winds off the pacific are expected to cool things down a bit. by friday they'll get back to normal. >>> federal officials are looking for an eighth suspect in connection with an alleged terrorist group. the man has been identified as jude keenan mohammed. daniel boyd and his two contractor sons are among the seven people accused so far. boyd is the son of a marine and an american citizen. he spent three years in the middle east secretly buying guns and recruiting groups to kidnap and kill people. >> i think the reason why they wrapped up the case at this point was they were thwarted in carrying out jihad overseas. they were prepared to die in the source of carrying out suicide bombings. the possibility existed that they would carry out the acts here. >> a security official said the boyd family tried to get into india two years ago. they were denied entry. the official didn't say why they were stopped. her family traveled to middle east for peaceful reasons, including praying for a son who had died in a car crash. she says her family is good and d

the ac i should say in the pacific northwest if they had any. it's the heat that's really cranking up. triple digit temperatures triggered heed advisories in a region known for its cool weather here. the forecast high for seattle today is 100. which would make it the hottest day on record there. the unusual heat wave has lasted for several days at this point but winds off the pacific ocean may cool things down a bit. hopefully by friday for all of you there. >>> we're learning even more about the final moments of michael jackson's life. paramedics said the superstar wasn't breathing, had no pulse when they got to his rented home. a fire department official said he received every possible life saving treatment, what they called the hallelujah package. paramedics also said they worked on him for 42 minutes, that he was too far gone to be rushed to the hospital and said his personal physician, dr. conrad murray was there and that he was calling the shots. >> he took responsible at the scene this fire captain told me. nervous charge, calling the shot

pretty unusual to see in the pacific northwest this time of year.essive heat warnings will be in effect through wednesday for places like portland, even long view before the day is out. or highs could reach the 90s. but all the way through wednesday, possibly exceeding the triple digits. for the rest of the nation, still hot in parts of texas and of course the four corners. dallas and houston at 96, 109 in phoenix, 103 in las vegas. 69 for san francisco. 08 in chicago. 87 degrees in washington, d.c. and 90 in miami. that is a look at your forecast across the nation. i'm reynold wolf for "hln." >>> a machine for removing carbon dioxide from the international space station has been fixed. the dwits shut down yesterday with a record 13 people aboard the linked station and shuttle "endeavour." nasa says even if the system isn't fixed soon, it can stay linked until tuesday's scheduled undocking. astronauts will perform a fifth and final spacewalk tomorrow. >>> a law school graduate is going to work just so that they can take her bar exam. the test is tue

. >>> now to the pacific northwest where the story tonight is the heat. in parts of the northwest, heat records are being shattered, in seattle, take one, parts of oregon, temperatures this week are over 100 degrees. weather channel meteorologist, mike seidel in seattle tonight where a lot of people are trying to beat the heat at the beach there. mike, good evening. >> good evening, brian. and some bad news tonight. we just learned one person has died from this heat wave here in king county, washington. this is the fourth consecutive day, soaring temperatures have sizzled in the pacific northwest making it the hottest july on record. >> hot, too hot, way too hot. we are trying to stay hydrated. >> reporter: in seattle where temperatures yesterday reached an all-time high of 103, people flock ed to water fountains. and lake fronts. anything to stay cool. >> swimming a lot. and going to friends' house whose have air conditioning. >> reporter: they're lining up to get ice cream at baskin robbins. >> anything to get out. from the apartment. >> reporter: at

very hot hair is moving in the pacific northwest. we'll talk more about that. but really the sheet on for many folks across the country. >> julie: thank you very much. >> gregg: now to the political crisis in honduras, ousted president briefly, ever so briefly, crossing into his country from nicaragua. he only went a few feet before retreating in less than 30 minutes or so. interim government we're not too impressed with it. it's just a publicity stunt. supporters of the newly installed president protested but the backers of the overthrown president also took to the streets. that is where we find steve harrigan with the latest. when you and i last talked, he had a cell phone in his hand. then he crossed and he went back. what was the point. why did he do that? >> you're right. he had a cell phone in his hand and he was surrounded by about 200 television cameras. his supporters realized what he was trying to do was bring attention to his plight. he says she an ousted president trying to get back in his own country, a victim of a coup d'etat that has condemned as

it moved to southern japan and ended in the pacific ocean. t was in total darkness for six minutes and 39 seconds. an eclipse when the moon moves between the earth and the sun. take a look at the totality of this eclipse. from india through china and ends up in the pacific ocean. quite an event last night. there was a stampede in india because somebody was killed from all the spiritual connotations in the can dethethe hindu relig. we have some moisture in the air mass over our area today. we will have a stickier air which will be the trend that leads throughout the weekend and the next couple of days. we are starting to bring back the humidity and heat. a high of 86 degrees today. only a trace amount of precipitation yesterday. we have less of a chance to see some today. wednesday will be developing and kicking up out of the south east at about -- winds today will be developing and kicking up out of the south east. 88 is our average high. we closer to it than we have been all week long. the record was a setback in 1957 and outports 101 degrees

. >> hawaii and our interests in the pacific are extremely protective. not just because the last couple days 11 missiles have been launched by north korea but in the last few years the u.s. has continued to popular cruisers and destroyers with the aegis antimissile system which we profiled on fox before which can shoot threats out of the sky. you have the xp as radar to say as radar built on old oil platform that can be moved around the region. forces have already -- always been here for the last 50 years at a significant level that had this new technology on top, light and our interests in the pacific's -- in the pacific and our allies are protected. >> julie: what other military resources or there. >> the navy the coast guard they do a fantastic job working with our allies in the pacific. it is not just american assets. you have south korean and japanese assets. when the two ships the united states has now with each his capabilities again the ability to shoot down missiles off the coast of north korea in international waters, and we heard today from apr

here's abc's laura marquez. >> reporter: the entire pacific northwest went looking for a fan. >> all one. >> they're all gone, huh? >> reporter: stores that stocked up sold out before noon. >> i got to come back this afternoon to try and get a bigger fan. they just have desktop fans right now. >> reporter: to escape the oppressive heat, families are resorting to sleeping outside, or in their basements. >> it just sucks the life right out of you, just like it was 95 and 90% humidity back in a place like new jersey. >> reporter: maureen master-batista, got a surprise when she opened heifer freezer. >> polar bears in the freezer. why are they in the freeze center. >> because they need to be cold. >> reporter: for many in seattle, keeping cool has become an imprfizational art because there have been entire years where the city hasn't reached 90 degrees. but this month alone, it's topped that four days running. cooling centers are now up and running. swimming pools are extending hours. while outdoor workers are withering. >> as long as it doesn't get too much above 100. i don't want to mel

we've been in the pacific command for decades. the guns have largely been silent in our area of responsibility. for that, we're grateful. it is due to the efforts of several in the room including walter slocombe and the general. we wanted to take what got us where we are and try and catapulted five, 10, 20 years in the future. it is a dynamic aor, as we described. the economic engine is turning. their opportunities and challenges of plenty other. everything about the countries in our area of responsibility, if you think about them and realize how much room there is for growth, how much opportunity there is for, in some cases, a adventurism in korea or in some cases, that behavior. in many more cases than not, cooperating in of collaborating to ensure more peace and stability in the region that is why we chose to undertake the process of writing a new strategy for the u.s. is a big way. based a lot on what we saw in the rearview mirror but try to look up to 20 years down the road. it is this is undertaking to be sure. we ended up co

naval base in fort -- coral harbour and destroyed most of the pacific fleet, killing 3,000 soldiers, sailors, airmen and marines. must have heard of that moment of the attack on pearl harbor was only a series of attacks that began world war ii in the pacific. the next week hours they also struck other targets in the pacific, among them america's most important position in the area, the philippine islands. they bombed clark field, destroy the american air force. two weeks later on december 22nd, the imperial japanese fourteenth army invaded the philippine islands. the japanese landed 43,000 men. the americans and filipinos met them with roughly 110,000 men. with the american air force destroyed, the inexperienced, ill trained and badly equipped american/filipino troops had no airplanes to protect them and no navy to resupply them and it didn't take the japanese want to push the filipinos and americans back and back again to a final defensive position on the tiny peninsula of bataan. they were under siege, 6, starving and outgunned for, the bataan force, 76,000 men, surrendered. was the

giant arches symbolize the two main places the war was fought known as the atlantic theater and the pacific theater. then, there's the freedom wall of 4,000 stars. each one of those gold stars represents 100 americans killed in wwii. if you do the math, you'll realize that more than 400,000 americans laid down their lives in world war ii. >> it's an area where you're expected to be quiet and to be reverential. >> the world war ii memorial is still relatively new. but it's already a popular destination for visitors to washington, d.c. most americans, in fact virtually everybody, welcomes the addition of the wwii memorial. at the wwii memorial for "teen kids news," i'm lauren. ♪ >>> and now our fox in the classroom update. >> a major announcement in the nation's health care policy. in a move the white house is calling unprecedented, president barack obama is pledge to go reduce the rate of health care spending by 1.5% a year over the next ten years. that rate reduction adds up to a savings of some $2 trillion or more. >> we can't continue down the same dangerous road we've been traveling for

. >>> they're cranking up the ac in the pacific northwest, if they had any. triple digit temperature. the forecast high for seattle, think about this, 100 degrees. that would make it the hottest day on record there. the unusual heat wave has lasted for several days now. winds off the pacific ocean are expected to cool things down just a bit, but, boy, not until probably friday. so hope they're all doing okay out there. >>> president obama is taking his push for health care reform to north carolina. live pictures coming to you right now. we see the town hall meeting in raleigh. the president has been urging congress to send him a bill to extend health care insurance for everyone. he got the crowd fired up right now. >>> international cancer experts now consider tanning beds as deadly as arsenic or mustard gas. the world health organization is declaring the devices probable carcinogens or causes of cancer. a new analysis of 20 medical studies found people who use tanning beds before age 30 increase their skin cancer risk by 75%. a tanning bed trade association i

the alert comes from the pacific tsunami warning center after a quake measuring 7.8 was recorded all of south island, 160 kilometers left of a city. there have been no reports, though, of civilian damage or casualties. we can talk now on the phone to a manager of a hotel in the area. what evidence have you had of this on the ground? >> just shaking for a good four minutes to five minutes, the whole building just shook. >> what kinds of things were happening during this period? >> doors were swinging, the building was creaking, lights were swaying and tables and chairs. >> in the hotel itself, what was their reaction from people, the residents staying there? was there panic? >> it was very calm and everybody said, what a good earthquake. quite scary to start off with, but everybody coped nicely and nobody panicked very much. >> i don't know if you heard my introduction but there has been this tsunami warning, and alert. have you heard that? >> we looked up on the internet, but nobody has reacted. we're pretty close to the sea here, but i don't think we are to worry that the moment. >>

. >>> and the pacific northwest is broiling in temperatures never seen befor never. captions paid for by abc, inc. >>> good evening. against a backdrop of rising concern about the resurgence of the h1n1 swine flu this fall, a government advisory committee decided who should be the first to get the vaccine. at the front of the line are the people most vulnerable to the disease. pregnant mothers and health care workers are at the top of the list, but supplies are lited and the first doses will be dispensed later in the flu season than officials had hoped. lisa stark has more. >> reporter: good evening. committee members today wrestled over which group should have top priority for the new pandemic flu vaccine. ultimately, they decided to paint a broad brush. first, they'll go to the patients with the highest risk. not just pregnantwomen, 15 of whom have died from this illness, also jung infants, and those 19 to 64 with health problems, such as asthma and diabetes. in a surprise move, the committee added healthy college-aged kids to the list, deciding 19-24-year-olds shou

that this was the day it splashed down in the pacific ocean. the uss hairnet plucked them from thecean. the uss hornet museum is the site of this year's splash down 2009 celebration. that's where we find casey stegall live in almeda, california with the latest. >> hey. good to see you. the ship is incredible. behind me in all its glory. but no doubt the pictures really tell the story. let's get right to it. we want to show you the video. we are talking about the uss hornet. it's docked in the san francisco bay and it's a 19-story floating aircraft carrier. the ship fought nine major battles in world war ii, the cold war, then vietnam, but she is perhaps most famous for her mission in july of 1969, the splash down as it's called, 40 years ago, when the hornet and its crew plucked the astronauts and the space capsule from the apollo 11 mission from the waters of the pacific ocean. the world watched as the helicopter brought neil armstrong and the rest of his crew on board after spending eight days in outer space, more than 21 of those hours on the

a simpler way to ship. >>> the pacific northwest, they are sweating it out. the whole region has been sizzling for days in a record-breaking heat wave. patrick ottman got the lucky assignment. great place to be but tough time, patrick. >> reporter: it's already a hot one today, kyra. if you walk around this neighborhood behind me, you see people with their doors open, their windows open, their garages open. anything to stay a little bit cooler today. there is a run as well on air-conditioning units and fans, things that people typically don't own in seattle because summers here are so mild. probably the worst plays ce to is on a seattle bus. most buses have no a.c. a really nasty commute on a day like today where we are getting temperatures near 100. officials are warning people telling them to drink lots of wate water, go to some of these cooling centers they have set up. they are seeing a lot of cases of sun stroke and heat stroke and lastly, as you can look around this neighborhood a little bit, you see so many dead lawns, so much dead foliage. there is a t

then drop off and faded away, scene finally over islands in the pacific. ur correspondent was lucky enough to follow the most memorable moments of the clips across india. >> cruising at 41,000 feet, to witness the celestial spectacle of the century, the moment of totality when the sun disappeared from view. it was a magical sight that stayed with us for 6.5 minutes, and then it was over. >> everyone here was very enthusiastic and excited. we have a mixed bunch. people who are seeing it for the first time, and even a few children. these scenes are the best ones in the house. bbc or the best. they are the ones from where you can see the total eclipse. for this privilege, you pay a steep price. >> it is unbelievable. i have seen photographs of eclipses. it is not the same. >> the only thing is that i missed the diamond ring. there is a lot of hype about it, and i miss all that. everyone was taking photographs. i did not ask the gentleman in front of me for the binoculars. it was a little disappointing. >> while they are struck with wonder about the booklets, d

the u.s. is a trans-pacific power. hillary clinton spoke at length about washington's commitment to its allies in the region. her aides said that a collective policy and a united front were paying off on issues like north korea and burma. washington is also trying to push back against china's growing influence in the region. >> the iraqi prime minister, nouri al-malki, holding his first talks at the white house since the obama election. now that the u.s. has repeated their pledge to pull out all troops from iraq by 2011, it is the issue of lifting iraq's multibillion-dollar chapter 7. >> it would be a mistake for iraq to continue to be burdened by the sins of a deposed dictator. in order to do that, we will have to obtain cooperation from members of the united nations. there will have to be specific disputes that are resolved between iraq and its neighbors. we intend to be very constructive in that process. we have said clearly, and i repeated it today, we will work diligently with iraq so that, in fact, iraq is no long

leaving a purple mark on the planet believed the size of the pacific ocean. >> has more than 40 yearso command module made its fiery reentry through earth's atmosphere and slashed him safely in the pacific ocean. the three astronauts on board and leaving what here's earlier seemed impossible. .exe found earth after becoming the first humans to travel to the moon, buzz aldrin, neil armstrong and michael collins emerges heroes stepping aboard the uss hornet aircraft carrier and today, hundreds are marking the historic event on board the ship that picked them up, talked them out of the sea. the chip is now a museum and kcc goes there. with my mother today at? seem actually, this is some very cool stuff. a lot of people are reliving history over this weekend. but you don't have to be a history buff to really appreciate the beauty behind me. i will step out of the way and let you take live look at what we're talking about hear. the uss hornet is back here in the san francisco bay, tilt and served in world war ii and the tours of vietnam, which is perhaps best known for her mission, 40 year

applause ] i am here with my father, he fought in world war ii with the greatest generation in the pacific theater, for this country. i don't want this flag to change. i want my country back! >> if you are referring to the president there, he is a citizen of the united states. he is a citin of the united states. >> i think we shouldll stand up and give pledge allegiance to the flag. >> the crowd then stood in a spontaneous pledge of allegiance. that is just part of the scene that unfolded at a gop congressman's town meeting in delaware. we'll put the entire videotape on our website. a lot of us live with this issue, we get e-mails asked about it. justice correspondent pete williams will join in on this conversation from washington. pete, no matter how untrue this comes up at a lot of public gatherings now? >> yes, and members of congress say they hear this question often too. one even said he is reluctant to advertise townhall meetings because he is concerned questions about this will drown out everything else. >> i have read about him. >> reporter: john mccain started hearing it during la

here's what's going on in the pacific. pacific rather quiet, too. monsoon in india. here is the path of totality as it moves down from china on into the northern part of the pacific. so it will be pretty good shape out there for the weather overall. and there's where the path of totality is. here's shanghai here. you can get a idea of that path and great good shape. some areas will be cloudy. but a lot of folks, millions and millions of people will be seeing the longest eclipse of the 21st century. for us, our clouds and our eclipse of rain continues. that's the lack of it. with humidity tomorrow and there is -- always a risk in the mountains especially of showers and thundershowers. and there will be a cold front coming our way and finally, thursday, at least a chance important rain. hir the meantime for this evening, partly cloudy. warm. temperatures near 80 grdeeede and later on tonight, i think skies willole s ware will be able to see the international space station and the seletthu together. i will show you that in just a ttw minutes. we areoing -- risk of a show

and it will be windy across the pacific northwest. for hln, i'm karen maginnis. >>> battling the deadly swine flu virus. u.s. officials are counting on vaccines to win the medical war. and they're ready to write a big check to make sure that happens. >>> u.s. health officials are bracing for the fall flu season. they want to make sure they are ready for any outbreak of the h1n1 virus, otherwise known as swine flu. health and human services secretary kathleen sebelius will announce tomorrow the u.s. will spend another billion dollars on vaccinations. she says research is under way to fight the virus, hoping to fight the spread of the pandemic. 211 people have died of swine flu in the u.s. officials estimate as many as a million americans may be infected with the virus. >>> a california jail has quarantined about 400 inmates after one of them tested positive for swine flu virus. sheriff's officials in san diego county say the inmays are being isolated in various housing units and they've been given antiviral drugs. visits to the county's

it looked very bleak by the end of 42 in the pacific. in europe it was no better. inmates 42 by september or october, they were very close to cairo and the suez canal to control all of north africa so the allies landed in november but up until then his army kept marching. in europe and 41 they had attacked russia and moved all the way to leningrad, moscow, ukraine but then pushed up by the winter and and 42 it got worse. their german army surrounded leningrad and move to the outskirts of moscow they captured the ukraine and moved on to the caucus. in europe everything was going bad. and the north atlantic and the north sea they were seeking large number of allied vessels -- vessels. but actually the most serious submarine warfare was in the caribbean and in the gulf. between the first of february 42 until the end of november 42, the germans were just using a few submarines about 610 allies, a large allied vessels with 3.1 million tons of carrying power. with almost no loss at two themselves. it was that enormous success, almost 18 percent of all of the ships lost by

waves hit this part of california because of strong winds in the pacific. there is a surf and flood advisory for l.a. beaches until later tonight. >>> we are talking about your health now and swine flu has spread to almost every country in the world. the cdc there is a good chance you could get it because there are still no human vaccine for it and, as reported, there may be a vaccine available soon. >> reporter: the u.s. centers for disease control estimates up to 40% of americans could contract swine flu over the next two years and several hundred thousand could die if vaccines are not successful. the cdc today said all u.s. children from age six months to 18 years should get a seasonal flew vaccine every year but that vaccine will not prevent swine flu. >> this is definitely a challenge for us. we are in a race against time, because we are preparing for the fall and the fall is almost around the corner. >> reporter: in brevard county, florida, several summer camps have reported swine flu outbreaks. deb tee thompson in florida, the mother of an 11-year-old

one car from each state completed the reach to the pacific. the original contest was held to help publicize the first world's fair. >> i know jay leno has a bunch of them but i want just one. >> apparently you can get them but the upkeep, that will get you. i'm dan kloeffler. this is "early today," just your first stop of the day today on your nbc station. [captioning made possible by constellation energy] >> top of this monday to you. hope you're ready to start another workweek. weather-wise, hope you're not complaining because we're going to see lower humidity than is typical for this time of the year. this is july and while we're going to see temperatures surge into the 80's today, we're not going to be too humid. the front made its way through yesterday and is hanging out over the delmarva peninsula. so it's warmer in ocean city and southern maryland this morning. not too bad downtown. 73. 65 b.w.i. marshall. only 55 right now in york where cooler air has filtered in. partly cloudy for today. 84-87. winds flow out of the north-northeast. th

in the north, pacific northwest, minnesota, and up to alaska, it is going to be milder. the big question is? what is going to happen in california and the southwest where the southwest has been in a ten-year drought. they expect it is going to, they will see more precipitation there, but they don't think it is going to be enough to break that drought. >> all right, anne thompson. with a look at the weather. tonight and months into the future. we will see. we'll be watching it that's for sure. >>> very big news for general motors. a federal judge cleared the way for the company to sell good assets to a kind of new gm, which will be largely owned by all of us the taxpayers. this means the deal could be closed, gm could emerge from bankruptcy as we know it, as soon as tomorrow. when we continue in just a moment -- summer campers in philadelphia. sadly learning a hard lesson about race. first we add the baking soda, then we put the vinegar. scientific explorations in the kitchen? bring it. it started bubbling. new bounty is thick and absorbent. it cleans the mess with less. t

to win the war of the revolution and see the borders of the united states extend all the way to the pacific ocean. it is that true or is that just mythology? >> i think that is just mythology. washington certainly look to the west. he owns about 60,000 acres. he had fought to win the west in the french and indian war, fighting in what was called the ohio country at that time, but it generally, kind of the midwest, what would later be ohio, indiana, illinois, michigan and wisconsin, and so washington i think certainly hoped that the united states would gain that area. even after yorktown, washington proposed to rochambeau a joint invasion of canada, and he writes to congress, and in his letter he talks about all that great land in canada and also securing the frontiers of america and securing the american national security by keeping great britain out of candidate in the post-war years. and most southerners i think fought, they were quite interested in what they called the southwest at that time, what we think of as the southeast today, alabama, mississippi and was never but i don't think ma

than in americans could swing to the mississippi river and then beyond the mississippi river to the pacific and they didn't stop there. my thought in terms of central america and south america so that the the whole western hemisphere, north and south america, would be anglo-american. in the and. >> you mention a name that out like you to expand on if you run -- francis marion, the swamp fox. over the years i have been told, i have read that he was largely in the version, that he was no significant figure. which you expand on that, please,? >> i think historians debate that point. there is not a uniform interpretation of marion and i think it grows out of the fact that mary anne was sort of a cantankerous independent sort who did not always work particularly well with continental army. certainly when corrine came in and took command of the southern continental army, he had problems with marion. but that said, i think as i tried to argue in the book, the partisan leaders not just marion bought some derrin and others waged a war that really turned things around. it through the british on the d

and it will be windy across the pacific northwest. for hln, i'm karen maginnis. >>> battling the deadly swine flu virus, u.s. officials are counting on that vaccines to win the medical war. and they are ready to write a big check to make sure that happens. >>> lawmakers in washington are battling it out to reform health care. less than 40 miles away, kate bolduan found a place where the battle is already over and the people living there are the winners. >> you can't tell now, but henryetta and jim o'neill have gone through a few toughiers. hen riet fought and survived breast cancer, only to lose her health insurance when the company she worked for closed. mingets concern was the cancer, never even thinking that i had heart problems. none. none. >> reporter: but it was neal's heart that almost killed her. she discovered she needed triple bypass surgery just one month after finally finding affordable health insurance. she got it through a new program called healthy howard access plan in howard county, maryland. >> do you think healthy ho

when they returned home, they splashed down into the middle of the pacific ocean in a space capsule that hornet came in a giant helicopter launched off of that aircraft carrier literally ed armstrong and the rest of his crew out of the water and brought them onboard that ship. president nixon even came to the ship to speak with the astronauts and meet with them. here's another interesting tidbit a lot of people don't know. those astronauts were put into a 21 day quarantine. space coloration was new at that time and they didn't know if those astronauts picked up any germs, viruses, bugs on the moon so they were in quarantine for 21 days. essentially an airstream trailer engineered by nasa was on the ship they were put into the quarantine at that time and then taken to johnson's space center in houston no doubt the uss hornet back here, docked in the san francisco bay behind me is literally a piece of floating history. walking through the halls and the stories to be told, just incredible. >> yes, indeed. what is going on there today? >> reporter: well, it is a big 40th celebration. thousan

there is a rotation across the pacific northwest. of there and a big ritual building and with the temperatures we will see temperatures exploding across the pacific northwest. here are your house today. very warm across a central plains. tomorrow you will see things around seattle gift for the upper 80s. we'll get to the upper 90's this week. portland you could be around 100-105. these are the highest pictures you have seen possibly ever across the pacific northwest. nice day today across the east. >> alysin: can you tell mutinous bag of treats you have next to you to queue. >> clayton: i was told earlier it's a bag of swag. i was saying swag. that's a different terminology. all of our producers were laughing at me and they just let me keep saying swag. >> dave: we were laughing with you. >> clayton: gets a bag of swag with lots of goodies including fox paraphanalia. >> alysin: did you or your kid to comic con. >> clayton: there are flip-flops in hear, a sweater, and we're showing you this because of our super pages contest. go to fo

they've found environments as diverse as australia's outback and the pacific islands affecting many of the same survival challenges. >> unequivocally, it's the role of humans that's determining what's happening to the biodiversity conservation in our region. and it's fundamentally due to increasing population rates and our consumption. >> reporter: habitat destruction, overfishing and hunting and pollution are among the most devastating along with the looming threat of climate change, and some of the species that have arrived, along with humans, are having a dramatic impact. the prescription, the scientists say, is a better coordinated response. while national parks and protected zones are on the rise, there's still not enough to protect ecosystems from the threats. >> such as land clearing, logging, building dams and diverting water out of rivers. >> reporter: but most of all, they say, human behavior has to change. shane mcleod, abc news. >>> and that's "worldfocus" for this thursday evening. don't forget, go to worldfocus.org for much more global news and to watch the program any ti

seattle 84 degrees today but there is a weather system moving in off the pacific. ose temperatures are dropping back to more near normal levels. that will put them generally speaking right around 73, 74 degrees. all right, our chance for thunderstorms today across the deep south as this frontal system starts to wave a little bit further towards the south. still another hot day in the pacific northwest but we'll see those temperatures as i just mentioned drop to more normal levels as we go into the next several days. severe thunderstorms also possible across the eastern edge of the rockies. brooke, back to you. >> 70s in alaska. who knew? karen, thank you. >>> it is a very special independence day weekend at the statue of liberty. for the very first time since the 9/11 terrorist attacks visitors are allowed to go up inside the statue's crown. the statue's been an american icon ever since it opened up in new york harbor back in 1886. >> reporter: for generations of immigrants, the statue of liberty was the first glimpse of america. for returning soldiers and sailors,

people are looking for ways to beat the heat as triple digit temperatures smother the pacific northwestand one-way ticket. the controversial plan to deal with homelessness in the big apple. it's thursday, july 30th. >> announcer: from abc news, this is "world news now." >> seeing all that footage of kids running through the sprinkler takes me back. i remember that slip and slide we used to set up in texas. >> it's the only way to stay cool in parts of the country right now. >> good morning. thanks for being with us. i'm vinita nair. >> i'm jeremy hubbard. government health officials have now drawn up their list for who should be the first to get the swine flu vaccine. >> but supplies are going to be limited. the first shots will be given later in the flu season than officials had hoped. lisa stark reports from the centers for disease control in atlanta. >> reporter: first and foremost, immunizations will go to those at highest risk from h1n1 swine flu. not just pregnant women, 15 of whom have died from this virus and health care workers, also those who care for young infants, children a

one car from each state completed the reach to the pacific. he original contest was held to help publicize the first world's fair. >> i know jay leno has a bunch of them but i want just one. >> apparently you can get them but the upkeep, that will get you. i'm dan kloeffler. this is arly >>> 4:54 is our time right now, 72 degrees. a live look outside this morning. the washington monument all lit up. a monday morning here's in the nation's capital. july 13th, 2009. good morning. i'm joe krebs. >> and i'm kimberly suiters. we want to start things off as we do always with a look at weather and traffic. >> meteorologist tom kierein has joined us here in the studio. tom, another nice weekend. >> a little taste of washington heat and humidity over the weekend. >> a little bit. >> but auasllyt' i gt'ng away, oirning less humid this morning. mo w. genge oi gnhi o t cireti ptaarpion t gioundhe re ten shmperur we 72 in .n wan ihenerpp u0sn i prie yonegeax fai arfndtgon mom estiun. farther to our west in the low 60s. he utsorn marylrdut neahe the ap es bc

the weather story this week i think is the extraordinary heat in the pacific northwest. n, yesterday 106. seattle washington not only set the record high temperature for the day yesterday when they made it to 103 degrees, realize in more than 100 years of record keeping in seattle, they've only been 100 once before. that was 15 years ago. that was 100 on the nose. 103 yesterday was the all-time record high temperature in seattle, washington. those folks i promise you are not used to that kind of heat. what about our weather around here for the neck two to three days? pretty good weather. most of the rest of day, mid and high-level clouds will move through dimming out the sunshine a bit from time to time but won't take much of an edge off the heat. today high near 90. by late tonight, couple sprinkles down to south. generally dry overnight tonight. tomorrow mid to late afternoon time frame. i think we'll have another chance for passing showers with a chance for thunderstorms tomorrow. doesn't look like much in the way of a severe weather threat. that pulls on out and i thi

. >>> folks in the pacific midwest had the opposite problem. the 100-plus temperatures have sent many people to the beach and outdoor workers to umbrellas for shelter from the sun. >>> for years, doctors called tanning beds probable causes of cancer. now they're sure. thakt, they say tanning beds are as deadly as arsenic. a panel of experts boosted the tanning bed warning from probably to definitely able to cause cancer. a doctor reports on one young woman who learned that the hard way. >> reporter: jody duke works at the university of colorado-denver school of pharmacy. she got into public health after she had a personal health scare. >> i was 19 when i was diagnosed. >> reporter: jody had a mole reformed from her arm. it was a stage four melanoma. >> i never thought there could be anything wrong. >> reporter: what was wrong was the fair-skinneded red head was forcing her skin to tan by going to a tanning bed. >> it was all day, every time. it was my addiction. >> reporter: jody believes her addiction to tanning beds led to the cancer. >> tann

what's happening in the pacific northwest? the heat was on today in seattle.emperature made it to 87 degrees. it wasn't a record, but those temperatures are running about ten to 15 degrees above normal. also, in portland the current temperature at 90 degrees. now, for sunday, it's still going to be a fairly warm day. maybe not quite as hot, but we've got this weather disturbance that's still out in the pacific. so as this moves on shore by monday, those temperatures are going to be back near normal. temperatures right around 72, 75 degrees. we're also expecting another round of thunderstorms, maybe making it across the deep south, don. need a little bit of wet weather these days. it's been a little bit dry. >> all right. thank you very much for that, karen. we'll get you now to nashville, tennessee, where a news conference is getting under way in the death of football player steve mcnair. >> i see everybody is still -- everybody ready? >> we're live. >> all right. an examination of the bodies at the crime scene showed that steve mcnair was shot multiple times.

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pattern with the jet stream getting a little farther south than normal so the heat is spiking out in the pacificorthwest. it's hot through the south. what are we left with? we're a little too close to both systems and that's wh this pattern keeps repeating itself. we're close to the trough so we have a lot of activity weather moving through. bermuda high off the coast keeping the humidity. this provides the weather system and this the humidity and we've got a chance to squeeze out storms in the forecast the next several days. tonight 72 degrees. tomorrow we're getting the fox storm force activated early. maybe some morning showers but watching for scattered strong afternoon storms, 87 degrees. redskins are going to have to watch that too and anybody else with outdoor activity. the severe risk just like yesterday goes from new enand down to the carolinas and we will watch for the possibility of those gusty winds and in particular htose rotating storms. max hd futurecast shows most things dry but notice by afternoon, 4:00, right over d.c., we see the signs of a squall line forming on up. it gets o

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a heat wave is all but melting parts of the pacific northwest this week. temperatures in portland, oregon, in this video, sailed past the triple digit mark reading 106 degrees. and that was not enough to stop these kids from getting out and having fun. unfortunately for them there is no immediate relief in sight unless you are in the pool. the triple-digit temperatures are expected to last until tomorrow. >>> in north carolina, a powerful storm brought down power lines and trees last night. some of the trees toppled down on the house in charlotte. the house is too dangerous to live in. no word on how much damage the storm caused across the state. >>> down in louisiana, torrential rains left high flood waters. two feet of water reported along the main street in spring hill. many roads around the town had to be shut down. a number of area stores were also flooded. i am feeling good about what we have got. >> yeah, other than the arctic blast outside, not bad july day in washington. >> what was the temperature yesterday at this time? >> 82 degrees at 11:00 yes

much above normal in the pacific northwest. eal wet week ahead stretching through the red river valley on into the mid mississippi river valley. out to the west, it is going to >> 87 to 92 is the temperature range. good chance for showers and storms. this will remain with us each and every day this week. we would keep >> and that's your latest weather from key west. >> al, thank you. >>> coming up next, important information when you're in charge of the kids this summer right after this. welcome to chili's. start your three-course meals with a shared appetizer. for a second course, choose two entrees from over 15 chili's favorites, like our big mouth bites -- the mini burgers with giant layers of flavor. or a half-rack of our triple-basted baby back ribs. then save some room to share a decadent dessert. a lot of bold flavors, for a limited time only. chili's -- this is another. new total blueberry pomegranate cereal gives you 100% of the daily value of 12 essential vitamins and minerals. plus the bold new taste of blueberries an