if you believe scott thompson, yes, the president of pay pal in a posting to the blog he says by 2015 we'll no longer need carry a wallet. thompson says consumers are giving up cash and checks even debit cards now making payments online and through their mobile phones. thompson says he thinks by 2015 digital currency will be accepted from local corner stores to big chains. >> and we have seen all kinds of lost pet flyers posted on street corners and poles but this did catch our attention. lost snake, ball python, 4 feet long. this photo was taken june 28 so this could still be on the loose. look around your hot water heater the sign says. apparently the snake is looking for heat sources. >> coming up, foam is for lattes, not cups. the push to ban styrofoam as marla said. plus parking in the bay area's city about to get pricey in time for the holiday weekend. for all of your news and weather and traffic you can check us out on facebook. search nbc bay area morning news. today in the bay starts in two minutes. >> are you heading in to work in one of these today? not today. i'm damian tr

lyster and derek thompson senior editor at the atlantic thanks for joining me guys . think that we're all familiar with the westboro baptist every every american now holds a special place in their heart for these people and i'm just kidding but we've seen them protest at soldiers' funerals what else have we seen them picket out there other high profile events in just i mean a multitude of funerals betty ford. that's right marian the funeral all week but apparently they might be getting a little bored because they wanted to go pro dead kids gone thirty. they're coming to see these words they're gonna take this bread of life they're going to start right back out but they're going to get it you know. like. he's not going to. hurt your. family he's the biggest family member so. i don't know what's better is the people with their the faces painted it trying to talk some sense and speak some logic to the westboro baptist but they hate gene simmons because he's involved in the no hate campaign

thompson of pennsylvania. the chair: pursuant to house resolution 359, the gentleman from pennsylvania, mr. thompson, and a member opposed will each control five minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from pennsylvania. mr. thompson: i thank the chairman. i offer a commonsense, cost effective, environmentally friendly approach to lighting the capitol complex. the amendment states that no funds in the legislative branch appropriations bill may be used to buy, acquire, install or use any compact fluorescent lamp, also known more commonly as a c.f.l. i'm offering this amendment for several reasons. one, there are no compact fluorescent lamps manufactured in the united states. this is a very important point. the c.f.l.'s that provide light for this chamber and the capitol complex are all foreign made. two, c.f.l.'s contain mercury, a known neuro toxin which affects motor and cognitive skills. if a c.f.l. or mercury bomb as some have called them breaks, the mercury vaper is released, placing those nearby at ri

thompson acknowledged his client had lied to prosecutors about the tax return and asylum claims. he said this about her actions after the alleged attacks: >> she did not want to lose her job. >> reporter: but he sidestepped other questions, including a published report that his client had ties to alleged drug dealers and monday lawnerers. >> you never answered my question about whether there was money found in her account, the $100,000 alleged by the "new york times" today. >> there was not $100,000. >> reporter: how much money was found in her account? >> reporter: the last time strauss-kahn walked into criminal court he was greeted by jeers from a throng of hotel housekeepers. today he walked out with a big smile on his face. multiple charges of sexual assault are still pending. prominent attorneys we spoke to today said the case is all about over. >> pelley: is the prosecution saying she lied under oath? >> if it's determined -- we saw in the piece there were issues regarding her testimony. if she deliberately-- & the key word is deliberately-- lied to the grand jury she could

anne thompson, nbc news, frankfurt. >> by the way, we're excited to say the u.s.omen's soccer team will be here, out back on our plaza tomorrow morning on "today." >>> as for us, that's our broadcast for this monday night as we start off a new week. thank you for being with us. i'm brian williams. hope to see you back here tomorrow evening. good night. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com

thompson, i would-- no, let me finish. debbie is an adult. she can do what she wants.t, you're gonna have to change some things about yourself. now, if i may make some suggestions? oh, feel free. good, first, you're a slob. you dress like a bum. second, you're unmotivated. you have no self-esteem, no thought about the future. you're inconsiderate. you're insensitive. you're insincere. mm, i'm having the same caterer for your shower that we had at our christmas party last year. oh, that would be great, they're wonderful. (ilene) well, if you were you, i'd worry less about the shower and more about rick's bachelor party. why--why would i want to do that? i trust rick. oh, of course you do. and i trusted my ex, kevin, too. cousin, i can only speak to you from experience. but what do you think happens during these bachelor parties? think they sit around and drink tea and play scrabble? ilene, i trust rick. i--he promised me-- oh, debbie, please, don't be naive. men are pigs. uh, girls, why don't we go inside and have some lunch, huh? boys, come on inside and have lunch. ye

mark thompson, to you first, though. where do things stand with "don't ask, don't tell"? >> well, judy, we basically have two trains rushing to the same station, i think, in a matter of weeks, "don't ask, don't tell" will be history, one train is the pentagon certification process which has been under way for several months and it's designed to train troops to accept openly gay men and women in their ranks. basically the pentagon made clear today, you know, we don't have to train 100% of our troops to certify, you have to be sure to get to that destination. and it seems like they'll be on their way to doing that. and the appellate court in california, the appellate court has basically said as of friday, as you pointed out, this law is unconstitutional. the world hasn't fallen apart in the last several days because "don't ask, don't tell" is no longer being enforced but the fact is that now in our military it is not being enforced and the question is going to be which one is ultimately going to carry the day and maybe they'll merge and it will happen together. >> ifill: we

also then we heard from kenneth thompson who was the lawyer, as you said, for the made. and he gave lengthy, lengthy accounts of what she said had happened that night. and so really outside the courtroom was really where most of the action was. and the credibility issues really came to light. >> laurie levenson, help us understand what is going on here. a lot of these credibility questions, as we say, are about things that don't have to do with the actual case. they go to, i guess, character. what is going on? >> well, the key issue in this case is who do you believe. because we know that there was some type of sexual encounter by the physical evidence. he says it was consensual, she says it wasn't. so her credibility really will be at issue in this trial. and the defense lawyers get to use whatever they can except for her past sexual past to challenge her credibility so if she lied, for example, in an immigration paper or if she lied to the grand jury, or if she lied any time under oath, that's something that the jury is going to hear about. >> brown: now in some ways t

ann thompson, nbc news, new york. >>> turning overseas now, nato officials say an american soldier andian were killed in afghanistan today by an afghan guard following an argument. the deaths came as the new u.s.i defense secretary began his first visit to afghanistan where he offered a new assessment of al qaeda. nbc's pentagon correspondent jim miklaszewski is traveling with the sec. fare. the secretary. >> reporter: leon panetta arrived in afghanistan, his first trip as secretary of defense, but it was on the flight over when he dropped the bombshell on al qaeda. >> we're within reach of strategically defeating al qaeda. >> reporter: panetta said the killing of osama bin laden by u.s. commandos two months ago and in an increasingly intense campaign of predator air strikes aimed at top terrorist leaders ó has staggered al qaeda. >> i think we had undermined their ability to conduct 9/11-type attacks. i think we had them on the run. >> reporter: in kabul the military's leader of the u.s. war in afghanistan, general david petraeus agreed. >> al qaeda's senior leadership is lessÑi capab

thousands will gather on the mall to celebrate the 4th capital style and as tisha thompson shows us, it's a tough party to get into. >> reporter: one day before the big show, robbie matthew and his wife grappled with a map to try to plan their 4th of july. >> we are trying to find out what we have to do and what time. >> reporter: the couple flew in from the caribbean to see the parade, the concert and the fireworks. >> a lot is happening. >> please take public transportation, if at all possible. >> reporter: superintendent john james said don't even think about driving. take metro. but be prepared to walk. because the smithsonian station will be closed. >> i'm going to avoid the mall like the plague. >> reporter: just the thought of it -- is enough to keep locals like jessie away. >> the crowd and metro is insane. there is like 4 million people trying to get back on the metro at same time. >> make a day of it. >> reporter: but others say they are going to stake out their spot early. >> we are going to sit probably in the grass around one of the monuments. >> reporter: if you are pla

anne thompson in times square tonight to start us off. anne, thanks for that, i think. >>> we're trying to keep a watch for you on when this wave will break where you live, and joining us again tonight, our friend janice huff, chief meteorologist wnbc here in new york, and i know you have to answer regionally, and no two places will have the same experience. >> exactly. there will be a break for the northeast which is experiencing the heat wave now. the 103 degrees in newark, new jersey, that set a record. there were parts of iowa yesterday that had a heat index above 120 of what it felt like. those areas of the country won't get the relief from the jet stream that the northeast will coming up later in the weekend and into next week. >> so relief first, maybe northeast? >> northeast first, starting in the weekend, but tomorrow it's still going to be hot. so here's the forecast. we'll look at friday first and show you what's going to happen. still more heat, record-breaking heat. the jet stream is still too far to the north. we're expectin

>> anne thompson. anne, thank you. >>> it has been a week since the bombing and shooting massacre in norway. the final death count now 77. today, first of many funerals were held in oslo for an 18-year-old girl. as she was buried, the killer, anders breivik, faced his second police interrogation. there is new attention on where he may have gotten his ammunition. he claims in his manifesto he bought his bullets from america, by mail order, ten clips with 30 bullets each, far more than you can legally buy in norway. you can see a full report from nbc's martin fletcher on our website, nightly.msnbc.com. >>> president obama today spoke out about the haunting images and heart breaking stories we have been bringing you every day this week from somalia and other nations in east africa. millions of people are at risk of starving to death in the midst of famine. and the president today said the crisis has not gotten the attention that it should here in the u.s. we intend to keep covering the story. tonight, mor

nbc's anne thompson is in frankfurt tonight to tell us how it all ended. anne? >> reporter: good evening, lester. it was a nail biter. america scored first. then japan came back to tie the game. it went into extra time. again, the u.s. scored first. again, japan came back, forcing this game into a nerve-racking finish. it had all the makings of another dramatic american comeback. an abby wambach in extra time. penalty kicks. in the shootout, the winner was japan. a smaller team determined to lift its country racked by natural and nuclear disasters. nothing came easy for the u.s. in the final game. though they dominated possessions, the u.s. missed chance after chance after chance to put the ball in japan's net. when accuracy counted most, japan prevailed. >> it's a lot harder to win a world cup on the winning side now than it was in 1999. because so many other teams and other countries care about the sport. they've invested in it. they've developed young talent. and it's really hard now. >> reporter: for americans, this was a rare moment of unity. the army's 170

thompson. >> thank you very much. mr. chairman, and i would welcome our panel of witnesses to today's hearing. today the committee will hold a third hearing in a series of terrorism and american muslim communities. in previous hearings we heard testimony about young americans of so malida sent who left this country to join al-shabaab, a somalia group that has been designated as a foreign terrorist organization by the department of state. our discussion of al-shabaab in america must begin with the facts. reliable evidence indicates a small but concerning number of young men have left america to join this group. this activity seemed to occur primarily between 2007 to 2009. al-shabaab has fewer than 3,000 members and has never attacked the united states interest abroad. there are other facts we must not ignore. somalia is currently in the grips of the worst humanitarian crisis in the generation. again, somalia's back drop of human suffering caused by natural disaster is the political instability caused by human folly. somali

i sat with fred thompson from tennessee. he served here in the senate admirably and went back to doing acting. former senator fred thompson is a republican. he urged members of his own party in an open letter to the house gop come to recognize a good deal when they see it. he said, i respectfully suggest that you retain your chips, stuff them in your pocket and go home. the proposal on the table cut the deficit by 2.5 trillion. if their goal is to rein in spending, they have already won. declare victory and leave. this is from fred thompson, republicans should know when to take the chips and walk away. the american writer albert herbert said, it is easy to get everything you want cork provided you first, learn to do with of the things >> the war of words continues between democrats and republicans as we're five days away from the government running out of money. harry reid presented one plan in the senate, house speaker john been presented as old plan to raise the debt ceiling and cut spending in the house of representatives

as the code valedictorian now principal thompson and the rest of the arkansas school board in the area will have some next ruling and to do in a court of law still don't think racism is alive in america. but beyond the overt racism on display in arkansas there is the quiet underlying racism beneath the socio economics of this country according to new numbers from the q research center the wealth gap between whites and our nation's two largest minorities african-americans and hispanics has grown to disturbingly high levels than a white households control twenty times more wealth and african-american households and eighteen times more wealth than hispanic households this is the greatest wealth inequality between races ever recorded in the history of this nation so what well since slavery so why is this happening and what can be done about it joining me now to weigh in on this issue is don rojas executive editor executive director rather of free speech t.v. and currently attending the annual and overly c.p. convention in los angeles don walker. thank you tom we can be on your program grea

i'm sure i am one of many who have gone through this type of thing. >> reporter: tisha thompson, foxews. >> in all, four out of seven cabs refused us service. the equal rights center says since you can't rely on complaints to tell the whole story, cities like alexandria should conduct sting operations to combat this kind of discrimination. >>> this story started with a tip. if you have something you want us to investigate, log on to myfoxdc.com. >>> if you have a verizon plan, you want to stay tuned. that is coming up in the next half hour. then sports headlines. this guy thought it would be a good idea to turn himself into a human home run. that is ridiculous. beth! hi. looking good! you've lost some weight. thanks! you noticed! you know these clothes are too big now, so i'm donating them. not going back there again. good for you! how'd you do it? eating right, whole grain. whole grain? whole grain. [ female announcer ] people who choose more whole grain tend to weigh less than those who don't... multigrain cheerios has five whole grains and 110 lightly sweetened calories per servin

kenneth thompson, the attorney, is before the mike. >> about that account, the d.a. knows that.ue the day it happened. it is true today. what they did not tell you upstairs in the courtroom today is that the victim herself is the one who came forward volunta voluntarily with the information about her -- she told me that she wanted to tell the district attorney the truth. about how she first came to this country. and about other matters. i then called the lead prosecutor and told her that the victim wanted to tell you everything. that she was afraid. i told the district attorney's office exactly what the victim told me. and the victim then met with the district attorney alone and described some of the things that she had not told them. now, this is important. the only defense that dominique strauss-kahn has is that this sexual encounter was consentual. that was a lie. now, i'm going to give you the facts that show that's a lie. number one, when the victim walked into that suite, she did so for one reason. and that was to clean that suite. she was told no one was inside that room.

. >> peter thompson "the wars of afghanistan" is an epic book and that's because peter thompson's knowledgeafghanistan goes very far back. he was involved in both the soviet period, in between the american involvement. he has had roles in afghanistan on the diplomatic level. he speaks russian and pastun. he has a gift for languages and so he was able to read documents in their original language that not many people are able to master including some archives from the soviet period that no one had ever used before in their research or in their work. and he brings a passion and a level of both detail and scope to this story that we think is unique. and it was -- it's quite -- it's quite an effort getting a book like this together but absolutely worthwhile and we're thrilled it's going to see its reading public in july. >> two books on the media that are out or coming out the deal from hell and inside the "new york times." >> the deal from hell by james o'shea is a story about the "chicago tribune" and what has happened to media businesses from an insider. jim o'shea was a long-time writer from

nbc's anne thompson joins us now from times square with more. anne? >> reporter: good evening, lester. this heat is tough on people and power companies. in new york city, there are scattered power outages tonight affecting some 8,400 residents. another 158,000 people are dealing with reduced voltage. and over in new jersey, there are rolling blackouts, but so far, no catastrophes. today, miserable is spelled n-y-c. temperatures that rivaled the sahara desert and humidity reminiscent of the gulf coast combined to turn new york into a grimy sauna. >> it is fire. >> reporter: the heat relentless. before dawn, it was already 85 degrees. 90 by the end of rush hour. at noon, it hit the century mark, and set a new record at 104 an hour and a half later. the water was the best place to be. the columbus circle fountain worked for those with two legs and four. but a raw sewage spill in the hudson river closed the waters around manhattan to swimmers and kayakers, and the city warned fishermen not to eat what they catch. >> if you catch fish in the hudson, don't

he had travis thompson's job. only three or four people are qualified to do that job and he is number one. in this flight he is number 4. he does a great job. he will be the hats technician when they close the hatch. >> you mentioned randy bresnick. when does he get on board? he gets on board fairly early? >> he gets everything prepared before the crew goes out to make sure all the gear is in place. a lot of things they don't bring them that we take for them. i did this job while ago. there are a lot of things, essentially triple check the cockpit to make sure everything is in place. he is the first one who gets into the vehicle as well as no. 3 to try to get things ready so he is triple checking to make sure everything is good to go. >> the what have the crew's activities been like the last couple days? >> a lot of briefings when they get in town. technical stuff going on with the shuttle to make everything is okay. so far everything is going well. you see the thumbs-up from chris. we try to get a lot of rest and

anne thompson is live in frankfurt, germany, for us.nne, this was a real nail biter but these women played their hearts out and were very gracious to the japanese women in their win as well. >> reporter: oh, absolutely, thomas. and you know if it is possible to win by losing, i think you could make a very strong case today that the u.s. women's soccer team has done just that, because if you go on social media, check out facebook, check out soccer blogs, go on twitter, you'll see people saying, look, congratulations to japan. we're very happy for you. boy, we're proud of our american women. and they're most proud of how gracious these women were in defeat. now, the u.s. did have some really good moments, especially in that first 120 minutes before the penalty kicks. alex morgan, the youngest player on the team, she scored the first goal for the u.s. well into the second half off her left foot. japan tied the game sending it into extra time. then during extra time abby wambach did what she's done all throughout this tournament. she took a

ellis thompson saw it from his window. >> i was looking out the window. i'm saying, it was raining, i'm saying, oh, my gosh, she's out there. next she know, i see lightning. next you now, lightning come down the yard. it split that tree right there. i mean, that's a big tree. >> no one was injured, but power is out. bge crews are working there. roosevelt leftwich, abc2 news. >>> here's a look at tonight's top stories. weeks after a deadly hit-and- run, abc2 news obtained the dispatch tapes. the tapes showed the initial confusion at the scene. the car pulled over belongs to a woman from severn. >>> the space shuttle is heading to the international space station. it's the start of the last space shuttle mission after 30 year and 135 missions, the shuttles are being grounded. >>> news from around the nations starts in michigan. the police say that one of the people that a man killed in a shooting spree was his 12-year- old daughter. he killed her and her mother. he went to another home and killed another former girlfriend and her mother. he killed seven peop

thompson: would you yield back? remember, you're very well aware of the salmon issue and how there's been a number of attempts over the matter of water that if had been successful, had it not been for the endangered species act, there wouldn't be any fish because without water, as you know, there's no fish. mr. hastings: i can't argue with the gentleman. i'm just saying we need to look at this -- it's been 23 years, 30 seconds to the gentleman. the speaker pro tempore: is -- the chair: is there objection? the gentleman is yielded 30 seconds. mr. hastings: will the gentleman yield? the argument is not about the endangered species act but about sitting down and re-authorize an act that's not been re-authorized since 1980. mr. thompson: i ask that we do it in the authorizing bill. mr. hastings: i agree with you, i said that in my opening remark the gentleman from washington said that as well and i agree. the chair: the gentleman's time has expired. for what purpose does the gentleman from pennsylvania rise? >> i rise t

but in particular today i spent some time talking with travis thompson who has spent 33 years here at the kennedy space center working on the shuttle program. he is the lead technician on the clogout crew, the guys who button them up, the astronauts, strap them in, shut the door and send them off to space. he and his team, it was a very emotional day for them. as they were finishing up their job they had put together a series of cards with messages talking about their appreciation for the program, their patted rotism and frankly -- patriotism and their sadness, and the final word was god bless america, held by travis thompson himself. this is travis thompson's last day on the job, after 100 shuttle missions, getting the crews strapped in and ready to go to space, tomorrow he has no job. where he is going to go to work. as he said, my job is putting human beings in spacecraft to go to space. i don't see a lot of prospects for doing that somewhere else. so it is a poignant moment for him. >> so finally, miles, look back with us for just a moment. the legacy of the shuttle program after

thompson says the d.a. has refused to meet with him and won't allow him to listen to a tape that threatens to undermine the woman's case. now on that tape the alleged victim reportedly talks about strauss-kahn's wealth. meanwhile, a source close to the case tells cnn that the district attorney has already met with thompson several times. european bank has a meeting in paris today to decide how they're willing -- how far they're willing to go to help bail out greece. but standard and poors is warning in the meantime that a french bond rollover plan would trigger a selective default rating. so it's not clear how much of their greek bonds portfolio the banks would roll over and what the terms would be given these kinds of situations we've seen over the last couple of days. moody's downgrade of portugal's bonds to junk in terms of ratings and that greece may also need a second bailout itself. what you end up with, well, pretty grim meeting. john fefterios is joining us. we have a meeting in paris. and then in t

thompson. he came all the way from louisiana to be here today. [applause] one question, how did you survive? >> god. god. god. death row is a place that brings out the truest human being in you. it makes you realize you can't take nothing for granted. you need to love every moment of each day and praise and thank god for each moment you have out here. for the system to do what it did to me -- i was the only child from my mother. i was a father too. the system didn't see none of that. it did not see me not having a criminal record. it's hard to accept. it's hard to keep on continuing to accept a prosecutor or somebody that wants to sentence swub to death with a system that's corrupt as ours. all right. [applause] >> i want to take this opportunity to thank the sponsors who have made the summit possible. the law firm of brown and furtel and my good friend, dave young, thank you. the criminal trial lawyers association. we'll hear from their incoming president in a few minutes. and also stuart hanlon as well as the bar association of san francisco. s

dean, do you want to shoot a thompson sub machine gun?rter: wow. >> i think you hit something. >> reporter: did i? >> oh, you're one of those kinds of shooters. he's singing soprano now. wow. don't mess with me. >> reporter: the saint valentine's day massacre brought world wide notoriety to chicago's violent streets and capone. >> you can go to almost any country outside the united states and say chicago and people start going, al capone to you. he's sort of an enigma in some sense. he was not to be stopped. >> the big boy himself. >> reporter: but soon he was stopped by the fed. as television would have, many believe, elliott ness the real- life prohibition agent cast as capone's nemesis. >> i think over the years his role has been expanded to be seen as the primary crime fighter who brought down capone when in fact it was much more of legal machinery that brought down capone. >> reporter: and not for gang land killings or violating prohibition but on tax evasion charges. >> here he comes. that's al wearing the big white hat. >> i think

coming up on nightly news, and thompson shows us how body burnett and a group of volunteers are using stained- glass angels to raise money for the john hopkins cancer center. >> it is the time of year when many of us hit the road. some of us are even driving on it. be aware. >> tonight debra wiener takes a look at a scam that often tart -- starts overseas and can target people who are planning a visit to ocean city. >> who does not want the sun and sand of the ocean, especially when a good deal of jumps out at you? >> the price was good. the pictures of the place looked beautiful. it was right in the location we're looking for. >> it was everything and as they soon discovered, and nothing at all. a fake real-estate agent for an ocean city property. it is even worse for others to pay up front for rental and show up and realize there is no rental at all. >> technology is incredible, and we are all susceptible to a really good deal, but sometimes you have to say is it really too good to be true? >> now your 11 insta-weather- plus forecast with tom tasselmire. >> temperatures above normal