now this is moving towards taiwan and approaching the southwestern islands. in fact, the okinawan islands have already been affected. as well as, rip currents on the life threatening level and storm is surges are going to be the main threat across the islands. and in towards the latter half of the week, drenching rain will be causing, could cause significant flooding into the later half of the week. already, the gusts are packing up to 252 kilometers per hour, this could be up to 270, which means it will be intensifying. the sea surface level, sea surface temperature is above 30 degrees, so this will likely strengthen into a violent typhoon status, which is the highest level of any kind of typhoon. so we'll keep a very close eye on this. not only is it going to bring some significant stormy conditions to the islands, but also this is helping to produce the heat to, here in the lands of japan and the neighboring countries. we're experiencing very high temperature temperatures, soaring into the 30s at noon. some areas are hitting 37 already. this is due to the

a suicide bomber detonated his explosives in the southwestern city. the explosion killed 28 people and injured at least 50. most of the victims are shia muslims and a religious minority in the country and local police is not attack was carried out by sunni militants, and the explosive planted in a car was detonated in the northwestern city of peshawar. at least 17 people were killed and 30 were wounded in that attack. a paramilitary troop vehicle was among those hit by the explosion and the police suspect the bombing was aimed at the military and police. they are blaming the attack on islamic militants. >> pakistan has suffered the most in terms of human financial losses. we are, therefore, resolved to tackle the menace of extremism with terrorism and renewed vigor. >> a series of attacks targeting female students killed 25 students and others in june. ten others died in attacks on chinese, ukrainians and other foreign tourists. >>> the european union will expand to 28 members when croatia joins on monday. croatia was welcomed at an eu sum mi summit i

. >>> residents of an old town in southwestern china are learning there are two sides to prosperity. they have seen advice storvisit interested in history streaming past their homes. they are finding a bit invading. >> reporter: the historic city of lijang lies southwest in china. its traditional architecture and narrow streets involves past centuries. these days,they are filled with tourists, most of them from other parts of china. now, it gets around 16 million visitors a year. many of the traditional houses in the city have been renovated to be shops and restaurants catering to tourists. ligang is part of the ethnic group. now, apart from the old buildings, there is rich evidence of the people and their culture. >> translator: it is not much different from being in a bar in beijing's entertainment districts. >> reporter: in 1997, the region was registered as a world heritage site in recognition of its traditional architecture and cityscape. but since then, many of the national people are leaving their homes so they can be rented out as restaurants or hotels by outside companies. t

people in southwestern japan and taiwan are feeling the effects of a powerful typhoon heading their way. we have the latest in world weather. >> good morning, catherine. as you can see the system is tracking ever so closely towards the i lands of japan and it will be moving into taiwan in the next 72 hours. it's a strong ty fan we have been tracking that is going to be affecting the southwestern islands already with waves up to 12 meters high. taiwan is still feeling those waves up to about three meters, but the stormy weather will impact around the big city of taipai. okinawa has been seeing this very stormy weather after it makes land fall it will be decreasing intensity and moving towards southern parts of china over the weekend. and as you can see it will be a gusty effect as well as drenching downpours to talk about. there is a rain band that is bringing hefty amounts of rainfall across japan and north korea as well as parts of china. 100 millimeters have been found in the past 24 hours, even more. 170 have been found here in north korea. into 72 hours, we are likely to see 200 mil

you've been tracking a powerful storm heading towards southwestern japan and taiwan. what's the latest? >> good morning, catherine. yes. as you can see, the storm system is now tracking ever so closely towards the southwestern islands of japan. looks like it will be moving into taiwan in the next 72 hours. soulik is the very large typhoon we've been tracking. it already has waves up to 12 meters high. taiwan is already feeling those waves up to about 3 meters, but the stormy weather will be impacting right around the big city of taipei. okinawa has already been seeing this very stormy weather. after it makes landfall, it looks like it will be decreasing its intensity and then moving towards southern parts of china over the weekend. already the gusts are 216 kilometers per hour. so as you can see, it's going to be a very gusty event as well as drenching downpours to talk about. talking about downpours, there is a ran band that's been bringing heavy amounts of rainfall across northern japan, north korea as well as parts of china, 100 millimeters have been found in the p

>> specifically all of the new border patrol agents along the southwestern border.eason i say that is because if you look at what's going on in the border now, it is the most secure it's ever been of the number of folks crossing from mexico is as low as it's ever been in about four decades. so given the context of where the country is right now and the fact that you would be doubling the number of border patrol ags, the effect on texas and other southwestern states would just be incredible. those are some bitter pills to swallow. >> what do you mean they will be incredible? do you believe it's a more militarized border? >> certainly headed in that direction, sure. >> i notice that there are some people are so upset about it they don't want any part of the senate deal. is there a point, a breaking point for you that yet more border security is added, what is it that would be a breaking point for you? >> chuck, i've expressed support for the senate compromise, given the political realities, that was the best deal they could come to. for a lot of democrats it's near th

one of them, july 26, 1993, a domestic passenger jet slammed into a hillside in southwestern south korealing 68 people on board. that was bowing 737, it was down from seoul, south korea and it crash landed in heavy wind and rain about 25 miles from the airport. another crash occurred in 2011, july 29th, two people died when an asiana cargo plane crashed in the waters of southern coast of south korea after it reported a fire in cargo compartments. we don't know the make of that particular plane. this one is a boeing 777, undetermined number of passengers on board, but, heather, you were mentioning the redwood city fire department saying they had passengers with burn injuries. >> at least one report coming from ktvu. you were talking about the background of the boeing 777 itself. it entered service back in 1995, it's flown almost five million flights according to information we just received here, five million flights, 18 million flight hours. it's been used significantly as we take a look at this. >> gregg: i think you are right. it does appear part of the plane appears upright. not withs

it the bigger picture, this is over water right now and moving towards possibly taiwan and the southwestern islands of japan. over the very warm water, it looks like it will be intensifying into that status and by the time they approach these islands, it will be a very typhoon status which is the second strongest of the typhoons. it will be moving away, but already you will start to feel the stormy weather starting tomorrow and high waves will reach as much as six meters so keep a close eye on it. we will taking a close eye on this heavy rain band. stretching all the way into northern china. they have 230 millimeters of rainfall. looks like yet again another similar amount to fall in and around the area at 36 degrees. shanghai with a heat advisory at 47 degrees. to north america, we have a couple of storms to talk about. let me start off with this one moving towards the leeward islands. that's a tropical storm watch. it could make a few landfalls as it maintains intensity as a tropical storm status. this is on the baja peninsula and still do watch out for the heavy rain to move here. severe

winds could ease, but rainfall will continue across southwestern parts of mexico. up towards the usa and canada, it will stay largely dry. across the u.s., there is a lot going on. we have flood rains across the east and extreme heat over towards the west. we have a frontal system in the east and this is carving ongoing heavy rain. this is accompanied by thunderstorms as well as gusty winds. we have a bermuda high and this is preventing from the storm system. this system from moving towards the east. unstable weather will continue fortuna fortunately. towards the west, it is very hot going up to 53 degrees for you in death valley. 43 in sacramentsacramento. 29 on tuesday. here's the extended forecast. . >>> taking a look at one of the lead stories won against, egyptian commanders are vowing to use their power to end the turmoil that is taken hold of their country. they have given morsi and his,a pone opponent a deadline. they will intervene if the sides fail to resolve the deadline by wednesday afternoon. they have no intention of seizing power. one million protest

days of heavy rainfall in southwestern china have caused landslides and mudslides and flooding. >> theer level is so high that vehicles have all been washed away. is under theovince hardest hardest hit areas. it affected more than 360,000 people. their tragic people to safety. many people had no choice but to wait on their roofs and to help arrived. the rescue effort is complicated by a lack of access. many bridges linking roads have collapsed. in one town, a landslide is reported to have buried up to 40 people. the media calls of flooding disaster the worst to hit in half a century. al jazeera. fever infections in thailand could hit a record high. researchers have made a breakthrough in typhoon disease. vaccines will not arrive in time to fight this outbreak. >> the global fight against this fever is centered at a university in thailand. it has been a long fight. the first clinical trials of vaccines began in 1980 led by a professor. now more than 30 years later, he and his team believe they have finally found a vaccine for all four types of the virus. they are testing on monkeys is w

an upper level low sitting across the southwestern tip of russia. a typical pattern where the southeastern edge of upper level cold brings weather. so the tohoku region in japan with 150 millimeters of rainfall to slam the area. so it's going to be heavy downpours, also some thunderstorms and it's going to be quite thundery across central japan again today. it will be a southern weather change. do carry your strongest umbrellas if you're going to go out today. here across china we have a couple of places where we're looking at very heavy rain to the north and to the south. especially here 100 to 150 millimeters are in the forecast. but between these two rainmakers we have a heat dome still in place. temperatures are scorching hot at 40 degrees in chongqing, do stay hydrated and shanghai at 39 degrees. moving over to north america, we've got a cold front that's still hugging the coastal line. so here across the area, thunderstorms, new brunswick and new england these areas will find 100 millimeters of additional rainfall. due to this cold front sever

more heavy rain from southwestern china to north eastern china as well as north korea. the heaviest rain can be found across the north. frequent lightning and thunderstorms are the possibility as well. heavy rain over northern parts. they were about 250 millimeters of rain in a span of 24 hours. the heaviest and they are looking at sunny skies. they are going up to 30 degrees if are the high and residents are cooled off. take a look the the video. excessive heat strike again yesterday with the murkry heating 33.9 degrees celsius. through the heaviest snow area, some 600 kilograms of snow from the slopes were preserved since winter. they destroyed the brief wes pit fr respite from the sweltering heat. a heat wave is blanketing much of the continent. we are expecting quite hot conditions across most of the u.s. and parts of canada. hot conditions continue across the west into the weekend. some changes are coming into the east and these fronts are the key. this is the boundary of cool and hot air producing severe weather near the border. there is a possibility of thunderst

more heavy rain can be found from southwestern china up to northeastern china as well as north korea. the heaviest rain will be found across the north. frequent lightning, thunderstorms and large hail are a possibility as well. and as for japan, yesterday quite heavy rain battered the northern parts. yamagata prefecture saw more than -- or actually about 250 millimeters of rain in a span of 24 hours. the heaviest since recordkeeping began. the conditions are looking up. sunny skies have returned to much of the country. heat advisories are in place for western japan and kumagaya and going up to 30 degrees for a high. and take a look at this video. excessive heat struck kumagaya again yesterday with the mercury hitting 33.9 degrees celsius. they received a cool gift from nagano prefecture, japan's heaviest snow area. some 600 kilograms of snow from the ski slopes were preserved since winter. residents enjoyed the brief respite from the sweltering heat. children couldn't get enough of the treat. residents in north american continent want that present because heat blankets much of the con

. >> floods in southwestern china triggered landslides, killing at least 40 people in szechuan province. after days of torrential rain, part of china have been hit by the worst flooding in 50 years. around 3 million people have been affected and thousands have had to be evacuated from their homes. bosnia marked the 18th anniversary of the shrubbery need to massacre on thursday. tens of thousands gathered for a memorial service near the massacre site where more than 400 victims were reburied. their remains were only recently identified. had toes of the dead wait nearly two decades for this day. ini'm burying two brothers law today. altogether, i have grades seven relatives. i don't understand it. how anyoneerstand can have that much hatred toward us. in july of 1995, bosnian serb forces stormed trevor nietzsche, slaughtering more than eight hours muslim men and boys. their bodies were dumped in mass raves. it was the worst single atrocity committed in europe since the second world war. of the former greece state television broadcaster took the streets to protest the introduction of a low

quite heavy rain is battering southwestern parts of china. probably might get as much as 250 millimeters into the next 20 hours. more heavy rain likely for northeastern corner. we have a tropical depression just to the east. it could hit the northeastern areas later today and become a tropical storm by tomorrow morning local time and it could hit taiwan once again. this is the area hit on saturday. additional rain is not welcomed at all. temperatures are quite soaring in shanghai. 37 degrees for you. this is a coastal area. we don't usually see this high temperature even in the mid part of summer. towards the south 33 in bangkok. north america the main story is going to be the heat dome covering the eastern 1/3 of the u.s. temperatures going up to the mid 30s in places like boston, chicago and new york city. dangerously hot there. with the high humidity feels more like 38 degrees or higher. watch out for that. and quite cool and wet across the southern plains. mostly dry for the west and temperatures are quite mild in the north. 26 degrees fo

winds could ease, but rainfall will likely continue for the next couple of days across southwestern partmexico. now, up towards the u.s. and canada, it should stay largely dry on your monday, so enjoy your canada day, but across the u.s. there's a lot going on. we have flood rains across the east and extreme heat over towards the west. we have a stalled frontal system over towards the east. and this is causing ongoing heavy rain, isolated tornadoes are likely, that is accompanied by thunderstorms as well as gusty winds. we have a bermuda high over the atlantic. and this is preventing from the storm system this system from moving towards the east. so unstable weather will continue for the next several days here, unfortunately. out towards the west is very hot. going up to 53 degrees for you in death valley. 43 in sacramento. that's more than 10 degrees higher than where it should be this year. the heat is also affecting seattle going up to 29 on tuesday. here's the extended forecast. ♪ >>> just a reminder of our lead story this hour. the man who exposed u.s. intelligence gathering secrets

. >> there are fires every year in the southwestern u.s. during the hot, dry summer. but this year, record temperatures have made the situation even more dangerous. federal help is on the way as a small community begins to mourn its loss. al jazeera in neighboring colorado. >> the media coordinator for the county sheriff's office. changedire behavior quite a bit due to the wind. there is quite a bit of dry fuel for the fire. that combination apparently over to this crew. they were unable to escape. as far as specifically what caused this very tragic incident, we will be looking into that over the next few days to determine what happened. we're trying to anticipate some of the behavior of the fire is based on the wind conditions, where we will place our hotshot crews, these special to be underers, will strict review as we go forward. we hope to use quite a bit of aircraft and other techniques to try to put the fire down. not everything can be predicted. they are doing the best they can. these hot shot teams do a fantastic job setting up fire lines. unfortunately, they

it's a big bubble of high pressure sitting over the southwestern united states. that's going to gradually break down. but, again, it's going to take the rest of the week for that to happen. in the meantime, it's causing it to be extra mild and stormy across the eastern half of the u.s. but in the meantime, the hot weather rolls on today. look at the forecast high temperatures. 127 for death valley today. las vegas, 114, 112 in phoenix. even boise, idaho, it's going to be super hot with highs around 108 degrees. i'm david bernard, cbs news, miami. >>> well, the storms david mentioned produced wild weather and damage on the east coast. a massive round of storms hit massachusetts. heavy rains and strong winds did worse damage. the national weather service confirms a tornado touchdown in new jersey. and a tornado warning was issued for maryland when a strong storm system moved in. in colorado near colorado springs, heavy rains caused flooding and mud slides in an area that had been burned there by wildfires. 20e highway was closed and about >>> to egypt now where pre

days of heavy rainfall in southwestern china have caused mudslides and flooding. >> the water level is so high that vehicles, forklifts and excavators have been washed away. >> sichuan province is one of the hardest hit areas, affecting more than 360,000 people. rescuers have tried to take people to safety. many had no choice but to wait on their roof until help arrived. the rescue effort is further compounded by a lack of access. many roads have collapsed. in one town, a landslide is reported to have buried up to 40 people. state media causing -- calling the flooding disaster the worst that has hit in half of a century. >> rescue workers are struggling to reach people stranded by floods in northern india. heavy monsoon rains triggered and slides, sweeping away riches and destroying roads. around 800 people died during the flood three weeks ago and thousands remain unaccounted for. north and south korea have held another round of talks aimed at reopening the kaesong industrial complex. south korean leaders across the border to inspect the jointly run zone. -- >>. since early april sinc

this is over water right now moving towards possibly in between taiwan and the southwestern islands of japan. but over the very warm water. looks like it will intensify to typhoon status. by the time it approaches these islands, it looks like it will become a very strong typhoon status which is the second strongest of the typhoon season it. looks like it will be moving away from the islands steadily, but they'll start to feel the stormy weather starting tomorrow. and high waves as much as 6 meters. also we're still taking a very close eye on this heavy rain band which is steching from sichuan to northern china. sichuan has already found 230 millimeters of rain in the last 24 mourps looks like similar amounts to fall in and around the area. chongqing at 36 degrees, shanghai you have a heat advisory at 37 degrees. now to north america, a couple of storms to talk about. let me start with this one. this is moving towards the leeward islands. chantal has a tropical storm warning posted in puerto rico and tropical storm watch in the virgin islands. looks like it could make a few landfalls on

rainstorms devastating floods have been impacting much of central and southwestern china this week. 36asualties have been reported because of the heavy rains and landslides as a result. the worst storm hit earlier this week in deyang city. you can see buildings just collapsing into these flood waters. this was on tuesday. so some very serious weather situations here across eastern asia. not forgetting the heat that has claimed lives certainly here in southern portions of japan. we've got a couple very strong high pressure systems. and themptures will be way above average. 35 degrees in tokyo. we'll see things cooling down with rain in shanghai on saturday, but 37 inland china and chongqing also. let's take a look into north america. you're going to see storms here in the southeast and up through towards the mid-atlantic. lots of moisture coming in over the weekend. so that's not likely to change. up to the north severe weather here, could even see trntd tornadoings, hail, thunder and lightning and heavy rain moving east over the weekend and more storms and heavy rain, potential for fla

not at all unusual for the call to prayer to be overwhelmed by the wail of a siren, not in this southwesternhicago neighborhood. it's known as chicago lawn, a tranquil name for a very unsettled place. this is usama cannon. >> there are people who are here who have sleepless nights because their hearts are torn apart by what's happening to the human family. there are people here. >> what's happening to the human family, and more particularly families living in desperate situations, is an obsession of rami nashashibi, a palestinian by birth. it's why he started the inner-city muslim action network, also known as iman, 15 years ago. >> i always kind of had an active bone in me, an activist bone in me, and so i was moved by the framework of islam as a powerful framework for social justice. i was moved by that. >> iman is all about social justice, about providing basic quality-of-life services that make a community a community. it's a big job even for a guy with a doctorate in sociology from the university of chicago. rami has traveled extensively and didn't become a devout muslim until he moved

are unsafe only tested and they present signs of success if you went on the merry show kerry in southwestern. chile around that she is feeling with her on the it is not it is not excluding rhonda the happy side contains a lot more of michael's ache which makes it a lot more toxic geisel said itself the active principle of front up is not herbicide by itself it needs to chance it needs adjutants it needs all other products inside the bottle in order to be really active. also considers most of the genetic engineering is for herbicide resistant it's spring. and that kills all the weeds except killed all the plants except for the crops that were genetically engineered while the life was saved itself can get into the water and this herbicide but not only the but the other chemicals they use there cerf octant and other chemicals in the mix of the herbicide which there is a direct link to the decline in v.b. in species in in freshwater ecological systems so. there's a lot of environmental impacts that haven't been adequately adequately addressed and the studies that are coming down are pretty defin

hot air is colliding with warmer air -- excuse me, cool air, we're seeing quite heavy rain from southwestern through northeastern china, the korean peninsula, as well as the western flank of japan. so heavy rain will raise the risk of flooding. across north america, there are two areas of severe weather, one is in the northern half of the plains. actually, one tornado has been reported in south dakota with hail the size of a golf ball. the system is expected to head towards the south, affecting the kansas area on your wednesday. and another area can be found across the mid mississippi river valley and surrounding areas. the greater risk could be damaging winds, as well as lightning. this system will also head toward the southeast. towards the west, looking quite dry and no monsoonal showers for the southwest. and towards the north, there's a high risk of wildfires. temperatures will be comfortable across the coastal areas, 27 degrees in seattle. the very hot in phoenix at 42 degrees on wednesday. >>> all right in europe, yesterday we showed you some video of a tornado in italy that i want to

looks like the southern or southwestern part of the county toward straussburg and also the valley. if that holds together you'll be seeing that in the next 30, 40 minutes. it is losing steam as it moves toward the east. speaking of steam, it's steamy outside. temps in the upper 70s in many areas like college park 78. alexandria 77. we fall into the mid-70s in rockville and leesburg and ashburn all at 75 degrees. same with wall waldorf. a sticky 78 -- with waldorf. a sticky 78 in annapolis. the scaffolding on the washington monument all lit up. the temperature 79. dew point 72. gives us that heat index, the feels like temp of 82. a southwesterly wind at 7. so clearly another sticky, muggy morning in store for us. when you've got this humidity around and low level moisture, itself showers and storms can persist overnight. the disturbance is really up to the north. you see how they're firing here from areas of ontario across lake erie back into ohio. another cluster of storms out to the west. we're going to watch this action because we'll get that first wave coming here later this mor

that includes chanthaburi as well due to the southwestern monsoonal flow coming into the rainor, so we're looking at more rain, which means higher risk of further flooding and landslides so we'll keep a very close eye on this. and to the bigger picture, an upper cold low sitting here in the northern china and russia border. due to this it's bringing unstable conditions. it is bringing thunderstorms, hail and gusts are possible. the system is affecting northern japan and thunderstorms on the severe side could be possible, even tornadic activity, sudden bursts of showers will be possible into the next 24 hours here across much of the northern half of this country. in between these two systems, this is the high pressure system sitting here. it doesn't look like it's going anywhere, but between here, rain bands will be developing so into friday actually, be developing and heavy rain to come in between beijing and shanghai. i did mention about the summer pacific high sitting here. it is still affecting the area. shanghai is reaching 39 degrees, quite a dangerous level. even western japan is in

tremendous amounts of rainfall across south korea, northeastern china, even out there towards southwestern china, still in the area here, into the next 24 hours, you could see about 100 millimeters of rain, even out towards the the west into portions of south korea. also into northeastern china and southeastern russia. just this entire area out here is still going to be seeing the heavy rainshowers. and it's a continued risk of flooding with this as the boundary does continue to persist. south of that, though, we do have while this high pressure dominating portions of eastern china, even over towards the southern japanese islands, keeping things dry and keeping things warm. shanghai with a high of 38. you are going to be seeing afternoon thunderstorms pop up here. but, wow, look at that, about 10 degrees higher than down here towards manila, where we're seeing 29 on wednesday. now, let's look over towards the americas, what's going on here? well, the severe weather spot is right there in the center of the screen. it is this large area of thunderstorms pushing out there from kansas into okl

now it's fill iing back in across northeastern kentucky and southwestern ohio, and in the next 48 hours we could end up with another 2 to 3 inches of rain. for your forecast today it is going to be hot and humid in the northeast. as we start off the official weekend on saturday, we are looking for even warmer temperatures and the chance of some late day thunderstorms especially in the southeast where they already have so much rain. so, unfortunately, things are staying status quo. >> and very muggy. >> yes. >> all right, thanks, dylan. >>> well, a violent day in chicago leaves 4 dead, 15 wounded in shootings. >>> plus an active volcano forces numerous flight cancellations. >>> and advertisers using a new technique to drill commercials into your brain? [ female announcer ] made just a little sweeter... because all these whole grains aren't healthy unless you actually eat them ♪ multigrain cheerios. also available in delicious peanut butter. healthy never tasted so sweet. >>> well, the prosecution in the george zimmerman trial could wrap up its case as early as today. zimmerman contends h

. >>> in southwestern china amateur video caught villagers running from a massive landslide on monday28 houses were swept away and 1,400 people had to be relocated. >>> here's another look at this morning's top stories. anthony weiner says he won't drop out of the race for mayor of new york city. on tuesday he admitted to having a sexual correspondence with a woman more than a year after resigning from congress amid scandal. >>> and prince william and kate spent the night at home in london with the newest member of the royal family. they spent the night with their son before leaving the hospital. >>> the senate is expected to vote today on a bipartisan bill to offer lower interest rates for student loans. a new study finds that parents no longer pay the largest portion of college costs. last year their average share was $5,727. that's down 35% from 2010. ben tracy looks at just how students are paying for school. >> reporter: when do you head to school? >> in september. >> reporter: jessica fann will be a freshman at the university of california irvine. her grades and need got her a s

and quite heavy rain is also battering southwestern parts of china, probably sichuan province may get as much as 250 millimeters in the next 24 hours. and more heavy rain is likely for northeastern corner of luzon. we have a tropical depression just to the east of luzon, and it could hit the northeastern areas of luzon later today, and become a tropical storm by tomoow morning local time, and it could hit taiwan once again. and this is the area, a typhoon that hit on saturday. so the addition of rain is not welcomed at all. and temperatures are quite soaring in shanghai, 37 degrees for you this. is the closest area. we don't usually see this high temperature, even in the middle of summer. and bangkok with seasonal thundershowers. north america. the main story is going to be the heat dome covering the eastern third of the u.s. temperatures are quite seasonal, going up to the mid 30s in places like boston, chicago, and new york city. dangerously hot there. and with the high humidity, you would feel more like 38 degrees or higher. so watch out for that. and quiet cool and wet across the

in an open letter to dell's special committee, billionaire investors carl icahn and southwestern asset management are demanding changes to the voting method for "unaffliated stockholder approval." founder michael dell wants an amendment that only counts votes with a firm yes or no. unaffiliateds could count as abstentions against the proposal. michael dell is offering $13.75 per share. ichan's deal is up to $18 per share. boeing is calling on airlines worldwide to inspect emergency locator beacons on all of its jets. the locators are built by honeywell and are under scrutiny after a fire broke out on a parked 787 dreamliner july 12th in london. there are up to 1200 jets that need to be checked. the information will be turned over to the faa. airbus is investigating the beacons but is not requesting a fleet-wide inspection. just in time for the rebound in business travel, entrepreneurs have launched a new website called "rocketmiles." our cover story takes a look at how it brings more smiles per frequent flier mile. rocketmiles is a hotel-booking website, but for its customers, the draw

he invited us to krabi, a remote part of southwestern thailand on the andaman sea, to what he says is the best place in the world to see monster fish for ourselves. and for zeb hogan this is his part-time office. >> people don't realize that freshwater fish are some of the most endangered animals on the planet. >> reporter: here anglers must follow rules that protect them. like using barbless hooks that don't hurt them. >> this fish i'm guessing is at least a 200-pounder, look at the patterns. >> reporter: it's an arapaima, the living loch ness. >> they are big, they are powerful. >> reporter: holy-moly! next. >> amazon redtail catfish. >> reporter: wow! >> really nice pattern on its head, bright red tail. those little moon-shaped pads that you see, those are his teeth. >> reporter: beautiful fish. >> yeah, yeah. >> reporter: but when he asked if i want to catch one, i'm not sure. sport fishing an endangered animal? it's so powerful we have to keep trading off. oh, my god! it's takes three of us to do it but then, zeb hops in the water and my first monster fish is in my net. whoa! ama

we have smoke from southwestern oregon. and folk as lng the coastline hooking inland throughout the bay area. more evident yesterday. we had health advisory issued that has been lifted we still haze looking westward towards san francisco. 71 san jose. 57 half moon bai. another live view towards mount diablo. 68 degrees now in both napa ask jant rosa. 76 livermore, another live view looking onto the bay. taking a look at forecast features low clouds, fog again tonight. sunny skies and mild tomorrow. and temperatures climbing by the end of the week we have a dip we showed you yesterday. cool nair our direction which have having influenced on bay area weather. low loudz clouds and fog along coast low temperatures into mid-50s and our fog cast animation shows we won't have fog as wide spread in the morning as they this morning but could reduce visibilities but we'll see fog away from areas of the coast tomorrow. giving us mild condition as cross the board. 60s and 70s around the bay. low to mid-80s inland. mid-70s redwood city

there are wildfires burning in southwestern oregon and smoke hooking inland throughout the bay area. we have a health advisory this afternoon. so if smoke is apparent in the air limit your outdoor activity that is important for people with respiratory ailments. here is a look at haze and smoke and fog. 62 in san francisco. we do expect air quality to improve. 76 in san jose. another view from mount tam, other temperatures at this hour 69 in santa rosa and napa. from our roof camera, here is the first forecast. a mix of low clouds and fog tonight and tomorrow morning by afternoon, cool conditions from the coast. highs from 58 at low 80s inland. i'll have the accu-weather forecast coming up later. >> thank you. >> still aheads at 4:00 a serving competition turns into a near riot in southern california. damage done, next. >> plus, yam skon's major hire blitz. where jobs are and how many are available now. >> and michael finney will answer your questions live and you can contact michael here and on twitter. >> taking a look at traffic right now. you can see it's slow going for drivers he

smoke from wildfires burning up in southwestern oregon continue to work down into the bay area. we have a lower level of parlit matter. you can see evidence in this live view from our camera. the smoke mixing in with low clouds and fog. 62 degrees in san francisco. 75 san jose. 59 in half moon bay. another view from mount tam of the skmaiz smoke there. readings in other locations are 71 in santa rosa. novato, 75. concord 77. now, golden gate bridge commute looks good. well, maybe not so good. better going into the city. sheer look at forecast. areas of fog and low clouds with us again, tonight. in the moshing a mix of sun and low clouds. by afternoon, mainly sunny skies. mild but not very warm. i'll have a look at the weekend ahead in just a moment. larry and carolyn? >> thank you. >> still ahead on abc 7 news at 4:00 why california utility customers are getting money back from jp morgan chase. >> living room experience. how you can be connected at new 49ers stadium not just the game. >> then, at 4:30 jail break, one inmate escape bid running out of the prison front door. how it

we have smoke from southwestern oregon. and folk as lng the coastline hooking inland throughout the bay area. more evident yesterday. we had health advisory issued that has been lifted we still haze looking westward towards san francisco. 71 san jose. 57 half moon bai. another live view towards mount diablo. 68 degrees now in both napa ask jant rosa. 76 livermore, another live view looking onto the bay. taking a look at forecast features low clouds, fog again tonight. sunny skies and mild tomorrow. and temperatures climbing by the end of the week we have a dip we showed you yesterday. cool nair our direction which have having influenced on bay area weather. low loudz clouds and fog along coast low temperatures into mid-50s and our fog cast animation shows we won't have fog as wide spread in the morning as they this morning but could reduce visibilities but we'll see fog away from areas of the coast tomorrow. giving us mild condition as cross the board. 60s and 70s around the bay. low to mid-80s inland. mid-70s redwood city

these are portable musical scales from southwestern ontario probably devised by a teacher and musician. cruces arranged in vertical columns. it dates to the last quarter of the 19th century. this charming read rocking horse was made a circa 1900 it captures the formal quality of the animal with the elegance of simplicity often with their broker and repaired but these and metal rods do not seem to be replacements. a dancing figure of the man from nova scotia 1920. wearing a uniform that suggests he was a sergeant why this should be the maker's choice is the provincial police of nova scotia and in some rural communities city on the floor was a common theme of the dances and this is an example of a jumping jack from uniformed authority figures such as a soldier. we have a book on the agenda coming up so i have to share the lovely all is also from ontario about 1950 and is a little late. and it is made out of brown paint in it to look as realistic as possible and perched on a tree branch or rooftop. you can see why i loved all of these this is from quebec 20th-century and is about 12 inche

we do have a flood watch in effect for kerry county, maryland and that extends into parts of southwestern pennsylvania and virginia. when you look across the mountains into ohio, numerous heavy showers and thunderstorms tracking south and east will likely reach the garrett county area later tonight. showers and tennessee have weakened quite a bit and here we have not had a lot of measurable precipitation, just a few light rain showers. looks like a slightly heavier shower in the northern part of dorchester county and a pretty good cell and virginia. for the baltimore area, mostly scattered them a light rain showers. not a lot to worry about as far as flooding or under showers. looks like we may scoot through another evening without having to worry about that. temperatures are nowhere near we would expect as part of july. only 79 in parkton. 81 in hagerstown. only low 70's in the western part of the state. tonight in baltimore, yeah, a few showers possible. cloudy sky otherwise. numeral 8:35. the bermuda high is still sitting there. this is a slightly strong goal -- stronger front. 98 in k

heavy rain is moving into parts of southwestern, north-southwestern new mexico.ld trigger some more wildfires possibly. that's the biggest threat when you have those thunderstorms. in the east, we're going to see a cold front. it is going to reduce temperatures down into the 80s. today, we should top out in the 90s. heat advisories in effect. >> we'll check the rest of your forecast in just a few moments. >>> now what seems like the longest wait ever. when will the royal baby get here? natalie morales is live outside buckingham palace this morning. natalie, good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning to you, carson. there was a lot of speculation on friday about the royal couple's whereabouts. reports that they left buckle berry, may have been headed back here to london, and maybe reports they're headed back up there once again to be with kate's parents. what we can tell you right now is that we will get word from the palace when she is in the hospital. we've not heard anything yet this morning. so we can't make any assumptions. it does seem we will all be wai

>> you know, it does amaze me, and maybe it's because i'm exposed to it so much working the southwesternorder, but we're in a war. we're in an engagement with an enemy that's like no other enemy we've ever faced before. you have to combat these people with the same -- some of the same tactics that they employ on you. if you'd have asked me ten years ago would we be doing some of the missions and tactics that we're doing today, i would have said absolutely not. >> reporter: since 2004 the state department says 200 americans have been killed in mexico and nearly all caught up in the vicious firefights between rival drug cartels. it is no different even along this peaceful 28-mile-long lake straddling the u.s.-mexican border two hours north of mcallen. >> we've had along the border shootings. we've had along the border murders. home invasions, burglaries, rapes. all types of crime where it's associated with what i call spillover violence. >> reporter: sigi gonzalez was the sheriff of zapata county, texas and oversaw the investigation of the hartley incident. he has retired since our intervi

winds are pushing the smoke off to the northeast, away from medford and where the fires are in southwestern part of oregon. not a "spare the air" day but there will be smoke and hazy and moderate amount of pollution. from our roof camera this morning, we are ready for sunshine on the solar panels on the exploritorium and today one to four degrees warmer than yesterday. so temperatures in the 60's and 70's, and a few 80's inland is the case if thursday, and slightly warmer headed to friday and saturday and the rest of weekend is coming up in the seven-day outlook. leyla gulen? >> it is slow in san jose but also looking slow in petaluma and headed along southbound 101. we are down to 40 miles per hour as you may the drive all the way down to san rafael where we will see the speeds picking up and it will be clearer. along the richmond san rafael bridge between the east bay and the north bay we are looking at clear conditions at continue somebody. but if san jose a difficulty story. the throw car crash is causing quite a problem with one lane blocked at oakland road and leading to backups so ve

. >>> stunning pictures from southwestern china where raging waters are eating through buildings. the death toll is at least nine. 60 people are missing. they have been hit by nearly two feet of rain. >> look at the force. it's crazy. >>> nsa leaker edward snowden is holed up in moscow for weeks now. venezuela is the most likely landing spot for him, the question is, how will snowden, who is wanted here in the u.s. get to latin america without being intercepted? bill black is live for us. good morning, bill. >> reporter: good morning, john. edward snowden has no easy options for getting to venezuela. we saw recently flying the direct route across europe is not an option because they stopped the bolivian president's plane. that leaves a journey to the south and west, through the at least and across africa. it's highly problematic. he'll have to jump from country to country trying to avoid u.s. allies. countries prepared to help get edward snowden back. the only guaranteed option that does not cross is a long route via the arctic and the atlantic. around 6,800 miles mostly over an o

the pentag likely to tear down a $34 million state-of-the-art facility in southwestern gavin stand that u.s. force also probably never use. just three years ago commanders in afghanistan warned the pentagon they didn't need the massive operations center. -- marines are pulling out. the afghans can't afford it, partly because it's wired for american appliances. the military says it's investigating what went wrong. >>> the white house today vowing to take its time deciding whether to freezeid egypt while avoiding the label of a military coup. this is theentagon has moved ahead to send more fighter jets to the egyptian military. joining us is general david grange, former army brigadier general, former commander of the first infantry division along with many more prestigious prominent commands. general, great to have you with us. >> thank you, lou. >> let's start with the why the idea that senator john mccain, a military man, saying the united states should cut off aid to egypt. your thoughts? >> well, historically egypt, israel, greece, turkey have received the bulk of the aid, u.s. aid fo