now wu admitted earlier this year that he got medical help to address his behavior after a tough re-election campaign. he says he won't resign, but he will finish his term and then retire next year. >>> a trial of warren jeffs is set to begin in texas. he's the polygamist leader charged with two counts of sexual assault on a child. jeffs will face another trial on a bigamy charge later this year. the charges came out of the raid on the yearning for zion compound three years ago you may remember that. >>> back to the debt stalemate, the debt ceiling impasse if you will. brick wall, whatever you call it. asian markets are starting to feel it. listen to secretary of state hillary clinton. she sounded pretty confident when she talked to business leaders in hong kong. >> but this is how an open and democratic society ultimately comes together to reach the right solutions. so i am confident that congress will do the right thing and secure a deal on the debt ceiling and work with president o

portland, we're at 60 degrees. as far as the weather goes, you can see the marine layer down here along portions of southern california. then we have clouds lingering there. our upper level low that plagued us is now opening, but there's another one sinking down to replace it. that's why we have this trough in cool air. the rest of the country will bake and be in this really crazy heat wave while the northwest remains in a cooler weather pattern. 92 in salt lake city. boise at 90, billings at 92. we'll deal with clouds and temperatures a bit below average. >>> over the weekend just a little chance, one day, we're going to have a little bit of rain in the northwest. i'll tell you where when we come back. >> also when we come back, big ben takes the wind out of wall street sails. your early morning business headlines are straight ahead. >>> plus a huge, record shattering weekend for this big screen installment of harry potter. >>> the nfl lockout is nearing an end. the roger clemens' trial is over and is there such a

you wanted some comfort, fly north, seattle and portland, mid to upper 60s and we have flight arrival delays into philadelphia. everybody else running on time. flight tracker any time you travel at abc7news.com. >> or head to the coast for comfort for comfort. new poll says californians would ease up criminal penalties rather than pay for more prisons. poll by los angeles times found more than 60% of voters surveyed would support reducing life sentences for three strikers convicted of property crimes. 70% support early release of some nonviolent offenders. when it comes to prison overcrowding, voters are looking for solutions that don't raise taxes or take money away for things like education. >> in washington, d.c., progress remains elusive that has the government sliding toward default. they will vote on a cut, cap plan and democrats are expected to kill the measure. critics say there is larger tax increases than advertised. president obama president obama and john boehner met for 90 minutes and it was unclear whether the negotiations will continue at the white house. a new poll out

portland, seattle, you'll take the temperature comfortable in the mid-70s. that's a look at the national fo i93. red block, or red plouffe, very warm at 98. one of the quietest weather weeks we have had in the summer. it will continue into tomorrow. >> no one is complaining about that. thank you. >>> stocks tank, oil tumbled and pristine italian-forced cars discovered in texas. your morning business headlines are straight ahead. >>> and battered and bruised, the show must go on for alec tribec. >>> a big trade and a wedding. you're watching "early today." c: >>> good morning, and welcome back to "early today." here are some of your top headlines this morning. >>> at least 47 people are dead and four are missing in south korea in the wake of torrential rains, landslides and flash flooding. more than 16 inches of rain fell on the capitol of seoul in 24 hours. south african health officials on wednesday described this appalling. the case of a man rescued from a morgue refrigerator after being presumed by his dead and an undertaker. the man was locked in a morgu

portland, san francisco, once you get interior, much warmer. salt lake city 94. even tomorrow the interior west will be a lot warmer. if you're watching us on khnl watch sea creatures capture their meals at a special feeding. marine munchies at the waikiki aquarium. >> like a mini-nemo. we know all about that. now here's a look at this morning's headlines in entertainment. this weekend in theaters, the harry potter film franchise said good-bye to its fans and hello to the record books. "harry potter and the deathly hallows part 2" took in over $168 million, beating the previous best opening weekend record of $158 million held by 2008's "the dark knight." it also set the record for best opening day with $92 million. and best midnight show debut with $43.5 million. overseas the film earned $307 million since opening day wednesday. the best international debut ever, including record openings in england and australia. "transformers: dark of the moon" number one on the two previous weekends slipped to second with $21 million. for now, at least, it remains the year's t

low to mid-70s around seattle and portland.we do have flight and departure delays out of baltimore. check out flight tracker if you are traveling this morning at abc7news.com. >>> some welcome news for homeowners in san francisco. they say property values are going up. real estate values increased by almost $2 billion in the last fiscal year. single family residences jumped more than 3%. multifamily homes went up 1.5% and commercial properties increased half a percent. >> i believe we're going to see continued resurgence, nowhere near the market we had five years ago but an uptick on the commercial side. >> overall prices in san francisco are still 5-15% below the high of 2004. sillers are receiving multiple offers. >>> arnold schwarzenegger is indicating he does not want to pay spousal support to maria shriver. he filed for divorce. they split in may after he admitted to fathering a child with the family's long time housekeeper. this new information comes from court documents that schwarzenegger's lawyers filed in response to

portland at 70. thunderstorms will mostly stay from arizona to the intermountain west. tuesday, still a chance of showers in the northwest. nothing too dramatic up there. that next storm system isn't a big bad one like the one we had back in june. if you're watching us in anchorage, alaska, follow the trails of fortune hunters who headed north for the gold rush. that's your event of the day. >>> time for an rly look at the morning's headlines in entertainment. in just two weeks, the big budget action film "transformers: dark of the moon" has skyrocketed to box office history. while taking top spot this weekend, as expected with $47 million, the blockbuster sequel became 2011's top hit with a total so far of $261 million. shooting past "the hangover: part 2" to first place on the year's domestic charts. debuting in second with $28 million was r-rated comedy with an all-star cast "horrible bosses" where three friends plot to kill their mean bosses, including jennifer aniston. opening in third, with $21 million was the family-funny "zookeeper" with kevin james as a zoo wor

low to mid-70s around seattle and portland.od news, no flight delays at any of the major airports. any time you travel, flight tracker can helpful you at abc7news.com. >>> thank you very much. >>> a you is-year-old girl is improving after a stray bullet just missed after hitting her heart in san francisco. a fight started outside of a housing project around laguna and eddie streets. a stray bullet entered through the walls and entered a teenager's chest. they have arrested to teenagers in the case. >> four middle will boys are charged with sexually assaulting two middle school girls. they attended john f. kennedy middle school. they apparently took place after the boys broke away during a field trip in march. a fifth boy also faces charges. >>> hundreds of same-sex marriages will be performed in new york again today. the state's new law took effect yesterday where hundreds of ceremonies were performed. >> i now pronounce you legally married! >> there is a 24-hour waiting period. san francisco en masse wedding will take place in

seattle to portland, medford, boise, no problems for your fourth of july.e'll see warm conditions not as hot as yesterday. nevada, all the way from vague to us phoenix on the warm side, but not as bad as what you've been. anyone doing travel today or maybe want to watch the fireworks on tv. new york city looks just fine, but d.c. has storms along with st. louis. >>> if you're watching us on 24 chico, california, remember independence day with an all-american pancake breakfast and a pie eating contest. that's a good combination. at the 46th annual fourth of july celebration at bidwell park. >> i'm already full. >> you get the full stacks, then blueberry pie. >> that's the way to do it. >>> here is a look at this morning's headlines. as expected this weekend, the new transformers films transformed the record books. taking over $97 million beating the 90-plus million debut. it also broke the fourth of july weekend record previously held by 2004's "spider-man 2." it set a record for imax releases. by the end of the fourth of july weekend "dark of o the moon" wi

p portland is giving us the cooler weather. no sign of any big warm up that's for hour -- when it gets measurable or starts to make the streets wet and you have to use intermittent on the windshield wipers. temperatures should be close to 90. none even close to the p today. still freezy as we head into the attacked. >> all right, steve. 8:26. why there are new concerns about pg&e pipeline and whether they could survive a major earthquake. >>> developing news happening coming from new york. police just arrested a man after the remains of a missing little boy were found inside of his refrigerator. 8-year-old libby kletzy disappeared monday afternoon in brooklyn, new york on the way talking to meet his mother. now surveillance video showed a suspect, levi aaron, walking near it this little boy at the time he disappeared and then walking into a dentist's office. look at this video. his address it was tracked down using records from that dentist's office. now, not to get too graphic, some additional body parts of this little boy wer

that system continues to carve itself out right out of the portland. for this time of year that's an extremely impressive system to make it that far and have this much of an impact. low overcast drizzle fog temperatures held in check cool for july no doubt about that. today, tomorrow bottom out and then a slight increase friday as we head into the weekend. still lots of 70s in areas that should be upper 80s or 90s. drizzle, mist, cooler inland, fog, sun, wind. you get the sun won't be very warm. clear lake only 76. st. helena 74. 68 petaluma. 71 sonoma. 66 vallejo and benicia. it's cold out there. had to get the blanket back on the bed. that's right. concord 70. 62 oakland. alameda 60. livermore only 70. same for san jose. 71los gatos. daly city san francisco upper 50s. not much change thursday. slight warm up friday. inland temperatures will rebound a little bit on the weekend. >>> all right. time now 6:12. how a cigarette causes trouble in the sky. and angry smokers arrest in midair. >>> one group says she lied. they want casey anthony to pay $100,00

fabio hair blowing, lots and lots of wind, pushing -- >> fabio did the weather for a station in the portland. the real weather, when we come back. ,, turn left. you have arrived. sweet belt. e-reader for textbooks. gps. hd video cam for lectures. game pad. have you ever considered this ? it's got all that and more than 200,000 apps. technology to learn and play on-the-go. only at verizon. buy one droid 3 by motorola, the thinnest full qwerty smartphone ever for $199.99, and get another one free. >>> very nice day around the bay area today. lots of sunshine in the valley. couple patches of fog and that is surging back on shore over the city of san francisco into the bay and beginning to make its way to the valleys. weekend look is good though. temperatures cooling off a few degrees. maybe some 90s, you've got to go well inland for that. mostly sunny in the afternoon, and out towards the coastline, partly cloudy and cool breezy too. we've got 61 treat thereby with 62 in san jose. still, it looks like high pressure holding on just strong enough to bring you lots of sunshine, that moon sunny of

wu's district office in downtown portland.to call a number that was busy all day long. is anybody from the office going to make any statement? would anybody be available to go on camera? >> no, we don't have anybody here available for camera. >> reporter: today has an a busy one for the wu camp. monday morning house minority leader nancy pelosi formally requested an ethics investigation. but wu defiantly opposed, stepping down, saying he would stick out his term. then in the afternoon, wu told staffers he might resign. after meeting with party leaders and again after an admission to another democrat that he did, in fact, have an encounter with an 18-year-old, wu issued his resignation statement. among other things, wu wrote, the well-being of my children must come before anything else. with great sadness, i therefefe intend to o sign. this is the right decision for my family, the institutiononf the house, and my colleagues. it is also the only correct decision to avoid any distraction from the important work at hand in washing

my daughter is down from portland visiting. she was nervous. >> the reputation of moraga is that we're a very safe place to live. and so it's disturbing, of course. >> reporter: just two weeks ago, police uncovered a grow operation at las trampas regional park. alameda county law enforcement is working on search plans to hopefully find the suspects and the grow operation. officials advise residents to be careful outdoors n moraga, kristy seifkin, cbs 5. >> san francisco police are looking for a gunman who shot at a 40-year-old woman know north beach last night. the victim was walking home at 9:30 when she heard gunshots and realized she was shot in the back. police don't believe she was the intended target. she is expected to be okay. >>> the family of giants fan bryan stow says he is stabilized after having more emergency surgery. there was a build-up of fluid around stow's brain yesterday. after doctors put in a drain, his heart rate dropped. they went back in and clamped the drain and his heart rate returned to normal and nu

when you get back towards the pacific coast, it's a little bit cooler, 74 in seattle, 79 in portland 66 in san francisco. l.a. with 71. and then, of course, back in albuquerque 96 and as we head towards boston, 84, farther south in tampa and miami into the 80s and 90s. that is your forecast. let's send it back to you. >> thank you. take it any day over the winter, the warm temps. >>> bench clearing brawl at a red sox game, you got to see it. they miss almost every punch. >> a bear pops up at the u.s. women's open. it's all coming up in sports next. >>> hln sports anchor ray d'alessio is joining me with news in sports. bench clearing but no one really hits. it may be a talent of dodging the punches, right? >> this is why i hate fights in baseball, because nine times out of ten, these guys charge one another, they throw punches. >> and they yell really close. >> close to each other, push, shove, wrestle, nothing ever connects. case in point last flight, red sox and orioles. david ortiz and pitcher kevin greg. they start jawing. punches are thrown. they're hesitant. ortiz tries, using t

seattle is 56 and portland is 73. good news if you are traveling by plane, none of our major airports showing a delay right now. flight tracker any time you travel at abc7news.com. >>> they have confirmed that a modesto man was attacked by a swarm of bees. those were no ordinary honeybees and never been seen this far north until now. he suffered as many 60 bee stings in a sleeveless t-shirt until he ran to a house. it happened when one of his three dogs upset a colony of honeybees. >> they were going in my nose, mouth and ears. they were just swarming all over me. i was trying to cover up. i gritted my teeth and spitting them out. >> an expert believes the bees were part of a commercial colony brought in to colonize colonize crops. >> postal service will release a list of the 3600 post offices it's considering closing. they are trying to cut losses after losing $8 billion last year. most are rural offices that could be moved into a community centers. there are about 32,000 throughout the country. >> the end of the n.f

portland with low to mid-80s. good news if you are traveling by air, no delays at our major airports. check flight tracker at abc7news.com. >>> stanford researchers say environmental factors play more of a role in autism than previously thought. what happens during pregnancy or shortly after may trigger the condition. >> it's all yours. >> kevin has always suspected there could be non-genetic factors in autism. his son is nearly six years old and was diagnosed several years ago. >> those of us that have children like this, hope to find a cure or at least a cause so that fewer and fewer children are subject to this. >> a new study suggests environmental factors must also be involved. nearly 200 sets of twins were assessed. keep in mind identical twins share the same set of genes so if one has a disorder the other one will, too. >> basically one has autism. >> based on past studies the doctor knew that wasn't always true with identity cal transits or fraternal twins that share 50% of their genes. bus his study prove

fabio hair blowing, lots and lots of wind, pushing -- >> fabio did the weather for a station in the portlande real weather, when ,,,, ,,,,,,,,,, >>> very nice day around the bay area today. lots of sunshine in the valley. couple patches of fog and that is surging back on shore over the city of san francisco into the bay and beginning to make its way to the valleys. weekend look is good though. temperatures cooling off a few degrees. maybe some 90s, you've got to go well inland for that. mostly sunny in the afternoon, and out towards the coastline, partly cloudy and cool breezy too. we've got 61 treat thereby with 62 in san jose. still, it looks like high pressure holding on just strong enough to bring you lots of sunshine, that moon sunny of moisture ripping across the sierra nevada. if you're heading that direction, be careful. a nice weekend on tap for the bay area. start out the morning hours, you get days like this. this is gorgeous towards the afternoon, 86 in linmore. 50s and 60s. we are going to watch temperatures coming down. it looks like we are going to see great weather ahead. tho

up in seattle and then 80 in portland and just about everybody else in the 90s. with a lot of humidity running through those parts but if you are heading that way it will be taxiing and you can see the high pressure from the dakotas and new england. we'll have delays on flights at flight tracker at abc7news.com. >> home buyers have a good to buy sunnyvale. buyers who are eligible can put down just $50 and get into a lottery. the winners will be able purchase one of five single family homes ranging from $433,000 to $436,000. applications will be accepted at sunnyvale city hall. >> pg&e is telling residents they may smell natural gas from pipelines today. pressure tests are scheduled on gas pipelines in san leandro and fremont. pg&e called effected residents to tell them gas service won't be disrupted and the gas will safely dissipate into the air. system wide pressure tests were ordered by state regulators after last september's deadly pipeline explosion in san bruno. >> the nation is suffering a brutal dome of heated. people in 17 days are suffering from a relent

we are 60s up around portland and medford. as we mentioned, not a lot of bad weather out there. there were some showers and scattered thunderstorms in the rib country of northern arizona. now we are still watching that flow, nothing is really changed, but the only thing that has changed is the front and the weak storm system coming through the pacific northwest. this will cool you off with temperatures dropping in the days ahead. otherwise, many of the same throughout many areas of the west. here's the forecast for today. first this looks scary, but these are the typical late-day thunderstorms. not everyone is going to get hit. i would say they are not even scattered, isolated thunderstorms from salt lake city to boise and vegas and phoenix. notice much cooler behind the cold front in seattle only at 65 with the chance for showers. very warm in the interior california, coastal areas very seasonable with temperatures in the 70s and 80fallon at 96. interior california warm in the mid-90s. nothing much is going to change heading into the weekend. still a lot of nice weather. >> i j

we're seeing cooling up around seattle and portland but still cooling around freaks, 108 and low to mid 90 ease along the eastern seaboard and mid-80s around the west. good news if you are traveling by air, nothing is going on. storm over kansas city and rain around miami. if any delays develop we'll have them. >>> casey anthony should learn in a couple of hours, whether she'll be a free woman or serve more time in jail. they acquitted her of killing her two-year-old daughter but she will be sentenced for lying to authorities. >>> casey anthony's lawyer says the first verdict was the sweetest. >> but in another exclusive interview, juror number 3 says the case does not remove all suspicion. >> does not guilty does not mean innocent. >> she says there were too many unanswered questions. how did little caylee die. >> how can you punish someone if you don't know what they did? >> why did she wait to report her daughter missing. >> the behavior, bad behavior is not enough to prove a crime. >> prosecutors failed to prove casey killed her daughter. that lingering question could dog all her li

slight chance of showers from seattle to portland. vegas and phoenix, you know the big time heat will come back. at as you'd expect, it will warm up eventually. >> much different than what everybody else wants in other parts of the country. >> it is. so extreme the difference between west coast and the rest. >> bill, thanks so much. >>> while default fears spook investors, the trade gap widens, and news corp's next step. your early morning business headlines are straight ahead. >>> plus, from film to fashion, it's turning out to be a bad year for megan fox. >>> home runs, great defense, and a crazy slide at the all-star game. you're watching "early today." >>> good morning and welcome back to "early today." i'm lynn berry, and here are some of your top headlines this morning. in the latest fallout from a widening phone-hacking scandal, england's parliament is now urging rupert murdoch to drop his bid to buy a british broadcasting company. meanwhile murdoch and his son along with ceo of uk-based international have been summoned to appe

let me mention not warmer than 90, boston, chicago, portland, everybody place sells hundred and 108 inenix. good news if you are traveling that way, no delays in various airports but there is a huge area of severe weather possible for minneapolis through the ohio river valley into the mid-atlantic. if anything develops our flight tracker will have it. >>> more news in london right now. an emergency house of commons hearing into the phone hacking scandal involving rupert murdoch media empire is under way. members of parliament have been questioning paul stephenson the chief of scotland yard who resigned over the scandal. his second in command and assistant police chief stepped down yesterday. he told the panel he did no wrong and wanted to restore confidence in his department. >> i spoke and they are willing to do something even they don't think they did anything wrong but willing to walk away but are willing to walk away. >> murdoch and son james and rebecca brooks chief executive of the news corp will also be testifying this morning. it's an inquiry into police mediation and possible

portland, 72 today. l.a. looks nice, towards the coast, you'll be in the 70s. inland, in the 80s. and the warm, beautiful weather continues into wednesday. no problems along the interior. just along the coast, a little bit cool. if you're watching us in l.a., california, indulge in a sweet afternoon. learning all about the history and science behind a favorite treat at chocolate, the exhibition at the event of the day. dark chocolate for me. and you make it sound so appetizing, bill, thank you. >>> now here's an early look at this morning's headlines in entertainment. add the late amy winehouse to those whose phones were hacked. the sunday mail claims tabloids also accessed winehouse's medical records and phone-hacked her parents, brother, and one-team husband. meanwhile, police say autopsy results haven't established winehouse's cause of death. further toxicology tests are needed with results expected in two to four weeks. according to her family, the singer will be laid to rest in a small private ceremony today. >>> elsewhere people report the tattooed twosome slated to be marri

that system right off of portland. that's pretty good for this time of year.s really good for this time of year. we're far enough south that it won't matter as far as any clouds or anything. we get the low clouds and drizzle. the system will squeeze out drizzle and crank up the old wind machine. ooze coast and bay, 50s, 6 0z, 70s inland. concord 72. san jose 75 santa rosa might be overdone on that. upper 70s or low 80s for a few. cooling continues tuesday into wednesday. looks like that low ejects out and starts to lift. as it does signs maybe the high will build back in towards the end of the week and weekend and more warmer inland temps. >>> the quarterly earning season kicks off today after the closing bell. all koa what is expected to announce its second quarter profits more than doubled. that's as customers such as general motors and air bus drove up demand for aluminum. a lot of other companies report earnings as well. we'll hear from a lot of the banks and this week will be a busy one with earnings coming in. take a live look at the big board. the new y

the city just unveiled 10 page plan complete with rendering the fancy bike lanes that would make portlandus. >> there really is a trend going on. >> yes. yeah. there's a change in design standards in terms of how wide lanes need to be for cars and by moving to some of what we call more progressive standards, we can reclaim space on the street and make space available for bicyclists. >> the one way conversion is going to take some getting used to. >> try to accept it. that's a good thing. >> i don't care for t. right now i have to deal with construction, too. >> the vast majority of travel in san jose, 80% is done by people who are driving alone in their cars. so by 2040, the city wants to cut that rate in half. alex. >> all right, thanks. >>> coming up, what is sending more pregnant women and new moms to the emergency room? >> it's a mystery lighting up city hall. why is san francisco so blue? >>> local cops have a new weapon. >> predict the place and time of day that a crime will happen. 71% accuracy. >> how this quiz is helping a hi, we're looking toave some money on our car insurance.

check out the high temperatures, if you are travel today, coolest will be around seattle and portland. a lot of mid to upper 80s and reprieve from the heat. denver in the low 90s, phoenix around 103. all the major airports running on time. severe weather around denver and minneapolis. we'll have it all at flight tracker at abc7news.com. >> a public memorial service will be held in santa rosa this afternoon for the 14-year-old girl who died during a sleepover last weekend. investigators believer she died sunday after apparently drinking a mix of alcohol and soda. they found an open vodka bottle at home. three other girls also got sick at the party. they are okay. they told investigators they were just experimenting. >> flags will fly half-staff for a fallen soldier. he died when his unit came under fire in afghanistan. his flag draped coffin arrived at moffett field. patriot guard riders and police officers stood alongside the family. >> as a father i can't be any prouder knowing what tha what you raised, when you are raising your son this that they come up with just perfect character.

if you are traveling up to seattle, much cooler than earlier in the week, 65, portland, 71 and boston, 75. a lot of upper 80s and low 90s across the country. triple-digit it's to dallas and phoenix. good nice if you are traveling by plane, all major airports running on schedule. any time you travel, flight tracker will be tracking the flights at abc7news.com. >> nancy pelosi meets with president obama to outline to cut social security and medicare as a way to cut the federal deficit. they met with congressional leaders yesterday. the discussion included cutting social security and medicare. >> not considering social security, we're not going to balance the budget on the backs of americans seniors and women with disability. >> we believe comprehensive tax reform on the corporate side and personal side is what make america more competitive, help create jobs in our country and is something that is under discussion. >> president has called both sides to the white house on sunday to work on the debt crisis. >>> nasa's final launch of the space shortly program is expected to take off in a f