a slick ride at times in the northeast, from upstate new york to new england. wet from florida to texas. and thunderstorms and drenching highways from minnesota to michigan. >> if you're flying today, airport delays are possible in beantown, new orleans, and houston. >>> now, to that legal battle pitting former professional football players against the nfl. this is the biggest lawsuit in the history of sports. >> huge story here. thousands of players are claiming the league kept them in the dark about the danger of repeated head injuries. abc's karen travers has more. >> reporter: hard knocks are a major part of the nfl. bone-crushing plays like this dominate the highlight reels. and have helped make pro football the nation's most popular sport. but it's the nfl that's taking a hit. more than 2,000 former players are suing the league in a landmark class-action lawsuit. the players claim the nfl misled them for decades about the risks of brain injury. kevin turner played fullback for the philadelphia eagles. and can remember just two documented concussions. he b

scattered showers and thunderstorms in new england and upstate new york. also, stormy from florida to texas. showers in the pacific northwest. >> 60s in seattle and portland. and 102 in phoenix. mostly 80s for the rest of the country, from the rockies into the midwest and the east coast. >>> and coming up next after the break, mortgage rates keep falling. we have the latest numbers. >>> and the alarming study about teens and their marijuana use, surging past cigarettes. >>> and engineer at the control of a speeding train, caught reading a newspaper. even texting. >>> welcome back, everyone. another week, another record low for mortgage rates. the average 30-year fixed rate mortgage is 3.67%, the lowest ever for long-term mortgages. 15-year loans are 2.94%, also a record. low rates have been a key factor in the housing industry's modest improvement. you have to get your home appraised first. >>> well, the fed is sitting tight, watching and waiting. federal reserve chairman ben bernanke says the central bank is ready to step in. but not just yet. he told con

there's been an outpouring of support for a school bus monitor ollie by seventh graders in upstate new york the incident was caught on video and post in youtube. she says she doesn't want the police to face criminal charges. a school bus monarch in upstate new york says she doesn't want to press charges against the group of seven prayer's caught bullying her on video. med- school students in the town can be heard hackling 68 year-old karen klein. calling her names and asking her why there is water running down her face. >>> klein a grandmother of a was commended for keeping her cool during the episode that she says the word hurt. to equate something about my kids should commit suicide be dead and another my son did. the school district employees from to identify all four boys involved. they've spoken to the students and their families. >>> as one father planted his son is sitting back waiting for his punishment cell known as and that accountability the school district is now pursuing disciplinary action this scene shot the video says he gave in to peer pressure and he's sorry for what he di

there has been an outpouring of support for a school bus monitor bullied by seventh graders in upstate new york. >> the incident was caught on video and posted on youtube. she said she does not want the police to face charges but officials and police might not agree >> a school bus monitor in upstate new york says she does not want to press charges against a group of seventh graders, bullying her on video. middle school students in the town can be heard heckling the 68 year-old karen klein, calling her names and asking her why there is water running down her face. a grandmother of eight, she was commended for keeping her cool during the episode but says that the words hurt >> something about me being so fat and ugly my kids will commit suicide. i don't think they knew that my son had committed suicide >> they have identified all four boys involved and have spoken to the students and their families. >> as one father put it, his son is sitting back waiting for his punishment. no one has denied accountability >> the district is now pursuing disciplinary action. >> we began searching for others and

scattered showers from upstate new york, down to the carolinas. >> 80s from baltimore southward.he middle of the country, hovering around the 90-degree mark. phoenix climbing to 106. just 60s in the pacific northwest. so, a little cool weather going on this week across the country. >> cool and a.c. crank it up. >>> coming up next, dramatic drops for gas prices around the country. we'll show you where it's falling the fastest. >>> plus, the latest challenger for the ipad. why experts think this new tablet, it might be the most serious threat yet. >>> also this morning, the pint-sized baseball fan who learned one very important lesson. >>> well, microsoft is mounting a serious challenge to apple's ipad. the company showed reporters its surface tablet computer, aimed more at entertaining than creating. it has a bigger screen than the ipad. and unlike the apple tablet, the covers can be converted into keyboards. the surface also comes with a built-in kick-stand. sounds like a bike, doesn't it? it's the first computer by the software giant. abc news tech editor joanna stern says, unti

this cell phone video of middle school students taunting a bus monitor in upstate new york has gone viralthe 10-minute video begins with bus monitor karen cline in her seat -- in the back seat of the bus surrounded by a small group of seventh graders. the boys tell cline, their 68- year-old bus monitor for the green central school district in upstate new york, she's so fat she'll probably die of diabetes. there were also physical attacks as well. cline sit there is in silence, hardly engaging the kids. the most hurtful comment came when they said she didn't have a family because he killed himself. cline's son committed suicide about 10 years ago. the it was recorded by another student on that bus. >> they won't do it to anyone else. they thought they were so smart, so smug. wipe the smile off their face. i cannot see pressing criminal charges. >>reporter: now, the kindness of strangers is actually pour -- pouring in. a canadaian man has started a drive online to give karen a vacation. he's hoping to raise $5,000 and so far he's raised more than $1400 and you can head to our website at abc

>>reporter: the cell phone video of middle school students taunting a bus monitor in upstate new york has gone viral. a lot of people are sounding off about this. now, the 10-minute video begins with bus monitor karen cline in her seat at the back of the bus surrounded by a small group of seventh graders. the boys tell cline, their 68- year-old bus monitor from the green central school district in upstate new york that she's so fat she'll probably die of diabetes. it wasn't just verbal attacks, there were physical attacks as well. cline sit there is in silence, hardly engaging the kids. the most disturbing and hurtful comment came when they said she didn't have a family because her son killed himself. cline's son committed suicide about 10 years ago. despite the harsh words leveled at her, cline does not want any charges filed. >> that they won't do it to anyone else. they thought they were so smart, so smug. wipe their smile -- wipe that smile off their face, but i cannot see pressing criminal charges. >>reporter: the kindness of stranger ss pouring in. a canadaian man has started a

americans are moving westward in vast numbers creating new new englands, and they had done so in upstate new york and northeast ohio in, michigan where tocqueville was there when it was the michigan territory scarcely settled ten years later, it was a state six years later and filled up largely with new england yankee stock people from upstate new york. you had pennsylvanians going sort of directly west from philadelphia so they go to cincinnati where if you look at the downtown street grid and adjust it to the side, you will see that the street names are almost exactly the same as center city, philadelphia. they've copied the street grid. and the accent, local accent in cincinnati to the extent it persists is very much like the local accent in philadelphia. they sort of say ut instead of out and things and so forth. the new england yankees are very much setting up these voluntary associations making a lot of noise. the philadelphians coming kinds of from the quaker tradition are more quiet. they're tolerant of corruption outside their own circle but they insist on moral behavior within it. they'

tomorrow 90s in ohio, upstate new york. by wednesday we're looking at 90s into new england, upstate new york, mid-atlantic states and the southeast and stretch at >> and that's your latest weather. savannah. >> all right, al, thanks. this morning on today's health, the soaring rate of teenager obesity. now there's a growing belief among many doctors that weight loss surgery may be the best long-term option. here is nbc's tom costello. >> reporter: 10:00 a.m. at nationwide children's hospital in columbus. the doctor is performing bariatric surgery on a teenager. >> all this part of the stomach is going to be removed and you're going to be left with basically a long tube. >> reporter: we first met him in april after he authored a study offering gastric bypass study is effective and safe for morbidly obese teens. that got our attention. is this the right approach to take a teenager and have bariatric surgery? >> well, i think the short answer is yes. >> reporter: already he's performed 120 operations with 75 to 100 more teens p

this is the viral video of a 68-year-old grandma who was a school bus monitor in upstate new york, in rochester. she was taughted by eighth graders. karen klein thinks the public outcry is enough. >> i didn't want to break down in front of them. >> reporter: it was recorded by a middle school student. jamie costello, abc2 news. >> more dramatic video out of philadelphia. she's attacking this man, slapping him, punching him. luckily the victim is doing okay. we're not sure what led to this fighting and abuse. >> would have rae got the heat, but mother nature is leaving its mark. we'll show you where flash flooding and raging rivers are leading to evacuations and even tragedy. >> plus, we're hitting the beach in baltimore county. we'll show you how some folks weathered the heat today. >> don't forget to check out our abc2 weather app. again, on that weather app you can find out how hot it s we have baltimore at 98. much more on our hot weather and when this breaks coming up. >>> we're dealing with the scorching temperatures here but heavy rains are causing major problems in the midwest.

showers in upstate new york as well as new england. >>> 90s in the southeast. the midwest and rockies, some triple digits from phoenix to dallas. >>> coming up on "america this morning", apple winning a major legal victory for the ipad. >>> plus, a hit in other countries. general motors new minicar, coming to a show room near you. >>> later, trademarking some peculiar or should we say unique facial hair.ñ!ñkús]ñ >>> welcome back, everyone. our thirst for middle east oil may be cut in half by the end of the decade, thanks to new sources like shale oil and less demand. energy analysts say that we may not need any middle east oil by 2035. crude oil prices are around $79 a barrel these days which is far below this year's peak. >>> auto dealers are having the best june in five years, almost 20% more in sales than a year ago. some of that is because japanese automakers are back in business after last year's earthquake and devastating tsunami. however, sales are down 7% from last month, thanks to continuing uncertainty about the economy. >>> and general motors hoping

those ways to vote taught at a bus monitor in upstate new york are getting death threats nell as the grandmother the bully her vacation fun is now up to nearly half a million dollars. cbs reporter dick brennan reports she's also getting an apology. did wait this apology was a star for a bus monitor karen klein. robert helmick is the father of one of the four seventh grade boys to pick down climb the bus there is no excuse. and will get to the bottom of that but i doubt it really broke my heart and i said a lot of tears thinking about the whole federal and once you to know that we're deeply touched by this whole thing. to equate the humiliation is recorded on youtube then viewed around the world. some of the boys are receiving death threats and that upsets karen klein. >>> client has been getting calls for people touched by what happened to her people have given hundreds of thousands of dollars to a funds to send a 68 year-old grandmother on vacation and to help retire. the sam such a great person and the lovely but they don't even know me. she says she doesn't want criminal charges b

scattered showers and thunderstorms will push across upstate new york and new england.will be sunny from the plains to the mississippi valley and it will be sizzling hot in the desert southwest to the high plains. the mercury hitting 100 degrees. >>> in sports this morning, a shocker in the first round at wimbledon. venus williams lost in straight sets to elena vesnina, 6-1, 6-3. she's fallen to 58th in the world since being diagnosed with an energy-staffing illness. on the men's side, djokovic dispatches juan carlos ferrero to clobber the spaniard in straight sets 6-3, 6-3, 6-1. >>> to baseball now and the giants shut down the dodgers. san fran's barry zito was strong on the mound, striking out four in seven shutout innings. in the bottom of the seventh, check out the ump. he falls on his rump making the call. the giants take down the dodgers 8-0. >>> hit the deck! marco scutaro gets beaned in the head by the nationals' stephen strasburg and had to leave the game. the washington ace had a tough day on the mound, allowing six hits in six innings. rockies beat the nation

not a lot of bad weather this morning, showers coming down through northern portions of upstate new york. showers in the mountains of west virginia down to virginia and north carolina, as far as texas goes, a little cluster of thunderstorms by abilene, as we go throughout the afternoon, only one area of concern, we may get a few tornadoes out of this, too, talking northeast colorado and extreme western portions of nebraska, denver area the biggest threat should be possibility of large hail, maybe a little bit of damaging winds. the forecast for your wednesday, i think the summer temperatures beginning to return to the mid-atlantic and warmer and beautiful in the great lakes. that is a look at the wednesday forecast, here is a look at weather outside your window. nashville, tennessee, that is a gorgeous day you know summer heat and humidity will return sooner or later, low 80s and lower humidity levels just about perfect. atlanta, same for you, enjoy it while it lasts. it's too bad that you won't be able to see venus in our life time. i missed out. >> i may find serum i can live forever,

. >>> support is still rolling in for karen klein, she's the school bus monitor from upstate new york who was taunted mercilessly by kids on the school bus. as of today donations for her top $600,000 and a rally was held in her honor. some of the students have since apologized. klein refuses to press charges. >>> mess on the beltway this evening. the lane closures you may run into and the best way to get around that mess. >>> plus a tasty showdown in d.c. in search of the area's >>> the big traffic alert on the beltway continues at this hour. it's stay away weekend near the wilson bridge. three lanes in the outer loop in alexandria have been closed since last night. all traffic between van duren street and telegraph road will use one local lane. you can take 395 to the southeast-southwest freeway or the mixing bowl. this construction may be back next weekend, as well. crews got a late start because the companies that supplied asphalt lost power because of last night's storm. >>> local anglican priests became part of catholic history today. they're part of the first national class of t

he can stay in solitary, like billie blake, for example, a murderer in upstate new york, has been initary for 22 years the guys in louisiana, 40 years of solitary confinement. i mean, doesn't a judge look at this and say, well, what is going on here? >> attorney stuart andrews also testified, representing a group of south carolina prisoners with serious mental illnesses, many of whom have been kept in solitary confinement. the prisoners filed suit several years ago in south carolina department of corrections alleging violations of the state constitution and seeking adequate mental health services. >> to illustrate some of what we have learned about operations solitary confinement and our state, i want to call your attention to two individuals who the members of our class. the first is the door robinson, 50-year-old man with parents schizophrenia serving a life sentence. his speeches highly disorganized and has a history of bizarre behavior such as drinking his own urine. like many people with schizophrenia, he suffers hallucinations and delusions. he believes at night while he sleeps

we still have shower activity from central new york up into upstate new york with the steadiest rainsy up there in maine, vermont, new hampshire. there's even some light showers passing through new jersey. so this is going to be the story for the next two days. just going to be kind of unsettled. will be afternoon showers and storms, especially here in new england. high temperatures today, only in the 50s. we should be in the mid 70s by this time of the year on a day like today. but with all the clouds and cool air around, a very unusual type day for june. 70 in philadelphia. that's it for a high for you. the southeast u.s. you'll have a lot more sunshine and heat. we'll pop up the thunderstorms down there in the southeast. and then in the middle of the country, we should be dry today, and very warm from san antonio to houston to dallas northward. in the northwest, not pretty, either. unusually strong storms coming onshore. will even bring some rain to san francisco. the next system will linger around seattle tomorrow. and you showed the pictures there of the fires in new mexico. very

she built a good life in schenectady, a city in upstate new york.an married this man, john amos. they had a lot in common. they were both volunteering with inner city youth and both recovering from alcohol and drug abuse. >> my past came to visit me again after rehab. my brothers wanted me to go see these detectives. so i went down to new jersey. i braved it out. my husband was right there with me. >> susan had to relive that painful night all over again. >> we put her at ease, that listen, it's okay to talk with us. >> but when susan started telling her version of events, the detectives noticed a startling discrepancy. >> you get this chill that runs through your body, like she's messing up over here and she don't even realize she's messing up. >> what was not consistent about what she was saying? >> the fact of this car pulling off. >> remember, back in 1971 susan told police that she had seen a car speeding away from the house. >> she forgot to put that part in there. >> during this interview, her demeanor changed. she became nervous. >> and in t

. >>> and, finally, the celebration of father's day came a few days early for one upstate new york girl and her military dad. while the naval officer surprised his daughter at field day with an early return from the middle east. she later said she missed him, quote, 100%. >>> and now for a look at your national and regional weather, here is nbc meteorologist bill karins. he has your weather channel forecast. >> her like so many people will have a great father's day forecast. looking very nice. a slow weather day out there came. let's he take a broad picture of where we stand in the middle of june. look at the rainfall totals. southeastern united states, we've taken a little dent out of the drought with significant rain around new orleans to orlando. also the northeast had a little dry weather to start for you and you've gotten plenty of rain. where the fires have been getting worse, the mountainous areas haven't received much rain at all. even san francisco got a little bit, but we're pretty dry and we haven't seen any in southern california from vegas all the way down to arizona. we do

a school bus monitor in upstate new york says she doesn't want to press charges against a group of seventhbullying her on the elbe. >>> middle school haven't students in this town can be heard hackling 68 year-old karen klein calling names and asking her why there is water running down his face. the ugliest and grandmother of eight was commended for keeping her cool during that such she says the word turf. >>> something about me being so fat and ugly are kids should commit suicide at don't think they knew the my son had. the school district in the police department identified all four boys involved. as one father but it's his son this sitting back waiting for his punishment so no one has denied accountability. the school is pursuing disciplinary action and tina shot the videos as a given to peer pressure and is sorry for what he did. i feel bad about how they're making fun of her. if you see someone picking on someone to tell them to stop and dome record them. more than a million and a half people watch the video on the internet and fund-raising side has collected more than $300,000 to hel

new york city. i don't think they anticipated that. narrator: the majority of new york city's drinking water comes from watersheds in upstate new york. a watershed is the area of land where water from rain or snow melt drains downhill into a body of water. mountains act as a funnel to feed rivers and lakes. and in this case, reservoirs. in the new york city system, water is collected and stored in 19 reservoirs, which can hold more than a year's supply -- over 580 billion gallons of water. almost all of the system is fed by gravity, without the use of energy-consuming pumps. valves open to regulate the flow into the 85-mile-long delaware aqueduct -- the longest tunnel in the world. at hillview reservoir... the water is partitioned into another giant tunnel system. where it travels deep below manhattan. the pressure built up by gravity from the mountains pushes the water upwards toward the surface through vertical shafts. these shafts feed the water mains of each neighborhood, which branch into smaller pipes below the streets... feeding into buildings and houses, into the plumbing, and finally, after its long journey, to our faucets.

afternoon storms for upstate new york and new england. >> mostly 80s from the east coast to the rockies. triple digits in phoenix. 70s in boise and sacramento. >>> and now for our favorite story of the day. >> truly. >> it is such a great story. a north carolina student beating the odds making an extraordinary transition from homeless to harvard just two years ago. 18-year-old dawn logins was living as a squatter with her family. >> she missed so much school she was listed as a dropout. but last summer her parents abandoned her, literally gave up on her. she didn't give up. she graduated with an acceptance letter from harvard. >> i was about to cry when everyone stood up and started scre screaming. it feels great to have all the hard work that i put into this to finally be realized. >> after her parents abandoned her last summer, dawn worked as a custodian at her school as a way to make money. took honors classes and everything. now she's getting a scholarship for harvard, and the community is pitching in to cover some of her expenses. i love that story. it's my favorite story of the mo

. >>> police in upstate new york are investigating a video of some middle school students bullying aus monitor. the ten-minute video was posted on youtube on monday. it shows the kids saying some very nasty things to 68-year-old karen klein, grandmother of eight. she says she appears calm but that's not what she was feeling. >> i wanted to punch them is what i wanted to do. i laid back and just tried to ignore it because i really wanted to hurt them. you know? you can't do that. >> reporter: some say you can't. there is a silver lining. an online fundraiser to send her on a nice vacation has brought in more than $99,000. it almost makes you mad to watch that. >>> this is a birthday prince william will never forget. he turns 30 today and will inherit more than $15 million from a trust fund his mother, princess diana, set up before she died. not throwing a bill royal bash. he's reportedly spending the day working and having a private celebration with family and friends. >>> here in new york city a different kind of tall structure made news. a group from spain formed a human tower of ei

. >>> those students who bullied a school bus monitor in upstate new york are now paying a high price for it tonight. a lot of people saw that video there. the 7th graders have now been suspended from their middle school for a year. in addition, they're also going to have to do 50 hours of community service and complete a formal program in bullying presence, respect and responsibility. >>> meteorologist bernadette woods is here right now. what made this storm so unusual last night? for me, when i was watching it, i could not believe how much lightning there was. it was like -- >> it will 103 yesterday. the dew points were in the 70's. when you have a front coming into that kind of an air mass, it's just that much extra fuel for the fire. it was a strong storm coming through and a really strong jet stream that just kicked up those kinds. >> so these are straight-line winds that caused this damage? >> yes. >> so you don't need a tornado warning. >> we do have a couple of showers out there this evening. there's some thunderstorms off to our south, so we're going to show you outside right

problem you can't let that water get into the drinking supply and you're doing this in places like upstate new york and pennsylvania where the water supply of big cities like new york is located so this is a great danger of poisoning the water supply of the big part of the northeast. is so would you would you characterize what's going on with natural gas right now as a bubble. it's not a bubble in the sense that it's going to end quickly but it's a bubble against the long term of history you know it might last ten years but it's not going to last one hundred years which is what president obama said in his state of the union address what he said that it's not going to last one hundred years. he said we have enough natural gas for one hundred years well that's simply not accurate interesting very interesting one of the. actually back in one thousand nine hundred eighty as i recall julian simon and paul ehrlich made a famous bet with each other are you familiar with that you remember that. e.s.i. i do i don't know the exact details but of course i remember the famous bet yeah well i'll characterize it

they were particularly common these associations in new england and upstate new york which had been settled by new england yankees where tocqueville spent a large part of his visit nearly half of his visit was in that northern tier of states. the yankee as bronson noted tends to be "restless in body and mind, always scheming, always in motion, never satisfied with what he has and always seeking to make the world like himself or as uneasy as himself." david hackett fisher, the great historian, author of albion cede made their way from the british isles to the is american colonies notes that the new englanders who were isolated in their own colonies for 200 years and then spread across the northern part of the country were moralistic and intolerant. they believed in following moral principles and in making other people do it, too, persuading them if possible but using powers of government if indeed. and tocqueville clearly admired on balance the reformist yankee impulses as an example of democratic americans working together in voluntary associations to improve their society. and one of these

you call apprenticeships, that's exactly what you think they r if i were a doctor in 1793 in upstate new york, and some young man, and i use the word man throughout the lecture, because in truth there were no women involved in american medicine. the first md from american medical school was elizabeth blackwell in 1949, but in reality, putting political practice aside, there were no women to speak of going into american medicine prior to the civil war. these men, i would have somebody come to me and they would say i want to learn about medicine. and i would say fine, here are my books, your father needs to pay me 100 pounds and i'll take care of you. that was an apprentice. if you read these these are the articles of indenture. this is exactly what you think, they read books, they listened to the doctor, the doctor would tell him what to do, very often they were like servants in the house. but this was apprenticeship, this was how americans learned about medicine. there was no regulation, there were no standards, there were minimal licensing. one thing they did, the apprentices, they would som

this is great, we love these, the celebration of father's day came a few days early for one upstate new york girl and her military dad. watch this, the naval officer surprised her daughter at field day, with an early return from the middle east. she later said she missed him quote, 100%. >>> i bet she did now for look at the national weather we turn to nbc meteorologist bill kar s karins, he has your weather channel forecast. >> field day means it's the end of school, she gets to spend all summer now home with her dad. a bonus bonus. it's one of the quietest weather mornings i've seen in a long time. not a lot going on that will impede your morning commute and give you any trouble. i want to take a look at what's happened so far this june. something has been missing in chicago -- rain. this is off to one of the driest starts ever for the month of june. we've only had .01 of an inch. it's been dry over iowa, wisconsin, illinois and indiana and that's going to change. a lot of wet weather we've seen this june, you know it in new england, you've gotten soaked from boston new york. in the southe

donations continue pouring in for the upstate new york school bus monitor who was bullied mercilesslyy a group of seventh graders. the funds for karen kline has topped $380,000. video of cline being tormented has gone viral more than 1.5 million people have watched it on youtube. >>> a 911 dispatcher in prince george's county helped a father deliver his son at home. >> my wife is in labor. her water has broken and time to go. >> sounds pretty calm. that was andre johnson. he called 911 moments after his wife's water broke at their home in hillcrest heights yesterday. news4 spoke exclusively to the mother and 911 dispatcher about the dramatic delivery. >> i was very, very shocked at how it came. >> all of a sudden he's like, i see the head, i see the head. i said, you do? so i went back into the program and the program talks you through birth and so i was trying to calm the father down. >> richard, marvin johnson was born 7 pounds, 13 ounces. this morning both richard and his mother are doing fine. >>> a judge is hoping for a trial with a man charged in killing his wife. 48-year-old is