later this afternoon, i think st. louis will be better than yesterday. while alabama, mississippi, a pop-up shower or storm. but those should be long gone by the time the fireworks fly. and a lot of people sit at home, like myself, and watch the macy's fireworks on nbc. the new york show should be just fine. >> it's always a good time. especially if you're rained out. >> yes. >> all right. >>> how wall street ended last week and how it will begin the week ahead. plus mcdonald's plans to power its trucks with leftover oil from fries. your early morning business headlines are straight ahead. >>> and that sound of nashing metal you may have heard this morning at the theaters was the sound of box office records being broken. >>> a walk-off between the mets and yankees and an unusual celebration at wimbledon. you're watching "early today." >>> well, good morning and welcome back to "early today," i'm veronica de la cruz, and here are some of your top headlines this morning. two republicans have signaled a potential compromise in the battle over the deficit ce

. >> i am from st. louis, missouri. a lot of you think i have said it in correctly when i said missouri. you think i got it slid into my southern dialect, right? no. i was not born in st. louis. i was born in nashville, tennessee, a little town side of nashville. that is where i grew up, went to high school, met and married my husband. moved back to st. louis where i lived part of my life. i heard people saying missouri and missouri. what is the correct pronunciation of our new home? the best place to go when you want information is where? >> [inaudible]. >> of course, we all know that. i went to the library and the librarian gave me a wonderful book and began a life long friendship with the librarian. missouri is the native american pronunciation. in their language it is the people of the big boats. one word means all of that. missouri. frenchman who came up the mississippi river. they said that would be a great place to have a trading post. they set up a trading post and called it st. louis. missouri became missouri.

st. louis should be near 100 today. do get a break with thunderstorms in chicago, so good for them. detroit won't be quite as hot as yesterday, either, but still brutal in dallas where today will be the 21st day in a row of 100-degree heat. that, by the way, is the fifth all-time streak. sunday is the day it gets better for a lot of people from the midwest right to the midatlantic. so just got to make it until sunday. >>> bill, thanks so much. just another day in the celebrity tsunami life of lindsay lohan. plus, captain america's mission was to fight the nazis but he has an even tougher mission this weekend at the box office. beating harry potter. your first look at entertainment is straight ahead. you're watching "first look" on msnbc. i love that my daughter's part fish. but when she got asthma, all i could do was worry ! specialists, lots of doctors, lots of advice... and my hands were full. i couldn't sort through it all. with unitedhealthcare, it's different. we have access to great specialists, and our pediatrici

kansas city around 9, same for you in st. louis. when you add in oppressive humidity, it's not your typical humidity. ipts much more humid than it should be for this time of year. notice today how hot we'll be on the east coast. new york, 93. d.c., 94. it's not quite as humid yet in the east. later on today, just a heads up to everyone in new england through the great lakes, this area of yellow is slight risk of orange. this area will get cooled off by strong afternoon storms. the biggest threat will be damaging winds. i don't think we'll see tornadoes, hail won't be a problem but gusty winds through the big cities. airport delays are possible. as far as monday's forecast goes, the heat we've talked about, also down along the gulf we'll have thunderstorms, too. we'll take a closer look at some selected cities. you'll be in awe how hot it's going to be at the end of the week. d.c. could be in the 100s three days in a row. he details coming up. >> thanks, bill. >>> speaking of hot, wall street feels the debt ceiling heat. news corp. i

let's look to st. louis, because i like the look back at st. louis. this is probably where we're going to be tomorrow. 90 degrees for a high temperature. i think they maxed out at 90 for a high today, but always good in this type of situation. look to st. louis. it's usual usually pretty indicative of what we're going to have the next day. wichita, 103, hope we have nothing like that. a little cooler in the central plains there. there's a little cooler air mass that's going to try to make a run for us. what about jowl the fourth around here? >> what we can expect this weekend. we know it's going to get hotter. that's been the trend. much more humidity coming in sunday, sot so much tomorrow, but sunday you'll feel it muggy out there. and with the front coming down on sunday, storms likely all across the area. we need the rain, though, and looks like that will be later on into the afternoon and into the evening. we still think there's a possibility for a storm the fourth, but again, the newest of the info just coming in suggests that maybe we can keep t

here in st. louis, temperatures reached 102 degrees but it felt like 115. that's happening all across the country and it's not just uncomfortable, it's downright dangerous with the heat being blamed for at least six deaths so far. it's the summer sizzle that just won't stop. >> good afternoon, everyone. it's hot. >> reporter: but this heat just continuing to stay right over us. >> heat advisory in effect across most of oklahoma. >> half of the country is broiling under a scorching sun with no immediate relief in sight. in oklahoma city, each new day is as bad as the last, with almost two straight weeks of triple-digit heat. dallas topped 100 degrees for 11 days in a row. high school football players working to stay hydrated. >> if it's not hot it's not st. louis. >> reporter: and in the gateway city, these residents knew it would be another scorcher. >> as soon as you walk out you know it's going to be one of those days. >> reporter: in many cases the heat is adding insult to injury, causing drought conditions to intensify in the south and creep up to mid-a

mat holiday hit a pair of home dens and st. louis won it 8-1. single onthis slow roller to third. about but in one went jeter's way. with a two-run double into the gap, he is three shy of 3,000. >>> great finish between the red sox and blue jays. boston up one with two down in the ninth. john mcdonald single to left. encarnacion hustles home. a dart to the plate and nailed him. what a finish. >>> washington where obama was on hand to honor children of military fans before the mets and cubs game. having the first lady at the park can have anyone nervous. jeff baker airmailed the toss into second. they won it 3-2. >>> finally, many picked the miami heat to win the championship. mike naply is one of them. he paid off his debt. listen to this. ♪ i'm too sexy for my shirt ♪ ♪ too sexy for my shirt so sexy it hurts ♪ >> he had to face the music. fans voted on his at bat song and picked the 9 o's hit, i'm too sexy. everybody got a kick out of it. the verdict is still out if napoli is truly too sexy for his shirt. that's your first look at sports, i'm f

. >> sheena from st. louis. >> kareem from new jersey. [ cheers ] >> sheena from st. ill see four confetti filled pinatas each of which bear a striking resemblance to four current celebrities in the news. [ light laughter ] brad pitt, lady gaga. [ laughter ] the green lantern, and wilson, the neighbor from "home improvement." [ laughter ] now, one at a time, you'll take your place under the fiesta ring. when play starts, the pinatas will slowly spin and you'll have 20 seconds to break as many as you can. whoever breaks the most wins the grand prize. hig gins, tell them what it is. >> steve: jimmy, tonight's winner will be taking home $300 worth of old el paso taco dinner kits. what's better than an old el paso taco dinner kit? 100 of them. that's what! now, get out of my face, muchacho. jimmy? >> jimmy: thank you, higgins. thank you, dwar. thank you, kwar. ♪ [ laughter ] how you guys doing? [ laughter ] all right, here we go. now, a few things before we start. first, you can only break the pinatas using karate kicks. you cannot use your hands, you cannot use your body.

i grew up in st. louis, missouri, with a normal family. was not a child actor or anything like that, but i realized very quickly when i got to town that this was more about just acting, that you also have to develop a keen business sense if you want to have longevity in the business, so there is part of me that wishes i had gone to school and got a business degree, because i wonder if that would be more helpful than my theater degree in some ways. >> you were raised in indiana. we have a connection. i am always fascinated by people with the midwest, because it is so different from hollywood, who discover at some point they want to be in hollywood, so how did that happen for you growing up in a place so on like hollywood? >> i knew i wanted to be an actor, and i did not necessarily want to be famous, but i wanted to be somewhere where there would be no ceiling on what i could accomplish, and i felt like if i stayed in st. louis, i might have a really great regional carrier or something, but that i was not going to be able to get much furthe

st. louis, you should be near a hundred. chicago, you're lucky. you should get thunderstorms late today that will cool you off. if you're joining us on the eastern seaboard, temperatures are going to be warm. as i mentioned, humidity levels are going to be down a bit. it does look like a hot forecast, but it was a lot worse last week. >> yeah. lower humidity can make all the difference. by, thank you. >>> stocks stumble on washington uncertainty, amazon surprises and a fun park that was no fun for people. your first look at morning business headlines is straight ahead. >>> coming up, near perfection. the marlins find a good luck charm, and is michael phelps leaving the u.s. swim team? you're watching "first look" on msnbc. i'm always looking out for small ways to be more healthy. like new splenda® essentials™ no calorie sweeteners. this bowl of strawberries is loaded with vitamin c. and now, b vitamins to boot. coffee doesn't have fiber. unless you want it to. get more with new splenda® essentials™, a small boost of fiber, or antioxidants, or b vi

so it might go up given the next two quarters. >> st. louis, missouri, hosts four headquarters of coal companies, peabody being the largest, arch coal, patriot, i'm blanking on the fourth. they located there because right across the mississippi river are some of the largest coal deposits in the country. it has a high sulfur content which led to problems with the clean air act, and now we get most of our coal from the river basin in wyoming. i can't get around taking a shot here. we're sitting -- my former boss, senator kit bond, used to call the u.s. the sabia of -- saudi arabia of coal, but we've made it so unbelievably, ridiculously competitive to be able to use that resource to feel what we do. over 50% of our electricity comes from coal today. that's not going to change that much. we're all for alternative energy and exploring that, but back to how employers view this, missouri's heavy in automotive, heavy in defense, heavy in agribusiness. a lot of those use those to power their factories and processing centers. when we have our one nucle

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. >> the winner is nobody yet, but a curiously timed decision in st. louis today makes things a little more interesting. the nfl lockout is deemed legal, which gives significant leverage to the owners. the court also sent the antitrust suit back to minneapolis, asking the court to hear arguments that draftees be able to sign it seems right now. the eighth circuit said nobody would be friends of this ruling. that means that right now, both sides can continue negotiating to get a deal done soon. joe flacco entering his fourth year. he sometimes struggled to look the part of an nfl quarterback. his wedding photos show what happens when south jersey meets gc. -- meets gq. joe looks comfortable in front of a camera for the first time maybe ever. the unibrow is gone. he is even a romantic. look at this photo, black and white, looks like a movie poster. peyton manning not ready to start throwing following next surgery. delayed rehab because of the nfl lockout, the rules have prevented him from working out with a therapist. i would have told him to take a break and

war in the upper 80s around st. louis and mid to upper 80s around new york and d.c. and dallas at 102. still creditor up in seattle seattle portland. no flight delays at any of our major airports. any time you travel flight tracker is waiting for you at abc7news.com. >>> internet conversations from the man accused of leaking classified documents has been released by wired.com. first time we're getting a glimpse behind the leaks. >> identifying himself with the use are name brad s. 87 he writes i've had an unusual and stressful experience over the last decade. yes, questioned my gender, sexual orientation was easy to figure out but i started to come to terms with it within a first few months of my deployment. they withheld his personal revelations for more than a year but released them only after new york magazine published the same information first. manning rights, i already got myself into minor trouble revealing uncertainty for gender identity which is putting me in awkward limbo. julyian assange has denied any involvement with him but it took me four months to de

the city counter insurgency st. louis says we don't have the money. in 2003 an accountant warned the town you will run out of money by 2009. the politicians then did nothing as they admit today. >> never nothing changed. never never was accomplish. >> right on schedule in 2009 the town went broke so politicians declared bankruptcy and just stopped sending pension checks to retired city employees. more than 00 of them. >> we want our money. >> they didn't do anything that that they were supposed to do. they didn't pay us like they were supposed to. >> alfred arnold retired after working 35 years for the city. he hoped to relax and travel. when the pension checks stopped coming he had to get another job. now, at age 66 he is a security guard at the local mall. and alfred arnold joins us along with steve malenga who studies governments and their budgets. had to get a job as a security guard. >> oh, yes. >> thought you were going to get your pension and it wasn't there. >> not there. have to go to work 40 hours a week. just starting all over again, you kn

fund-raising for the second home todd nicely began with the concert in st. louis -- st. louis. we will begin a fund-raising for the third home with a concert in illinois on july 16. these courageous individuals have given so much, and it is a good feeling to know that there is something we can do to give back to them. they inspire me beyond words. but as i said, the enormity of the need is great. there are many who need our help. also, i am privileged to support and now serves on the board of snow ball express, which creates hope and new memories for the children of military fallen heroes who have died while on active duty since 9/11. thousands of children have lost a battery mom in these wars -- a in these wars.om i am proud that this year, along with american airlines veterans initiatives, and hundreds of volunteers, our foundation will once again be a part of this worthy effort to support our goldstar children. there is hope for the warriors, an organization formed by military wives to support wounded u.s. service members, their families, and families of the fallen. our foun

the st. louisdinals, 6-1 in the eighth, when albert puhull, the first shot since he came off the disabled list. in the ninth, with runners at first and second, rookie pinch hitter tony cruz, a walk-off rbi double, and a 7-6 come from behind win for st. louis. diamond backs are two games behind the giants in the ml west. >>> nascar continues to spread its product around the united states, learning for the first time tonight in kentucky speed way in sparta. kyle bush on the pool for the quaker state 400. this was an uneventful race. jamie mcmurray has to leave early. watch his car fill up with white smoke, quickly reducing his visibility to about zero. mcmurray pulls it over and ends up 35th. bush started on the poll and finished with a win. it was significant for a number of reasons. it was his third sprint cup of the year and pushes him past carl edwards. >>> still to come on this saturday night edition of >> rain in colorado has caused all kinds of problems with the schedule in golf's women's us o

[inaudible] camden and st. louis created the public confidence vaccine at the worst moment, the height of the national smallpox epidemic. but here's the point, this crisis pointed out the fundamental contradiction of american public health law at the turn of the 21st century. the government could order the public to get vaccinated, whether they wanted to or not. but they knew absolutely nothing to ensure the vaccine used in the process were saved. the crisis in flint the already widespread compositions of the compulsory vaccinations during the smallpox epidemics in the period and let us say there are many groups that have their own reason for the compulsory vaccination across-the-board workers worked with their hands were deeply concerned about the effect the vaccine might have on their ability to use their hands if only for a period of a few days. no system of the workers' compensation existed in this period and employers to help them out if they felt ill, they were breadwinners and resistant to the compulsory vacci

the city counter insurgency st. louis says we don't have the money.2003 an accountant warned the town you will run out of money by 2009. the politicians then did nothing as they admit today. >> never nothing changed. never never was accomplish. >> right on schedule in 2009 the town went broke so politicians declared bankruptcy and just stopped sending pension checks to retired city employees. more than 00 of them. >> we want our money. >> they didn't do anything that that they were supposed to do. they didn't pay us like they were supposed to. >> alfred arnold retired after working 35 years for the city. he hoped to relax and travel. when the pension checks stopped coming he had to get another job. now, at age 66 he is a security guard at the local mall. and alfred arnold joins us along with steve malenga who studies governments and their budgets. had to get a job as a security guard. >> oh, yes. >> thought you were going to get your pension and it wasn't there. >> not there. have to go to work 40 hours a week. just starting all over again, you know.

but birds lose to st. louis by the score of 9-6. they get swept as kai said in three straight.and they head to atlanta to continue interleague play. both games broadcast live right here on wjz. >>> profootball made the proclamation three months ago, now probasketball lock out. i mean a real lock out. for real, tips off in about 32 minutes or so. despite a three hour meeting with the player's union today. nba owners will lock out players after failing to reach a new collective deal on a contract that expires at weekend. >> we just want to play basketball. at the end of the day we just have to do what's right. we just got a fair deal. we just want to hoop. >> no we're not closer, i don't think we're closer. it worries me that we're not closer. >> reporter: what is sporting coming to? both sides divided on practically every single issue. >>> maria sharipova dropped the first three games. against wild card sabina of germany. sharipova roared back. she won it 6-3. hasn't lost a set yet in wimbledon this year. there's sir richard branson of virgin. that's sports. see you tomorrow. >>

. >>> good morning, st. louiswas laughing at reynolds, he's dancing over there to "the heat wave" song. >> i have no idea what you're talking about. i was sitting here adjusting my watch. just teasing. >> how is it looking over there? >> it's looking okay. >> here's a question for you, be honest -- do you like to cuddle with your wife? >> wow. >> hold that thought. because you have to think about it for a while. >> let me think about it and we'll segue right into where we left off. it's a loaded question. why don't we kick off with the weather first. yesterday morning one of the big stories was -- some of the rough weather we had in the upper midwest. guess what, we're back exactly where we started. see some storms develop south of minneapolis. and we could see a lit bit of flash flooding going on in parts of the freeway near northfield, even into watoma. the reason is we're seeing the showers drift apart. some of these developing over some of the same places we saw rain. so it could give you flooding in some spot

chicago and st. louis, a little more humid than you would like.eratures there around 90, and that's a great day today from new york city north wards through new england. as far as afternoon thunderstorms go, the ohio valley, watch out, detroit, cleveland, buffalo, pittsburgh, and down to the southeast in florida we've had morning storms off west palm beach. let's go through your holiday forecast. sunday, tomorrow, now those showers and thunderstorms from new york city to d.c. north wards, those will be hit and miss during the late afternoon. s it's not going to be a washout by any mean. most of the day will be dry. the rest of the country looks good. a few isolated storms around kansas city, maybe around areas like st. louis. fourth of july, the only location i'm kind of concerned with the fireworks shows, say atlanta to upstate south carolina, charlotte area, maybe raleigh, back through tennessee. that's where you will be ducking in and out of the thunderstorms, hoping it will be done with by the time the fireworks go off, usually by 9:00 local t

the tragedy that camden and st. louis created a crisis of public confidence in vaccines at the very worst moment, at the height of a national smallpox epidemic. but here's the point to mull over. this crisis pointed out the fundamental contradiction of american public health law at the turn of the 20th century. the government could order the public to get vaccinated whether they wanted to or not, but did absolutely nothing to ensure that the vaccines used in the process were safe or effective. the crisis inflamed the already widespread public opposition to compulsory vaccination during the smallpox epidemic in a period, and let us say many groups have their own reason for opposing compulsory vaccination, workers across the board, workers, many who worked with their hands were deeply concerned about the effect of vaccine might have on the ability to use their hands if only for a period of a few days. no system of working conversation -- worker's compensation existed. they were breadwinners. they were very much resistant to

back into little rock perhaps even into st. louisty by early and midafternoon. that is a quick snapshot of your forecast and your delays. let's pitch it back to you. >> some of that weather is why we might be getting a delay in the shuttle launch. i want to ask you about this. have you ever been to the running of the bulls? >> never have. definitely on the bucket list. >> it kicks off in spain today, marks a full week of parties. running the bulls has gotten major heat in animal rights groups. it starts today. thank, buddy. >> take care. >>> today's word of the day is endo cannabinoids. find out what it means right after this short break. [ male announcer ] built like a volkswagen. the 2011 tiguan. [ grunts ] there's another way to minimize litter box odor: purina tidy cats. tidy cats premium line of litters now works harder to help neutralize odors in multiple-cat homes. and our improved formula also helps eliminate dust. so it's easier than ever to keep your house smelling just the way you want it. purina tidy cats. keep your home

the city counter insurgency st. louis says we don't have the money.n 2003 an accountant warned the town you will run out of money by 2009. the politicians then did nothing as they admit today. >> never nothing changed. never never was accomplish. >> right on schedule in 2009 the town went broke so politicians declared bankruptcy and just stopped sending pension checks to retired city employees. more than 00 of them. >> we want our money. >> they didn't do anything that that they were supposed to do. they didn't pay us like they were supposed to. >> alfred arnold retired after working 35 years for the city. he hoped to relax and travel. when the pension checks stopped coming he had to get another job. now, at age 66 he is a security guard at the local mall. and alfred arnold joins us along with steve malenga who studies governments and their budgets. had to get a job as a security guard. >> oh, yes. >> thought you were going to get your pension and it wasn't there. >> not there. have to go to work 40 hours a week. just starting all over again, you know

coming off being swept here by st. louis. birds on the road on this tgif.in atlanta trying to reverse after three straight losses. the brave's surgon had a 0- seven. retired 15-8. first national league pitcher to hit 11 wins. coming off, i mean he was all right with that but he pitched well enough. the win needed a little more help from the teammate, defensively look at -- rob adam jones. but jones says right back at you. dino tags out the second runner. final 4-0. there's more orioles interleague play in atlanta this weekend. tomorrow at 7:00 and sunday at 1:30. both games will be televised here on wjz. >>> and tennis. that serve is happier than happy. he's sure than gonering sunday morning. and sunday in the fellows finale it'll be rafael netal who deneated number four, yokevich for the title on sunday. let's talk a little women's world cup soccer. england and desdrand. standing tall like a pillar of sprint, jessica clark, sign, seals and delivers victory for england over new zealand. also japan got happy feet today. on a scoring spree they go. mashing me

in sports wednesday the st. louis cardinals welcome back one of the greatest players from a brief injury absence. here's nbc's fred roggin with an early look at all your sports headlines. >>> good morning. if you woke up with aches and pains today, keep in mind the cardinal's albert pujols recovered from a broken forearm in two weeks, an astonishing two months ahead of schedule. keep in mind pujols makes $14.5 million a year, and that can make anyone feel great. an immediate impact. rbi single to the seventh. they tied in the ninth. however, they couldn't get over the hump. hernandez doubled in the go-ahead run to the 13th, and the reds hung on to win it 9-8. >>> another game. another hit for derek jeter. doubled off the wall in the eighth. a bright spot for the yanks. they lost 5-3 to the indians. jeetser needs three more hits for 3,000 as the yanks head back to new york. >>> a city in south korea was awarded the 2018 winter olympics. they've become the first asian city outside of japan to win the games. >>> rough da

check out the heat. 100 in st. louis, 103 height in d.c. and near 100 in boston and new york.low to mid-70s around seattle and portland. we do have flight and departure delays out of baltimore. check out flight tracker if you are traveling this morning at abc7news.com. >>> some welcome news for homeowners in san francisco. they say property values are going up. real estate values increased by almost $2 billion in the last fiscal year. single family residences jumped more than 3%. multifamily homes went up 1.5% and commercial properties increased half a percent. >> i believe we're going to see continued resurgence, nowhere near the market we had five years ago but an uptick on the commercial side. >> overall prices in san francisco are still 5-15% below the high of 2004. sillers are receiving multiple offers. >>> arnold schwarzenegger is indicating he does not want to pay spousal support to maria shriver. he filed for divorce. they split in may after he admitted to fathering a child with the family's long time housekeeper. this new information comes from court documents that sc

very hot around st. louis today. 97 with a heat index over 100. of course, holiday weekend forecast coming right up. >> a hot holiday weekend, right? >> definitely. >> looks like it. >> without a doubt. >> thanks, bill. >>> stocks surge, corn is planted, and the ultimate case of atm envy? hmm. your early morning business headlines are straight ahead. >>> plus, if you are into clashing, shape shifting, technological bohemaths, then this weekend we have a movie for you. >> coming up, another walk-off between the cubs and giants. the phils lose one of their aces, and we're getting close to football ending its lockout. now there's no basketball. you're watching "early today." >>> well, good morning, and welcome back to "early today." here are some of your top headlines this morning. >>> firefighters in new mexico say they are confident they've stopped the 96,000 acre wildfire from advancing towards the los alamos nuclear lab. nearby residents evacuated earlier this week won't be allowed back home until sunday at the earliest. >>> the defense rested it

matt holiday hit a pair of home runs, and st. louis won it 8-1. yankees derek jeter is two hits closer to 3,000. picked up a single on the slow roll over third. eerily similar to a play that was ruled a play on monday. this went jeter's way. then in the second the two-run double wr in the gap. yanks beat the indians the-2. great finish between the red sox and blue jays. tying run at second. mcdaniels at left. darnell nailed him. what a finish. sox won it 3-2. in washington where michelle obama was on hand to honor children of military families before the national cubs game. having the first lady at the park can make anybody nervous, and maybe that's what happened here. jeff baker, airmailed his toss to second. in came two on the error. the nationals could use mrs. obama at all their games. they won it 3-2. >>> finally, the miami hit was picked to win the championship. the rangers mike napoli was one of them. last night he paid off his debt. listen to this. ♪ i'm too sexy for my shirt ♪ too sexy for my shirt ♪ so sexy it hurts >> napoli had to face

has storms along with st. louis>>> if you're watching us on 24 chico, california, remember independence day with an all-american pancake breakfast and a pie eating contest. that's a good combination. at the 46th annual fourth of july celebration at bidwell park. >> i'm already full. >> you get the full stacks, then blueberry pie. >> that's the way to do it. >>> here is a look at this morning's headlines. as expected this weekend, the new transformers films transformed the record books. taking over $97 million beating the 90-plus million debut. it also broke the fourth of july weekend record previously held by 2004's "spider-man 2." it set a record for imax releases. by the end of the fourth of july weekend "dark of o the moon" will have zoomed past $180 million. it added a whopping $210 million overseas. not bad. speaking of "pirates of the caribbean:some on stranger tides t ". it became the eighth movie ever to top $1 billion in worldwide ticket sales. in paris sunday, former members of the doors marked the 40th an

mccaskill said that karl rove a wave and friendly hi in st. louis airport. even though he's up on tv distorting my record, still wanted to show good manners. karl rove says, saw claire mccaskill at st. louis airport, and she waved but wasn't happy. must be at crossroads. can't they make the tweets shorter? those are the things we thought you should know. [ p.a. announcer ] announcing america's favorite cereal is now honey nut cheerios! yup, america's favorite. so we're celebrating the honey sweetness, crunchy oats and... hey! don't forget me!! honey nut cheerios. make it your favorite too! . >> welcome back to "newsnation." summer vacation means summer camps and relaxing for students, but experts say that some students can experience a summer slide, and they say that by fifth grade low-income children are two years behind because of a lack of summer learning opportunities. meanwhile, new studies indicate that u.s. students are falling behind in the global education and the skills and abilities to com compete on an international ability, and how some families

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it will still feel like 101 in st. louis. that's crazy. 95 in chicago and 89 in cincinnati, and this isn't going to change very much. again, it's a big ridge of high pressure. we talked about this heat dome gradually descending air. it's very strong and when fronts try to move in, they are redirected off to the north, and we don't get very much cool air at all. we're going to watch this ridge gradually expand a little farther east in the coming days, so it's going to be getting warmer into the northeast. by friday in particular temperatures well into the 90s along a lot of that northeast corridor, and then that ridge will migrate back off towards the west into the early part of next week. gets a lot hotter in the west, and it will get cooler in the east. with this feature dominant across the country right now, there's not much weather to tell you about. a lot is being shunted up into canada right now. very quiet through much of the middle of the country. scattered showers in the southeast, so scattered storms in the southeast

temperatures very warm around st. louis today. 97 with a heat index. 100 to 105. of course, weekend including fourth of july forecast coming up. >> sounds like it's going to be pretty toasty this fourth of july. temperatures in the 100s in some spots? >> that's the story. >> yikes. thanks, bill. >> stocks surge, corn is planted, and a strange punishment for sumo wrestlers. your early morning business headlines are straight ahead. >>> plus, if you are into clashing, shape shifting, technological bohemaths, then we definitely have a movie for you. >>> coming up, another walk-off between the cubs and giants. the phils lose one of their aces, and we're getting closer to football ending its lockout. now there's no basketball. you're watching "early today." >>> welcome back to "early today." here are some of your top headlines this morning. >>> firefighters in new mexico say they are confident they've stopped the 93,000 acre wildfire from advancing towards the los alamos nuclear lab. nearby residents evacuated earlier this week won't be allowed back home until sunday at

detroit with 102, 93 in chicago, 102 in des moines and 98 in st. louis. i'm looking at this, i'm kind of perplexed. it's pretty ridiculous when you look at 98 and it appears cool. the summer is here. looks like things might start cooling down as we get to thanksgiving. >> i'm still reminiscing, thinking of my jelly days. >> nice shoes, but on a day like today, probably not so comfortable. >>> prince william and his new wife, kate, are spending their first full day in southern california. tonight they'll attend a black tie event honoring up and coming british performers. first, though, william will indulge in one of his passions. that is polo. cnn's max foster is in los angeles. we want to hear all the scoop, but first, tell us about the polo match. >> the polo match is in aid of his foundation. him and his brother have got this very successful foundation, and they're launching an american arm to that. so trying to raise money. so polo's in the family blood. they'll be playing up at the santa barbara polo club. expect to see a few vips turning the out ther

you get that heat index, what it actually feels like on our bodies, it felt like 109 degrees in st. louis. that is dangerous territory. it felt like 108 degrees in the nation's capital. the question is, when will we see relief? fortunately e answer is soon here. from new england to new york, we'll go back to seasonal temperatures tomorrow, eventually by monday, that will trickle down towards d.c. however, much of the country, places like the heartland through the deep south continuing to see these above-average temperatures, relentless heat that doesn't seem to show any signs of slowing down. >>> thanks. in the south, the heat wave is only adding to the misery of the droughts. crops are withering away, and for animals, the scorched earth means a struggle to survive. nbc's janet shamlian has our story. >> you've got yours, here's yours. >> reporter: these are the orphans of the drought. wild fawns abandoned by mothers too dehydrated to produce milk. for every animal taken in by volunteers at this texas wildfire center, dozens, if not hundreds will die of thirst in the wild. >> we've never

on the flip side capitals let jason arnett to leave the team to go to st. louis >>> mark guyer, barry bonds, joe torre and bud selig all testifying in federal court. how does that sound for a baseball nightmare? a nightmare that could come true now. all of those names were on a potential witness list as the roger clemens perjury trial opened today in u.s. district court in dc. seven-time cy young award winning is accused of lying to congress about his alleged steroid use. jury selection began today. one juror was asked if she was a baseball fan she answered "i can't imagine spending money to watch guys scratch themselves and spit a lot." she probably will not be on the jury. >>> nats. less than 24 hours to get the slugging first baseman on the all-star team. he is one of five players included on the online final vote as they call it. shane victorino is in the lead. you can vote and stuff the ballot box. >>> saturday the pirates, tonight chicago. nats are 44-43, just seven out of the wild card. >>> the u.s. women's soccer team was already into the world cup quarte

but all of the warming weather, through st. louis and missouri. down through the tulsa area. and heat advisories from oklahoma city to dallas. it's a warm morning. don't get me wrong. it's not like the heat is completely gone. it's just humid out there. right now, we're in the 70s, just about everywhere. we're still in the 80s for your morning low in d.c. the pavement holds in the heat. and at night, it hasn't been able to cool off. the heat index feels like 88 this morning when you walk outside. and in dallas, it feels like 89. how are we going to do today? today's high temperatures, once again, above 100. from oklahoma city to dallas. and this will be the 24th day in a row, for dallas to be 100 degrees-plus. they're going one after another. that's going to continue all week. we're cooler today in new york city. that's more like it. from d.c. southwards, we still have the heat. once the showers and the storms come late today, you'll get your relief. and tomorrow should be a little better. as far as today's forecast, carry an umbrella. it's the afternoon pop-up showers or sto

check out the high temperatures across the country, toasty in the midwest. 102 in st. louis and 103 in dallas. comfortable up in the pacific northwest. 90s in atlanta. 80s around boston and new york. we do have flight arrival delays into chicago's o'hare international airport. check out flight tracker at abc7news.com. >>> members of the california citizens redistrict go commission will hold a hearing in sacramento today as they review their final draft for redrawing the state's political map. california will have more political districts dominated by democrats in the latest version of the map which is set to be released today. meanwhile, latino organizations they are not accurately represented in some parts of the southern california and san joaquin valley. lawsuits challenging those maps are expected to follow. >> pg&e is set to dig up an abandoned section of pipe that was originally part of the gas line that blew up in san bruno last september. the california puc ordered the excavation into the blast. the stretch of pipe was laid in 1948 and has been inactive since the 195

traveling and leave the cool comfort of the bay area and walking into dangerous heat, from 100 in st. louisnd 100 in kansas, mississippi and texas, 99 in phoenix, low to mid 90s along the eastern seaboard. seattle at 71. if you are traveling through chicago, flight departure delays right now. flight tracker at abc7news.com. >>> president obama is holding a news conference later this morning to talk about the status of the deficit negotiations. he met with congressional leaders at the white house but failed to hammer out an agreement. they agreed to meet until something is worked out. >> there is a heightened sense of urgency to come up with a deal to raise the nation's credit limit. the lawmakers are at a standoff how to tackle the deficit and prevent the nation from defaulting on its debt. major sticking point is taxes, president obama's plan would cut the deficit by $4 trillion, twice what republicans have proposed. to do that they are calling for some tax increases, including ending subsidies for oil and gas companies and closing tax loopholes for some business. that is non-starter for r