sam? >> that's a good question. i mean, i came to washington in february of '61 and participated in some extent covering the great civil rights movement and the marches and what have you. and of course, we looked at it in a different way--talk about conflict, talk about the danger and all of that. now, with our first african-american president and with the country moving more rapidly, i would hope by geometric progression, toward nirvana, where we hope we'll eventually get, the coverage is different, and the way we look at things have to be different. >> jim, pew center for people and the press surveyed and asked people where they get their information with all this stuff out there. 70% say tv, 40% say internet, 35% say papers. where's it going? >> i think increasingly, it's going to be on the internet, but then probably on se so of mobile device. as my kids and my wife can attest to, i'm a blackberry junkie. why? because i can get my e-mails, i can get my information, it's portable, it's

sam ramon is sam ramon. >> reporter: and even though the medium household is $127,000 compared to 130,000 in belle, this resident does not agree. john is an editor of a local blog called around dublin and he said when he found out how much he made... >> i was thinking it is little sam ramon. >> reporter: he did a survey in the try valley area. >> all the way down they are making 50% more than all the counterparts. >> reporter: he is not buying the city's information, because this year they issued a hiring freeze and salary freeze. some say ramon residents weighed in. >> it seems like a lot of money for running a city. >> reporter: and bill says, even though sam ramon is doing fine now, fat public employee salaries will come hard to justify in this time of financial uncertainty. >> it is not defensible to the average taxpayer -- average taxpayer who is having a hard time to making ends meet, i think it is beyond outrageous. >> reporter: he predicts all city employees will have to reevaluate. >> i think they have to sit down and have a discussion about this because salaries and pensions are

♪ ter: sam and friend eggs and ham >> reporter: sam and his friend sit center stage at iowa's state out of butter. butter. even an app for that. >> green eggs and ham, by dr. seuss. >> reporter: seuss's genius dr. seuss. >> reporter: seuss's genius nsight was that kids would be ere akated if they were also the kidsed. he found the kids books of the 1950s boring. so, though the myriad of youtube videos are amusing, the endeari and celebrity readers t is ming, what is most learntant is that children still learn to read by reading his learntant is that children still learn to read by reading his books. >> i do so like green eggs and ham. hat isyou, thank you, sam i am. >> and that is "world news" for this thursday. i'm george stephanopoulos. for diane sawyer and all of us ofabc news, have a great night. i'll see you tomorrow on "gma." >>> dozens of gay couples line up to gaet married but an order forces them to wait a while longer. tonight the future of same-sex marriage. >> no friday furloughs. thousands ordered to show up for work tomorrow. another set back for the governor. >> uc be

>> okay, sam. we're glad you're there. >>> coming up, lindsay lohan speaking out in the pages of "vanity fair," talking about everything about her family and saying she's going to come back. >> no question about it. >>> we're going to go inside the high-profile divorce trial that's turned a once fairy tale romance into "war of the roses." at stake, millions of dollars. and get this, the los angeles dodgers. >> oh, yeah. >>> and bedbug panic. cities across the u.s. reporting more infestations. cities across the u.s. reporting more infestations. could a new chemical-free technology stop the epidemic? we go inside one infected home. while i was building my life... my high cholesterol was contributing to plaque buildup in my arteries. that's why my doctor prescribed crestor. she said plaque buildup in arteries... is a real reason to lower cholesterol... and that, along with diet, crestor does more than lower bad cholesterol... it raises good. crestor is also proven to slow the buildup of plaque in arte

sam?y, good morning. >> hey, good morning. we're going to start with pictures from bad storms in the southwest yesterday. really in the phoenix area. in here, 60-mile-per-hour to 70-mile-per-hour. 70-mile-per-hour. this caught on tape from our friends at knxb. if you're not watching them, unplug the set in the phoenix area. they have it wrapped up and covered. that picture shows you the storms. here's the deal. that changes with what's going on in the west and southwest. the cold front, which is powerful enough to knock the storms through the area and take a lot of power out, is going to bring cooler air. portland, you have a 91-degree day today. seattle, you're 80 today. watch it go into the 60s. l.a., a couple more days of heat. in comes this front into the northeast, as well. that's going to mean a better weather pattern for thursday into friday. but today, it's just soaking it from boston to portland. you're really going to get nailed with some heavy rain. as you saw on jake tapper's l

sam, that's all the time we have this morning.g us. >> thanks. >>> now, let's check in with ron for the rest of the headlines. in the news, an arrest warrant has been issued in sweden, for wick can i leak's owner for rape. >>> and u.s. service members have been killed in afghanistan. 21 american troops have died in afghanistan so far this month. >>> the private company formerly known as blackwater will pay $42 million in fines for violating u.s. export rules, including illegally exporting weapons to afghanistan. >>> and finally, tennis star serena williams will not play in the u.s. open tournament this year. the number one women's player is recovering from surgery on her foot, which she injured stepping on glass last month. that's a quick look at the headlines. >>> over to marysol with the weather. >> good morning, everyone. take a look at the heat that we continue to talk about in the southern plains. well into the 100s. dallas at 103. they've only had one day in august where temperatures thanks so much. this weather report has b

>> all right, sam. thank you. >>> the 20-year-old daughter of former new york mayor, rudy giuliani, was arrested on wednesday on charges of shoplifting. caroline giuliani made waves in 2007, for backing barack obama over her own father for president. now, this harvard student is in hot water and not just with her former prosecutor dad. andrea canning has more. >> reporter: caroline giuliani walked out of this police precinct with a smirk on her face, and a court date, after being charged with petty larceny for allegedly shoplifting makeup. an ironic twist that her father rudy giuliani took a big bite out of crime in the big apple. >> we have a dramatic crime decline. >> reporter: the former mayor is credited for cleaning up the streets, by cracking down on petty crimes. the very thing his daughter is now accused of. >> obviously, her father stood for law and order. and so, when it's violated in her own family, people are naturally going to think about that. >> reporter: police say the harvard theater ma

the city wants to take sam fong's property and sell it to the same people sam fong had a contract with. los rios community college district. >> i had a contract with los rios and they interfered with that contract. and they are taking the property for half of the contract price. >> reporter: that's right. los rios could buy the property for the current market value, about $4 million. that's less than half what sam fong negotiated with the college three years ago. fong is suing the city of rancho cordova to keep his property. >> yes, they are absolutely stealing this property and it's just un-american. >> reporter: sam fong is feeling the heat but so is his tenant eddie, who owns carolina's mexican food located next door to the empty lot. he has been here 10 years but if the city wins the eminent domain fight, eddie will be forced to move. >> we'll be out of business. i have employees who will be out of business. and it will be less income for us. >> reporter: and potentially less income for the city of rancho cordova because sam fong has an agreement now with a major grocer for a super

good morning, sam. >>> good morning, robin. and it is hurricane earl that everyone is talking about this week because major cities from the eastern seaboard from the carolinas all to way to cape cod will be in that cone of uncertainty where the storm will go all week long. let's get to the boards. we'll show you three tropical systems in the atlantic this morning. of course, danielle the storm that passed earlier. the bright-colored one in the middle of the screen. let's show you what steers earl over the next couple of days. the hurricane center shows it will continue its track toward the east coast of the u.s. and then come up against a cold front that passes later this week towards thursday into friday all the way off the eastern seaboard. so if you're an old pinball fan, that would act as a bumper to take earl and shove it back to sea. otherwise, earl would be working straight toward the u.s. coastline so we'll be watching very carefully this week to see if earl does make the connection with that cold front. very, very impo

>> thank you, sam. >>> it is official again. bristol palin says her just-announced reengagement to levi johnston is off. bristol says that she, quote, got played, by the father of her young son. neal karlinsky has all the details on the latest chapter in this saga. >> reporter: the engagement fell apart so fast, that the very day this magazine cover announcement hit the stands, the couple was already splitting again. bristol palin tells "people" magazine, that levi johnston announced that very day he may have fathered a child with another teenage girl. and she says, he showed no remorse, as she broke down, heartbroken and humiliated. >> she feels like, you know, he's not in it for her. he's in it for fame. he's in it for attention. i think that's one of the big points that is causing this breakup. >> reporter: today, in a statement to abc news, bristol says she expected levi to be more like her dad. to work his butt off. and always put his family first. the relationship has been a real-life soap opera since the beginning. pregna

that's where we find sam champion for our big concert coming up. good morning, sam. happy friday. >> happy friday. robin, george, juju. and the feeling in the park, very chill. this is party in the park with john legend today. we're all easing into the weekend. it's beautiful. come on down. let's get to the boards one or two things we want to talk about. colin has made a return trip to the tropical storm list. and just in time for the hurricane center k at but it will still be 20 storms they expect, main storms, that is still above normalt to the peak of the sea to the peak of the sea with colin,ill just to the west of bermuda. any significant change in this, or a minor change in this path, would leave a tropical storm over bermuda by the time we get into saturday. clearing on sunday, does n appr tothe what isoingreat these storms. yesterday, d.c.weough the storms in raleigh, columbia, lana even into billings. it is gorgeous behind all of that, from chicago to new york nd y. >> and everybody gets a gift on this friday. most of the nation has dropped below the triple-

let's get back to central park and sam. sam? >> hi, robin. and here's some more good news.have a packed crowd in the park. friday in the park. right here in central park. usher is onboard. already had some sound checks this morning. let's get to the boards. one or two things going on we have to talk about. as you walk out the door this morning on the west coast, you should be aware there's about 268 moderate fires burning. five of them are large, in california, and colorado. otherwise, it's cool in the northwest. l.a. gets to the 80s. a gorgeous weekend in the northeast. it's a little warm. it cools off by the it's not friday unless you spend it with "good morning america," party in the park. it's usher day. >>> also coming up, would you just walk right up to a thief and say, here's my address? well, you might be doing that when you're posting your pictures online, coming up next. , dog: bacon? gotta get that bacon! smokey bacon, crispy bacon, tasty bacon! where is it? where is the bacon? tv newscaster: bacon popular, "story at 11. dog: yummy. crunchy. bacon. bacon. bacon.

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s&p's sam stovall says fixed income investments made day should be short-term. >> investors can look not only at the treasures, but they're yielding such puney returns, you can look to high quality qorpt bonds and even high quality municipal bonds or deferred issues, which offer noot dividend yields, or even limited trusts if you're looking for a high payout, and you're worried about a higher tax rate down the road. >> reporter: financial planner jonathan satovsky, says investors who believed they had a solid financial plan in place before the recession should stay the course. >> the truth is 99.9% of people are terrible market timers, they get in and out at the wrong times. so if you have a plan and a structure that works for you and you understand the level of volatility you're going to live with, and you have a sleep at night quotion with enough liquidity, you can go living your life and not get caught up in the min min newshouria of day to day. >> there is so much uncertainty out there, it elevates the risks we see to investors. so at least in the near to intermediate term, we wo

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thank you very much. >>> to sam for the weather. hey, sam. >> good morning, george. the western weather has been cool except for seattle. you've had 6 days above 90 degrees. and two of them, have come in and two of them, have come in stretches of three days apiece. this has been a very warm summer. but you're watching the only station that matters in seattle. you're watching komo today. that colder air is coming in with the front now. let's stick there. 83 today. 72 on wednesday. 69 on thursday. it's better here. eugene, at 91 today. you're backing off to 84. there's where the cooler air is. here's where it is not. it's awful in dallas, 102 degrees. san angelo. and look at loredo. the people are used to heat. but they're not used to this kind of heat. it's been brewing all summer long. a better looking weather pattern from chicago to new york city. drier air in the and it is really going to rain in new orleans today, george. all that weather was brought to you by chili's. >> sam, thanks very much. >>> when we come back, the credit card that will stop you from spendin

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thank you, thank you, sam i am. >> that's it for us. that's all the news.ews. >> so check out our facebook page. being our fan is all the rage. >> logon to wnnfans.com. young boys and girls, just check with mom. >>> dramatic capture. how police arrested the suspected serial slasher moments before his getaway. >>> then the date is set for resuming same-sex marriages in california. both sides of the emotional issue. >>> and classic reruns. >> here's johnny! >> historic tv shows for a new generation. it's friday, august 13th. >>> from abc news, this is "world news now." >> good morning. i'm rob nelson. >> we got a little jostled there. you saw the camera go, too. we felt jostled also. i'm vinita nair. a man wanted for stabbing in three states is in custody and could appear in court for extradition hearings as early as today. >> elias abuelazam wanted for a series of fatal attacks was moments away from fleeing the country. steve osunsami reports on how he was captured. >> reporter: police in three states believe their serial killer is this man, 33-year-old elia

where is sam? there you are. thank you, sam. thank you for your willingness to continue to serve on the immigrant rights commission, and your good stewardship and leadership in the committee. michael nguyen. we technically swore in michael, but it was private. i appreciate your willingness to come here are any more public setting and have the honor to swear you in. carol kingsley, who was supported unanimously, which is pretty impressive, on the police commission. she will be serving as the newest police commissioner. i'm very enthusiastic. the board of supervisors seems to share that. well, air and good lucome and g. not the easiest of commissions, but incredibly important. we went through a lot of presiresidents. i'm appreciative of her willingness to serve. the rent board. do not screw up something that is working. we had a debate on a solution to a mysterious problem. we do not have a problem because we have a balanced rent board. people that want to obtain a strong relationship and inappropriate one. as a consequence, i fel

so we -- i lived with sam for ten years. we were roommates for ten years. >> let me take a break and come back with more. back in a moment. >> when we return the three doctors open up about confronting their absentee fathers up next. >> i never really was too concerned about why he wasn't there. i really needed to hear from him that he didn't intend not to be there. >>> back with drs. davis, jenkins and hunt. the book is called "the bond", the first book "the pact". what caused you to open what i'm sure were difficult wounds in dealing with the absentee father and wanting to not only deal with it amongst yourself. you could have done that and said let's go do this and make it private, but make it public? >> each within of us had a different approach. form me i was reluctant. i didn't want to revisit the fact that my father wasn't there. i've grown, i've ach chooechd. i'm successful. i'm okay. really i wasn't. going back and talking to my father and at the time he had just taken ill, but talking to other family members on my

time now for the weather with sam. good morning, again, sam. >> good morning, juju. how are you?ng to juju. juju, and this is a brave crowd. we just weathered a little sprinkle. we have a lot of humidity out here so congratulations to you guys. that's a big deal. you came to see us, stand in the rain. go ahead and give yourself a hand. signs are up. not running. ink is not running. one or two things, a picture from wplg in miami, the best, by the way, in miami news. take a look at what's going on there. you have some clouds. you have an awful lot of rain in the past couple of days. we have a low spiralling in the gulf. we'll be watching it carefully, basically all of that eastern gulf and northern gulf getting heavy rain and showers scattered nugget day today. look at the temperatures here, as well. st. louis at 100. louisville at 100. d.c. coming up at 97 degrees. as that area of high pressure moves east it's taking the heat with it. memphis, up to 101 by the time we get into thursday. jackson, you're doing the >>> perfect, see, but you gave your woo a little early. you were cue

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sam phillips made it easy for us.d and the drum kit is supposed to set up. the minute we started playing, this sounds like the sun sessions, it sounds like johnny cash. >> tavis: you wrote 13 songs in 13 days. is that true? >> i had to. once we decided to do it, you know me. i have never played anything in my life. it kind of falls out. by the time that we decided we were going to do this, we were behind schedule. i called up t-bone burnett and said you got time to do this? i can work this into my schedule. everything was kind of like, being worked in and made up as we went along. busy and everyone wants to work with him. what is the relationship? why does everyone want to work with him? >> i cannot speak for anyone else. t-bone and i met and kind of became brothers. you know how that works. you meet somebody and it is like you have known them your entire life. i had been knowing him for, casually, socially, for about 10 or 15 years or so. i had seen him around. when we got in the studio, it was like we were connected

hey, sam. >> good morning.to start with dispersement of the tropical moisture in the southeast. this means you will see heavy rain through the day today. all that moisture gets up to the stationary front. from new orleans, to raleigh. we've seen some near philadelphia. south jersey will get some in. to close to new york city. look out for the heavy rain. potential flooding exists there. we have cooler temperatures on the west. we thought we would talk about the tropical season. so far, we've been looking in this area for tropical storms to develop. the hurricane center says we have had three named storms. they expect 10 to 15 more. and what happens now is, we start looking off the coast of africa. this area favorable for development. the storms coming off the coast of africa, in the warmer waters of the atl >> and all that weather was brought to you by milk processors. george? >> thank you, sam. >>> when we come back, if you're looking to buy or sell a house, stay with us. mellody hobson is here. she has inside

time for the weather with sam champion. hey, sam. >>> good morning. what's your name?st today. >> it will be good. happy 16th birthday. >> thank you. >> let's check the boards. one or two things going on this morning. we want to start with a live shot out of dallas, as you see the sun coming up out of the city. dallas is well above 100 degrees today. there's a lot of places where the heat is on. remember, just check on your neighbors. if they live by themselves, if there's a power outage or problem or air conditioners go down, just keep an eye on folks in heat like this. tulsa, 101, dallas, 106, 107. a lot of heat. the next few days, the break in places like new york city and also d.c. that goes away. we're back to heat by the end of this week, wednesday, by 90 degrees. severe storms in parts of the northern plains there. >> you're also spending your birthday with us. tell me your name. >> >> my name is sherri. >> sherri happy 40th birthday. austin, you're on tv anyway. gotcha -- robin. >> all right, sam. thank you. >>> >>> no fireworks. few celebrities were spotted. n

>> you can, sam. go ahead. >> no.it's been done enough. >> this will be memorable. >> pay attention here, guys. at an air show in south america, has a surprisingly happy ending. look at this. a stunt pilot was flying upside down. and one of the plane's wings broke off. he starts spinning completely out of control. >> look at that. not just the pilot's parachute. the plane's parachute. and the pilot floated to the ground in the cockpit. you think he would be injured falling to the ground in the cockpit. but apparently, the only injury was a burned foot. otherwise, he's okay. >> they're not normal parachu parachutes. they're ballistic parachutes. and they're jet sonned out of a canister. >> to spin out of control, only thing out of it was a burn on the foot. >>> coming up, jennifer aniston coming up in the next hour. she has a great movie. what defines a family? she is here to talk about that. and channeling her inner barbra streisand. and channeling her inner barbra streisand. can you imagine that? "harper's bazaar" ri

let's get back to sam.orning. >>> we're going to start with picks over chicagoland. why? because it's gorgeous. listen to the stats, 45 days above 80 degrees. sound like chicago? no, not in the summer. here comes the low humidity behind the cold front and that front is going to trigger powerful storms. the temperatures 82 83 84. memphis, you also get a little less humidity. look along the front, boston new york, washington, d.c. powerful storms also around d.c. on the back side around denver. look at seattle about 92 degrees there as well. it has been cool for most of the west coast. but every now and then that >> all that weather was brought to you by the capital one venture card. believe it or not. we're still watching this tropical remnant swirl around the gulf. george robin? >> sam, thanks. >>> check out this picture of the morning. believe it or not, a zebra on the loose, just outside of sacramento california. he ran away being chased by cops all through town. they finally cornered him in an apartment

that's the news at 8:10. >>> time, for the weather and sam. cheers and applause ] dance track to that would be perfect. but you just want to hug that thing, don't you? >> so cute. >> come on. how are you guys? good? signs up. i noticed this one. this is a line i hear all the time. what does it say? >> we're not in topeka, kansas, anymore. >> that's right. i'm sorry. you're absolutely right. and nebraska, you're in the house, as well. [ cheers ] and who do you want to see tomorrow? >> who? >> oh, yeah. caden, cooper and jackson tomorrow. >> caden cooper and jackson tomorrow. let's get to the boards. one or two things we want to talk about. a quick twitter picture. all across the nation, you're sending picks. from mt. rainier, to florida. we have a warmup coming in new york city. not until the weekend. more weather from times square. as the rain holds off right now. in the next half hour. robin? >> that's worth cheering about. thank you, sam. >>> next, if your company goes under, could they take your retirement with them? important tips. good mo

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. >> suzanne: there's been a lot of talk in the last week about uncle sam's bailouts and their ability to save us from a depression. still, many americans are upset we spent billions to rescue banks. but, tonight's commentator says the bank bailout known as tarp will end up being a bargain. he's allan sloan, senior editor at large at "fortune." >> if you pay attention to the political news, you keep hearing tarp attacked as the bank bailout. but if you pay attention what's really going on, you know that tarp isn't the real bailout. in fact, the bank part of tarp is likely to show a profit to taxpayers. it was a bailout in the sense that it gave banks cheap capital, but in the end, interest and stock profits mean the taxpayers will come out ahead. the real bailout is the stuff that you don't see, and that didn't have a dramatic congressional vote, the way tarp did. the fed keeping short term interest rates at almost zero is a huge, huge subsidy to banks and investment houses. it's a big reason they're now making so much money, and it's a huge penalty to america's savers and retirees, wh