all of this snow we got this year does not account for anything in my emphasis. i think that was the the attitude that person had. tucker and i talked about this a couple of weeks ago because we were talking about that we're below where we normally should fob this time of year as far as rainfall goes and i posed the same question. what about all that snow in here with the answer, ladies and gentlemen, is tucker barnes. >> thank you so much, tony. well, in fact, we do need the rain and right now, in places like dulles and bw incident, we are pretty close to where we need to be. -- like dulles and bwi, we are pretty close to where he need to be. >> how can that be? >> i'll explain that. we picked up about 11 inches of precip so far this year at reagan national. that is running about four inches behind where it should be. we are very close to normal now and part of the reason is because we had rain and here this weekend. we had record rains out at dulles. i think we picked up almost two and a half inches of rain. >> these fact are all well and good but the question

c-span: who -- who was edgar snow? >> guest: edgar snow was the journalist who went, as a boy, from the middle of the -- middle of america out to china in the '30s, when the chinese civil war was going on, to make a name for himself, discovered journalism, and when he was sitting in beijing realized that the red bandits and this fellow named mao was living out there in caves in western china and chiang kia-shek was -- was trying to murder him and bomb him into the -- in -- in -- into submission. and he broke through the co -- ordinance and snuck out there with an introductory -- introductory letter from sun yat-sen wife, the -- the modern founder of -- of chinese republicanism, and there he met mao. and he gave the most amazing description of him as a figure of history. and, of course, edgar snow romanticized the -- the chinese revolution to the extent that he was ostracized and criticized as someone who was co-opted by the communists. and i think you have to give his journalism some credit. he did a lot of very good r

snowe: thank you. i ask that the -- i call up the snowe amendment 3918. the presiding officer: the clerk will report. the clerk: the senator from maine, ms. snowe, for herself and ms. landrieu proposed amendment 3918 to amendment 3739. ms. snowe: i want to thank senator dodd for a number of the amendments i offered with respect to small businesses and making sure that there aren't unintended consequences as a result of this legislation that requires more regulation on their part. mr. president, i also want to thank the chair of the small business committee, senator landrieu, for cosponsoring this amendment and for her amendments and being a champion on behalf of small businesses and for offering this amendment as well. again, i want to thank the chairman for working with me to forge a compromise on this particular amendment that gives small businesses certainty that they will be exempted from the consumer financial protection bureau to the degree that they're not involved in financial products that will be regulated under this legislation. this amendment

the rain is heavy in north dakota, a little bit of snow mixing with with that as well.er to the east of that line today. what about the best weather in the country today? easy to pick. it's got to be somewhere on the east coast, high pressure come night, it's going to be warm. how about 86 degrees. d.c., the best weather in the nation today, more on that coming up in about a half hour. >>> you may think that your town is just awesome, is it the best town in which to live in the united states? there's a new list. i have to say i'm surprised at number one. i am very surprised. >>> also ahead, the oil spill in the gulf is going to cost you especially if you love your seafood. ♪ [ woman ] nine iron, it's almost tee-time. time for new zyrtec® liquid gels. they work fast. so i can get relief from the pollen that used to make me sneeze, my eyes water. with new zyrtec® liquid gels, i get allergy relief at liquid speed. that's the fast, powerful relief of zyrtec®, now in a liquid gel. zyrtec® is the fastest 24-hour allergy medicine. it works on my worst symptoms so i'm ready by

some accumulating snow.tional map. >> on this cinco de mayo, this is deuce number two. you're number one with us on "the early show" from virginia. nice to see you. and my friend betty. harry, over to you. >> all right, thanks, dave. a 23-year-old alabama man is a million dollars richer, due to his skillful pitching in a video game. two months ago, wade mcgilberry entered a contest where the goal was to pitch a perfect game. it was 27 up, 27 down for the opposition. and wade became an instant millionaire. and he is with us live in the studio this morning. good morning. >> good morning. >> yeah, so you played video games, and in a given day, how much would you say? >> probably about half an hour to an hour. just until my wife gets home. >> and she says enough already? >> mm-hmm. >> but this is interesting. because this was a new version of a baseball game from y two k, right? >> from 2k sports. >> that was a whole other thing, y2k. story about that. and they had an offer, right? >> right. whenever i logged on

the snow fell steadily at the big bear ski resort outside los angeles. it was not that snow but high winds that pose problems for drivers on nearby highways. a high fire danger is also in effect. some spectacular pictures as a south dakota a tornado swept through a form yesterday. officials say the tornado destroyed everything on the form except residents nearby. power lines were torn down. two people were at home during the storm, and amazingly, there are no reports of any injuries. >> we have had some unsettled weather, but not to the extremes that you just saw and camera. you can see the circulation on the radar. only a few sprinkles now over us. the more significant rains are off to the south of us on the radar. let's look at what happened during the day today. we did manage to make it to 75 for the high at the airport. not quite a half inch of rain at the airport. we are still almost an inch short here in the baltimore metro area. just west of us, over the last 24 hours, there has been a lot of rain. 1.5 inches west of howard county and a couple of

they still get tons of snow because they are up high and they got a ton of snow yesterday.ol us off this weekend. next three days, really are nice. tomorrow, a little warmer. 84. a slight chance of an isolated thunderstorm. better chance north of town and little cooler on friday. still pleasant, upper 70s. next front comes in, cooperates very nicely. most of the showers will be light. all will be friday night, no problems on saturday. sunshine and back into the low 70s. tonight partly cloudy and comfortable. upper 50s in the suburbs. mid 60s downtown. not quite as cool as it was last night, but still nice. temperatures are still low 80s. 82 at national. 87 down in fredericksburg. now we talk about temperatures really, we are about ten degrees above average. tomorrow will be 13, 14 degrees above average. breezy and mild in the morning. 60s and 70s and by afternoon, partly cloudy, breezy and warm. a slight chance of a thunderstorm. most of us aren't going see it. sunshine in the mountains, 73 in oakland. 77 in cumberland. a chance of an afternoon thunderstorm, further north y

i snow people want more information and they want this thing to come to an end. >> 40,000 square miles of gulf waters are closed to commercial fishermen but oyster men were given a small window to work. jeff is racing the clock to pull in as much as he can. >> any day we could be shut down so every oyster counts right now. >> reporter: fishermen are also concerned about the chemical disbursements bp has been using. with tens of thousands of gallons used no one knows what the long-term impact will be on marine life. joel brown, cbs news, venice, louisiana. >>> authorities at boston's logan airport took a jetblue pilot in to custody last night. the pilot allegedly e-mailed his girlfriend threatening to crash a plane if they didn't reconcile. tsa officials questioned the man and took him in for a psychiatric evaluation. jetblue, which flies in to dulles released a statement saying a pilot had been removed for health-related reasons and that no one was ever in any danger. >>> on july 27th, the national transportation safety board is expected to issue its final report on the investigation i

strong thunderstorms will be popping up across the lower great lakes, and more scattered rain and snowwill develop over the northwest. >>> in sports the lakers win again in their second round nba playoff series. kobe bryant scored 30 points as los angeles beat utah. the 111-103 win gives the lakers a two games to none series lead over the jazz. game three saturday night in salt lake city. >>> in orlando the magic got 21 points and a dominating performance from dwight howard in the opener of their series against atlanta. and the magic beat the hawks 114-71. game two is thursday in orlando. >>> in baseball, a walk-off win for minnesota. with the score tied in the 9th inning, a wild pitch scored the twins' j.j. hardy from third base and minnesota beat detroit 4-3. >>> when we return we'll take another look at this morning's top stories. >>> and a closer look at the man suspected in the times square bombing attempt. >>> sports sponsor by odor-eaters insoles. powder and spray, absorb sweat and destroy odor on contact. [ female announcer ] all you need for sensitive skin. all you expect from

snowe amendment 375.the presiding officer: the clerk will report. the clerk: the senator maine, ms. snowe proposes amendment nmed 3755. ms. snowe: i ask unanimous consent further reading be dispensed with. the presiding officer: without objection. ms. snowe: and i also ask unanimous consent that senator slay hurricane katrina be added as a cosponsor. the presiding officer: without objection. ms. snowe: first of all, i would like to thank the distinguished chairman of the banking committee, senator dodd, for working with me so constructively as well as his staff on these two amendments that i'm calling up this afternoon. i think it's important to address these issues. it's so fundamental to so many small businesses across the country and for senator shelby as well for agreeing to the substance of these amendments. the first amendment that i had made pending would redos cumbersome restrictions on the banking industry that may infringe on america's privacy rights and curtail the ability of financial institut

they are piles of snow. this is the site where the city of sioux falls dumped the snow over the winter. city workers have placed bets on when it will melt. probably not until the next snowfall. >> and they haven't had a lot of warm weather or sunshine there at all. but it's dirty, it looks like dirt. >> it doesn't look like snow. >> so much for the white wintertime postcards. >>> well we have the rain for today. keep your umbrellas handy. and do be careful, we have patchy fog out there as well. here is a shot of downtown d.c. and some of you downtown might just be seeing some clouds, maybe a little bit of a mist and a little bit of a drizzle. but right now, we do have some areas that do have a little bit more steady rainfall and some pockets of heavier rainfall as well. so let's begin with a look at true view. we'll show you the big picture with the system. it's a very weak system but last night it really kicked up some storms across our area. and we even had, in madison county, a flash flood warning where t

snow covered on parts of i-15? utah, montana and wyoming. pacific northwest and along i-95 in the carolinas. >>> if you're flying today you can expect airport delays in seattle, minneapolis, chicago, memphis, charlotte and in miami. >>> well, the duchess of york, sarah ferguson is no stranger to tabloid headlines often as the target of unkind attacks. >> this time ferguson may have only herself to blame after she was caught on camera offering up access to her ex-husband for a price. sonia gallego joins us with more. good morning, sonia. >> reporter: good morning. an excruciating weekend for sarah ferguson as the tabloid papers continue to pore over the details of that story. she's being labeled as an outcast following the publication of those tapes showing her cutting a deal for access to her ex-spouse prince andrew. the duchess pictured in front of $40,000 given to her by a reporter posing as a businessman ostensibly cutting her deal with her for an introduction to her former husband prince andrew. >> yeah, okay, but then if we want to do a

looking across the country, some snow. snow is falling across parts of montana up here. we are watching a front in the midwest. a dying front could produce shower and storms for florida. this is what we will watch for tomorrow. for us high pressure is building in and we sit in great shape here for today. storms could be here as we head through thursday. the seven-day forecast, temperatures around 80 this afternoon. doesn't come much better than that. in the 50s and 60s tonight with 84 tomorrow. a chance of a storm in the afternoon. friday looks good. we lowered temperatures and kept the rain off until friday in to saturday. better chance of showers and maybe a storm and 77. cooler and drier, and in the middle 60s on sunday. >>> angie has a lot to tell us. >> not much really. glad you could join us. 95 and the bw parkway, smooth sailing going southbound to 495. 270, from 121 down to the split, we take it outside and show you the drivers, drivers, where are the drivers? they are moving at speed. no problems to report down to the spur. 66 eastbound, volume is okay stillvill

the snow does not make it down here obviously.ome of it turns into rain. >> i think it is kind of sweet that tucker has a favorite cloud. >> i have to research that for myself. i can't of one offhand. >> me either. if you have a question that you want answered, go to myfoxdc.com and you can upload your question there. >> that is billee holiday. >> how about hey, you, get off of my cloud. let's check in with julie wright with we'll start off with the crew in sky fox checking out your ride along 7100. we've been talking about a wreck this all morning long at the roberts parkway just north of burke lake. you will find the accident activity there. it appears some track is able to get by to the left as you travel northbound on 7100. rollback on the scene. we have at least one car up on the scene already up on the rollback. again being northbound traffic has now been released single file to the left. southbound, all of your lanes are open. again, burke lake ark good alternate route for you to work your way around this. now, if you are t

i went the wrong way down the road and got stuck in the snow. suddenly, i was looking around with nothing but snow piling up. eventually, i got out because john tester in his tractor came and pulled out my car and sent me on my way. >> did you spend time in his home? >> i did. >> why did you that you follow him that closely? >> one of the shocking questions -- i do not know. he is a nice guy, for the most part. i am shocked at what people do if you ask. i asked if i could do this book about the freshman class and they adjust to the senate. for the most part, people said yes. >> why did john tester beat conrad burns? >> i think this was an election where people come even having just reelected george bush, were frustrated with mostly i think the iraq war. there is some question, particularly among senators, about how big a role that place. i think between this affection for the president on the war and conrad birds having gotten trapped -- conrad burns having got trapped in this question about jack abramoff, i like to describe the 2006 election as

and i avis vis it a lot of scho this year they had enough snow days certainly this last winter. and now we've had summer like afternoons the last couple of afternoons, but in the morning, it's been rather chilly. this morning was no different. a beautiful blue sky now. temperatures have hit h the 70s, but this morning we were down into the 50s and even 40s across the region. now 77 in washington. and in the mid and upper 70s in prince georges county. eastern shore, also. out of mountain, near 07 degrees. clear sky generally for most of new england all the way down to florida. the entire atlantic eastern half of the country is under this high pressure that's giving us lots of sun and it will be with us the rest of the day. highs reaching low 80s. a weak front may give us a few clouds, perhaps late morning, early afternoon. there's a slight chance of a passing shower. near 08 again on friday. it looks like friday evening into saturday morning is our chance for passing showers. a small chance. and then saturday afternoon should clear out and highs low 70s. sunday sunny in the 60s.

you can see mountain snows. again the heat continues and these are spotty afternoon variety pop up thunderstorms. behead into friday and the trough continues out west. the trough is developing in the east. they may cause a back door cold front there. it's going to continue in much of the corn belt. next week, this takes us to the first week of june. above temperatures. great lakes, normal in the southeast. preacceptation next week, normal through the northern states. texas in the southwest, dryer than normal and the northeast dryer than normal. the plains below normal. >>> michigan is the stop this week for the ultimate farm quest. rhonda brooks tells us about the second family involved in this process. >> the farm journal family that has been selected for the ultimate farm quest is fairly young family, very progressive. their names are leon andier for kunurk. they live in michigan close to cold water. they have roughly 2,000-acres of corn, soybeans and wheat. in addition to that, they have a cattle operation. l

of snow. for a city known for snow jobs, that is a lot.s hard to keep my jokes at topical from then until now. it was not hard. everywhere i had "health-care" i inserted "supreme court." everywhere i had a "tiger woods ," i inserted rnc young eagles." everywhere i had a joke about john boehner looking at too can, but did not have to change that at all. -- too tan, i did not have to change that at all. some of you may remember that i was devoted a few years back as one of congress's biggest show horses. to be honest, i was offended. some people said, a way to go. i said, there is only when -- only one way to refuse being called a show horse. you have to take it head on, in front of a huge audience. maybe we will get a book deal. i was thinking of calling the book "workhorse." baby not a book deal. books require a lot of work. there is a whole reading, research, writing. honestly, i might not have time to write a book. doing all of those cable interviews back-to-back can fill up your schedule. if you want to talk about show horses, tonight's

it is snowing in parts of north dakota and montana. you see a line of showers approaching chicago and milwaukee. cold air is on the back side of it. the cold front will make it through here on friday with a chance of some showers. mostly sunny is our forecast. high temperatures this afternoon in the upper 70's and low 80's. it will be a beautiful sunrise. mostly clear tonight. you may see some clouds tonight after midnight. clear and pleasant with temperatures between 54 and 63 degrees. the cold front will move through tomorrow. we should not say much precipitation with it. we should get some quiet conditions back into the picture on thursday night and friday morning. it will play an active role in our weather as we head into the weekend. sunshine and 80 degrees today. 82 degrees tomorrow. the front comes back as a warm front. there is a chance for a shower or thunderstorm with a high around 80. best chance for rain will be on saturday. we get a chance for some chilly air on sunday, only 64 degrees on mother's day. temperatures may dro

up to 20 inches of mountain snow in utah, wyoming and montana. showers from seattle to portland. gusty winds and rain in the carolinas. >> highs near 90 from dallas to the twin cities today. 70s in boston and new york. 85 for atlanta. much cooler out west today. 50 in billings. 60 in boise. 62 for seattle. >>> well, there are a lot of ooh-la-las yesterday as venus williams hit the court at the french open. >> williams turns more heads than usual, advancing to the second round sporting a see-through black lace negligee. it was trimmed in bright red, looking very much like a corset. and she wore skin-toned underwear beneath. >> wow. venus says her look is part of her motif this year, which is all about illusion. the illusion of wearing clothes. she has ten outfits with her, can't wait to see the next one. >> she's done that skin-tone bloomer thing in the past and it's fooled a lot of people. there he goes again. >> i could be fooled. >> ratings promptly went up i'm guessing. >> i'm sure they did. >> we'll be right back. n honkin. a short time ago, this woman suffered from around hi

. >> well, think about the snow and take a live look outside. our complete weather forecast is 2 1/2 minutes away. >> first, here's the midday stocks. we'll be back. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, >>> well, this storm is losing it's hold and it could come back into play. here's how it looked. you can see the rain rotating through and then, drizzle around for the morning hours. and then, you'll see the yellow, that's where the clouds are beak up -- breaking up. we have a flood warning for the river and it will lower itself over the next 6 to 12 hours. winds are out of the east and they're picking up a little bit out there. that's going to mix up the atmosphere and allow the sunshine so break out. we're going to rise a few more degrees today. it's muggy, the dew point is 62 degrees and we'll stay muggy into tomorrow. 70 in d.c.. and so, we got this hoped up. i want to show you what's going on. the storm pushes off to the south and it will head out over the ocean and it could combine with another storm out there. this could take on a tropical formation and come

snowe: about 15 minutes. mr. levin: how about senator pryor? ms. snowe: maybe five. mr. levin: thank you. ms. snowe: madam president, the amendment that i have introduced -- and we have cosponsors, senator graham and senator menendez as well -- would ensure that small business regulations are considered in the process by the bureau of consumer financial protection. i'd like to thank my good friend and the distinguished chairman of the banking committee, senator dodd, for diligently working with me in a series of amendments that have been accepted to this legislation that's very critical, to provide small businesses with the certainty assurances that they require, certainly not be regulated by this bureau to the degree that they're not involved in financial products. the more atenniv attentive we're better that small businesses will be in their ability to create jobs and to survive what is a very difficult and tragic economic environment. madam president, this amendment would ensure that when the newly created bureau promulgates rules and regulations that it fully conside

there was some snow. and that area of low pressure is going to ride quickly after this one. friday night. we'll have a front going through the region. maybe showers late friday night. this front is moving very quickly across the great lakes. already making it into did troit and buffalo now. with skinny little line of showers. most of this activity looks like it's going to pass again to our north. tomorrow morning, maybe 6 to 9, maybe a brief shower. primarily tomorrow will be a dry and breezy day. behind the front, the winds go back out to the west. and we'll watch high pressure build in. so thursday afternoon, all day friday. beautiful friday night. that next system, a little stronger, passes through. i think there will be sunshine friday afternoon. this is where we could see pretty good thunderstorms by the time it gets to late, late friday night and saturday morning, may have some showers. but it getting wet again over the weekend. bay temp up to 62. tonight, clear to partly cloudy. 58. and a little milder than last night. and tomorrow, early morning, maybe an isolated sh

-- went the wrong way in the road, and i was looking around with nothing but snow piling up, and the way i got out is because he came in his tractor and pulled my car out and sent me on my way. host: did you spend time in his home? guest: i did. host: why? guest: i do not know. he is a nice guy. i asked if i could do this book about this freshman class and how they adjust to the senate, and for the most part, people said yes. host: so why did he beat conrad burns? guest: even having just reelected george bush, people were frustrated with mostly, i think, the iraq war. there is some question, particularly among senators, about how big a role that played, but there was this disaffection for the president on the war, and conrad burns having gotten trapped in this corruption question around jack abramoff, i like to describe the 2006 election as kind of -- not being able to recall the president, but they were so unhappy that they decided to toss his party out of the congress, and i think in large part, that is what ended up costing burns his seat. postcode there were six members, if i cou

thank you. >> thank you. >> senator snowe. >> just to follow up on that, truly the determination of the size of this bill could make a difference. >> absolutely. >> that is a difference when we see the variation in estimates. 80,000 barrels a day as opposed to 5000, and it is nearly seven times as that which was killed during the exxon valdez acrisis. the ambiguities and wide discrepancy is a serious issue, and how to grapple with a question we believe it is important to get a good estimate of what the rate is and what the total amount of oil is and what the rate is. that is not an easy thing to do, which is why he has set up a new team to bring the best possible minds together to try to nail this down. it is important. it is just difficult to do. >> what i find confounding about this crisis is the fact that these are fundamentals that should have been established -- having a response plan for the worst-case scenario, but the worst-case scenario was not established in the exploration can land. it was sidestepped, understanding to the high estimates we have potentially have today. in the

it rained and last night, it was snowing in the city. some of the suburbs and outlying areas there were a couple inches of of snow. 3-2 delivery and another long, long shot. foul ball. >> eddie: just got out in front of that. it's good seeing this guy improve year after year, just a little bit each year. that's a guy that's coming to the ballpark to try and prove every day. >> gary: matt wieters, two down. it that hurt? >> eddie: that hurt. >> mike: ball's not carrying that well today. >> gary: no. >> mike: hit one 440 feet, come back and hit one about 4. >> eddie: there we go talking about the wind again. >> gary: good pitch by guthrie to come in on him. >> eddie: this is really key for this orioles staff right now and we know we got the horse going in the next game, millwood, this could be a special something for everybody. the hitters are getting it going. pitchers have pitched a couple good ball games back to back. >> gary: start #ing -- starting wise they pitch well. lugo makes the play. kubel is retired and a one-two-three inning.

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. >> all that snow doesn't count?ith all the snow because the ratio is so high. it's still not tilting us in the heavier than normal rainfall pattern -- water pattern. >> thank you, sue. >>> the original american idol still the most successful. billboard.com has named kelly clarkson the top graduate from idol. she sold more than ten million albums and nearly 16 million singles. carrie underwood comes in second with 11 and a half million albums. chris daughtrey was ranked the third most successful. singer shelly wright calls herself proud to be the first country music artist to come publicly -- come out publicly about being gay. she decided to come out because she didn't want to feel like she was being dishonest. >> one of the things my fans have always said about me is we love shelly because she's so real. and when they say that and when they said that, it -- i've never been able to fully enjoy that because there's a bit of me that has felt, you know, i've been lying by omission. >> she admits she is worried about the

we're going to see snow possible in montana and northern rockies on thursday. and that cold air will sweep through the northern half of the country friday. and then saturday up into areas of new england. so, you know, not bad overalthough. well, if you're watching us on ktvb news channel 7 in boise, idaho, have your little ones bring their green thumbs to the children's garden where they can tend to vegetable beds and much more at the idaho botanical garden. that's your "early today" event of the day. do you have any plants, lynn? >> no. i live in the city is. >> that's bad excuse. even in your window? >> nothing. no. my window doesn't even open more than threeisms. >>> well, now here's an early look at this morning's headlines in entertainment. well, the website has kind a new term when someone's forced to admit an afar to avoid an exstorks. actor admitted to cheating on his wife. attorney gloria allred represents the woman denying her demands are blackmail. know one has identified her but he previously admitted to having an afire with tiger woods' mistress. >

big dip in the jet stream making it very unseasonably cool through the rockies with rain and snow in some cases, and we do have severe thunderstorms this morning racing up through the dakotas. fargo's about to get hit by storms and there's strong storms near rapid city. they're headed due north up toward the canadian border. the forecast for today, watch out for the early morning storms in the northern plains. once the storms are gone, it going to be warm. minneapolis, near 90, kansas city, 87. even in the southeast we're going to be very warm. the only cooler spots along the mid-atlantic coast including new york city with a little bit of shower activity. that's a look at your monday forecast. now here's a look outside your window. oklahoma could have a chance for showers or storms later on today. overall pretty warm and dry in many areas. chicago, 88 today. cleanland, ohio, warm, 84. tampa, near 90. but the clouds will linger in philadelphia. thomas, tropical season is only about a week away and we already have something to watch off the coast. >>> thank you, bill. the u.s. talks gl

further west a stronger system with snow. eastern washington and montana this morning. that's pretty much moving to the east and the southeast and it's womaning up. this first system going through buffalo, cleveland, approaching pittsburgh and it will be in our neighborhood probably between 8:00 and 10:00 in the morning and then will pass off to the -- right now most of the activity is about columbus ohio northeast up through the great lakes. with some pretty heavy showers up here. down here it's pretty weak and as it crossed the mountains it will get even weaker. so we really don't expect a whole lot out of this. relatively mild. tomorrow nice day. friday night, another front will cross the region and that will give us another chance of a scattered thundershower. drier conditions for saturday afternoon. sunday a lot of sun but temperatures holding only in the low 60s. west wins in the bay picking up at high as 25. >>> bay temp around 65. milder than last night. we were down to 50. 58 tomorrow morning. may be an isolated shower. the high near 83 degrees. the next 5 days

and jackson, wyoming could see up to five inches of snow. snow for salt lake, as well.comfort inn. after a long day of vacation, relax with comfort inn. >>> it's going to be a fun 8:00 hour. maggie, take it away. >>> and now to a story about courage and a cooler. both of which get the credit for saving three boaters who were tossed overboard off the coast of florida last week. brothers john and elias nevarez and their friend, rebecca sul sulliv sullivan, spent nearly three days adrift at sea. the only thing they had to cling to, this water cooler. >> these people were holding on to a cooler and have been in the water for three days. >> the coast guard searched more than 11,000 mile, but it was a passing fisherman who found the three by accident. >> just picked up three survivors out of the water. i wonder if somebody can come out here and get them from me. >> the boaters who all served in the navy left for a fishing trip may 16th when their body suddenly capsized without warning. they didn't even have time to put on life vests. >> there was no fear. there was truly no f

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showers and mountain snows in the pacific northwest.unny and hot throu >> hi, thin clouds overhead, but a fair weather situation, with all the rain falls staying out to the west through the day to day. to day. >> they're still doing it, signing guitars. i got to show these people real quick. amy? >>> this morning on "today's health," diet versus exercise. both are miracle workers, but are they created equal? according to the june issue of "women's health," one option may be better than the other depending on the health condition you are trying to improve. dr. care riff peterson is a contributor to "women's health" with us this morning. good morning. talk about the health conditions that diet and exercise help improve. obviously i think the one that everyone probably expects is losing weight. but there are several others as well. what are they? >> we looked at a few -- diabetes, heart disease, energy, fatigue, and mood. >> how did you determine in each case whether it was the diet or the exercise that improved that condition? >> well, we

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it's cold enough for snow in the rockies tonight. clouds beginning to break up to our south. to our north, warm temperatures, 70s, 80s and 90s over portions of minnesota. that warm air is actually going up across canada. a little unusual. usually the heat comes from the west or southwest. this time it's going to come down from the northwest, allows that warm air to flow down. i think we have a chance of getting some of that as a front from the west and a front from the north kind ever join -- of join forces. each afternoon a scattered shower or thunderstorm. then for the weekend will cool down, east winds at 5 knots, bay temp around 67. we'll see some patchy fog, i believe. and some sun kind of warm and muggy. 79 tomorrow. wednesday probably close to 1r0e9. 7o -- 90. possibly cooling down. 76 on saturday, denise. >>> all right, bob, coming up. how the job of the orioles manager. >>> sports coming up next. ,,,,,, how many ways can you be comfortable? an energy efficient infinity air conditioner by carrier can save you up to 56% on your cooling costs, while also reducing your i

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cnn's mary snow is in bridgeport, connecticut. she is at the suspect, faisal shahzad's last known address. who live there's now, mary? >> we haven't seen anyone who has lived here, larry, and this block had been cornered off for most of the day, all of last night as federal investigators had been searching through the home. and some neighbors thought that the house was abandoned. they didn't realize that anyone was living there. >> larry: do we know where his wife and children are? >> you know, according to the court documents, he apparently said that his wife remained in pakistan after he traveled there. you mention head had spent a few months in pakistan. what we do know, his last address before here in bridgeport was in shelton, connecticut, and that's where he lad lived with his wife. his neighbors say he had two children. the neighbors say that they last were seen there in july of last year. and that shahzad had left earlier than that. the home was in foreclosure. it's not clear, though, where the family is right now. >> larr

interactive tools will let you know when rain or snow will be over your house.to foxbaltimore.com and clicc on iradar. we have had a pretty much busy monday morning on the traffic.3 here is the traffic edge report with lauren cooke. >> reporter: thank you, tony. we're still dealing with problems at harford county, going to be on route 165, south of route 136 that you want to watch out for. fortunatell the main lines are looking nice and clear. we're looking at 49 miles per hhur on the northeast corridor of 95. traveling southbound on whitemarsh and high speeds as well as in parkville. 66 miles per hour at harforr road. as we check in anddtake a live look you will see month problems to report. -- no problems to report. cars are moving along the inner and outer loop fines. no problems, 60 miles per hour north of 695 and as we take a live look, you will see it's nice and clear traveling alonn the both the northbound and southbound lanes. that will remain clear, traveling on the jfx from 695 all the way downtown to east fayette treet. as they make their way to the w

crews believe water rom melting snow loosened one of the supports. >> boord of education in texasm.d new standards for history textbooks republicans are trying to balance what is taught in the classroom, liberals say a block of sev social conservvtives on the boarr is pushing personal and political agendas. president obama's middle nme.g initial as opposed to the middle name. which some people use to carry a negative connotation >>we bviously put middle names in -- in r othe people. %-want to put the fullname. >> the board eventually decided not use obama's middle name. new standards will be used t teach 5,000,000 students in texas, for 10 years. >> and it will be cooler this weeken and a little rain. >> yeah, h much rain? that's the question. to go meteorologist jessica starr with thelatest sky watch forecast. jessica in. >>i gus. not too much rain. t a ance this weekend for rain showers. more or less late saturday to but today wa beautiful. and right now checking in at 79 degrees. at the inner rbour. partly cloudy skies. and the winds are out of te soheast at 3 miles per hour. and