back over to sam. sam? >> good morning, everybody. our heat compound daily. one area, new york city gets a little break but these are the 32 states that have warnings, advisories out for heat, as high as 40 states because this entire syrian side will jump on board as the heat starts to swing east. this is the heat index thumb, just areas of magenta, look how much of the country is above 110 with heat index levels. just try to stay cool today. >> the southeast and northern plains could get cooling thunderstorms this afternoon. robin and david? >> okay there, sam, thank you. >>> coming up who has seen casey anthony? the video that touched off so much speculation about where she really is. dan abrams, nancy grace back with their take on what she's doing now. >>> the sister act but why they're falling out with their mother over the songs they're singing. >>> paris hilton. what could dan harris have possibly said to make her get up and leave the interview? >> you'll find out. >> don't mess with dan harris. we all want our kids to eat their vegetables, but they'd r

i believe sam is now with the people. sam? >> oh, robin.s we used early because it is now -- what's our official word? >> sweltering. >> but we've got another word too. it's your birthday. happy birthday. you would describe yourself as. >> sweet and spicy? >> which is one word. >> scicy. >> i like it. as you head out the door, it is likely your skies look like this. wtvd, our favorite, call it the only station in raleigh that counts showing you the picture of the heat and humidity out in your town and most of the nation today, 32 states have heat watch, warnings or advisories. it's not just these ones. just mark it off as another day above 1200 or humidity, as well, that makes it sweltering. swicy. the only place it's not is the west coast which actually happens to be pretty good. you could use a little extra sunshine but temperatures are >> we are live in timim square but we are also live in los angeles. lara spencer. >> thank you very much. sam champion, here's a look at what's ahead on our "gma" morning menu. bree olson, one of charlie s

sam champion, get out of here. he's friend with sam champion.his is where we go first. this will not be good. let me say, or let me ask you this, the worst fear that you had to conquer on the show, what was the onene that was just lik nah, i don't think it's worth it. >> height is something that i've consistently had to work on. jumping off the stratosphere was overwhelming. it's as tall as the sears tower like jumping off a skyscraper and throwing up all night. working with animals -- you >> just calm down a little bit. you can't say that. >> ostrich, don't disembowel me. let's hang out. >> bert knows every bad thing that could happen, period. >> i research ef catastrophe -- >> hire hooves could tear you apart. >> they did it to johnny cash, i'm not sure. >> that was the worst one. all right, and now you've got a second show that comes out, a well. >> this show is so funny, "bert the conqueror," very similar. it's like cash cab on a roller coaster. you put people on a roller coaster and ask them questions and you will be shocked at how bad they

it was a product that i would use. >> jewel he met sam through a social group they both belong to.he became one of their investors. kim knew abbey through an online moms group. when she heard she was looking for money, her reaction? >> how much. i loved what she was doing. it's a piece that seemed to be missing in everything that surrounds children. >> todd learned of the investment opportunity through his wife. >> she'd open her emails at 6:00 in december, it was dark. she said you've got to see this, you're not going to believe this. it was this unbelievable 90 second blurb. >> the trick was a combination of things. first, abbey and sam had passion. >> i was always told by my father about investing it's not necessarily the product, it's the person. it's not the business, it's the person. because there can be a 1,000 different businesses out there. if you don't believe in the person running the business, it may or may not work. >> second, they knew what they were talking about. >> abbey and sam's presentation was terrific. it really -- they really were able to convey very quickly

that's the problem boehner has person by person as he tries to round up the votes. >> sam, as we all the truth how governing is done in washington is that when nothing seems to be happening to us or nothing is happening in front of our cameras, that's when something interesting is happening, because it all happens in the room, behind closed doors. sam, i want to go to you on the issue, there's a group that has not been heard from lately at all, that is house democrats. they are the ignored force in this dynamic. what are they feeling as they watch the president reach out and accept the possibility of a reid bill moving that has absolutely no balancing tax revenue in it to balance the spending cuts. the debate seems to move and shift every day in a way that doesn't ever consult with house democrats. >> and it is ironic because in the end, a portion of that caucus will end up making the deciding vote in all likelihood. one of the points, we don't want to lose this point, this is probably the overwhelming point, which is while the democrats make plays to win this last minute standoff wi

cc1: >> the son of sam case. he never robbed or raped, he simply killed at random, in cold blood. >> the manhunt eventually led to a 24-year-old postal worker named david berkowitz. with the help of a palm print, a parking ticket and a ballistics match, he was arrested outside his home and the nightmare was over. >> i walked into that room with full intentions of whacking this guy. at least punching him out. >> retired homicide detective jocoffee led the search for the soof sam. and it was coffee who was one of the first to interrogate him. >> he didn't blink for three hours. and he had a constant smile on his face sitting there. >> coffee says the motive was borne out of the death of berkowitz's adoptive mother and his hatred of women. sentenced to life in prison, berkowitz says he has undergone a religious transformation, becoming born again. and in a recent interview, he expressed remorse for the murders. >> i'd like to be remembered as a person who's sorry for what happened and is doing everything in his powe

it was a product that i would use. >> julie met sam through a social group they both belonged to.ecame one of their first investors. kim hammer knew abbie through an online moms group. when she knew abbie was looking for money, her reaction? >> how much? because i loved what she was doing, you know. it's a piece that seemed to be missing in everything. that surrounds children. >> todd specter learned of the investment opportunity through his wife. >> she opened her e-mails by 6:00 in the morning in december. it was dark. she said, this is unbelievable. you've got to see this. it's an unbelievable 90 second blush. >> the traek to getting these people on board. >> it's not the business, the it's the person. there can be a thousand different businesses out there. if you don't believe in the person running the business, it may or may not work. >> second, they knew what they were talking about. >> abbie and sam's presentation was terrific, and it real ly -- they really were able to convey what they were trying to accomplish and what these lofty goals that they had were. >> third, they

joining me now is howard fineman and sam stein. both from "the huffington post."ou're in the capital. it's all happening around you. where are we? what's going on? >> well, it takes two reporters from "the huffington post," lawrence, to cover the fact that absolutely nothing is happening right this -- at this very minute, at least publicly. you know, behind closed doors, john boehner and big crowds of reporters have been outside his office for hours, looking to see people coming in and, you know, see whether they have had their rear ends realigned by john boehner as they try to get the votes that they need. this is crucial, because if boehner can pass the republican plan in the house, they will at least -- that is the republicans -- will at least be able to say, hey, we put something in the table. and in the physics of blame, and in the last phases of negotiations, that would mean something. but he's having a terrible time getting the votes. i just talked to one tea party guy who said, look, if not me, when? if not us, you know, who? the way the tea party people v

good luck to sam. what's the prognosis right now, mindy? >> his prognosis is pretty good.s go out to the other boy who was more severely injured. >> yeah. i do want to say that we've been kind of bombarded by media and news and so on and we're sitting here thinking of the boy and just, you know, who got it worse than sam and we're just really hoping and praying for him and just we're really praying for his family and just sending them the best wishes we can. >> i'm sure the thoughts of prayers, thoughts and prayers of everyone watching this go out to sam and all those who were victims in this, and thank you again. safe travels to you and good luck. >> thank you. >>> all right. let's talk debt, shall we? seems like everybody has their plan to deal with the debt problem, but there's no consensus, and democrats and republicans have got to come together soon. >> i think we have got 48 hours within which to do something very, very meaningful. senator reid is working on something that i think would be very good. i would hope senator mcconnell will join him in that. >> there you

good to have you here this morning. >> thanks. >>> time for the weather and sam champion. sam?orning, elizabeth and happy friday. try to find someplace to be cool this weekend and i know that's virtually impossible with the numbers we're about to show you. live shots first. in d.c., the haze and heat and humidity is just stifling. philadelphia, record numbers, as well. take a look at these kyes and know in the middle of the country you've just had this. from michigan, right? and said we've had this heat, yeah, we're getting it now. here's what the boards look like. as the high pressure slides to the summertime position you will get cooler temperatures but not until the first of next week. bigger view into the northwest, nice and sunny but the temperatures stay more comfortable. >> all that weather brought to you by fiber choice. elizabeth? >> coming up one very highflier. you'll meet the man risking it all. the stunt you'll have to see to believe. [ female announcer ] you do so much... to stay healthy. but did you know fiber choice can help support your overall well-being? ever

maybe i'm wrong, sam. i believe that a lot of people in the 1930s telling the germans there's no way we can restructure your debt, no way to restructure global debt. you're crazy, how can you possibly have this conversation? after six years and millions of people getting killed, they're like, hey, does anybody want to have that debt restructuring conversation here? maybe we can -- i guess -- >> until 2006. the uk, still writing out checks to america. >> i guess what i'm saying -- >> until five years ago. >> given a chance between a multimillion person massacre and restructuring debt, i choose debt restructuring, but that's just me. >> i personally, again, return to the fact we are revenue starved in way we haven't been in over 60 years. interesting to me, talk about restructuring debt, when you talk about cutting medicare, talk about raising the retirement age, when you talk about cutting social security or raising the retirement age, that's in fact what you're doing. >> i know. i'm well aware. >> on a con

sam, i want to go to you on the issue -- there's a group that has not been heard from lately at all.hat is house democrats. they are the ignored force in this dynamic. what are they feeling as they watch the president reach out and accept the possibility of a reid bill moving that has absolutely no balancing tax revenue in it to balance the spending cuts? the debate seems to move and shift every day in a way that doesn't ever consult with house democrats. >> yeah. and it's ironic, because in the end, they're -- or a portion of that caucus will end up making the deciding vote in all likelihood. and we don't want to lose this overwhelming point, which is that while the democrats may seem poised to win this last-minute standoff with john boehner, in the broader war, it's very much a war drawn on republican turf. and regardless of what gets passed, it's a bill that slashes about $1 trillion from the government spending roles in the next 10 years. it has no revenues in it. it will be a bill that if you're just a general economic observer you would think would hinder the recovery effort. s

stage you just see life in clarity with all the treacherous terms negotiated in the aisle to mount sam moved on to iceland geysers are the first thing that may pop into mind but after these three waterfall should be the other one some of them higher than an eight story building so free falling off them and heating the water again is not dissimilar to a car crash and survive in is what gives these man this sort off to thrills whites or minds count in your brain is reset and all those emotions but you just can't get there. goal come through it's just worth it you know at the risk to fully was smaller than the rewards and the ruble this just so you may see it worthwhile if that wasn't an offset ventured further into the mexican jungle and it is dead that the new zealander found his river god the shocking blue waters of the a cause to provide in the cascades of his dreams some even discovered and want to fold it had never been caught a time before and should be happy at least for now but more define adventure is sure to come. on t.v. . watching that sometimes i'm happy just to be here i'm

make your dreams come true well for one man there seem to be no limits as world champion kayaker sam certain has taken this to the extreme and explored the remotest parts of the globe risking his life on the deadliest rivers on record as the story. all is calm and quiet it looks like paradise on earth but seems like these are rather an exception for a wife once a. girl interrupted and plunge waterfalls these adrenaline junkies are after and the best of them all the young and very new zealander sam sutton has been looking for the ultimate challenge twenty two he's the reigning extreme kayaking will champion and he set out on a global johnnie to find the toughest waterway the reason so-called real gods the world renowned niagara falls could spell certain death for so sense quest again in syberia russia we're just faced with huge about's of what are you looking down is written in your face or the walls or you can't even see where you're going you can't see any of your teammates because you down in the hollow and it's just like pedaling it gets caught hair and you know it's just out ther

. >> sam rockwell. what the sam hell are you doing here?ntry. >> this is illegal. i'm shutting you down. >> not so fast. >> you wouldn't dare. >> try me. ♪ >> give it up! >> watch it. >> hey, matchstick man! >> la la la -- >> hey. >> don't do it. >> ow! >> see what you did? see what you did? you play rough. >> end of the road, rockwell. >> guess again. well, the tables are turned. >> i suppose they have. >> dang it. >> so long, sam. >> ahh! >> no! no! no! >> suck it, fav! >> ahh! >> oh. justin. i'm so sorry. i'm so sorry. >> it's so cold. >> sleep. sleep. why! why! >> back to you, jimmy. [ applause ] >> jimmy: our deepest sympathies to the long family. we have a good show for you totoght. from "cowboys and aliens," adam beach is here. we have music from chris young. and we'll be right back with olivia wilde, so stick around. [ man ] they said i couldn't win a fight. they said i couldn't fight above my weight class. but i did. they said i couldn't get elected to congress. but i did. ♪ sometimes when we touch ha ha! millions of hits! [ male a

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let's bring in sam champion tonight in central park. sam, you've been out all day since "good morning america." we mentioned it at the top of the broadcast. even the statue of liberty, the crown closed tonight? >> reporter: yeah, david, good evening, by the way. and they only close that crown when it feels like 110 degrees inside the crown of the statue of liberty, and it did today. this heat dome that's been o or the middle of the country, for weeks now, with places like dallas at 18 days over 100 degrees, shifted ever so slightly to the east today. what that is, imagine a big lid on a pot, because all the worst heat is trapped underneath that dome. and the dome can't really move out of the way. it's being held in place by the jet stream. and only occasionally, a little dribble of cool air will move across the northern part of the country and give relief in northern areas. but no one else gets any relief from this big block of heat. >> until early next week. as you pointed out. sam champion tonight and rich besser here, thank you. >>>

they used a garbage bag to bandage sam's wounds and then had to wait nearar eight hours before rescue crews could save them all. >> i was thinking, "i'm gonna die, like, i'm not gonna live through this." >> reporter: sam's parents live in denver and feared their son might not make it. >> i just -- i just really feared the worst. just hearing his voice did -- was like a miracle. that was -- it was just amazing. >> reporter: you survived. >> yeah. >> reporter: something that most people wouldn't. >> i know. i kept thinking the entire night, i can't believe i was attataed by a freaking bear. like, this never h hpens. what the hell? >> reporter: and survived. >> yeaea >> reporter: sam says he'll take a break from camping for a bit before heading back into the wild. abbie boudreau, abc news, anchorage, alaska. >>> and still ahead on "world news" -- are some prescription drug prices about to nose-dive? the good news. >>> and lessons from a shipwrecked life for every family touched by addiction. you could save a bundle with geico's multi-policy discount. geico, saving people money on ore tha

what these adrenaline junkies are off to and the best of them all the young and very new zealander sam sutton has been looking for the ultimate challenge the twenty two he's the reigning extreme kayaking will champion and he sets out on a global johnny to find the toughest waterway the reason he still called really god the world renowned biographer could spell certain death for so since quest began in siberia russia were just faced with huge amounts of water and you're looking down these rivers in your faces the wall of water you can't even see where you're going you can't see any of your team mates because you're down in the hollow and it's just like paddling capes god's hand you know it's just out there trying to take it out and you just gotta be strong and get through it and not want to settle for anything in between salmon coaches' arguably the most modern river in russia called the bush house filled with obstacles it has a dark history of claiming people's lives but luckily for sam go and on the bus callous means only a life changing experience but of course i meant for the whole

sam?, pictures out of florida, hobe sound, the waves are taller than usual because we have a tropical storm. we're getting these reports up and down the coast. there's good surfing in the jupiter area but usually not quite this good. three to five to seven feet on the waves. watch it in the carolinas all the way around to, well, call it florida as it pull as way and fall as part. here's where the thunderstorms roar. any place shaded in red. montana drops from the great lakes all the way into the mid-atlantic states. it is hot and humid to the sth of that. there's a little refreshing corner into the north of that and that is the weather around the nation. >> all this weather was brought to you by choice hotels. robin? >> you know what's coming up? >> yeah. >> beautiful suit he's wearing. this is my favorite tweet of the morning. sam's looking like a southern preacher today. amen, brother. >> you get an amen. >> thank you, robin. >> because of the hot weather and want to keep cool. >> thinki

take care, nancy. >>> let's go over to sam and the weather. sam? >> we'll start with heat. lot of people will say that's summer. it's more than that. this heat is persistent and it's kind of abusive in the way it stays in the middle of the country, with the combination of humidity. let me show you the numbers here. dallas, this could be a big day for you. if you break your 16-days, consecutive days, it would be a shallow victory. it will only be 99. but that heat roars on this week. minneapolis, the heat and humidity. it feels like it's above 100 degrees. and it will be that way all week. chicagoland into the 90s. kansas city. and some of the heat all of that weather was brought to you by petsmart. oh, robin? >> okay there, sam. >>> next, the toughest chihuahua on the block. paco the crime-fighting pooch here live in times square. i know he doesn't look it, but he is. charlie! !i haven't seen you for awhile. wow! you must ome here a lot. acacally, this is ur first time. [ female announcer ] at petsmart, you'll always have a happy shopping experience. because our .helpful as

thank you. >>> now to the weather with sam. hey, sam. >> hey, george.h a shot of lake arlington, texas. the entire state of texas is at the highest level of drought. crops drying out and lakes drying out. and that heat continues. even though there's a break for it in the last week in july for the great lakes and new england. there's no break for this part of the country. 33 days, wichita falls above 100 degrees. consecutive days. this is day after day after day with this kind of heat. dallas, there is no break. quick look at the big board. some moisture in the east coast that will break the heat with thunderstorms and thunder showers. and all of that weather was brought to you by angie's list. george? >> thank you, sam. >>> coming up -- new twist in the dramatic trial of amanda knox. she's appealing now. elizabeth vargas joins us from [ male announcer ] get ready for the left lane. the volkswagen autobahn for all event is back. right now, get a great deal on new volkswagen models including the jetta awarded a top safety pick by the iihs. that's the powe

let's check in with sam champion. good morning, sam. >> good morning, elizabeth. wild 24 hours. let's talk about it weatherwise. a picture of what skies look like over new york city. when you get this color, it means one thing, particulate matter in the air, dust or dirt or some particle in the air, this case it's ozone, bad air quality and happens with heat a lot. it gets trapped and you have to breathe it. in many major cities it's been a problem. thunderstorms will pop up for awhile. take a look at the zones. there's a lot, denver to wichita and also right around portland, a little north of boston, richmond, raleigh, atlanta, all part of what will be some very strong to severe storms just due to this big-time summertime heat. most cities in america at or above normal in their temperature. just a wild warm one. some areas of light moderate rain west of the area and stretching toward culpeper. intois pushing off fauquier county and temperatures the low to mid 70's. otherwise, some clearing and becoming summit late in the morning. highs in the lower 90's and we possibly feel the

. >> this snow sam alito -- this snow sam alito'-- this is no sam alito's wife weeping. >> first of all, james has been contradicted by top executives saying that he knew far more and he misled parliament. i am a little dubious about what the fbi will find. apparently they are investigating possible computer hacking. i have to say, every time i think the scandal cannot get worse, it does. >> mark? >> this is the imelda marcos of scandals. there will continue to be shoes to drop. this man was humble, modest, self-effacing. this is the desperate, the guy in charge, -- and for all -- this is the despot, the guy in charge, and control. i pledge to you, parliament, i will find out who is running the company did this is serious and getting more serious by the moment. when you get the superintendent of scotland yard resigning, the prime minister of great britain going to the well to just basically defend himself and his contacts with him, which were more than any other institution or individual and the country, this is a serious, serious story and reality. >> charles? >> the murdochs were on t

if congress doesn't do something before then, uncle sam won't be able to pay his bills. that is bad news for our nation's credit rating and our ability to keep borrowing. lawmakers have been at an impasse over dealing with the so-called debt ceiling. now a couple of key republicans are suggesting possible ways forward. nbc's brian moare has more from washington. >> reporter: congress has less than a month to raise uncle sam's credit limit. lawmakers are locked in a battle over a long-term cure for the financial fix. democrats want to raise money. republicans are demanding massive cuts. now a couple of key republican lawmakers are suggesting possible ways to compromise. >> jon kyl was in negotiations as you know with the vice president. he said there were certain revenue raisers and other areas that perhaps we could work on. >> reporter: senator john mccain won't say exactly what revenue raisers are. but he says he and some other republicans aren't necessarily opposed. it sounds a lot like what president obama and democrats have been asking for. but republicans insist tha

sam, what do you think of that?george, we've got something even more amazing to talk about. we've got a tropical depression to talk about. we could have one by the end of the day today out of a tropical wave. now, when is that a good thing? we'll show you what's going on. there is a part of this country that's trapped into a dangerous pattern of heat and drought. and this tropical system, if it remains weak, could be a shifter and a big differencemaker in that area. in texas, oklahoma and maybe even into arkansas and louisiana. we will watch this very carefully for possible developments today. of course, never want a bad tropical system or a powerful tropical system anywhere. quick look at where the heat is today. it's right back in the middle of the country. those numbers go to 90 and above today. tropical systems always carry their own bad news. but it would take something like this to bust that big drought and heat wave in the deep south. robin? >> all right, sam. thank you. >>> now to a dramatic plot twist for n

good evening, sam.ff, we have to ask you for your thoughts about, what do you make of washington post report tonight that tomorrow's meeting with the house and senate leaders, the president is going to be pushing for entitlement cuts in exchange for republican support for tax cuts? what do you make of this tonight? >> it's a big deal. it's a new development obviously in these negotiations. we have to consider where these started with near unanimous agreement that the debt ceiling should be raised by both speaker boehner's office and the presidency. at first the white house was insists on a clean vote, now we've gone to the point where we're mimicking the bowles simpson plan. whether you're talking about raising the retirement age or means testing, for instance. those are major concessions that are going to rang wrangle a lot of democrats. >> why would the president go down this road when he has overwhelming support from the american people on medicare, medicaid and raising taxes on the wealthiest americ

we accept it as such to help me figure that out is sam seder he is host of the majority report and daily political talk sam thanks so much for being with us i want to take a step back for a second and pretend we don't follow and analyze this as closely as we do as far as u.s. politics and just look at this as we would kind of looking at let's take the house they voted to pass their cut cap and balance plan that reportedly they know has no future in the senate won't pass it obama said he'd be to it so why would they do that with so little time left before the country defaults well i mean look if we are not following this stuff we're only we're only partially thinking about it unless frankly we're partiers the tea partiers believe that if we raise the debt ceiling which which is happened. five or six times over the course of the bush administration for instance that it will be the end of america for some reason because that's what their leaders have told them so. that we saw the other day in the house was basically so that these republican lawmakers can go back to their most fanatical cons

the reason the so-called river god the world renowned niagara falls could spell certain death for so sam squares began in siberia russia were just faced with huge amounts of water and you're looking down these rivers in your face or the wall of water you can't even see where you're going you can't see any of your teammates because you're down in the hollow and it's just like pedaling against god's hair and you know it's just out there trying to take it down and you just got to be strong and get through it not to want to settle for anything in between salmon kowtows arguably the most modern river in russia called the bush house filled with obstacles it has a dark history of claim in people's lives but luckily for sam go and die on the bus callus meant only a life changing experience had a cool moment for the whole expression you're looking down at the river and all of these emotions come up from within and you're just thinking about friends that you'd lost in the river and then what's really important to you in life you know and at that stage you just see life and clarity with all the tre

bacon lover of america, sam. >> hi.their fashion choices. the lovely "good morning america" t-shirt we made in dark blue. let's get to the boards. one or two things going on. the shirt is lovely on you. if you look at twitter pictures we're looking at them all. our favorite, i got to say fond of the -- i like pensacola. do you see the jets. they have the air base and do the air shows there. to the board, one or two things going on starting with this is the weekend flyby. in the northeast where you are right now, it's hot and humid here in central park but gorgeous all weekend long so if you're staying -- are you guys staying? that's all right. you can let out the woo. strong and severe storms in the middle of the country, south of that and into iowa and minnesota, this is where those storms will stay all weekend long and where the ground is saturated -- try it again, sam, saturated and that's where the flooding will be. hot and dry it is a pleasant start to but things are rapidly g apart with increasing clouds and wides

and sam champion. hey, sam. >> good morning, elizabeth.might be able to stretch our nice, dry run of weather in seattle for a couple more days. but there are some scattered showers expected around the area during today. but they might not get to seattle proper. portland about 76 degrees. there's a front that gets into northern california. southern california stays nice and dry. looking at fresno about 99 degrees. l.a. at 80 degrees. the storms with the monsoon flow, reno, vegas. and palm springs. not much more than that. a look at the seattle five-day. the coldest stretch of weather here is friday. all that weather was brought to you by ethan allen. elizabeth? >> sam, thank you very much. >>> coming up next, will and kate sneaking away for some private moments. the latest on their cross-continental tour as they get ready to hit california. >>> and death-defying stunts that teenage thrill-seekers are racing to put online. modern, elegance, and explorer. five visions of american style inspired by you. find your signature lifestyle at a desig

. >>> now let's go to sam champion with the weather, hey, sam. >> good morning, george. good morning, everyone. the big story is heat. some will say, hey, it's summertime. we expect heat. not this. this is big time long-lasting way too early heat. the number of days they've been above 90 and 100 degrees. austin, 23 days, dallas, 12 days, oklahoma city, 16 days and if you go from lafayette all the way around to waco, that's the hot zone that's anywhere from 14 to 23 days above 100 degrees already this year. 101 in dallas today, midland, 98, phoenix, 1907. minnesota, 87. new york city touches near the 90-degree mark. widely scattered 0 thunderstorms south of new york city into the carolinas and little bit in the heartland. and thisand muggy thursday morning. of fog, especially thatwest of the metro, but off with theburn sunshine. degrees at this time. of sunshine today. late date showers developing. garden variety action. tomorrow a better chance of storms. cooler tomorrow with off >> we'll try to find cool air for the next half hour with all of america's weather. there se

sam ford is live in northeast washington with the story. sam? >> a.t.c.ernment employee is in jail for second-degree touching of a minor in an incident that allegedly took place last week here at d.c. employment services headquarters and there are questions why a man with his background would be around kids. >> it was sort of sickening. >> police arrested thomas nelson, a file clerk here at employment services, for the sexual touching of a teenaged girl, prompting some to wonder why they were exposed to such a man, out of prison after spending time for robbery and assault. >> they were trusting that their kids were going to be in a safe environment. >> in a press conference, the director admitted the recently admitted man did not lie on his application if he had been asked if he had been arrested in the last 10 years. >> the way the individual responded was, in fact, accurate to the question that was posed. >> mayor vincent gray called this alarming. >> the city which has hired many young people is telling young people to come forward if an incident occur

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sam says he'll take a break from camping for way bit before heading back into the wild. abbie boudreau, abc news, anchorage, alaska. >> wow, just like those teens a california man is also lucky to be alive after a wild confrontation left him hanging on for dear life. news cameras capapre him in stockton clinging to a car with his feet dragging along the street there but he eventually did manage to climb through the window uninjured. the man apparently thought his friend's stolen purse was inside that car. however, it all turned out to be a misunderstanding. no one was arrested. we all need friends like that, though. >> what a buddy. >>> those chilean miners trapped underground for two months are going to hollywood. they sold the rights to their story to mike medivoy producer of "black swan." they want the movie to emphasize faith, teamwork and respect. >>> nfl teams are set to do months' worth of business in just a few days now that a new ten-year labor deal is finally in place. players' rep as and one owner robert kraft exchanged hugs. team facilities will be buzzing to

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. >> you'll have to fight sam for it. >>> hey, sam. >> what a little tlc will do. good morning, everybody, and happy friday. the hope that tropical storm don would bust a drought that is a dangerous situation in this part of the country. but don disappoints. let's show you what's going on. in the circle of suspicion, the center of the storm is north. all the clouds to the south. and that's the big problem. remember that heat dome we were talking about? well, don doesn't break through because it, actually the bottom line of it, is right there. that area of high pressure up here. so, don is being forced to the south of it. and all that rain will be in deep south texas and even in the mountains of mexico. so, here's where we think the heaviest rain will be. by the way, the center of that storm making landfall around midnight on friday. heavy rain that we had hoped would move into the center of texas then in oklahoma will stay well down to the south. you've got to be south of corpus. loredo, brownsville, and even farther south. that's a little optimistic. elsewhere, fo

good morning, sam. >> super secret location.nly because we're doing this most beautiful places that we'll do in august, we're shooting some today. don't pay attention to what's around me. here's what we've got going for you today, the three-month forecast is out. do we break the heat? according to the national weather service, much above normal in the south and also in the east, now, it stays cool in the west so the same pattern goes through october. what we look like now. here's the current watchch and warnings, 7 states down from 26 states. but, look at the temperatures here. look at the texas, lubbock, texas, little rock all pretty warm during the day. >> all of america's weather coming up in the next half hour. robin? >> okay, so it's dark so that must mean you're out toward the west. i know we're not supposed to give clues. all right. give me some clues. >> we'll do teases on twitter. >> okay, tweezes on twitter. >>> new details on those tense moments when a grizzly bear attacked a group of teens hiking in alaska. one of th

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