result, nasa sass launched their unmanned hurricane hunter, headed now toward td14 here in the south atlanticin the meantime it's quiet around here, 52. still clear, still cool. sunny skies tomorrow and into the night tomorrow night low 50s. the outlook staying just a little warmer by day over the next two days. in the weekend temperatures will hover near 70. could bring a couple showers around here. i'm a little envious. i had a great time. this was outstanding, but i'm a little bit envious. >> tonight would be a heck of a night. >> just stay outside all week. let's talk about those ravens. brilliant, smashing, must see. rave reviews for the ravens on opening night. never have they scored this many, 44 points. they have one seven straight home openers, won 12 straight home games and sent a loud message to the bengals and the rest of the league that this offense may be the best wove' seen since marty doll re: s. ravens play in philadelphia this coming sunday. way to go, joe. we'll be right back. anncr: this casino's in west virginia. but it makes millions off marylanders every year. now they'

isaac came out of the south atlantic. now we're watching leslie, exing is thed to -- expected to strengthen into a category three. tonight 72, a few storms possible with showers on and off, showers and storms tomorrow, more of the same tomorrow night, repeat carbon copy. that will be the story through thursday. by late thursday clearing. saturday and sunday another system could bring showers. it will pale in comparison. drier for monday night football. so there we go. >> that's good. >> one week from now. >>> hey, listen, in your health news as you're heading back from the ocean, should youd had to the doctor's office? -- you head to the doctor's office? is it too early to get our shot? >> reporter: most clinics goat their supplies by early september and have vaccines ready by the and of the -- end of the month. many are dispg -- asking if i get a flu shot this early, will i be protected for the entire season? the answer is yes. the cdc recommends people get their shots as soon as possible because this year there could be

in the south atlantic, it's all about tropical storm leslie and the fact that we don't know where lesliewill head and that it's on the verge of a category one hurricane and projected to go category two. still well off the u.s. coast. if it lingers around, perhaps an eastward drift, could eventually get close are to the east coast. we'll see what happens. tonight 72 with showers and humid conditions. 86, muggy, showers, storms, some downpours. we may seat rain and moisture peaking tomorrow night into early wednesday. seven-day forecast, more rain for the next three days into the friday and weekend time frame i do think we'll see brief chance for drier weather. >>> now to democracy 2012 news, last week the republicans hadder that chance. they took aim at president obama in their convention. this week the democrats get their chance to respond. tory dunnan joins us now from the site of this week's democratic national convention in charlotte, north carolina i know things are just getting underway. tell us what's happening now. >> reporter: organizers at the dnc are making sure things are read

depression number 14 and the all new global hawk from nasa, unmanned hurricane hunter heading to the south atlantico investigate this system. we'll she what happens. we'll see what this comes up with. interesting, almost like a weather drone. tonight 52, clear, cool degrees. enjoy that. 81 tomorrow, sunshine on tap. more of that warm dry weather. 52 clear and cool tomorrow night. the outlook is really more of the same, warmer for thursday. as we push toward the weekend, there's system. that could bring some showers in here toward the middle part of the week. optimistic that most of the weekend will remain dry. check out our mobile apps. we talk a lot about the itune store. storm shield, but storm shield, now an app available on your droid, your an droid phone. you cran get it in the google store. >>> hey, virginia, you're not doing enough to help so you will be losing federal aid. the epa will hold on to its grant money because virginia isn't doing enough to reduce storm water runoff. now if virginia does make improvements it could reapply. maryland joins virginia and other states in keeping the ba

tropical satellite active with tropical storm leslie churning in the open south atlantic waters, a slow moving system, just crawling out here, still expecting a lot of intense if ication and expecting bermuda to be threatened by a hurricane. if you have interest or perhaps a travel plan to bermuda, this could be a tough time to g otherwise, leslie not posing a threat. overnight 74. showers humid. yes, a few storms in the mix. tomorrow 87, possibility for more tropical showers. we will have a better shot through the day. today we got quite a break in the action. tomorrow night still lingering showers possible. we begin to dry out. we could sew a few showers earlier in the day. we should dry out. that should hold up into the early part of the day. sunday into monday another system diving through. that could mean showers most likely will be on sunday for the most part. some of the showers, i hate to say, could linger into early monday, optimistic we'll get them out for the season opener at m&t bank stadium. >> thursday for the yankees game. >> is it a 1:00? >> 7. >> evening game. i think w

all the way down into south atlantic now investigating tropical depression 14. clear tonight. sunshine tomorrow. again the outlook for the rest of the weekend is -- potential for showers will come in saturday and sunday. don't cancel plans. we will continue to update the weekend forecast. enjoy tomorrow. Ñ[= chances are, you're not made of money, so don't overpay for motorcycle insurance. geico, see how much you could save. . >>> we on baby watch. good morning maryland anchor and his wife waiting, any minute. >> look at that. any minute. >> keep posted on when the baby arrives. >> very latest tomorrow on good morning maryland at 4:30. lue find out the latest about the news, weather and if the baby is here. >> all right. that's good stuff. >> wearing pink. >> [inaudible]. >> there is my sign. exit. time to go. >> have a good night. when we switched to fios, we got better tv, better phone, better internet. [ male announcer ] it's time to get more for your money. upgrade to verizon fios internet, tv and phone with our best price online: just $84.99 a month, guaranteed for one yea

europe and an interesting circulation in the open atlantic and a couple of waves down in the south atlantic. nothing that shows particular promise in term of development. the set up a quiet one. quiet tonight but cold. 45 first thing in the morning, make sure the kids have that extra layer in to the morning you will want it but, there will be rapid improvement through the day with a widespread sun. we are back in the upper 70's . 77 the two degree guarantee and then tomorrow nice, 55, not quite as cool. we won't see the mid40s, not around the seven tore part of the state. here we go had to the end of the week. sun pushing to near 80 fried. showers a good possibilities through saturday afternoon and evening and maybe morning showers on sunday. that's the overnight frontal boundary. after that breezy and cooler sound but we will dry it out on sunday night. we will tell you this. sunday night looks like tonight. as temperatures will drop, we will be down to 40s again. maybe a little cool weather wise at the stadium. i don't think anything else will be cool about that game. temperature wise but

does it get to the south atlantic or the mid-atlantic? we'll have to watch.hat part of the forecast could change. >> thank you, sue. >> we need the rain. >> we are less than two months away from the presidential election and the protests in the middle east have become a hot-button issue in the race. wisdom martin has this week's campaign you. >> weare in the classroom of professor lenny steinhorn. the professor is talking about what is happening on the campaign trail and how that affects what will happen in the race for the white house. so in this case, i think really what is at stake right now is our questions about whether president obama dropped the ball on international security or whether he will step up and become that leader rejecting the violence that is going on there, working with our allies and ensuring the american people feel safer after this incident, even as sad as it is. so i think leadership is going to be a -- going to be a big issue coming out of the foreign policy problem. but the second issue is mitt romney and his response. already he wa

atlantic. further south and west temperatures warmer.e'll get warmer air by the end of the week and the start of the weekend. low 80s friday and saturday. tropics looking quiet. we're in the heart of hurricane season. there's what's left of nadine. tonight 48, clear and cool. tomorrow 77, not bad. gorgeous day. tomorrow night not quite as cool. so that will be an improve m saturday 82, the chance for late day showers. we're talking about morning showers and a look at breezy weather into the game on sunday night. you're headed out to the big ravens game it will be come and breezy. we're headed not 40s. pack to you. >> we've got some students in howard county. elementary school students are learning chinese and spanish. it's all part of a world language pilot program. sherrie johnson shows us how the program is making a difference. >> reporter: it's not your average class. these students are learning chinese. it's part of the world language pilot program. >> it's so exciting to be able to give them the opportunity at an early age to acquir

south. areas over the eastern atlantic, back to hurricane status. 56 in town. mostly cloudy, shower spot shower south and east. for tomorrow, 72 is you 2- degree gain tee guarantee with a blend of sunshine and clouds. 50 tonight, partly cloudy with cool conditions across many locations. 72 over the weekend. back up to 79 tuesday. this could be a storm that comes in with maybe showers and storms near 81 on wednesday. all in all the week, just have to watch the system for tuesday. >>> let's ask america is featuring a maryland contestant. she taped an appearance for the show and can't reveal whether or not she won yet but filled us in on how the show works. it's up to the contestants to figure out what america is thinking. >> what the show does is pull random people, let's say, groups of people in the 20s, or in their 60s or professional people. they will ask them random questions. based on the answers that those people give, they ask the contestants the same questions and you have to guess what these people answered. >> elizabeth's episode of show is set to air to

economic activity in the world was the atlantic ocean in the north atlantic in the region on both sides to the pacific north and south in the regions on either side of that and so i think the apec is so important for just that reason i think russia's pivot not ignoring europe but really amplifying their efforts in asia pac is very very smart all right one of the main goals today is liberalizing trade now the russians in the w.c. oh how far can they go but i think the w t o ascension was incredibly important the leadership that the russian government showed was great and i think it's

it was a stinky, lousy, disgusting place in the atlantic south in the waters around were confined in hazardous and not themselves really tedious by smaller ships. none of that told the japanese this is a decisive battle. i think they realized it today. all through the campaign, i pointed out a track earlier, the great battleship yamato was ever sent into the combat area, really for lack of fuel. he never saw the agency of it. a number of other and major naval elephants was to her good fortune ultimately. but it's also important to observe. both sides but far from home pages look how far up while canalis from tokyo in pearl harbor. the logistics train to sustain naval operations was far more than anybody could manage easily. the constraints of fuel and supply and the japanese, certainly as we did. anything else? well if there is something else come i thank you for your attention. you've been a great audience and proud to be with you here. well look far to turn with some other authors have to say at the symposium goes along. [applause] >> as you can see this as a short introduction to

. >>> heavy rain from ohio to the mid-atlantic and the deep south.nderstorms in the southern rockies. >>> and finally, on this trail of the disappearing red panda. one of the cutest creatures on the planet. they are on the edge of extinction. >> dan harris traveled across the globe to place the red panda calls home. he found clues to their past closer to us. >> reporter: when the children press their noses up to the glass, captivated by these red panda cubs, they're staring into the face of a mystery. why is this animal, which once roamed vast regions of the earth now on the brink of extinction? our search for clues took us to the other side of the world, to the small sliver of the planet where red ban das can be found in the wild. these are the foot hills of the himalayan mountains. d darjeeling, india. this is one of the most successful red panda breeding centers in the world. they've hooked up male and female hoping they'll make a love connection. maybe some day those offspring can be returned to the wild. here this the foothills of another mounta

atlantic. it is 500 mi. south of bermuda right now.ars it will be making a direct path toward bermuda. >>darya: list to james for the weather. >>james: along the coast and by the bay will be a mild day today. it is foggy at the coast and cloudy around the immediate bay. we have cloud cover pressing up against the oakland hills. here are the temperatures right now. here is the weather story going forward. temperatures this afternoon will look like this. today it out and enjoy the day and will be a warm wind. at the giants' game here is the projected conditions. the sea breeze will be kicking in at about 20 mi. an hour. at the 7 day around the bay we're looking at the chance of thunderstorms coming in around wednesday. if you want whether any time don't forget kron 4 comcast 193. >> >>darya: we have ms reports on there too. >>george: there is an accident that occurred earlier on the 58680 interchange. -- at the 50 -- 58 both-682 interchange. >> we have been looking at a back up at the bay bridge toll plaza. highway 24 is up to 17 minutes

atlantic states. more humidity to the south. to the west, it starts to warm up with full days of sunshine. these are the two points measuring moisture in the air. any tiny have two points above 70 and temperatures above 80, it is uncomfortable. to the northwest things start to change. that is of the measure vowed friday the areas and that will be coming to our region by sunday. big changes around the corner. flooding in the fredericksburg area and western stafford with a severe thunderstorm warning. looking for a pretty summary day to mark your 90 degrees. and it will be saturday or sunday when the weather pattern starts to change at the next cold front will be on the way. that is likely to deliver showers and storms. a lot of sunshine as we get into the afternoon hours. we will pay attention when happening throughout the great lakes. that is going to swing south saturday with showers and thunderstorms likely to head of that front. that a big change to cooler and drier weather. 65 to 72 with a gentle, southerly wind. isolated thunderstorms in that afternoon. partly sunny and warm, mid to u

b&w opens facilities in south carolina and atlantic and churches is the hub of international media and commerce. in his blighted neighborhood he hates the south like east berlin hated west berlin. they haven of entrepreneurialism have always outperformed the statist neighbors south korea over north korea. hong kong and taiwan. this is a universal truth the south of fills the same role today with the prosperity exposed the impoverished lies and deceit. that is why liberals hate the south. [applause] because they believe the environment of hillbillies have defeated them. they can barely stand it. and it lies with though 17 virtue in the end even the liberal haccp have the place to live or work driving and nail in the dream because as he picked -- packs of this stuff soon you'll hear the words that will drive a dagger into his hopes. how the neighbor. [laughter] , everybody gets the trophy. [laughter] . . about high school graduations and the issue of valedictorians. the -- the torian initio? did they go on a crime sprain alcohol binge? and it turns out i used bunch of schools in america

atlantic. they want that fairly locally just south of ocean city, maryland. 54 degrees. clear skies and cool. tomorrow we'll say 82 degrees. more sun, a bit warmer, comfortable. tomorrow 9:5 as we cool off late. dry the next two days, gorgeous. chances for showers come in on saturday. as we go saturday into sunday looks like things will dry out some. into early next week another rain maker, so i would say enjoy this dry stretch of warm weather through outthe week and sunday. more rain starting next week. >> we'll have snow in two weeks. >> all right. our thes, very important part of our families, right? >> somebody trod to take advantage of that unconditional love. these dogs were being sold online. >>> arming your children with a cell phone. with the recent school shootings, when is the right time? we'll help you have all that discussion over the dinner table when we come back. [ male announcer ] for the dreamers... and those well grounded. for what's around this corner... and the next. there's cash flow options from pnc. solutions to help businesses like yours accelerate receivables, manage

south and midwest. then there's tropical storm leslie in the atlantic. it is forecast to strengthen into a hurricane. president obama will get a firsthand look at the storm damage later on today when he visits one of the hardest hit areas, st. john's parish. >>> emergency responders received multiple calls last night for vehicles stuck in water. d.c. fire officials said three vehicles were trapped in high water in the bloomingdale section of the city and several metro stations had to close due to the flooding. >>> it is related to isaac. so all that moisture is much more spread apart now but it is drifting into the east coast and will be for the next several days. let's get into it. maryland's most powerful radar. rain continues, especially on the i-83 corridor. good thing -- headed north into the county. rain coming in, had rain earlier in delaware. we'll continue to see the rain. i do not expect it to change much. baltimore county, baltimore city. low lying spots, you could see ponding of wart-- water. dew point is 73. it is extremely muggy. i don't have to tell you that, extremely muggy. look at t

ms of this stays to the south, and then we're watching out in the atlantic. tropical storm nadine, that is closely becoming a hurricane. winds at 70 miles per hour with nadine. it is moving to the north- northeast at 10 miles per hour. there could be some enhanced weather around maryland as we go into the next 24 to 48 hours. the only weather headline is really this cold front that moves through the course of tonight. low pressure to the north. high pressure down to the south. the pressure gradient, so that is going to kick up the winds as we head into the overnight going into tomorrow. just be aware of that, otherwise we're looking at really good conditions. the future trend, and upper 50s north and west of 70, but the sunshine is back in for tomorrow afternoon and it will be into the 70s. so your forecast for the overnight, and calling for around 60 degrees a spot shower. the breeze will start to pick up after midnight. 76 degrees tomorrow. breezy sunshine. a beautiful afternoon. and we really have a great stretch of weather for the weekend. sunshine return

atlantic states. tornados are possible. the south can expect much of the same.ain will taper off across the ohio valley, but showers will linger around much of the great lakes. a freeze is likely across northern minnesota and eastern north dakota. wow. most of the west will be sunny and dry. here we go. >>> in sports this morning, end of week two of the nfl season. peyton manning and the broncos playing their second straight nationally televised game. the future hall of famer didn't look ready for prime time against atlanta last night. manning gets picked off three times in the first quarter. that allows the falcons to jump out to a 20-0 lead. in the second quarter, matt ryan tosses two touchdown passes. falcons go off 2-0 with a 27-21 win. >>> to baseball, the detroit tigers trying to make up ground against the a.l. central leading white sox. in the fifth, the score tied at 4-4, alex rios goes hard into second base to break up the double play. omar infante's throw to first gets away. that brings the go-ahead run home. white sox extend the division lead to three

south. that system that came through which is over the open atlantic waters, that is it for awhile except for that cool snap. you can see that flow. it's warm in the country's mid-section but a trough digging in, trough of cool air. over the tropics, not a well lot happening, got an interesting complex and what's left of nadine. overnight 48 degrees. that's it. realize if you have the windows all the way, it's going to be cold. tomorrow 77. that's your two-degree darn tee. mostly sunny. the humidity will come up a little bit. we'll and up in the 50s. all sunshine through friday bringing the chance for a late day shower saturday as we begin fall, saturday morning. as we look at the sunday scenario, i think we'll see breezy and cooler conditions and maybe some morning showers. we'll be dry by game time but it will be chilly. another night we're going into the 40s. back to you. >> in our consumer alert, here's a bowl of rice. you'll probably have that for dinner. why are we concerned about that? we have a new warning tonight. consumer reports said rice and rice products may contain worrisome lev

atlantic. again, the story locally will be more high pressure, more dry conditions as we go forward with the humidity bottled up to the south. it's a big high pressure cell. sinking air keeps us cloud free. it's active in the hope atlantic. we've got leslie. she's a tropical storm after making a close pass on bermuda. certainly the path way from the caribbean into the gulf. no big storms to be concerned with. tonight 50 degrees, clear, cool and crisp. if you're headed downtown for the game the weather will be as good last this gets. sunny skies. we'll stay warm and dry and we cool off late sort of sleeping weather. you can open the windows up. sunshine through the middle part of the week, low 80s. we get warmer thursday into friday. as we look at the weekend, the chances for showers will likely return by the second half. still early to tell on that one. on the whole we do see a nice stretch, my friend. >> beautiful today. >> and it feels like football, just in time for the ravens opener. >> that's good. all right. here we go. >>> zeke went for a run in this florida neighborhood today. did we mention zeke is a monkey. you'll

south and east. more clouds to the north and west. 76 right now. 81 degrees in dulles. 79 toward frederick. 73 toward dover where you're getting air off the atlantic. moisture levels are also up. so that's an indication we have muggy air on top of us. 73 degrees. it's a mild nighttime temperature of 69. a pair of sixes with scattered showers. things will recover and we'll see sunshine tomorrow afternoon. clear overhead. toward the west, that's where things are starting to go

south. as we widen out here hurricane the remnants of isaac making its presence felt all across the mid-atlantic and ohio river valley. look at all of this rain down to the south and west, all of that this going to try to push through our area overnight tonight into date tomorrow and then again into the day on wednesday. we have the potential to see a lot of rain the next couple of days, get out those umbrellas a lot of kids starting school tomorrow, going to need those umbrellas for sure. talk about that how much rain we may see. how much rain you may see and what's next in the forecast coming up. >> all right, doug. tonight, people in the bloomingdale neighborhood of d.c. still cleaning up after torrential rains flooded the area yet again last night. rhode island avenue looked more like a river sunday night. rescuers having to use this inflatable zodiac to get one man out of a stranded car. today, residents say they are fed up as they spend this labor day cleaning up. news4's jackie bensen live in bloomingdale with more on the cleanup and the city's response. jackie? >> reporter: pictures tell

bullying his way in helping seal is truly his fifth straight win over the south us twenty six nineteen the final sprint. now the atlantic season finished with a buying on friday the final diamond league meets all of the summer seeing american aries merits set a new world record in the men's one hundred ten metre hurdles in brussels merits nothing a must of seven tenths of a second off the previous record set by cuban de wrong robles four years ago crossing the line of the time twelve point eight zero seconds the twenty seven year old who claimed. their london olympics last month has dominated the event all year but admits five this time surprised even. i know when i saw twelve eighty one come out it was just like what what what what is this what is this i was seeing and i was in complete shock i got up and i just couldn't believe anyone popped up on a board and then i run a down to twelve twelve eighty and i just i just started screaming because i was just in complete shock. finally the paralympics in london wrapped up this weekend the event hailed as a success after officially being the most well attended in the histor

morning, but we are dealing with plenty of cloud cover to the north, to the south, and even as we slide further into the atlanticwe are talking about tropical storm leslie. i'll have more details on that coming up. but right now let's get a check of the abc 2 time saver traffic with mike massco, good morning. >>reporter: good morning, lynette. good morning, everybody. we do have one issue, it's a disabled vehicle right after loch raven boulevard, this is off 695. in fact, we'll take a quick look at the speed sensor, only showing about a nine-minute commute from 83 to 95. so i don't think things are being slowed down too much. we do have 695 at harford cam to confirm that. not really much is happening. in fact, if we could pull that up we'll show you. yeah, that disabled vehicle not affecting the 695 outer or outer loop at this hour. we'll have a check of traffic. megan, back to you. >>> the problem of teenaged obesity is a growing epidemic, affecting millions. there's a new study this morning showing the impact of a child's weight, not only what it could have on their health, but also their academic success. >>>

we have some of it up over the mid-atlantic into the great lakes and we have this feature singing south. it's starting to rain on -- sinking south. it's starting to rain on some of the same areas that got rained on 10 days ago from the same system. the hurricane center is watching this to see if it might try to develop into something once it gets into the gulf of mexico. we have tropical storm leslie that will probably skim by bermuda later in the week, might give a glancing blow to the canadian player times and beyond that one -- maritimes and beyond that one we have tropical storm michael. it should move due to the north and should not cause any problems. we've had three named storms since isaac developed. today 89 degrees. we'll have another warm one tomorrow, our temperatures loving at 82 degrees. it's real hard to cool off -- hovering at 82 degrees. it's real hard to cool off on nights like this. maybe an isolated storm, 74 degrees, a warm muggy start in the morning. we'll have clouds and sun like today but more afternoon showers, a few more than today, best chance south and also e

these roads lead west to atlantic europe, east to central europe, north to great britain and south tohe mediterranean world. most crucial of all, strasbourg sits on the rhine river between two of europe's strongest historical rivals-- france and germany. strasbourg really occupies a very special kind of position. of course, it's bounced back and forth a bit between german and french influence, and, in fact, 500 or 600 years ago, it was really falling within the influence of the german empire. and then as the french empire was expanding and in conflict with the german empire along the rhine, it came under french influence. the franco-prussian war in the 1870s, however, was partly driven by german efforts to expand to the west bank of the rhine-- that's where strasbourg sits. so it became formally a part of germany at that time. and then in the 20th century, it's fallen back under french control. those original cultural and linguistic ties with germany are still there, so you have a dialect that is a germanic dialect, but it's now, of course, formally a part of france. and this particul

from there, i began writing about vietnam and south asia for "the new york times," the atlantic monthly and the new republic. from there somehow ended up in the foreign service and was at the embassy is in pakistan and venezuela come and then did another vietnam novel called hamburger hill in conjunction with a film of the same name. but as they say all roads lead to the trade and i ended up to joining general motors in 1987 and was soon writing speeches for jack smith who became ceo in 1992 and for john became the chairman of the board of the same year. i left general motors to return to my own riding full-time just about four years ago when jack smith retired, and ever since then i have been more less consumed by this latest book. you can ask my wife who i am proud to have with me today. with that background as preface what i would like to do today is offer a few comments on how billy alfred and general motors came to be and then an excerpt about the characters incredible legacy is coming and those legacies are timely year than ever today. to set the stage for questions. first, why i

. >> we're going to start with heavy, flooding rain in the mid-south and to the mid-atlantic yesterdaylook at these pictures out of smithville, tennessee, just east of nashville. and know that this kind of rain more than six inches of rain in some cases. you can see the flooding going in south carolina in lancaster county as well. now, here's the story with that rain. it starts to move north and east today. it comes with a component that could be strong to severe storms. look at the heavy rain from nashville, to lexington. pittsburgh, as well. when you get to the east coast, know that that rain today comes with the potential of strong storms and even one or two possible tornadoes. so check with your air carriers. because this is going to be a tough day. uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu >> got to talk frost and freeze in the next half hour. >> do we have to? >> yes, we do. >>> coming up, a dramatic courtroom showdown. a woman face-to-face with a man she helped put in jail for stalking her. now, he's being charged with murdering her roommate. >>> and is one of music's biggest stars about to be sin

beneficial in the long term, especially in the south and midwest which have been dealing with severe drought. then there's tropical storm leslie in the atlantic, it is forecast to strengthen into a hurricane and likely effect bermuda later in the week. president obama will get a firsthand look at the damage in new orleans later today when he visits one of the hardest hit areas st. john the baptist parish. t.j. winick, abc7 news, new york. >>> some of it was good, some areas that were in a drought did receive rain a lot did runoff which is unfortunate. for us, no rain. a lot of sun outside the coast this morning. we are seeing sun santa cruz this morning the clouds just offshore more to the coast than around the bay, head there as everybody is going to do, i bet that place is going to be packed in the next hour as everybody enjoys a family afternoon together looks like a lot of fun. here's that fickle finger of fog still rolling across the golden gate bridge, 8 feet deep is the marine layer -- 800 feet deep is the marine layer now pretty stout the next couple of hours. see clouds hugging the cost nothing falling out of 'em may have a little dr

beneficial in the long term, especially in the south and midwest which have been dealing with severe drought. then there's tropical storm leslie in the atlantic, it is forecast to strengthen into a hurricane and likely effect bermuda later in the week. president obama will get a firsthand look at the damage in new orleans later today when he visits one of the hardest hit areas st. john the baptist parish. t.j. winick, abc7 news, new york. >>> some of it was good, some areas that were in a drought did receive rain a lot did runoff which is unfortunate. for us, no rain. a lot of sun outside the coast this morning. we are seeing sun santa cruz this morning the clouds just offshore more to the coast than around the bay, head there as everybody is going to do, i bet that place is going to be packed in the next hour as everybody enjoys a family afternoon together looks like a lot of fun. here's that fickle finger of fog still rolling across the golden gate bridge, 8 feet deep is the marine layer -- 800 feet deep is the marine layer now pretty stout the next couple of hours. see clouds hugging the cost nothing falling out of 'em may have a little dr

south of bermuda. mike in the middle of the atlantic, category 3 storm, first one of the year, but leslie with 75 milen hour winds not moving much now. just east of bermuda and maybe up toward new foundland in the future. for us, well, we're looking at some showers this morning. by midday we should see some improving conditions. this afternoon sunny and hot. 87 by 5:00. i think the highests -- the highs could make it into the lower 90s. >> thank you, howard. >>> the first game of the n.f.l. season is in the books. >> the nationals sent even more balls into the stands during last night's game. dave owens has highlights in your morning sports. >>> good morning, everybody. are the cubs really this bad? probably. a glance at the standings will show you that. still what washington is doing to the north siders is pretty impressive. if baseball had a criminal code, it this would be assault. the nats landing large numbers on the cubs. gio looking for a career high 18th win last night. how much help did he get? that much and that much. bryce harper with two bombs. that was all that goal dison les would -- gonz

economic activity in the world was the atlantic ocean in the north atlantic in the region on both sides to the pacific north and south in the regions on either side of that and so i think the apec is so important for just that reason i think russia's pivot not ignoring europe but really amplifying their efforts in asia pac is very very smart all right one of the main goals today is liberalizing trade now that russia is in the w c o how far can they go but i think the w t o ascension was incredibly important the leadership that the russian government showed was great and i think it's a springboard not just for w t o but for all totally always cd participation and so i think it is the beginning of great things and kudos to everybody who work all around the world to make it happen all right jim kelly thank you so much for being with us that was the global chairman and c.e.o. of ernst and young talking to us here live at the apec summit and do stay tuned of the updates from throughout the day. indeed keeping track of all the action in the highlights forest we're going to stay russia for now and check out the equity marke

south of the care line ins. it's more of the same. high pressure cells. tropical satellite view. it's an active open atlantic.a category one hurricane. what's left of leslie, still a significant tropical storm out here, concern for ships trying to cross in the atlantic. it was a close call for bermuda. it's off of the african coast here moving out into the open waters. right now this is not a named storm, not even a named depression. let's get you back lear at o'football forecast, outstanding for the ravens. 70 at kickoff. clear skies, mild conditions. again just about as good as it gets. we'll be in the 60s. tomorrow 77, sunny skies. it looks great. clear as we cool off plate into the night. the next three days carbon copies, warmer by thursday and into the first part of the weekend a chance for a few showers in here by sunday. now you can't always be with us here at abc2. when you're on the go don't forget or mobile apps and storm shield apps. this is available for droid. head to the google store for that. all right. back to you. >>> now to democracy 2012 news, it's been about three days since the democrati

south and west of us. rain in chicago and tampa and atlanta. everybody else looks dry today. a big storm is developing. that will change for the mid- atlantic region. details are just ahead. >> continuing efforts to help reduce west nile virus will include more spraying this week. >> this will help reduce exposure to west nile. 10 people so far this year tested positive for the virus when they went to donate blood. two people have died. too much sodium is not good for your health. >> the association is stronger for kids that are overweight. 37% of kids were overweight or obese. boys tended to have more sodium in their diets than girls. >> the orioles tried to avoid a sweep in oakland. >> ravens fly high on special teams. keith mills will have highlights later in sports. >> it will be a nice day for most of the day. ♪ [ telephone rings ] how's the camping trip? well, the kids had fun, but i think i slept on a rock. ♪ the best part of wakin' up what are you doing? having coffee. ohh. ♪ is folgers in your cup i'm drinking dunkin'. i'm just in love with the flavor. i get mine black. i don't want to take away from that pure taste. so smooth, no

atlantic coast. a lot of rain in the southeast. thunderstorms also for parts of minnesota back into south dakota. and the other side of that front is going to be dry and windy. so fire weather for montana and north dakota during your overnight hours monday daytime should see improvement on that front. 40 degrees in oklahoma city. very hot through houston as well as los angeles. much cooler for you in vancouver. 20 degrees. as for europe, going to be very stormy for central parts of the mediterranean. and then the remnants of another tropical system in iceland. up into norway as well. and temperatures are just about on average across the continent. here's the extended forecast. >>> our lead story for this hour, surveyors from tokyo have conducted a survey of the senkaku islands. japan controls the islands in the south china sea. tokyo governor ordered the inspection. he wants the metropolitan government to buy three uninhabited islands from a japanese family. the japanese government prohibited the 25-member team from landing. so they surveyed the area from their ships. some team members switched t

want to start off with tropical storm leslie way out there in the atlantic about 500 miles south of bermudastorm with tropical storm force winds 200 miles in this thing. already waves propagating to the east coast. rip currents as well. we think it will become a hurricane and make a run at bermuda and potentially the maritimes of canada over the next really week. it won't get to bermuda till over the weekend saturday night into sunday. speaking of tropical, boy, that tropical moisture across the eastern third of the country, you're just wearing it the past couple of days. some of the rainfall tallies across the east coast yesterday, philadelphia, 3 inches. islip, new york, 1.5 inches. it came down in a hurry. similar stuff today. spotty showers p when it happens it will happen with a lot of rainfall. severe weather potentially across parts of the western great lakes. temperatures that will be well above average from chicago all the way down to dallas. temperatures could touch 100 degrees in some spots. how about that? zoraida, back out to you. >> like sum r all over again. thank you very mu

any time you see a storm this far south that moves our way, it's going to have a lot of moisture with it out of the gulf, out of the atlantic. tomorrow, that's exactly what will happen as this area of low pressure moouchs overhead. what we can expect is heavy rain. maybe 1-2 inches. we could be talking about a flash flood threat here. they could happen pretty easily. best chance would most likely be after about 3:00 to 10:00 tomorrow night. an even bigger threat just up to the northeast. tomorrow morning, this is what you'll wake up to. showers across the area. light to moderate rain. the heavy rain will wait until the afternoon to start up. and then pi late tomorrow night, as the cold front moves through, this is when we could see some of the strongest winds. it's going to be windy but with the thunder stomstorm activity, could be coming through. tomorrow morning, skalterred rain and wind. temperatures 66-72 degrees. tomorrow afternoon, expect some of that rain to be heavy at times. yes, we could see some possible severe weather. as we move on through the next couple of days, this will be a one and done event. temperatures

atlantic canada yesterday. it will move towards northern british isles as well as norway the next 24 hours. down toward the south we've got a more potent storm affecting italy. thunderstorms, gusty winds and even hail are possible into tomorrow. temperatures are looking like this. berlin cooling down to 17 degrees. and vienna only 12 degrees expected. still on the hot side in lisbon, 33 expected on your thursday. that's it for me now. here's your extended forecast. >>> that concludes this edition of "newsline." i'm catherine kobayashi in tokyo. thanks for joining us.

pretty much the story right now is high pressure that surrounds the midwest into the mid-atlantic and portions of the southt is some cool canadian air that's come down in this trough. you can really see the evidence of that if you look at some of the temperatures here. look at fargo, north carolina. 30 degrees. portions of the midwest as well 40s. 38 in cleveland, ohio. so, it is chilly out there. that air is making its way this way. for the ravens game, will be a little chilly. mostly clear and crisp as we take on the patriots and stomp the patriots, right? >> yeah! >> bring a jacket, bundle up. gonna be great football weather. your seven day looks pretty good as well. temperatures stay with us monday. 69 degrees. look at those thoughs. 47 monday. 49 tuesday. beaware of that. another system makes its way in here wednesday and thursday. not a complete washout. just enough to spoil some of your plans. looks pretty good. temperatures in the mid 70s. >> thank you. tfrjts largest retailer is looking to add to its employees' load. how many jobs wal-mart plans to add for the holiday season and what that means fo