i went to interview harvey at the southern ohio correctional facility. i look at harvey as somewhat of a chameleon. he's able to blend in a his environment very, very easily. again, i find myself hiding my real feelings and budding up to a serial killer. if i want to find the truth, i have to give harvey the chance to explain himself. he starts by presenting himself as a good samaritan. >> you would consider that mercy, mercy killings? >> some of them had been in comas for many, many years. well, semi comas in and out. didn't know nothing. what i was doing i thought was right. and the patients i took care of, i like to think i made their passing easy. they didn't give me permission, no. but some of the patients didn't have no one to give permission for them. they didn't have a choice. and sometimes there was no family to make the choice for them. i made it for them. i was being the judge and jury and executioner. >> and then he got caught. your downfall was with powell. >> yeah. >> that's why -- that's what got you here. >> my downfall was not leaving th

the southern plains and west coast. storms are moving into the great lakes and ohio valley but later today, milder temperatures will return to the northeast, along with scattered thunderstorms. intense heat will continue in the south and severe thunderstorms will range from the ohio valley to the central plains. >>> in sports, the dallas mavericks are one game away from their first nba championship. dirk nowitski scored 29 points and drove for a baseline dunk in the closing minutes to put the mavs ahead of miami. dallas had a 112-103 victory vnd have a 3-2 lead. game six is sunday in miami. >>> in baseball, the cubs got an extra innings' win on an error. in philadelphia in the 11th inning, chicago's darwin barney hit a bouncer to third and that scored the winning run from second. the final, cubs 4. phils 3. >>> and david ortiz and the red sox scored seven runs in the seventh inning. boston went on to an 8-3 victory. a three-game sweep of the yankees and a two-game lead in the american league east. >>> when we return, another look at this mornings top stories. >>> and weird, wild and deadly weather, what's going on? we'll

the heat will continue to build each day. that is for sure one little disturbance out toward southern michigan, detroit down through ohio, that really will not play much factor. may spring a few clouds in our direction later. the oppressive humidity still bottled up south of us. you have to get to seventh or higher to really suffer in the humidity. that is in charleston now. that hot tropical ridge to continue to replace that mild air we have in baltimore and maryland now. we have a surge of heat coming our way. st. louis 96 today. nearly 100 toward jackson and montgomery. futurecaster showing basically quiet pattern here. again, a couple of showers and thunderstorms, mainly north of us tomorrow. we think they stay in pennsylvania. as we go into the later part of wednesday, tuesday into wednesday, again, a pop-up shower or storm possible but i don't think too likely until we get into thursday afternoon. so overnight tonight 64. mainly clear and will be quiet and mild. enjoy the mild weather. tomorrow upper 80s, still without that much humidity. getting warmer, yes, but not that oppressive yet. tomorrow night down to 68 with a

we had that giant wall of water coming down, the flooding in the ohio river, everything coming together and feeding down into the southern half of the mississippi river. now we have this happening in the missouri river. >> put that one in perspective for us. everybody knows the mississippi and where that is. >> the second largest river in north america is the miss rourry river, the one lewis & clark made famous. people in parts of south dakota will be moving away as you can imagine, trying to get away from the rising floodwaters. it's a mess. other big weather mess we have today will be the incredible heat. on a day like today in atlanta, georgia, we normally anticipate climb logically speaking a high around 84 degrees. today we're expecting a high of 93. when you factor in the high humidity it's going to feel warmer. new orleans 96, 97 in dallas, 93 albuquerque, 82 minneapolis and 8 a in chicago. there will be a chance of some severe weather today, especially in the ohio valley. we've got a frontal boundary moving south of the great lakes. that combined in this area of low pressure and this frontal boundary will make fo

the first southern state to vote in the race. vice president joe biden is heading a dinner the buckeye state. ohioion. let's move ahead to tomorrow. michele bachmann meets and greets voters in waterloo, iowa. the next day, the congress member from minnesota officially declares her candidacy for president. >> thanks, paul. for the latest political news, you know the spot. c cnnpolitics.com. >>> the first lady and her daughters are wrapping up the trip from africa, but some are saying she was snubbed on this trip by an african leader. that is next. i'm chef michael, and my dog bailey and i love to hang out in the kitchen. you love the aroma of beef tenderloin, don't you? you inspired a very special dog food. [ female announcer ] chef michael's canine creations. chef inspired. dog desired. i don't always have time to eat like i should. that's why i like glucerna shakes. they have slowly digestible carbs to help minimize blood sugar spikes, which can help lower a1c. [ male announcer ] glucerna. helping people with diabetes find balance. now,listen to a magazine,aper, [ male announcer ] glucerna. curl

the midwest to northeast. great day to stay in bed. watching "gma," of course. if you live in southern ohio, northern jersey, here's a tighter shot of what's happening in pennsylvania, some pretty good storms rolling through allentown. right now you're looking at new york city from brooklyn. you can see the clouds, the haze, the mess, and new york city, you are going to have unsettled weather really not only all day saturday but well into the rest of the weekend so really not a great day to hit the beach. not a great weekend if you're in the hamptons. mean whooi, look at this very, very warm weather. and the only triple-digit heat i p@n see is in south texas in >> over to you, bianna. >> all right, jackie. thank you. >>> well, dan, we always know there is a celebration when we're here together on the weekend show. there's also a big celebration this morning in london. the traditional trooping of the color, a display of british regimental might that doubles as a celebration of the queen's 85th birthday. taking part here is -- >> that is not a fascinating. >> that is not a fascinator. his wif

the book? >> well, i completed high school in ohio, and my family moved to california in 1962 after i graduated from high school. i came to college of southern idaho in 1969, and while i was doing any dissertation at the university of utah, i dealt with corrographers describing regions in england. that made me aware of the rich possibilities of understanding local history in terms of geography and all the different components of local history. .. science writer james gleick discusses his latest work history of information beginning with the development of various alphabet's ending with what's expected next from the information age the author of chaos crackles the evolution how thoughts and knowledge have been passed from one to another throughout history. he talks with frank rose a contributing editor of wired magazine and the author of the art of emersion. >> host: james, thank you so much for joining us. >> guest: thank you for having us. >> host: i really enjoyed your book. it's been great fun to read. now, one thing i was sort of fascinated by the year 1948, clearly that was a year so to speak and studying the states for the world we liv

the third largest wildfire in state history. investigators believe an abandoned campfire sparked that blaze. meanwhile, another wildfire burning in southern arizona now covers 163 square miles. >>> president obama with an optimistic message for people in ohio. he recently visited a car plant in toledo and he says he feels good about the ought toe industry showing signs of improvement. >> we've traveled a long way over these last two and a half years. we were on the verge of going into a great depression. i mean the auto example was just one example of what could have happened in the financial sector, what could have happened in a whole bunch. areas. that obviously doesn't make you feel better if you don't have a job right now. and so to those who are still unemployed, my main message to them is every day i get up and ask myself what more can i be doing to give them a shot. >> later this afternoon, the chairman of the federal reserve, ben bernanke will talk about the economy to a banking conference in atlanta. >>> up next how something one man wrote on his twitter page got him fired. >> we'll show what you he treated coming up. >>> also coming up, the latest on today's weather. it will be -- fill some the blank. >> hot. >> that's right. tha

thunderstorm watch has been issued by the storm prediction center across eastern ohio and western parts of pennsylvania. let's go south into the southern where the volcano continues to erupt and spectacular photos taken from it. lightning flashes seen in the ash cloud. such turbulent updrafts and downdrafts and the nuclei the dust causing the static electricity. this about 600 miles south of santiago. it last erupted in 190 after they had a huge earthquake. it's possible the earthquake we had this past year, may have loosened some things up there. so spectacular sight. they got about 2,000 or 3,000 volcanos in that country, about 50 or 60 are active. nonetheless flights canceled across that part of argentina and chile and also about 4,000 people that have been forced to evacuate their homes because of this thing and no let up in sight. spectacular pictures nonetheless. nice to look at. you don't want to be close to it. >> no pictures look like that from space. it is -- those are remarkable pictures. thanks. >>> there's an international manhunt basically for the source of an e. coli outbreak. 22 at last count people were killed by this

that is a big problem for the southern states and also today a problem will be the risk of severe thunderstorms through the carolinas, virginia, into the tennessee and ohio river valleys and parts of the mid-mississippi river valley, too. watch out in st. louis, lexington, thunderstorms at risk there and they could be severe. on the west coast, big storms swirling off the coast of san francisco like a winter storm and is bringing rain to parts of northern and sevcentral califor today. unusual for june. meanwhile, in the northeast temperatures >>> now here's jenna. >> janice, thanks. >>> now to the royals, prince william and princess kate, la e largely out of the spotlight in the month since their fairy tale wedding, settling into their 0 official duties as the duke and duchess of cambridge and they're doing it in skil. keir simmons has more on that. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, jenna. it's fascinating. you've seen the royal family this weekend at their most traditional and their most relaxed. prince william took part in a rehearsal for trooping the color. they are showing it self at its best for the queen's official birthday that dates back t

in the central plains and the other moving in the upper ohio river valley and beautiful weather along the west coast, the gulf coast sizzling from southern california all of the way to florida, we've got the potential for a lot of record-setting temperatures. tallahassee got to 105. their all-time high record ever >> our high temperatures are coming down a little bit, on average 5 to 10 degrees from yesterday's highs. i've taken the 90s off the map. 62 in concord, 58 in hayward. headed to the 70s along the peninsula and the east bay. oakland 73 for you today. 70 in san francisco. a little warm down in the south bay as high pressure has retreated to the southeast. that will be the warmest spot across the bay area. ch. we'll see you in a couple of minutes and let's get more now on the morning's top story, the breaking news that new york congressman anthony weiner has decided to resign. nbc's luke russert is on capitol hill. we first saw this in "the new york times" that he told friends about this and that he reportedly called house minority leader nancy pelosi last night and you saw members packing things up in the office, so this is a don

the lack bakes, beautiful out west. 89. parts of southern oregon. 112 in phoenix. tomorrow, we've got more of a risk of strong storms from the mid ohioack to the western plains. showers in the pacific >>> good morning to you. taking a live look now over the embarcadero, you can see the marine layer being pushed out. we're getting clear skies over the city. take a look at what that marine intrusion did to the temperatures at the coast. really mild. 66 in san mateo and 75 in livermore. on our way to about 95 degrees. hot inland and nice and mild in san francisco today. 10 degrees cooler in redwood city. just 87. we continue to drop off tomorrow. 70s back on that map on saturday. >>> and that's your latest weather. >> al, thank you. >>> up next, could another inmate's story be linked to the >>> up next, could another inmate's story be linked to the casey anthony murder trial? for better nutrition. fooe and that's what they do with great grains cereal. see the seam on the wheat grain? same as on the flake. because great grain steams and bakes the actual whole grain. now check out the other guy's flake. hello, no seam, because it's more p

the great lakes down into central mississippi and ohio river valleys. more rain moves into the pacific northwest later this afternoon. up and down the east coast we've got gorgeous weather an even warm weather in southern 86 in l.a. twins' birthday today. what's your names? >> i'm sara. >> i'm >> good back to work monday to you. mostly cloudy along the peninsula, we have sunshine already in the south bay and parts of the east bay. by this afternoon, we're going to see some of the clouds roll in, and then a few thunderstorms and rain tomorrow afternoon. i think by about 1:00 p.m. we'll see a good amount of rain over the bay area. by this weekend temperatures climb so a little bit of everything. today best day of the week. 78 in fremont, 78 san jose and 80 in gilroy. weather channel on cable or weather.com online. ann? >> all right, al. thank you so much. >>> there are new details this morning tied to the capture of one of the most wanted men in this country after 16 years on the run, reputed mob boss whitey bulger is reportedly now talking to the fbi. nbc's jeff rossen is in boston with the latest. >> reporter: good morning to you. this is where it all went down on the mean streets of south boston. back

the tax dollars. where have you been sitting, southern white republicans? how did you benefit? host: ken in cincinnati, ohio. caller: i host a talk show in cincinnati. one thing i notice is we have major class warfare. my message would be to end the class warfare -- from the president on down. and you cannot raise enough taxes to pay for the wild spending. if you were to compare $1.20 trillion to $20 billion, it is like putting $20 down on a $1,200 credit card. it doesn't make sense. this is nothing more than class warfare and the man that does not end -- add up. we need a balanced budget amendment. host: regarding the balanced budget amendment, in the "washington times." constitutional amendment gets stronger push by gop. warren, ohio, on our line for democrats. you are on the "washington journal." caller: one correction to the caller from california -- it is eight years. i would say, mr. president, you had a debt committee and you didn't listen. you shouldn't be on national tv demagoguing and criticizing the opposite party. it makes it harder for you to deal with them. the know, we have been told for how

. >> are i completed high school in ohio, and my family moved to california in 1962 right after i graduated high school. i came to the college of southern idaho in 1969, and while i did my doctoral dissertation at the university of utah, i dealt with choreographers who described regions in england. and that itself made me aware of the rich possibilities of understanding local history in terms of geography and all the different components of local history. >> and is there anything that you're working on coming up next? >> i'm presently doing some research on the history of the college of southern idaho. the college was created in 1965. i came here in 1969, so the college and i kind of grew up together. >> great. well, thank you so much, dr. gentry. >> thank you for your time. >> you're watching booktv on c-span2. we're here at the university of chicago to talk with several of their professors about books they've written. we're going to show you some of those now. the name of the book is "democracy remix: black youth and the future of american politics" the author is university of chicago professor kathy cohen. professor cohen, is there a