meanwhile, blazing heat is gripping much of the country from the upper midwest and south florida.emperatures are reaching into the mid-1990s. a 20 sacks -- a 26-year-old man died running a half marathon. triple digits are setting records. and in south florida, a drought conditions have lake okeechobee at its lowest level in four years. while it may feel like the dog days of summer, the calendar still says spring. the official start of summer is still two weeks away. dirk gregory, wbal tv 11 news. >> still ahead, caught on camera. a florida teacher repeatedly punched a student. why is the student being suspended? details, next. >> and kicking off a week 3 in the trial of a young mother accused of killing her daughter. >> it has been a deadly day for american troops in iraq. the white house may be considering a sharper drawdown of u.s. forces from afghanistan. >> kate amara sat down with president barack obama today. she joins us with more. >> the economy did dominate our conversation, but we also touched on news breaking overseas that five american soldiers were killed when a rocke

and now to phil live from south florida. under cross-examination the defense suggested that this scientist has a personal financial interest in testifying in this case, right? >>reporter: absolutely, casey anthony's attorney very aggressively cross-examining the doctor who acknowledged the instrument that the laboratory scientist is developing. and he admitted he would probably get about 15 percent in royalties if patents are approved but denies he is in orlando to cash in. >> in, my goal is not to sell these. my goal is to develop them so that an investor, if the patent ever is awarded could come in and license that patent and they could build things. >>reporter: he told the jury how he was shocked at the "unusually high level of chloroform," their sampling detected in the trunk, key for the state's case because prosecutors are trying to persuade the jury that casey anthony used chloroform to make her daughter, caylee, go unconscious and used the conduct tape to suffocate her and put her in the trunk. trace? >>trace: and th

. >>> jon huntsman takes his new presidential campaign to south carolina and florida today and jumped in the race officially yesterday. promising to run a civil campaign and also kept his word on that by hardly criticizing president obama when announcing his run. d tells our jonathan karl that he doesn't belilie voters will care about his religion. >> i don't think people see it through a religious prism but see any of the candidates and ask what are they going to do for the country? >> he is a former governor of utah and speaks chinese, also used to be president obama's ambassador to china. george stephanopoulos interviews him coming up on "good morning america." >>> one final gop presidential candidate to mention, congresswoman michele bachmann. today she is announcing details of her launch set to take place next monday in iowa. >>> a family of four from south florida was among the 44 victims of that russian plane crash. the father, a software engineer was traveling with his wife and two daughters when it went down in planes. all in duel/u.s. russian citizenships. bad weather condit

. >> meanwhile, blazing heat is gripping much of the country from the upper midwest to south florida. temperatures are reaching into the mid-09s in chicago where on saturday the heat turned deadly. a 26-year-old man died while running a half marathon. nearly a dozen others were hospitalized for heat exhaustion. triple digit temperatures are setting records and in south florida, drought conditions have lake oak chobe in its lo lowest levels in four years. while it may feel like the dog days of summer, the calendar still says spring. the official start of summer is still two weeks away. kurt gregory, nbc news. >> there's been wild weather in other parts of the country, but here in the washington area today, mild weather. >> a nice start to the week. meteorologist veronica johnson says don't get too used to it. we have scorching weather ahead. >> it's pretty dom fortable across the area, but upper 80s the air temperatures throughout the area and when you look at june so far we've only had one day that was 90 degrees or higher. last year already we were up to two. so humidity again in the

apparently people in south florida aren't real happy about it. because they're terribly loud. they're in their mating season right now. people are going crazy because apparently they can't get any sleep because the mockingbirds are singing their songs. >> i will say when i'm in florida, that says to me i'm there. i hear that bird and i go, aw, i already feel on vacation. >> a lot of people at home right now who live in south florida are throwing eggs at their tv at you because they haven't slept in two weeks. >> one person's pain. >> an alarm clock built in outside your window. >> thanks, jacqui. appreciate it. >>> one of president obama's top economic advisers says people shouldn't read too much into last week's less than stellar job numbers. the economy gained 54,000 jobs and a big drop from a year ago when 458,000 jobs were created. austin guan goolsbee says the important thing is over the past six months 1 million jobs have been added to the economy. >> there is a plan. it has been working. we have been adding jobs significantly over the course of this year. we faced a sti

phil keating is live tonight in south florida.hil, the defense really tried to paint this scientist as an untrust worthy eccentric, didn't he. >> that included jose baez questioning him divining rod to walk around the grass finding hidden graves and water. he pointed out how the air samples were not done until 10 weeks after caylee anthony died a story quoted him describing what the smell of a human decomposition is to that of a potato. a potato gone bad. >> that it is sickly sweet. it doesn't smell like a swamp or rotten egg smell. if you ever had a potato go back bush administration in your cupboard. that's a horrendous smell. similar to decomposition. amazingly similar. >> i believe i made that statement, yes. >>vass trying to explain. he has studied decome posing potatoes and they are nothing like a decomposing body. >> trace: tell us how novel this air sample science in a murder trial really. >> this is absolutely the very first trial in the united states that is admitting this type of air sample evidence to provide testimony

. >> it has been almost 20 years since hurricane andrew ripped across south florida.ing to local lore, one of the scariest legacies slithers on today. one that came out of a shattered reptile breeder's hatchery. a number of captive pythons were blown into the everglades where the snakes bred their numbers into the hundreds of thousands. but how many are really out there? three daring men say they know, and they took matt gutman along to prove it. >> reporter: they're among nature's most efficient killers. the stuff of phobias, right? >> that's a sexy snake. >> reporter: wrong, if you're one of the python hunters. >> get it, get it! >> reporter: the stars of the national geographic channel's friday night show, they rarely rely on nets and never on guns. these guys are way too macho about this. how do you feel about doing this in shorts? what's up with that? >> i don't know. some dudes are just tougher than others. >> reporter: preferring a bare handed approach. >> there you go. there we go. >> reporter: they took us to their office for a day. like walking on a marshmal

. >> blazing heat as settled in from the upper midwest to south florida.emperatures reaching into the mid-90s in chicago. one person died during a marathon. in south florida, drought conditions have been at the lowest level in four years. the official start of summer, still two weeks away. >>> totals for this year's record-breaking snowfall in the sierra are not in yet because the snow won't stop falling. this morning drivers needed chains on 50 at myers and on 80 over at donner pass. the storm warning ended at 5:00, but there could be scattered snow showers through tomorrow so carry your chains with you if you are headed that way. >>> all right, let's turn things over to jeff ranieri. yes, we did see a lot of rain this weekend, but i did see a little sliver of sun and i know you've got some sun in your forecast. >> yes, we do have a much more optimistic look at our forecast as we head throughout the next couple of days. something i think everyone will love. it will finally start to feel like june out there. i did want to look at lake tahoe. winds relative

a severe storm rolls through south florida pounding the area with quarter-sized hail. along with dumping damaging hail, the storm also produced 60-mile-per-hour winds that aided in the destruction of several pool enclosures and patios. luckily, no injuries have been reported. >>> nearly 100 firefighters battled a massive fire late saturday night in los angeles. the fire began in a parts depot and quickly spread to an adjacent junkyard. it took over an hour to bring the inferno under control and eventually put it out. an investigation has now been launched. >>> and finally to georgia, where one man is using his herd of sheep to turn the backyards of suburban atlanta into a cash cow. brian is the only sheep herder in the big city. residents wanting to avoid pesticides and poisonous sprays have rented his herd to clear their yards of poison ivy or other unwanted plant life. so far business is booming with many taking advantage of the environmentally friendly yard crew that has no problem working through lunch. now for a look at your national and regional weather, here's n

. >>> demonstrators gathered outside of a south florida mosque today.manding that the mosque be closed by the federal government. last month, the fbi arrested two imams and several of their family members, charging them with funneling money to terrorists in pakistan. >>> a chicago woman was never really missing a little. her body was in the county morgue almost the entire time. her family credits the discovery to a new detective. >>> in florida, a family snapped these photographs when a bear decided to take a tip in the hot tub. wildlife officials say this is a female with her cubs nearby. so far, they've been too [ male announcer ] you never know when, but thieves can steal your identity. turning your life upside down in a matter of seconds. hi. hi. you know i can save you 15% today if you open up a charge card account with us. you just read my mind. [ male announcer ] just one little piece of information and they can open bogus accounts stealing your credit your money and ruining your reputation. that's why you need lifelock. lifelock is the leader in

. >>> demonstrators gathered outside of a south florida mosque today.the mosque be closed by the federal government. last month, the fbi arrested two imams and several of their family members, charging them with funneling money to terrorists in pakistan. >>> a chicago woman was never really missing a little. her body was in the county morgue almost the entire time. her family credits the discovery to a new detective. >>> in florida, a family snapped these photographs when a bear decided to take a tip in the hot tub. wildlife officials say this is a female with her cubs nearby. so far, they've been too elusive to track. >>> we'll be right back. [ coach ] in albuquerque, citi pre-approved my mortgage. [ whistle blows ] all right, layups, guys. let's go. in sioux falls, i locked in a rate. coach, you get that house yet? working on it. [ coach ] the appraisal? ...springfield. wherever i was, my citi mortgage consultant had me covered. [ crowd cheering ] and 500 miles from home... [ cheering, cellphone beeps ] ...we finally had a new home. [ male announcer ]

today in south florida, diamondbacks visiting the marlins, lead 2-0.oberts homers for the second straight day. this one to left over the coffee clock at nearly 11:00 1:00. continuing in the ninth as parra get ones high to the air. the double scores melvin mora. the scoriing done 5-1 arizona. they're a half game back of the giants as of this moment. >>> nothing is coming easy for the oakland a's. wins are few and far between, the calls are not going oakland's way. one glaring example today wrapping up the series in chicago against the white sox, bay area native bob melvin. dunn crush a three-run homer of the a's starter. hawk carrollton bell loge how you can put it up on the board. chicago's two-run lead in the fourth erased by oakland. size more tieing it up with a solo shot to left. that's why you bring the glove. bottom frame, sizemore wish his could have this back. error on a ball hit by carlos quentin gives them the lead. coco crisp trying to help tie it again, does not get the tie at first base. usually given to the runner. final out, full of cont

nationally are cash transacti s transactions, two thirds in the hardest hit markets like phoenix, like south floridamajority taking place on a cash basis. >> sophisticated investors or john and mary lou who saved up their money and buying an investment property. >> more sophisticated investors, but john and mary lou have deep pockets. >> speculators in a market driven up by speculators or people sopping up excess supply and that's a good thing for housing prices? >> i think it's a good thing for prices ultimately. there's a ton of head winds in housing. one good sign, i think this is it because all that cash, people that are willing, investors willing to put their cash at risk, tells me there's a perception of value, particularly in the places where home prices have fallen the most. that's why i don't think home prices will drop the next 10, 15% like some say despite all the negative signs and all the overhang of inventory. >> interest rates are very, very low. if you're still waiting for a 5% or more decline in home prices before you buy something, interest rates could be moving the wrong way again

some south florida fishermen reeled in a 1,000 pound mako shark. >> i don't have to watch "jaws" anymore. i lived it. >> that group was taking part in a fishing tournament over the weekend. it took about 7 hours to reel in the 12-foot shark. some crewmen say it is the catch of a lifetime. i believe them. that is pretty unbelievable. you think they won the tournament? >> seven hours and 1,000 pounds? that's good eating, too. >> good workout. >>> a botched budget means no pay for state lawmakers. the fuzzy math and why the saga could be headed for a court showdown. >>> and a new document dump from pg&e in relation to the san bruno explosion. if you lined you will all the documents they would be about 75 feet tall. we'll give you the highlights or lowlights coming up. >>> and we hit triple digits yesterday in the bay area. and today another hot day, already 71 degrees here in pleasanton. i'll have a full update for you about what to expect weather- wise in just a bit. >>> it's saggy pants got a passenger booted a few weeks back but a half naked cross dresser cleared for take-off. how the ai

wildfires in south georgia and north florida can now be seen from space.his is a satellite photograph taken from nasa, you can see the smoke covering over the atlantic. there are now 14 active fired in the area, thousands of acres have been burned. south florida is getting some much-needed rain today, these six funnel clouds were spotted off of miami beach, a welcome sight. southland has been struggling with the drought conditions for some time, the clouds and cannot pose much of a threat because they are out at sea. [music] >> if you are hoping for a warmer weekend, at the fog will turn--return out there tomorrow. we will warm up slightly into sunday less fog expected, comfortable in the inland valleys, the low 80s. take a look at the fog for tomorrow morning, much more extensive than what we saw today. the wind out of the north kept the fog from forming today. we will carry that fog into the east bay shores, and the inland valleys. it will scale back by 9:00 a.m., but still cover over oakland, hayward and parts of but north bay. by 1:00 in the afternoon

you drive by in south florida on u.s. federal highway 1, you see all those closed storefronts.icans that once occupied those storefronts. >> governor? >> what i would like to see the president do is really lead and ask for a balanced budget, which he has yet to do. i think that's critically important. from a governor's perspective, everything i've tried to do to govern in south carolina has been stopped by president obama, whether how to deal with the health care crisis. he's mandating more on our states, and we can't afford it. whether it's creating jobs. he's actually got the national labor relations board suing a great american company for creating jobs in south carolina or illegal immigration, he's stopping my labor director from allowing her to enforce the laws that are in place. the key is let the states have the flex inlt and the freedom they need to have in order for us to govern, which sat the end of the day is down to the states, we need the federal government to get out of the way. we need a president who understands let them have states rights and let them handle th

. >>> well, there is a cat in south florida which has used up one of its nine lives. >> yeah, the littlee escaped after this four-foot gator tried to make it dinner on a miami street. people in the neighborhood believe the gator may have come from a nearby canal. >> they say you really have to watch your pets down there. this happens quite a bit. it only took a few minutes for the trapper to catch the gator after he arrived at the scene. and, don't worry, that gator although unpleasantly is being returned to the wild. that doesn't look like much fun. >> and the feline is okay. >> the cat's okay, the gator got released, it's all good. >> we'll be right back with more "world news now." [ horn honks ] now we're hitting the road with the proglide challenge. yo, my friend -- come on down here. what do you think about that proglide? yeah, this is great. it feels good on my sensitive skin. i don't feel like i'm shaving. [ male announcer ] fusion proglide is engineered with gillette's thinnest blades ever it feels like it's doing the work for me. [ male announcer ] so it glides for less tug and

a south florida hotel worker stole the ring and tried to sell it at a pawnshop. took it for $1200 but notified police when he noticed something wasn't right. >> it's a very distinctive ring. i was surprised he was selling the ring instead of pawning it. >> his eyes watered and he said he felt like he was getting it for the first time. as for the suspect he is charged with grand theft and dealing in stolen property. >>> time now 5:56 another bay bridge series starts tonight. last month the giants swept the a's. san francisco trying to bounce back from that extra inning loss to arizona. >> deep to right center. this one is out of the yard and the diamondbacks have won the game. >> not so good. the giants still in first place though in the national league west. the a's they won yesterday but they lost 13 of the last 16. so tonight it will be tim lincecum on the mound for the giants against graham godfrey of the a's. >>> the coliseum saw one of the largest concerts of the year and the largest traffic jams. many fans were caught in traffic along interstate 880 for hou

it was some site for people in south florida yesterday.te to blow up the old power and light company. a $1.3 billion gas plant will replace that demolished plant. >>> in brazil the police and army cleaning up near the site of the 2014 world cup. now the hell -- helicopters flying over head. they went into the slump. armored vehicles provided extra protection on the street. the security forces are taking control away from the drug trafficking gangs. trying to clean things up before events like the 2014 world cup and the 2016 olympics. >>> nbc has issued an on air apology for omitting the words under god from the pledge of allegiance during its coverage of the u.s. open. the network opened its broadcast with a montage that included people reciting the pledge. but the words under god was left out. the backlash on social media was quick and harsh with critics calling the omission un- american. northbound c says it was an -- nbc says it was a media error. >> just like that 22-year-old rory mcilroy yes i said 22. the youngest u.s. open winner si

he started a reality tv show where he renovated homes in south florida, by the way.e than one hit. live at the new york stock exchange, i'm jane king, bloomberg news. >> thank you very much. by the way, robert van winkle is his real name. thank you. see you later. >> we've got some cooling weather, which everybody is welcoming after the hot, hot spell. >> it was hot. nice not to hear air conditioner running after 7:00 last night. >> hot, hot, baby. is that what you trying to say? >> just hot, hot. yeah. [ laughter ] >> all right. rolling brown-outs we've been dealing with should be over top. we are looking at the same clouds. more widespread and they will aid cooling that we will feel today. cooling was strongest along the coast. up and down 101 yesterday. take a look at the temperatures. we were 12 to 17 degrees cooler from san jose, redwood city, san francisco, san rafael, santa rosa, napa. the biggest drop, pacifica. 74 to 55. inland, mid-to-upper 90s. concord, livermore and antioch. today you will see the biggest drop hitting 80s for highs. low to mid-50s under m

i would also like to recognize a constituent from south florida, sheila. she had fallen victim to this crime with the irs not once but twice. imagine that. imagine going through it again. the irs is aware of it, and somehow the next year it happened again. it tells you they are obviously -- the protocols that are there are not effective. a lot needs to be done. i once again thank you, mr. chair, for your leadership. she was not able to be here today to testify, but she has supplied us with her story in a very compelling written testimony. very respectfully, i would ask you to allow me to submit her testimony for the record. >> without objection, so ordered. >> thank you, for your leadership, and thank you for making this a priority issue. it is a big problem in south florida, nationally, and as bad as identity theft is, what happens with the irs and people who work hard and play by the rules and pay their taxes and their refund check goes to some creek, it makes a horrible crime worse. >> the gentleman yields back. just housekeeping, we will recess now bec

after falling and breaking her thighbone, the woman couldn't get to the phone to call 911, so the south florida instead reached for her nearest laptop a few feet away. she managed to log on to a facebook group that only she and her family have access to. she sent a message that said, quote: "call 911. i need help." >>> ten hours later, cindy got a response. her daughter in law replied: "i'm on my way." cindy is now on the road to recovery. >>> don't even use e-mail, but facebook. >>> took 10 hours. >>> she needs to friend up. >>> 6:26. >>> new fees for customers at the country's biggest bank. the penalties if you pay your bill late. >>> plus fewer cops and a climbing murder rate. now police are getting creative. the new strategy to fight gang violence. >>> and a three alarm fire breaks out in sunnyvale this morning. dozens of individuals forced to evacuate their apartments. a full update coming up. >>> a judge in l.a. will decide if the lead suspect in the brian stow case will be set free. why it will impact lapd's latest attempt in trying to hold the suspect >>> sure, pulling the mold, mildew,

it would happen here like south florida and arizona people started buying homes they couldn't affordinterest only loans and variable rates. you had boom and bust. people realized they could no longer afford the homes you traveled and you can't believe what you see. to this day, you see several foreclosure signs and several for sale signs you even see signs that i couldn't believe. when a building is independent, they are warning against squatters. you see that in suburbs and neighborhoods here. it's unbelievable. that said, there people who are under water, more than 80% here who are still staying in their homes they are not walking away. they made a deal with the bank and the lenders and they are sticking to that deal. they are thinking with their conscious and not the wallets. we spoke to a couple of people. here's what they had to say. >> for the people who did stick it out, there should be a sort of reward at the end. a star next to their name or something saying they paid their bills. >> now real estate analysts say it's folks like that that prevent another real estate free fall

. >> reporter: it's a twisted south florida story of greed, money and a plot -- >> that's how i'm goingbery went back. >> reporter: that ends up here. >> all rise. court in session. >> reporter: with dalia on trial for solicitation to commit murder. elizabeth parker tells the jury she has irrefutable evidence. the whole crime caught on tape. >> you will see how she ax gtd and hear what she said on that day. >> hollywood can't write better than this. >> reporter: it's a media circus. >> prosecutors continue their case today. >> reporter: a most unusual case. >> she was paying a hitman to kill her husband. >> reporter: with a most unusual defendant, who swears she is not guilty. >> and then she laughs. she latches because she was good at manipulating her husband and thought she could fool everyone else and that she could get away with having him murders. >> one of the reasons this case got so much attention is because dalia is a pretty lady, nice figure, so, how could someone like her actually be a cold blooded killer. >> reporter: mike and dalia were living in a beautiful townhouse in bo

when i came from south florida when we had naca in town we had lines around the block. so it's kind of nice to see only about 50 or 60 people there right now. i'm talking about hundreds of people in florida. this is what we're looking at. you can see here, we do have the fog setting in. i think at one point this morning we'll see the golden gate bridge socked in. you're getting pretty good visibility. that usually happens at about 6:30, has a lot to do with the sun coming up. 64 in oakland, 66 hayward and 72 in sunnyvale at noon. then we round out the day in the upper 70s. really nice day for outdoor activities. even in the heat of the day at 4:00 if you wanted to go for a jog you can do so. 77 in fremont later today. and 79 degrees in concord. throughout this weekend temperatures stay kind of steady, sen 7 on saturday, 79 for sunday and then they climb. monday, tuesday, wednesday up to 95 degrees. and i'm not goinging as warm as i could, excuse me, mike, i got to tell you this ridge, it's strong. it's a strong one. >> let's just focus on the weekend. >> right. >> baby

. >> and generally, south florida, those canals always have a little something in them. about west palm beach and bring in the mayor of that city. jerri moyo is with us now. you have said and others have said there that your city could run out of water completely in about 40 days if you don't get some sort of relief. is that right? >> well, it's right now more like about 60 days. but we're in desperate need of rain, you're exactly right. >> what are the conditions? how dire is it? what are the kinds of restrictions that have been imposed? >> well, as jacqui said, we're about two feet below our normal rainfall for the season. and it hasn't rained here in weeks and weeks. and as a result, we have asked our citizens to conserve water. to only water one day a week between the hours of 4:00 and 8:00 in the morning. they cannot water any other time. we're asking them not to do car washes, you know, wash their car in their driveways or wash down their driveways and to conserve their water that they use in their homes as well. >> so if people don't do that, you literally may not

as a matter of fact, what i'm doing now, i work for the university of south florida. i'm heading of the innovation. our job is to try to put r&d companies and championships together. important to do. so we did that in general. we also worked on the downtown, anybody that went to downtown, st. pete, 20 years ago, and 15 years ago would see john avlon. he's got a -- walked with us during the whole process. and you'll see it's a remarkable different place that it was. sidewalk cafes, cultural amenities. very focused on the cultural. we set out to be number one on the cultural state of florida. everybody kind of snickered. last year "american living" magazine ranked us the number one city in america for under 5,000. because of the new daley museum and expansion of the fine arts, florida orchestra, lots of things. we brought a grand prix to st. petersburg. the indianapolis 500 is still the best race in the country. even tony george has has the honda grand prix in st. petersburg is second to indy. i want to close with midtown. we focused on the poorest part with the most ef

. >> that's not going to earn you fans outside of south florida. no, not cheering for the heat. later that night dirk would get the last laugh and scored 39 points and now dallas has a two-series lead and they play in miami tuesday night. i think most of us see that this series will go seven game, but we'll see. >> they are just having a little fun. a lot of people don't like lebron and that's just another reason they can point to. all right. another nice story here. >> let's finish on a nice story. >> a young lady in atlanta could be changing the rules, if you will, when it comes to how you dress in weightlifting. she wants the international weightlifting federation to change its uniform policy. she wants to wear her hijab which basically covers her head. she also wants to cover her arms and legs during her competition as part of her faith. it's a current uniform that exposes the referees and the arms so the judges can judge whether the arms and knees are locking out. part of the judging process. she says she wants to change that. they're looking

put here for a spoiler territory between the established english colony in south carolina, and the spanish colony down in florida. and since this whole area from south carolina dhaka florida line was completed in the air, they will be contested. why not go all the way? because the original drawings of georgia which were sliced up went from the it plan devotion to the pacific ocean treading through god knows what, mississippi, texas, whatever that would go through it you just kept on going so you might as well go big for it. initially this was a haven for all sorts of people particularly the religious haven. 16 languages ranging from welch to evict were spoken in the new colony of georgia. as a matter of fact the young evangelist, john wesley, who came over to evangelize the greek indians could speak five languages. that is before he stormed back to england to found the methodist religion and wrote about a year being in a savannah. i shook off my feet and left georgia after having preached the gospel there as i was able, end of quote. so he left a rather disgruntled. it's nothing of the main biography young john

. ♪ playing basketball, we love that basketball ♪ >>> good morning miami and all of south florida.f lebron doesn't do something fourth quarter. just kidding, bron, i love you even if the rest of the country does not. the heat taking on the mavericks tonight in game six. we may or may not get to game seven. how is the weather in miami today? >> in miami it's going to be 0 100% chance of raining threes in the fourth. they're going to have a chance of showers in the afternoon. in dallas the home of the mavericks, a little bit warmer 99. not as great a chance of rainfall. expect the heat to continue through much of the southeast. 93 in memphis, 94 in new orleans. 89 degrees in washington. one thing you have in all of the spots is at least a chance of some afternoon showers that might cool things off. in the west, expected to be dry, going to be breezy, tough times for them highs in the 90s and 100s. in terms of severe weather we're expecting the chance to pop up across parts of the northern plains in spots today, primarily in places like say back into right across the dakotas, maybe th

this guy was an athlete before he entered the cast of cirque de soleil and south carolina-florida.p that beautiful new stadium in omaha. how that one baseball event that pact college series putting them up 4-1. going to the night.the ninth inning, and the game south carolina qantas their second consecutive national championship. with 16th st a that is the record, south carolina wins the championship of college baseball. a cinderella story of this baseball team is of course right here in the bay area. the cal bears, the store was that there were not going to have baseball. somehow, the story was that there were not one to a baseball fuel if however, this is one to be there finality. going all the way to the world series. the coach ended up with the national coach of the year award. he showed austenite and came in the studio tonight in uniform! >> was this beyond your wildest dreams? >> i did not even believe that it worked out the way that it did. the regional victories the bottom of the night inning and coming back with the santa clara! friends, family, france, unbelievable! >> gar

check this video out coming to you from south florida.ooks like a tropical storm or hurricane, with the palm fronds blowing in the wind. this one had enough altitude to bring down bitty bits of hail. they'll take that cooling thunderstorm, even if it means getting hid in the noggin with a piece of hail, just to knock down the dust a bit. >> thanks, rob. >> you bet. >>> a case against a judge who overturned the ban on same-sex marriage, his own same-sex relationship is becoming a case in court. i'll talk to jeffrey toobin. [ nurse ] i'm a hospice nurse. britta olsen is my patient. i spend long hours with her checking her heart rate, administering her medication, and just making her comfortable. one night britta told me about a tradition in denmark, "when a person dies," she said, "someone must open the window so the soul can depart." i smiled and squeezed her hand. "not tonight, britta. not tonight." ♪ ♪ [ male announcer ] what is the future of fuel? the debate is over. ♪ lexus hybrid drive technology is designed to optimize any fuel sourc

florida into mississippi. also on i-20, and 40 across the south.es for a slick ride on i-5, in northern california and the pacific northwest. >> and taking a look at possible airport delays today. they could happen in atlanta, orlando, miami, washington, d.c., and also san francisco. >>> well, notorious ganger the, whitey bulger's arrest, has not dampened his flare for fra >> talk. >> he waived his right to silence and freely admitted to returning to returning to boston for several times while on the run. he said he was, quote, armed to the teeth, because he had to take care of unfinished business. now, bulger wants taxpayers to foot the bill for his defense, though prosecutors say bulger can easily afford to pay. a hearing is set for today. >>> another flamboyant defendant known for his way with words, was unable to sweet-talk a chicago jury into an acquittal. diana alvear has the latest on rod blagojevich. >> frankly, stunned. not much left to say other than, we want to get home to our little girls and talk to them and explain things to them. and

. >>> the south florida woman convicted of trying to hire a hit man to kill her husband is starting as sent to jail for 20 years yesterday. she was caught on video offering a man $3,000 for the murder of her husband. it turns out the man was an undercover officer. dipolito's husband says he is, quote, 5,000% happy with her sentence. >> a south texas mom received five years probation and a tongue lashing for spanking her own child. rosalina gonzalez was arrested after the spanking left a few red marks on her 2-year-old daughter's rear end. the judge bluntly told the mother, quote, you don't spank children today. the state took away the girl and her two siblings. gonzalez is now working to get them back. >> pretty tough. couple interesting tidbits. no belt was used in the spanking. some people said what sort of spank was this, there was no belt used or anything like that. the mother was also arrested after the paternal grandmother complained to authorities. >> in case you are wondering how they found out about this. >> you have to think that has got to be tough on the kids. they get spa

. >>> college world series between south carolina and florida, gators load the bases, bottom nine, groundsott wingo, he starts the 4-2-3 double play. good defense leads to bad defense by florida. throws it into center field trying to get christian walker. walker scores on the bad throw from center. south carolina is one win away from their second straight college world series title. >>> the warriors introduced their latest draft class today. no player took a more roundabout journey to oakland than tyler. he skipped his senior year of high school in san diego to go pro in israel, and then japan. he was the first american to ever make the bold move, thinking he would become the nba's number one pick. tyler learned more about the world than his game. the first lesson came in israel on yo m kippur. >> it was so quiet and i had my tv on, and it was pretty loud and i mean, police came and it was like you can't have this on. i didn't know. he. >> he took me to a japanese restaurant and he's speaking the language. >> fishing, a hazardous sport? it is for a dog named taco. here's the top five. taco

florida versus south carolina. you know there is a lot of interest around here. but out of there in three games. look at this. score tide. looked like the game was going to end but no, tag that plate. did he make it? no. we go to the 11th. walker scores and south carolina wins 2-1 in 11 innings. they play again tomorrow. if necessary a third game on wednesday. is this the end for terrell owens? everybody wants to say bad guy, but then you look at this stat, only jerry rice has scored more touchdowns than terrell owens' 153. acl reconstructive surgery on a key today. the question is, will he play next year. he is 37. after couple nonproductive seasons, with buffalo and cincinnati, he is without a team. and who is going to take on a guy with a cast on his leg. this could be the end. bad name for big names at wimbledon championships. the william sisters good-bye. caroline wozniacki lost. all these defeats in the fourth round. serena williams out of there in straight sets and we showed you, prince william and kate middleton -- have you backed off your attack -- [ tal

south carolina wins it thanks to a throwing error. they beat virginia in 13 innings and are headed back to the championship where they'll take on floridaouth carolina has won three of their world series games on a walkoff chrks is amazing. >> florida is looking very, very tough. >> they are looking tough and i'm pulling for the gamecocks. >> okay. somebody has to beat florida, right? >> we're going to come right back. ,,,,,,,,,, the internet on a plane! are you from the future? um, no. cleveland. listen cleveland, your savings account is stuck in the past! earn more with interestplus savings at capitalone.com. that's new school banking baby! so instead of making peanuts, your savings will be earning three times the national average. oops. sorry. three times more? i'll have that! it is now safe to go online to capitalone.com. what's in your wallet? buh-bye... call me. >>> what did you say? >> what? i don't know, what? >> her name is lady gag ga. >> number one on

south carolina wins it thanks to a throwing error. they beat virginia in 13 innings and are headed back to the championship where they'll take on florida carolina has won three of their world series games on a walkoff chrks is amazing. >> florida is looking very, very tough. >> they are looking tough and i'm pulling for the gamecocks. >> okay. somebody has to beat florida, right? ,,,, i know you're worried about making your savings last and having enough income when you retire. that's why i'm here -- to help come up with a plan and get you on the right path. i have more than a thousand fidelity experts working with me so that i can work one-on-one with you. it's your green line. but i'll be there every step of the way. call or come in and talk with us today.

they imploded the smoke stacks of this oil burning plant in south florida for 50 years.tion clears the way for construction of a new natural gas power facility. >>> over to nebraska, where storm chasers captured this frightening video of what appears to be a funnel cloud there touching down in the southwestern part of the state yesterday. in fact, there were several tornado reports last night. fortunately, no injuries, no major damage reported. more strong storms, as chad was mentioning last hour, are in the forecast today. >>> and some sad news for hollywood today. reality star ryan dunn is dead after a single crash this morning near philadelphia. the 34-year-old, best known for his role in the popular "ja "jackass" movies, is known to be behind the wheel. dunn and his passenger died as a result of injuries sustained in that accident. >>> a manhunt is under way in new york after four people are gunned down inside this long island pharmacy. it happened after a store robbie yesterday morning. two of the four dead are store employees, including a 17-year-old girl who was s

she is popular in the south florida district and she is jewish.his, floridians get ready. the presidential candidate and surrogates will be showing a lot of love to you. let's bring in our strategy session right now, joining us is our contributor roland martin and david from forum.com. you agree that the tension between the president and netanyahu may have picked up 75,000 votes for any republican candidate? >> there hundreds of thousands of votes because florida was hard hit sand one of the hand states at the center of the housing disaster and there is not a sufficient recovery. florida does not feel that way we have seen one more that is very important. we have seen a huge migration of professionals from puerto rico who are american citizens and free move to the mainland into florida. many, many tons of thousands of people. they are upper income. >> how would it be to pick marco rubio? >> he said he is not going to even go for it. >> it's a free country. >> of course, but interestingly you look at what he has done. he has not done anything signi

i am going to still be alive after iowa, new hampshire, south carolina into florida. we'll see how that goes. one strategy they haven't quite figured out is iowa. he spent more than $10 million there four years ago and this year he's thrirt -- flirting with the idea of being there or not. he was there a few weeks ago. a fire alarm goes off in the middle of his presentation and cuts it short. i think he knows he has to play everywhere if he's really going to be the front-runner. and the white house has their eye on mitt romney. they're watching him. he could be the nominee as well as anyone. >> i'm tempted to ask you what kind of hair gel romney was going. i was at that press conference yesterday. my hair was going all over the place. he was in control there. i want to talk about the field. a lot of talk this week about the weakness of the republican field. romney as a weak frontrunner. this is often said about a party's field of candidates before somebody emerges. they said it in 1992 and then oops, guess what, bill clinton was in that field. what is your assessment o

sort of a spoiler, buffer territory between the established english colony in south carolina and the spanish colony down in florida. and since this whole area from, say, south carolina down to the florida line was completely up in the air, as long as you are grabbing territory that's going to be contested, why not go all the way? because the original drawings georgia which were spliced down went all the way from the atlantic ocean to the pacific ocean cutting through god knows what, whatever that would keep going if it just kept going. so you might as well go big for it. initially, this was a haven for all sorts of people, particularly a religious haven. sixteen languages ranging from welsh to gaelic to arabic were spoken in the new colony of georgia. as a matter of fact, john wesley, who came over to evangelize the indians here, could speak five languages. that is before he stormed back to england to found the methodist religion and wrote about a year of being in savannah: i shook off the dust of my feet and left georgia after having preached the gospel there not as i ought, but as i was able, unquote. see, he le

moving on to south carolina maybe building an organization there and a big state like florida where he absorbedded a middle of the road not as well. he could be on his way to nomination. >> are he and mitt wrong knee are mormons, of the mormon faith, that would be a first, is that something which we have any evidence the americans are ready for that big a change. >> a gallop poll out just in the last couple days shows one in every five americans, 20% say that they would not support a nominee of their party who is a mormon. but the vast majority is fine. in fact, we've seen those numbers get smaller, those that actually would not vote for someone because of their mormon faith. since mitt romney ran the last time around, the country has a little more comfortable as the polls show but it is something that's again part of the biography and he's putting biography front and center so there will be an exploration. >> his campaign headquarters is in orlando, florida, what do we read into that. >> that's where his wife is from. that is a key state for the nomination, for the republican party, i