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. >>> check out the waves along southern california. newport beachenjoying monster wave as high as 20 feet. the biggest they've seen there in more than a decade but it's been scary. lifeguards had to launch hundreds of rescues since friday. we'll hear from scared swimmers out there. >> but first we begin with the economy. the dow jones tops 9000 this week but with every sign of progress there seems to be a setback. the president says we can expect to see unemployment continue to rise in the near future and he's once again calling for patience. how quickly is the nation bouncing back? john hendren is in washington this morning. >> reporter: good morning. the president's economic advisers like everyone else are sorting through the economic indicators. some signs point to an end of the recession but those signs are conflicting. it's all in how you read the cards. there are so many mixed economic signs out there they're nearly impossible to read. >> coming out of recession -- >> stability in the financial sector is much better today -- >> i think investo

. >>> this weekend, beaches in southern california were bigger than usual, when tens of thousands came waves in years and the extreme surfers who ride them. that's are the conditions that surfs dream of. waves 20 feet high that happen once in a decade. at the surf spot called the wedge at new port beach, experienced surfers couldn't resist. >> it's really tiring. >> reporter: but with the extreme waves came extreme danger. one surfer was killed when waves threw him into a rock jetty. not everyone who went in was ready for the rough water. >> probably the biggest i've surf. just scared the hell out of me. >> he knew the hand signals to give. once his arm went up, they knew he needed help. and they went out and helped him. >> reporter: at nearby beaches, lifeguards reformed hundreds of rescues this weekend, compared to 30 on a normal summer day. about ten miles up the coast, the huge waves added drama to one of surfing's biggest events, the u.s. open of surfing. 140,000 people jammed huntington beach to cheer on the world's best. and to watch the waves that only come along once every few

southern california. high dangerous waves have been pounding california beaches all day. in malibu, lifeguards are urging sunbathers to stay away from the water. >>> more water woes now. a bit closer to home this time. parts of central california are seeing streets turn into virtual rivers. pounding rain has dumped a ton of water on cumberland county, which is west of york near harrisburg. a number of homes in the area are taking on water and some roads remain closed. >>> no flooding here. we do see a shower pop up in downtown baltimore. >> a little bit wet out there. they stayed dry all evening. other folks saw some heavy downpours. but downtown baltimore stayed dry until a half hour ago. so that one shower popping up. but for the most part, dry weather in our immediate forecast. however, a little bit of rain to come for the later part of the week. let's take a live look outside and show you what is going on downtown. we did see the shower move through the area. so pratt street right now not only crowded, but very wet out there. our temperature right now from bwi is 70 d

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southern california. good day to be at beach or ball game here. angels stadium in anaheim.of the four-game series. let's look at the southwest airlines starting lineups for the orioles as the birds look for a win to complete the four- game series split. joans and hard may kiss in the clean stop. reimold will bat fifth. he gets the start even with the day game after a night game. weekers and andino round it out. >> let's look at the pnc scouting report. saunders -- not that he has anything against texas it's. doesn't like the ballpark. if you look at his other numbers he is 1-5 on the road but not there. he is a pitcher, not a thrower. a great change-up and maybe the velocity down last year, coming off the 17-7 record. there's his record this year as you look. and again, you know, the one thing he can do is beat you so many different ways. he can be a powerful guy but again for the orioles, they're gonna have to solve the fact that, you know, he knows how to pitch and again, a young guy. he turned 28 earlier this season but again, coming off the 17-7 record. >> jim h: on thi

southern california? head over to santa monica beach and you jump into the pacific ocean and enjoy a beautiful day at the show up here at angels stadium and watch the orioles and angels. birds have a 1-0 lead on brian roberts leading off the game. >> jim p: a lot of people do that. they averaged 40,000 per game at anaheim. >> jim h: saunders miss low to wieters. andino and roberts to follow. wieters sat out last night. zaun had a good night behind the plate. 1-0. down and in. wieters back in the line up and really holing his own as he tries to adjust at this level. >> jim p: he does. he has a high kick. the throwing has gotten better. he will even get better as he feels more comfortable and you have to come up and learn your staff and the opposition. kind of a mark man. you can see some of the home runs, left half handed and both of them to left center feel. he runs pretty well far guy of his size so he will be a four- tool player. committee throw, catch, hit for average and probably hit for power. there's four of the five. the only other one is can you, you know -- what kind of running ability you have.

. >>> to the west coast, a high-surf warning remains in effect for several beach communities in southern californiaves could reach eight feet or more. watch the weather channel or logon to weather.com for your latest weather updates on that. surf's up there. >>> a british tabloid is reporting farrah fawcett left the bulk of her almost $6 million fortune to her troubled son, redmond. the daily mail says fawcett asked it be placed in a trust. redmond has battled drug and alcohol addiction. interestingly, the report says the actress chose to leave nothing to redmond's father, her long-time love, ryan o'neal. farrah fawcett died from cancer at age 62 last month. >>> still ahead, the health care reform battle. how divided are the democrats and where do the republicans fit in this picture? that story coming up here on msnbc sunday. [ birds chirping ] [ crunch! ] [ gasps ] [ stork ] [ laughs ] sorry, miss. [ crunch ] the girl can't help it. it's a vlasic. [ crunch ] [ engine powers down ] gentlemen, you booked your hotels on orbitz. well, the price went down, so you're all getting a check thanks. for the

to the west coast, a high surf warning remains in effect for several beach communities in southern californiar more. you might want to watch the weather channel on cable or logon to weather.com for your latest weather updates in those regions in particular. >>> let's go to the economy and the latest efforts to help u.s. automakers. a new government assisted program called cash for clunkers. one goal is to get drivers out of gaz gussalers into more fuel efficient vehicles. it's expected to breathe new life in the industry as well. why are critics ready to put the brakes on the program? mike ram say reports on the auto industry for bloomberg news. good morning to you. >> good morning. >> any idea how many people are taking part in this program since it started on friday? >> early indications are that it's actually driven quite a bit of traffic to dealerships. i talked to a number of dealers yesterday. they're saying that there's a lot of traffic coming in looking. not everybody qualifies. quite a few of the sales they are making are being taken advantage of by people who have an old trade-in th

. >> we film most of it in southern california, you know. we would go to the beachhave an insane pool party there. it was a lost fun. most of the dates took place in southern california. >> well e what is with the glitch and glamour of hollywood aside, because that is what we want to talk about. this show includes many valuable lessons for americans. what do you want people to take away from it, because this is not your typical show? >> hopefully, the people that watch the show will take from it that you should never allow hang ups about your body stop you from enjoying life or, you know, opening up to someone that you could really care about? >> thanks so much for joining us. and i'm sure we will learn those lessons. we will all see you tonight. >> all right, thanks, candace. >> take care. >> you can watch luke and his ladies when more to love premiers tonight at 9:00 here on fox 45. you are watching fox 45 morning news, all local all morning. this is more than my easy button. it's my "save-so-much-on- his-graphing-calculator... look. i made it say "booger." ...i-c

. >>> more news, now, from california, where the beaches along the southern coast are being hit by massive as high as 20 feet. sam has more on that for us. you saw this first-hand, recently. >> they are beautiful waves. but the problem is, they're incredibly dangerous, as well. take the town of newport beach. when they would normally rescue 20 to 30 from the water. it was up to 500 a day. the waves are so incredible. the problem, people are rushing to the coastline to see them. a 15-year-old surfer is pulled from the water this weekend, rescued during a surge of giant waves in southern california. >> i surfed this wave a lot. this is the biggest i've surfed. it scared the hell out of me. >> reporter: waves up to 20 feet, the size of a 2-story house, killed 1 surfer. lifeguards were scrambling along newport beach. they pulled 381 people from the water in 1 day. in san diego, 268 rescues, 4-times more than usual. >> jusgot out of breath. it's a good swim, untilou get stuck around the white wall. >>eporter: they're some of the bibiggest waves in a decade. called maverick waves, formed by wind

it will take from you san jose and long beach and southern california for just about 49 bucks.. sometimes they are only 24 to 4 hours long. sooner you can jump on sales the better get advertised sales. brian: their goal is to say it's unfortunate we're sold out on them. we like to charge you $4,000 instead and. union nighted. let's talk about last minute domestic sales. right now we saw our staff $44 between denver and salt lake city. 54 between vegas and san francisco. and between new york city and d.c. now, tell me about these. got to travel bye bye july 14th. that's next week. >> well, that's the thing. this is an example of these very last-minute sales. this was released a couple days ago specifically for travel this weekend. today or tomorrow and have you got to return by monday or tuesday of next week. so, very short lived. very immediate type of sale but they are becoming indegreesingly more important. really tells just what the consumer -- these days consumers are waiting longer and longer and waiting for that very, you know, aggressive best price deals to actually jump

california short again in just a few short months. sandra hughes, cbs news, los angeles. >> glor: southern californiaians are being warned about dangerous high surf. the weather service says beachxpect surf up to eight feet. the warning follows the death of a body surfer yesterday. next up on tonight's cbs evening news, the near-death experience prompting this gold medal winner to help kids. (announcer) take your time to find the right time with cialis for daily use... a clinically proven, low-dose tablet for erectile dysfunction you take every day so you can be ready anytime the moment is right. tell your doctor about your medical condition and all medications and ask if you're healthy enough for sexual activity. don't take cialis if you take nitrates for chest pain, as this may cause an unsafe drop in blood pressure. don't drink alcohol in excess with cialis. side effects may include headache, upset stomach, delayed backache or muscle ache. to avoid long term injury seek immediate medical help for an erection lasting more than 4 hours. if you have any sudden decrease or loss in hearing or vision stop taking cialis and call your doctor right away. (announcer) 36-hour cialis. o

southern california. we're talking squid here, my friends. attacking divers. terrorizing tourist-crowded beaches.he details for us. >> reporter: this was a day at the beach to remember. divers and swimmers enjoying the cool, pacific waters, were suddenly surrounded by thousands of jumbo flying squid. not only did they rough up a terrify divers, but the sunbathers along the pristine shoreline were shocked. and some disgusted. >> ugly. >> reporter: the flying squid, also known as the humbolt squid, are creatures of the deep. seeing one, conjures up something from "2,000 leagues under the sea." >> they're beautiful animals. >> reporter: but to marine biologist, john hyde, he's simply fascinated. he's not sure why more and more squid are washing up on shore because they prefer deeper water. >> these things are eating machines. ey have to eat 10% to 15% of their weight a day to survive. there could really be hundreds or thousands of squid just offshore here. and to have these come in, grab your mask. grab your arm. tug at you a little bit, can be spooky. they've also got a big beak in there. like a la

southern california are about to get even bigger. and it couldn't happen at a better time. forecasters say the swells could reach up to ten feet today, just in time r surfing championship in huntington beach. surfers are being warned to use some extra caution. >>> and now, to this morning's weather from around the nation. more scattered showers and thunderstorms for the east coast. with the heaviest downpours in maine and. >> nancy: >> nancy:. much-need rain stretching through south texas. strong tomroh ws from wisconsin to nebrask a high of 93 in omaha.91 n . stlouis. and low 80s for chicago, detroit and fargo. mostly in the 90s from albuquerque 20 boise. 86 in portland. and 80 in seattle. a mild 75 in boston. 83 in new york. and 89 in atlanta. dallas will get up to 97. and new orleans is 91. >>> and when we come back, a pay raise for millions of workers today. that is in your business news straight ahead. >>> and there's just a couple more days to say alaskan governor, sarah palin. our new poll says what americans >>> overseas stock markets are mixed this morning, after wall street hit its high water mark for the year. tokyo's nikkei average climbed 1.5% today. hong kong's hang seng is

southern california last night. take a good long look. needed to get the fuselage of a giant c-17 cargo plane from the boeing factory in long beach to a shipaiting in seal beach. it was a slow process and the new plane weighs, get this, 50 tons. even without its wings. the fuselage was eventually along the pacific coast highway of seal beach. the eight-mile journey took about five hours. the c-17 shell is on its way to fort lee near petersburg, virginia. the army plans to use it to train soldier to load the massive plane. >>> meanwhile, the navy is trying to decide what to do with the world war ii relic found by a fisherman. the watermen was in a reservoir in san diego back in february. using a device called a fish finder when he noticed the shadowy image of a plane in the upper corner of the screen. the navy determined it was a world war ii bomber that made a water landing 64 years ago. no one was hurt when the plane went down. navy officials say that they may salvage the plane and restore it for display in a museum. >>> a morning walk turned in a a big scare for a florida man whose dog was attacked by an alligator. it happened in west pa