a rough morning in south florida. i mean, the radar just blew up in the last, about, half hour or so. just a surge of tropical moisture drenching south florida from miami to south miami heights to all the way down through the keys to marathon here. just a torrential rains that are moving through. look likes the worst from miami southwards with this cluster. a lot of lightning even at this hour and another bamp is coming into fort lauderdale to here. from downtown to fort lauderdale, the next hour or two, a lot of heavy rain. also overnight, consistently areas of rain around virginia beach, the newport news looks to be weakening. central portions of north carolina, rain. greens buburg to raleigh, rain. the texas coast, beaumont, port arthur through galveston and an few showers near houston popped up. a few areas this morning a rough drive. otherwise, a quiet weather map the entire northern half kuch country. a warm weather map and not the incredible heat wave we've seen over the last the two weeks and hoping to get rai

gonzalez and a few hundred of his friends visiting south florida. i'll explain. gonzo, fantastic again, but why is he walking away unsatisfied? nats' miami vice drama in baltimore. and one of the most unheralded birds coming through and usa basketball in town preparing for a gold . >>> gonzalez is a happy dude. in fact, his bright smile has become quite a story line around the clubhouse. safe to say mama is happy, too. according to masn, she bought 600 tickets before tonight's game for family and friends. gio is from south florida, so you know folks were happy. it's a lovefest. no hugs from miami. just heat from gonzo. strikes out the side in the 3rd. 5th inning, john buck with the broken bat single to right. 2-1, gonzalez touched up with 2 homeruns. that's all he need the. washington loses a tough one, 2-1. >> well, it was a shame. gio pitched a heck of a ball game. you know, we had many opportunities out there. we just couldn't get it. >>> orioles-tigers, let's get to the extra innings. bottom of 13, tigers up 6-5. j.j. hardy, dynamite! ties the game at 6-6. th

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south florida, best chance for airport delays and any trouble on the roads. mentioned it's a beautiful mid summer like day. it's warm in the afternoon but this is how we like it. perfect pool and beach weather. if you chose this week for vacation you chose wisely through the mid-atlantic and portions of the great lakes. temperatures still warm, it's still 90s from chicago to denver to billings but not that 100-degree heat. so we can deal with this. this is what we call typical middle summer type weather. and peek at tomorrow's forecast. heavy rain coming through the southeast, especially areas that desperately need it, we're crossing our fingers that the heavy rain gets into arkansas and eventually up into kentucky and to the ohio valley. we desperately need it. we've heard reports of how bad the corn crop is. we're going to feel it in the supermarkets if we don't get rain in a hurry. leaving you with a shot, washington, d.c., beautiful sunrise. nice day today up near 90. you're watching "morning joe" brewed by starbucks. the postal service is critical to our

for instance south florida is doing great. new york is great. arizona is doing well in addition.y market is doing better as a whole. the luxury market as a whole is doing better than the middle scale market. but if we give time time, things will recover. again, we've been discussing this a long time, neil, and slowly but surely we'll see, as the economy improves, the housing market will improve. i'm seen a great upgrade in the housing market and things moving forward. >> all right. hope springs eternal. it's great having you. thank you very much for joining us. >> thank you for having me. >> just call her miss fantastic 4 number two. who is that human torch? and who is jessica alba? or is will a reason there is no invisible woman? >> neil: the veeps are down to four. to hear the latest tongue waggers tell it, it's down these guys. bob portman, bobby jindal, tim pawlenty, paul ryan. one will be mitt romney's mystery date running mate. the other three walk off with a wonderful parting gift but what to make of this supposed finalist list? for that we got real clear politics on who b

phil keating has the news from south florida.eorge zimmerman's parents are still in hiding, right? phil: very much so like their son, george, would lives in a "safe house," free on bond somewhere in seminal county. his father testified on the stand at his bond hearing and in the ten-page long website story recounts going from hotel to hotel with his and his wife's retirement dreams disappear because of that. as for george being accused of racial profiling, "the media and numerous serve serving individuals have portrayed george as a ratessist, vigilante, and murderer, absolutely none of those names come anywhere close to representing the real george zimmerman. george has always been and continues to an truly caring, loving, and selfless individual. we are extremely proud of george zimmerman," and he adds there have been other severe hardships they have incurred throughout this but because of security reasons unnamed they cannot disclose what those are right now. >>trace: and trayvon martin's parents in what do they say? phil: the

>> reporter: well, denise, the body was found in a south florida canal, just west of fort lauderdale. the motives behind murder, money. >> reporter: in the shallow waters of a florida canal, the bodies of a former anne arundel county principal was pulled out monday. two people are charged with his murder. 19-year-old david winetrap. and 19-year-old an dress. >> i hope they pay dearly. they took away a really nice person. >> reporter: rosemary bender became a close friend to him after selling him a home. >> he was the first principal here at chesapeake high school in the early 70s. and he worked for ann arundle until 1989. >> reporter: yearbook photos show a lot of memory the. >> he had a big heart. he gave a lot of himself. >> reporter: police found his body with a plastic bag taped over his head. the upons is confessed to gagging him, tying him up and beating him before throwing him into the water. he represented a home to one of the suspects. >> it was vacant. but then he said, i let these friend goes in. and then he said, they weren't paying. >> reporter: those friends, now murder

phil keating is live for us in south florida. >> george zimmerman is now free from jail but he still is wearing a gps monitoring ankle bracelet and can't go far pending his second-degree murder trial which has no court date. the very stern conditions imposed by the judge on zimmerman, if and when he bonded out, included he had to stay in seminole county. he cannot go to the airport properties in orlando or sanford. he cannot get a passport, cannot have a bank account and have to report in every 48 hours. as he left the jail moments ago he was again wearing a bulletproof vest, escorted by you don't bail bondsman/security guys and whisked away. judge lester was very angry by his lengthy nine page ruling including a quote referring to the cash, 10,000 -- 130,000, not reported by zimmerman or his wife nor the fact he had a second passport. together with the passport the money only had to be hidden a short time for him to leave the country if the defendant made the decision to flee. it's reasonable for this court to find but for the requirement he be placed on electric monitoring the defe

a south florida lifeguard gets fired after trying to help a swimmer in trouble. he left his designated watch area to rescue someone in an hour out that the lifeguards and not contacted to protect. another lifeguard was fired after he told managers he would have left his post, too, to save someone. others have resigned in protest. kids and sports -- many parents have to juggle two at the same time. that can lead to on healthy meal choices. >> heat and thunderstorms seem to go hand in hand. we have been watching big storms develop in the great lakes. right now they are focusing on west virginia. look at the beach in ocean city. most people are getting a good tan -- maybe not good for them, but it feels good anyway. >> you can see the hordes walking towards the water. dr. kim hammond from falls road animal hospital is here to answer your pet questions. alert,"day's "consumer new applications for unemployment aid crop last week, making it the lowest level since mid-it was a total of 374,000, following a steady decline since the week of may 19, and with the dip in app

sunny south florida is always fun to see, and our trip to west palm beach was no exception.ian and manny showed us the secret to one of their dishes and what's kept their marriage going for nearly 50 years. as the dish finished off, manny got some easy-to-make rice in the microwave. adrian went on auto pilot making sure the dish got finished right. basically the cooking is done now. it's just a matter of taking our rice put it on your platter and pouring this over the rice, and there is your meal. what's that. he's taking out the rice. open this up. careful. alright. what are you doing over here? they just kept going. i just wanted to sit down and relax for a little while. i think it's time. long grain and wild rice. but you can use brown rice. kind of like manny. long and wild. okay. did you like that honey. let me help him out here. don't burn yourself. it smells amazing. it smells good, it tastes good, it's easy and healthy. we had a blast hanging out with adrian and manny is west palm beach. a recipe that is tasty and easy to make, we also learned a lot about life and ho

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it happened on a south florida beach. let me break it into legalese. it forbids guards from a privately run company to leave the station to help a swimmer in disstraes out of their jurisdiction, liability issues. >> i made my decision of taking the guy over the guard. >> tommy's fellow guards are leaving in disgust. tommy was offered the job back but said no. >>> let's go to our facebook page. this is our hot topic. you can sound off on our wmar facebook fan page at abc2news.com/facebook. >>> all right. very hot conditions, to say the very least. we have an excessive heat warning, warning, not an advisory for baltimore county, the entire city and looking at a widespread advisory. i'll have to give the national weather service a call. i'm not sure why carroll and frederick would not be included. the heat index value is as high there as anywhere. rehoboth beach, dundalk it was a hot steamy scenario here with hazy conditions. also bad air quality. sometimes we get that type of heat. that makes higher ozone levels. so outdoor exercise, ill advised because

beings would view it >> woodruff: jeremy ben-ami what about the comment from a jewish voter in south florida who said she was disappointd that president obama had not visited israel during his presidency >> again you have to look at the actual relationship between the united states and israel under this president rather than symbolic gestures like a visit. just today defense minister ehud barack said that the security relationship between the united states and israel is tighter and closer today than it's ever been under any u.s. administration. it's really actions that speak louder than travel. >> woodruff: what about that comment? >> i thought i greatly sympathized with the sentiment she expressed. no relation by the way. the fact of the matter is that there's a reason why obama didn't do you believe the jewish vote will be in the outcome of this election? you mentioned florida >> you could imagine a scenario in which florida came down like it did in the year 2000 when, you know, it was decided by a few hundred or a few thousand votes and that, you know, you could imagine after the election

>> harris: phil keating reporting in south florida tonight. thank you very much.upply routes to get u.s. military equipment into afghanistan may finally be open but some truck drivers now say they are afraid for their lives pakistani government reopened critical into yesterday. the pentagon needs them to get supplies to our soldiers on the front lines. pakistan had closed the routes after a nato strike killed soldiers. the white house expressing regret for the death. some trucks have already started heading through the crossings and others are lined up ready to roll. drivers say they are worried about attacks because of anti-american sentiment. egypt's new president opening a new investigation into the deaths of nearly a thousand protesters. a newly formed committee will now investigate the -- after the arab spring protest that forced hosni mubarak from office last year. last month a court sentenced mubarak for life in prison for failing to stop the deadly crackdown. that same court acquitted mubarak's two sons and other high level officers. activists saying they

in south florida they help pigs that slipped into a pond.in to hold its head above water and someone else called 911. check it out. that pig is 900 pounds. fire crews had to use a ladder and a tarp to hoist her out of the water. she is two years old and not >> announcer: it's "the tonight show with jay leno," featuring rickey minor and "the tonight show" band. tonight, jay welcomes -- animals with julie scardina, from "jersey shore," jenni "jwoww" farley,

>> shepard: phil keating in south florida tonight.former police sergeant who keeps losing his wives finally went on trial today. drew peterson is accused of murdering his third wife kathleen savio. her body turned up in a dry bathtub in 2004. drew peterson's fourth wife stacy later went missing. prosecutors never charged him with her disappearance, though they say he is the main suspect. today defense lawyers said before kathleen savio died she had been angry about drew peterson having an affair and that they and they say she lied in court documents about being afraid of him. that didn't sit well with savio's relatives. >> got to stop trashing kathleen. drew is not the victim. kathleen was what is it going to take for these people to realize. we had her exhumed for a reason so there would be no more of this nonsense. >> wouldn't trash her, she had a very hot -- this is not something of dispute. cathy savio was describing everybody as a hell cat, a fighter, a very spirited person who would never take no for a answer and always had to g

thunderstorms right overhead and a lot of heavy rain going right through south florida. rk its way towards the naples area. to miami, florida city, probably give it another half hour or so of this really heavy rain. then probably light showers after that. as far as the rest of the forecast goes, another great mid-july weather pattern. talk to off this week for vacation, like willie did, chose wise. low humidity. enjoyable today from new england tluch the beaches of jersey down through ocean city, maryland. nice weather through the great lakes, too. temperatures in the 80s. rite where we should be this time of year. still warm. not excessably warm, like last week. same for minneapolis, chicago. temperatures in the 90s this time of year and getting towards the peak of the summer season we call it. usually the third week of july is when temperatures average the hottest across the country. no cool air out there, so it continues very warm. as far as what we're looking at even for tomorrow, the forecast pretty much remains the same. southeast dealing with the wet weather and we

tropical storm fay is sweeping through south florida.> then it got nasty kicking up some hefty winds. >> anthony romano is part of a television news crew sent out to cover the story for the local station. >> we had full coverage from key west to ft. lauderdale, and we were pretty much telling the audience and the viewers how dangerous it is out here on the beach. >> while setting up, romano notices several kite surfers taking advantage of those strong winds. he admits it looks like tremendous fun. >> you know, at the time i was like, man, i would love do that. i would definitely like to try that. >> but romano never imagines that in just seconds, one of those kite surfers is about to become the story of the day. >> we saw him go up about 40 feet at least and then slam into the ground. that i'll never forget. i remember just seeing him slam straight into the ground. and then i thought that was the end of it. i thought he would land on the sand and that's it, but then it pulled him again. >> the wind catapults the kite surfer as he flies p

south florida itself was teetering. the ball out turf war between colombia's and cubans was being played out on the streets of miami. >> hickory dickory dock -- you just got busted by the cops. >> they were oblivious until this happened. >> a double homicide discovered in downtown miami. the middle-aged men died from multiple gunshot wounds. >> the father and son were found murdered in room 1215 at the dupont plaza hotel in downtown miami. that was on october 16, 1986. the next day, maharaj was arrested. >> what i -- when they said i was convicted, i fainted. i thought it was impossible to get arrested for something you did -- convicted of murder for something you did not do. >> i have been coming to florida on and off for 10 years reporting on the case. i cannot really get my head around why he is still in jail. what looked like a fairly open and shut case at first glance is anything but the more you dig into it. first, the prosecution's only eyewitness said he saw kris should the victims twice in front of him. yet, he

them from allowing the original flight to take down in houston, the new plane touched down in south floridat 8:00 p.m. last night, 19 hours after leaving los angeles. in a statement spirit airlines says the safety of their customers is always their top priority and all their passengers are being given free refunding for their inconvenience. >>> now maryland's most popular radar and the forecast considered most accurate by weather rate. >> right now, it's tolerable downtown, temperatures approaching 90. at the airport we're in the mid- 80s and the humidity has dropped some, cloud cover this morning helping to hold temperatures down. today finally the day we break that stretch of 90s, we break that significant heat wave, we're almost two weeks in duration, so welcome welcome relief, weather through the day, cloudy, it helped keep temperatures down. and a charm city run today, a nice view of a mix of sun and clouds, how about the beach not a bad place to be, although there were showers toward ocean city and in fact we could check it it out on our most powerful radar, you do see a couple of sho

. >>> follow-up on that south florida lifeguard fired after leaving his post to help save a drowning. tomas lopez lost his job to rescue a tourist in trouble. the company he worked for now admits it made a mistake and offered to rehire lopez. he has said no hard feelings toward his bosses, but he doesn't want that job back. >>> a temporary disney exhibit opens today at the ronald reagan presidential library in california. nancy reagan was on hand for a ceremony for the exhibit. yesterday. it features never before seen artifacts from nearly 90 years of history. minnie and mickey mouse sang happy birthday to reagan who celebrates her 91st birthday today. you go ms. reagan. >>> coming up after your local news, the five travel websites you should know about before you plan your next vacation. i'm terrell brown. this is the "cbs morning news." this is the "cbs morning news." this is the "cbs morning news." . this is th "cbs morning news." this is the" mid grade this is the" dark roast forest fresh full tank brain freeze cake donettes rolling hot dogs bag of ice anti-freeze wash and dry di

south florida, there's been a wave of protest over what happened to a young lifeguard who helped saverowning man this week. he was fired. our cbs station, wfor tv in miami has the story. >> this is the lifeguard stand where tomas lopez worked until monday that's when he was fired after he saved a man. >> they told me a man was drowning. i didn't see them. i started running towards the direction. >> here's the problem. the person in trouble was beyond this sign that says swim at your own risk. lopez ran from his guard tower past the sign and down the beach to help. the concern? what if there was an emergency in his patrol area while gone. the sentinel reported the company that employs him, we have liability issues and can't go out of the protected area. what he did was his own decision. he knew the company rules and did what he thought he need today do. >> i think it's ridiculous, honestly, that a sign is what separates someone from being safe and not safe. honestly, the job is not more important than someone's life. >> i think he did right. >> lopez is getting support from people on t

she says hurricane andrew's 1992 strike on south florida, a $26 billion disaster, was a wake-up call.when andrew came along and threw roofs back and opened buildings up, we could actually see how those buildings failed very sifdly. thing that had gone wrong because there was nobody enforcing the codes. >> reporter: the institute recently rated building codes in 18 hurricane-prone state from texas to maine. florida and virginia earned the highest scoaz, in the 90s out of 100, mississippi the lowest, 4 out of 100. >> a lot of these states do not have statewide building codes. in some places the contractors who do work on your home aren't even license. >> reporter: rochman says higher standard cost very little, on average, 5% more in construction costs. >> not a lot more money. a lot more safety. >> reporter: rebuilding haul's store coast lowes $10 million. one quarter of businesses never reopen their doors after a disaster. >> still to come, a return to the bird's nest of the beijing olympics. my first thoughts were about my wife, and my family. i have the most common type of atrial fib

pockets of storms around in the south florida area yesterday. but at this point, we don't know what exactly caused it. and may never know. you get these updrafts during the summer here in south florida that literally cause this kind of turbulence, carol. >> john, thank you. >>> remember this video of a jetblue pilot who had an inflight meltdown and caused the plane to be diverted? yeah, that was the pilot. it was a terrible incident. we are now learning that a lack of sleep may have led to clayton osbon's outburst. a psychologist testified at osbon's trial that the pilot suffered from brief psychotic disorder and delusions secondary to sleep deprivation. last week, a federal judge found osbon not guilty by reason of insanity for interfering with the flight crew. >>> to columbus, ohio, now, where a fiery train crash overnight forces people to evacuate from the one square mile that surrounds the site. that's because, you can see it, 11 cars that left the tracks were carrying chemicals like denatured alcohol and a chemical used to make plastic. our

. >>> airtran is adding more round trip flights to south florida.rting in september they're going to add two daily flights to fort lauderdale. this comes after discount carrier spirit airlines announced it would offer flights from bwi to there. the flights will start on september 6th for both and airtran's one way fares begin at $59. >>> one of the best kept secrets, now the mcdonald's special sauce recipe has remained a mystery sort of like the coke formula. that was until now. avoids owe on youtube shows the executive chief revealing the recipe of the sauce that's put on the big macs but why the big reveal you may ask? well, execs say it's all part of the new mcdonald's initiative to be more transparent about their products. >>> news time right now 5:46. and help first times are -- health officials with the centers for disease control and prevention want you to be prepared for a big event. many of us experienced -- a wedding day. there's a tongue-in-cheek blog with the wedding season survival guide. lauren i hope you're listening. says that planni

remember in south florida where marlins manager ozzie guillen got incensed at bryce harper thinking he was showed up with a pine tar bat. guillen got a gift from the nats, a bat completed with an extra coating of pine tar. i wonder did ozzie laugh or curse? but i digress. >>> bottom of the 6th, no score, adam laroche one mighty swing to left center field, his 16th of the year. it's 2-0 nats. just as hots on those temperatures sue was talking about. bottom of the seventh, two on, two out, jesus flores and roger bernadina come on around. that was a huge hit. now nats up 4-1. in the 9th howard clipper in to save us but no. david wright, that's gone to right field. solo shot. it's 4-2. later in the 9th the nats just one out away, but jason bay, oh, no. it's fair, that's a home run. 4-3. next batter homered last night, strikes out tonight. clipper gets it done and edge the game 4-3. how about your closer? >> we took quite a few tonight. i deally i'd like -- i'd like to give him a little breather. >>> this afternoon yankees hosting the blue jays, mark teixeira with the foul ball, but watch m

forty million dollars will be spent to lay out this underwater fiber optic cable from south florida to cuba where the guantanamo bay prison camp is located the base commander said it only makes sense if we're going to be here for any period of time an infrastructure project like that may well suggest that the u.s. military's preparing for detentions and other operations at the guantanamo base for the long term when president obama was first running for office he pledged to shut down guantanamo in very strong terms in two thousand and nine he even signed an executive order to close it but not only did he not shut it down but the u.s. is obviously renovating guantanamo in this case by improving communications and the argument is you don't make such an investment to pick up and leave guantanamo has made a black hole in america's human rights record indefinite detention torture around eight hundred people went through the camp within the last decade of america's war on terror the majority of them had nothing to do with nine eleven that's according to a former chief prosecutor guantanamo no

went to school in fort lauderdale, florida, and she went to school there and freelancing for the south floridasun sentinel." she went to penn state and majored in journalism, and graduating in 2008. she worked for the centre daily times the state newspaper in pennsylvania, and while there she began to hear rumors of sandusky's behavior, but it was not until she moved on to the crime beat at the "patriot news" out of harrisburg that she could gather enough material for an exclusive front page story in march. then a strange thing happened. not much of anything. for the most part, the story was ignored and it was not until november when she wrote about an indictment that was imminent that the outside world began to grasp the scope of the accusations against sandusky, and the university's failure to act upon them. thank you all for coming here. i apologize for my voice, and you may have to talk amongst yourselves for a while. i'd like to start with you, jane, and ask, can you tell us about the story, "the secret sharer" involving thomas drake, a high official in the national security agency who ra