spokane, washington, 71 and partly cloudy. nice day today, and i think i got another one in store for tomorrow, forecast coming up. >>> and also coming up, deals distract the street -- google goes for even more and miami's painful ad blender, your early morning business headlines are straight ahead. >>> plus, thought he'd never get another shot at mainstream tv? he may have another surprise in store. >>> a classy move by mavs owner, mark cuban, and there's no place like home for the boston bruins, you're watching "early today." me >>> good morning. welcome back to "early today." a congressional auditor tells "the l.a. times" as much as $6.6 billion of iraq reconstruction funds remain unaccounted for and may have been stolen potentially making it the largest theft of funds in national history. the money, which came from the sale of iraqi oil, was part of $20 billion shipped to iraq between 2003 and 2004. iraqi officials say they may sue the u.s. to reclaim the lost money. >>> some progress in eastern arizona where officials say

spokane could see a period of rain as the low moves north.ontinue to watch weather from vegas to phoenix. by your standards, temperatures cool in vegas, 87. showers continue on friday and even into saturday. the next storm comes in right behind this one. >>> if you're watching us on tntv nbc bay area in san francisco, see how our culture has influenced art over the past 10 years. at the more things change at the san francisco museum of modern art. that's your pacific event of the day. we all know the end of that. >> >>> now here's a look at this morning's headlines in entertainment. mr. red hot of the moment, justin timberlake is spilling all to vanity fair. timber lake calls jessica beale, who he just broke up with, quote, the single handedly most significant person in my live. timberlake says he and another ex, britney spears, haven't spoken for about a decade and dismisses their young mickey mouse days saying there was nothing normal about our existence. >>> elsewhere lady gaga told england's daily mail while her "monster's ball" tour made

. >>> if you're watching us on khq right now in spokane, washington, see models rafted by the renaissanceleonardo da vinci, man, inventor, genius. that's what they call me. >> are you sure you got that right? bill, thanks so much. >>> now here's an early look at this morning's headlines in entertainment where relationship news both good and bad take center stage. america ferrera married the boyfriend she's been seeing since college monday evening in a private ceremony. >>> david duchovy and tea leoni have separated for the second time since the two married in 1997. >>> a judge ordered warner brothers to send $55,000 a month of any money due to charlie sheen to former wife brooke mueller for support. >>> mel gibson and longtime wife robin have settled their long fight over property dispute which should lead to their divorce becoming official by august. >>> finally, in a kiss and tell interview in "details" magazine, shia labeouf dishes about his relationship with megan fox. yes, he did, bill. only problem at the time she was engaged to now husband brian austin green. scandal ensues. >>> we

kron 4 morning this is the second hour of the kron 4 morning, officially it was first celebrated in spokanen the news has a sex offender that says he is not harmless. >> we are also great to >> to a 90 year-old bride that fallout on the internet. we'll be talking about winter day. >> we arid checking in at walnut creek at believe the clouds have lifted it is starting to look nice out there. >> and will see all along it is going to last >>> tuesday is officially the first day of summer this is the mt. tam cam there is still blanket of fog out there warming to 85 by noon and napa. temperatures outside slowly warming ups. afternoon is gonna bring us nice warm temperatures. 89 in fairfield. low eighties into the peninsula. warming up tomorrow and warming up even more on tuesday. 94 in san jose we'll have a full forecast coming up >> top of the news, sex offender is said to be released this week after spending 20 years in prison bridge with the judge's release the him say he is no longer a threat. >> what's realistic convicted sex offender will return to this cottage in a point he has lived at t

. ♪ >> mark fuhrman out of spokane washington.nk the miranda warnings were not called for in this case at that time>> they are working on ex dent circumstance. they are looking at a mother who could be a suspect. they are trying to find a live trialed. at a certain point she becomes a suspect. best example is polly klaas case. the rescue clause of miranda is clear when they still believe the child could still be alive and the only course of action is the one before that. it applies whether they articulate this on the stand or not. >> let me say my peace and we are going to run some sound and debate it. most of the nation is appalled the idea of a guilty verdict. she didn't get a miranda warning. get used to it. i swear to you in any opinion it's going to happen. the constitution protects everyone even unpopular selfish narcissistic child killing sluts like casey anthony. they are protected, too. once she was caught in a series of lies concerning a nonexistent nanny a nonexistent job at universal studios come on. your remalek shoul

in january, it was alert workers in spokane, washington that reported a backpack and thwarted what would have been made deadly bombing along the mlk parade route. we can practice better cyber habits when we are on line, but also make sure that our children are practicing safe cyber habits. and now we're cognizant of what they are doing online. this is especially relevant in the wake of several major breaches and attacks that recently targeted the american public. we can all take the basic steps necessary to know how to deal with an emergency when it happens. there was a lot of experience the past few weeks with communication systems totally going out because of tornadoes. people could not call each other on their cellphones. there was no way to do it. they could not know whether a family member had survived or not. those families who have reunification plans, thought through ahead of time, where the children were supposed to go, where they would all congregated something were to occur, they were in good shape. the others had and hours and in some cases days of worry trying to locate love

showers and thunderstorms from portland to spokane. showers along the gulf coast. >> and we're looking at 89 degrees in new orleans. 88 in baltimore. 78 here in new york. mostly 80s from the twin cities to kansas city. and phoenix climbs up to 109 degrees. sacramento 84. colorado springs 95. >>> in egypt they're calling it one of the most important archeological projects ever. it's all about a 4,500-year-old boat. >> that's right. the remains of it were found next to the great pyramids. to get at those remains they started using a big pulley system yesterday in order to move stone slabs that weigh up to 16 tons. >> and over the next two months scientists hope to recover about 600 pieces of that boat. their restoration efforts are expected to take about four years. obviously a very meticulous process that these folks do. then they'll be putting this ancient piece of boating history on display. they take such care. >> i think this is so fascinating when you hear about things especially that come by the great pyramids. just incredible. >>

spokane about 62 all of this lusciousness -- and i don't mean the berries.who is the best cook? >> i am. >> me. >> i see a problem here. all right. who is the worst cook? oh. >> don't say me. >> trina? >> it comes from a box. >> my stuff is delicious. >> all right. this is going to be good. stay tuned. george? robin? >> you're starting trouble down there. >>> it's time again for lara's list. she took to the streets to track down six summer steals for under $20. you're not going to believe these looks. they're fashion-forward and bank account-friendly? >> 100%. i like the idea of being fashionable in the summer. there's no reason for spending a lot of money. we found the hottest trends at the lowest prices, from gladiator scandals to cocktail rings. with temperatures skyrocketing, we hit the sale racks to beat the heat on a budget. we have a nod to the nautical. this summer, a salute to sailors everywhere. the stripped shirt is back. and not just in navy. these ts are $8.50 at old navy. if you buy more than one, the price gets knocked down to $7.50 a pop. we

spokane's at 66 degrees. l.a.'s cooler. phoenix, even in the 90s, looks like it would be warm.re buttons. everybody has checked into four square here. even i don't know where this is in texas. >> the border. >> where is it? >> it's north of amarillo on the texas panhandle. >> you've been warm and way too dry. well, welcome into the show, as well. tell me about this. >> i wrote a book about the effects of war on my father and how i survived them. >> what was your dad in? what branch? >> vietnam war. >> army? >> marine. my dad was a marine. robin, are you upstairs? >>> i came running up here. it's been a trying year for our friend, sarah ferguson. she's rebuilding her life. had help from a very big mentor of hers, oprah. and fergie's transformation is chronicled in a new series, called "finding sarah," premiering this sunday, on own. the duchess of york. >> my friend. thank you for having me back. >> absolutely. i've been thinking about you. and this series is really going to shed a light into your struggles. and more importantly, how you are righting the ship. and how you're goi

in january, it was alert city workers in spokane, washington has reported a suspicious backpack and toward what almost certainly would have been a deadly bombing along the city's mlk' parade route. we can practice better cyber- habits when we are on line but also make sure that our children are practicing safe cyber-habits and we are cognizant of what they're doing online. this is especially relevant in the wake of several major breaches and fishing attacks that recently targeted the american public. we can take the basic steps necessary to deal with an emergency when one happens. people could not call each other on cell phone. there was no way to do it. they could know whether a family -survived ord not survive. those families who had rian vacation plans, where they children were supposed to go, if something were to occur were in good shape. the others had hours and i and sometimes days of worry trying to locate their loved ones. those kinds of efforts that sounds so basic -- making sure across this country, every single person is incorporating and understanding the role. also we're still

host: william is a republican in spokane, washington. you are next. good morning. caller: i am 100% disabled veteran. when do we engage in war? when we have vital attack or are threatened. other than that, men and women die for political reasons. thank you. have a great day. host: does afghanistan qualify under those terms? caller: no. libya did not attack us. we have not been attacked since 9/11 or since pearl harbor. host: the argument is that al- qaeda was hiding out in afghanistan or pakistan and as the reason we needed to go in. caller: is vital interests are threatened, then we go in. host: here is the world news section of "the financial times ." host: on that note, there are other potential presidential candidates weighing in on this. pawlenty inw you pla "politico." host: we will go to which topped kansas. thomas, a democrat, go ahead. good morning. caller: good morning. may i first give al from new york a big "ditto"? he is right on right away. before i get to the war issue -- i am a veteran. i'm sitting next to my 87-year- old mom, who is a world war ii

in january, it was an alert city worker in spokane, washington, who alerted to a backpack that could have led to a bombing of an mlk parade route. we need to make sure that our children are practicing safe cyber habits and that we are cognizant of what they're doing online. this is especially relevant in the wake of several major bridges and fishing attacks that recently treated the american public. and we can all take the basic steps necessary to know how to do with an emergency when it happens. there is a lot of experiences in the last few weeks with ofmunication systems because tornadoes. people cannot call each other on their cell phones. there's no way to do it. they did not know whether a family member had survived or not survived. those families that had reunification plans, where they would all congregate if something were to occur, they were in good shape. for others, there were hours, in some cases days, to locate one another. those kinds of efforts sound so base as almost to be too simple, but they're not. why? ist we're talking about every single person incorporating in a

i was home in spokane where the unemployment is over 9% and one thing on the forefront of everyone's minds, jobs. so tonight, we republican women are here to remind the american people that creating jobs is our number one priority. our g.o.p. plan for job creators will empower small businesses, fix the tax code, encourage entrepreneurs, encrease competitiveness and pay down america's national debt. we will debate in committee hearings, work with our colleagues across the aisle and continue to listen to those at home until we get americans back to work and we will. we are on the road to economic recovery and the house republican women are committed to ensuring we get there. with that, it is great pleasure to yield to the great woman from north carolina. ms. foxx: thank you so much. and thank you mr. speaker for allowing us tonight to come as republican women to speak out to the american people. you know, i came to washington as one of the new freshmen here and i'm very horpped to be part of this group. we are a group of women who believe in our country. we believe in the rights of eve