joan lee the wife of stan lee died in los angeles thursday at the age of 93. ces tell the hollywood reporter lee suffered a stroke this week and was hospitalized. the couple was married for 69 years. marvel released a statement saying we lost a member of the marvel family and our prayers go out to stan in this difficult time. >>> tax revenue is soaring as legal marijuana is off to smoking hot start. >>> sales force is this years best place to work. other companies that made the lift. southwest and jetblue airlines, facebook and google. energy company center point and dte. nike and walt disney company made the top ten. you're watching "early today". l? ♪ you're gonna have dizziness, ♪ nausea, and sweaty eyelids. ♪ and in certain cases chronic flatulence. ♪ no. ♪ sooooo gassy girl. ♪ so gassy. if you're boyz ii men, you make anything sound good. it's what you do. if you want to save fifteen percent or more on car insurance, you switch to geico. it's what you do. next! ♪ next! so find a venus smooth that contours to curves, the smoother the skin, the more comforta

. >>> latest spiderman film hits theaters today, sad news, joan lee, wife of marvel comics, stan lee,sed. they were married for 69 years. marvel said in part, we lost a member of the marvel family today, and our thoughts and prayers go out to stan and his daughter, joan, in this difficult time. >>> just ahead, tax revenues soar as legal marijuana is off to a smoking hot start in nevada. first, sales force is this year's best place to work. other companies that made the list in 2017, southwest and jetblew airlines, facebook and google. energy companies like dte, and nike and apple and walt disney all made the top temperature. you're watching "early today." ♪ nausea, and sweaty eyelids. ♪ and in certain cases chronic flatulence. ♪ no. ♪ sooooo gassy girl. ♪ so gassy. if you're boyz ii men, you make anything sound good. it's what you do. if you want to save fifteen percent or more on car insurance, you switch to geico. it's what you do. next! ♪ next! so find a venus smooth that contours to curves, the smoother the skin, the more comfortable you are in it. flexes for comfort, and has a di

. >> and stan lee has been immortalized at the chinese theater. his hands and feet in cement outside the theater. >>> if you still haven't booked your vacation getaway this summer, you may want to hold off. experts say there's a certain week when airline ticket prices suddenly drop and in some cases by hundreds of dollars. tom costello has details. >> reporter: high season for summer travel and the nation's airports and roads are till filled to capacity. the end of august brings magic dates when airfares suddenly drop. >> demand for travel is lower. you have kids going back to school, business travel tends to slow down slightly. >> august 21st is when tickets get cheaper. round trip denver to orlando will cost you $255 on august 18th, but $157 just four days later. that's $100 savings. lax to atlanta, $330 on august 14th, $278 on the 21st. bigger savings on international flights. washington to london, nearly $1,500 on august 14th, $875 on august 21st. families hitting the road are already enjoying some of the cheapest gas prices in 12 years, on av

. >> the wife of stan lee died yesterday in l loss.m a stroke earlier this week and had been hospitalized. >> actress amend man today sigfried says there's no time for judgment when it comes to how mothers choose to feed their babies. she summed up the breastfeeding versus bottle feeding debate in one tweet. she wrote breastfeeding is awesome. formula is awesome. feeding your baby is awesome. not awesome? judgment. >> touche. >>> a popular for profit college is ordered to repay $49 million top students. >> kellogs announces pringles chip flavor but it's only going to be around for a limited time. >> heading to break right now, live look across the d.c. region, 5:20 is the time, 75 degrees your temperature. back after this. >> ♪ >> ♪♪ >> time now is 5:23. liberty interactive the company which owns shopping channel qvc is buying its rival, the home shopping network it's a $2 billion deal. the companies say the merger will open new cross marketing opportunities for current and new shop ertz. hsn and qvc will that continue to operate as in

conan o'brien will be there, stan lee.convention center and that will up on sunday. >>> everybody can be a superhero here. we are spearheading a special program at nbc bay area. we want to invite you to join our campaign to help local students in need. >> every little bit goes a long way. we tepd up with telemundo 48 and several nonprofits in the area to begin this campaign supporting our schools. you can donate backpacks, school supplies, donate money which we will then use to buy more school supplies. the full list of where you can donate on the front page of our website nbcbayarea.com. >> i ask my kids, want to get school supplies? no, not yet, mom. >> they're not feeling the enthusiasm just yet. they'll get there. >> maybe they want to go shoe shopping, though. that's always fun. >> already got that done. >> well, books and all that stuff is not as exciting. >> kari's closet, what do you have in there? >> maybe a day for short sleeves. we'll get to that and the sunglasses bright and sunny. as you get ready this morning

stan lee placed his hand and foot prints in cement at the t-c-l chinese theater monday. director kevin smith was on hand as master of ceremonies with "black panther" actor chadwick bosemon and marvel studios president kevin feige delivering speeches about the creator of countless super heroes. the 94-year old lee was visibly touched by the honor."i'm lucky to be standing here in front of you now, wishing desperately that i had written a speech! but all i can say is, i thank you from the bottom of my heart. and i've always wondered about that expression. why is the bottom of your heart more important than the top of your heart? i thank you from my whole heart! how's that?" excelsior, "stan-the-man." excelsior."dr. marston, every issue of "wonder woman" is filled with violence, torture and sadomasochism. this abnormal behavior in your comic is reckless."here's a very different super hero origin story. the first trailer is out for "professor marston and the wonder women," based on the true story of doctor william marston, a harvard psychologist and the creator of wonder wom

lee earlier in the show excessive heat warning still in effect. we will take you out first and foremost to talk about the statistics where we currently stan, how many 90-degree days have we seen so far. this month along nine of them hit 90 or above this year. eighteen, and last year ace whole we had 46 days at 90 or above. we are clearly in the quite that close, to, your standard but we're definitely creeping up at lee to the average, and lots of summer left to go. storm scan three all calm, clear, however with time what we will find, into tomorrow, specifically possibility of a couple showers or very heavy thunderstorm. we will be sitting for most part regional wide, in a slight risk for severe weather and then primarily be a p.m. issue especially once sun has gone down. you might hear thunderstorms waking you up in the middle of the night when everything rumbles through here. little bit of inconsistencecy as to when this will all happen but p.m. hours is a definite. that window need to be fine tuned as we get into tomorrow. check back in with us as we get closer so we can update you there but regardless, the severe weather threat is definitely ne