reebok is donating the footware when costs $28,000 to design and produce. not a good problem to have. >>> for a look at national and regional weather, here is bill karins, he was the weather channel forecast. >> his feet are twice the size of mine. >> don't admit to that, bill. you sit down so you could be like ten feet tall, nobody would know. >> yeah, i don't want to be ten feet tall. good morning, everyone, active weather yesterday, some severe storms, a couple tornados reported in iowa that did a little bit of damage, in all we had 168 severe weather reports, all the green dots slow where there was large hail reported. a lot of areas in michigan saw hail yesterday and large hail reports in western new york, scattered about. like a ring goes back here from the midwest over the great lakes and dips down over the mid-atlantic. same pattern today, high pressure to the south, warm air to the north, colliding with the cooler air from canada, more storms this morning. rain moving through new england, thunderstorms out of catskills that cross 84, also good stor

. >>> finally, in massachusetts, america's tallest man showed up at reebok's headquarters with a simple plea. just give me a pair of shoes that will fit me. he stands 7'8" and his feet are size 22. it makes a very painful and nearly impossible to get around with normal shoes. so reebok is donating the footware which the company says costs upwards of $20,000 to design and produce. hopefully it goes with everything since he is only going to have one pair of $20,000 shoes, i would imagine. >> i can't imagine, size 22 feet. >> that's cirrus. >> add two feet to my height. >> that would help. $20,000. >>> yesterday, we saw the storm system pushing onshore during the morning hours headed through the region. up in montana heading into southern canada. you drag the front through. it didn't cool things off too much. this morning, in the 40s in most areas in the northwest. higher elevations, a little cooler than that. holding on to the heat. this is time of year where the heat really starts to linger. usually, it doesn't go away. we don't see too much fronts heading this way in southern california

reebok is donating the footwear which the company says costs upwards of $28,000 to design and produce. >>> for a look at national and weather we turn to meteorologist bill karins who many of you know has a similar problem. he's always sitting down. he's like 6'8". he's a giant. but we try to keep him a little bit lower. >> i proudly represent the lower half of the population as far as average heightwise. >> we don't stand next to each other. >> you represent the upper half. i'm the lower half. that's fine. >> it's all i have. >> we cover all of the demograph demographics. good morning, everyone. overnight we did see thunderstorms that are continuing to roll on this morning. we had numerous severe weather reports, and really had a couple tornadoes. one did a little bit of damage there in the southeast corner of iowa. a lot of hail reports yesterday, some near chicago, all the way through lower michigan. kind of the green dots here are the hail reports. they're kind of widespread. we're going to see something similar today. if you're waking up this morning in southern new england, once

sneaker giant reebok got on board and now they're making him a brand new size 25 shoe for free. they would normally cost about $20,000 for custom sneakers >> . about 7 foot 8. >> that big. overall looking good for the weekend. slight chance of thunderstorms tomorrow. sunday, partly cloudy and cooler, back in the '70s. 70's all next week. like a pretty good chance of storms later this afternoon and evening. be strong to severe. if we have the nationals game, potentialared for delay. >> thanks. thanks for being with us. monday ack on

so reebok is making the shoes by hand.e fittings and adjustments, igor should have a comfortable pair in a few months. >> months? >> it takes months to build a shoe that big. >> 25. >> shouldn't have a problem finding a date, though. >>> coming up -- who is behind the sudden surge of interest on the internet for maternity fashions? >> later, hot fashions for people packing heat. how to be chic while concealing that handgun. >> you're watching -- i'm watching -- "world news now." >> announcer: "world news now" weather brought to you by "the new york times." [ female announcer ] to get a professional cleansing system you could spend as much as $200. olay says challenge that with an instrument that cleanses as effectively as what's sold by skin professionals for a whole lot less. olay pro x advanced cleansing system. what do you do when you can no longer get around like you used to? when you fear losing your independence? who do you call? call hoveround now, to see if you qualify for america's premier power chair. hi, i'm tom

. >> tonight, how reebok stepped up to make a custom pair of size 22s. but we begin tonight with the secret service prostitution scandal and the first public comments from the woman at center of it all a woman who said if she was a spy she could easily have gotten secrets from the agent who hired her. this happened ahead of the president's trip to colombia. a dozen secret service agents accused of hiring prostitutes and taking them back to this hotel. one agent refused to pay for services rendered and a prostitute made a scene. she says she was that woman and she held a news conference with reporters from all over the world calling i in to the radio station. one reporter asked how it all happen. >> we didn't create a scene in the hallway. we didn't scream or anything. it was all very reserved. when that happened it was 9:30 a.m. in the morning and i said i'm he not going to waste more time here with these men. i leave the hallway and told the officer i need to speak to you about something but i don't know how to tell you i'm embarrassed. the officer said

the next slide is the reebok to call it -- please call projects. these should be completed by june of this year. the folsom street bicycle project from 13th street to 19th street is completed. you see a picture of the completed picture on this slide. that ties into the next project, that streetscape improvement project. this carries the bicycle lane down from 13 through 19. that project is scheduled to go into construction september 2012. the street scape improvement project is also expected to go into construction in september 2012. we have ipw staff here to answer any specific questions. the 15 mile per hour signs around the schools, at these locations include district 9. the traffic coming implementation project, the majority of them in district 9 are from traffic calling plans. we included the maps in your packet, and also include the list of projects in their current status. i know the traffic coming project is homes own implementation. this is a project where they combine them in a martial state across the school project. also a map included

reebok to keep that innovation strong, keep the dialogue, as the panel has been talking about, keep salesforce growing, twitter growing here, keeping us all engaged as technology helps us to solve many of our problems, and finding solutions that we have not thought about. once and for all, we must treat government and our responsibility as mayors, as families do, find savings where we can, reduce unnecessary spending, and importantly, in best. invest in our people and our infrastructure. as said earlier, i will continue to talk about jobs. i do not care if i'm called the most boring guy that got one thing. i will repeat. i come here every day to the office asking whether or not i created another job for somebody else. when you learn about the statistics that sf city is sharing with us, if it is jobs for seven siskins, it is worth to get up early for, sacrificing late-night meetings, working on the weekend -- except my golf. [laughter] we are attracting tec, biotech, clean tech. we are supporting local manufacturing. we are going to be making more things. fashion is coming back. technology with

the next slide is the reebok to call it -- please call projects. these should be completed by june of this year. the folsom street bicycle project from 13th street to 19th street is completed. you see a picture of the completed picture on this slide. that ties into the next project, that streetscape improvement project.

. >>> reebok is filling some seriously big shoes. 7'8", igor is america's tallest man, and yesterdayd a custom fitting in massachusetts. he's had 16 surgeries on his feet in the past six years that left him confined to his home. rebook says making his ginormous size 26s could cost as much as $20,000. >>> on the "cbs moneywatch," general motors is fueled by big profits, and the king of pop meets soda pop. ashley morrison is here in new york with that and more. good morning, ashley. >> good morning to you. stocks overseas dipped this morning. hong kong's hang seng lost more than 0.5%. soet korea's index was down more than 0.25%. >>> stocks sank on news of weak corporate earnings. dow was down nearly 62 points while the nasdaq fell 35. >>> facebook already has 900 million users but the social networking site may end up with even more friends in just a few weeks. according to the price range of the company's initial public offering of stocks, facebook is worth up to $95 billion. in a regulatory filing, facebook said its shares will cost $28 to $35. "the wall street journal" has reported

reebok to see the funding maintained. as we look at making these are decisions, our needs are also being met. i'm also going to turn the mike over to steve, a case manager. so she can speak more to the specific needs of the homeless youth population in the haight district. >> good evening. thank you for listening to us. i have been working as a case manager for about two years at the referral center. i usually work with approximately 10 youth. last year we had at approximately 1700 to come through the referral center. i just want to urge you that there is an outreach staff. we have four at the referral center. i am the only case manager there. i want to make sure you understand, recognize that youth is really important for our community, even if there from other places. a lot of those folks and coming here to make this place their home. a lot of these folks are very smart and have a lot to give to our communities. i also wanted to mention, when it comes down to how the community is interacting with the youth population, i

through it all and carried the key to success with the goals of the russian children as well reebok offer of fourteen in moscow. now over to the n.b.a. playoffs where the miami heat now have a three no serious lead against the new york knicks le bron james scoring such a point the latest clash that saw the heat run out eighty seven seventy winners miami meeting just one more win to claim the series and so do oklahoma in their serious with dallas off to beating the markets ninety five to seventy nine i love rick's admit they were soundly beaten. tonight just picked a bad time to really put a stinker out there i mean nobody really had a good game for us. no talking to us on the other everybody made shots. just we picked a tough time to really go talk of nothing going on that often. a team's next play each other on saturday meanwhile the knicks are almost certain to be without star point guard jeremy lin for sunday's clash with miami he had surgery on nearly given so the beginning of april and even though he's returned to practice he's still in some pain and not one hundred percent fit. you

. >> ftc reached a similar condition with reebok.o far, hundreds of thousands have request aid refund as part of the settlement. >> we expect advertisers to have substantiation for any claims it makes before it makes a claim. >> this isn't the first time sketchers came under fire for shape ups. last year they were sued by one wm saying the sneakers crossed stress fractures in hip autos extendeddus of the shoes injured me. >> sketchers set quelled with the government to avoid a long legal process. abc 7, washington. >> u.s. military taking steps to reduce the injuries to pellis region of men and women. look have earned nickname but the system is important, and it make works. >> i'd like to sthai saved me from coming home with a colosto mchl g bag. you pick it up, it's a diaper. i don't suggest fought raj room in it. >> the army says 1400 troops lost limbs and a majority from those sense the new gear has been in use injuries dropped silg can'tly. >> turning to 7 on your side now, michael finney here to answer questions. >> there is jud

reebok had to design them.>> those better last. >> and in ottawa a teenager wanted tim tebow to be her prom date of. sunday nfl quarterback did not respond to her request on twitter, she made a cardboard cutout of the athletes. >> in made it really fun. everybody -- it was light- hearted. >> sheher dad helped her to make the cut out and she took him to the prom. it was featured on good morning america as well. she is now thinking of taking the cut out with her to college. >> i love that. much more to come in the next hour. >> that's right. a busy weekend for president obama. we will explain what is bringing him to virginia today and tomorrow if. >> and lisa baden is helping you navigator morning commute. looks pretty good on the beltway and. >> we have the latest from an investigation. >> a metro may him waiting for weekend riders we will have a live report. >> the fight for votes in virginia. a president spent the next two days campaigning in the commonwealth. "good morning washington continues right now. >> l

fit shoes say hello to 7 ft. 8 eager who traveled from minnesota all the way to massachusetts where reebokmade some special arrangements for him that a friend of mine on the rights over in boston issue size is about a 24 sunday in auckland find your neighborhood foot locker sell what's next? >>> to spoiling for a walk with my dog to walking around my neighborhood. getting back to normal everyday activities. he says he has had 16 surgeries in six years just to fix problems created because the issues never fit. >>> another injury for the san francisco giants. he'll undergo surgery today at the same thing yesterday in his other hand for last year he thinks the break occurred in sunday's game against the padres it was all this comfort he stayed in the game the giants back to be without their hottest hitter now for four to six weeks. pepsi teams up with the king of pop the company struck a deal about jackson's the states to use the late pop star's image for new global marketing push the campaign is called by for now and will include special edition that the cans with jackson's the chair intends

but now thanks to reebok, he'll no longer have that issue.his feet into the same shoes the past six years, he mentioned online he was in the market for new foot wear. that's when reebok stepped in offering to make him a custom pair. the company will make a prototype for him to test and make the adjustments to create the perfect fit. i'm going to try to figure out what size shoe he wears. >> 25. >> did i say that? >> i think so. >> 25. >> i saw a picture of him with the minnesota basketball team and he towers over all of them. >> how at all? >> 7'8" or 7'10". >> would be tough to be that big. all kind of issues. >> cars, door ways. >> 25, can you imagine? >> i think shaq is 18 or something. weather warm and humid today. live shot at the national harbor. off to a beautiful start. you can kind of see the water out there in the atmosphere. little bit of haze across the region. it should be a nice summery feel today, with highs in the mid-80s. right now we're mild. 66degrees at reagan national. 61 currently at dulles. 58 in ocean city. let's put f

when in new york, there's no better place to be than midtown at the nhl powered pli reebok store. >>take it you're a rangers fan. >> i am. actually, my son is. we're from florida and he is a huge ranger fan. >> can i interest you in this one? >> heck no. >> why not? >> i think red and capitals would be a perfect color for you. if you had to pick between the rangers and caps tomorrow, who is it going to be? >> caps. >> that was easy. it's that easy to pick that? >> oh yeah. >> rangers, rangers, rangers. too many ranger stuff. caps. caps. caps. caps. i have no idea if this is a sign or an omen, but lord stanley, hanging with the caps jerseys today. how do you feel about tomorrow's deciding game seven? loser goes home. >> caps are going home and the rangers are going. >> are you willing to put money on that? >> oh yeah. for my rangers, yeah. >> we're in new york. rangers stuff is flying off the shelves. let's see if we can help caps get their sales up. >> go caps. >> reporter: alex ovechkin wins the stair down. that's what i have to say. we had a great afternoon here in manhattan. tomor

a beach ball leaders lake home, an umbrella, reebok of symbols such as a peacock which is now a symbol in the present election were banned but they had cannily chosen to come out from a straw hat to symbolize their party. making it easy to indicate their preference while appearing to wear normal rustic costume. nationwide, twenty million people were eligible to vote. in seven constituencies where the army was fighting insurgents polling was canceled altogether. in many border areas only a fraction of registered voters managed to vote because of the violence but in most of the country the turnout was heavy with some 72% casting votes in total. late on the night of polling the chinese news service was the first for news agency to report a first result of burma's first election for thirty years. the hayworth 1 candidate, a woman called san san >> reporter: half of the votes cast. that result was followed by a flood more. to the shock and horror of the military the overwhelming majority of results went the same way other-they didn't care for the army's favorite. the party was sweeping the

and dan with reebok. i was a fan of the late steve jobs. howard schultz, ceo of starbucks.ll the -- you know, all the great leaders, all great businessmen. mickey at the miami heat, ceo of carnival cruise line. he utilized 90% humor and 10% seriousness. he's a fabulous leader. that's why he's been so successful. >> who's going to win the nba title? there's great stories east and west, miami, oklahoma city, the lakers, et cetera. >> you know, there's a lot of great teams left. i'm going to say it's going to be the miami heat versus the san antonio spurs. they both have great leadership. they both play under great systems. and they're both great teams right now. i think it will be good for the nba. >> miami certainly looks good. look at what kobe's doing, seems the lakers arrived at the right time. >> yes. you know, kobe really knows what it takes to win championship. and andrew is playing fabulous ball. >> yep. >> you know, those guys are great. they also have great leadership. >> dr. shaquille o'neal, thanks so much. be well. congratulations. >> all right, brother. thank yo

russian native mentioned online that he was in the market for some new footwear and that when is reeboktepped in offering to make him some custom shoes. the company will make a perot owe fine to him to test and make the adjustments needed to create the perfect fit. >> can you imagine? >> oh, my gosh that, poor guy having to cram his feet into some shoes. >> for six years, the same pair? >> i would just walk barefoot. >> it is amazing. >> okay. >>> tomorrow, as you know, may 5th, cinco de mayo. everybody will be partying. a big boost for some businesses. that is. coming up next. >> plus, we're checking weather and traffic. stay with us.  >>> look! the sun is coming up. that is a gorgeous shot outside right now. live picture as we take a look over washington, d.c. the weather will be a little bit iffy later on this afternoon. tucker will clue you in on that here in just a bit. you know, the nat are doing pretty well. here is a way your kid can be part of the washington nats hot streak. they are invite to fox aweather day at nationals park. that is coming up on may 15th.

. >> reporter: when in new york there's no better place to be than midtown at the nhl powered by reebokre. i take it you're a rangers fan. >> i am. actually my son is. we're from fort laird dale, florida. -- fort lauderdale, florida, and he is a huge rangers fan. >> reporter: can i interest you in this one? >> heck no. >> reporter: why not? i think red and capitals would be a perfect color for you. >> where are you from, washington? >> reporter: if you had to pick between the rangers and capitals who would be it? >> caps. >> reporter: it was that easy? >> reporter: rangers, rangers, rangers, too much rangers stuff. caps, caps, caps, oh, i have no idea if this is a sign or an omen, but lord stanley hanging with the caps jerseys today. how do you feel about tomorrow's deciding game 7, lose or go home? >> the caps are going home and the rangers are going the next step. >> reporter: you willing to put money on that? >> oh, yes. for my rangers, yeah. >> reporter: we're obviously in new york so rangers stuff is flying off the shelves. let's see if we can help caps get their sales up. cap, cap

so, he was out at reebok headquarters for a shoe fitting. it's very complicated and what is he looking for most when he gets those new shoes? >> just going for a walk with my dog. just walking around the neighborhood. just get back to normal every day activities. >> don't appreciate the little things until they're gone. the estimated cost, somewhere between $12,000 and $20,000. maybe he only gets one pair. >> and they need to be built to last. >> they sure do. >> they better fly. >> now he made headlines last month with his comment about the president. >> now rocker net nuget is turning heads again. >> if you can find a screening process more powerful than that. >> coming up, we'll tell you what made him go off again on a cbs reporter. >>> but first, locking up local teenagers with murders and rapists. a behind the scenes look at the scared straight program that changed lives and continues to do so. >>> breaking news out of prince georges county tonight. right now, police are on the scene of a school bus accident. sky 9 right there on brown

maxx and reebok.nsultant for major retailers and is well acquainted with the south american groups. >> you're finding them now throughout california, maryland, chicago, miami, new york. >> if this is happening all over the country, why do so few people know about it? >> when you talk about shoplifting, not a lot of people think about organized crime. most people think when you say shoplifting, it's the opportunistic shoplifter. >> winona ryder. >> winona ryder. there you go. that's kind of how people look at shoplifting. nobody really talks about the fact that, jeez, it's really organized, it's big business, and it's high loss to retailers. that's all part of the group, right-- >> matsamato says the south americans usually work in small groups, relying on distraction, advanced planning, and precision teamwork. one or two people occupy the sales staff while others go to work. it doesn't take them long. watch these two. they're about to steal $3,000 worth of armani suits in just ten seconds using some s