sam, sam, sam, sam. >> all right.. >> throw this leg up around here. that's going to be the hardest part of the whole thing. here we go. >> go forward. >> here? >> nice and loose. >> loose? >> loose in the hips. >> loose in the hips. okay. >> okay. and nod your head. >> okay. all right. no. >> hold on to that bull. >> okay. that's it. all right. we are even, josh. we are even. we are even. >>> let's get to the weather. i've never done it in this position before. i can't -- i can't move this leg. so, let's just get to the boards. here's what's happening outside. someone tell me -- do we have a graphic? i don't know where we're starting. where are the maps? where are they? all right. oh, it's twitter pictures. i haven't seen them. but thanks for your twitter pictures, ladies and gentlemen, for sending them in. what's the next graphic? tell me what it is in my ear. kodiak, alaska, the next picture. >> there are parts of me, that just don't feel well right now. >> we have a bouncy house for the commercial. >> great. thank

it sounds cookie and how did sam do it, but sam was brilliant at it.ow man, a performer. >> eliot: you said something that was a critical insight. many of these ponzi scheme fraudsters are great actor. these are the skills that converge, kind of like on tv, they converge to permit them to persuade people. and the very near is there so the investigators have a hard time seeing through it. >> it's a paradox and i totally believe the best victims for confidence games other con men. >> eliot: why is that? >> they think they're smarter. they think they can get over and they're greedy. those are the elements of a victim for a con. >> eliot: but you need to be more sophisticated to con a con artist. >> this is why nicoles was a fascinateing character. when you get to the end of the book there is a third level to the con, he walked away clean. never charged. i had to change his name. >> eliot: he gave you information. >> one of the guys who knew him did. he's still cooking around. this is a multi billion dollar international industry, this con. >> eliot: time

sam is tracking all the latest. >>> savage attack. an american student mauled by two chimpanzees as the jane goodall institute in south africa, dragging him 100 feet and then viciously turning on him. we'll talk to the man who saved his life. >>> superstar split. tom cruise and katie holmes' seemingly perfect marriage over. why is katie suing for sole custody of suri? new revelations we'll bring to you this morning. ♪ >>> it's america's biggest birthday party ever. we're kicking off an epic week long fourth of july celebration, from the hottest beauty secrets to the coolest dogs. the sweetest celebration, only on "gma." >>> and you're going to be hearing from katy perry a little bit later here on "good morning america." good morning, everyone. george is taking time off. we have josh back. the people are going crazy that you're back. that's why they're here. >> i'm just one man. >> turns out sleep is rather important to the human body. >> who knew? >> who knew? >> boy, we love having them all in times square. >>> good news for the folk

and we apologize for sam's forecast. sam ruined everything. not raining on their parade.i love you, big boy. robin and george are off today. glad to have amy robach here with me. >> thank you very much, josh. >>> and the latest on the alleged superstar stalker who drove usher to call 911. a woman turning up at his home twice in one day, while his young children were home with him. we'll have the latest on that. >>> also, the latest on a puzzling mystery. the millionaire, who may have vanished at sea. the boat turned up with the lights on, engine runs. we'll have the latest there. the question is, is he still alive? what are his relatives saying now? and the growing family feud over his fortune. >> indeed. >>> also, i have quite a "play of the day" for all of you. i don't want to show you yet. >> quite a tease there, josh. >>> a close call for music superstar, usher, who frantically dialed 911 for help last weekend, after a woman, he said, is a stalker, made an uninvited visit to his home. the 26-year-old woman was arrested and sent to a hospital for mental evaluation. joh

george. >>> thank you, sam. race for president, "your voice, your vote," and the stumble for mitt romney on his first trip overseas. the stop in london was supposed to be all smiles and celebration but became a day of damage control. abc's david muir was there for all of it. good morning, david. >> reporter: good morning to you from london. as you know, mitt romney timed his trip to coincide given his own history with the olympic games. but this morning so many brits are boiling. he came here to look presidential. to remind voters of his own olympics resume. instead delivered what some call an olympic size gaffe. the british papers, mitt romney's disastrous day. it all began with this question, do you think the london games ready? >> you know, it's hard to know how well it will turn out. there were a few things that were disconcerting. >> reporter: the criticism heard loud and clear, fueling far more than an olympic flame, a firestorm, the lead story on the news. >> if he's here to make friends he has a funny wa

namaste, everyone. >> a little late for that. >> thanks to sam. >> oh, sam. >>> ladies and gentlemen, a song in your hearts ♪ mr. sandman bring us the weather ♪ ♪ bring us the weather >> i love it. thank you. >>> let's get to the boards. if you put my face on a sign you're getting on tv. here's what's happening, a little bit of cooler air gets in, it will come in the way strong, to severe storms in the east. temperatures already trending downward. we already start to see our fifth heat wave building in the west and this will spread across the country after that little cooling break leaves. here's that heat. already 95 degrees for the today. highs the index -- the heat index be 105-109 degrees. we have a heat advisory from until 9:00morning tonight. developedtorm should and tomorrow's highs will be in the upper 80's. a quick look at extended outlook shows cooler, drier weekend ahead with highs >> sarah and faith, what's the name of town on your sign? >> frankenmuth. >> oh, lara. >>> thank you, sam. >>> sofia vergara turning funny into big money. >>> plus one wild ride, we're taking you

and sam is tracking it all for our extreme weather team. good morning, sam. >> good morning, robin. night time it's supposed to be cool. but in our backyard in times square, it never got any cooler than 82 degrees. the actual heat index the way it feels right now, 85 this morning. and there's more than two dozen record high temperatures across the country. barely one quarter of this country will cool down with these storms. take a look what it's going to feel like with heat and humidity. this morning you start in the 80s in indianapolis, boston to new york, it will feel like 107 and 111 in new york. 107 in indy. 108 in washington, d.c. and some record high temperatures, the actual temperature in d.c. will be 103. this is the small zone, cleveland to boston to washington, where those thunderstorms this afternoon will cool things down. but the rest of the country stays unbearably cool. we'll talk about that when we get to everybody's weather. robin, george. >>> syrian defense minister killed in a suicide blast, the details are just coming in right now. we want to go our global affairs

in the weather department, everyone's name is sam. but sam makes it sound smart.ery day? >> wonderful. >> no. what's it really like working with him? >> he's great. >> thanks, sam. very important part of the weather team, celebrating a happy birthday. all that weather was brought to you by choice hote8tes0p0p >>> a lot more wiggles coming up. i'm back with old friends out with a brand-new book. james carville and stan greenberg. they teamed up to help bill clinton become president ten years ago. good to have you here. what's it like following the wiggles and previewing the wiggles? >> my 14-year-old daughter with me today. she got to see the wiggles. >> in all my years the best introduction we could possibly have. >> you're not humble people. you're humble people. but you're proud of your accomplishment. you start off the book with a simple sentence. we failed. what does that mean? >> we started with the working middle class. the award, that's the american purpose or dream. but it is really tough out there. when we talk to people -- and this is a reminder. when we

hutchison of michigan, the ranking member, at the request of sam garrison, and i think sam asked me to deliver it to mr. hutchison and john said, i didn't know about this. so i got caught in the middle on that. and i was kind of in the middle since i was on both sides. i had a lot of different jobs, law and politics. i've been house liberal and a conservative administration witness. the ed meese justice department in the '80s and a house conservative and liberal administration, witnessed the nixon impeachment. and i don't like either one. would rather be right in the middle of the road administration. had to get my own administration. >> tell us about working with hillary rodham. >> very close relationship. very decent. she's just a very decent person. and if i recall correctly on the occasion when i got in the middle and john dohr himself got frowney faced with me, which he shouldn't have, by the way. i was doing my duty. i think hillary intervened and defended me on that, and i've never forgotten that. >> frowny face? he got frowny faced? >> yeah, he did. he said, i should have known

signs. >> what do you think, sam?ond embellished ones are the expensive ones. >> on taylor they are. yes. >> let's find out. >> ladies? >> there you go. lara was fooled. >> i do love a bargain. >> these are from rebecca taylor for $225, if you're looking for an investment. however, from nine west, i know those are pretty good, $49 from nine west. and this is a hot shoe for the season. we think pastels are hot for spring. but these with a little sundress. >> love that. thank you, ladies. gorgeous. speaking of gorgeous. oh. from the booking department, emily, and producer, hannah, wearing platform wedges. one of these is very expensive. and one is not. is emily wearing the high-priced or low-priced wedge? emily is the blonde. high-priced or low-priced? >> signs, signs, signs. >> i'm thinking that emily is wearing the high-priced. >> lara, you're right. $345. but then, hannah's are $25. you can grab them on lulu's.com. this is great for summer. we paired it with cute, little shorts to pick them up and lengthen the legs.

bob shrum, karen finney, and sam stein. thank you for your time.e. he spoke about it publicly for the first time on his radio show today. >> it's been a real jolt to say the least. i mean, it shakes you to your bones. but she's a tough girl, and she went through surgery yesterday. the doctors feel like they got all of it. it was very successful surgery, but we got a long way to go. and you know, i'm going to be gone for a while. doing the radio and tv show isn't exactly what i'm thinking about right now. i'm going to be with my wife through all of this. >> all of us on "the ed show" love and respect ed and wendy, and across the msnbc family, we wish ed, wendy, and their family well wishes and to get strong through this particularly horrendous ordeal. you can hear the entire statement by going to our blog at ed.msnbc.com. if you want to send him a message, go to facebook.com/edshow or tweet him. that's "the ed show." i'm michael eric dyson in for ed schultz.

>> he's great. >> thanks, sam.g a happy birthday. all that weather was brought to you by cho [ crows cawing ] [ male announcer ] strange things happen in the black forest. [ metallic bell toll ] [ car speeding down the road, lightning strikes ] where things aren't always what they seem. [ wolves howling ] because thrills hide in the shadows just waiting at every turn. [ coaster whoosh ] brave the black forest on verbolten. the all-new multi-launch coaster. only at busch gardens. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >>> a lot more wiggles coming up. i'm back with old friends out with a brand-new book. james carville and stan greenberg. they teamed up to help bill clinton become president ten years ago. good to have you here. what's it like following the wiggles and previewing the wiggles? >> my 14-year-old daughter with me today. she got to see the wiggles. >> in all my years the best introduction we could possibly have. >> you're not humble people. you're humble people. but you're proud of your accomplishment. you start off the book with a sim

however, sam, good point.t, which includes the words, just breathe, love never dies, a peace symbol and a cross and a large dream catcher. >> and the other is, do you know the way to san jose. which is a quote by dionne warwick. >> you couldn't resist. >> in other "pop news." it's only rock 'n' roll and we like it. for the rolling stones, big day today. it marks the 50th anniversary of their very first gig at the marquee club in london. and mick and the gang took a stroll down memory lane yesterday. posing there for an upcoming book by the iconic group, hyperion. it's a rare photo for the group, who was last publicly photographed together back in 2008. >>> i need props here. and i need sam. first, there was the snuggie. then, the pajama jean. and now, the hoodie pillow. according to its makers, that's sam underneath that. it provides the ultimate in cocoonification. it's developed by a husband and wife team desperate for sleep in the days after bringing home tripl triplets. they say the hoodie pillow keeps you

sam had always wanted to sing in a rock band.fe is too short to put it off any longer. ♪ >> it made me realize that you only have so much time on this earth, only have so much time to do the things that you need to do to enjoy your life because you only have one life. and i need to put everything into it. ♪ ♪ the bolt from the sky >>> coming up, a blair is blasted off a high power electric pole. >> all of a sudden we add bear like exploding in midair. >> and good thing a cat has nine lives. when "caught on camera: high voltage" continues. the wife. hey, babe. got the jetta. i wiped the floor with the guy! not really. i would've been fine with 0% for 36 months, but i demanded 60. no...i didn't do that. it was like taking candy from a baby. you're a grown man. alright, see you at home. [ male announcer ] the volkswagen autobahn for all event. we good? we're good. [ male announcer ] at 0% apr for 60 months, no one needs to know how easy it was to get your new volkswagen. that's the power of german engineering. to find you a great de

this one proved to be a life change fora little boy named sam. he started life with a lot of things stacked against him. abuse, illness and no permanent home. an amazing woman named kathy jackson changed his lot in life. so did the sport of golf. here's how. >> i'm always prepared, right? >> reporter: he was one of seven siblings who needed a home. it turns out he needed a lot more than that. >> when i got sam, one of the things i noticed when i would take him to a playground is he dragged his left foot. >> reporter: even simple tasks were struggles for 6-year-old sam. >> fix your cap. >> reporter: when kathy jackson adopted him nearly four years ago. >> i knew that his left hand was much weaker. he couldn't hold silverware and he had a hard time even getting dressed. >> reporter: he's on the autism spectrum, has mild cerebral palsy and emotional scars. kathy was looking for anything to help him connect with her and the rest of society. >> we tried t ball. it was a disaster. we tried soccer. it was a disaster. too much noise, not enough structure

and, of course, sam is going to kick off our coverage. good morning, sam. >> good morning. we're in the middle of starting the fourth heat wave so far. those numbers began in the midwest yesterday. numbers this morning are already in the 80s in places like minneapolis, chicago. that's the way it feels right now. by the time we get into the day. it will feel like 107. in minneapolis, the actual high temperature will be around 100. chicagoland you'll feel like you're about 101 degrees. the heat isn't the only thing going on. we've noticed in the last couple of heat waves, each time we get big numbers we get big storms as well. these storms in the west are from the monsoon throw. the storms in the east, including tornado in virginia. bringing the heat into the area. and this heat, no matter where you are, those storms big. over the weekend, storms made nationwide headlines with wicked winds and devastating dust clouds. >> look at this massive haboob coming our way. it's actually raining inside the dirt cloud. >> reporter: summer storms stampeded across several states. sunday n

let's begin with sam champion. sam. >> good morning, amy. good morning, josh.ur dangerous wave of summertime weather continues. because yesterday, another 60 record high temperatures reported in just one day. take a look at this graphic. 475 storm reports, coming from those record temperatures. the amazing heat. this, by the way, each one of those dots represented one community that had damage from the winds, the hail, the lightning that came from these strong to severe storms. we found out this summer that the heat has been deadly, and the storms that come from them are deadly as well. a series of violent thunderstorms slammed into parts of eastern tennessee thursday, leaving a path of death and destruction. two people are confirmed dead in the great smoky mountains national park. one woman died after being struck by a falling tree. and a man was killed when his motorcycle wiped out on a park trail. park rangers report dozens of other injury, including motorists trapped in their vehicle. >> our first priority is safely getting our crews into those locations wh

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in the weather department, everyone's name is sam. but sam makes it sound smart. with him every day? >> wonderful. >> no. what's it really like working with him? >> he's great. >> thanks, sam. very important part of the weather team, celebrating a happy birthday. all that weather was brought to you by choice hotels. the first time i saw fios it was absolutely amazing. for years and years we had to put up with cable. once we got fios it was like somebody like took our computer and shook all the junk out of it. [ male announcer ] don't settle for the same old cable technology. switch to a verizon fios triple play and upgrade your entertainment equipment with our 100% fiber-optic network and whole home solution, including a high-speed wireless router plus a new multi-room dvr and new hd set top box free for 12 months. everything has to be fast now, and that's what fios provides us right now when we want it. [ male announcer ] and now, with new fios quantum speeds, you can enjoy internet more than twice as fast as anything you've ever seen. fios gives me way more for

do you really, do you think sam is a sympathetic character, sam israel?e like he's a complicated human character. he's somebody that you can relate to as he moves through his life. bernie madoff was just a crazy guy. >> so, i said to you in the beginning, who was he. who is he now? >> sam is himself, you know? i think he feels like the 20 years -- white-collar crime was terribly underpunished and now it's being terribly overpunished. what's the point of putting -- he's not a violent person, although in the book -- >> he doesn't belong in jail? >> oh, i think he does. and it's not for me to decide, but sam feels 20 years is outrageous, and i'm, you know, i'm canadian, so i kind of begin -- >> so, you're polite. >> i kind of begin at the not america sentences. i feel like 20 years is a lot. >> not violent, but he does confess to murder in the book. >> he does. but i think what upset people the most is he made people look ridiculous, and that's kind of the unforgivable sin. he made wealthy, smart people look ridiculous. and you know, there's a lot of people

sam and i are going to go hang out on sam's yacht.ook at this. it's a new video. trending. it's a cat. named lulu, taking down her competition. by competition, we mean a birthday card. >> whoa. >> watch. >> oh, wow! >> apparently, lulu not in a festive mood. okay? >> wow! >> she needs a cup of coffee. it's morning. >> she's going back to her roots. >> does anybody know why -- >> there's a connection to "project runway." >> they're not going to have many left. >> that's like, the snack. >> they're addictive. >> they're away from sam right now. >>> the entire bowl of cheetos can be eaten in 30 seconds. but it takes a year, a year -- see that, a year to get the cheeto residue off the fingertips. i don't know what that is. what is that? good morning, everybody, by the way. from -- tell me your name. >> erica. >> fernando. >> you're from? >> from new mexico. >> i would help you hold the sign but i have the cheesy fingers. let's get to the boards. we'll show you what's happening this morning. we'll start with yet another heat wave. this hea

con el tÍo sam y amÉrica tambiÉn. >>> no, no, no, no, aquÍ, aqui. le cae mÁs que al tÍo sam. se lo comiÓ todo, de quÉ tamaÑo tienes la panza. >>> esta buen comboobuena mamÁ. >>> asÍ como se guarda el dinero de los contribuyentes.>>> sabes quÉ. r usted venir por... y poner los hot dog, por.... >>> es lo que nos haces tÚ. >>> el hot dog se fue por donde tenÍa que ir. >>> vamos a una pausa, en breve, sami nos presenta peinados patriÓticos para este 4 de julio,@@despieamericunivemos ln sofi@@vergarunivndesp ya amer sn c @ erica pais. univision@@despiertn nea amerquinosunionderta amevit de quesspiertesco marca "mexicali" por posible contaminacion con listeria. mas esta tarde.@@erica univisio@ t @ t v t v @ llegÓ el momento de lÁgrimas, besos, cuernos y cachetadas. pero quÉ te duele?. >>> quÉ te duele?. >>> dopola cachetada que medist ahorita. >>> anoche hubo inundaciÓn de lÁgrimas en la pantalla chica, salÍan lÁgrimas por aquÍ y por allÁ. de rabia, emoedimiento de co cocodriloision@@despierta americ @@>ivisio nodesp lodespa amer@@. >>> no, no quiero,.@@u

who was he speaking to, sam? >> i think he was speaking to -- gwen: no one in that room. >> nobody in that room, no. he was speaking to swing voters in the philly suburbs and outside of cleveland. he was speaking to moderate voters who need to see that he's making the effort, going through -- at least going through the motions of reaching out to a extentcy that would not support him. -- constituency that would not support him. the goal of going was to get applauded for going. and i think that's what he got for it. gwen: is that the same thing he gets for the incredible pushback today is that the goal of pushing back is to get credit for not being rolled over by the train -- by the obama train? >> i don't think so. i think -- i think a lot of republicans who have been antsy are going to say, finally. we're responding to this. but at the same time, it looks like a panic move. arranging these -- arranging these five interviews as hastily as they did. especially for somebody who's quite resistant to sitting down and

sam the us government rationing is actually every state is going to open a free market x. . change right in most states you can only buy health insurance from warner two companies one when the states although some of these republican governors refuse to open these free market exchanges but when these free market exchanges are open anybody in any state can as dan just said buy from anybody that's right free market but let's not forget the whole point of the affordable health care act is we were ranked thirtieth in the world in the caliber of health care delivered to our citizens while having the finest specialists and hospitals in the world while paying more per patient than any country in the world we had to come up with a solution and i think this represents the most reasonable solution solution at this time and paying more per patient because of government involvement up there as now he's right on the market through forty percent that may already percent of medicine is paid for by the government not true not well at home do you know what in there said bessy think about lif

sorry, i couldn't hear, sam.he sights, the sounds. emeril is here to show us how to turn an outdoor cookout into a pizza party. emeril, we'll let you get right to it. >> first of all, we make a standard pizza dough. flour, water, yeast, a pinch of salt. simple. let it rest. and we put on a little corn meal. we're just going to brush that. slide it on the grill. we want to cook both sides, like i have right here. a light, golden brown. now, it gets really simple. we make a fresh basil pesto. a little garlic and shallot. parmesan cheese and pine nuts. we're going to spread that. >> right there. >> we're going to -- >> you can cut that up and serve it with a glass of ice. >> red or white. >> that would be perfect. >> now, we take some prosciutto. i have it in layers like this. layer it down. a little bit more. and then, this here, this is a type of italian cheese called tollagio. it has a little pop to it. i refrigerated it to get it chilly enough. >> it looks like you can pull it. it's almost like a string cheese.

good morning, alex. >> reporter: sam, good morning to you. yesterday was the fifth-hottest day recorded in chicago. we got to 103 degrees. the previous record was 102 degrees in 1911. if we make it to 100 degrees today, it would be the third-straight day in a row that we had triple-digit temperatures. officials are checking on the elderly and those who might need the most help. so far, there are two deaths that have been linked to the heat here in chicago. but the good news is, there is relief in sight for many parts of the midwest. the high by sunday should be in the mid-80s. amy? >> alex perez, thank you. >>> let's turn to weekend anchor, dan harris, for the other developing stories this morning. >> good morning to both of you. turns out our long run of dropping gas prices may be coming to an end. prices are moving the wrong direction, rising an average of 2 cents in the past day. it's the first time prices have gone up since april. aaa is blaming the recent increase in crude oil prices. >>> also this morning, we're expecting big economics