. >>> quintin tarantino is joining us to talk about his latest movie. fox 5 begins now. >> didn't know that was coming, did you. >> i didn't. >>> claudette is coming and producing winds and downgraded to a tropical depression. and now, all eyes focus on more trouble in the tropics with more storms picking up speed. >> claudette made landfall near fort wallton beach and she's heading towards north eastern mississippi and for the latest, tucker has all of the details. >> yeah, a lot happening here. we're off and running. we'll start with claudette. it u ou c ld be dangerous. da we h e l get startedit th radar. s eion. the concern is the heavy rain tod that's all generally pushed he torth and northwesthe ey ex'rthinpee g ctthe rain to 6 ,upto 6 ncs of raiinches of raiacross the western panhandle of heflorida reaching upo isimntpissis a o alabama. they have flood watches there. we'll show you thother systems and the first one of note is across porto rico. see those clouds? that's ana, bringing heavy rain to porto rico and they'll get up to 4-inchs of rain a

>> quintin you stand up for the poor and wouldn't it fall on them? >> david, did we come on later today so we could make up extra stuff? david, i don't understand there should be a vac. >> i heard people suggested it. let me go to you. they don't want to antecedent answers the question. would a value added tax. >> the ashes is no. i think quintin's head is exploding. it would be enough. we're not making stuff up here. it doesn't take into account the behavioral tax and let. >> let other people talk. >> you are just trying to scare people, david. >> it's been suggested that a value added tax would be introduced. >> they would love to soak the entire wealth of the upper income spectrum. >> i would like that say one thing, we have low quality care because we do more recording of prenatal care and death and i mortality. other countries do not reported those figures and life expectancy rates so it shows that we rate higher. >> and we have a brain tumor, but not what a hypothetical tax, a cigarette tax, obama has already enacted. >> the point is there is a

but his friend and director, quintin tarantino, taltsed to howard stern that not too long ago pitt gave him a big chunk of hashish when they met to talk about their movie "inglourious basterds." >>> she and sean penn are not getting back together. she has filed for divorce. a family spokesman announced michael jackson will be buried at hollywood's forest lawn cemetery on saturday, august 29th on what would have been his 51st birthday. and as private as they may want that ceremony to be, there will still be a lot of people showing up hoping they can say good-bye once again to them. >> i'm sure the headlines are going to continue to come out of this story. >> absolutely. especially since we still don't know how and why he died, right? >>> this comes from channel 3 in cleveland, ohio, where one man stumble odd a flea market frequenters dream discovery. in a box filled with old papers, the civil war buff found what could be one of president lincoln's last signatures. now, an expert on lincoln's handwriting is, quote, pretty sure it's genuine, almost officially authenticating this find. >>>

. >>> plus, speaking of clunkers was quintin stearns tina a dud this weekend. >>> one swing, three outs. you're watching "early today." >>> good morning and welcome back to "early today," everyone. i'm dan kloeffler. and here are some of your top headlines this morning. >>> nasa has given the green light to launch space shuttle "discovery" to the international space station early tomorrow. "discovery" will roar out of florida with a crew of seven. forecasters calling for 80% chance of favorable weather. >>> cuban called recent footage of fidel castro yesterday apparently looking healthier and rested. the 83-year-old has rarely been seen in public since falling in three years ago when seating power to his brother raul. >>> a gruesome twist, canadian twist said they found a reality tv star wanted for killing his bikini star ex-wife dead in a hotel. ryan jenkins has prompted an international manhunt after fleeing the u.s. apparently took his own life while hiding out at this out of the way hotel in vancouver. >>> second year in a row, miss venezuela is the fairest of them all. she beat out

inglourious basterds" looks sure to be number one this weekend, its studio is looking for more from the quintin tarantino film. for drawing power, it teams brad pitt with director quentin tarantino. the bad news, it's rated r and runs 2 1/2 hours. the company that produced this one has had financial troubles and needs a hit. it should earn 20 $25 milli$2 $ $30 million this weekend. they will steal thunder and limit the alien epics to second to $15 million to $18 million. shorts by robert rodriguez looks headed for third. reviews have been kind of bad. audience research shows little interest. still, it's a new family film which should earn $8 million to $10 million simply by default. good for those with short attention spans. it's just little vignettes of stories. >> i can't remember the last time quentin tarantino was a letdown. >>> this comes from wxia 11 alive in atlanta, a community pulled together to give a family with big parts one very big helping hand. with 24 adopted kids with special needs, the murphy family has been struggling to make ends meet. the folks came to the rescue, building

quintin tarantino's ingorgeous bastards slipped to secretary. after 10 days its earned $73.8 million. number 3 went to the other horror debut, rob zombie's sequel re-do drew 17.4 million. elsewhere, nbc "today" show has a new correspondent with white house experience. she's lived there. she hasn't worked there. former first daughter jenna haeger, daughter of former president george w. bush will be contributing stories once a month to tv's top-rated tv program. the 27-year-old teacher's first report next month is expected to be about education. certainly welcome her contributions. >> it's still strange hearing jenna haeger. just changed her name, got married recently. the question, dan, would you change your name? >> if my father was a president, i think i would probably keep it. you probably would get some perks. >> if your last name was kennedy, you wouldn't want to whang it. >> i think when you have the presidential pull you take what you can anyway. >>> this comes from reno, nevada, where kids took to the streets for one massive food fight. p

quintin hardy brings it into a consumption tax, if you tax what we all buy, everybody pays the tax. >> that sounds fair, doesn't it. if everybody pays, everybody in it for the same extent. >> the rich would pay a smaller amount. surely you don't like this. >> i just like everybody somewhat committed. i think the rich are blessed and should acknowledge that. they should pay more. i think mike makes the most interesting point which is how fast can our economy grow. how much productivity can we generate. we tried tax cuts for the rich. hey, it didn't work. infrastructure spending, better technology, that is what boosts productivity. we should go with that. >> what do you say? >> quentin, they were not tax cuts for the rich, there are hundred million investors. a third of all americans have 40 ks it was a tax cut for all across the board. it wasn't just for the rich. it's shown with fund manager that has tax cuts is what stimulate growth, not oppressive tax increases. >> we ended up with deficits, game over. >>> what do you say john? >> tax cuts on capital gains and dividends improved the

very happily, he did in the heavy equipment out there to clear the fields, -- getting behead yeah quintinout there to clear the fields. -- getting the heavy equipment out there to clear the fields. i was up for 36 hours. i have had about two hours of sleep and the last several days. shepard: i apologize. there is a satellite feeds, and there is a delay, and i think you have stopped, and you have not -- there is a satellite feed. >> our hearts really go out to those who have lost everything. this home here, they were friends of ours. right next door, they lost a horse and everything they owned, and i do not feel good about that. nobody does, and we are just hoping we can bring a resolution to this, and, hopefully, maybe governor schwarzenegger can open up camp 15 again next door. shepard: a little politicking. it seems less you need some more money now in california. thank you. and now, we get to this mass murder in a small georgia town be and there were 911 calls, and when authorities arrived, there were seven people dead -- and a small georgia town. there were 911 calls. there was a 911

quintin tarantino's imagination engulfed me with imagination and exultation. >> that's the "critic's"today." >> we're back after your local news and weather. >> live from television hill in baltimore, wbal-tv 11 news continues. >> good morning. i am mindy basara. maryland natural resources police believe that alcohol was a factor in a boating accident on kent island that injured four people saturday. police say the boat ran aground off the creek and the driver was taken to the inner city of maryland center -- the university of maryland center. >>> let's get a final check of the my commute with sarah caldwell. >> good is to report on southbound 95 and 32, and now clear. these delays are hopefully is starting to filter out soon. in windsor mill, rolling road and security, an accident clearing there. 58 miles per hour at belair road on the outer loop topside. we have a delay beyond that point. nine minutes on southbound 95 from 132. 14 minutes on the northeast corridor from 95 towards the 83's. 12-minute ride on the west side. we have a delay here. this is about where it starts to back

professor quintin, your portrayal and your writing of mrs.a treaty. we all know the history of president lincoln. when you reflect on his wife and all of the tragedy that she went through, losing her husband, and her son dying at the white house, you just think of everything that she went through when she was first lady. when she was reported as a crazy, depressed first lady and that is all that you hear and see, well, i would be, too. it is very and lightning -- it is very enlightening when somebody looks into a deeper. there was a biography nobody has tried to match, and that was a challenge. she took it all on. talking about stereotypical issues, i found a news article describing mrs. lincoln, titled, "hellcat or helpmate." because she could only be one or the other. terry and lightning. your reported as saying the reason why you tackle this was because mary lincoln, mary todd lincoln was being lost in the shuffle of the new lincoln literature. i think sadly that is probably true. that happens to a lot of first ladies. we thank you for giv

quintin tarantino's imagination engulfed me with imagination and exultation. >> that's the "critic's"toda" >> we're back after your local news and weather. >>> 8:26 is our time right now. taking a live look outside, see some hazy sunshine here in the nation's capital. beautiful picture, 72 degrees. we've got the forecast from tom kierein coming up. i'm joe krebs on this monday, the 17th day of august, 2009. in the news, prince george's county police are investigating an early morning stabbing that left one person dead. what started as a domestic dispute turned violent. two people were stabbed at a home in college park. the victims drove to a 7-eleven store. one victim died at the hospital. the other is expected to be okay. >>> many drivers have to find another way to get around tysons corner. the exit for chambridge road is closed. for the next six weeks crews will reconfigure the ramp and work on providing hot lane access in that area. nd come ba and come back and look at weather and check out the traffic. >>> temperatures climbing into the mid 70s. we'll hit the mid 90s by mid tern