>> but there was the story in the seattle paper called "the eastside journal." a mystery man set up big businesses with other people's money, lived the high life and skipped town with as much as $1.2 million. leaving the business and millionaire partner bankrupt. and for all the world knew, this shady character's name was steve heitman, evelyn's son. >> you feel violated. invasion of privacy. >> for you, a sacred memory? >> yeah. >> yet evelyn heitman couldn't figure it out? why her son, why her sacred memory? and who was the man staring at her from the front page of the newspaper? a thousand miles away, a man who had also lost a son was staring at the same newspaper brought to him by a relative. >> and she said, this sounds like the guy that scammed you out of your guns and businesses and everything. she handed me the paper, it was jim rowe. >> so finally, the mystery man was identified. not mike or steve or bob. but jim. jim rowe. james ruben rowe to be exact. at least a real name. but that was all that was real about him. >> it's been very gratifying to be he

the hottest day on record in seattle.ust hit 103 degrees and that tops our previous all-time high of 100. some other local cities are even hotter than that. >> it's so hot the city of seattle has activated its emergency operation center through friday. police officers will be going around, checking up on vulnerable people, providing water and giving out information about where we can escape the heat. >> reporter: we're along i-5 with a big brushfire that snarled traffic. >> reporter: the heat wave is taking a toll. a 2,000 foot long brushfire ripped through the i-5 median trapping commuters and standstill traffic for more than an hour. a boeing crash truck laid foam on the fire but several cars caught in the 7-mile backup couldn't handle the heat. to make sure there's water for fighting fires and drinking, sumner is calling for conservation. the city's water supply tanks are 720,000 gallons lower than they'd like. before it escalates into an emergency, sumner is >>ing residents to resist wasting water. >> people with even

laura marquez, abc news, seattle. >> i always wonder how the pets do when it gets that hot in those regions. >> keep them cool. >> here's a look at your thursday forecast. thunderstorms with flooding from tennessee it east texas, while severe weather hits west texas and new mexico. showers and thunderstorms in the southeast and scattered afternoon thunderstorms from new england to d.c. >> another scorcher in the northwest, 99 in seattle, 9 for portland, just 69 in fargo and 70 in minneapolis but low 80s for chicago and detroit. a high of 83 in boston and 90 for baltimore. >> well, police in utah found themselves in hot pursuit of a very unusual littles is expect. >> little being the key word there. the driver blew through a few stop signs, hit 40 miles an hour at time. but for the most part he managed to stay in the right lane before finally coming to stop. check out the driver. 7-year-old boy. >> oh! >> and you could tell by the way

seattle dips below 90 for the time since sunday. boise claims to 96. phoenix is the hot spot at 110. >> finally a cool down in seattle. >> i think also for phoenix. >> a little bit. >> teens and tweens are getting all revved up this week. >> they are taking part in the qualifying run for the soap box derby national championship set for this weekend. the stock cars can go up to 35 miles an hour once they pick up speed from the top of a hill. there's no motor course. they rely completely on gravity. >> those cars are just one loose wheel away from being our lead story. >> oh, don't say that! >> you got to be careful on those things. make sure the nuts and bolts -- >> thank you, depressing. we'll be right back. ♪ i'm a soap box racer in the derby, the gravy on top of the

in seattle, get out of town. the national weather service is forecasting more 100 degree heat in certain places. not quite as hot as yesterday when the sun melted this road in phoenix. seattle had its first 103 - degree day ever. the previous record was set in 1941. people flocking to stores for fans. >> the phone was ringing all day long. >> we opened up at 8:00. we had 150 fans. they were gone by 11:30. shepard: they drove to a supplier to get more fans for their customers. janice dean is in the weather center over there. look at these places. good grief, janice. >> today is forecast to be 106. these are all record highs. vancouver, washington, 108 degrees. that is an all-time record for them. they are talking about buses in seattle not having air- conditioning. he'd advisories are out. excessive heat warnings are from seattle to portland to get -- from seattle to portland today. today, we're dealing with 25 degrees above average. shepard: that is not right, is it? >> we forecast 96 degrees for the daytime high

sprinklers were used to cool down rooftops, as seattle reached a record-breaking 103 degrees. long lines formed outside stores for fans and air conditioners. and longer lines on the highway because of overheated cars and trucks. >> it's a bad day to be out here on the road. yeah. there's nothing like i i've never seen anything like it. >>> mariners fans got relief from the heat by snding in a cooling mist, set up at the stadium. >>> and now, for a look at this morning's weather from all around the nation. thunderstorms and flooding across the south. drenching east texas, all the wato tennessee. severe weather hits west texas and new mexico today. thunderstorms from denver to des moines. atreted afternoon showers and thunderstorms for much of the eastoast. >> another scorcher inhe northwest. a record 99 in seattle. and 98 in portnd but phoenix is once again the hot spot on the map at 108. just 69 in fargo. and 70 in minneapolis. and low 80s in chicago, detroit and st. louis. a humid 88 in new york. and 83 in boston. >>> coming up, sand survey. the most and least polluted beache

this happened in seattle. it wasn't what he did on theful but what he did off the field, hiding behind the policeman after he was thrown out, continued to be involved in the game. can't do that. two-game suspension. on the other side, cito gaston will not be here. his sister passed away. he has gone to her funeral. there will be two bench coaches running these games. here, playing tonight after going on the d l june 4th with an appendectomy izturis is back at short. in order to make room for him, david hernandez, the pitcher, has been sent to make a start at bowie on the 13th. he is slated to pitch for the orioles again against new york after the all-star break. so, jim, i guess that brings people up to date. a lot of coming and going. >> jim: certainly. robert andino played well while izturis was out. he brings a gold glove and also speed. orioles don't steal a lot of base, only 41 of those and brian roberts has 17 of those. sew is is 9-for-9. not only will he help with the offense but the speed factor. you t

a lot like some of seattle's other boutique coffeehouses.eattle coffee works sebastian simsch says starbucks observers looked for ideas. >>er this just peeking -- they were just peeking around and they had the big binders. so i said, look, guys, i think it's better to leave. if you don't want coffee that's the policy here. >> you know, people design from other parts of the company are in stores all over the world and we're taking that situation and feedback all the time. >> if the coffeehouse is a success, they have plans for more, many more. meaning the next time you take a sip of the double tall latte, you might want to check the fine print. it could be the un-starbucks. i'll neal karlinsky in seattle. >> so it's big business in disguise. i wonder if it will work? our thanks to neal karlinsky for that. we'll be right back.

. >> gary: betancourt acquired from seattle july 10th.tting in the number 9 spot, grounded out his first time up. he's getting a lot of at bats against the orioles. he's 3 for 23 against the orioles this season for betancourt. and he'll take that one to center field, hit it pretty good. jones backing up and just on the warning track. betancourt retired. that will send gordon back to first. >> buck: the mariners are a great example of how difficult a general manager's job is at this point of the season. seattle was perceived to be a buyer looking to add, maybe to get into the postseason. cleveland wins all three over the weekend and now they are thinking, maybe we should sell some of these guys. >> gary: then look at wild card, which keeps about half the teams in in each league in the wild card race. here's bloomquist. you don't want to say to your fans, we've given up. you do if you start trading away the guys producing for you currently. the wild card has kept so many teams in. that's the whole idea. texas, tampa bay the, settle seattle,

new york the orioles will head to seattle -- now, the oriole will head to seattle.s revisit seattle for the second time this season, i will be brad bergesen on the mound and he pitched pretty well. >> by far the best pitcher. look at the movement on if fastball. the best pitch in baseball and he has it right there. when he goes to a slider, he just freezes hitters at this point right here. he gains so much more confidence every single time out. he goes deep in ball games and saves the bullpen. he is everything that you expect out of a young man coming out of the minor league with a reputation this guy has. 16-7 last year with on the 33 walks. he will be facing washburn and washburn, you know, pretty tough outing for him against the orioles. the last time he faced him, he loses 1-0 ballgame but he resurrected his career so far this year. he won his first three ball games of the season with seattle and has not won a game until his last outing in almost two months so it's gonna be heads-up knock-out battle between these guys pitching hot >> jim p: bergesen against wash

we are about 1 0 miles dew south of seattle.t's a different climate and we often get hotter than it does in seattle. shepard: some crazy plans on the road i understand. >> we sure have. what it amounts to is cars overheating. we took a ride today. our story today was riding around the freeways with the department of transportation rescue trucks and they find people who are in trouble. they go help them they start their car. the driver says what causes the overheating is the lack of maintenance. if you don't keep your coolant up. if you don't change the fluids in your vehicle, you don't tune it up because maybe you don't have the money to do it, seems to be running ok. well, days like, this days like we have had this week ok is not good enough. your car well may overheat and you will be standing on the side of the freeway. shepard? shepard: no fun in that weather. >> no. not much at all. shepard: the h1n1 virus is spreading. and we're tracking h1n1 spreading to summer camps. soon this will get much worse. already tons summer camp

seattle story really is the big national headline weatherwise. the 103 yesterday is just an incredible record. not like it's a daily record. it's the warmest temperature ever. the temperature records go back to 1894, surprisingly, in the seattle area. this is the warmest temperature they've seen there in about 120 years. so that's just incredible. and it broke the old record by 3 degrees. not like they barely did it. they crushed it. that record will probably stand for all of our lifetimes. this morning it's still a warm, soupy air mass. those thunderstorms just wouldn't stop yesterday through the mid atlantic and up through new england. the rain continued a little bit early in new england. but that should clear out. many areas will be better today than they were yesterday. the humid air will be in the southeast. that's where the thunderstorm concentration is going to stay today as this next frontal system moves on through. really nasty storms in dallas this morning. atlanta, rain will spread through your area. you'll have a better chance of stro

adam jones back in seattle tonight, facing the mariners. the team that trade him.k bedard will pitch against the o's tomorrow. jared washburn gets them looking and sends them back. next up, nick markakis and makes them look bad. the o's did not get their first hit until the fourth inning. bottom 1, brad bergeson getting the start against russell bran on. branyon. his 21st century of the season. the mariners mariners take a 1- 0 lead. bottom 2, seattle threatening. but wieters showing off, gutierrez trying to steal third. bottom 3 now, bergeson with a nasty pitch, gets ronnie cedeno. the mariners just tacked on another run. they started the 6th inning, the o's trailing 2-0. >>> adam jones said he would be interested if pickford the home run derby all star weekend. the national league will be represented by ryan howard, albert pujols, prince fielder and adrian gonzaga, all first basemen. >>> tony is back to work this week. the towson lacrosse coach is running a summer camp for kids ages 6 to 16. some of his towson players are helping coach. seeman is hoping the kids

chris jansing, nbc news, seattle. >>> a professor at harvard university, henry lewis gates jr. perhaps the best expert on african-american history in this country. he got home thursday from china making a pbs documentary and tried to get into his own home in cambridge, massachusetts, his front door was stuck he used his key in the back door. later the cops arrived, responding to a burglary call and he wound up under arrest. the charges have been dropped, but the stakes have just been raised. our report tonight from nbc's mike taibbi. >> reporter: a still photo, the 58-year-old professor in handcuffs, mug shots following his arrest and charge of disorderly conduct, inevitable headlines and the logical almost unavoidable speculation. >> a person of color one has to wonder whether he was treated as any other harvard professor might have been. >> world renowned scholar, hen reap lewis gates returned home from a week's travel last thursday and found his front doorjambed. he went in through the back door and then, with the help of his driver, also african-american, pulled the front d

mike seidel in seattle for us. thanks. >>> on wall street, a big rally, faded going into the closing bell, cutting the day's gains almost exactly in half. still the dow on track for a monster july. the best in 20 years, up just 84 points on the day. nasdaq, gained 16 1/2. s & p up almost 12. getting close to the 1,000 level yet again. >>> when we continue along the way this thursday night. taking the government's cash for clunkers trade-in program for a test drive. later, save from a fiery car wreck by strangers. millions saw the video today. now an entire community is rallying around an injured child's family. a heart attack caused by a clot, one that could be fatal. but plavix helps save lives. plavix, taken with other heart medicines goes beyond what other heart medicines do alone to provide greater protection against heart attack or stroke and even death by helping to keep blood platelets from sticking together and forming clots. ask your doctor about plavix, protection that helps save lives. (female announcer)

seattle, 97. seattle today, heidi, is expected to be about 100. that's very hot. it's going to stet a record. the thing is, it is going to set an all-time record high. they will never, ever have been that hot, ever, since they've been keeping records. we've got a soggy forecast all the way from dallas to abilene along the interstate there. it is not making its way toward austin and san antonio just yet. a little further south they are in desperately dry conditions. big thunderstorms roared across the midwest and yesterday in topeka, kansas they saw about three inches of rainfall, a record for the day. i want to point out -- i'm from charleston, south carolina. they had a huge waterspout just offshore. i hope -- >> folly beach? been there! >> folly beach, lovely resort area. you can see atlanta now expects some delays with the low visibility at the airport there. delays later on. i want to show you what's happening in atlanta right now. this is the reason for the delays for this afternoon. we were looking at a ground stop meaning planes trying to come in to atlanta

johnson three for five with three rbis for seattle. game in new york, yankees beat the blue jays 4-2. burn either 7 innings, two runs on six hits. elsewhere in the american league, tampa bay on the road at texas. rangers win it 3-1. and look at the indians all over oakland, 5- 3 in cleveland. orioles, tonight at anaheim by a final of 6-4. that young man jason bergen get this start tomorrow. more when we come back. the country every day. woman over p.a.: this is your final boarding call. all passengers... each with an average speed of 590 miles per hour. almost as fast as you. nothing's gonna hold you down. starting august 16th, fly southwest airlines from bwi airport to boston logan for just $49 one-way. bags fly free on southwest so our low fares stay low. grab your bag. it's on. - ( ding ) - book now at southwest.com. ah, just installed fios in the whole building. now everyone has the fastest upload speeds. and we're giving them a mini netbook. well, i'm sticking with cable. so's ted. (voice) no i'm not! he's just goofing. (voice) no

we have early highlights from seattle rest of the neat in sports.ristin profiles 8-year-old fine only golfer all coming up tonight on 10:50 in sports unlimited. back to you. >> thank you. >> changes in the weather. >> vytas has very latest. vytas? >> looks like we see more humidity levels going up as we go through the rest of the week but right now feeling pretty comfortable out there. 84 degrees sun and clouds wednesday out of the west northwest at 12. humidity levels 33 percent and feels pretty comfortable out there if you get a chance to get out there. nice beautiful day to get out there and enjoy in the downtown inner harbor. looking at the radar dry conditions across baltimore. showers up over parts of new jersey and south west of us over west virginia and we should stay dry for the overnight into tomorrow. we look at the temperatures across the renal in the mid upper yes back to the northwest. slightly cooler temperatures behind the weak front pushing through+++

chelsea of england, versus the seattle sounders of the seattle soccer league.helsea laid down the ice then lay down a healthdown -- meltdown. two-nil. more soccer tonight at umbc in catonville. crystal palace. takes down. now, fighting tactics right there. enter from the right side. val teixeira. he walked right into excedrin headache number 17. however, heads up right here. that same joey worthen. perfectly spaced corner kick. and wins it by a final score of 2-1. >> that's exciting stuff there. >> that is physical stuff. you better be in shape for that. >> thank you, stan. >>> who says an old dog can't learn new tricks or jump out of airplanes? what inspired this grandmother to take a leap of faith? >>> surf is up for some lucky surfers in hawaii who are getting hold of some rare and vintage surf boards. the collectibles are being auctioned off in order to benefit charity. look at those signs. surf legends including greg knoll will be on hand. proceeds will go to several surfer foundations. those are some long boards. >>> if you don't like your thrills in the

jose lopez to left off the foul pa pole. 2-0 seattle on top. seventh orioles threatening. garrett olson does something he never did in baltimore. he pitches out of a jam. gets a double play. still 0-0. mariners blow it in the ninth. adam jones with the ground ball. melvin mora scores and 3-1. watch out. next batter nick markakis grounds that a double play except jose lopez drops the ball scoring greg zaun. then wigginton who makes up for the prior double play. sprays one up the middle. two score. orioles with a tremendous 5-3 comeback and they are paback at home tomorrow night. >> 5:24, 57 degrees on tv hill. in the next half hour of "11 news today" -- jerks two teens were walking along the light rail tracks and were hit and killed by a train sunday. now investigators are searching for answers. i'm kim dacey with that story in a live report. >> i'm brooke hart in washington. in italy today president obama runs into resistance on climate change. at home he faces criticism on the economy. i have that coming up. >> low humidity and today will probably be the coolest day of th

seattle right now, they've got 41 wins. angels have 43. texas has 42, and sky atle has 41. all of a sudden this division is getting real tight. 1-2 pitch, is that one is going to fouled away. tough road trip against teams that are playing well right now. >> jim: and they're playing well at home. angels have the same record at 21-15 at home as the mariner tuesday. mariners struggles start when they go on the road, four games under .500. >> gary: long at bat for aybar, fouled that off his foot, and real weil do it again. two on and nobody out. >> jim: has a good breaking ball. let's see what he does with it. right at the plate, hits his hand on the way up. i'm not sure in the home plate umpire saw that, but he did call it foul. there you go, 7 pitches, a couple of curveballs have been up, but he's made some knives pitches to him. >> gary: a ground ball towards short, antimicrobial, there's one, roberts bare handed, won't get it. >> jim: see the high hop? now he can't go

and 80 in seattle. a mild 75 in boston. 83 in new york. and 89 in atlanta. dallas will get up to 97. and new orleans is 91. >>> and when we come back, a pay raise for millions of workers today. that is in your business news straight ahead. >>> and there's just a couple more days to say alaskan governor, sarah palin. our new poll says what americans >>> overseas stock markets are mixed this morning, after wall street hit its high water mark for the year. tokyo's nikkei average climbed 1.5% today. hong kong's hang seng is higher. in london, the ftse opens slightly lower. wall street begins the day with the dow above 9000 for the first time since january, after adding 188 yesterday. the nasdaq jumped another 47 points to 1973, extending its longest rally since 1992. >>> the market may have trouble holding on to those gains today, after a batch of disappointing earnings reports. shares of microsoft are set to tumble after the company said its profit for the quarter fell nearly 30% because of weak computer sales. microsoft also posted its first full-year revenue

seattle and see if they push it out across the rest of the country. you have to understand in seattle, people like neighborhood coffee shops, what starbucks was like in the beginning and lost it as it exploded. not sure if this will work elsewhere where people look at starbucks as a big coffee. >> is it that starbucks realizes the only way to expand is to hide our brand. >> and what if they go into it and find out it's starbucks and didn't want to go into a big coffee shop. you have to give them credit, they will sell alcohol. >> alcohol sounds like a good thing to do, especially if you don't like your job in the mornings. gail, what's going on in chicago. >> people are skeptical today, skeptical of all the excitement in the bull market. they just had unemployment figures come out 10.3%. the good news was the pace of the increase seems to be slowing. >> the pace, yeah, i'll take it. we need some good news somewhere. jonathan, "washington post," earnings-wise. >> here in washington we had earnings from two big employers, first game ginett, they actuall

last night, after the thumping of the mariners, o's were trying to win this afternoon in seattle. david hernandez looking for the third win of the year. bottom of the first. hernandez throws a pitch and lopez sends it high and deep down the left field line. goes off the south pole for the two run home run. his 12th. and mariners take a lead. only runs hernandez allowed on the day. top of the seventh. same score. former o's olson brought in for relief. bases loaded and no one out. facing markakis and he is gone. olson gets the key first out of the inning. next batter isington and he bounce says one to short. mariners end the inning. what a job by olson as the birds fail to score. >> top of the 9th. o's down. and they have the bases loaded with no outs again.

seattle cashes in. later in the inning. two outs. jose lopez lines up. seattle leads, 2-0. it is the 7th inning. >>> or's do return home after today's today's game. and manager dave trembley does expect to get word of punishment from major league baseball. he blew up at the umpire in seattle last night. >> that wasn't good! and you know me, i don't want say nothing! that was terrible! you're killing me, mikey! it's what you're telling me, that my guy didn't run hard! >> reporter: well, trembly was justified in his anger. as replays would show, the runner should have been allowed to go. it cost them a run, but they still went on to win, 12-4. trembly says he expects to be fined. because he threw his cap. >>> a tough job made tougher when opposition makes plays like this. right fielder for the rockies. ryan spiel borg reaches into the seats. he's also driven in three runs. another sign of washington's struggles. catcher will nieves under a routine pop-up. it is their 6th err in two games. losing again today. do the math. 10-4, rockies over washington. >>> baltimore baseball c

seattle hit an all-time high of 103 yesterday. degree short of breaking the record. and people are just trying to get through it. >> i'm used to hot grills, but hot weather in seattle? come on! we've got the dog and the clouds, we are used to clouds, not sun! >> during the heatwave, we have opened extended hours until 8:00 in the evening as a place for people to find respite from the extreme heat. >> i'm glad people are taking advantage of the cooling center. the heat warnings are in effect until tomorrow. >>> we have had a rough morning, and you still are in the texas area, the dallas area, a big thunder boomer. hi, bob. >> good morning, robin. and so far, we have seen just a squall line developing across the region now, stretching toward eastern texas. you can see it right there. here is i-20 and 30. look at the hours moving east at 30 miles per hour. we saw wind gusts of 65 miles per hour. so that was severe. anything over 58 miles per hour is considered severe. so you have that there. just a good squall line with heavy rain an

jason in seattle, what do you have, boeing and who else? >> two weeks from now, we'll get a trifecta, starbucks and microsoft and boeing. frankly none of them are probably going to shatter any sort of dreams of any illusions going on. all face big problems right now. boeing obviously facing further delays. they did have more deliveries in the second quarter could help out a little bit. microsoft continues to see pc sales slow and that's not helping. and a number of continuing contracts with business clients are expiring in that time. could they renew? we'll find out soon. >>> all right, guys, stand by. we'll be talking mortgage fraud. here is cnbc's diana olick with an explainer for us. go ahead. >> a new fbi report shows financial institutions lost $1.4 billion to mortgage fraud last year. the report blames falling home prices and rising foreclosures for creating a climate crooks can't resist and today desperate borrowers are easy pickings. a few months ago president obama committed half a billion dollars to fight mortgage fraud, but the r

mostly in the 90s from albuquerque to boise, which is cooler for boise, 86 in portland, 80 in seattle it was a picture perfect day for the chicago white sox making history in front of a hometown crowd. >> everybody's talking about it. >> sox pitcher mark buehrle threw a perfect game. this is only the 18th perfect game ever. the tampa bay rays almost ruined it in the ninth inning but sox center fielder dwayne wise came to the rescue. >> you may remember buehrle pitched a no-hitter two years ago. this time he got a congratulatory call from the sox's most famous fan, president obama. >> i was in the make-up room with for girls and it took all four of us to piece together what a perfect game was. >> apparently it's a pretty big deal. the whole thing is he couldn't have done it without the other guys who caught the ball. that is the play of the day. >> and that's certainly what you've. been seeing on all the highlight reels. just a great game overall. we'll be right back with more "world news now." assistance getting around their homes. there is a medicare benefit that may qualify you for

today we actually got to 10 3 in seattle so we have blown the all-time record. heat extends all the way up and down this corridor here. certainly the southwest but you expect to see that. 98 degrees tomorrow still in seattle. maybe a couple of degrees higher than that. the heat is going to continue unfortunately. you notice out across parts of the plains still feeling like spring. summer really hasn't arrived. this jet stream is way above areas of parts of canada, out across the pacific northwest. dipping in here toward the east. these storms in the east are continuing to funnel along here. i think we're going to see that potentially for about the next week or two. right now, shepard, another big batch of this rain. we have had tornado warnings across much of the new york metropolitan area today. we're watching very heavy areas of rain. some areas have seen five to six inches of rain. we cannot rule out a few tornadoes across some very populated areas. shepard: rick reichmuth, thank you, sir. a powerful storm leaves folks stranded as their boat starts to sink. a

a record 100 in seattle, 106 in portland and 10 in phoenix.arm and humid here in the east with highs in the 80s from boston to atlanta. >> well, the umpire was not the only one crying foul at a major league baseball game in texas. >> as the rangers beat the detroit tigers, a fan didn't let the baby in his right hand stop him from catching a foul ball with his left. i'm sure the mother there was really proud. the little boy was clearly not as delighted as the crowd. perhaps dads are just as capable as multi-tasking as moms. >> look, not only did i catch it, i got a baby in my hand. >> if that was my husband, he would never hear the end of that. >> i think the kid is startled. that is funny. >> we'll be right back with more "world news now." ♪ i never saw you coming but we're making it, it's a long shot ♪ day 87 and tyler b. determined to find the answer for his acne. get a life. i'm trying. acne...even when it's mild... is a medical condition. huh? medical...as in doctor ? ohhhhhh. and that's how tyler came to his senses, sort of, and learned a

seattle lost, 9-7. dodgers hosting the reds. ramirez forced to leave in the third. ramirez later sent to a hospital for precautioner x-rays which were negative. he's day to day. germany voigt took a nasty spill out of nowhere. he lost consciousness. had to be helicoptered to a local hospital. his tour is is likely after. lance armstrong still in second place behind contador. he said he found a new american sponsor next year. he will likely ride again in 2010. that's an early look at sports on "early today." i'm fred roggin. >>> you will not believe by mary kate and ashley allison are being saluted. . >>> plus, we'll take a look at one young man who is rock steady in more ways than one. you're watching "early today." >>> well, welcome back on this wednesday morning. earlier i had a little computer issue. said sunshine for louisville. trust me, it's not going to be sunny. it is raining. bring your umbrella for indiana, ohio and also all of -- mostly kentucky and tennessee. we have rain out there. going to be a cool more like a spring day in a lot of areas. cincinnati,

look at the forecast for today for seattle. they're supposed to be 100 today and possibly again 100 on thursday. the all-time hottest temperature ever in seattle is 100 degrees, and yet they're probably going to do it two days in a row. extremely rare event. in the east, it is muggy, it is warm. you'll feel it when you come out the door today. it feels like the tropics. area of rain all over the place already. once it heats up, it will rain in numerous locations. this is the cold front that will trigger all the storms in that humid air mass. we have a little bit of rain out there this morning. washington, d.c., light rain heading your way, moving up along interstate 81 and parallel to 95. here's the forecast today. i almost wish i could be more specific than this. there's just a chance of rain just about everywhere, the exception being up there in chicago. that's a look at your national forecast. now here's a look at the weather outside your window. showers and storms will push "early today" through the detroit area. areas like

cars reenacted the 1909 ocean-to-oceanen durngsz race, a trance continental drive from new york to seattle. they followed the same cross country route taken a krntry ago. one car from each state completed the reach to the pacific. the original contest was held to help publicize the first world's fair. >> i know jay leno has a bunch of them but i want just one. >> apparently you can get them but the upkeep, that will get you. i'm dan kloeffler. this is "early today," just your first stop of the day today on your nbc station. [captioning made possible by constellation energy] >> top of this monday to you. hope you're ready to start another workweek. weather-wise, hope you're not complaining because we're going to see lower humidity than is typical for this time of the year. this is july and while we're going to see temperatures surge into the 80's today, we're not going to be too humid. the front made its way through yesterday and is hanging out over the delmarva peninsula. so it's warmer in ocean city and southern maryland this morning. not too bad downtown. 73. 65 b.w.i. marshall. only 55

seattle hit an all-time high of 103 degrees yesterday.portland, oregon, was just one degree short of breaking that record. of breaking that record and people are just trying to get through it at this point. >> i'm used to hot grills, but in seattle? come on. we are used to clouds, not sun. >> during the heat wave, we have opened extended hours until 8:00 in the evening for people from the extreme heat. >> heat warnings are in effect until tomorrow. but meteorologist bob van dillen says it will get better after that for you. >>> state workers are thinking of selling off state buildings. it could raise $735 million by selling dozens of buildings and leasing them back. now, this includes a state hospital, state police headquarters and the capital building where they meet. a technique being used across the country by many states to help balance their budget. a mechanism that we had no disagreement with on the democratic side of the aisle. >> the down side of it is that you have a $60 million or $70 million ongoing payment for the next dozen y

in seattle the hot item in store, fans, as people sought relief from the 103-degree temperature.he hot weather is not helping firefighters in washington. a wildfire there threatened more than 120 homes and burned more than 500 acres. >>> on the cbs money watch, stocks in asia rallied this morning. claire is here with the detaet tails. >> asian markets bounced back a bit. shanghai stocks rebounded 1%. hong kong and japan's benchmarks rose half a percent each. now, on wall street three dow components are on deck to report earnings today. exxon mobile, insurance giant travellers and walt disney. investors are walking the daily unemployment rate. the number of americans filing new claims for unemployment is expected to have risen to 585,000 last week. the dow jones starts down 20 points and nasdaq off 7. sony turned in a quarterly loss of $390 million. the stronger yen slammed its bottom line. electronic sales also continue to suffer in the global recession. the company doesn't see things getting better anytime soon. it kept its forecasting for red ink ahead. >>> communities in calif

>>> after last night's 12-4 beatdown of the mariners, the orioles were trying to win the match in seattle. we have highlights coming up next in sport an updated all-time favorite: juicy steak layered with zesty chipotle sauce... and melted cheese, piled high with only... the toppings you love. subway. eat fresh! >>> welcome back. we begin with some trade news. the orioles are said to be shopping the services of infielder oscar salazar. both plays are out of options and one will likely be placed on wafers once cesar comes off the dl. the orioles were trying to win the rubber match this afternoon in seattle. >>> david hernandez was looking for his third win on the year. throws an 0-2 pitch. it boinks off the foul pole for his two-run home run, his 12th for the year. top of the second with a runner on second jason vargas strikes out greg with a nasty curve. two on, two out for rookie nolan and gets him swinging as well to end the inning. right now the mariners lead the orioles 2-0 in the first. >>> to swimming with baltimore's hero michael phelps has qualified in when i fastest time in the u

he was ejected for arguing with the umpire in seattle after he believed the os had a run taken away, and the masn mikes captured it all. >> that was terrible! it is what you are telling me that my guy ain't right on! >> trembley was thrown out of the game in the inning hand to watch the rest of it from the clubhouse. he saw his team fall behind again and they rallied behind the big bat of luke scott, 7 rbis including this three-run home run. the orioles win the game 12-4. the teams play again this afternoon on masn. >> the 4:30 game since they are out in seattle. >> got it. >>> still to come on wjz eyewitness news at noon, computer crisis, top governmental systems in washington are under attack all the way from korea. >>> puppies stolen. surveillance video captures a strange crime from inside a pet store. >>> and please take another live look outside this noon. stick around, the complete first warning weather forecast is still coming up. >>> strong words from chinese leaders this noon. they are promising executions as they try to crush deadly riots, the ethnic clashes have been going

saw time with montreal, seattle, houston. he has been around, as you mentioned. >> gary: he is batting .260 in the start, the previous 22 starts that he has had. told you he has the great arm. he has thrown out 43% of would- be base stealers, 43%, very high number. >> jim: on the guy on the bench, their regular catcher he is leading the american league in rbis for catchers. that's rod about a jags. >> gary: chavez has an rbi. reimold will get it to the cutoff man and another double, three doubles in the ballgame for toronto and a 2-0 lead. >> jim: you hang sliders, that's the one he hit foul. watch this one kind of hovering around. that's up in the zone. we talked about pnc scouting reports. stay down. melvin can't catch it. he is anticipating something down and away. you can see that's why he is that far off the line. if he knew he was going to hang a slider -- okay, i'm going to hang a slider to this guy. play the line. that's not the way it works. >> gary: 193 doubles for toronto. they have seven more than boston coming in

it will be another scorcher with record heat from portland to seattle. afternoon storms are likely across the midwest and much of the deep south. >>> here's another look at this morning's top stories. michael jackson was given a powerful anesthetic wi his doctor the day he died, acco according to the associated press. dr. conrad's lawyer says he won't comment on rumor and innuendo. >>> texting is more dangerous than once thought. a study found that trucker whose text are 23 more times likely to get into an accident. >>> harvard professor henry louis gates and the police officer will meet with the president at the white house. meanwhile the 911 incident raised more questions. >> reporter: the arrest that triggered a national debate about race began with a 911 call that made little mention of it. >> i don't know what's happening. i'm just having a lady standing here and she noticed two gentlemen trying to gain entrance into a house. >> reporter: the call brought sergeant james crawly to the home of henry gates jr. >> i know they kind of used their shoulder

the all-time record for seattle was 100. never been over 100 in seattle until yesterday, when it was 103. it is still going up. atlanta, georgia, not nearly as hot. we have seen some rain showers come through. when it rains in atlanta, though, kyra, you know what happens to the airport? >> yes. it jams everything up. nothing moves. there is massive traffic. it is a nightmare. >> expect some airport delays. >> is anything private on the internet. you just heard the case of the high school student, the cheerleading coach and the private e-mails that went public. now, we want to hear from you. e-mail or tweet us with your thoughts on internet privacy and students' rights. we will put some of your responses on the air. limb: dude that was sick! i've been hangin' up there for, what, like, forty years? and then - wham - here i am smacking the pretty off that windshield of yours. oh, what you're looking for an apology? well, toss another coin in the wishing well, pal. it's not happenin'. limb: hey, what's up, donnie? how you been?

today, 84 in seattle.egrees but we will push 100° in seattle tuesday and wednesday. for the navy over 100. we could be dealing with record heat across the northwest. still warm across the southwest with temperatures in the triple digit ranges. >> dave: there it is. a little late. coming up the controversy in cambridge and i'm not singing, putting the race debate in the spotlight. geraldine ferarro and rick santorum have strong opinions to share in a fair and honest debate. >> clayton: will just combine there and balanced color balance debate. i think i'll go with the preferred package. good choice. only meineke lets you choose the brake service that's right for you. and save 50% on pads and shoes. meineke. ted in skyscrapers alone... but on the ground by those who could see what needed to be done. volunteers who in service stepped forward... onto the dust of the moon, a levee in the heartland, the marble steps of a dream. you may ask yourself: "where is my moon, my levee, my dream?" well, it's here... with

the forecast for seattle today, 100.that would be the hottest day on record there, anywhere at any time in seattle. the unusual heat wave lasted several days. winds off the pacific are expected to cool things down by friday. >>> federal authorities are looking for an eighth suspect in connection with an alleged north carolina terror group. daniel boyd, a drywall contractor and his two sons are among the seven people arrested so far. they're accused of plotting a violent jihad overseas. boyd, the son of a marine and an american citizen was the ringlead ringleader. he spent three years in the middle east secretly buying guns and recruiting people to kidnap and kill people. >> the reason why they wrapped up the case at this point is they were thwarted in carrying out jihad overseas and with the arsenal they collected, a massive arsenal, they believed the u.s. was an infidel country that could be targeted. they were prepared to die in the course of carrying out suicide bombings. therefore the possibility existed that they wo