the cdc is advising consumers to throw out any cantaloupes from southern indiana. include diarrhea fever and abdominal pain. >>chicago is taking steps to offer an alternative to high gas prices. ecotality along with a number of electric vehicle stakeholders unveiled their latest vehicle charging station at the intercontinental hotel on michigan avenue. industry leaders discussed what it will take to make chicago a hub for electric vehicles. as part of the electric vehicle act bussinesses that offer charging stations will now receive incentives. . >> the state has made a strong commitment to supporting these incentive programs because they offer so many benefits to our economic development. >>this latest launch is part of an intiative called the e-v project aimed to increase electric vehicle usage nationwide. >>gm is recalling more than 258-thousand suv's to fix power window and door lock switches that can short circuit and cause fires. gm has reported 28 incidents, though no one has been hurt. the recall includes 2006 and 2007 chevy trailblazers, gmc envoys and bui

it's reaching from canada into southern indiana. our tropical satellite lit up like a christmas tree. flooding rain shows you the reach, picking up several feet of water, flooding rains for daytona bee. here's the center of circulation, seeing new intensification, extremely warm tropical waters. the sea surf about 90 degrees. some dry air wrapping into the system that may hold development. right now we have a much better idea on the track, the final track of isaac, likely to be the mississippi gulf coast through new orleans. you want to remember the most intense weather will occur just to the west or east of eyewall. maybe the -- maintaining that. it's the eastern part of the eyewall, up through biloxi, gulfport. we could get one that could shift. right now the storm is knocking on the door of hurricane strength, winds of 70 and almost just a seven-year anniversary of katrina. 70 with clouds on the increase. it will be humid, breezy, 88. late day clearing. we do not anticipate severe weather. after that morning shower tomorrow sunsh

a big day for hundreds of students in southern indiana as school re-opens following a tornado hit in march. the ef4 damaged the school and four students. a $55 million reconstruction is now complete and students are returning to almost entirely new school, they will be doing that starting today. the temperatures are seasonal, just feels bad outside. >> it's not relaxing like a sauna. >> i will say a steam bath out there. it's going to mess up our hay and make us want to take several showers. maryland's most powerful radars we are dry. a few showers back in virginia and also calvert county, those are dying out. that should be the trend through the rest of today. we will be drier in terms of stuff falling from sky, rain falling from the sky for today. i have the game day forecast, fist pitch 7:05, they are playing the mariners tonight, 85, partly cloudy and humid with the winds south 5-10 miles per hour. now a check of the traffic with loren cook. how are the roads? >>> kind of quiet. we have the grand prix preps underway. part of pratt will be shutdown through 5:00 a.m. between howard

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we have showers and storms across illinois moving into southern indiana, western kentucky. that disturbance is what we are going to see on tuesday. tomorrow not nearly as nice as what we are expecting this afternoon. cumberland 55, gorgeous out to our west. monika, started early with the problems this morning? >>> and they are ongoing. route 644 between van dorn street and rose hill. watch out for the accident again in francona on route 644. 95 is not affected by this. you are looking fine. just a bit of slow traffic, of course. as you leave heading through springfield, let's take a live look out on to 35. the traffic is fine until you get to duke street. no issues on 270, a few brake lights off and on where the lanes divide. looking at university boulevard on the outer loop a bit of slow traffic into silver spring. more traffic coming up at 6:11. back to you andrea and jess. >>> crus will remove dozens of trees. >> their hope is to prevent a freak accident like the -- crews will remove dozens of trees. >> their hope is to prevent a freak accident like the one that killed a

we are looking at risk for large hail damaging wind gusts and isolated tornadoes across southern indiana through illinois and eastern portions of the state of arkansas. warnings issued for the area across that area especially through the afternoon and evening hours. southwest the big story has been the extreme heat. 114 will be your high. >> -- will be your high in phoenix. >>> it is official. we have all been waiting for this. jennifer aniston is off the market. she is now engaged with justin thorough. they have been engaged since may of 2011. he was previously marrie -- she was previously married to brad pitt. real life hero. the 46-year-old came to the aid of young woman having a seizure at a new york city hotel. s he immediately ran to her side and saying prayers. a nurse was able to successfully revive her. the dark night rises finally falling out of first place. $43 million debut for bourne. the dark knight rises came in third with 19.5 million. >>> the time now 41 after the top of the hour. still looking for last minute summer get away? i am. we will have hidden travel sites right

illinois residents have gotten sick from a salmonella outbreak involving cantaloupes grown in southern indiana. the outbreak... which began in early july... has killed two people and sickened 150 others. the illinois department of public health has not issued any statements regarding this outbreak... but the cdc advises consumers to throw out any cantaloupes they purchased from that area. symptoms of salmonella illness include diarrhea, fever and abdominal pain. next: another recall -- this time for romaine lettuce sold in nearly 20 states. also ahead: a warning to drivers... why general motors is announcing a recall on more than 250,000 thousand suv's. and later in lunchbreak: we're celebrating julia child and her recipe for garlic chicken. hi. ooh, that's so... i know what you're thinking. it's a hot white number, but what a hassle to care for! but i'm not worried... i use tide vivid detergent and boost. they keep my whites looking like new wash after wash. that's my tide. there is a romaine lettuce recall based on tests in canada ... turnbull & asser and another leading brand ... american a

. >>> five months after a deadly tornado ripped think a southern indiana school, students in henriville are getting a warm welcome back. they filled the has on sunday to look at the new classroom and gym. the principal says the insurance covered most of the repair work and school will start back tomorrow. that's kind of early. >>> it looks spiff,. >>> coming up next, a local equestrian champ was hoping to make it to london before she suffered a stroke. now she's back in the saddle and on a mission. >>> lady gaga is back. her new album title has her trending today. >>> of course. why wouldn't it have her trending? so excited. lady gaga. forecast today? not that bad. temp 91 degrees, actually a came >>> what an olympic weekend for the williams sisters. they overjames a tough challenge to win the dumb gold. you this now the third gold for each. first venus, she and serena took the gold in the sydney and beijing games. she has also won five wimbledon titles and two u.s. open titles. . ser reara stomped maria share positive aa. 600, 6-1, her serve was on fire. with that add an encore dan ser

you can see lower left of your screen, the leading edge of some rain pushing into kentucky, southern indiana from that system. temperatures out ahead of that, we are heating up. we've got a deep area of high pressure on us. it's already into the mid-80s here and over the next hour, it's near 90 degrees and as we get into the rest of the afternoon hitting the mid-90s. a look in detail at the weekend in the next couple minutes and into the weekend. angie? >>> the newly minted gop ticket is attending a victory rally and preparing to take an unscheduled trip to view hurricane isaac damage in louisiana. an invitation prompted paul ryan and mitt romney to cancel their virginia visit. >> i accept your nomination for president of the united states. >> last night, romney accepted his party's nomination. during the speech, he opened up about his family and faith and he attacked issues crucial to the campaign, especially what he considered president obama's failures when it comes to the economy. >> the president hasn't disappointed you because he wanted to, the president has disappointed america becaus

two fishermen in southern indiana are having the laugh of their lives.ar through the air and crash land into their boat. >> i remember counting. i 54 we're at 18, man. we killed it. out of nowhere, boom! we go 19. you know? >> right in the head! >> troy mccormick and mac spainhour avid-outs doorsmen are hosts of a recreation show. >> welcome to "indiana outdoor adventures." >> if you haven't caught it on air, it's a weekly regional tv series about two local guys having a blast doing what they love to do. the show is filmed all over indiana and during one particularly lively episode, troy and mac discover that they don't need any rods or tackle to attract fish. >> oh! >> they duck for cover as fish come to them. diving into the boat one after the other. >> here we go! >> it's like popcorn. they're popping everywhere. they're coming straight up. they're behind us. they're on the side of us. >> this fish story begins on a september morning in 2010. mac gets a call something unusual is happening on the river. >> some of my buddies that patrol on the wabash r

. >>> on the western edge of southern indiana is the wabash valley town of carlisle where main street conjures images of a bygone era, and except for the daily passing of the csx freight line, this one-light town might be all but forgotten. just a couple miles down u.s. 41, however, is evidence that carlisle is anything but forgotten. >> it's 2 1/2 hours away from everywhere. it's just the middle of nowhere. what goes on out here? prison. that's what goes on out here. >> surrounded by little else but big skies, the wabash valley correctional facility houses more than 2,000 convicted felons, including some of the highest security prisoners in the state. it is a fortress among farms. >> we have a total of seven towers blanketing the entire facility, including one tower that's in the center of our south yard. we've got the two sets of fences all the way around the facility. the inner fence is a stun fence, it's a nonlethal stun fence. the outside fence another 14-foot fence covered with razor ribbon. shaker alarm on the motion detector. motion detector in between the fences. we think our

southern illinois, indiana, that will be our weather tomorrow. tomorrow looks like a very nice day.ot, 90s but a nice day. but first we've got to get through the energy coming through in the afternoon. you'll notice the scattering of showers and storms across the region. it pops up. it pops down. i think a better chance again will be south of town. there's also the chance that some of these storms will be severe, especially east of i- 95. that's going to be the area that potentially we're talking about the damaging wind gusts or the hail and the strong storms. last night baltimore got hit very, very hard with some areas having two, three, even four inches of rain so they had flood warnings as well. as we get toward midnight, everything is pushing away. we're in fine shape tomorrow, lots of sunshine. thursday, 7:00 a.m., it's going to be a mostly sunny day. you're living out west in western maryland, this of the higher elevations in virginia and west virginia, we may see a pop-up shower in the the afternoon. here in the metro, no problems at all on thursday. thursday night quiet. fri

and brown 12-year-olds have walking the streets to this city or a 12-year-old growing up in southern indiana having nothing but the generations? what would you say to them? because he does represent in the purest tradition of american exceptional was in a kind of black ratio. he didn't come from nothing. but he represents the in possible made possible. he is the leader of the free world representing western european traditions that have never happened before. a member of the minority party representing the nation's interest. so, we have heard a lot over the last few years about -- and i am going to natural lit down to the specific terms about no more excuses for young black boys and young black girls who are underachieving now that the president, barack obama and michelle obama are in the white house, how could you not recognize how hard and how important it is to work hard to live up to those aspirations? i can see documentary after the gentry, special report after special report ask young people now that you see this first family in the white house will if you think about getting married o

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. >> and what about the storms hitting southern indiana last night? >> well, it is something else. a, and not a big population, but a festival and parade and 30 minutes' notice and they did not get out of the way and baseball-sized hail fell. these are some of the pictures from the area. they were pounded. this is what happened to the powerlines and baseball-sized hail, and knocking down people and buildings and people were taken to the emergency room because being hit by that, and it is a nasty storm. it is all because it is so hot sometimes and even right now it is 111 in tulsa or so, and you will get big storms with big heat and they had big heat yesterday and the storms even though wrecking some of thep kros if there were crops out there, you don't want hail hitting it, because it is so fragile. you see a storm coming this time of the year, you take cover whether it has warning or not. i want everybody to know the storms can get big and in a hurry. >> stick around here, chad, for this story. she is 22 years old and saved her dad's life and you can see it here. saturday, he was p

indiana. we continue to have a tornado warning in effect for southern michigan and northern indiana. we did see problems earlier along the lake shore in chicago and the downtown area, as well. all of these storms will be moving towards the east as we head into our sunday implicating those to the east towards philly and d.c. there is a look at the storms through chicago. a lot of outdoor events going on. we have the white sox at home, as well. you see the problems we saw with those storms. we are tracking tropical storm earnesto looking healthier in our satellite imagery. if you are vacationing not looking at a direct impact but getting close. the outer rain bands can be effecting us. we can't rule out a possible u.s. impact and we have tropical storm florence off the coast of africa but we have time to watch that one. >> a lot of weather to talk about. >>> a different situation in oklahoma. very hot, dry and windy conditions helped are spread more than a dozen wildfires that have destroyed homes and structures in that state. >> reporter: good evening. the winds have died down here a

indiana. we continue to have a tornado warning in effect for southern michigan as well as northern indiana. very strong winds with this system. in fact we did see some problems earlier along the lake shore in chicago and the downtown area as well and all these storms will be moving toward the east as we head into our sunday, implicating those of you in the northeast, anywhere from new york to philly down towards d.c. there's a look at the storms as they moved through chicago. lollapalooza had to be postponed for tonight. a lot of outdoor events going on. the white sox at home as well. there you see all the problems that we saw with those storms. now we look to the tropics. we are tracking tropical storm ernesto looking healthier on our satellite imagery. winds are up to 60 miles an hour. if you are vacationing in jamaica or the cayman islands, not looking at a direct impact but certainly getting pretty close. those outer rain bands could be affecting us. we still can't rule out a possible u.s. impact and now we also have tropical storm florence off the coast of africa, but thank goodness we

only in the low to mid-70s today from northern portions of indiana and illinois and southern portions of michigan. thunderstorms are possible this afternoon down along the gulf coast. that's really one of the spots where high humidity exists. much of texas will be hot but clouds this morning and hopefully that will keep you cooler. tomorrow's forecast, the storm today near chicago and st. louis will head to the east coast. expect a rainy afternoon from d.c. to new york. >>> if you're watching us on columbia, south carolina, see a display of titanic recently recovered and preserved treasures. titanic: the artifact exhibit. that's your early event of the day. >> fascination with titanic even all this time. >>> here's an early look at this morning's headlines in entertainment. stepping into matt damon's shoes is no small feat but renner did it topping the box office with an estimated $40.3 million, the fourth bourne movie. >>> in second place the will ferrell election come daycomedy campaign," and "dark knight rises" fell to the third spot after a three-week domination. in fourth place "

down toward areas in southern illinois and toward indiana, seeing some of the thunderstorms. that disturbance is going to be here for tomorrow. today high pressure is in control. we are looking at sunshine, a few high clouds coming across the raj. so really no weather problems today. you have got outdoor plans, get it done. nothing is did going to -- nothing is going to head your way. mainly high, thin clouds will be here. tonight we could see clouds near the west virginia border. so looking at the forecast, today good day, highs around 90 but it is not going to be humid. tonight 60s and 70s. a yellow alert day with highs again near nine and wednesday i think an isolated storm or two in the afternoon. looks like we are going to have a few more. we may change the green to yellow. thursday looks real good too. high temperature around 90. saturday is not looking so great, 83. but a much better looking sunday and 84. 5:17, here comes monika with timesaver traffic. >> reporter: there was a pretty serious accident on route 644. it is shut down in both directions between van dorn st

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for tonight just isolated shower as they are winding down across indiana and the southern suburbs rightce of new showers for the morning. low temperatures 63 and a variable winds under seven during the day tomorrow it looks like a work day with an isolated morning shower it turns partly sunny in the afternoon. warmest for the next seven days. 86 is the forecast of hike tomorrow. mostly cloudy and warm several clusters of gusts and storms. >> it is the story of chicagos earliest days, remembers learningremembering the battle of fort dearborn. max. this is the plan that revolves around you. introducing share everything. unlimited talk. unlimited text. and a single pool of sharable data that powers up to 10 devices. the first plan of it's kind. share everything. only from verizon. add a smartphone for just $40 monthly access. excuse us, while we change into something more comfortable. cool. introducing, the square sunnyd bottle. [ bell tolls ] so, why are we up here? because farmers offers a new-roof discount? [ thudding ] oh, boy. yep. and it's an agent's job to help people find new ways

. >>> there is part of it, there is some across southern great lakes and northern indiana is across the website now but it hasn't changed a whole lot. still extreme drought in parts of college in indiana and northern illinois areas. so we might see that slowly getting better, but look at the huge area of an extreme drought and a large exceptional area. thus the highest level possible from west central and south indiana all the way down through most of north and central arkansas, and towards the $10 area as well. so in operation across most of the corn belt. let's check the situation. we will see that trough sitting over the great lakes, not quite as strong as it was late last week, but you will notice the trough lingers with the rich trying to come east but more of a zonal low for a while this week. we have more of a talk through the great lakes eventually, and that will bring cool air. anytime it comes further south you at least have some chances into the drought area for some showers and thunderstorms. so here are the maths day by day. don't get too excited about this but there will b

mainly in southern maryland and on the lower eastern shore. his father-in-law is a farmer in indiana. his corn crop took a big hit this year with the drought. the recent rainfall has helped crops.bean it's better for them to be dry in the season and then get the rainfall. >> so all is not lost. >> exactly. can be good in some situations. i am not a professional farmer. i just have a little garden and the cantaloupe are tremendous right now. numbers.k at some days at 100 8 degrees at reagan national. the second most since 1872. by the way, 43 days at 90 degrees so far, which is above average. days at 95 degrees this year. the record was set in 1980. today we will be around 92. that's this afternoon. about 1:00 or 2:00. it is 68 at dulles airport, 75 district, 72 in hagerstown, 78 in quantico? . mainly clear conditions. a few scattered clouds across the metro area. north of cumberland there's one shower in southern pennsylvania. off to the west, more thundershowers in indiana and parts of the ohio valley. stay out of ourp aw hair for now. temperatures, 92 degrees by 1:00 for the high t

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here are the stars that swept southern suburbs producing a lot of hale. large hail came down indianaze of baseballs. it's been raining in pockets through the northern suburbs at times. northward and also down south to us. highland park has had an inch and a third. it finally arraigned today in indianapolis it has a couple times an area that had been desperately dry. look at the winds forecast year by 9:00 tomorrow. it will be windy as the storm's winds up literally in place over us. and we're not done with the rain yet. these are the coldest temperatures that we've had in chicago in eight weeks. 78 midway, 78 at the lakefront. it is cooler here tonight then it is in anchorage alaska. gusty above 30 at times by late tonight. rainy periods tomorrow especially in lakeside counties. tomorrow night clubs break except the showers will continue in indiana for time. beautiful on saturday, sunday and temperatures rebound expeditiously. 80 by the time we get to some day. a shocking claim of child abuse, coming up a well-known doctor accused of water boarding his own daughter. with simple onlin

forecasters predict the eye of the storm will pass over arkansas today and into southern missouri sometime too night. parts of indianald get close to seven inches of rain over the next five days. down graded to a tropical depression isaac will bring rain to some states suffering from severe drought. the national weather service is expecting isaac to break up over the weekend. >>> the pentagon is saying it may take legal action against the former navy seal who wrote a book about the raid where osama bin laden was killed. the author was a member of the elite seal team raid that raided the compound in pakistan last year. he violated an agreement he signed not to divulge classified information. the book titled "no easy day" is expected to be released next week. now back to "on the record." >> i'm running for president to help create a better future where everybody who wants a job can find a job and snow no senior fears for the security of their retirement and an america where every parent knows their child will get a education and i have a plan to create 12 million new jobs. >> republican pick tikit is set but that is on

southern maryland and across into the delmarva. this clump of thunderstorms out in illinois that is crossing the ohio river from indiana into kentucky will stay to the south of us for now, but tomorrow, the atmosphere is unstable. more showers and storms are possible. we're in good shape right now and we have a full moon out there. let's talk about what is ahead. hot finish to the week. you still need your shades during the day. it's not going to be cloudy. just when the storms develop. now more storms tomorrow afternoon and evening. some could be heavy. we aren't talking about widespread activity, but those that develop could be heavy. hot weekend ahead as well. temperatures will hold in the mid 90s right on through sunday. pretty much the same air mass. clear to partly cloudy. temperatures in the 70s. now tomorrow morning, mostly sunny, hot by lunchtime. talking about temperatures in the low 90s. air quality unhealthy for sensitive groups. if you have a respiratory ailment, limit your time outdoors. by afternoon, partly cloudy, hot with thunderstorms. some heavy, some severe. there will be a few of them. zone forecast, 80 in oakla

few clouds coming in and look at the heavy thunderstorms from indiana to illinois and there is a lot severe, too, and in central and southern section of urgeile, they -- of illinois, they have active tornado warnings from that line moving to the east- southeast and we're going to get thunderstorms tomorrow and, at this point, doesn't look like we have worries about tornados and doesn't look too bad and it's 89 degrees. the high is 90. the humidity is nice and low and comfortable and 84 degrees for gaithersburg, dulles, 87 and look between hagerstown, martinsburg, and they're like -- lower to mid-80s out there and that is a great evening, 86 at 7:00 and as usual, we're out into the upper 70s and some more humidity comes back tomorrow and i think we will have showers and thunderstorms and that cold front is there for the weekend. we'll talk about that. the full forecast coming up. >> and focused on the positive here and the lower humidity was a treat. >> thank you. >>> remember, check the weather any time with the fox 5 weather app. download it on your droid, iphone and ipad or go to www.myfoxdc.com. >>> today, firefighters s

southern missouri by friday. and into saturday morning and over into illinois over the weekend and finally, over into indiana still as a well structured storm. not a tropical system but a big low pressure system and potentially a big rain maker. the storm continues on the path, we'll continue to track it until it weakens and it's no longer a threat. carolyn? >> thank you. and happening right now yosemite officials closed 91 cabins in curry village following the deaths of two people from hanta virus. documents show the park service was asked to step up inspections for rodents in 2010. the new report and the close yurz just days after a pennsylvania visitor died. the second death connected to this virus. >> two bottle nosed dolphins have been spotted swimming in south san francisco today. the marine mammals society tells abc 7 news one dolphin may be injured and another could be trying to communicate with it. there are no plans to move them out of the car. -- area. >> with billion -- accusations of millions of dollars being wasted, the people overseeing california court system met to try to hash it all out. vic lee

carried the states, the southern states in the convention but when roosevelt carried all the other states, the chairman of the convention center jackson the senator from indiana said i now would like to clear this unanimous. so of course has all the others changed their votes and he was voted unanimously as the presidential candidate he had wanted though he couldn't get anybody interested up with him to be a candidate for. no one knew whether he was a democrat or republican. who was carter's? you may remember him if you're old enough as the industrial shipbuilder that built the ships on the liberty ships. it was a few years after world war ii it was on the victory shipped with seven bunks and you didn't want to be on that side of the bond because the rocky ocean. you know what happened there. in any case they continue for many years to be used after the war. he was a brilliant man and a brilliant industrialist. there was no competition. roosevelt had to be the candidate. the candidate of a set of him on the republican side was tom dewey, the governor of new york. he only the governor of new york for two years. at this point he had been the attorney general in

right turn and moves into southeastern missouri, southern illinois with tropical downpours maybe friday night and saturday. saturday up near ft. wayne, indiana, and still tropical showers from that and that may take a turn and head our way by the end of the holiday weekend. right now 80 degrees at reagan national and a clear sky and beautiful morning under way and just a very light, northerly and easterly wind and dew point down to a comfortable 59 and thanks to a large area of low pressure that is over our region now and in place throughout the day tonight, into tomorrow giving us this wonderful break from our usual high heat and high humidity in august. right now all around the region, we're in the upper 70s 50 near 80s. nearby suburbs in prince george's, aural aingten, fairfax counties and shenandoah valley into the mountains of western maryland and west virginia. as we get through the rest of the afternoon, expect more of this delightful weather, low humidity and lots of sunshine. we'll have highs reaching mid-80s mid-afternoon and then back down to near 80 by around 6:00 or so and this evening sunset at 742 and a clear sky and low humid

southern. one line, infinite possibilities. >>> let's take a look at the headlines. officials say cantaloupes from southwest indianale sick and two people have died. the fda says if you have any cantaloupes from that part of the country, throw them out. more than 140 people have come down with salmonella infection. >>> in dallas county, texas, they are spraying pesticide to kill mosquitos to counter the west nile virus. it's the first time dallas has sprayed pesticide from the air in 45 years. in a minutes, you'll hear from the mother of a teen who caught the virus. >>> firefighters are catching a break this weekend. slightly cooler temperatures are helping them tamp down wildfires scorching the midwest. people who fled the area are being allowed to go back home and see what was spared. >>> the battle for the white house comes down to those all-important battleground states and cnn has just moved a crucial state in the upper midwest into the toss-up column. it's a state we once rated leaning towards president obama. let's check in with john king. >> we had wisconsin leaning toward the president. now because of the

southern president. he's not going to win north carolina again and indiana. romney has to win virginia. there is a lot of speculation it could be bob mcdonnell the virginia governor. bill: maybe karl rove's right. maybe it many friday after all. one of the most politically active states we have seen is wisconsin. president obama won that state easy, 14 points in 2008. today he's up 6 points. with the governor there and the union battle why is this state close? >> republicans have the momentum. the unions suffered a major blow after the recall. this is a state to watch. this is a state that obama must win. if he doesn't win wisconsin he's probably not going to win a second term. romney will probably spend some money, he will be making a play there trying to get that down to 1 or 2 points. bill: president obama spends two days in colorado starting today. bob cusak from the hill. >> new reaction to senate majority leader harry reid's claims that governor romney didn't payaxes for a decade. >> the message i gave harry reid is put up or shut up. i don't believe he has a credible source. i do

drug administration announcing a formal recall on some cantaloupes produced in indiana, this after a farm in the southern part of the state was link today a deadly salmonella outbreak. rick folbaum with more. >> they're not saying that this is the only farm where the contaminated cantaloupes came from, only that it could be one of perhaps several farms. anyway, the farm has recalled its melons, they're no longer on store shelves. it's called chamberlain farms in owensville, indiana, and this is after cantaloupes sold to several different states including illinois, missouri, kentucky and iowa. the centers for disease control and prevention says 178 cases of salmonella linked to cantaloupes have been reported in 21 different states. two people have died, 62 others hospitalized. there's no word on what may have caused the contamination, but you may remember a listeria outbreak that killed 30 people after eating cantaloupes from a farm in colorado that inspectors said wasn't sufficiently cleaned. people are urged to throw away any cantaloupes they bought anytime since early july if those could have come from

couriers would bring the drugs into indiana where they were then sold on the streets in the central and southernjon? >> jon: greg jarrett in the newsroom. thanks, greg. >> sure. >> jon: can agents at the u.s. immigration sources are suing the federal government to stop a young program that let's young illegal immigrants avoid deportation and get a work permit. you will recall last week thousands of illegal immigrants lined up across the country for a chance to stay in the u.s. for at least two more years. the president announced the new rules in june. they apply to illegal immigrants under age 31 who came to the u.s. before they were 16 and have lived here at least five years. they also must be high school graduates or in school or have served in the military, they cannot have serious criminal records. president obama said it's the right thing to do but the ice agents involved in this new lawsuit say the new program is forcing them to break the law and puts them in a horrible position. doug mckelway with the news live from washington. doug? >> yeah, jon, the head of the union representing these

southern states and the convention. or when roosevelt of course carried all the other states, the chairman of the convention, samuel jackson, senator from indiana said i would not like to declare this unanimous. so of course, all the others change their votes and he was voted unanimously as a presidential candidate for a fourth term. he had wanted, though he couldn't get anybody interested, he wanted henry kaiser to be a candidate, possibly to succeed him. kaiser had no political ambitions. no one knew whether he was democrat or republican. who was henry kaiser? you may remember him if you're old enough as the industrialist who built the brick three ships of the liberty ships. when i sailed to korea during the korean war, which was a few years after world war ii, it was on a big to reship. it was seven bunks high and you didn't want to be on the bottom bunk because of the rocky ocean. you know what would happen to you there. in any case, those continued for many years to be used after the war. he was a brilliant man and industrialist, but no politician. there is no competition. roosevelt had to be the candidate. the candidate opposite him on th

southern missouri. that's going to head out towards st. louis later today. then it's going to track across illinois and into indianakentucky, ohio, into west virginia. yes, coming our way by the end of the holiday weekend. there's the sun rise over the potomac. reagan national, dew point is steamy at 70. as the day progresses, drying out. light southerly breeze. high pressure over the region now, getting out clear sky and patchy fog in the rural areas. dissipating over the next several hours. all the areas are in the low 70s. elsewhere in the green, we're in the 60s. that includes montgomery, arlington, fairfax, prince george's keens. here is the way it looks for the morning commute. by 8:00 a.m., sunny, low to mid 70s. maybe a few areas where patchy fog is lingering. by noontime for your lunch hour, low humidity returns sunny, hot. upper 80s to near 90. mid afternoon, coming back home from the afternoon commute and it's still going to be humid but still hot. back down to near 90 early evening. by dawn on saturday, humidity does return. it's going to stay for the next several days we'll be down near 70 tomorrow mor

indiana. a freight train blows its horn and then slams into a tractor-trailer trying to cross the tracks. the norfolk southern forces the truck 75 feet down the track before finally coming to a stop. >> it was like slow motion. it hit in the trailer and it kind of scooted down the trailer and then it was pushing on the cab. and then it knocked down signal s. rocks were flying everywhere. >> mark skaggs lives in town and videos trains for a hobby. he's recording a different train moments before impact and almost misses the collision. >> i heard the whistle blowing and i spun around and caught it just at that instant. i kind of had a sinking feeling because i thought, oh, man, this guy could be dead. >> the train engineer and conductor check on the truck driver. he survives. rescue workers arrive quickly and take him to the hospital. he's released the next day. >> he was fortunate that the train wasn't going any faster. it could have been much worse. >> and in the southeastern united states, another train enthusiast gets the shock of a lifetime. november 21st, 2007, salisbury, north carolina. a tractor-trailer