st. claire and 88 for concord. and 76 in castro. 66 in daily city.subtile changes in the temperatures, but thursday evening, the fog will role in and the marine layer will deepen and it looks like we will continue with that mild weather pattern next week. it is an easy ride out there. the bay bridge is moving slowly. if you are heading down to the san mateo bridge, no problems and no wait at the toll. just a liting fog little fog at the golden bridge. and we are seeing all green for those of you coming past highway 37. and public transit looks good to go. justine? >> thank you. there was a hero's welcome for a runner up for the little league team. they are going to be honored with a parade on sunday at 1:00. and livermore has been selected as the little league place next year. >>reporter: we are making headlines in the little league world. the division is 50/70. pitching mound at 50, bases at 70. it is played by 11-13 year olds. livermore was chosen and they will be hosting that world series next year. the first of its kind. >> 4:51 is the time. and

st. claire don't do this, anywhere else.d a lot -- i ordered 10 or 15 books a week at donaldson. i have art supplies at saint claire. only here they strip you of everything but a naked cell. that's rehabilitation at its finest. >> gilbert isn't the only inmate in seg expressing frustration. >> are you going to give me? i've been in seg since i been here since 2004. they beat me, jumped me, sprayed me in my mouth with four cans of mace. they made me [ bleep ] myself. excuse my french. >> inmate jammy bell, convicted of receiving stolen property, claims the conditions in seg are intolerable. >> i can't breathe in here. i can't get nothing out of here. my toilet was full up with feces when i came here. they did not flush it or nothing. it was stinky and bugs and everything running around. they throw me in a cell. and i had to wait all day yesterday to get somebody to come turn the water back on. >> the following day, when seg inmates are allowed back outside for an hour of recreation, jammy bell expresses himself through his mu

routetake you to 50/maryland and a crash going at cape st. clairhine today for the morningr of hours and into the afternoon. have high pressure overhead but that we will get a system clouds laterng us and thunderstorms tomorrow. 86-91 degrees today. be back at 8:27. [ obama ] i'm barack obama and i approve this message. i think mitt romney's really out of touch with the average w woman's health issues... this is not the 1950s. contraceion is so important to women... it's about a woman being able to make decisions... i don't remember anyone as extreme as romney... i' i'll cut off funding to planned parenthood. i don'think mitt romney can even understand the mindset of someone who has to go to planned parenthood. planned parenthood. we're going to get rid of that. i think romney would definitely drag us back... ♪ i want to dance >>> very happy monday crowd. here in times square. robin is still on summer break. one more week of amy robach with us again this morning. you know where that music comes from, "dancing with the stars." we are closing in. sus

. >> ysabel: muni is investigating what led to a craft to the st. clair, a minibus and a vehicle that was sandwiched in between them. it happened friday afternoon officials to a street car rear end of the white vehicle that you see there and then slammed into the bus. nine people had minor injuries and three of them were taken to hospital. the calls is still under investigation but it appears the street car operator pull the emergency brake before striking the car. >> marty: a streetcar in the tenderloin neighborhood with close for most of the day on friday after a crane fell into the street. the they say that if and parked cars and some street lines were damaged but fortunately no one was injured. >> ysabel: that us take a live look outside this morning. it probably will be a little bit more cooler today. >> janu: yes, we have increased cloud coverage of with a chance of try thunderstorms. there has been a red flag warning issued for the sierra that will be in effect until tomorrow about a 11 am. now, bringing it back to the area this is the view from th

let's go to westbound route 50 at cape st. clair road. multi-vehicle crash there slowing you down. let's look at delays at st. margaret. you can see here pretty sluggish as you make your way westbound into the city. back over to you. >>> your weather is next. stay with us. i got the chance to start my own business. i know what it's like to hire people and to make ends meet. from those experiences, i had the chance of running the olympics. the games were in real trouble. there'd been way too much spending. and in massachusetts i found a budget that was badly out of balance. our legislature was 85% democrat. and every one of the four years i was governor, we balanced the budget. i want to use those experiences to help americans have a better future. we believe in our future. we believe in ourselves. we believe the greatest days of america are ahead. i'm mitt romney and i approve this message. >>> good morning. temperatures around the region in the 60s. later today we're in the 80s and then tomorrow 80s again but more humid and more clouds, maybe a morning shower. a greater chance of a

st. augustine before he heads to miami later this afternoon. we're live in washington. i'm claire leka. >>> thank you. syrian activists and rebels are trying to counter bashar al assad's increasingly strong air attacks. secretary of state hillary clinton discussed with turkey a number of options to aid the syrian opposition, including a no fly zone, however, no decisions were made. this as syrian jets attacked areas in and around aleppo, the country's largest city on sunday. meanwhile, two bomb attacks were reported in damascus. >>> egypt's new president has forced out top officials. president mohammed morsi made the surprise news yesterday to order the retirement of the defense minister and the chief of staff and the commanders of the navy, air defense, and air force. he canceled a military declared constitutional amendment that gave top generals wide powers. morsi also swore in a new defense minister in a brief ceremony yesterday and appointed a pro reform judge as his new vice president. >>> a u.s. navy ship is at a port in dubai after colliding with an oil tanker in the persia

st. augustine, he'll head to miami later this afternoon. we're live in washington, i'm claire leka. mara, back to you. >> though word slipped out early, the romney campaign pulled off quite a feat, keeping this election's biggest political secrete under wraps for more than a week. peter alexander has details on how they did it. >> reporter: to ensure the announcement made a dramatic splash, the romney campaign went to extraordinary lengths to avoid any leaks. the four-month vp vetting process involved only a handful of top aides, supervised by both myers. myers explained the painstaking process, several years of tax returns were locked in a safe inside romney's boston headquarters each night. myers says romney made his decision august 1st and wanted to offer paul ryan the job in person, but how to get them together instead of flying directly into boston sure to raise reporters' eyebrows, the campaign booked him on a flight to hartford, two hours away where the wisconsin congressmen was picked up in an suv by myers' 19-year-old son. rye yachb went undetected the entire why. why was i

st. augustine before heading to orlando at lunch time, then miami later in the afternoon. claireakea, nbc news, washington. >> absolutely. it is 4:47. a look at our weather arriving. right on time. >> checking those details. there is a fire burning. not sure if the you know about this but to our north and we do have viewers up in the clear lake region. thanks for waking up with us. let's get to it. high fire danger persists just about all week long. 53 in san francisco, we're at 67 degrees this morning in livermore. and as you can recall the past couple months have been so mild, there were several days when it only hit 67 degrees in livermore, even in july. throughout this month it's been hotter than average and it maintains hotter than average just about every single day this week. but what i can tell you is there is a gradual cooldown on the way. satellite imagery tells the story of the day. look at all of that moisture. it's actually churning clockwise, that's high pressure and that stirred up severe weather in southern california yesterday so you want to keep that in mind if

claire mccaskill. listen to the interview on a st. louis television station. the interviewer asked if abortion should be legal for pregnancies as a result of rape. >> first of all, of what i understand from doctors that's really rare. if it's a legitimate rape, the female body has ways to try to shut that whole thing down, but let's assume that maybe that didn't work or something. >> well, congressman akin had no comment to this, but he did later issue a statement saying that he misspoke about the issue. senator claire mccaskill issued her own statement saying, "it is beyond comprehension that someone could be so ignorant about the emotional and physical trauma brought on by rape." she called the comments offensive. i a new report tonight is claiming iran is getting a lot of underground help from iraq to maneuver around u.s. sanctions imposed by countries because of iran's nuclear program and some are questioning whether or not the obama administration's decision to remove troops from iraq was a good idea. fox's peter doocy has that story. >> reporter: the las

claire mccaskill does not want him to step aside. host: christopher ave with the st. louis-post dispatch, his political -- their political editor. thanks for being with us. it is independents only until 7:45, your view of the political parties. phone lines are on the screen. twitter is active right now -- also, our countdown to the conventions, the republican convention about to start. you can find all the information you need on c-span. the republican convention is august 27 through august 30. the democratic will be september 4 through september 6. we plan to bring you gavel-to- gavel coverage on both of those. and go to our web page c- span.org. on twitter -- back to the phones. spokane, washington, dave. caller: good morning. i agree with a lot of things i heard you talking about today, specifically that most people lean heavily one way or the other. i am in the smaller group, the 13% that is a true independent. i voted for the first bush both times. i did not have a problem with him saying he was not one to raise taxes, and then he raised. raised i voted for the s

senate seat, a seat that belongs to democrat claire mccaskill which is why his comments to a st.is interviewer set off a nationwide uproar. listen for yourself. >> it seems to me that first of all from what i understand from the doctors, that is really rare. if it is a legitimate rape, the female body has ways to try to shut that whole thing down, but let's assume that maybe that didn't work or something, and i think that there should be some punishment, but the punishment ought to be in the rapist and not attacking the child. >> i didn't know where to beginment i'll say this though, that akin later said that he misspoke, but the long time social conservative and the member of the tea party caucus opposes abortion in every circumstance, and rape included. it is not still really clear which part he considers misspoken, and mccaskill is calling akin's comments ignorant and offensive. and she spoke this morning on msnbc. >> for me in this race, i want to make a moment that missourians can take a close look. he was elected by the republican primary voters, by a wide margin, and i kno

st. louis today akin made his intentions clear. akin is running to unseat democratic senator claire mccaskill. >> i may not be a favorite candidate ofhin the republican establishment. the voters made this decision. this is a election. coming up in the medical watch: a new device helping breath new life into patience with lou gherig's disease. bp's trouble with bad gas just got worse. now the company's facing a class action lawsuit. and holy swimming pool! a house on the market with quite a selling point. illinois lottery - in tonights medical watch - breathing. it comes so naturally. we inhale and exhale without event thinking about it. but for patients with als or lou gherigs disease, the muscles in the diaphragm deteriorates. now a device that has been helping the heart pump for years, is pushing patients further, pumping in new life with every breath. >> me being able to walk and run, that was the first challenge i had. >> a once avid runner was stopped in her tracks. silenced by the struggles to operate her tongue muscle. it was a downward spiral she just couldnt grip. and it got worse. >> me driving with my right hand, i cant h

in july the republican challenger held a five-point lead over democratic incumbent claire mccaskill. the st. louis dispatch poll shows mccaskill leading 50 to 41 thanks in part to a huge shift by independent voters. >> to "the chicago tribune" a rogue afghan soldier shot and killed two u.s. soldiers serving in eastern afghanistan this morning. the killings were just the latest attack against coalition forces in afghanistan. this year there have been a total of 33 insider attacks in the country this year and resulting in 42 soldier deaths. >> all right. willie geist, let's go to politico. >> we've dragged vandehei away from the bar and joins us now with a look at the political playbook. he's politico's executive editor. >> you're teetering over there. >> i'm good. i'm overdressed compared to you. >> is this how you dress when you go to bars at night? >> there's a hurricane. >> this is what you wear -- >> this is amazing. >> florida. >> there's a hurricane. you're at a bar. it's 6:00 a.m. you know. i mean you're wearing your coat and tie. >> very, very corporate. >> he is. >> in the spirit of

st. louis, missouri, is missouri's senator, claire mccaskill. think? if you look at the blog, watch television, it looks like this particular selection of mr. ryan has ignited the tea party. >> oh, i think this will be a very popular choice in the tea party. the question is, does paul ryan bring the kind of balance that most americans are looking for? i don't think he does. i think he's willing to blow up medicare and to give more tax cuts to folks at the very top and i think that's the kind of approach that most americans are saying let's spend less money. but let's make sure that we don't blow up medicare in the process. >> steve: you know, as you know, under the paul ryan plan, and mitt romney is not running on the paul ryan plan, but the paul ryan plan says if you're -- >> i think he is now. >> steve: if you're on medicare right now, you're not impacted. if you're 55 or older, you're not impacted. but going forward, what they're trying to do is come up with a plan to save it. they've got a plan to save it. i haven't heard of a plan from the

st. augustine and then head to miami later in the afternoon. we're live on capitol hill. back to you. >> clairethank you. >>> we will not hear from sarah palin at the republican national convention later this month. the 2008 gop vt shul candidate says she won't speak at the convention in tampa. she has not said whether she will actually be there but she says she is looking forward to hearing from this year's candidates. palin says she supports mitt romney and paul ryan and will focus on grass root efforts to get them leselected. >>> news 4 will be at the republican national convention. aaron gilchrist and julie will be filing reports starting sunday night august 26th at news 4 at 11:00. >>> starting today, vdot will begin taking down dozens of trees in freight gals today. trying to prevent accidents like this one last month that killed a driver. a decayed oak tree fell on a moving car on georgetown pike. vdot says all of the trees being renovembmoved are dead or close dead. 25 of them along riverbend road. the project is expected to take three weeks. >>> police are investigating a deadly motorc

st. louis. democratic senator from missouri, senator claire mccaskill. >> not funny. >> claire, that's all right the position you're in right now. >> you know what he said was unbelievably ignorant. >> and offensive. and by the way, everybody has said that universally. >> stop laughing. >> claire mccaskill, good to have you on the show this morning. >> good morning, everybody. >> what do you want to talk about? >> you want to talk about something else? >> procurement, because you're really good at that. >> there's a lot to talk about in in race. i do think it's important for missourans. i know there's a lot of chatter nationwide about what congressman akin said. i know you all are talking about this in the contempt .presidential. for the state i love, i hope this is a moment where everyone who hasn't been paying close attention, this statement is kind of a window into todd akin's mind. and as someone said on set, if you really look at his record, you realize that while this is jaw-dropping and stunning, i spent ten years as a prosecutor in the courtroom and did hundreds and hundreds of rape case

st. louis post-dispat " post-dispatch," senator claire mccaskill will face todd aiken in the general electionedited her conservative. in fact, democrats spent nearly $2 million on ads, portraying aiken as far to the right, hoping it would entice republican primary voters to support him. but alienate moderates in the general election. >> so, you know, chuck, so claire mccaskill, very excited that representative aiken won. >> she got the person that she needed. >> that she needed, that she wanted. they got involved in the race. you know who else got involved in a primary race? pat brown, 1996, against ronald reagan. i'm not comparing this guy, i don't even know who he is, but so many times when democrats try to get involved -- >> you get what you ask for. >> gray davis won re-election because he did this. it does work. you pick your opponent and it can work. >> what about here? did claire's chances of winning go up substantially? >> here's the thing, he was very vulnerable. i don't think she had a shot against bruno. others believed steelman would be just as difficult. i think brunner, a self-f

st. louis and kansas city are expensive media markets. he would be being outspent 10, 11 or 12 to one by claire mccaskill if he stays in the race because he's not a guy that you're going to write a check to. he wasn't before and there's no way you're writing a check to him at this point. >> claire mccaskill might. >> you know, chris, with the republican party proving you can sit on the issue, forcible rape and legitimate rape and you can continue to bandy that about in certain corners and really not see any fallout from that as they have been doing for decades. maybe he can hold on to this. >> one thing i would say, i had a lot of republicans, when todd akin won, i said look, this makes this race more competitive. i still think mccaskill is going to win. they said you're making the mistake saying that todd akin is equivalent to sharron angle, someone who is not at all ready. this is somebody who has been in, you know, spent time in the u.s. house, he was in the missouri state legislature before. are his views more conservative, maybe, but this is a guy who knows his way around. i will tell you

man to unseat democratic incumbent claire mccaskill despite the up roar about his comments about rape and abortion. ksdk caught up with akin last night at the airport in st. louis. >> reporter: were you upset with how the republican party did not back you during all this? does it bother you that they kind of bailed on you? >> it's been exciting days. we're doing the best we can. >> reporter: do you still think you can win the race? >> i believe so. >> akin also says he believes he can help mitt romney take missouri in november. cnn political director mark preston the live from tampa. mark, the question is what now for akin? what now for mitt romney? what now for the republican party? what happens? he's in. >> reporter: he is in, john. you know, republicans are waking up again for another day of todd akin. something they don't want to be talking about. less than a week before the republican national convention. here in tampa where republicans are starting to gather to talk about the party and to talk about the future, they're very frustrated about what todd akin is going to do. we've seen mitt romney come out and ask for todd akin to leave the race. we've

st. louis dispatch, reporting on this all week. good morning, nicholas, let's talk about your newspaper which shows later poll numbers, senate race has been turned upsidedown now. claire has a 9-point lead. 50 to 41%. surprising or not given what you've been covering? >> i think that's what everyone was expecting. when these comments came out from congressman akin on sunday, everyone had expected that this race was going to totally change and that mccaskill, who was trailing her opponent todd akin, would soon be ahead of him. and the poll results are starting to show that. it is early yet. it's only august. the election is in november. one of the issues is a lot of people were expecting todd akin to resign and withdraw from this race. he's had intense appreciate you shall from the gop establishment to get out so they could try to put somebody in who they think could win this seat. mccaskill has had high negatives in the state for her support of president barack obama who in our same poll is trailing mitt romney in the state of missouri by seven points. it's going to be an interesting fall as todd akin has said. he's staying in and we'll see what happened. >> my direct

claire mccaskill, even if he has to go it all alone. reporter from cnn affiliate ksdk tried to get reaction from congressman akin at the st. louis airport. here's how it went. >> were you upset with how the republican party did not back you during all this? does it bother you that they kind of bailed on you? >> it's been exciting days. we're doing the best that we can. >> and do you still think you can win the race? >> i believe so. >> going to talk all about that this morning. cnn's dana bash will be joining us in just a few moments. also mark mckinnon. he was a presidential campaign adviser to john mccain back in 2008. now he's a contributor for the daily beast. he'll be joining us to talk about that as well. first want to get right to john berman. he's got a look at the day's top stories. >> talking about weather, soledad. tropical storm isaac threatening this morning in the atlantic and it could pose a threat to florida right smack in the middle of the republican convention next week. let's get the latest from meteorologist rob marciano in the cnn hurricane headquarters. >> good rning, john. this thing is gaining a lit