. >> bob: welcome back to land shark stadium in south florida. can you see the good news. the tarp is coming off the field. the guys are rolling it up. they have done a fine job. that was some storm that blew through here but like south florida goes, that's how the storms are. sometimes very brief. we think this game will be ready to be played some time in the next 10 or 15 minutes. we'll get it back before first pitch. for now, espn news will get you back in time for baseball. appears. >> he did it to randy johnson. what's he going to do to matt cain, off to a career year 9-2 this year. giants and cardinals, wednesday night baseball on the big network, 8:00 p.m. then sunday night, couple of hot ones, rays and rangers. check it out on espn. >> coming up on "espnews," a dream semis at wimbledon with

they also agree that south florida is a good place to start. for "religion & ethics newsweekly," i'm lucky severson in miami. >> abernethy: despite his recent medical problem, pope benedict the sixteenth is still making public appearances. the 82-year-old benedict led prayers and greeted well-wishers after he underwent surgery to set a broken wrist. the pope injured himself in a fall while on vacation. benedict also offered special greetings to cyclists in the tour de france, which passed near the alpine village where he is staying. we have a story today about a remarkable man in california. he is a catholic priest from ireland who has ministered for 37 years to both african americans and latinos in the watts section of los angeles. saul gonzales reports. >> reporter: the los angeles neighborhood of watts has long been synonymous with inner-city desperation and despair. it's, after all, the neighborhood that exploded in urban unrest in 1965, and then again during l.a.'s 1992 riots. today, watts is still home to some of the meanest streets in th

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i'm andrea and i'm fighting breast kansaser from south florida one household at a time. ealth initiative is an outreach organization. we're targeting working class people. we're going to make a difference in your states and lives. we had to take it to the streets. we feel like little pixies spreading breast cancer awareness. can i ask you a few questions? we target women that are 35 years or older and make appointments on the spot for a free mammogram. i look forward to seeing you. i'll be there. bring in the mobile mammography van into the neighborhoods is one of most important facets of the work we do. we provide a service that is so needed. >> i know i'm saving lives. >> it's free. some come right over and get it. >> is the lady of the house at home? we're giving free mammograms on the 25th. >> i feel like, okay. i'm going. thank you so much. take care. >> i would say i was saved from breast kansaser to save other women. every time i knock on a door, it's another opportunity to save a life. >> you can find out more about her work and nominate a hero of your own. next w

craig stammen continues to pitch very well in south florida tonight. i started sam adams to give people great, fresh beer. oh, he insists upon quality. everything's got to be a+. over the years i've been in stores all over the country just checking on the freshness and the quality of sam adams. right from the beginning, here he is, the owner of the whole company, coming in, rolling up his sleeves and doing the work. we check every sam adams, make sure that all the beer's fresh. if the beer's beyond freshness we buy it back. when you taste sam adams at the peak of it's freshness, there's nothing better.  >> bob: nationals baseball on masn brought to you by southwest airlines. book your next trip at southwest.com. and by nike, it's about you. what a beautiful night in miami. it's all about pitching for the nats and timely hitting. a little bit of power and the curly w guys looking good right now, 5-1. the ripken all-stars host the valley league all- stars. it's coming up in just over two weeks, july 15th in waldorf. you can see it live on masn

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you are at turnberry, a fabulous resort in -- in south florida. >> between miami and ft. lauderdale in the aventura area. award-winning spa, two 18-hole championship golf courses designed by raymond floyd. state-of-the-art tennis centers, three pools including a three-story 180-foot-long water slide and i mention that slide for a reason because it actually feeds into my first thing i want to talk about. >> more importantly, you are standing under the overhang in front of the men's room. >>> i know. exactly. men's room is right over there. how did you know exactly where it was. it is pouring. lightning and thunder. we are -- this is the glamorous tv. you should see -- we have grabbed more cables and stuff and ran under here. it has been a very crazy morning since 6:00. >> summer turns out that way. >> the tropics. >> what do you have for us today? >> it is really bad out here. i can tell you that much. anyway, i mentioned that water slide. but one way to capture the heart -- heart-pounding moments is with this right here in is from sanyo, the wh1. a water-proof camcorder.

shepard: do you know phil keating, our correspondent in south florida? >> he might have been out there. shepard: this is the perfect program for him. the problem is he's on vacation. but the moment he gets back, we're going to have him. it's great to see you. thank you for coming. good luck getting rid of the python. if you make the humidity go down, we'd visit more often. brand new developments in the case of a murdered couple in florida killed in a bizarre home invasion. remember this story? we talked about it all last week. the wealthy couple known for adopting special needs children. they had adopted like 13 of them or something like that. police are now questioning several persons of interest. and this story has taken on a new line of questioning. the latest details on the investigation and what may happen to the couple's children coming up inside "studio b." (voice 1) we've detected an anomaly... (voice 2) how bad is it? (voice 1) traffic's off the chart... (voice 2) they're pinging more targets... (voice 3) isolate... prevent damage... (voice 2) g

that is a live look at the campus of university of south florida.re are reports of a gunman on that campus. we have been following that story for you. they believe that he was in the bioscience center. the early reports were that there were no shots fired as of that point. very cautious, and we will continue to give you developments. trace: there is a guy who said if the cops show up, i am going to stop shooting. two american astronauts, a little over halfway through a seven and a half hour space walk. the crew members replacing batteries on the international space station. today's space walk, a little bit longer than normal. one had to be cut short when co2 levels jumped unexpectedly. steve is live with mourn in washington, d.c. >> they are making good progress. they were replacing the batteries on solar array. they have two more to go before the process is completed. it is a very time-consuming process. they had some trouble getting some of the bolts out to move the batteries. at the same time, they are hoping to prevent a problem that happened on

i'd like to spend a few moments today to focus on how this bill affects our area of south florida. since coming it to congress, i have been committed along with my democrat and republican colleagues to working to make sure in the florida delegation and members throughout the country that they support federal government obligations to restore the incomparable river of grass which is known at the everglades. i was very pleased that president obama and his budget request made his promise and followed up on that to make everglades restoration a priority. although the $210 million in this bill doesn't quite match the president's request, the fact remains that this bill makes everglades restoration its biggest construction project and i commend the chairman and ranking member for keeping everglades restoration as a national priority. it's historical. mr. speaker, h.r. 3138's commitment to florida's priorities are also something to be mentioned. the beaches of south florida are some of the most beautiful in the nation but our coasts are facing a real crisis. they've become seriously erode

we saw snowstorms south florida. a couple went through new york city. big bermudas high. dominant weather factor pumping up the humidity. once again, we'll see warm temperatures during the morning. afternoon showers and storms, florida and then in the southeast, also the great lakes. should be a relatively dry day. warm from boston through the mid-atlantic. that's your national forecast. here's a look at the weather outside your window. sunshine and warm conditions for new england. enjoy the nice summer weather pattern. i know it hasn't been all that warm this summer so far. we should be at least mid-80s from albany to pittsburgh. some areas could be near 90 from d.c. to philadelphia. >>> dan, it looks like we're in the summer weather pattern. it's not going anywhere. it will be warm and humid. i think a lot of people will enjoy it. >> we're done with the rain for a while. we'll keep this into maybe say, december. >> let's not push it. >>> new home sales jumped, more layoffs at verizon. clamping down on naked traders. your early morning business headlines straight ahead.

i will look at the inpa >> investigators in south florida want to know how this six-foot long shark ended up in the middle of this 2009. the fish may have been dumped by two people who tried to sell the protected species to local restaurants. wildlife officers said that the suspects could face misdemeanor charges for killing the shark and additional ones for selling without a license. >>> workers are accused of reselling burial plots. the fbi says it has uncovered 200 pieces of human bones at this historic cemetery investigators say that cemetery employees and one suspect guided them to where the bodies may be hidden. >> we found no more pieces today, and trying to separate these pieces and make matches to people is almost impossible. >> the cook county board of commissioners says it will sue the cemetery owners to recoup money spent on the investigation. >>> a vaccine for the swine flu is being tested on humans could find out how soon it could hit the market. >> if you want to know how soon we will see showers and storms, by the afternoon, most likely clouds are infiltrating the area rig

nasa says residents in flash up -- in south florida should see this for the rest of the week. the space station is large and circles the planet every 90 minutes. coming up this afternoon on " oprah", the little girl who was found living like an animal. she could not speak a word and can she recover? the commerical family that believe she can. that is at 4:00 today. tonight, health experts from across the country are in maryland. their talk about the h1n1 virus. how prepared are we? find out what some lawmakers are turning to to compete with high regard. now, your maryland lottery numbers. >> we have the maryland lottery drawing and your pick 3 number is art -- #3-6-1 that makes your picked three numbers of 361. here is an important lottery message. >> everybody wants a second chance. >> you can have it with a scratch off top prize of $30,000. >> now your pick for numbers are -- -- picked four numbers are -- 1-7-3-and 9 that makes your picked four numbers 1739. let yourself play. >> another spectacular day. >> let's bring it on. it looks like to more will be nice as well. then,

nasa says the space station orbit is just right for residents in south florida to get extended viewsll week. there is goes. >> lot of bright lights up there. >> the space station is about the size of two boeing 747s and circles the planet every 90 minutes actually. >>> 11:27. 77 degrees. >>> ahead, the battle over what will happen with michael jackson's body. this as we learn about what one thing he may be buried with. >>> a man goes on a rampage after his wife asked him for a d-i-v-o-r-c-e and it's caught on tape. >>> plus, what do you know about the bottled water you're drinking? >>> how long will this cool, dry ndather stick ar?ou "new fios guy! where ya headed? 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 i'm not! (sighing) ted has betrayed me. (announcer) unlike cable, fios brings 100% fiber optics straight to your home and when you switch now, you can get a free compaq mini netbook. just pay shipping, hand

we have reached the 2 0-0 hour here at land shark stadium in south florida.thousands of campers having a great time at the ballpark today. marlins 2, nationals 1 as we play in the top of the 6th inning. another 3-22 pitch here and they're going to get him on the corner. that's okay. >> rob: we'll get one of those fans for him. >> bob: see if willie harris can get it going here. johnny holiday and ray knight with the post game xra. it's been a hard time for ryan zimmerman here at the corners. braves coming in. nationals beat the braves in a thee-game series in d.c. earlier this year after being swept by atlanta on a first road trip. 2-0. willie harris on base three times today. he came in with an onbase percentage of .351. this someone skied to the right side. gload and uggla. second baseman has the best angle for that foul ball and the nats are gone in the top of the 6th inning. it is still a 2-1 game a long way to go. whether that's building more certified green buildings than anyone on earth. creating online banking tools for the next generation. or making

i was a reporter for many, many years working alongside police officers in south florida. usually, you can tell the difference between police officers and how they react to situations like this. do you see the difference between these two officers, crowley and now the officer who wrote that nasty e-mail rs officer barrett? >> absolutely. as i told you, my dad has been in law enforcement for a very long time. there are good cops and bad cops. sergea sergeant crowley comes across as a genuine individual who was trying to do his job. he doesn't seem liblg a bad cop. this other cop seems like he might have some problems. he seems to be deeply infected by the disease of racism. going on larry king was a way of protecting and covering his own butt. i am able to forgive him, because i don't necessarily think that he is a person who wants to be a bad person all the tim time. he probably said some things people think but don't say. he should be fired, because he needs to be taught a lesson. he with don't need cops like him on the streets. >> i am interested officer palombo in what

welcome to south florida. they goant don't allow umbrellas at the ballpark so it's wear a poncho or get out of dodge. one ball, two strikes. >> rob: why would you build stadiums in the middle of a rain forest? >> rob: i played down here back in '84. >> bob: was that the old miami stadium over there by i-95? >> rob: yeah, yankees were over there. >> bob: man, it's really coming down now. >> rob: yeah, we played out at -- >> bob: tim welke is getting ready to pull everybody off the field. colome trying to get the third out. >> rob: it rained every day -- >> bob: here they go. got to get them off the field now. this is crazy. rain delay at 9:43. you cannot play in this. they had one pitch to play with there to see if colome could end the inning. now we have a rain delay and it is really, really coming down. we'll send you to espn news here and get you up to date on everything going on around baseball, the world of sports. when we're ready to play again, we'll bring you back to land shark stadium. >> wnba, holes g

. >>> in south florida, the search is on for two girls accused of stealing a puppy from a pet shop. check out the surveillance video from a store in deerfield beach. one of the girls putting the 4- month-old puppy in the shirt. the shetland sheepdog is worth reportedly $1200. >> he is cute. got to pay for him though. >> yes. >>> a live look outside. stay tuned, meteorologist bernadette woods is back in two and a half minutes with your first warning weather forecast. >>> but first a look at today's midday stocks to be followed by last night's mega millions numbers in a moment. >>> welcome back, everybody. on this beautiful day. i want to show you at noon we are only at 77 degrees outside, but north wind coming in is bringing our dew point down to 48 degrees. that is just incredible for this time of year. quite often it is in the 60s pushing 70, and that's why it feels so uncomfortable outside, but today a beautiful one out there. as far as the next few days ago, this is what we are thinking overall around the area. basically temperatures are comfortable right now and that will contin

the university of south florida say that all that capping decreased the levels of a protein link to all summer. researchers say they hope to study the effects of caffeine in humans. kidney stones are something you usually see in middle-aged people. but the rise of them in children has gotten the attention from doctors. dr. bruce reports. >> this person is not talking about fun and games. he is talking about his kidney stones. >> it was stinging when i copied. -- when i peed. >> this doctor says he does seem more kids with kidney stones. >> we saw three new patients with stones last week. >> is happening across the country according to a study. a four-fold rise. the majority maybe get them from congenital conditions. but doctors believe much of it is because of childhood obesity and the american diet. >> lots of fat, sodium, processed food -- not as much fresh food, whole grain, fiber. >> that is why he started this clinic at cedar sinai. >> we have office hours to seek the patients altogether so that such a patient can be seen by all the specialists in one setting. >> treating them incl

here's harriet johnson brackey personal finance columnist at the "south florida sun sentinel." >> you probably haven't noticed, but there's a major new law on the books that's designed to reform credit cards. well, of course you haven't noticed. because it hasn't taken effect yet. and that's the key reason why the credit card companies continue to play their hijinks. and consumers continue to suffer. most of this new law wont touch the industry until next february. but credit card companies are looking at the calendar and slipping into place now some big penalties and a few things that wont be allowed if they wait until next year. such things as: -lowering credit limits. -significantly increasing the minimum payments. -raising the credit score required to get a card. and, in a punishing trend, some big issuers of fixed-rate cards have switched to variable rates. the reform law will force credit cards to actually tell their customers before a rate goes up. but, if its a variable rate card, they can just slip it in there, no notice required. net result: you'll never know today what rate

south florida often considered aapital for medicare fra. over the past four yea, federal teams recovered 50 million dollar the mo recent data shows the medicarerust fund recoups nearly $800 million year from fraud investigions. as the nation detes health care rorm, and how it's paid for, former prosecuts like auerbach say recoverinmore money from medicare fraud uld make a big difference. >> for example, rit now with the efforts e federal governme has undertaken in fighting medice fraud, there's a return o$15 for every dollar spent on investigators and prosecutors, and that's a ch better rurn than i've heard about on anything tely. reporter: returns the feder government will ne as it tries to make every healthcare dolr coun jeff yastine, "nightly busess report," miami. >> suzanne: visaharged ahead late today with bett than expect earnings thanks to consums increasing their use of debit cards. exuding charges, visa earned 67 cents ahare, three cents more than analysts were expecting. revenue increase2% to $1.65 billion. that's becse there are

with some showers popping up through south florida, typical for this time of year and up through southlina, et cetera. and into the mid-atlantic states you can see a stray shower or two. northeast clearing out >>> hey city conditions and just about 80 degrees in fairbanks. good surf and that mix of sun and clouds off the hawaiian islands and that's a complete look at your weather across the lower 48 and alaska and hawaii complete. >> he's comprehensive. >> but you didn't talk about how cold it's been in new york. >> i got to tell you. we've had literally, thousands of -- i was just told we got to go. i can't tell you about it. >> we'll do it next hour. >> you have to guess now. >>> coming up, thousands of pet pythons slithering around the everglades. we'll look at all the problems they are causing. >> that's dave's revenge. >>> and up next, shore break. small waves that look safe but with can be very dangerous. we'll tell you what you need to know. depression is a serious medical condition that can take so much out of you. i feel like i have to wind myself up just to get out of bed. th

we have seen showers and thunderstorms across south florida today. no reports of severe weather other than heavy downpours associated with this. we also had strong storms around jacksonville, heading towards the beach. so it wasn't the best sunny day in florida. unfortunately, the northeast starting to get socked in with showers and thunderstorms. we had wind damage, ef-1 tornado across parts of upstate new york. there you can see the watches have expired as of this time. if you live in new york city, philadelphia, down towards d.c., i hope you sleep well in thunderstorms because it's going to be a little bit of a bumpy night. hopefully, most of this will come out of there by midday that you might get a bit of an afternoon in for outdoor activities. slight risk of severe thunderstorms right there in the megalopolis. for tomorrow afternoon, one of the big issues we will be dealing with is travel problems. here we are, 10:30 at night almost, don, we have delays from denver to atlanta. this is pretty late in the night to still have delays. we expect to s

i'm andrea ivory, and i'm fighting breast cancer in south florida one household at a time. the florida breast hope initiative is an outreach organization. we are targeting working class people. we are going to make a difference. we have a take it to the streets approach. we feel like little pixies spreading breast cancer awareness. >> ki ask you a few questions? >> we target women that are 35 years or older and make appointments for a free mammogram. bring in the mobile mammography van into the neighborhood is one of the most important facets of the work we do. we provide a service that is so needed. i know i'm saving lives. is the lady of the house at home? we are giving free mammograms on the 25th. that's easy. >> i'm like, okay, i'm going. thank you so much. >> i was saved from breast cancer to serve other women. every time i knock on the door, it's another opportunity to save a life. >> find out more about her work and nominate a cnn hero of your own at cnn.com/hero. next week is your last chance, tell us about your hero because nominations close august 1st. so if you kn

and inventory here in south florida has dropped by a third since november. more than half of what is still on the market are condos. if there was ever a glut, it is here where we still have brand new condos, dark and empty on the skyline. now we're seeing something, good news that we haven't seen here during prior downturns. bulk sales of these units going for almost unbelievable prices. in swanky bell harbor, one of the most recent sales, bran new luxury building. 51 units went to one investor. whereas before, better times, $1,100 a square foot was the average price. this sale, $63 a square foot. we see nine of these bulk sales in the last year. most of them have been just since last month. that is investor confidence. they're buying tens of these units or hundreds of them. turning them into rentals. the bad news sf f you're a home buyer looking for one good deal, this is what you're competing against. you may not get that great deal. you may not get the best unit. and these are all cash deals. so individuals can forget about financing for these. dennis? >>

that's what brokers at south- florida-based f.m.s. bonds are focused on. founder jimmy klotz says the phones have been ringing steadily, with a lot more interest from potential customers since last year's stock-market meltdown. >> they noticed a distinction between bonds and equities, which was that bonds continued to pay interest no matter what the market value was. and that left an impression on people that they won't soon forget. so we've seen a lot of new buyers gravitate to our market. >> reporter: that's not to say that muni bonds were untouched. late last year, prices plunged and yields soared as insurance companies and other institutions sold munis to raise cash. attracted buyers like warren buffett, who doubled the size of berkshire hathaway's muni bond portfolio to $4 billion this year. individual investors have been busy too, adding more than $17 billion in municipal bonds to their holdings since the beginning of the year, according to recent federal reserve data. but as the budget woes of california and other government entities show, investors

there's what happened in south florida as jeffrey kofman reports on "realty check". >> talk about primeal estate. when the regent bal harbour condos went on the market it fetched the highest prices in miami. >> $1,200 a night. >> only millionaires need apply until now. when it crashed, realtor peter zalewski started condo vultures and it was no joke. >> we are going up to a unit. look at that view. that's -- >> this is a nice hotel. >> nice hotel room. you know, you have great brand of nuts over here. >> but what is -- so somebody owns this and then it's ruented out as a hotel? units sold for $550,000 back in 2005. last week, the same condos sold for $32,000 when an investment bond fought 51 heavily discounted units from the bankrupt builder. you're saying this was worth $1,100 a square foot? when it will worth that again? >> i don't think i will have will be alive? >> ever? >> i might seette worth -- see it worth $500 a square foot. >> it was a one of a kind deal, but the news is that prices are so falling so far that properties are beginning to move. the regent is one of nine bulk sal

. >>> there's one south florida bride, that won't have to change her name.kelly hildebrand is marrying kelly hildebrand. ei

southeast temperatures below normal for this time of year with some showers popping up through south floridaugh south carolina, north carolina, etc., etc. and into the mid-atlantic states you could see a stray shower or two. that's a look at the national maps. here's an early look at what's going on in the area. >>> we're looking at a humid day. and widely scattered showers much like they were yesterday and thunderstorms. four forecast like this -- temperatures, back this up, temperatures starting off around 70. getting up to the daytime high of 88 with a chance of afternoon and evening thunderstorm. we'll lose the chance as we lose the heat of the day. we'll keep it through the early evening. 90 tomorrow and wednesday. 88 on thursday with 86 on friday and saturday. overnight lows around 70 >>> hey city conditions and just about 80 degrees in fairbanks. good surf and that mix of sun and clouds off the hawaiian islands and that's a complete look at your weather across the lower 48 and alaska and hawaii complete. >> he's comprehensive. >> but you didn't talk about how cold it's been in new yor

hearing an all-clear has been issued at the university of south florida in tampa. that's what you're looking at there, after reports that a gunman was seen on campus. we don't know yet whether there actually was a gunman there or whether anybody has been taken into custody. campus police responded, but the all-clear has been given. >>> new details on what detectives seized from the office of michael jackson's doctor who is the target of a manslaughter investigation now. court documents show they took 27 tablets of the prescription strength appetite suppressant fed ra mean. one fab lick tablet of an anti- pill, a rolodex, and a computer. from a storage unit they took those that belonged to dr. conrad murray documents and hard drive. murray was with jackson when he died last month. >>> michael jackson's mother and three children still do not have access to any money from the singer's estate. a judge denied a request yesterday to grant meet allowances to the family but he will consider the request at a hearing next month. say jackson attorneys made the request yesterd

minutes, top of the hour, bottom of the hour, we'll keep you posted from land shark stadium in south florida. diamond. who looked the part of a former winner? espnews starts now. >> fe hello, welcome to espnews where we always help you stay current with the latest news, highlights and scores. alongside will sell virginia, i'm mark morgan. feet agency period kicks off at 12:301 a.m. eastern time -- 12:301 a.m. eastern time. two hours away. it could start cranking up soon. mark stein with espn.com will be along to discuss that in a moment. >> first, on the diamond. the cubs and the pirates, cubbies 3 1/2 games back of the division leaders. bottom seven, here we go. pirates leading 2-0, one on, two out for freddy sanchez. that drops in for a double, one run scores. pirates end up winning 3-0. the cubs been shutout for the second time in three dames. the lost 7 of 9 overall. lilly suffering his first career loss, first to pittsburgh. the pirates, they've won 5 of 7 overall. >> nba free agency news, carlos boozer of the jazz decides not to opt out of the last year of his contract. he will stay in

meanwhile, temperatures down south florida. 75, jacksonville. 84 degrees in miami.ok at the moisture dn here. dew point temperatures, low and mid 70s. the air was juiced up. they did have powerful storms. even around cape kennedy today. tomorrow, the endeavor will be storms. watch it for the launch. 67 in chicago. big storms today. the weather system that will head this way for late tomorrow. probably crossing the area early sunday morning. and while those storms really have died out, they will regenerate tomorrow. the weather front comes on through the area. so the radar is currently quiet here. i do think that after 6:00, 7:00 p.m. tomorrow. through saturday night. 8:00. 9:00. storms rumbling through. the leading edge charleston. roanoke. isolated storms. not very strong. nearly an inch out of the storms. illinois. rockford. d.c. monthly rain, .012. we could use a little wet weather around here. watch the futurecast. blue. those are the showers and the storms. overnight you will notice clouds increase. and then again, late afternoon. north, western maryland. washi

. >> so in south florida, the police have found a way to tackle the problem and are finding they're winningrace. here's jeff riff kofman. >> reporter: it's that combination, fast cars and young guys. so what's the thrill of it? >> the speed, the adrenaline. >> reporter: illegal street racing was glamourized in hollywood's "the fast and the furious" film. in the six years that followed from 2001 to 2007, there were almost a thousand deaths nationwide from street racing which is why this race on the outskirts of miami is so important. >> we've made a tremendous impact on the illegal straight drag racing here in south florida. >> here drag racers of all ages get to compete against the same cops who might otherwise be arresting them. beat the heat is a nationwide program now in 30 states with 800 races like this a year designed to get street racers off the streets. >> the objective will be to get the people out here and interact with me and talk to them one on one and say, look, i'm a police office if you do it illegally, i'll write you a ticket. if you do it legally, we'll race and have fun. >

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police in a manhunt in south florida tonight after gunmen, more than one stormed a crowd birthday partytarted shooting the place up. dozen hurt, three of them critical as fox reports tonight. a shooting that happened very early this morning just after 12:00. if you are from there you know the neighborhood has decades of history of trouble. they believe it was the work of three shooters using pistols and as they put it an ak 47. >> we do believe there was a specific target. again, preliminary. that target was not hit. detectives are interviewing him. shepard: that attack sent hundreds running for safety. cops saying one woman trying to get away from the chaos was hit by a car. we're told she is stable tonight. police say they are still looking for a possible motive. to detroit now and the fight brewing around the potential sale of general motors. late last night a judge gave the ok for the automaker to sell off the bulk, at least, of its assets other than general motors itself to another company. that could help g.m. get out of bankruptcy protection more quickly, they believe. you may re

. >>> here's one example of how bad the condo crisis has gotten in south florida. there's just 1 family living in this 32-story luxury high-rise in ft. myers. the garbage service is spotty. the power has been shut off to all of the other floors. the owners say they're actually worried about their safety after recent break-ins. but their mortgage lender will not let them move. and the building's owner says there's nothing they can do about it. >> unbelievable. >> got to get pretty lonely in there. >> like a ghost town. >>> coming up next on this friday morning, smoothing over racial tension. what americans are saying about the events that led to last night's white house happy hour. >>> and reunited. the cast behind one of tv's most successful shows plans a new >>> welcome back. these are the latest headlines from abc news. the cash for clunkers program is so popular, it is out of cash, after less than a week. the white house is now scrambling tcome up with more money. >>> a u.s. army adviser says american troops should be out of iraq by next august. 16 months ahead

they know it is the same guy first photographed as a calf 15 years ago in south florida. >> he was spottedeveral times between 1994 and 2006 all in the miami area and kind of dropped off the radar for a little bit now he shows up in the chesapeake bay. >> wow. okay, the national aquarium says it is becoming more common to see them this far north. in fact, some have surfaced up near rhode island. >>> remember jean dixon, psychic to the stars? maybe you used to read her syndicated column. she died back in 1997 and now her estate is being auctioned off. hundreds of things. her crystal ball. >> i would say the crystal ball has generated the most excitement and it is hard to say what that would bring. >> does it really work? might bring more. if you have a taste for the mystical break out the checkbook. this sunday in chevy chase is the auction. >>> transparency may be the new watch word in politics but this might be a little bit much. if you have been to new york recently you have probably seen the naked cowboy in times square. the guy in tightty whiteties and a cowboy hat. hard to miss. he wa

. >> for now she will settle on south florida. >> how cool. >> i wonder if she practices the advocatesirst or got the little ha first. >> she has the outfit down. here is a look ahead to the next hour of "11 news today" the. >> mayor diop barry in the all clear this morning. the federal charges against him prosecutors dropped. that is 6:16. >> talk about taking matters into your own hands. a person builds his car to ease the pain at the pump. >> the police pursuit in michigan ends with the car airborne. >> nothing but pleasant conditions right now. low humidity and cooler than normal temperatures. the trend continues at least about 48 more hours. then i will tell but some change for the weekend. >> the delays are growing on the southwest corner of the beltway due to a tractor-trailer accident. that is not the only problem. we will update you coming up. those are new. oh, yeah i got the env 3 she has the env touch from verizon wireless. the one thing i do not need is a new phone. ok, that's hot. the apps are really cool. you got twitter... "need for speed" i like "need for speed". i mak

of bapti health south florida, the largest non-pfit health care systemn that part of the state. he says huge medicare cos do not tnslate to better health care. >> we know that re can be injurious toeople, and more health care services, more aggressively priding those rvices can result in lower levels of care. >> reporter: he sayshere are several facts that bloat health care cos in the miami ar. > there's a huge imbalance between the number specialists andrimary care physicians and we have su a high percentage of scialists dowover here, they utilize resourc more and technology more. >> reporter: dr. strom, a specialist himselfsays one reason there is ch a shortage of primary care physians, is that medicare doesn'reimburse them enough for patit visits. >> if you spend lot of time with a patient, you will arve to death as a physician because you will only get paid for a certainmount of time. in fact a lot of phicians will actually steer patients ttheir officeso have tests performed because they collectoth the professional compont, and if they ownhe equipment, the technical componen

so, what i have done is assembled a panel of very wise latina women in south florida. i think when you hear what they have to say, a perspective that, look, most of us don't often hear. like the stories they told me about what it's like to walk into a courtroom as a latina woman and have people walk up to you and think that you're the court reporter or some lawyer's wife but that you're not there as a prosecutor or distinguish ed attorney like these women you will be hearing throughout the day did. their perspective is extremely interesting and, certainly, will be a valuable part of the conversation that you all are having there in washington today. but i had to start it, of course, with the wisest of all latina women. with some trepidation we chose to come back and do this, in the place where i grew up, the home where i grew up and i started off by asking, i asked my mom a question i'd never really been that serious about because she more often than not likes talking about what my kids are doing. i asked her what she thought of sonia sotomayor and here's what she had

shepard: police in south florida are on the hunt tonight for a boat operator who committed on the water a hit and run. it's our top story on a fox trip across america. florida. a father and his teenage son treated for injuries after a boat ran over them off hollywood beach. folks at the beach were shocked. >> i had no idea he was actually hit by a boat. the boat then left. it was like a hit and run situation. shepard: rescue hers say the man and son were knock gling click with a third person and they were flying a dive flag. investigators say the man driving the boat yelled sorry before speeding away. wisconsin. fire burning all night long at a meat packing plant in suburban milwaukee. people living within a mifl the plant told to evacuate due to fears of potentially deadly ammonia fumes. heavy fire water and smoke damage reported at that plant. no word of anybody hurt. new york. a bus carrying visitors to upstate prisons crashing into a rock ledge in the adirondack mountains. police say it happened in the town of lake george. a woman on the bus killed. nine others hurt. no word on what