he qualifies for student aid totalling more than $54,000 for tuition, room and board at syracuse. wow. if his federal aid gets slashed, he'll remember which politicians played a role when this youngster goes to the polls. >> it is not just about, you know, trying to get a bid for re-election, making yourself look good as a political figure. it is about who -- what person this is going to affect. who will be affected by this. and you can look at me. you can look at a 50-year-old working. it has a big impact on everyone. and that's what they should take into consideration, who will be impacted by this and how will they impact future generations. >> reporter: students getting pell grants could be among the first to feel any impact. pell programs have been on the chopping block since republicans took over the house. a recent round of cuts slashed pell grants for summer school, fred. >> so what are, you know, the student aid agencies actually saying about this, those who are actually giving out grant scholarships, et cetera. >> administrators simply don't know that is going to happen.

. >>> near syracuse, new york, a motorcycle rider died when he hit the brakes, flipped over the handlebars and hit his head on the pavement. the irony is that he was taking part in the annual independence ride that's aimed at protesting helmet laws. troopers sayayhe man would probably be alive if he'd been wearing a helmet. other riders said it's very sad but they insist riders should be allowed to choose to wear helmets or not. >>> there is nothing like a state shutting down to ruin the holiday weekend. judge's order kept the minnesota zoo open but vacation spots are closed statewide due to stalled budget talks. the holiday with thousands out of work. here's abc's chris bury. >> reporter: in minnesota state parks, the big holiday weekend is a big bust. campers looking forward to a getaway were told instead to get lost. >> well, it's ridiculous. >> it's sad. >> it should never get to that. >> reporter: the closed parks a casualty of the state's budget crisis. so many services arehut down. even industries like logging are grinding to a halt because those trees are on public property. in all

a lot of things like this have happened but one example of syracuse one of the college republicans kept saying what they say at the green meeting. i said are you a secret mall? he said i used to be green. i said what changed you? i saw you give a speech and your the only person who made sense right after 9/11. it does make a difference for the kids were just forming opinions and if you just speak the truth is appealing. >> i'd like to read to quotes and ask you to comment on both of them and you may know them very well. as long as democrats can win the election without demagoguing happy to turn america into a banana republic putting us on a high-speed bullet train to bankruptcy it refuses to deal with entitlements. second. the american people want to cut spending because they know it will create a better environment for job creation with the entitlement programs in the next budget process is four to have plenty of opportunities to talk about that. speaker of the house of representatives. is it safe to say both parties have the unreliable record? [laughter] >> by the way if i was picking

. >>> with the recent double header, at the nationals called up starter from syracuse. the national's did not have to rely on him tonight. bases loaded, baker botches it. here he comes. the nationals went 3-2. -- win 3-2. >> believe me, but every decision is critical. i like our ballclub. i have great expectations for this ballclub. >> let's go to texas. the orioles are up 2-one. that scored the tying run. deep throat is off the mark. -- the throw is off the mark. these are beyond names dominating the majors today. tiger woods is still nursing a knee injuries. he wrote on his website that he will return when he feels 100% ready. he also withdrew from the u.s. open and at&t's national. in soccer, in glen taking on japan. -- in blind -- england ticking on japan. that is a hard shot to make. perfectly played. england wins 2-0. the u.s. women continue their world cup run tomorrow. >> pat yourself on the back. >> i cannot talk now, i am losing my voice. >>> july is the hottest month of the year. >> it is gone to feel like it here in the next seven days. it will feel close to

political believes i am the only one they will hear and a lot of things like this have happened but at syracuse a couple of years ago one of them afterwards you telling me what a say at the green meeting i said are you a secret mall? he said no. i used to be green. what changed you? i gave -- decided to the speech right after 9/11 and your the only one who made sense and it is just warming their opinions and did you speak the truth is inherently appealing. >> thank you for stopping bar. i would like to read to quotes as long as democrats can win elections by demagogy they are perfectly happy to turn us into a banana republic to put us on a high-speed bullet train to bankruptcy as they refuse to do with entitlements. second, cutting spending will be a better environment for job creation to muddle current issue with the entitlement programs tax increases that is what the next budget process is for we have plenty of opportunity to talk about that. the speaker of the house of representatives. is it safe to say both have the and reliable record to pursue entitlements? [laughter] >> yes. if i was pic

about a year after getting out of prison, he decided to move to syracuse, new york.s hisase manager at this homeless shelter. >> there was a child out on the corner, a young child out here that he told me he wanted to approach. >> reporter: she says she got truly alarmed when a few months later, dodd showed her a plane ticket to cambodia, where he said he had a job teaching english to children. >> i notified parole, i said, this is when he's leaving. we really need to do something. 's saying he's going to cambodia to work with students. >> reporter: michael dodd touched down in cambodia, he hit the ground running. free of any law enforcement supervision whatsoever, he set about trying to protier the sexual services of a 14-year-old girl. they played ban minton together, but dodd was eager for some adult recreation. >> when i kiss her, i feel like i'm kissing a statue, because there's no response. she's just like a limp pillow. >> reporter: here he is, complaining that the girl needs to be affectionate. dodd didn't know it, but the man who he thinks is his friend is a

i'm free ♪ >> well, they did get into the fourth of july spirit a little bit early lala night in syracuseyork. plenty of, well they were not bombs but they were bursting in air. it's estimatedhat over 100 million peoplee will watch fireworks today. this is the fourth of july. >> yes, it is. this is my second as an official u.s. citizen. >> great lations on that. that was a very hard test you had to pass in order to be one of us. >> somehow i got through it. fireworks are of course a central part of independence day celebrations. >> i see that's right. also the oohs and aahs. that's the protocol. when it explodes you go ooh, then aah. it is important to remember what the fourth is all about. >> our nation's birthday, also a chance to consider the country's most important document. abc's john donvan now on the constitution. >> reporter: the original lives under glass. has no price tag. is the world's oldest operative constitution at 223 years. and its shortest in written length. 4,400 not entirely correctly spelled words -- sorry, pennsylvania. and while it's our habit to speak of it in rev

at syracuse university a couple years ago, one of them keeps telling me what they say at the green meetingthe green said this or that and i said are you a secret mold? he said i used to be a green. what changed you? he said i saw you give a speech and your the only person who made sense. it was right after 9/11. it makes a difference for kids who are just forming their opinions. if you speak the truth the truth is inherently appealing. i would like to read two quotes and ask you to comment on both of them. one you know very well from page 14. as long as democrats can win elections by demagoguing they are happy to turn american into a banana republic drowning in debt and medicare and social security putting us on a high-speed bullet train to a bankruptcy. the democratic party refused to deal with that. the second quote the american people want us to cut spending because they know cutting spending will create a better environment for job creation. to model current issue with entitlement programs and tax increases is what the next budget process is for. we have opportunity to talk about that.

first at syracuse and then with the baltimore colts. he caught johnny's deflected pass during super bowl 5. he would rip off his rings and give them to you to wear and say hey, you just played in the super bowl and made the hall of fame without taking a hit. but man did he take a lot. so many that it clouded up his mind. he suffered with dementia, but his wife, sylvia, never left his side. here we are left to remember how john mackey and lennie moore calmed this city down during the '68 riots. john remembers. >> john mackey and lenny moore went down, talked to people to keep an exclusive situation from happening. they went out to businesses and got food, sandwiches, and got donations and fed the people down at the baltimore civic center, then talked to the people. basically john mackey and moore saved this city from a terrible fate. >> john mackey was to accept his hall of fame ring in indianapolis, but man we remember he said no way. i played in baltimore. so here we are on a hot august night while this city was trying to persuade the

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. >>> near syracuse, new york, a motorcycle rider died when he lost control of his bike and hit his headpavement. the tragic irony, he was taking part in a rally aimed at protesting helmet laws. troopers said that he would have been alive had he been wearing a helmet. other riders insists that riders should be allowed to choose whether they wear one. >>> the u.s. army's losing a piece of its history. the last active soldier drafted during vietnam is now retiring. commander sergeant major jeffrey mellinger was drafted in 1972. he thought that president nixon had personally written his notification letter. he went on parac3700 parachute. he was also the senior enlisted soldier in iraq and survived 27 roadside bombs. >> amazing career. >> incredible. >>> moving on to sports now, novak djokovic is now the number one ranked men's tennis player in the world. he takes over the top spot from rafael nadal, the man he beat in the men's singles yesterday. >> what a game and what a finish. and then he ate the grass. djokovic was already assured of the number ranking even before he won at the all eng

the way syracuse's three joycelyn photo journalists including president saakashvili as a personal photographer of spying for russia it's alleged that the men possessed secret information and have now been charged with espionage after reportedly confessing on video. from. certain officials remain tight lipped over reports that at least two hundred people have been killed in a blast of an arms depot in the city of abidjan human rights groups say electricity and water supplies have also been disrupted. and rupert murdoch heads to the u.k. to take charge of the phone hacking crisis that's threatening to engulf is a media empire and scandal has reached the highest levels of government after a former editor who worked for prime minister david cameron was arrested on friday . and is up next with all the latest goings on in sports. great to have you with us this is sports today here on twenty four hour r.t. i'm you know known for heading. up for grabs it's confirmed that klitschko was bacon's w.b. a world heavyweight title will be contested between rushes alexander in. gridiron red bulls mark webber h

syracuse broke a record as well. jersey, newark, 103. that's a record. toledo is spelled wrong.ea. a lot of folks seeing record breaking high temperatures. it will continue i think throughout the day today with heat indices across -- heat warnings and advisories across 29 states including the ever populated i-95 corridor. so one, actually probably two more days of this stuff along the east coast. 85 degrees expected today in chicago for a feels like temperature, cooling down a little bit. new york and d.c. tomorrow are still into the upper 90s and mid 100s. wet won't see the heat break there until sunday and eventually into monday. we're watching the tropics, hurricane dora continues to weaken. any travel delays today will be from afternoon pop-up thunderstorms. we don't have big storms rolling across the area, although chicago may see more than others. they shut down the statue of liberty yesterday, ali, because of the heat, at least the crown because it was so hot up there. other spots, the belvedere pass in central park, they shut that down as well. if you're a tourist in new

. >> here's a guy who killed hundreds and hundreds of people, trying to head back to syracuse during christmas holiday 1998 free. >> shocking, we can't trust the libyans. look, the can you made a huge, huge, huge mistake on this. the foreign secretary today, william hague, came out and said, when i saw the footage of him at that rally, i knew we'd made a grave error. look where we're at. we're at, the brits are at with libya. no peace on the ground. it's an absolute disaster, and no end in sight. the nonwar war. >> this dude got released because he was supposed to die. he reminds me of louis farrakhan. he's been dying for 25 years of cancer. he was released on medical grounds. >> compassionate grounds. >> everybody knew. >> do we really need to point this out? he was released under president obama's watch. >> he doesn't deserve a thread of compassion. >> if it were bush, or the other bush, bush 43 or 41, yes. >> do you think you can get through a segment without mentioning obama? >> you're kidding. this guy was supposed to be worm food three years ago, but of course with the far left

department of transportation helped pay for r enforcement programs in hartford, connecticut, and syracuseresults are in. >> we ended up issuing over 9,000 citations for cell phone use by drivers. and we also found a substantial change in behavior. >> reporter: in syracuse, the number of drivers using hand-held cell phones or texting dropped 32%. in hartford, hand-held cell phone use dropped 57%. and texting while driving plummeted 72%. >> the key is going to be consistent and focused, , dedicated enforcement. >> reporter: at a connecticut racetrack, i tried to text and drive. my speed slowed. i hit twice as many cones. still, drivers think they can do is safely. the study shows it takes tickets to stop talking and texting. lisa stark, abc news, washington. >> you know, in addition to enforcememt there are also apps that will prevent you from texting while driving. if you need a little help. >> which is good. most cars you can't punch in your gps while you're driving which is a safety precaution. right now 14 states have banned texting while driving. some people, of course, you can't use a

the big kahuna doughnut burger unveiled at the state fair in syracuse. a quarter pounder burger in between two slices of glazed doughnuts. >> are you kidding me? >> you're from iowa. you know state food. >> this is shocking. >> with burger in between, add cheese, lettuce, tomato and onions and it's 1500 calories of sweet salty meaty doughy happiness. >> you know that looks good, ali. >> it looks disgusting. >> as you know i don't have a particular or refined palate but that worries me. >> same thing as a bun but happens to be sweet. >> sweet and deep fat fried. >> i don't know that it has the structural integrity that a bun needs when eating a hamburger. >> i need sesame seeds on my bun. >> our question of the day. it's friday, so don't give us any grief about this question. >> otherwise we're going to ask you a question about the debt ceiling. >> which, of course, i wanted to do but we had a fight about it. what is your craziest food combination. send us an e-mail, tweet, tell us on facebook. we will be reading some of your comments later in the program

a syracuse university went out and one of them keeps telling me what they see the green meaning. green said the symmetry of the data. i said what are your secret vault? is that no, used to be green. i said retching shoe? is that i thought i'd give you the speech. it was right after 9/11. so it does make a difference for kids who are just forming their opinions. if you speak the truth, the truth is inherently appealing. >> thanks for stopping by. i'd like to read to quotes and ask you to comment on both of them. one you may know very well from page 14. islam is democrats can win elections, they're perfectly happy to turn america into a banana republic for social security putting us through the entire democratic party which fuses to do with entitlement. the second hokum american people want to cut spending because cutting spending both in fact treated better environment for job creation to mentally current issue with entitlement programs, that's what the next processes for her. we'll have plenty of opportunities to talk about that. march 3, 2011, speaker of the house of representat

it happened in syracuse. police say the 55-year-old man lost control of his harley davidson and flipped over the handlebars. he later died in the hospital. state troopers say a helmet may have likely saved his life. >>> almost all bay area transit agencies are on holiday schedules this fourth of july. bart and san francisco and muni are on sunday schedule tsz. muni will have extra service for the fire works show tonight. ac transit is roneoingen sunday schedule. cal train is using its sunday schedule but will have extra trains after the fire works show in san francisco. santa clara county vta will run on its sunday schedule. the county connection in contra costa will use its weekend schedule. ace train not having service at all today. >>> 6:27 and happening right now they are getting ready for the annual hot dog eating contest in new york. there it is. nathan's world famous contest. gets started this morning. san jose's joey chestnut is around there getting ready to win his fifth straight competition. last ye

a syracuse bakery will make the big kahuna burger to look like the krispy kreme doughnut cheeseburgert the ohio state fair. so they grilled a glazed doughnut and add a quarter pound burger and choice of toppings like onions and pickles. >> do they still put all the sugar on it too? >> it's glazed. so i guess there is sugar on it. >> that's truck. >> big kahuna. >> how many calories? >> too many to count. >>> 5:26. a pesky problem flying over at&t park. how the giants want to get rid of bothersome seagulls. >> they are in the bay. they are coming. >>> school is out but thieves are in. the gold mine they have kept coming back for. >>> a man is shot in the chest in oakland. police have no suspects and no motive. coming up we'll tell you what they are trying to do to stop crime in the city. >>> and forensic test results are expected today in the south bay that could help solve a 10- year-old murder mystery here. that story coming up. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, and i'm grace lee >>> your realtime captioner is linda marie macdonald. >>> happy friday, everyone. it's july 29. good morning, i'm frank

johnson a professor at syracuse university of law. thanks for being with me tonight. >> thanks for having me. >> thank you for having me. >> are republicans doing anything to help children in these recession airy times? we're out of that now, and we have job creation the last 15 months. through it all, have the republicans come up with anything to help children? >> no. it doesn't seem, at least from a policy perspective that they care so much about kids. i mean, when we look at this situation, and david brooks said it best, that the deal the democrats put on the table is essentially a no-brainer, right? they want a 3 to 1 ratio of tax revenue to spending cuts. that's three times as much spending cuts as tax revenue. and these folks walked away from the deal. i think we need to reorder our understanding of the stimulus package. the stimulus came into place to plug holes that were left in our gaping economy as a result of the real estate implosion. and if you look at the short term versus the long term effects of this, if we did not rep

it happened saturday afternoon near syracuse. the map was riding with a group of bikers who were protesting the law by not wearing helmets. troopers say a helmet would have saved his life. >>> a michigan jail inmate has filed a lawsuit claiming his civil rights are being violated by being denied pornography. cal richards says denying his request for erotic material subjects him to a poor standard of living and sexual and sensey deprivation. pornographic materials are banned at jails but some is allowed in prison. richards pleaded guilty to a bank robbery in july. >>> today, thousands of people will officially become u.s. citizens. >>> naturalization ceremonies often happen on the fourth of july but just how do immigrants go about becoming citizens. we have a report. >> reporter: words they've waited a lifetime to say. >> i here by declare on oath. >> reporter: waving american flags, hundreds stand to take the oath that will change their lives forever. >> congratulations, new citizens of the united states. >> reporter: for immigra

a syracuse bakery will make the buns in the big kahuna doughnut burger. it will look like a krispy kreme doughnut cheeseburger from this year's ohio state fair. they grill a glazed doughnut and add a quarter pounder burger, onions, pickles, it's a caloric juggernaut. >> at least you're getting your vegetables. >> so the president is going to speak about the debt ceiling at 7:25 on cbssf.com.

i look at syracuse by way of example. they had a big winter.also broke a hundred degrees yesterday. the erratic nature of the weather pattern is the big story. am i wrong? >> one of the things that meteorologists have been warning us of for decades is that with climate change will come many more extreme climate events. and we're experiencing them in this country. when i've been watching the news channels on the major networks, i wonder sometimes if i'm watching the weather channel. so for those who doubt that climate is changing, you need not go beyond the news reports. and we've soon some extraordinarily extreme things. like last summer, the drought and the heat wave in moscow. if someone had told me early last year that the average temperature during the month of july in moscow would have been 14 degrees above the norm, i would have -- i would have said, you know, i'm not a climate denier, but that's beyond anything we can expect. but that's exactly what happened. we're lucky that heat wave was centered in moscow and not in chicago. because i

. >>> and near syracuse, one freight train reportedly rear ended another. two workers jumped out just before the wreck. officials say they are bruised up but nothing serious. >>> terrorists are hatching an extreme strategy to get past airport security, surgicically implabi implanted explosives. the so-called belly bombs has been discussed in the past but a different official says a notorious al qaeda bombmaker is behind the new push. i do want to stress we're told there is no specific threat. >>> we're hearing new audiotapes from southwest flight 812, the flight that found itself in an emergency situation in april when a hole ripped open in the plane's roof. check out these photos that passengers on board took. you know they had to be panicking when they saw that hole. it's clear from the taped conversation between the cockpit and the control tower the pilot knew right away there was trouble. >> we need the nearest airport. >> southwest 812, are you able to land at blythe or would you want to go to palm springs some. >> let's make a turn and go -- how far i

there was a bus that overturned between rochester and syracuse.ruck driver died and 30 passengers were sent to the ohospital and treated for injuries. state police say that both vehicles caught fire after the accident. >>> the ball is now back in the players' hands after the nfl owners approved a new working contract in hopes of ending a four-month labor dispute putting the 2011 nfl season in jeopardy. the owners met in atlanta thursday and voted overwhelmingly in favor of a new ten-year labor agreement. representatives from the nfl players' association also met on thursday, but they still haven't reached a consensus, and nfl ownerers are calling this tentative deal fair for both sides. >> in the end, i think that it was worth all of the angst and anxiety and nervousness over the last several month, because if you can come up with a ten-year labor agreement in sports, and get to football and not worry about this for another ten years, it is pretty great. >> cnbc's darren rovell is covering this from the cnbc headquarters and you have looked at the

we're going to break a record tomorrow in syracuse.atching closely in newark, new jersey, 100. that's within two degrees of the record. hartford close at 97. there are some record highs as we come into the next couple of days. zben, the expanse of this heat is unbelievable. back to you. >> thank you. that massive heat wave could have a chilling effect on your grocery bill. melissa frances co-host of "the call" on cnbc, crops all over they're dry and dead. >> you would think that it would make commodity prices go higher that crops would die and drive up the price of food. actually in a lot of places it's having the opposite impact. in the midwest and a lot of places hay don't have enough water people are selling their cattle rather than keeping them. we're seeing a flood of beef come on to the market. it could potentially drive down the prices of beef across the country. it's a little bit opposite of what you would expect out there. >> exactly. what about things like grain, corn, which we use for ethanol? >> grain and corn, that's going

to find out, department of transportation paid for programs in syracuse, new york. the results are in. >> we ended up issuing over 9,000 citations for drivers. and we also found a substantial change of behavior. >> reporter: in syracuse the number of drivers u ung hand-held cell phones or texting, dropped 57%. texting while driving plummeted 72%. >> the key is consistent, focus, dedicated enforcement. >> reporter: at a connecticut racetrack, i tried to text and drive. my speed slowed. and i hit twice as many cones. still, drivers still think they can do this safely. the study shows it takes tickets to stop talking and texting. for "good morning america," lisa stark, abc news, washington. >> that's an eye-opener. so scary. when you see something. put it down. >>> let's go to will and kate. back home this morning after a triumphant trip across north america. the royal couple spent a whirlwind weekend in california, where even hollywood selects were star-struck by the couple. bob woodruff was there and has so much more for us. >> reporter: it was a royal flush. three f

both vehicles were destroyed by the fire halfway between rochester and syracuse.t has been a bad year. 32 people have been killed in 17 tour bus accidents. >>> pentagon leaders reportedly set to tell congress the military is now ready to carry out a repeal of don't ask, don't tell. according to published reports, the move means a formal repeal would go into effect in 60 days. the defense secretary and the joint chiefs chairman are required to certify the policy change will not affect military preparedness. >>> some new court documents show arnold schwarzenegger does not want to pay his estranged wife, maria shriver, spousal support or attorney fees as they end their 25-year marriage. the dispute is expected to have little impact on the divorce since the couple is expected to reach a confidential out of court settlement. shriver filed for divorce earlier this month after schwarzenegger confessed to fathering a child with a maid in the family more than a decade ago. >>> lindsay lohan back in court for the sixth time this year. to make matters worse, the star was rep

. >> bryce harper will begin next season with syracuse. >>> tennis.a williams makes her season debut for the castles tonight and the match is already sold out. the hottest ticket in town. the castles face the boston lobsters and will start 3 and 0 for the second straight year. this afternoon at castles stadium at the wharf, lovely, serena hosting a clinic for kids from the area. really a fun experience to get a lesson from one of the best to ever play the game. serena williams is a 13-time grand slam champion. she has has 12 titles in women's doubles. serena lost in the fourth run in wimbledon after a layoff because of a foot injury. she says she is humbled by the opportunity to give back. >> you know, it's really cool. you come out and help the kids or watch them play, and you never know what one kid or two kids or however many kids you can ultimately influence. it's awesome to be back. i love playing for the castles, and i love playing for the city, and i love this city. and it's so beautiful and now we're right on the water. so it's just amazing pl

it was an accident that happened saturday afternoon near syracuse during the afternoon freedom ride protest5-year-old phillip contos flipped over the bike's handle bars. he was pro noujsed dead at the hospital. police say he likely would have survived had he been wearing a helmet. >>> new concerns about a popular drug used to help people quit smoking. chantix has been prescribed to 30 million people last year alone. now there is a study that links chantix to an increased risk of heart problems. erica edwards has details in tonight's news4 your health. >> reporter: if there is one thing the medical community typically agrees on, it's this. if it you smoke, you're highly likely to develop some kind of illness from lung disease to heart attacks. so many smokers try to quit, many turning to a drug called chantix to reduce health risks. >> i honestly didn't think i would quit. >> reporter: that's where doctors begin to disagree. >> it's the worst drug on the u.s. market. >> i don't believe it's a dangerous drug. >> reporter: researchers pulled data on 14 studies of chantix, and found smokers who

syracuse to take off for bloodstained sued because he kept saying i wanted to see what they did to my husband. even though i was just seven at the time, i can remember watching that television and now living room with my family. i can remember that we gas when she came off the plane and was still wearing a suit that she refused to take off. she then became the mortar in chief for the nation. she had a few moments of shock, again, given the word that she witnessed in dallas. very quickly she got her wits about her. she asked her husband's family, sargent shriver, and cabinet members, to start looking into planning the funeral, and see acid be based on ever and lincoln's funeral. she was still thinking of symbolism and history, even in her grief. so here she is coming down the steps of the capital with caroline on one hand and john on the other. the president's brother, bobby, behind her. his sister, pat, the bodies left. and peter behind the group. and i can only find in the videos one moment in public where she began to cry softly. it was when they arrived at the capitol with the case

syracuse is getting hit now and next will be the albany to binghamton area.will work down to boston, providence, new york city, maybe even philadelphia late tonight. just be prepared. some of these storms are going to have small hail. i think the gusty winds is the biggest threat. it will be hot until the storms arrive. you'll probably actually appreciate it when the rain comes. cool things off. middle of the country, not so lucky. incredible heat wave. what a summer it's been already. here's just one example. st. louis, near 100 if not above 100 right into next weekend. you're under excessive heat warnings. not only is it hot, but it's really humid throughout the midwest too. like really gross humidity. so that's the way the forecast looks out there. not changing anytime soon, everyone. this hot summer is here to stay. you're watching "morning joe," brewed by starbucks. [ male announcer ] things seem better with travelocity's best price guarantee. our girl's an architect. our boy's a genius. we are awesome parents! biddly-boop. [ male announcer ] if you find

elmira, upstate new york, syracuse set a record. newark, 103. detroit, michigan, at the sentry mark and a slew of other high temperatures as well. we point this out. this is dangerous stuff. heat-related fatalities are the number one reason we get fatalities from the weather. more than hurricanes and flooding, it's heat. a little dangerous. another couple of day, work you're way through it and take care of your neighbors. heat advisories out again today that includes chicago. although they'll be a cooling trend after today in chicago. there are 29 other states that are enduring heat advisories and wages and warnings and most along the i-95, heavily populated area, d.c., up through new york and now including boston. yesterday more of an onshore flow. if you went towards the beach or coastlines, you got cooler that way. not so much now that the winds shifted. tlup the day today, looking at temperatures feel they are over 100 degrees. tomorrow close to 100 in new york city and 105 in d.c. we'll start to feel a cooling trend beginning sunday and mon

at syracuse university he majored in business but only tells a deep fascination for the study of history. please give them him a hand. [applause] dan charnas is here and he is the author of "the big payback," the history of the business of hip-hop. he is a journalist, screenwriter, record producer and teacher, one of the first writers for the source and part of the generation of young writers who helped create hip-hop journalism. give him a hand. [applause] and lastly mark johnson is here. he is the author of "basketball slave," the andy johnson harlem globetrotters mba story and that is quite a a title msa. mark johnson is the youngest son of andy johnson, a respected business professional and advocate for young people. he is a native of philadelphia and graduate of the university of new york at old westbury. "basketball slave" is filled with extraordinary tales about the story you never heard about the harlem globetrotters. he is going to tell us from the perspective of his father. give him a hand. [applause] okay let's start with dr. carla peterson. it has been said that your book, "b

syracuse, it's going to feel like 107 degrees. 102 in cleveland. 103 in chicago. here's what we look for as far as the setup. the big heat dome we're talking about, a little cooler. the frontal system is making its way to the midwest. so we'll see temperatures in the 80s up through the dakotas on in to minnesota, parts of wisconsin and as we move on to sunday/monday, that system slides south so we have more seasonable temperatures from the great lakes to the northeast. take a look. the southwest, the gulf coast, the mid-atlantic states down to the southeast, you're going to continue to bake. no relief in sight for you. matt? >> thank you very much. we appreciate it. we'll get the rest of the forecast in a couple of minutes. >>> meantime, in washington, the temperature will soar today. this as talks heat up on finding ways to raise the debt ceiling with the deadline ten days away. but the president and congressional republicans may actually be moving further apart. chuck todd is nbc's chief white house correspondent and political director. good morning to you. >> r

. >> and next, syracuse, a four bedroom $275,000. what's special about this one?e, one, the town was built in 1794. this is a classical home in beautiful condition. on a quiet cul-de-sac street and the community has tennis courts and over ten miles of walking trails all throughout the area. it's a beautiful spot in the world. this is a two-story entryway with this house. that really impresses people. liking high entryways and opposing staircase. the living room has a fireplace. sunny windows and glass doors that lead to the deck and a screened porch on the back side of this house. there's that kitchen. those beautiful -- that area works. a sitting area, a room in and of itself. bedrooms light and spacious. lots of closets, airy, and sunny in every room of this house. >> i like the way you describe the next one in denver, colorado. it's a hip two bedroom condo for $280,000. >> it is hip. feels like a loft in downtown manhattan, but it's not. clean with the walls, picture yourself moving in. doesn't feel like it's owned by anybody else. you see the space. upstairs b

that's because drivers in syracuse and hartford are using their cell phones to talk and text less sincethem with tickets. the warning program called phone in one hand, ticket in the other is modelled after similar seat belt use and anti-drunk driving campai campaigns. and hundreds today, saying goodbye to the texas rangers fan who fell to his death last week during am game. firefighter shannon stone lost his balance and fell some 20 feet trying to catch that foul ball. his 6-year-old saw the whole thing. all flags in stone's hometown flying at half staff today. the texas rangers have created a memorial count in honor of the firefighter and father. and more news to us just into cnn. the americans onboard the international space station just found outs their mission has been extended by a day. that means the landing of atlantis at kennedy space center will happen on july 22. that is a day after the anniversary of the famous actually, it's two days after the famous lunar landing, july 20, 1969. the good news here from mission control, a special information of the shuttle's heat shield, not

but syracuse, new york, seeing a record high yesterday. the heat wave, we have not been talking about record highs, because it's all about been the humidity. now, we are seeing numbers like 102 in toledo. as a reminder, those temperatures are measured in something like that, and they don't include humidity. you get out in the blazing sunshine today with the heat index, it really feels like 130, and more like 140. absolutely miserable. just to drive the point home here, here is a chart that highlights the weather-related fatalities here. over the last ten years, the average number of deaths from heat alone is 170. that's more than hurricanes and tornados and even more than floods. if you are weak or ailing, it takes a toll on you, and if the power goes out, you can see that today, brownouts, and in chicago in 1995, where hundreds died. >> yeah, it helps underscore the importance of staying cool the best you can. take advantage of every measure available. >>> a young comics devastating car crash, accomplishing an extraordinary things in this

i'm a syracuse boy. i know you're from rochester. heading upstate? >> yeah, we have a wps game wednesday and the whole city is just -- i think the city is shutting down so i'm really excited to get home. >> we'll have the team many stick around and head out to times square. >> "good morning america" set. >> thanks, guys. thanks so much. >>> coming up what really happened behind the doors of this california mansion. two tragic deaths in one week. >> it's all coming up. >> it's all coming up. a living, breathing intelligence that's helping people rethink how they live. in here, the planned combination of at&t and t-mobile would deliver our next generation mobile broadband experience to 55 million more americans, many in small towns and rural communities, giving them a new choice. ♪ we'll deliver better r rvice, with thousands of new cell sites... for greater access to all the things you want, whenever you want them. it's a network of connections and ideas... open and collaborative... extending far beyond the mobile phone. connecting you to a world of i

just last friday, as you mentioned, a tour bus was involved in a fatal crash near syracuse, a collision with a tractor-trailer left 30 hurt and the truck driver killed. andrew cuomo says there have been frequent and sometimes flagrant violations of federal and state safety regulations by these companies, so he has singled out the eight biggest offenders. this idles about 100 buses until the operators can demonstrate they deserve to be on the road. this action comes after an aggressive 400% increase in roadside inspections by new york's department of transportation, that's 3,000 in the past four months, putting more than 500 drivers or vehicles out of service. we can tell you that some of the operators that have been targeted in this latest crackdown say they don't deserve the punishment be. one of them actually called it absurd, and he hopes to have his fleet back in action by this weekend when he's supposed to supply rides for several weddings, jamie. jamie: rick, thank you so much. great development on that, thanks. bill: about ten minutes past the hour, a couple stories we're watchin

york last friday, a crowded tour bus pulled out onto a highway in front of a tractor-trailer near syracusey accident left 30 hurt and the truck driver killed. while new york governor andrew cuomo says there have been frequent and sometimes flagrant violations of safety regulations by charter bus companies, so he singled out the eight biggest companies. this has idled about 100 buses until the operators can demonstrate that they deserve to be on the road. new york has been cracking down on charter buses since march after a horrific wreck of a casino charter on i-95 left 15 dead and 18 hurt. since then the state department of transportation has performed 3,000 surprise roadside inspections. that's a 400% increase. they've benched 304 drivers, sidelined 238 buses, and u.s. senator chuck schumer recently called for beefing up standards and a national grading system. >> you can be sure if a bus company was required to pull cs or ds, people would not ride it. they'd go on the buses with the as. >> reporter: some of the bus operators targeted said they don't deserve the punishment. one called it

. >>> a horrible scene west of syracuse. tractor trailer rear ended a tour bus right around 1:30 this morning. both vehicling immediately caught fire. police tell us the bus driver just pulled back on to the freeway to take care of an emissions problem when it happened. 30 passengers were injured. two of them are still listed in critical condition. and police say the bus driver will be charged with a misdemeanor for driving with a suspended license. but you can just imagine the sense of panic early this morning. people scrambling to get off that bus. 52 passengers were onboard. they were tourists from canada headed to new york city. one woman onboard the bus told a canadian newspaper, their parents ran on the bus barefoot and just hads to keep running because their bus just kept blowing up. drivers who drove past the accident did stop to help. take a listen. >> upon impact, there was an explosion. and as i said, all the passengers, the bus driver were able to get off the bus safely. there was a couple of witnesses who render

ten years mandatory jail time in federal prison, but according to syracuse university, and their track worst record ever on prosecuting those gun crimes. it's embarrassing that they want to ask for another one when they won't enforce the laws they already have. the truth is the drug cartels aren't going to be concerned with a paperwork violation by atf. the first thing we need to do, atf does know a lot about straw purchases because they approved thousands of them and sent thousands of illegal guns into mexico. we now have a dead federal agent. this is nothing more than a distraction away from a growing scandal in a program that's not going to do anything. >> you're making points here and i just want -- the goal is to give a clearer argument for people at home to understand what's going on. you're referring to fast and furious, an atf operation, where the goal was to trace those guns and to actually bring down the smuggling network and yes, there were -- obviously did not go as planned. we know that. back to this one, you agree that it's a problem that these straw purchases are getting

corporal snyder was born in syracuse and lived in new york for most of his life. he was a graduate of baker high school and attended a community college for a year before enlisting in the marine corps in 2008. corporal snyder is survived by his parents, richard and lori snyder, a brother, kevin, and a fiance, teresa lynn dodge of west columbia, texas. corporal snyder was a proud and valiant marine. but he was also a son, a brother, a grandson, fiance, friend and comrade. he will be greatly missed and no words will diminish the grief of those who knew and loved him. in his death he has earned the the -- the thanks of a grateful nation. i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from iowa seek recognition? >> to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for one minute. >> thank you, mr. speaker. wake up, america. we're going to be voting today on a bill that has never seen a committee hearing, it's never been the subject of a markup in any committee and there are goin

catholic charity, starting a new life with carol's foster family in a place very different from home, syracusei thought, my goodness, where are their suitcases or their clothes. come to find out, they had the clothes on their back, so that's all they came with. >> reporter: morris embraced the challenge of his new life. what was it like being 16 years old, stepping off the plane to a totally different country and culture? >> it was tough. in kenya i could actually still relate to people, but the united states was a different world. >> reporter: he studied hard to catch up with his new classmates, spending nights, weekends, and summers taking extra classes. he graduated third in his class and earned a full scholarship to columbia university. and what about learning english? you're pretty fluent and perfect now. >> i wouldn't say that. it took a lot of practice. i watched a lot of shows like "seinfeld." >> "seinfeld"? >> yes, i watched that, too. >> you can thank jerry seinfeld if your english. he thrived in columbia where he majored in bio engineering finding another home in the school's lab. >

. >> when you think about this, >> when you think about this, syracuse got 179 inches of snow this past winter and yesterday 101 degrees. it's all relative. let's see what's happening for today. we are going to show you we've got showers and thunderstorms firing up in iowa and on into illinois and parts of wisconsin. the risk of storms there stretching from the dakotas all the way into ohio. beautiful weather in the pacific northwest today. the heat continues in texas as those cities down there, a lot of cities in texas have had over 20 to 25 days of 100 plus degree readings. here's what's happening in your neck of the woods. >> oh, we continue to get a break while most of the nation has oppressive heat. we're going to get a couple of cool days. this weekend great for outdoor activities. we have a pretty solid cloud deck that's going to cool us off. the daytime highs in the 80s and the 70s, just 69 degrees today in san francisco. 70 in santa cruz. thick fog in santa cruz. take it easy on 17. the weekend looks great. >>> that's your latest weather. matt? >> al, thank you very much. human