wait, wait. >> jimmy: yeah. >> the south philly lean. got to go like this, coz. because all that comes off. when i would come home at nighttime -- wait a minute, let me finish the story. when i come home at nightcome on, forget about it, let's eat. >> jimmy: guillermo. lean. [ applause ] really good. beautiful. steve martorano, everybody. here's the book. "yo cuz! my life, my food, my way." when we come back, music from luke bryan. mm >> jimmy: his new album came out today. it's called "tailgates and tanlines." from the samsung at&t summer krush concert series at the grand ole opry theater in nashville, tennessee, the song is called "country girl shake it for me," luke bryan! ♪ country girl shake it for me ♪ ♪ country girl shake it for me ♪ ♪ girl shake it for me ♪ ♪ girl shake it for me ♪ ♪ >> where my country girls at? come on! ♪ got a little boom n my big truck gonna open up the doors and turn it up ♪ ♪ gonna stomp my boots in the georgia mud gonna watch you make me fall in love ♪ ♪ get up on the hood of my daddy's tractor up on the to

if we hear that a company in south philly will hire 500 people, every clothing store, everything would be booming down there. it's no going to happen. but it would be job creation if boeing doubled its contract with air force planes, that would be great news this in seattle. in houston, it's space, in the southwest, west virginia, it's bobby byrd, it was jack murtha in johnstown, pennsylvania. why do people have this disconnect. they know that the government creates jobs, every time in our life, we know that world war ii saved us economically. all our experience is that the government crease jobs and you hear eric cantor with this religious notion of some kind that somehow this belief in small business means the government shouldn't do anything. when small business is the area of the economy that does best when the government spends money. >> small business is the companies that get started around a big project that the government funds, that's how it works. you get, that's, it's a feeder system. small business doesn't start first. >> why do they keep saying that government spending is

if we hear that they're going to reopen and hire 500,000 new people, everybody in south philly would go crazy. this is dynamite. small business, everybody, all the places, every clothing store, everything would be booming down there. it's not going to happen, but it would be job creation. if boeing doubled its contract with air force planes, that would be great news in seattle and somewhere elsewhere they're operating. in houston it's space. in the south, west virginia, it was bobby bird. it was jack murtha in johnstown, pennsylvania. why do people have a disconnect? they know the government creates jobs. every time in our life from world war ii, economically, all our experience locally and historically the government create jobs, and you hear eric cantor with this new cant of his, a religious notion of some kind that somehow this belief in small business means the government shouldn't do anything. when small business is the area of the economy that does best when the government spends money. what is he talking about? >> they're the companies that get started around the big project t

if we hear that they're going to reopen and hire 500,000 new people, everybody in south philly would go crazy. everybody, all the places, every clothing store, everything would be booming down there. it's not going to happen, but it would be job creation. if boeing doubled its contract with planes, greats news in seattle. in houston it's space. in the south, west virginia, bobby bird, the jack murtha in johnstown, pennsylvania. why do people have a disconnect? they know the government creates jobs. every time in our life from world war ii, economically, all our experience locally and historically the government creates jobs, and eric cantor, a religious notion of some kind that somehow this belief in small business means the government shouldn't do anything. when small business is the area of the economy that does best when the government spends money. what is he talking about? >> they're the puppies that gets started around the big project of government funds. that's how it works. >> sure. >> it's a feeder system. small business doesn't start first. >> so why do they keep saying tha

right now we're at 31, and so it's still kind of gusty around philly and atlantic city. far to the south, we still have wind gusts in the 30s. this is such a large storm. that was really the legacy of this storm. there's not a lot of rain on the back side. notice baltimore, philly, many of them sprinkles and showers. it's not going to rain for a while again, either, but, of course, the damage is done. all that heavy rain, look at bell mar. the flooding on the rivers in new jersey is extensive. that is where the story continues to develop. >> it continuing, because those rivers have yet to crest thank you so much, bill karins. let's get the situation from new york's coney island, specifically brooklyn. there's peter alexander, you're by the cyclone, appropriately enough named. >> reporter: it is pretty appropriate given what we just experienced, the cyclone roller coaster, the cyclones, the minor league baseball team located not far from where we are. this is willthe oldest roller coaster. if you bring the camera this way, this is one of the old rides that has been shuttered, but all nigh

you have the nonacela trains only from philly south. >> got it. >>> let's talk about this breaking newsbreaking news. >> let's talk about that breaking news. a massive house fire burning right now in pompton lakes, new jersey. take a look at this. this is one of the areas flooded by irene. we don't have the video right now? i'm telling you, this house is up in flames. yesterday governor chris christie expressed particular concern about the flooding in that town. flooding preventing firefighters from approaching that house fire. police say there was some sort of explosion reported. crews were trying to cut gas and electricity to the area. we'll get the pictures for you soon, but a huge house and it's totally engulfed in flames. because firefighters can't get to it, it will probably burn to the ground. we'll keep you posted. >> just getting some reporting of -- from the owner, apparently everybody was out of the house as of yesterday which is great and it does seem to be a gas-led fire. governor chris christie warned of that yesterday, particularly in this town, and that et what seems to

philly and d.c. hazy, hot and humid in the south. showers in new mexico and arizona. >> phoenix hits 103. albuquerque 95. upper 80s in salt lake city. we'll see 80s from fargo to indianapolis. 88 here in new york. and 97 in hotlanta. >>> here's a fun story. the chief requirement for a pilot in a colorful flying event in moscow this weekend was the ability to swim. >> and a sense of humor. >> 35 teams competed with homemade human-powered flying machines to see who could fly the farthest. >> the farthest is a relative therm i think in this competition. machines with names like "the flying dog," "the devil's wheel," and "the flying mexican" took off from a 30-foot pier and promptly fell into the water. fortunately the so-called flying machines were also judged on creativity, showmanship -- they're having fun, obviously. >> a lot of effort to put into something that just doesn't go anywhere but down. >> like the wright brothers in their early days. >> look at the crowd, the crowd is having a great time. >> enjoying the sun. >> it's a win-win situation. >> exactly. >> we'll be right back with

philly to d.c. and points further south, we're really starting to see a little bit in the way of some drying.ill that last? that's a good question. here is our computer model showing the last bit of moisture that's going to be wrung out of the clouds today, tomorrow looks dry. then we've got more rain coming in tomorrow afternoon and tomorrow evening. so that's the issue there. shouldn't be a tremendous amount of rain, but certainly is causing some travel day delays. >>> want to talk about one other thing, the threat for severe weather across the northern plains, down across the south will continue to be hot across texas and tropical storm gert did not become a hurricane so that's a record. since we've been naming storms we've never getting through the g storm without a hurricane. so it's been a very active year, but they've been weak storms that haven't lasted long. we're watching this head into the eastern caribbean. it has the potential to form a tropical storm. it has us a bit on edge. we'll monitor it. >> we've been doing pretty good. >> yes. last few years actually. >> thanks, rob. >>>

philly and new york. it's still going to be hot today. areas like raleigh, near 97 today. heat index easily about 1035, 110. so coastal areas of north carolina, south carolina, all the way through south georgia, it will be very hot. and you'll be happy if it rains later this afternoon. as we mentioned yesterday, it's back to school for some people, too. so hopefully the ac is cranking in the classrooms, i know atlanta started yesterday, lynn, and they're probably not too thrilled. >>> well, adding up the losses. looking at the trends and who traders hope will come to the rescue. your "first look" at this morning's business headlines is straight ahead. >>> a streak, a pair of walk-offs and the ultimate batting practice. you're watching "first look" on msnbc. at exxon and mobil, our smart gasoline works at the molecular level to help remove deposits and clean up intake valves. so when you fill up at an exxon or mobil station, our gasolines help your engine run more smoothly. it's how we make gasoline work harder for you. >>> and here's some of the top stories making news this morning. amid the famine, crisis in africa, thousands of refugees have stre

south. >> kansas city, chicago, minneapolis, the spots we expect to see delays this afternoon. morning delays to a lesser extent, new york, phillyog and drizzle. the heat's on again or still, i should say. little rock, arkansas, 108, dodge city seeing 106 and today continued heat and heat indices over 100, dallas to continue its streak of 100 degree plus days with 38 and counting. 106. the actual high temperature expected 90 expected in new york city. want to show you this map. this map highlights something that a person's doing. diana nyad, she just left havana last night, ali, trying to swim from havana to key west. about 100 mile swim or so. 105 miles. and got to navigate the gulf stream which in that area can be cranking from two to four miles per hour. she tried it back in the '70s. she's 61 years old. wasn't able to do it then. is in the water right now and cnn crews are reporting back with her progress. >> we got a boat near her. >> yeah. >> we're following this whole thing. that gulf stream your animation showing the gulf stream what she has to struggle against. looks like a straight line, but it's going to push her east

philly, i know what i'm talking about. >> nothing beats the cheesesteak. i'm a southersey kid, noththg beats a cheesesteak. >>> we begin with the intense condions blowing away records from coast to coast. >> and the past couple of months americans have weathered way more than their fair share of historic heat, deadly winds and rainfalls like none other. abc's jim avila has more on the staggering summer extremes. >> reporter: from the mid-atlantic to new england, buckets of rain, a record 10 inches, fell on new york's long island. >> prey wicked. wee been trying to get around all day. you can't get nowhere. >> repororter: if this was januy that storm would have dumped 9 feet of snow. instead the northeast flooded. >> we've had rain, we've had flooding, but never anything that looks like this. >> reporter: never had anything like this heat either. triple digits across texas again. halfway through august, 5,000 heat records have been broken n croscoun every state in the u.s. set a heat record. all 50. waco hit 100 for the 63rd time this year. tying an all-time record. it

philly cooking creme. >>> the republican presidential candidates are out on the campaign trail today. rick perry is meeting people in southina. we are now joined by carrie doud. what is the latest right there today? >> reporter: hi, veronica. we're going to have two events here today in south carolina before rick perry ends up wrapping up his south carolina and his three state primary state tour. he has been in iowa, new hampshire, and now south carolina this week, and he is heading back to his hometown of austin this afternoon, and he will be having a welcome home reception there with his staff and with had some local voters in austin. >> in the meantime, carrie, there have been a couple of -- a couple of comments made about some of these comments that perry has been making. one being about evolution. has that caused a stir? what is the campaign saying about that? >> well, a voter asked him yesterday after an event that he was holding in columbia, south carolina, a supporter came up and asked him about a comment that he had made about evolution being a theory that is out there. this voter wanted to congratulate him sayin

getting storms right now moving into philly and new york in the next few hours and general storms and not severe storms in the northeast which is felt across parts of the southinto the afternoon. chris, back to you. >> all right. thank you is much. let's look at other stories that people trauk about right now. in florida people are looking for three siblings on the run after a violent one-day crime spree that spanned two states. nbc's lilia lihas the story. >> the three fired more than 20 shots at this patrol car in hot pursuit trying to pull them over for speeding. >> they have a flat tire and looks like i won't keep up with him. >> reporter: police say that thege mans mark the beginning of the so-called doherty gang crime spree. >> it is clear that these three are on some type of mission. >> reporter: then they resurfaced in valdosta, florida, with high powered weapons and shooting up the ceiling and escaped in the same white subaru with a undisclosed amount of money, and since the fbi has launched a man hunt for the trio. and now the faces of the three siblings are plastered on hundreds of billboards stretching from florida to texas. authorities say that

phillies intense game. the spot >> here is a live look outside, this time from walnut creek. we will be right >> police are warning south bay parents to be on the lookout after two attempted abductions within 10 days. this is a sketch of the suspect in the first kidnapping attempt. the man tried to lure a 10 year-old or pasgirl is from in front of her house. the reduction attempts to not appear to be related. >> the coast guard is searching for a man who was last seen sailing from the bay area. he set sail back on july 25th. >> sports highlights when we come back. here is a live look outside for the san mateo bridge. the full forecast is straight ahead. >> we are back on the kron 4 news, i hope your having a good saturday morning. a lot of clouds hovering over the bay area. >> continuing to see dense fog and drizzle. air temperatures this afternoon are going to be a little bit cooler. mild conditions through the afternoon. ha will have an agenda is will continue to be cool. it worwind gusts in and ie 20 mi. per hour range. reconditions 3 the evening with wins in the teens. hot as you head into the nighttime hours, those

south, with 100 plus degrees with three weeks straight. >> awful. >> and to play football in that? >> and the pads. >>> 5:11. could the giants finally score another win? a recap of the game against the phillies up. >>> and why the phillies manager is dwinding his player who sparked -- defending his player who sparked the bench-clearing brawl. >>> travel times if you're headed out, low clouds and fog at sfo today. about 66 degrees. and not expecting any major delays. maybe a few this morning early on. by the afternoon, you're looking at hot weather into houston. 95 with some partly cloudy skies. but it should be a pretty good flight getting in there. if you continue traveling on toward atlanta, we may run into some changes. as we're seeing the possibility of some thunderstorms, 94 degrees. so it could get a bit bumpy if you're pulling into atlanta today. more on your local weather coming up. ,,,,,,,,,, ,, ,,,,,, >>> welcome back. 5:15. a check of the morning's top stories. major asian stock markets fell sharply partly in response of the standard and poor's gown grading of the u.s. credit rating an the dow and s&p futures are down this morning. an elderly woman and her care give remember in th

philly shredded cheese. we're not just making great cheese. we're taking it further. ♪ >>> good morning. let's take you to the south bay.bound 280 just as you approach 85. it's over in the center divide but there are injuries reported. a backup through there. give yourself some extra time. elsewhere the rest of san jose not too bad. clear northbound through downtown san jose. 101 a little sluggish this morning. elsewhere the bay bridge, at one point we were backed up all the way to west grand but check this out. metering lights are still on, but very light as you approach the toll plaza. golden gate bridge problem- free. a little slow 101 as you work your way out of marin county and the san mateo bridge no troubles in both directions. 15 minutes between 880 and 101. ace train number five about 6 minutes behind schedule. the rest of mass transit is right on time. that's traffic. lawrence, how's the forecast? >> gianna, got a little fog out there this morning. the good news is i think it's going to burn off earlier today meaning more sunshine showing up. you can see some sun breaking through inside the bay now and it's go

philly and d.c. thunderstorms along the gulf coast too. severe weather could threaten a big area of the country from oklahoma city to northern alabama. showers from flagstaff to albuquerque and wyoming to south. >> this "grease" soundtrack we have here. 78 in omaha. 76 in chicago. 80 in kansas city. 70s in the pacific northwest. 90 in sacramento. dallas 103. new orleans 94. 90 in baltimore. 85 here in new york. we'll take it. >> big fan of "grease"? >> i am. >> i saw you bopping along. >>> a pair of 4-year-old twin girls from spokane, washington, took part in a throwing competition at a minor league baseball game the other night. >> take a look at what they won. their father. sergeant chris whiteman surprised them with his return from a third tour of duty in afghanistan. he was in tears, showing up with a bouquet of roses. the girls, gracie and ruby, and his wife abbie, were clearly overjoyed and the crowd gave them all a standing ovation. isn't that moving? >> it is so nice to see those guys come back and surprise their family and their wives. it's so good to see. especially after the news the last couple of days. so good, so good. >> how emotional. >>> more "world news now" coming up, righ

philly shredded cheese. we're not just making great cheese. we're taking it further. ♪ >>> good morning to you. 58 degrees in livermore. 59 in hayward. your sunnyvale temperatures, had, sunshine over the southisco. you'll warm up to 72 degrees even with the cloud cover till about 11:00 a.m. 85 degrees in los gatos, 81 in san jose today. we warm up a little bit through saturdays and drop off next week. right back to you, jon. >> i'll take sunny and mild any day. for the latest traffic news, check out our news on facebook. >>> we're back now >> we're back with more of "today" on a thursday morning. the 11th day of august, 2011. nice people hanging out on the plaza. al provided just a picture perfect morning. we thank them for that and thank the people for stopping by. matt lauer and savannah guthrie. professionals are back. what do we have this week? >> the controversial news week cover with michelle bachman. some say it was a cheep shot to put that unflattering photograph on the cover. we will revisit the debate about whether it's okay to breast-feed in public. we will talk to star jones, donny deutsch and dr. nancy. >> donny has done that. >> all muscles. >> we will also be talking about th