gloria riviera, abc news. >> and i know this is right up your alley.et you wish you could have seen that. >> oh, yeah. a lot of people want to know why people are so intrigued by eclipses and especially the total eclipses. it gives us a chance to study the sun's corona, which is that glow you see around the sun when the moon covers it. because we can't see the corona here on earth. when the moon covers it, we can then see the corona, and the scientists do a lot of study during that short period of time. and this the longest one that we have ever seen. >> so more than just cool pictures? >> exactly. things are going to really start heating up. you wanted summer time in the baltimore area? you're going to get it over the next couple of days. i'll show you what is going on with the harbor cam. looking west on pratt street, our temperature right now at bwi thurgood marshall 85 degrees. 57% humidity. wind currently from the southeast at 7 around the pressure falling, 30.05. there are the tide tomorrow, a high tide at 8:13 in the morning. low tide 3:16 in th

gloria riviera, abc news, london. >> that's pretty amazing stuff. up your alley too, norm. >> unfortunately we're not going to see it here in the united states. if you can get a jet to shanghai, shanghai is going to be a really cool place to be. but i don't think you can get from here to there in the amount of time i've got left. plus, can't afford to dow it. a beautiful day today. a few more breaks of sunshine than we saw yesterday. out right now at bwi thurgood marshall 79 degrees. 62% humidity. wind continues from the east at 8. and the pressure steady there are the tides fort mchenry. tomorrow's winds, they'll start out from the northeast and shift to the south at 8 to 14 miles per hour. the sun comes up at 5:58. we'll set at 8:27. a coastal flood advisory remains in effect. as a matter of fact, the national weather service has extended it. yesterday it was just for the lower portions of delaware. now it includes all of delaware, all the jersey shore, including delaware bay because of areas of low pressure moving along the coast are going to cau

brian johnson for the alliance for worker freedom, tell me about dennis riviera.he is a community organizer, anti-vietnam protestor. who is this guy? >> this guy has been around for a while. he was a community organizer in puerto rico. he is an agitator. he is just another one of the union goons that have been brought to washington to basically have a war room, like you said. $10 million to do nothing but bully politicians just like the unions bully works into paying dues. $where are they getting the 10 million? >> union dues from union member dues, just another example of the billions an billions unions use on political activism, taken from hard-working american men and women every day. glenn: barack obama says, you know, during the campaign, i was listening to audio from him during the campaign for something i'm working on tomorrow and he says "if you want to know my policies, look at who i surround myself by." you want to know who this guy is and where he is headed, look at the people around him all the time. this guy is in the white house, meeting with barack

gloria riviera, abc 7 news. >> i think as a neurologist, you should have been invited to that eclipsed flight. you could have told us all about it. interesting. >>> let me tell you, outside we have one little shower to talk about. but otherwise is muggy like yeda >> the. >> if you get up a ttlele in d do wn to will see the little cell of showers come almost near marbury, to the west of waldorf, just along the river right there. the little red center indicates that it is quite a bit of a rainer, a little bit of a punch. a couple of things to talk about. we have a storm system off to our west. working its way to the western part of the ohio valley. right through the middle, notice how the clouds are a little bit thinner in here. we get a little bit of sunshine peeking through. i appreciate tricia switching us over there. showing us the rain. on either side of us, a little spty showers here and there. to the weather graphics we go. temperatures are cooler where we have the clouds and showers from chicago to cincinnati. 82 right now in the district, a little bit more humidity building in.

as gloria riviera reports, settlers are pushing back. >> reporter: special envoy george mitchell metith prime minister benjamin netanyahu to develop a message. >> that's the only way that everyone in the region is going to be able to realize the full opportunity for security, justice and prosperity for all. >> reporter: but nearby the ongoing construction signalled the israeli response. the israeli government says high birth rates in settlement communities are making expansion necessary. 900 apartments are scheduled for this settlement next year. an estimated 500,000 are living on land they claim are their own. there are reports a compromise is possible if the israelis stop new construction about you allowed to finish projects already under way. but prime minister benjamin netanyahu would not go that far publicly. >> we're continuing our efforts to make life easier for the palestinians and i think this is a winning formula for peace. >> reporter: in the west bank young settlers continued to build a new outpost in defines of u.s. pressure. americans can't tell us what to do, one jewis

souvenirs from a riviera yacht trip, with hailey glassman.the daugt over the plastic surgeon of the doctor who performed kate's tummy-tuck in 2006. according to goes lynn, the statement, what began as a friendship has grown into more. but i hope that people can see i'm a regular guy, who is going through a very difficult time in life. and wants to move forward. that means moving forward, less than three weeks after announcing he was divorcing kate, his wife of ten years. >> how's kate taking all of this? you out with a girlfriend? guess you're not speaking? >> i don't know this guy. in fact, i would think about this, potentially, as a very hostile, public act, to his still wife. >> reporter: while jon was living it up in st. tropez, kate was back in westernersville, pennsylvania, keeping her routine. jon would only say, kate and i agreed to a 45-day period, where we wouldn't talk about each other. jon and hailey were on board a caught with christian audigier, talking about a new clothing line. but despite his flashy career in fashion, he said

abc's gloria riviera explains. ♪ >> reporter: pope benedict xvi's day job keeps can him in very holy. but come september, he could be part of a very different club. abbey road rock stars. the famous london recording studio has been home to music legends. ♪ shake it up baby >> reporter: like the beatles, and scores of other top-selling artists. pope benedict xvi could be next. that's his voice licensed by vatican radio, which owns the rights to the recording. geffen records is producing the album, mixing the pope's psalms and players alongside classical music. producers are hoping the pope will like the finished product. >> i think it could reach people that are not catholic and maybe not christian once it's approved, then we'll go ahead and let everybody else hear it. >> reporter: there was a pope who climbed the charts before. pope john paul ii made a video fit for tv. ♪ album abba pater had him singing. he personally enjoys gregorian chants. he may not want a personal mtv, but the bible does say to worship with music. a new papal album could inspire millions around the world to do

they just announced divorce plans about a month ago and here they are living it up in the french riviera sipping the chap paining, puffing on cigarettes. that's great, huh you? wonder what is the guy thinking here? and then you start delving into her, hailey glass man is no angel here. it's mind boggling he's butting this. jane valess mitching coming your way 12, 13 minutes at the top of the hour. first off, let's give everyone a little bit, first off, hailey glass man is the daughter of the doctor who gave kate gosselin the tummy tuck. >> that hurts. >> that hurts right there. as you said before the break, bad form to start. you talk about hailey, her friends said she hung out with a crowd that was sexual and slutty. you're taking her home to meet the eight kids? >> this is all bringing me back to high school. these people are supposed to be dulls and literally this is high school behavior. to me, playing arm chair psychologist, it seems like jon wants to get a reaction out of kate. i mean, you don't show up holding hands with somebody when you've just announced your separation and you'

they were seen on the french riviera on christian atas yacht.n gosselin wearg those clothes a lot. maybe he's got some deal. they were seen on this boat and smoking and living it up. >> i really wish for kate's sake i had some great story of who she's with now. but instead of i have to tell you about a spoof of her and her stretch marks. it's painful. you may have seen this already. it was a faux john gosselinmatch.com. another person has decided to spoof her. it's on funnyordie.com. >> that's party mom in the front, soccer mom in the back, chocolate world, casual wear from chico's, scorch and domain and stretch marks, an obscene amount of stretch marks. me, i have eight fatherless kids who live in crooked houses and i never cry. >> that's pretty funny i have to say. >> i'm sorry, kate, but it's really funny. >> i never thought about that. she does kind of have a mullet. when you have eight kids, it's hard to date when you have eight kids. >> i don't watch the show as much as i should. if it's as funny as that little skit, it makes me think i sh

after a trip to the french riviera with the 22-year-old daughter of his wife's plastic surgeon, he'sanging out with a tabloid reporter named katie major. they had lunch with lindsay lohan's dad, michael and one of the real housewives of new york. the terrorists never seem to be around when we need them, do they? [ laughter ] oh, really, all they need is joe jackson to complete the circle. [ laughter ] it would be a reality show called i'm theorst person in the world, have lunch with me. this is a weird one. any teenager will tell you that the vampire movie "twilight" a big deal. so big in cthath tt e star of the movie, robert pattinn sohas his own candy bar. called the new moon heart's desire cream-filled chocolate heart. new moon is the next movie, i guess. this is a great thing for teenage girls obsessed with robert pattinson, you'll get so fat he'll never look at you i don't want it to seem like i ripped him off, but i'm working on my own candy bar. we're calling it the jimmy kimmel chocolate filled gravy meatball. some anti-meat groups are trying to convince people to stop eating

barely three weeks after splitting up with his wife, jon gosselin from "jon and kate plus 8" is in the riviera with his new girlfriend and i don't trust anyone who's friends with a plast plastic surgeon. he told "people" magazine that his children, his eight children are and will always be his top priority and he said every ten minutes i keep thinking about the kids and missing them. and then he went back to smoking cigarettes with the 22-year-old on a yacht. 4,000 miles away. poor guy he misses his kids so much he's dating a girl their age. that's love. this is pretty good. this is from the "today" show. their doing a thing where they cut away to the local station for weather. this is what happened when they went to the local phoenix nbc affiliate. take a look. >> there's an ozone watch today and we'll watch the 110, that's -- we'll reach the 110, that's the high today. 113 on sunday. there is -- oh, mother -- >> phoenix is very hot. and one more item on our health beat. there's a swine flu outbreak here in this studio right now. no, that's been hitting summer camps around the country. you kn

ago from paris to the riviera, we want that in the united states and frank says you can't blame me for wanting the same as you have and i say i pay for the high-speed train as a taxpayer and ip as a taxpayer to access premedical doctor when you were on vacation but if you were not on a vacation, if you were french, you would have half of your income used to pay for the train and the welfare system and also the people who pay the most are the unemployed people. the cost of the french health care is so high it does prevent the employment of a lot of qualified people. so economics is also a trade-off and you can't have both, you can't have a perfect world with everything. you have to choose and the rule of the responsibility of the economy's is to give the data, to get figures and say yes, you can have a welfare system or health care system like france but you will have a permanent basis in good years between 12% unemployment which is what you have in the united states in bad years is what we have been better years. .. let the people decide through the democratic process. thank you. [appl

the tides, the riviera maya, it's okay to go to mexico right now after the whole swine flu scare, rightg up your dream honeymoon and mexico is a perfect example of just how much value there is right now. staying at the tides riff lair yeah in maya, gorgeous property. i was just there in february. one of the most romantic places i've seen. but the value is fantastic. you're going to stay one night. you'll get the next night free. so for less than $300. you're staying there. $300 a night. staying there. you're also getting breakfast. and typically this room would go for $585 a night. >> okay. important to think about, when you are booking, is what the weather is going to be like, as well. and so weather year round is going to be beautiful there? >> weather year round is gorgeous. this is valid through september 30th. so, you don't even have to go immediately. you've got a couple of months. >> okay. and then final option a little bit closer to home is a property in florida. >> mm-hmm. >> for less than $75 per night. and it is a waldorf-astoria property, the naples grand beach resort. >> it

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. >> you can see her show at the riviera now through december.. >> thank you. >> thank you so much.. >> live, local, latebreaking. this is wbal-tv 11 news today in baltimore. >> good morning. i am mindy basara. a new study from the government accountability office finds that hundreds of tractor-trailer and bus companies ordered to shut down because of federal safety violations have stayed on the roads under different names, including some here in maryland. the associated press reports that the study found offenders in maryland zero thousand dollars in delinquent fines and have scores of violations from operating without the proper license to failing to test drivers for illegal drugs and hockey hall. the names of those companies have not been released. the study came after a chartered bus skidded off the road in texas, killing 17 people. >>> dog owners and baltimore city park goers will meet this evening to discuss possible off- leash hours. the meeting with the department of recreation and parks will focus primarily at patterson park. it starts a

. >> you can see her showt the riviera now through december.re to come out and see >>> our time now is 9:56, four minutes until 10:00 in the morning. 77 degrees out there. hazy sunshine. a lot of humidity, too. we'll get the forecast coming up. i'm joe krebs on this thursday, this 30th day of july, 2009. in the news for today, firefighters were hampered by water pressure problems while they tried to fight a massive overnight house fire in washington. the flames broke out in northwest not far from au, the home belongs to well known arts patron peggy cooper cafritz. no word what started the fire. >>> metro says it's cracking down on workers who break the rules. it's reviewing its discipline procedures and will institute tougher penalties. this comes as one metro bus driver faces kidnapping charges after getting into an argument with a passenger. police say the driver refused to let the passenger off the bus for about a half hour. >>> today the redskins players start the long slowing toward the start of the season. head coach jim zorn opened in as

gloria riviera, abc news, london. >> it's time to look at your wednesday weather: scattered showers andhunderstorms for much of the east coast with a chance of severe weather from new england to florida and the gulf coast. strong storms from colorado to minnesota. >> 78 in minneapolis, just 70 in fargo. a 00cord in seattle, 106 in portland and 10 in phoenix. warm and humid here in the east with highs in the 80s from boston to atlanta. >> well, the umpire was not the only one crying foul at a major league baseball game in texas. >> as the rangers beat the detroit tigers, a fan didn't let the baby in his right hand stop him from catching a foul ball with his left. i'm sure the mother there was really proud. the little boy was clearly not as delighted as the crowd. perhaps dads are just as capable as multi-tasking as moms. >> look, not only did i catch it, i got a baby in my hand. >> if that was my husband, he would never hear the end of that. >> i think the kid is startled. that is funny. >> we'll be right back with more "world news now." ♪ i never saw you coming but we're making it, it's

splitting from his wife of ten years, new pictures have emerged of jon vacationing in the french rivie riviera, holding hands with his new girlfriend, 22-year-old hailey glassman. meanwhile, kate was seen going to the grocery store, and having a picnic on her lawn with the kids, still wearing her wedding band. and kate coyne is senior editor of "people" magazine has followed the gosselins since they became reality stars. good morning. >> good morning. >> we have to start meeting this way. >> absolutely. >> were you surprised by jon's re-entry into the spotlight? these pictures of him with what appears to be a new girlfriend? >> a little bit. if nothing else, i was surprised by how quickly we've now seen jon again. it's only been 19 days between when the separation was announced on the show, and this public emergence. >> and this young woman with him, hailey glassman, what can you tell us about her? >> well, there's a connection to hailey that goes back quite a ways. hailey's father, lawrence glassman, is the father who performed kate's tummy tuck. and kate actually recuperated from that surger

this cruise boat goes down and cruises along the mexican riviera and it makes its way back up.dy can get off the boat until the fbi gets on and does their investigation and find out what is going on. can you imagine? it is not horrible, but you are on the carnival cruise line, but the whole point is you are being held captive. martha: with a murderer. trace: remember the game "clue"? you figure out who was the criminal. that is what they're doing on a grand scale in san diego. martha: i think harris is up there with more details. >> it is always the butler who did it. i do not know if you know this, but they showed a live shot of the deck and there are people out on that deck. the fbi has yet to release this ship. when i talked with a spokesperson from carnival cruise lines, she told me that will be the case. the fbi and coast guard will keep the ship under lock and key. they have arrested the husband of the woman because they have ascertained there was a fight inside the cabin last night. i do not know if they have witnesses. i assume that information will come out in days to

market, recently alger riviera -- al-jazeera has gone 24/7 on urban cable networks in the united states al-jazeera is one of the phenomenons where you have seen it emerge in a rapid period of time, major global sprawling news network. i was recently in israel, athens, greece, you see al-jazeera everywhere. when i became interested before the iraq war, the u.s. government would command al-jazeera as a gross of civil society and expression in the region, then you began to notice a lot of governments were uncomfortable with al-jazeera, whether it is saudi arabia or israel, and to some degree i do think it is the role of thing takes and journalists and writers and pundits to eventually buy the hand that feeds them. fundamentally have got to walk a balance between reporting, dealing with things that are coming in and i have been fascinated and impressed by the growth of al-jazeera and i am one of the people in the united states who has long been supportive of al-jazeera's activities around the world and in the united states and in disturbs by the discrimination that has been written about in