thunderstorms drench roads in southern nebraska, wichita and amarillo.lick spots in the southwest. and from fargo to duluth. >> if you're flying today, some airport delays are possible in phoenix, kansas city and charlotte. >>> back to the news this thursday morning. police in los angeles are still looking for two masked gunmen who kidnapped a bank manager from her home, as part of a very bizarre robbery plot. >> scary story here. authorities say they strapped what they said was a bomb to the woman's waist. and they forced her to order employees to take money out of the bank. the bomb squad disabled the device, which they say resembled an explosive, but was not. >>> the roman catholic bishop of kansas city faces a bench trial. bishop robert finn is the highest-ranking catholic official to be charged with shielding an abusive priest. his attorneys has decided to let a judge decide the case instead of a jury. a verdict is expected by day's end. >>> what started out as a fun bike ride turned into a near-death ordeal for an ohio teen. he fell into a creek an

>>justine: there falling some news out of southern nebraska. is happened at the nebraska kansas state new- line yesterday afternoon pin they're looking at what caused this crash pin peterson is a former chicago police officer and is accused of killing his former wife. they delivered a -- a deliberate yesterday morning and will continue to day. >>james: trevor cahill retired the first 16 batters that he faced. >> the las angeles angels rolled to a 71 victory. the best 7-1 victory. he had to go to the hospital. he never lost consciousness. while-- wow! >>justine: we are falling a developing story out of oakland this morning. police are in the scene of a fatal shooting. will have more coming up. >>justine: the na and world record parker and minnesota. it was complete with 60 counts of bacon. they did not say how many people took to eat it. >> told president bill clinton took office at this stage last night at the democratic convention. >> kenyon youngstrom has died after being shot >> will tell you how fire officials are battling the southern calif

hail, gusty wind from southern nebraska to amarillo. scattered thunderstorms in the southwest.s to tallahassee. showers in the carolinas. late day thunderstorms from pittsburgh to northern new england. >> mostly 80s in the north leea and the nation's midsection. 90s in the southeast. triple digits in dallas and phoenix. >>> well, the nfl is back. wasn't a good start to the new season for the defending super bowl champion new york giants. but was a good start for the cowboys. >> indeed full credit goes to the cowboys and tony romo. he threw for 307 yards. three tds. two of them to unheralded backup kevin ogletree. plenty of fantasy players picking him up this morning. >> the game wasn't as close as 24-17 final score would indicate. couple to the cop -- coach tom coughlin said, they took a bite out of the humble pie. it always makes you better. >> always a good rivalry. >> we have something coming up. >> who did you pick? i picked yesterday on the show. >> new york. >> i picked dallas. just to be different. both can't go for them. you won. you are good. >>> and also, if you have

wind will move into the ohio valley and parts of southern illinois not much to show you on the radar ... the cloud cover is moving to kansas and nebraska and will arrive here tomorrow bringing showers to the southern suburbs and downstate there is a cold front crossing into chicago and that may save us keeping the rain down state ... here is the forecast for the remainder of the afternoon: bright sunshine strong wind frequently gusting with the highs upper 60s ... for tonight mostly clear skies not quite as chile 47-54 degrees by tuesday we will be looking at the increasing clouds with storms possible 71-75 degree high temperatures we will cool off wednesday's 65-71 degrees the wind will be off of lake michigan water temperatures there are in the '60s right now ... it looks like we will have a pretty nice week temperatures close to normal ... time now for today's trivia question: which ancient philosopher wrote the dialogue called "the republic"? a. socrates b. plato c. aristotle most of the pain i experience is in my knees. when i think of aspirin, i really think of it as that bottle in the back of my parents' medicine cabinet. findin

nebraska. notre dame. wharton. geneva. southern methodist. texas.d on. >> dana: what does vit to do with media bias? >> bob: you said the media comes out of the the schools and they're preprogrammed by the instructors to be liberals. i'm started to list of schools that are conservative and they go on for hundreds of pages. >> greg: i don't know if it's hundreds of pages. >> bob: i just started. >> kimberly: there are three pages. >> bob: you want me to keep going? rice. st. john's. >> greg: a lot of those are not -- >> eric: there are 30 names on the list. 10,000 institutions in america. >> bob: i only got just started. >> kimberly: we don't have time for that. >> bob: of course you don't. get time for something substantive and serious. >> greg: last week, health and human services secretary kathleen sebelius found violation of federal law against engaging in political activity. she gave speech to call for obama re-election, the white house briefings, maybe jake tapper brought it up. i don't know. >> dana: it was on drudge for several days. >> eric:

southern plains. look at these temps 105. 90s all the way up to nebraska. we'll get a little bit, just a taste of this heat as we head toward the end of the week as our temperatures make a run for the low 90s in a few spots. back here what's left of isaac still spinning in kentucky and tennessee. we have the moisture in place, just not very organized. we need a little kick. that will be the daytime heating. looks like maybe in the mountains and north a little bit better chance of seeing showers and storms until late this afternoon and this evening around here. so our forecast still has the yellow alert dayes because anything that pops has the potential to put down some heavy downpours. 87 today and tomorrow after dropping into the low to mid- 70s tonight again with the scattered mainly afternoon and evening showers and storms. thursday i think some thunderstorms also but fewer. 91 on thursday. a little hotter. friday looks generally dry, 90. more storms as we head into the weekend and early next week. 4:47. here comes monika with timesaver traffic. >>> good

now farmers in nebraska and illinois, for instance, are looking to south american crops as well as louisiana and the southernf the yait as well. >> movie theater popcorn is already expensive enough as well. >> the movies is going to be the most expensive date ever, right, wisdom? ee, if you are going out on dates anymore which i don't for that reason. >> me neither. >> saving money by staying at home. always god to see you. >> good to see -- always good to see you. >> good to see you. >> reporter: soup these chairs will be filed with die-hard democrats at first day of the democratic national convention gets under way. i'm nicole collin in charlotte. the latest coming up.  i'm barack obama, and i approve this message.  mitt romney's position on women's health...it's dangerous. vo:mitt romney and paul ryan would get rid of planned parenthood funding. and allow employers to deny coverage for cancer screenings and birth control. we can't afford to let him take away our choices... to take away basic health care. vo: both backed proposals to outlaw abortions...even in cases of rape and incest.

she was headed from nebraska to santa monica and lived in southern california. >>> we're less than two the november election. according to the secretary of state's office, more than 17 million californians are registered to vote. out of those more than one in five have not chosen a party reference. republican registration coats to decline with about 30% of voters. if you still haven't registered you have until october 22nd to do so. the state has launched its first online voter registration program earlier this week. >>> the san jose mercury news says voters could be asked to weigh this on the project as soon as next march. the project would also improve bike and walking paths between the city and stanford university. >>> and "endeavour" is on the move again. but this time it's on the ground. the shuttle is no longer atop the 747 transport plane. about 0 minutes ago we showed you the crew turning the shuttle around. it won't be taken to a hangar -- will be take -- it will be taken to a hangar before going to its final resting place in los angeles. >> flying over the ames research cente

southern leg is underway but the northern section is still up for debate. transcanada submitted a revised route to the government hoping it will ease concerns over nebraska'sironmentally sensitive sand hills region of the look at that. it is a little circuitous now. will this finally get the white house on board? joining me in first on fox interview is transcanada ceo. russ, thank you so much for joining us. do you think you have the magic rout now? do you think it will get it done? >> i think we've listened to the concerns of nebraska cans and done a great degree of work to work around their concerns. i think we come up with a route that meets everybody's needs. melissa: tell me about the route. hopefully we can put the picture up again. you queen see there are a quite a few little loops along the way to make sure it doesn't touch this environmentally sensitive area. in a way are you sort of calling the president's bluff, saying well, we've done everything we're supposed to do, now approve it? >> i think we've done that, we done everything that we're supposed to do for the whole process started, well over four years ago. and this is just the latest adjust

oklahoma, southern parts of kansas and southwestern missouri, possibly seeing damaging winds, large hail, can't rule out an isolated tornado for sure. the rainfall continues to fall across nebraskae rain as well. here's where the flash flooding is happening east of st. louis and these thunderstorms, most of which, at least right now, are not severe, stretch across the allegheny and in through new york city area, where you see scattered showers. this front pushes off to the east, behind it, canadian air. southwestern u.s. continues to bake in unseasonably warm temperatures. >> all right. rob, thank you. good to see you, as always. >>> new school lunch program created by the obama administration is offering some healthier choices and it's also leading to grumbling students. and growling stomachs. watch. ♪ ♪ we are hungry ♪ >> they'll have bacon later. >> they'll be healthier as a result. that parody video created by students at wallace county high school in kansas. good for them. >> great imaginations. coming up on "starting point" we're going to speak with u.n. d.a. undersecretary kevin concannon who helped launch the school lunch program and the negative reaction. >> on the rebo