fox's michael valdez has the story from san antonio, texas. >> how am i going to hit the ball? >> reporter: you may recognize weston wright, the san antonio boy whose story we've told you about before. hes been blinded since birth affected by a condition that keeps his eyes from developing. >> you're going to put the ball right there on the grass like that. >> reporter: out here never mind what he can and can't see. it's all about the sounds in the field and the fun of the game. >> oh, yeah. oh, yeah. oh, yeah. oh, yeah. >> weston has been looking for a sport that he can, you know, participate in and he's really enjoying it. >> reporter: they're all enjoying it today. dozens of area kids who have been helped by the san antonio lighthouse for the blind. >> it's a tee. you put the ball on the tee. >> reporter: bruce hooper has been enjoying it for a long time. he's the san antonio lighthouse director and national champion visually impaired golfer. >> these kids will give you 110% on everything you ask them to do and they're just as polite and kind and sweet kids as you'll ever wa

more heavy rain around san antonio. it's beneficial rain. you still need it, especially areas south of san antonio. you'll get a little taste of that action later today. houston dry, showers popping up here and there. rain by college station will drive into the city later this morning. we'll see delays at the airports, dallas first thing tomorrow morning. look at the rain around little rock. dry now. you'll see the showers off to the west, and get off to the east coast. rain off the carolinas. that's about it. advisearies for flooding, we'll talk about that in half an hour. >> thank you. >>> those of you looking for a job -- i know it's a lot of people. here you go. we have good news in a bad economy. more jobs could finally start coming your way in a few months. >>> plus a driver got a ticket -- get this -- for not speaking english? what she's doing to make sure that doesn't happen to anyone else. >>> today's salute is from the family of senior airman benjamin frank, deployed to afghanistan and his wife, three sons and daughter are waiting

blind golf association national championship in san antonio.e 35 competitors, all of them are sight impaired but half of them are completely blind. they have a coach that acts as their eyes. some are their wives. they say the best part about having trouble seeing is they never see their bad shots or the hazards. >>> another amazingly dramatic finish in the baseball playoffs. phillies down with two with two outs in the ninth inning against colorado but somehow came back. first ryan howard. the biggest hit of his career ties it. and then jason werth drives in a run. they will face los angeles thursday and winner of that is going to the world series. >>> lastly it's a bird, it's a plane, it's super shaq. the cavaliers were playing greece. shaq goes for the lay-up. gets fouled. lands in the front row. who was at the bottom of that? this guy. he got a point of view here. cameraman was a little bit shaken up. this was an exhibition game. look at the cameraman there. okay. i love his t-shirt. >> cleveland is going to love shaq. they're going to love h

heavy rain also in dallas and boston, in towards san antonio. flash flood watches and warnings are the bright shaded green areas and the flash flood warnings where the water really rises quickly. all the orange colors here, two to four inches of rain we're anticipating the rest of the day. to big "d," the heaviest rain has passed back to your east. houston, you're going to get it. shreveport and to louisiana, you get it later this morning and it goes up the line in towards arkansas. stretches all the way to western parts of tennessee and kentucky. here's the louisville radar. broken showers around louisville. down to the south, that's the squall line moving to the north and the east. heavy rain once again when you get into columbus and ohio. that moves in to pittsburgh later this morning. heavy rain also a possibility in new york late tonight. more on that. show you new york city right now. traveling up there, so far clouds are out there. temperatures about 75. 87 in atlanta today. how about that? >> and, yeah, a little yang there. >> extremely

also, we have flooding video from san antonio from the weekend.than 5.4 inches of rain fell in san antonio from midnight last night through 8:00. that was yesterday. unbelievable amounts of rain coming down. this was an exceptional drought. more details in about a half hour. >> thank you. >>> okay. over to wall street. the stocks have been lower for two weeks. the longest string since july. susan lisovicz is at the new york stock exchange. how's it supposed to look this week? >> good morning, robin. it looks better. we are seeing some green arrows in the first few minutes of trading. over the past few weeks, investors have been bogged down by the economic news, but stocks rebounding as investors look ahead to the start of third quarter earnings season. most analysts say the economy grew over the past three months. alan greenspan told abc's this week that the economy likely grew at 3%, but warns the unemployment rate will top 10%. >>> "the wall street journal" says bank of america is looking to replace embattled ceo ken lewis sooner than later. the

it's into the san antonio region as well. here's san antonio. it's a decent shot of rain. and get more for today. that thunderstorm squall is right overhead of houston. that's why you have an hour delay, even mother that now at george bush at the airport. that line is directly overhead. it will race into the greg maddux shortly but more rain on that radar picture. pull it out farther. you see the flash flood warnings. all the bright shaded green area around dallas and houston, too. look at the rain. it's light and scattered but out there towards wisconsin, northern parts of michigan and through illinois, too. chicago could get a delay here or there. we're watching that rain around seattle through portland, that pacific northwest storm will crank up shortly for you around northern parts of idaho. we have the warnings out there, areas shaded in red mainly about 3500 feet elevation. you see 4 to 12 inches of snow, above 4500 feet. you get 18 inches of snow. over the next two days watch that snow line drive down into wyoming, northern parts of colorado and utah, too. bring abo

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warnings for the city of san antonio.ng, certainly make to give yourself plenty of time and be careful. an upper level disturbance around the great lakes is keeping things cool and unsettled and we'll see some showers especially around the great lakes eastern seaboard today, warming up and drying out nicely. then turn our attention to the west, a big winter storm, the first of the year, maybe. and seeing the most of this around two to four feet of snow, but eight inches in areas like billings and in nevada, husband this somebody tweet me and say you never talk about elko in nevada. nong i've ever mention it had before. northeast nevada, high mountains. >> now you mentioned it three times. >> how is that? am i up? >> that's your quota. >> got my quota for the year. >> that ain't going to happen for a long time again. >> thanks, rick. let's talk about this today. it's been a bad week for late night comedians. conan hitting and falling his head and we all know what unfolded with david letterman this week. >> no. >> you don't

heavy rainfall in texas from austin southward to san antonio. some places excessive. 62 the high in kansas city. 53 in chicago. 78 in our nation's capital. 90 in tampa, 90 in miami. 92 in phoenix. a look at your forecast across the nation. i'm reynolds wolf for hln. >>> an aging gorilla goes under the knife so doctors can try to save her sight. >> we had to weigh the pluses and minuses here. she's almost blind now. by doing this, we can improve her quality of life. >> the riskiest part of this scenario wasn't the surgery itself. >>> a 150-pound senior citizen had surgery to repair her vision. cataracts left the gorilla at the miami zoo nearly blind. surgery to remove them was not the riskiest part of the operation. >>> you are watching surgery on the eye of a gorilla. you're going to see it close. meet josephine. a lowland gorilla from metro zoo. this is what she looks like not strapped to a table. she's old for a gorilla. they live to be about 50. josephine has severe cataracts which makes it impossible to see anything except shadows. a risk to

specialist gar zazz of san antonio, texas. he was the first soldier to die in iraq. he was a legal permanent resident of the united states. under senator kyle's provision he and his family would have been barred. now, this amendment sets up a catch 22 for legal imigrants. unlike the suggestion that they are well fair programs when someone is mandated to be having insurance and pays a penalty if they cannot meet that mandate is much different than a wellfare program. i don't consider any of the subsidies under these bills to be a wellfare. we are talking about creating affordibility for families. secondly, the reality is that we are going to put a mandate on legal permanent residents of the united states. had is new. it exists for those who are already here as legal permanent residents of the united states. now they have a mandate placed on them and they are told that even though they serve in the armed forces of the united states , even though they pay all taxes that any other citizens would pay in this country that in addition to the fact they meet all of those obli

san antonio, wet weather for you.lex, the beautiful spots, atlanta, denver and, alex, you've been in the rockies this time of year. the aspen leaves are at their peak there. incredible, if you haven't done it before. i know you have. >> yeah. >> fantastic. >> okay. bill karins, thank you very much, for the mental picture there. >>> a wet northeast, snowy northwest. read all about it on our website, weather.com. >>> what is next for afghanistan? will president obama's be wrestling with conflicting opinions from top advisers about the way forward in afghanistan. with violence there on the rise, the president is considering shifting course in the eight-year old war. with me now, retired army analyst jack jacobs. good morning, colonel. >> good morning. >> general mcchrystal in london repeated his need for more troops. let's take a listen. >> the situation is serious, and i choose that word very, very carefully. we need to reverse the current trends and time does matter. waiting does not prolong a favorable outcome. >> ver

i-reporter lives in a tiny town outside san antonio. he took these images of flooding in one of the subdivisions near him. it rained for ten hours straight and the rainfall was so heavy his pool overflowed. you can see the roads have been washed out. the flood control canals are at the max. the rain fell saturday night into sunday morning. san antonio international airport recorded 5 1/2 inches of rain in five hours. many thanks to russell for a great i-report. he was right there when we needed him. if you've got breaking news, great pictures, wherever you are, go to ireport.com. >>> have you checked out the new edition to the prime time lineup? "the joy behar show" airs every night here. on friday she chatted with cheed comedian kathy griffin. >> i want to be jennifer aniston. >> you think she's so happy? >> then i want to be somebody from the hills. i want to be one of the kardashians. how is that? >> no, you don't. >> yes, i do. i want to be khloe. you didn't see that coming. you thought i would say kim. >> i don't know who they are.

in san antonio.n, though not 34r5ur particularly long lived because a cold front is along the eastern seaboard that could give us showers and thunderstorms off to the south and more rain in the pacific northwest. that's a look at the nation's weather and now here's a closer look at the weather for your weekend. >>> that is your latest weather. thank you very much. give us a little rap as we leave. i'm the best roommate lives under had this roof just listen to this rap and i'll give you proof. >>> jeff glor is tempting fate. >> he's poisonous. >> our good friend squarejared miller is back. >> if he stings me, that's bad, right some. >> someone here knows first aid. you're fine. you're watching "the early show" on cbs p . r: all over the country discover card customers are getting 5% cashback bonus at grocery stores. now, more than ever it pays to discover. everyone's talking about them. and now we can actually do something about them. at wal-mart, their prices are unbeatable. over 300 prescriptions ar

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san antonio, about 93 degrees. today, orlando, about 87 degrees., we're mostly sunny this morning. there will be a lot of sunshine throughout the day. here's a look at the all right. we've got to do our birthday cheer. now, is there a madeline bohn in from australia, from gold coast. is that you? are you surprised? it is your birthday, right? >> yes. >> how old are you? >> 13. >> you're here with your mom. and also your sister. where's genevieve? right there. and is your dad there, too? >> right there. >> now, let me see. let's do this. here's your birthday -- happy birthday. >> thank you. >> and if you want to send somebody birthday wishes, you can do it by going to our website, "gma." right on the right-hand corner, go to birthday cheer. it's under must clicks. send us the information. we'll make it happen for you. that was brought to you by the american cancer society, by the way. your birthday cheer. your greeting. who are we going to? chris. >> all right, thank you, sam. >>> allow me to say again. it is a very special day for former president,

here they are teeing off in the 64th blind golf association national championship in san antonio.the 35 players about half of them are completely blind. the trick is they rely on their coach who acts as their eyes and some coaches are their wives and they say the best part about it is they never see their bad shots. and another amazingly dramatic finish in the baseball playoffs the phillies down by two with two outs in the ninth against colorado. ryan howard makes the biggest hit of his career to tie it and then jason wirth drives in howard for the eventual game-winning run. talk about being up against the wall. they go on 5-4 to move on. they will face los angeles thursday for a shot at the world series. you have the final four. and lastly a 1,000-pound carved statue of buffalo bills hall of famer thomas thurman has been stolen. it was taken a day after it was unveiled. it took a crane to put this thing in place so you're talking about, what, probably several people with a flatbed truck having to take it away? by the way, robin, this is the same town where one nfl player had his

dallas all the way through san antonio and stretching all the way to the east right now. 2.5 inches have fallen in dallas into oklahoma. 2 to 4 inches of rain here just today and the whole thing is sliding to the east. i'm show you exactly where it's headed in just a couple minutes, richard. >> thank you, bob. appreciate that. >>> scientists are taking a rare public stand against animal activists. scientists say they've had their homes and cars firebombed and flooded. the fbi considers the attacks to be domestic terrorism, but a spokesman says it's the researchers who are the terrorists here. >>> so the house is expanding its ethics investigation of congressman charlie rangel. rangel has already admitted serious mistakes on financial disclosure and tax forms. now investigators say they need to find out if he has more unreported assets. republicans have tried to remove rangel as chairman of the house, ways and means committee. last night dana bash explains why democrats will not go along with this. >> i've talked to some democratic congressmen in the past 24 to 48 hours, and they say the

a group of blind golfers compete right now for the national championship in san antonio and amazingingly>>> for the first time, a republican is willing to vote for a democratic health care bill. the latest on the senate finance committee's work to pass a health overhaul. >>> should someone be behind bars for the death of anna nicole smith? find out why her last boyfriend and two doctors are spending today in court. >>> and a 6-year-old boy couldn't wait to show off his new camping gear. but i got him thrown out of school. we'll let you know why and we'll let you share you views on that. this is hln "news and views." i'm richelle carey. hope you're having a good day. let's keep you posted on things that are happening today. senate finance committee member olympia snow is supporting the panel's version of health care reform. she's the first republican to come out in favor of any of the health care reform proposals pending before congress. the finance committee is debating this legislation right now. a final vote is expected this afternoon. the chairman of this committee is max baucus. he d

bobby is in san antonio. hi, where are you on this? >> thank you for taking my call. i think that the federal government shouldn't be paying for two airplanes to go over there for one thing. wouldn't the private sector pick it up instead of the public people if it's a good deal? private people should step up on this one and say we'll pay for it and not taxpayers. >> lots of e-mails and facebook messages. lee e-mailed this -- daryn supports rio's bid saying -- martin posted this on my facebook page -- >>> avalon supports the games in chicago but says -- we would love to hear what you think. this bid to get the games in chicago, unprecedented move. call us toll free. e-mail at cnn.com/hln or text views plus comment and name to hlntv. standard text rates apply. chuck roberts hln on facebook. >>> miranda lambert is often called country music's gun toting hottie. we caught up with her in this week's road warriors. ♪ ♪ love's giving up on me . >> i'm miranda lambert. i'm a country music artist and i'm on the road approximately 150 days a year. when i'm on the bus, this is l

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remember, if he misses this kick you get the ball at the 36 yard line and it has not taken san diego very long with antonio gates and philip rivers and company to scream up and down the field. boy, wouldn't this be an unbelievable ending? >> al: reed with 4 of 7. and two of those misses in the fourth quarter. >> cris: jeff reed needs this kick. >> al: the city of prt needs this kick. >> cris: right to the rush. >> al: sepulveda to hold it and greg warren to snatch it and reed's kick with a flag down! a flag is down at the line of scrimmage. for the moment, it is good. and the headlines have been pointing toward san diego. anded head linesman says do you want to decline it and mike tomlin says what do you think? >> referee: offsides defense number 31 lined up in the neutral zone. penalty is declined. field goal is good. >> al: so he is lucky he doesn't miss it. >> cris: lined up offsides. you got to understand he was trying to make a play. trying to get around the edge. no question about it here. i think he he is offsides and it's not even that close. the line sort of sloped that way and for jeff reed, that

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robert from san antonio. hi, robert. >> caller: how you doing? >> good what do you think? zbli to force a society or group of individuals to stop speaking their native language is an insult. at one time the forefathers were immigrants and many of them never spoke english. it all boils down to the hotel owner was concerned they were talking about him. they demanded him from speaking spanish. some of these individuals are so afraid of other ethnicities they wanted to control them because of the ignorance as patty stated. it was a dumb mistake. it was his ignorance. he would take it back. i'm sure the workers speak english. >> so you don't detect malice on his part. >> caller: no, it's just ignorance. is. >> thanks, robert. na texted us if you come to the u.s. to live you should learn the language. businesses should be able to make their own policies. another viewer writes maybe our educational system should catch up with the rest of the world and we should be required to learn multiple languages. just search chuck roberts hln to comment. >> if you're visiting our country i u

san antonio, texas, john on our republican line. caller: good morning.i'm curious about several things i guess. we have in this country what i consider to be the people who creates the wealth in this country and those who create the debt. government, business, federal and state and local create the debt of this country and yet they continue to hire government employees as if they're going to create wealth. government does not create wealth. they only create debt. if you want to get rid of the problem we've got, get rid of government. i know we need police, fire department. but we don't need these high-paid government employees making over $800,000 a year to do nothing but create more debt. if we can get half of them gone, we will solve the biggest problem we've got. if we reduce the taxes on these businesses, these major businesses we've got in america, jobs will come back up and we'll get the economy rolling again. but as long as they take away from the people who create the welts of this country and waste it as they know they do with this stimulus pack

so, you have rain and thunderstorms over san antonio. all these lightning strikes realtime.o we're picking that up for you. and it's been active. no severe thunderstorm warnings right now. obviously some good news. i don't think it's a real severe weather day because it won't be unstable enough, but the heavy rain is out there. i am looking at this one bowed section near college station. lots of heavy wind when you start seeing that. so we'll see fast-moving winds very quickly, headed towards i-45. up farther, you can see light showers just off to your west, stretches out over northern arkansas. flash flood warnings and watches. the warns in red right there, that's what you're looking at. out towards the atlantic coastline, we have one weak area of low pressure off the coast of the carolinas, but another one generating light rain to the outer banks, spilling into charleston and toward the georgia coast later today, but it won't be that bad. let's show you the tower cams we're working on because showers and thunderstorms will be a factor if you're traveling in towards the sou