it is going to sit over the top of st. louis who will be one of the hottest spots in the entire country. everywhere from milwaukee to chicago and areas of new england, are going to significantly warm up compared to the cool weather you have had the last couple of days. very little rain on the map. it hasn't rained in 23 days in indianapolis. they have almost gone the entire month of june with no rain. so that's the situation we are in. the crops are in a lot of danger out there. we will probably feel it in our pockets when it comes to fall, our grocery prices. here is all the heat wave information. the orange is heat warnings including indianapolis and kansas city. heat advisory, st. louis and chicago. the saving grace, the humidity is not that high. it is almost like a dry heat, an arizona heat wave. that is good. it doesn't feel too bad for you and i. as far as the crops and the drought, it continues to spread. how hot will it be? record heat. st. louis, 108 degrees today. 104 in indianapolis. up to 100 in chicago.

i went to st. louis. >> many years ago free alex throwback, jeopardy the first time aund as f chon ouen asked was who was the 20 eighth person to fly across the atlantic. i set lindbergh. that is right. >>e alolo itas nonstop. lindbergh was not the first to cross the atlantic. theiwork two english flyers in 1919 named al qaeda and brown and --alcott rnd y won an award -- a lot of money at the time. a publicity stunt for his two newspapers. they flew -- the airplanes we chheut t flew from newfoundland to ireland -- they flew 1,000 mes. it was like theirs waa wld r i . and so they were the first to actually make it across but you are talking about -- this is a us 1,000 plus mile flight for alcott and brown. allotted the mechanics of publicity. in 1927 you had movies a radio and newspapers and photographs and millions of lindbergh songs and -- lindbeghnd thertg e etn aet for this kind of fascination and world adulation. somody else? yes? >> you spoke about ruth elder. theegni yd tre we numr crossed the atla

. >> 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.

at the largest black church in st. louis 1882 ministers told her astonishing life story born into slavery in kentucky young priscilla baltimore just a child was sold down river by her master d biological father and dig up in new orleans despite the hardships somehow she rose above the darkness when admirers with her unbreakable spirit and a remarkable woman found a way her own freedom st. louis democrat says travel to north to find her mother still a slave at first not able to recognize her daughter when she did she fainted away with the motion. priscilla baltimore her mother's freedom of for tracking down her father and former master. priscilla baltimore produced for free papers to upgraded her father for selling her so that it is said the old man wept bitterly. astonishing story of courage and faith that will never be forgotten. julian crews wgn news @ 9 priscilla baltimore married a slave bought his freedom as well how did she manage to accomplish so many works of charity? mother baltimore wgntv.com/cruisin' for answers n

. >> 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

we had st. louis at 107 last hour. that's the idea of how hot it is. the timestamp and the future trend thousand -- around lunchtime, 97, 100, that's this on the way for the 90's to near 100 again for saturday but the change would be maybe a scattered shower or gusty storm. rest of the evening in to the 90's. tonight down to around 73, very warm, turning muggy. tomorrow the two degree guarantee. few spots could be around 100. 97 unshared. a mix of sun and clouds, late day shower or storm. the 4th of july around 91 degrees. 90s to 100. >> sparklers going off inside the box. >> coming up at six, we will have more on the ruling of the affordable care act and summer is in full swing. that means kids are out of school. >>> the 4th of july time to celebrate including fireworks of course. what you need to know to keep your family safe over the holiday. those and more coming up. @ . >>> in tonight's consumer alert you may have been hoping to scoop up a vr experience with google's new high tech glasses. as alex plains it may be a while before most people try th

st. louis was 108 degrees this afternoon. it was 107th in little rock, 105 in nashville, and louisville at 103, and even charlton it now 100 degrees today, and all of that is spreading east. temperatures are going to stay quite warm. and we have seen a couple of thunderstorms, and some of our computer models are taking the storms as it heads to the southeast. wants them pass right through us, so it is possible as this hot weather moves on in, we could see some thunder. otherwise it will be partly cloudy with temperatures ranging from near 70 to almost 80. heat advisories across central and eastern maryland. an area of low pressure and thunderstorms, and now the emphasis on the heat. that is the hottest flow of air we get around here, the possibility of seeing temperatures around 103 tomorrow. it is a day to slow down and stay cool, stay in the shade or air conditioning, and drink plenty of fluids. the mountains will be warm, not as hot as we will be because of higher elevations, but still mid to upper 80's, and they have a ch

they set up a trading post and called it st. louis. missouri became missouri. now i ask you which is correct? missouri or missouri? >> missouri. okay. neither one. [laughter]. you can't say the native americans were wrong for saying missouri. you can't say the french were wrong for pronouncing it in their language, just different ways of pronouncing the same word. that is where we have the problem with the word different. different isn't a synonym of the word wrong. we have to be careful how we use it and our children. it answers the question, why do you write that? i write to tell the story. one that has fallen through the cracks, one marginalized by main stream history. either misrepresented or represented to the way in which it is a stereo typical, write to take those stereotypes, reshape them and give them back to you dressed in a new dress. i mean when i say different is not a synonym for wrong, it means that we should celebrate those things. everyone in this room is different in some way. but you should not feel bad about that. your uniqueness, as my gran

st. louis, sunny, 87. denver, afternoon thunderstorms, 87.e, rain and thunderstorms and 58. >>> there is still hope this morning that a former high school football star imprisoned because of a lie might still realize his dream of a pro football career. his name is brian banks. bill whitaker has the latest episode of his remarkable story. >> it's just a dream come true. >> reporter: brian banks knows about dreams and nightmares. >> look where i am. look where i am today. like, i think god for this. >> reporter: the 26-year-old former high school football star got the chance to show the coaches of the seattle seahawks what he can do. he hasn't played since high school, but head coach pete carroll said banks did so well on this solo tryout, he was invited back to try out with the entire team. >> this is the guy that just deserved it, so because of our conversations we gave him a chance to come here today and work out for us. >> reporter: at 16 banks was the star linebacker for long beach poly, a southern california high school football power hou

the pitch earp in the historic game, the st. louis cardinals were the victims losing 8-0. santana's no-no leads the san diego padres as the only team that has never had a pitcher throw a no-hitter. congratulations to the mets. >>> when it comes to paying off student loans, this guy is not your average joe. we'll meet an ivy league grad creating a buzz for mowing down a mountain of debt. you won't believe how fast he did it. so we invented a warning.. you can feel. introducing the all new cadillac xts, available with the patented safety alert seat. when there is danger you might not see, you're warned by a pulse in the seat. it's technology you won't find in a mercedes e-class. the all new cadillac xts has arrived. and it's bringing the future forward.

>> reporter: so out he goes to local businesses in st. louis collecting empty printer cartridges for recycling. back at head office, he meticulously organizes each shipment with the help of a little toilet paper. does your mom mind that you've got ink stains all over the carpet? >> she is okay with it. but my dad sometimes has a seizure. >> reporter: and for his efforts, the cartridge manufacturers pay. how much money do you think you get for that box? >> anywhere from $100 to $200. >> reporter: dollars? but sam klein's work doesn't end there, because he takes his profits and reinvests them in people. donating some $1,000 so far to those who are less fortunate. >> i think it hurts him beyond to see somebody who's been tossed aside, whether it's a person or whether it's garbage. >> i feel i'm making a small difference. but i hope to make a larger and larger difference. >> reporter: mining other people's garbage, discovering life's real value. kevin tibbles, nbc news, st.

the high temperature in st. louis at 84. plenty of very hot air that's out to the west of us. and it looks like that stuff is going to make it into the chicago area by the weekend. in fact by sunday we should have a high temperature in the low 90's. it will be quite a change from this 70 to 75 degree temperature range that we've seen. right now, it's falling to 60 degrees at o'hare and you can see all across the area temperatures cooling off rather rapidly in the upper 50s in many locations. the winds, dying down wind speeds generally five to 10 miles per hour. after midnight the winds probably will be for the most part calm. now, look at this. the cool air will move out over the next couple of days. then coming in at about, say midweek into friday temperatures will be moving up fairly rapidly. and then, by sunday, we're looking at probably the heart of the hot air before a little bit of relief comes in with some

. >> 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

what could we do that would help an employer like crescent plumbing supply in st. louis find veterans in a way that is more efficient for them? you know, now, these are great folks, and they just kept working at it until they found two. because they wanted to do this because they love their country and they want to hire veterans. but i'm not sure very many businesses as small as this business is would have spent the time sxefrt they spent at it. what should we be doing to make this easier? i'm surprised that your website wouldn't pop up as one of the first if you went on to search hiring veterans -- >> we generally pop up in the top three or four. >> and is it clear on your website that all the veterans on there have been certified as veterans? >> yes. we've caught some people who put their resumes up that weren't veterans. we take them out. but some suggestions to help improve the

we'll watch some heat breaking in st. louis thankfully. still very hot, though. austin, texas, 103. the drought's getting worse and worse in the heartland. we'll have an update on debby coming up at the end of the show. >> thanks, bill. >>> health care hangs in the balance. belgian goes south of the border. which summer dip is your best barbecue deal? >>> plus, one new release hits box office bull's-eye while another gets staked. >>> red sox trade kevin youkilis and you're going to the olympics. this is "early today." >>> very good morning to you. welcome back to "early today." i'm veronica de la cruz. here are some of your top headlines this morning. turkey is still searching for the pilot of a plane shot down by syria in the mediterranean friday and called for an emergency nato meeting over the incident. tensions are high as syria's military yesterday continued to attack areas held by opposition forces. >>> in oklahoma, three railroad workers are still missing after a collision between two freight trains. two engineers and a conductor are unaccounted for. >>> in canada, search tea

st. louis now has the problem attracting specialist -- st. luke's and now has the problem of attractive -- attracting specialist. if we look at ucsf, they are in three locations. in addition, since this does not reflect need. there are no patience at cathedral hill, but cpmc plans to fill 555 beds. a larger st. luke's contract well insured patients. as has been mentioned, if health care reform survives, many newly insured patients might find the st. luke's an attractive alternative. the proposal for a new medical office building is flawed. the current medical office building is well below capacity. the new office building will not be built unless it reaches 90% capacity and there are leasing agreement of 75%. it has been mentioned about the profit margin falling below 1%. it seems to me that there really should be no escape clause whatsoever. there should be no ability to closed st. luke's and keep it open for a least 20 years. brief comments on the centers of excellence -- the center of excellence in committed to help, rather than serving th

chicago, you're under an advisory along with st. louis. the good thing about this heat wave, it's not all that humid. i guess you want to call it a dry heat, almost like what phoenix would skpern during their summers. but, today, just incredible. 107 possible in st. louis. 105 in indianapolis. we're going to be experience some all-time record highs. and as we look at tomorrow, it's kind of similar, maybe a couple of degrees cooler, but you notice the heat begins to expand, even 100s in the mid-atlantic. that's a look at your national forecast. now here's a look outside your window. prevalent heat expected in many areas. tennessee will be around 100 degrees. milwaukee still very warm for you, 94. dallas, you continue your streak of 100-tee degree days. and hot right through the weekend for the eastern seaboard. >> all right, bill. thanks so much. >>> coming up, oil bubbles up a major company breaks up and a wedding band that prevents cheating. a little bit of everything. your early morning business headlines are straight ahead. plus can a t

st. louis campus and operated for 20 years. construction of st. luke's would be simultaneous with the construction of the new cathedral hill and cpmc would be required to open st. luke's prior to opening cathedral hill. the development agreement includes several provisions to ensure the programming at st. luke's meets the needs of the surrounding communities. for the duration of the 20-year operating commitment, st. vix will provide specific services on site -- st. luke's will provide specific services on the campus. it would require that st. luke's be operated as a full-service general acute-care hospital with an emergency room. st. louis will have a number of inpatients and outpatients specialty services and emergency room, which will be 50% bigger than the existing emergency room. they shall house two centers of excellence. it will serve approximately 800 patients each year focusing on preventing of outpatient care to a properly managed, diseases, such as diabetes, prevent unnecessary hospit

and st. louis to chicago and cleveland.et roads from central pennsylvania to the carolinas. >> if you are flying, airport delays can be expected in chicago, miami and dallas. a short list. >>> alec baldwin made an appearance on "the late show with david letterman," hoping to clear his name after a confrontation with a photographer. >> baldwin was in a playful mood. then, he dropped his drawers to show off his weight loss. baldwin told letterman, let's get to it, shall we? >> no one got punched. >> no one got punched? >> if i did, i would be in jail. >> the guy was too close. and he just shoved him. >> i pushed him out of the way because he almost hit me in the face with a camera. if i punched him, i'd be in jail. >> no charges have been filed. the photographer and his lawyer will explain they're side exclusively on "good morning america." check that out. >>> and sharks are lurking in the waters off of cape cod. scientists who tagged great whites last year have picked up signals from two of them. experts are trying to better

st. louis could be 104. chicago, 101. indianapolis, 102.isville, 103, they canceled all the horse races on churchill downs on thursday because they're concerned with the heat. by friday, the 100-degree heat arrives in richmond, raleigh, charlotte, maybe 100 degrees near washington, d.c. about 95 in philadelphia. it's not like it ends back here, either. we're still going to have about two days in a row of 104 in st. louis. so this is going to be one of those all-time heat waves moving across the country. >> it's like -- all right, bill thank you so much. >>> coming up, whose life story is headed to broadway and the spice girls are uniting in london. what? yeah. turn the mic up. plus the material girl reportedly has a special theme to make sure she's not left behind. you're watching "first look" on msnbc. it's time to live wider awake. only the beautyrest recharge sleep system combines the comfort of aircool memory foam layered on top of beautyrest pocketed coils to promote proper sleeping posture all night long. the revolutionary recharge sl

we were not the only ones with severe heat. 105 in louisville, one had a 6 in st. louis. -- 106 in st. louis. a record 105. the official temperatures make it at the airport. the heat index was up around 117. it is likely to be almost as hot as today again tomorrow. a big powerful storm. look at that big air mass associated with this cluster of storms. this is all developing along this front and then tracking into the hot air. 97-102. a good chance for some powerful thunderstorms in the area. tomorrow morning, the wind and waves will calm down. northeast in the morning shifting to the south. be very careful. keep an eye on the skies for more strong storms. in western maryland, a thunderstorm or two. it is the humidity that will continue to factor in with highs, 95, 100 degrees. we have a nice summer weekend ahead of you. temperatures near 90. temperatures in the 70 plus. around here, we have some storms to contend with for the next few hours and then some sunshine tomorrow. thunderstorms are likely in the afternoon again on sunday and probably into monday. by the fourth o

paul down into west-northwest of st. louis and west of chicago. so st. louis up to maybe even detroit may have flight delays later today and atlanta as they may get heavy downpours. no flight delays west of there. does look like settled weather. that unsettled weather to our west and southwest will move our way later today but right now just some high clouds moving into the area early on this monday morning. we're off to a mild start. 73 at reagan national. it's right around 70 around the bay but inland away from waters it's in the 60s in southern maryland and throughout the rest of virginia and into western maryland. parts of central shenandoah valley into highlands of west virginia in upper 50s now. by 9:00, ought to be into the 70s with high clouds and quite a bit of sunshine. sunrise at 5:42. by noontime, we'll have the clouds thickening and we'll have it up into the low 80s quite likely throughout much of the region and then by late afternoon, perhaps around 6:00, 7:00 or so, there's a chance of some thunderstorms moving in maybe around 5:00, 6:00 fa

it's hot in chicago and st. louis, but also very hot down there in dallas.ugh your weekend, the trouble spot will be with this frontal system and thunderstorms moving through minnesota, iowa, eventually through wisconsin, and then this will linger here near chicago, indianapolis, possibly near detroit for father's day. also up there towards pargo. b fargo. but if you're not in the midwest, you'll see a dry, beautiful weekend. >>> coming up at the box office, whether last week's champ hold on to the top spot or will adam sandler's new movie compete for number one? your first look at entertainment straight ahead. you're watching first look on msnbc. wake up! that's good morning, veggie style. hmmm. for half the calories plus veggie nutrition. could've had a v8. is important to any successful business. which is why at wells fargo, we work with you to get to know the unique aspects of your business. we can recommend financial solutions that can work for you that have helped millions of business owners save time, reduce expenses, and maximize cash flow. as the nu

stormy from st. louis to cleveland. >> 80s from the pacific northwest to the rockies and the ohio valley. phoenix, climbing all the way to 109. mostly 90s across the south. >> got to beat the heat today. >> yes, we do. >>> coming up, purchasing a part of paradise. we're going to tell you who is buying an actual hawaiian island. >>> plus, "reading rainbow." the classic show so many of us grew up with, gets a makeover for the ipad generation. >>> and controversial, new research giving a green light to pregnant moms who might want an occasional drink. >>> welcome back. the economy's going to twist some more. chairman ben bernanke says the federal reserve is continuing its "operation twist," its program to drive down long-term interest rates and reduce borrowing costs. the fed acknowledges that the economic recovery is slowing. and bernanke says the bank is ready to do more if employment doesn't improve. >>> that wasn't enough for overseas markets. most of them are down this morning. tokyo's nikkei average gai

sunny, 105 in st. louis.understorms, 96 in denver and showers, 69 in seattle. >>> top stories on a friday. that wildfire burning in colorado springs may be responsible for the death of one person and destroyed an estimated 346 homes. president obama will visit that area today and president obama says the supreme court's decision to uphold his health care overhaul law is a victory for people all over the u.s. mitt romney says he'll work to overturn the law if he's elected. >>> another decision yesterday, the supreme court struck down a federal law against what's called stolen valor. that's falsely claiming to have received the medal of honor and other military awards. the justices called such lies contempt i believe but ruled in a 6-3 vote that they fall under the first amendment's guarantee of free speech. >>> this sunday will be a tragedy for some and triumph a for others as a ban on foye i gras takes effect. it's made from the fat and livers of force fed geese and ducks. animal rights activists say the forc

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, because the provision deals with the metrics that would be used that will allow acpmc to close st. louis -- st. luke's as soon as possible. there was a metric that would allow cpmc to close st. luke's if the whole system more in dire straits. the cpmc would have to be operating below 01% margin for two years. this margin seemed significantly low for productions at the time. based on input from an independent third-party, the 1% operating margin was highly unlikely. however, based on new projections about resident, -- residents, cpmc is lower than previously reported, although not quite at the 1% threshold. the city was to make sure that it is one that is unlikely to be met because the continued operation of st. luke's is one of the most important provisions in the amendment. the goal had been to come to monday's hearing with a solution in hand, not just a problem. although this did not happen, staff is helpful to have a new solution to the provision soon, understanding the development agreement would not move forward until there's a solution to this provision. president chiu and supervis

st. louis now 78 degrees. yesterday st. louis was 108 degrees. >> i've lived in st. s. >> really? >> oh, yeah. >> 100 in chicago. currently 77 there. check out how much of the country is currently under either a heat advisory or excessive heat warning. that's the darker red you see. much of the country, and as we get closer to washington, heat advisory starting at 11:00 this morning through 9:00 tonight. combine the heat, air temperature near 100 with humidity, will feel like 103 to 107. bring the animals inside. don't leave them in the car, because it will be dangerous heat later this afternoon. fairly quiet weather pattern. were showers and storms to our north and east earlier this morning. you can see those clipping off the coast of new jersey. might see a popup storm later today. not really going to cool things down a lot. might provide you temporary relief. 99 today. 99 tomorrow. temperatures fall back into the mid-90s the middle of next week. this will be a heat wave that lasts the better part of a week. >> tucker, thank you. >>> let's go to julie to get the lat

you would make a local call in st. louis. they would to a special number an mci number they would pass it to chicago and make a local call in chicago. at&t found out about this, they started shutting down all of mci's local numbers because they didn't like the competition. the way mci managed to survive was that they ended up filing an antitrust lawsuit against at&t. >> because there was a monopoly. >> the network neutrality question is this, it's right to say it's hard concept chally. if our justification is this is a monopoly and we should regulate it it's hard to distinguish that from google or facebook or a number of other things. i think you need a justification that's a little bit more directed at difficulty of entry. if you're going to distinguish the two it's got to be on something structural about the telecommunications infrastructure and the network that people have created that makes it difficult for somebody to come in and enter if you're doing something inefficient. now richard suggests and increasingly he may tu

so if you could, if you would address those two issues that this particular employer in st. louis was struggling with. >> yes, madam chairman. excuse me, i'm suffering from allergies. your comments about not being vets doesn't surprise me. there's a number of sites out there that don't validate who the person is that's putting up the resume. you've got over 300,000 internet job boards out there. you've got about 30 left in the military space.

showers and gusty thunderstorms well to the north and west from chicagoland back to st. louis. still 20 hours away but this is going to come in tomorrow afternoon and again in the form of a gusty shower or storm. 79 8:00 in the morning, noontime we're going for 91 degrees and going for two degree guarantee of around 100 degrees with the heath indices ranging between 105 to 110. >>> it's going to be a hot one today and we all know that. stay hydrated and stay in the air-conditioning if you can. the heat can certainly be deadly. in fact this is the number one heat related killer. it beats out floods, lightning, tornadoes, and hurricanes combined. we did do some searching and to give you an idea of just how bad it can get. check it out. it's a normal year, about 175 people die from the summer heat. but if you remember the heat wave of 1980, more than 1,250 people died. in the chicago heat wave which was back in 1995, more than 700 people died and in 2003, record heat wave in europe that took 50,000 lives. >> with the heat pge's voluntary energy demand program will be kicking in so