south florida has chance to maks name this season against gamesho with florida state and miami.se games i with the bulls? >> 13 years ago jim levitt started the south florida f football program in a trailer.n he didn't even have mailboxes. h 2 yetwo years ago they rise to number two in the nation. since then it's been a mess. its they had a losing record in then big east. m the perception is that south florida has gotten all thee big. recruiting leftovers from the powers like florida, florida state and miami.h now this is their grand opportunity. south florida was not picked tod win the big east, and in today's preseason coaching top 25 poll,' there wasn't even one big eastwn team in the conference. so clearly anybody can win the big east conference, including h south florida. they probably have the two most recognizable players with quarterback matt grothe andac defensive end george selvie.end. so it is a great opportunity.ca can they get it done? most people think no. >> we just did an entire segmen. without mentioning florida... sy >> don't say it. >> quarterback's name. >> g

we're going to have all that plus why owners in south florida are on edge. we're going to get to that in this hour. we begin with the very latest on that deadly wrong-way crash here in new york that claimed eight lives. this morning, a time line is emerging about what the long island mother was doing in the hours before she plowed right into an suv after driving nearly two miles in the wrong direction. nbc's jeff rossen has the very latest. >> the tragedy that ruined so many lives just took another turn. witnesses now tell police zion schuler stopped at a mcdonald's that morning and seemed fine. so if she was drinking, when did she start? and if she was smoking marijuana, when did she light up. long island mother drove the wrong way on the parkway killing her own daughter, three nieces, three men at another car, and herself. but something had to happen, this is not a woman who would jeopardize five children. >> but police say the toxicology report doesn't lie. it shows her blood alcohol level was 0.19%. twice the legal limit, and she was high on marijuana. t

thunderstorms in florida extend to georgia and south carolina.re weather in parts of the southern rockies, plains and midwest. scattered showers in the pacific northwest. >> seattle only gets up to 68, portland 72, it's 91 in boise, 84 in albuquerque, 85 in chicago and indianapolis, 87 for detroit. boston hits 80, new york 87 and baltimore 88. >> as american lose their homes at alarming rates, some unlikely scavengers are having a field day. >> a suburban village in south florida is using algae eating fish to spruce up abandoned properties. they feast on growing out of control in swimming pools with standing water. about $7,000 a year. >> but letting nature take its course with fish can be just as effective for the bargain price of 700. >> i wonder if they clean up the water and make it look better? >> hopefully. it can't look any worse than that. ♪ assistance getting around their homes. there is a medicare benefit that may qualify you for a new power chair or scooter at little to no cost to you. stay tuned for this important medicare benefit inf

>> south florida is a melting pot. e everyone from certain countries in europe, asia, south central america, some of the islands off the coast of florida, cuba, certain areas in the caribbean that are used to eating horse meat. it is in their culture, part of their everyday lives and country. >> correct me if i'm wrong. isn't there a belief that it actually cures ailments like makes chemotherapy not as painful? i've even read that some people believe it cures aids? >> there are people with physical ailments that are eating this meat whether they think it will cure their blood disorder or help with chemotherapy from cancer or aids patients. there are people eating this meat for medical purposes, yes. >> it is heartbreaking to hear how these animals are really being tortured and for such a sad reason. i want to plug your website, helpthehorses.com. you are saying, anybody with information, jump on your website and let them know. >> they can go to our website. we have a reward for anyone with information leading to an arre

great reporting, as usual at my old haunting grounds at wsvn in south florida. let's go to richard dodge now. he's at nova university. in fact, he was on the scene and he's able to bring us up to date on what's going on. professor, you there? >> yes, i am, rick. >> i understand there are some different prevailing theories about why an animal would do something like this. i know they say it can perhaps follow its calf into shallow waters and then maybe with the sandbar, get trapped. and some people go as far as saying that the animal is just sick and ready to die and that's where it goes to do so. which theory are you a believer? >> well, you know these theories are just theories until they can be tested with fact. i think the jury's still out. they'll probably do an autopsy on the mother and find out what, if any, bacteria was the cause of death. could it be the mother was sick and the mother beached herself and the calf followed it in or vice versa or none of those. i think we just have to wait and get more data to find out what's going on. >> there's that thra

-- of katrina hitting south florida.ent out into the gulf of mexico becoming a cat 5 and making land fall for the second time on august 29. hard to believe 2005 it's the fourth anniversary of katrina. out to the tropics we go to investigate the new system. it does not have a name. it's not a tropical depression yet. it's a wave. the hurricane hunters have been out here flying into it for a while. they're not finding a closed sir ration but most of the computer models -- circulation but most of the computer models continue to want to take this thintoward the east coast with just a few outliers here. unfortunately the water is very warm there and this system may be moving into a more favorable environment. it's possible it could become a tropical depression in the next couple of days. it could even become tropical storm danny at any time according to the national hurricane center so we have to watch it because it could have an impact on our weekend and it will certainly impact the beaches with another weekend of very rough

the most large as catastrophe and damaging one that hits our country, category five hurricane in south florida could come at any moment were unwilling and 18.0 earthquake in california or pandemic food and we keep hearing about that right now are all those possibilities that could hit us at the time so what disasters obviously got large, would stress to the entire emergency management system but i want to focus on a few import areas i think are the most concern there needs to be obviously a clear federal chain of command. week and that is essential head during a catastrophic disaster and they can be a critical point of failure and as we saw during katrina. i have mentioned this before and i mentioned earlier as well, congress changed the law to assure the nation has a qualified, qualified as fema administrator who does what he is doing who could coordinate the federal response on behalf of the president. now unfortunately the president has yet to to obtain the presidential directive on incident management which is below age as nga and to reflect this change in dhs has built a duplicative incid

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it was in the mid-90s on this date yesterday, the 16 and 17th that andrew hammered south florida. an drew got his birth the same place bill is. so we'll watch this closely for you. >>> here is joy ponds and our wjz traffic control. >>> it looks like we're seeing accident activity. be careful route 7 and the middle river now. there it will be shut down because of some downed wires. harford county, one in, white hall and norrisville road. a big reminder, if you use light rail, get an early start there. and we're taking a live look on the rights side of the screen. you can see break lights on the top of your screen. so don't be disseed there. looking good all the way into town. that's the 40 intersection where we're looking for alternates. this is brought to you by toyota. now over to manic monday. >>> we have a bunch of folks that make robots. the robotic productions are spectacular that the kids make. take it away, pal. >> reporter: so as we started to tell you before, everybody makes a robot, each school z and this is the wood lawn's entrip. and this is park hills too. >> we call

right now bringing heavy rainfall across parts of cuba and see moisture moving across south florida andlorida keys and all of this moving westward over the next couple days and we're a little concerned about what will happen when these remnants get here into the gulf of mexico because these winds are still pretty light and the ocean temperatures are like bath water. we're talking 80 to 8 50 degrees. things are still right in this area. don't write ana off just yet and don't write off bill. claudette is history, you can mark that one off. >> keep an eye on ana. it's all about ana. i'm telling you. >> i'm not disagreeing, my friend. we're on the same page. same team, buddy. >> enjoy the conversation. all right, appreciate it. >>> he's just 22, in college with a 3.9 gpa and things are great for him -- except. he has this weight problem. he weighs over 600 pounds. his insurance says they won't cover it a gastric bypass and many of you are saying, you know what, it should be paid and then many of you are also telling me on my twitter board here, nope. it's a personal responsibility. this is

a big south florida boo-yah! >> south florida just rocks. what's up? >> caller: my stock, alcoa. i believe that an increased demand for cars will push prices of aluminum and steel over the next year higher, but if the dollar bottoms out near these levels, should i reconsider my long-term position of alcoa and u.s. steel? >> i think alcoa is literally dead money. i don't care for it. u.s. steel can make a comeback, but why should we buy second best of breed when we can buy nucorp. he's dynamite. let's go to tom in wyoming. tom. >> caller: hello there, jim. >> yeah, tom. i'm all focused. what's up? >> caller: i'm looking at this atlas pipeline company. i watched you yesterday, talking to the ceo about gas and the only way you're going to move gas off them fields is you've got to have pipelines. what do you think about atlas pipeline? >> you know where i'm going to send you, i like to go to kinder morgan energy partners, knp. 8% yield, and you've got a toll -- it's going to make you money, no matter what. richard in california. richard. >> caller: a very grateful boo-yah! >> well, t

finally, there may be a few more college students on the beach in south florida this semester. that's because the university of miami law school accepted too many students and they're now offering $5,000 to any admitted grads who will postpone their enrollment until next semester. how's that for a deal? >>> more nfl. news from the docket. last night's baseball highlights from parks around the country. including a diamond back going on a birthday bashing spree in the big apple. >> your tuesday weather, warm conditions. really from coast to coast. your regional forecast is coming up. you're watching "early today." >>> good morning. if you're just waking up, this is "early today." >>> in sports, after stumbling through the first half of the season, the chicago cubs have come roaring back. here's nbc's mario solis with an early look at all your sports headlines. >> good morning. with the cardinals off yesterday, the cubs had a golden opportunity to move into a two-way tie for first in the nl central. taking on the reds, giving the cubs an early lead. the ninth homer of the year, gi

a lot of that is leftover moisture from the tropical storm that was in affect yesterday in south florida. wednesday will also have some scattered rain showers. lunchtime will be 85 degrees. 91 degrees around the second game of the cal ripken world series. a slight chance of isolated thunderstorms. scattered rain showers and thunderstorms today as we get into the late afternoon and early evening hours. did not expect the storms to be severe. you will need an umbrella as you go outside. the maryland mountains, about -- your seven-day forecast has storms developing wednesday at 90 degrees. 91 degrees as get stuck into this pattern for the next three days. temperatures will begin to cool down as we move into saturday and sunday. 84 degrees for your monday with mostly sunny skies. >> thank you. just a reminder, sandra shaw is on her way to new york city to closed with regis philbin. that'll be 10:00 a.m. tomorrow morning. she will provide us with behind- the-scenes details. stay tuned for the latest updates on our web sites at wbaltv.com. and you can follow her on twitter. >> i have no idea h

. >> in south florida, we talked about last week, but they were introduced as part owners of the miami dolphins. gloria, emillio -- emilio estaban own a stake. >>> >>> time to put another nice night to bed. >> about 90 degrees, a little cooler on thursday with the humidity and showers. a cold front will cause the showers. it could become tropical storm danny that will have an effect. and we will have an update again tomorrow afternoon. it might be danny by then. need a lift? hey buddy, i appreciate the ride, you know. no problem. ♪ mind if i take a shortcut? yeah, sure. ♪ i knew the subaru legacy was the smart choice... what i didn't expect... was the fun. the all-new subaru legacy. feel the love.

. >> a south florida newlywed is behind bars after allegedly hiring a hit man to kill her husband. if the 26 year-old dalia dippolito gave an undercover officer posing as a hit man 1200's dollars for a handgun and offered him $3,000 to murder her husband. investigators played along by making her house look like a crime scene. they even called her house from the gym to tell her that her husband died. if police had already informed her husband of the plot. >> it took a little while to resonate. there was a lot of funny business going on for a long time. unexplained money issues. it makes a lot of sense. >> it was not until officers took him to the police station that she learned her husband was alive. if she has been charged with solicitation to commit murder. this is the first full day of freedom for two american journalist held prisoner in north korea. they came home yesterday after former president clinton interceded. sources say he was told only to talk about the journalists, but he may have personally talked about policy. >> a tearful reunion between husbands and wives, mother a

a little bit of light rain just off the west coast of south florida. otherwise, high pressure is in control as this junk exits. the hot weather in texas is going to expand over the next couple days. it's going to be really the first full-fledged heat wave in many areas of the east by the time we get to the end of this weekend. for today, 90s in the southeast. dry, sunny. sunglasses needed. a cooler but mild 80s from d.c. to boston. chicago is the one stormy area. maybe a slight chance of a storm in orlando. we'll take a look at the weekend forecast a little bit later. that's a look at your national forecast. now here's a look at the weather outside your window. beautiful day in albany, new york after a cool, crisp night, 78 degrees. louisville will be about 86. we finally dried out after that record rainfall three days ago. charlotte, north carolina, you're going to get really hot the next couple days today, 91. well, dan, if you like summer heat, stay tuned for this extended weekend forecast. >> if not, at least the company -- exactly. thank you, bill

south florida doing okay, but ana might be a rainmaker for south florida in the days to come. the immediate threat right now is for flooding. i'll tell you why. because we not only have heavy rain coming up over the panhandle, but we also have runoff from streams and rivers in the region. so we're going to see that threat for flooding looking ahead all the way up into montgomery, alabama, and cloud coverage extending further north as well. here it is, the first hurricane of the atlantic season. bill is a very strong-looking hurricane. we have convection here mainly to the southeastern quadrant of the storm, but this storm is forecast to grow and intensify as it works its way further off to the west. but which way will bill go? some of the models are taking it a little closer to the u.s. mainland where others are turning it away from the u.s. entirely. bermuda still very much threatened by bill as its forecasted to become a major hurricane, meaning category 3, and that's just in the days to come. and finally, ana pounding the dominican republic. puerto rico will see heavy rain

we have details. >> if you are not in south florida, you're out of luck, but a station down there istarting to inch up. for this one station, it is the chevron on the corner of pine boulevard. 10,000 gallons of gas given away. a local partnership is giving away gas, and it has been found to be pushed into the station. free gas in miami. jane: armed robber in a run in independence, missouri, and he encounters two nuns. they noticed him near the convent, acting suspiciously. he took off on foot, so today, and they got their man. they are both nuns at sister st. francis of the holy eucharist. i want to ask you, you called 911. you saw this guy, and he had not only a gun, but a handsaw? >> yes. jane: how did you know what he had been doing? >> we did not. we actually thought he was poaching deer on the property, and went out to see him, he was trespassing. he did not walk out. and then he, you know, he talked to us. he did not run or threaten us, he was very column --,. jane: were you worried about weapons? >> we expected a gun, because he was hunting deer. i did not know until i called

>> there's a tropical wave drenching south florida this weekend. was slow going in miami yesterday as heavy rain moved in. people in florida are keeping watch on a stronger storm named anna. i accidentally said "anna" earlier, and it's "anna." jim nichols says tropical storm anna could hit florida thursday. >> that's right. it's ana, with one n. things have gotten busy in the tropics. we're going to start here closer to home. let's look outside now. sun is getting ready to come up. 66 degrees at brving b.w.i. winds are calm. and those calm winds are allowing for a little bit of patchy fog. the key word there is patchy. not everyone is seeing it. the barometer is 31.7 inches. and it is on the rise. let's look at the machine. the satellite picture showing clear skies throughout much of the eastern seaboard which is great news for you, if you want the sunshine for your sunday. we're at 66 at b.w.i. 69 in ocean city. 63 in salisbury. just underneath 70 hagerstown. high pressure in col for the day. allowing for calm winds and clear skies. it will be a q

it is like south florida. we will have afternoon thunderstorms for the next week or so. the mid 80's. >> conan o'brien is next. we will see you here tomorrow. >>

we have damon weaver of south florida child and interviewed president obama. >> right now, i'm waiting him to arrive so i can interview him. i was a little nervous waiting for the president, but finally he arrived. >> how are you, sir? nice to meet you. >> everybody knows that you love basketball. i think it would be cool to have a president that can dunk. can you dunk? >> not anymore. i used to when i was young, but i'm almost 50 now, so your legs are the first thing to do. >> now that i interviewed you, would you like to become my homework some. >> absolutely. thank you, man. great job. >> thanks for making my dream come true. >> you did anout standing job. >> president obama is now my home boy. >>> 6:54. let's take one more step towards the weekend here. i want to focus on the fact that it does appear we'll have better weather and still an isolated thunderstorm in the afternoon saturday and sunday. temperatures wigging going to the upper 80s. 85 the two deagrees. we reach 90 next week. more showers try to return by wednesday and thursday with temperatures staying on the upside in th

. >> ana could be in south florida by thursday, and we are all so watching tropical storm bill just behindlly it is clear from the tip of maine down to the carolinas. clear skies tonight mean we are looking for a cooler night and the potential for some patchy fog to develop in the late afternoon. a typical august night on tap, 80 degrees in baltimore. it's typical that we see the warmer temperatures in the cities with all the concrete there. 72 in ocean city. we managed to top out at 86 out atbwi. for the rest of tonight, just a few clouds with some patchy fog, and most winced will be light and variable. temperatures reached down to about 68 degrees. a pleasant night on tap for the rest of this evening. high pressure in control, allowing for the clear skies and calm winds. tomorrow is looking pretty nice, and monday is looking like another winter as well, with the exception of some of the -- looking like another winner as well. out towards the atlantic we are watching ana and the much larger bill. both of them are just barely tropical storms. the need to get above 39 miles an hour. both of

south florida. someone is slaughtering horses.y are offering a $5,000 reward leading to information to the person that is responsible. we must warn you that some of these images are disturbing. >> reporter: the dirt road leads away from the ten-acre pass tour where yvonne rodriguez last saw her horse alive. at the end of the road next to a palm tree is where geronimo was found, what was left of him. rodriguez got the call from her dad. he said, don't come, because it's not very nice. geronimo had been slaughtered. >> not only was my horse stolen, he was butchered. they tied him to a palm tree. >> all of these were blood stains. >> from up here to down there, geronimo, if he had an apple in your hand, he was your best friend. >> reporter: the meat had been carved from his bones. >> this is part of his main? >> yep, it is. >> reporter: animal rights say this is part of a black market for horse meat in south florida. richard examines the remains of another horse. >> i found a puncture wound. the horse bled out. it took a while for th

actually here, probably a better place to be on vacation right now than south florida. >> thank you. and that's it for 11 news at 6:00. nbc nightly news is next. captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org-- >> this is a balance t 11 editor by jordan wertlieb. >> democracy were on full display this week and throughout the country the american people have taken the health care debate to their leaders in congress. here in maryland this past monday, senator ben cardin stood before a large and vocal crowd to discuss the complexities of the issue in an auditorium. while some may choose to characterize the meeting and other meetings around the country as staged and unnecessary, we completely disagree. not only are town hall meetings a great forum to get the facts and ask your elected official questions and understand the complexities of the health care bill, they are american government in action. there is no substitute for discourse. an exchange of ideas should not be the exception, but rather the norm. it seems as if these past years, the conveniences of modern techno

you all of the rain delays and obviously brutally hot weather down there in south florida.rship, and they're certainly hoping a new ballpark will show that south florida is rock solid major league town. >> thank you so much, phil. we appreciate the comments there on the miami marlins soon to be. the florida marlins, we're going to preview what they have been doing recently a great western trip as they took two out of three against the dodgers and swept the padres. we'll preview the marlins as we continue "nats xtra"!   >> josh willingham and nick johnson chatting before tonight's match-up with the marlins and the nationals. welcome back to nats' extra as we get ready for six at home after a 4-4 road trip. taking a look at the upcoming schedule of those games at home. florida here tonight, tomorrow and, of course, on thursday. the 12:30 game. the diamondbacks on friday, saturday and sunday. arizona arrives for three on masn hd. so six in a row at home for the nationals as they try to roll along here. 4-4 on that western road trip to milwaukee and pittsburgh.

for listings in south florida. buyers are bargaining, getting 9% below what sellers are even asking today. as i buyer you are in the driver's seat. you can negotiate at the table. the other thing is you have time today because of this buyer's market, you can think about it and negotiate and make decisions on information, not emotion which is important when you're making what's going to be the biggest financial decision of your lifetime. >> here's the thing. you see that $8,000 tax credit and say i want to take advantage. this is a huge financial commitment. many times over than the $8,000. it's got to be right for you. you have this amount of money to put down, are you stable with your job and income do you think? >> it's a little iffy right now. we're not sure if this is the best time or not. >> you want to make sure that you've got a stable income, as much as you can possibly project out and you're going to stay put for a long time. do you think that's a possibility? >> it's iffy, like everything else. >> i don't

that is stimulating the economy in south florida. correspondent phil keating reports from miami on the investor visa. >> come, says jose rodriguez, for a fresh cup of cuban coffee, and they do, but more so for the variety of breads, pastries an all kinds of delights for your sweet tooth. rodriguez moved to miami from venezuela with an investor visa. he founded the bakery and in four years had his green card, something that can take 12 years or longer. >> this is a country of many opportunities and big projects. this is lots of future. >> u.s. customs and immigration offers up to 10,000 investor visas each year a foreigner must incest $1 million and create -- invest $1 million and create ten jobs. it is a fast track to residency. in south florida, with abundant deals in real estate and companies, south american participation is surging. >> we are seeing a lot of people that are interested in having a business here in miami. >> immigration attorney randall viscarrado says it is a great way to stimulate the u.s. economy, especially in a

followed the same track and became one of the deadliest and costliest hurricanes to hit not just south florida but the continental united states. so we're coming up on the anniversary of one ever the worst storms -- one of the worst storms. we're watching what may be the first real storm of the season. as far as our weather goes, well, those clouds are getting out of here. meteorologist tim williams with the details of the weekend coming up shortly. now back to you. >> thank you very much. >>> more furloughs are reported on the way for state workers as maryland tries to deal with a multimillion dollar deficit. officials say they're planning to give out more furloughs to workers making more than $40,000 a year soon. the final plan is due out on august 26. the state is trying to close a $700 million budget shortfall. >>> and still to come on wjz's eyewitness news today at noon, a small plane goes down in new jersey. several people on board. >>> another michael jackson tribute. a date has been set but the location for this event may surprise you. >>> and please take another live look outside this

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here's harriet johnson brackey, personal finance columnist at the "south florida sun sentinel." >> reporter: the obama administration has put two proposals on the table: one would allow the s.e.c. to regulate how stockbrokers are paid, and the other would require all financial advisors to put their clients interests first, ahead of their own. both are good ideas. but i don't think they're enough to rebuild trust in wall street. to people with shrunken retirement savings or not enough for college, wall street doesn't seem to have any answers. so many highly paid financial advisors didn't help ordinary investors to avoid the stock markets 45% collapse or tell them that mortgages were about to explode. brilliant financial engineers couldn't even save their own investment banks or a.i.g. but they did shove a lot of risk into ordinary investors portfolios without really explaining it and regulators didn't see it. as a result, a whole lot of people are going to have to work longer, retire later, save more or spend less. or all of those things to recover. wall street reached into investors pockets

he came out of south florida and fought illness and injury in his career. a severe case of arthritis that cost him to lose 30 pounds. worked his way back on that tour that his father had founded. he went out and played the nationwide circuit and made it on the tour full-time in 2002. he is the guy from milton, florida. might not grab your attention the fastest with bubba watson and boo weekly, but he is going to win a big one here. the cbs evening news will follow golf on most of these cbs stations. so, please stay tuned. nick: that is nice, the scorer just got the winning ball. jim: you don't want to give too many of those away. jim: you have got to admire y.e. yang, we saw that at hazeltine. when you got the biggest names out there gunning for you and then you hold up to it, my goodness. that is special. david. >> thank you jimmy. down here with our champion, heath slocum. the pga tour playoffs for the fedex cup looked like it would be a playoff for a long time. how do you feel about having to make parrot last? >> i knew it would be a good score. obviousl

that have cropped up all over south florida. especially in broward.livan says he is an addict. >> what is it like living in that life? >> neverending. like a hamster wheel, you know? >> reporter: how much do you take a day? >> 20 pills, 30 pills. >> reporter: sullivan did not admit breaking the law in our interview. police say sullivan got fresh prescriptions earlier in the day before they arrested him. >> reporter: from july 30th, 112 of those and this one, july 30th also he got 150. people come here from all over the east coast to score pa painkillers from legal pain clinics. cops call them pill mills. police say it all began here at this pain clinic that has closed down and relocated. >> this is what our sergeant calls ground zero here. this is where we started getting the crowds of people coming from out of state to obtain the pills illegally here. all it took was for us to drive into work and see 80, 90 people milling around here waiting for the pain clinic to open up. >> reporter: that was two years ago, now the dea says more than 6.5 million pi

they have a $250 million renovation to landshark stadium, trying to make it an event in south florida. just what you'd specexpect from organization being run by bill parcells. let's get more celebrities. this is lex hilliard, our first chance to see him run the ball out to the 31. i think they believed the fan base was getting older. the franchise still trying to rebound, i'm sure, from the 1-15 season, trying to bring fans back and trying to make it a more hip destination, probably not a bad idea for the dolphins as a franchise. and i'm sure bill parcells just rolls his eyes at a lot of that. >> troy: he's always had a thing for celebrity quarterbacks too. for all those who have played with him, they know what i'm talking about. >> joe: hilliard, dragged down a yard short of the first down by matt mccoy. >> joe: we did talk about the wildcat earlier. we're seeing henne now. eventually, troy, the beauty of traveligrave drafting pat white is what he can do out of the wildcat, throw the football. >> troy: they have been working him at quarterback. you see the wildcat offense, last year

police in south florida say a hit-and-run driver hit another car sending it crashing into a north miami beach taco bell. no one was hurt. maybe the suspect made a run for the border. head to get that in. >>> nashville police shocked this man with a taser multiple times with little effect. the officer asked the suspect to get on the ground outside of a restaurant but when he refused, they faced him -- they tased him. it temporarily affects him but he gets up. three times still no affect. he eventually walked into the restaurant and in the end another powerful weapon worked. >> thankfully talking in diplomacy if you will worked. the officers did not have to go hands on. they did not want to have to fight him. >> he was arrested and charged with stealing fr the restaurant. he's now serving a year in jail. >>> a burglar is behind bars in pennsylvania tonight. michael victor is accused of breaking into two apartments stealing women's underwear and then leaving the scene in the buff. the surveillance camera caught his getaway during a break-in on friday. his attorney says his client has some

a south florida man is charged with stealing more than 130 million credit card numbers. albert gonzalez hacked into the systems of stores like barns and noble, tjmaxx and office maxx. there are things you can do to protect your identity. >>if you're going to be shopping online i suggest you look for a secure payment agent process. they're available. they're coming out. there's a very good one just released a couple of weeks ago. check them out. test them out. they will protect you from giving your information to a merchant that's going to hold it and possibly lose it. at the same time they guarantee the merchant will get paid for the service. >>other suggestions, safeguard personal information like your birth date and social security number. sledding your mail and checking your credit report regularly are also ways to protect your identity. stay on top of it. >>>starbucks says it is raising the prices on some of its beverages. the price increases are as much as 30 cents on some drinks such as the cold blenedded drinks. most items will increase 10 to 15 cents t changes we

they have a $250 million renovation to landshark stadium, trying to make it an event in south florida. just what you'd specexpect from organization being run by bill parcells. let's get more celebrities. this is lex hilliard, our first chance to see him run the ball out to the 31. i think they believed the fan base was getting older. the franchise still trying to rebound, i'm sure, from the 1-15 season, trying to bring fans back and trying to make it a more hip destination, probably not a bad idea for the dolphins as a franchise. and i'm sure bill parcells just rolls his eyes at a lot of that. >> troy: he's always had a thing for celebrity quarterbacks too. for all those who have played with him, they know what i'm talking about. >> joe: hilliard, dragged down a yard short of the first down by matt mccoy. >> joe: we did talk about the wildcat earlier. we're seeing henne now. eventually, troy, the beauty of traveligrave drafting pat white is what he can do out of the wildcat, throw the football. >> troy: they have been working him at quarterback. you see the wildcat offense, last year

moving in towards cuba and south florida. maybe producing some showers and thunderstorms for much of florida as we get into thursday and tread this week. in the meantime, a couple of showers and thunderstorms have popped up to the west of us up in the mountains. but that's about. it we're looking at a pretty nice evening here in the immediate metro area. you could add 95 south out here and front royal and also out there if you're watching in hd. all right, tomorrow morning, partly cloudy and very warm. 70s and 80s. winds are southwest at 10. partly cloudy, could be hot. a few thunderstorms on tuesday. and highs e 90 to 95. winds are west southwest at 10. the zone forecast, well, chance of a thunderstorm, a little higher in wind chester than out there. around 90 though. that is 92 out there and 94 in woodbridge. 93 in fairfax. low to mid-90s downtown. you might see them out there, less of a chance of a thunderstorm in that zone. a much better chance as we get into wednesday. >>> next seven days, a few storms tomorrow, 93. scat

. >> rick: i have a grandmother who likes to play low wage cards in south florida who would not be happytory. i think she's actually watching. are you going to be able to work out a deal, sir? >> well, we are trying to. i reached out to state legislators to see if in the -- we can change this. and allow for penny-ante gambling. >> rick: the mayor of baldwinsville, with a little problem on his hands and good luck working this out! and that's it for all of us her

south, we have this issue. area of low pressure, kind of a front down across florida.owers and thunderstorms this time of year. they scrubbed the shuttle launch and they'll go for it again tonight at 1:10 a.m. and still about a 30% chance of it not happening. we'll keep you, certainly, up to date on that. jacksonville, take a look. here's a shot. you also have a 50% chance of seeing showers and thunderstorms develop in the afternoon and some of them right now are inland, but, this, obviously, a shot of the beach. temperatures will get easily into the mid-80s today. all in all, not a bad day to be hanging out at the beach. mid to upper 80s from chicago to atlanta and new york and places like texas as we try to wrap up the summer. >> rob, thank you. >>> it may not be the best time politically for the white house, but attorney general eric holder is going ahead with an investigation into cia prisoner abuse cases. holder appointed a special prosecutor yesterday. this comes after a lawsuit forced the cia to release a 2004 report by the agency's own inspector general. descri

. >> as the bus-tour comes to an:0 end, south florida, thank you, mort. >> nobody seems to be doubtings physical readiness too play.ay. showing up at camp, about 2bout points overweight, which was the reveal head-coach's estimation, reveals that necessary in good shape,ce, and just in case, he's logging extra practice hours.practice sal paolantonio tells us, ittonu seems like vick's toughest uphill battle is still off the field. >> after two years of being outo of football, and then the long, difficult process of finding a team, vick is eligible to play, finally, on thursday night. an his teammates get the sense he can't wait. >> i definitely got his sense, t he's been off for two years. he's a passionate player. wh >> when he played the game he was passionate. and you definitely want toay. play. so, i'm looking forward toto seeing him make some plays. >> you know, from being out ofof football, you know that he wantu to play, and we just excitedlay. about that.excited about >> vick has been putting in extra prep time and also takingt the time to attend the team'sud. bible study. this w

at this south florida stimulus coalition sent letters to dozens of people with outstanding warrants. they were sent letters, they came in to collect money, and they came out in handcuffs. >> these are individuals who are running away from the law. they came to was freely. >> 76 pages were arrested on several charges including grand theft, fraud, and attempted murder. the program was as a successful that they may try again in the future. >>> the father of the late terry schiavo died. he was diagnosed as being in a persistent vegetative state. he was 71-years old. >>> many of ted kennedy's former staffers were among those to pay tribute to the senator. among those with a harvard professor when he convinced him tcome aboard in the 1970's. he held right the famous 1980 convention speech. we sat down with the three of these men for an insider's view of the senator's life. >> you three had such unique access to him in such a personal way. what are the memories that you comfort? >> the number one rule i learned from senator kennedy when it came to legislation when i was there, the enemy, th

. >> reporter: on a steamy august afternoon in south florida, the mall, like malls anywhere, can be a place to escape. an everyday christmas of possibilities in the upscale shop windows. for some people, it's an air conditioned main street where they can let their brain slip out of gear for a while. >> a lot of mothers go there with their kids to walk around, get them out of the house. >> reporter: this woman, call her jane, as in jane doe, is speaking in disguise because of the terrible things that happened to her one day after she and her young son had a nothing special wander in the mall near boca raton. while she was shopping, buying a fashion baseball cap, spraying on perfume, someone was out in the parking lot waiting, watching, on the hunt for vulnerable women. he must have locked on jane as she and her exited the mall at nordstrom about 1:00 that day. she was doing the usual mother's juggling act as she popped the hatch of her black suv. >> i put my son in first, strapped him in the car steet. >> he's in back. >> yes, in the back. then i go to the back of the truck and i put t

he is an 11-year-old student journalist from south florida. and on thursday, he got the scoop of a lifetime, a one-on- one interview at the white house with president barack obama. >> how are you, sir? >> good. >> nice to meet you. >> reporter: damon weaver came to washington with a lot of questions for the president, from basketball and bullying to public service and education. >> well, he said focus on education, because education is the most important thing. because he said the kids are the future. >> reporter: damon is from florida near miami. he told the president his town is kind of poor. the youngster not only asked him what could be done to improve education in public schools, but school lunches too. >> he said he does have the power to change the school lunches, but he said i suggest that we have french fries and mangos. he said school lunches have to be healthier so we grow big and strong. >> reporter: the president said he plans to talk more to america's young people about improving education. a national address is scheduled for ear

think this will kind of reform into just a little depression and move across in between cuba and south florida. and it could produce some pretty big thunderstorms in florida on the west side anyway thursday into friday. as far as we're concerned, a couple of showers back to the mountains. but they are also diminishing at this hour. all right. next seven days, 93 tomorrow. some storms. 91 on wednesday. some storms. 90 on thursday. a few storms. and then here comes the front. back to 89. and behind the front good news. we're back in the 80s on saturday and sunday and monday. but, again, the strength of the front and the timing of the front critical, derek. if it slows down, bill comes westward. if it speeds up, bill stays way out to sea. >> kill bill. >> i like you're thinking. >> thank you, sir. >>> well, he is 44 years old and he races bmx bikes. and if that seems odd, keep in mind charles has been racing those bikes since 1975. but that is not why we're telling his th story. peanut has had a bit of a mid life crisis and it's not the kind you're thinking about. james hash has his story. >> rep

rescuers desperately tried to save a mother whale and their baby after they were beached in south floridandreds of onlookers gathered and many sacrificed towels and umbrellas to protect the whales from the sun. >> next thing you know they have a towel. >> despite the effort, they had to be euthanized. they can beach themselves because of climate conditions or illness. >> these dogs are not in the dog house. they were at doug's house for the blessing of the animals. animals all showed up at monaco cathedral for the religious celebration. normal done in october in observance for the feast of st. francis of asissies. he blessed the animals with holy water. and even royalty took part. princess anne 21 net. greeted a few blessed beast. >> some people in raleigh north carolina say they can see christ in this. the southern plant is grown over a powerful. looks like jesus with his arms outstretched. patrice harris fox 45 news. >> new study finds binge drinking effects tension, and young men and college students. researchers in spain define it as men that drink at least five drinks in a sitting. a