they have the ion shut competition this weekend. it's pretty cloudy out there this weekend. by the afternoon, we should get those temperatures up. a lot of fifties in the bay area as well. it looks like we you're going to see some pretty nice weather over the weekend. temperatures will be heating up. i would love to talk more about the weather, but this stuff is amazing >>> look at that meeting and talking at the same time. multitalented >>> so far at the toll plaza things are moving quite nicely. no delays all across the upper deck. the bay bridge is usually the best indicator of how things are flowing throughout the bay area. no issues out there right now. we are following this road work. a couple lanes are blocked until about 6:00 this morning. all across the span of the golden gate bridge, there are no major delays. here drive times, your east the drive times. westbound 24, no delay through the macarthur maze. the nimitz from the patinas bridge to the maze show the grain. 60 minutes is the drive to the nimitz. here is a developing story movement of falling all morning. c

i'm guaranteeing you it will not be as hot this weekend as it was last weekend. that's not saying much but i do think we're going to warm up a little bit, brian. tonight it's pleasant out there. a live look outside. we are probably not going to have to deal with any storm, any outflow boundaries. no microbursts. looks like the forms we've been watching to the west are diminishing and it's a pleasant weekend. it's not humid. enjoy the break while you k. i wanted to show you radar. what we had been watching around hagerstown has diminished greatly. we think that's going to be the trend for most of the rest of the night as an area of high pressure is getting ready to build in. we'll take this back a few hours. you can see what was trying to develop out here kind of rained itself out over washington county. some leftover showers have moved up into pennsylvania. we have a mix of sun and clouds. i think mostly sun for the rest of this evening. the deck of clouds will probably stay out to our west. just in case you think rain has taken a leave of absence from the east c

this will provide us with a cloudy and damp start to the weekend. as it lifts, it will act as a focussing mechanism for rain shower chances today, tonight, and tomorrow. we need the rain. we're more than six inches behind for the year, and low pressure coming in late sunday and early monday might bring more chances for showers. it will not rain start to finish for your weekend. today, more clouds an sunshine. that's the rule. passing showers, a rumble or two of thunder, but not much severe weather. highs should generally be below 90 degrees. tomorrow, once again, more clouds than sunshine, but warmer tomorrow. as i mentioned, that big heat dome that we dealt with a week or so ago, it's trying to inch it's way back northbound. you noticed here, 93 tomorrow, 94 on monday, but 97 and 98 for monday and tuesday. hot, humid, hazy, not a big rain chance. if you need to stay ahead of the weather you can follow me on twitter. i tweet out radar pictures and how the weather is looking. so follow me. >> just when you thought the heat wave was over, it comes bac

funerals for several were held over the weekend. among those laid to rest, jessica ghawi, taken home to san antonio. jonathan blunk buried in reno and a.j.boyk remembered in aurora. >> my heart is breaking and i will miss him. >> reporter: heartache as investigators learn more about james holmes and what may have led to such a devious plot. holmes had been seeing a psychiatrist at the medical school where he was a ph.d. student. a hearing will also be held today on whether a package holmes sent to that psychiatrist can be admitted as evidence. from centennial, colorado, i'm leeanne gregg. veronica, back to you. >> leanne, thank you. >>> now for a look at the national weather, we turn to nbc meteorologist bill karins with the weather channel forecast. good morning. >> good morning to you. this weekend, i got washed out. >> you did? >> i was not very happy with the weatherman. the other people that were with me were not happy with me. >> what happened? >> there were a lot of thunderstorms and rain up in the northeast this past weekend

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he will sign by the end of the weekend. mike jones said it was a four year $21 million deal including a $40 million signing bonus. on the 17th, cory pavin had this pot and it was a tie for the lead. a wide open lob wedge. any time your ball moves it is a two stroke penalty. two shots off the lead at - 3. the national guard in miami to start a four game series with the marlins. jordan zimmerman will be on the hill. it is important to get the start -- the club off to a good start. i want you to listen to gonzales' talk about the second half. >> we are fighting every day to get better and better. we represent big organization and a big city. we're trying to do our best to stay healthy and strong. the way we go about our business is -- why not? what i aim for something big? >> for get the best record in the national league, he says there are coming together now. the yankees are 5-1, at the nationals are 8-1. it is so new to washington baseball. it is fun when the yankees and the nationals are picked for the fall classic. >> a f

bay area weekend, minor warming into the weekend. instead of low 80s in fairfield like today, mid-90s. warmer. this low-pressure system is the culprit for the fog bank. that low pressure will be with us tomorrow and that is why we have drizzle in the forecast in the morning and mild temperatures. tomorrow like today. into the weekend, that low shifts, the high-pressure system strengthens from the southwest and temperatures come up. low 90s into saturday and sunday. the forecast for the fog tomorrow morning, you see the fog, there is a lot of it, everybody, like i said. as the fog burns off, then the temperatures warm inland. 90s, 80s and 70s. warming up. the heat is coming this way. by the weekend, it will push this way. interesting how the reds here, the 90s, get split by the fog. 80 in fairfield. 72 vallejo. this weather pattern works well for the good air quality. 81 antioch. 82 brentwood. 80 livermore. that is not what you expect this time of year. lot going on this weekend, five- day forecast with your bay area weekend in view s

your weekend finally here. and we're really going to be catching a break from the extreme heat we've been dealing with for most of the summer. off to a wonderful, cloudy and cool start this morning. won't be the best day outside enjoying the weather, but boy if you're going to be outside doing a little bike riding or jogging today, sure is a nice cool change compared to the last couple of weeks. 68 right now at national airport, 63 in montgomery county. there are rain showers dotting the landscape this morning. heaviest of the showers between downtown washington and the 270 spur coming into the capital beltway there on the northwest sides of town. also a little batch of showers down towards culpepper and up 95 for the next little while. and rain showers out towards the blue ridge shenandoah valley. there's the showers this morning. more clouds than sunshine for today. i don't even know that you'll get a whole lot in the way of sunshine this afternoon. highs today probably going to stay below 80 degrees. that wi

have a great weekend, everybody.

for the weekend we will get up to the 90's.for the next couple of days, more humidity with more chances of storm. a check out our forecast available at wjla.com. friday morning commuters may be in a hurry. let us find out from lisa baden. >> not this morning. everything is very quiet. we are rushing during rush hour. a belief slow down on the outer loop towards the up bridge with a crash along the way. traffic is quiet on 270. back to the news. >> all right. thank [ wife ] your dad'seally giving him the business... the designated hitter's the best thing to happen to baseball! but it's not the same game! [ wife ] wow, he's really gonna get us a good deal. it's better! no it's not! the pitcher comes up and he's out! [ dealer ] he can bunt! whatever. but we're good with 0% apr for 60 months? oh yeah, t totally. thank you so much. that must've been brutal. [ male announcer ] the volkswagen autobahn for all event. at 0% apr foror 60 months no one needs to know how easy it w was to get your new volkswagen. that's the power of german

we are looking forward to a much better weekend than last year. we will wait and see what that brings. >> the track will be constructed in sections to minimize closures and disruptions. the final 25% of the track will be completed in the days leading up to the race. kim dacey, wbal-tv 11 news. >> thank you. police all looking for suspects after two speed cameras are marred. the vandals spray-painted over the lenses. police have no suspects in either case. the scene call on east monument street got bigger over the weekend. -- the sinkhole on east monument street got bigger over the weekend. >> lawmakers are squaring off again and what is at stake is how much of your paycheck you will get to keep. hallie jackson joins us live with the latest on the story. >> good morning. the clock is ticking for the house to get that vote in. democrats plan would extend the bush era tax cuts for those making less than $250,000 a year. the gop probably will pass in the house but probably not get the green light in the senate. this is more about sending a message to

here's a look at your weekend forecast. we get to see if our air conditions work this weekend in areas of the northwest. 80 in seattle, 84 in portland. getting very warm from boise to salt lake city. as we go through the weekend, saturday, triple digit heat, boise. 97 medford. 87 in portland. by the time we get to sunday's forecast i think we could be up to 104 in boise. talking about serious heat for one of the first times in the summer in the northern rockies. if you're watching us on action news in california, in nearby monterey explore a world where jelly fish dance at the jellies experience. >>> bill, thanks so much. here's an early look at this morning's headlines in entertainment. the latest crime fighting super hero has taken all of the suspense out of the top film. the amazing spider-man has made its top office boon. it's taken in 60 million bucks. this weekend it will take in 60 million or more. it could easily finish number one. >>> katy perry, "part of me" is a mix of interviews, backstage scenes and concert foo

he also has fewer weekend forecast. -- fewer weekend forecast. púwnw >> 7:23.28 -year-old autistic man has been found alive after surviving three weeks in a rugged part of the utah desert. he says he is survived by eating frogs and drinking water from the escalante river. the whole incident began on the 20 sixth when someone stole his hiking gear and so all of his cash. >> sau is coming back to get you where you need to go this morning. >> we are looking at this fire in oakland near the fruitvale exit of 580. these are pictures taken by news chopper two just a few moments ago. also a lot of firefighters and some on the move here. >>> also, looking at the commute, the toll plaza is surprisingly busy. if backed up beyond the 880 crossing. no crashes reported and traffic is moving through, you just have to be patient. and if you are driving in santa clara valley, broke away 101. do you see turning jell-o here about the rest of the conditions look good. >> it will be hot this week that now temperatures start to fall off the cliff here. a good 10 or 15 degrees coole

many buried their loved ones over the weekend. at the center of this investigation is a notebook that holmes sent to his psychiatrist, dr. lynne fenton. >> if a psychologist or psychiatrist feels that a patient they're treating may pose a threat, in most states they're obligated to do something. >> reporter: in this case, holmes' attorneys will say the seizure of that notebook was a breach of confidentiality. between a doctor and patient. they'll argue to get that notebook back in court today and also that it cannot be used as evidence. rob and paula? >> you mentioned ashley moser's miscarriage. certainly heartbreaking news compounding the tragedy there. does that mean 13 charges will be filed now for murder? >> reporter: no, rob, not in colorado. we learned from a former prosecutor that in this state, homicide charges are not applied to those not born alive. in this case, it will still be 12 murder victims, not 13. but a tragedy for the family. because, as you know, we have been following this case. at first, we thought she would

that will change though over the weekend.ry morning commute for most of us unless you're far west of town. still seasonable so looks pretty good for a july day. isolated thunderstorms possible west of town mainly. and then we're looking to get hot over the weekend. 90s are back. and even triple digit heat. here's a look at your 9 futurecast. so today, we're looking at just cloudy conditions and it will be also cloudy through your saturday not a whole lot of sunshine. may get some breaks again most of the showers and activity stay out to the west for today. now tomorrow a different story. a better chance for some scattered showers and thunderstorms mainly maybe late morning and in the afternoon and early evening hours. same deal for sunday. so we have a stationary boundary front coming through which will also then change into a warm front bringing in some warmer conditions for the weekend. but today, temperature for d.c. 87 degrees is your high. 87 also for manassas. mid 80s for frederick and gaithersburg. here's a look at you

did you check it out last weekend? >> i am enjoying it. >> loved it. >> a lot of the critics have panned it. >> if you work in this business you have an appreciation for a lot of issues he got into. before we get to all of that, the deadly storms and stifling heat punishing millions of americans right now. and the bad news is, no relief in sight. >> that's right, powerful thunderstorms again pummelled the mid-atlantic and southeast north carolina. far from over after the first line of storms slammed the washington, d.c. area killing 14 people. abc's david kerley is there. >> reporter: crews have only been able to restore power to a third of those who lost electricity. 2 million customers in seven states still left with no air conditioning in 100-degree heat and it could be next weekend before everyone is back on the grid. an army of 1,000 linemen is headed to virginia. josh little has seen hurricane and tornado damage in his 26 years on the job r, but nothing like this. >> i haven't seen so many trees down. and the siz

weekend weddings next in "the skinny." weekend next in "the skinny."welcome back, everybody. a couple big weddings to tell you about, everyone talking about alec baldwin, he got hitched, he is 54, she is 28. they got married here in manhattan over the weekend. the a-listers, lorne michaels, jimmy fallon, tina fey, his brothers were there, little incident with the paparazzi. when is there not when alec is involved? he is very happy. tweeted a picture of his ring, and which is the date, june 30. want to wish alec baldwin years and years of happiness with his child bride. >>> and also, mick jagger's daughter, jade jagger got married to adrian fillary, congrats to her. his only child with -- according to the "u.s. weekly" his only daughter in fact from ex-wife bianca. wish them well. >> going from weddings to divorces. a tomkat update. katie holmes filed for divorce from her husband tom cruise. and she is saying she thinks the scientology church is following her, tailing her. apparently not something that is necessarily that was a paranoid people. because

into the weekend. first, lisa baden has a look at traffic. >> looks pretty bright as far as the commute across the wilson bridge, out of alexandria through oxon hill. looks good on 50 between the bay bridge and new york ave. travel times working in our favor. in virginia on the greenway, told road, 66 between centreville and the beltway. 270 between father hurley and belthe beltway, light volume, moving at a good pace. back to you. >> thank you. 73 degrees outside. >> more than two weeks since the big storm. zero local women still cannot get into her home. what she >> howard county police are searching for a man who shot and critically injured two people. yesterday evening a person went to a nail salon and beat and shot a man who was waiting to pick up his girlfriend. he took off in the gold honda accord. police found the car in colombia. he is still on the lows this morning. tuan pham. there was an attempted robbery in capitol heights. early sunday morning, three masked men stopped a car and gunpoint.

happen twice this weekend.mputer malfunction brought trains on all five loon for a stand still. it first happened saturday between 2:10 and 2:50:00 p.m. and again again between 12:0:00 a.m. and 1:00 a.m. on -- between 12:30:00 a.m. and 1:00 a.m. on sunday. there is a system that allows controlers to see where the trains are. that suddenly went dark. each time, the train were told to hold their position at the next station but passenger delays lasted as long as 40 minutes. >> it is more just the fact i'm paying so much money for the system and it never seems to be working properly. a station is closed or you have to shuttle somewhere. there is always aproblem. >> metro says that train operators use traffic lights alongside the tracks and speed command were transmitted to each train's control cab. metro saws there was radio communication between the train and the control center at all times and even more importantly, wisdom and sarah, metro says the system detects where the trains are on the track, they say that

it might be a 50-50 this weekend. i'll talk about it coming up with the insta-weather. >> now to our big story, detames on the horrific massacre in aurora, colorado, continue to unfold this morning. 12 people were killed, more than 50 injured during a shooting spree at the premiere of the new batman knewee, "the dark knight rises." >> this morning, community searches for clues about how and why this massacre happened. we have team coverage this morning, and we begin with 11 news reporter jay gray. >> i got people running out of the theater that were shot. >> we're learning more tonight about the firestorm unleashed inside this colorado movie theater much >> it's an act that defies description. >> police say 23-year-old james holmes was dressed in full body armor and wearing a gas mask when he burst through an exit door during the premiere of the movie, "the dark knight rises," first tossing two smoke canisters, then opening fire. >> he was going up the stairs and shooting everybody just at random. he didn't have an ag

temperatures last weekend were way below average.ttered showers and thunderstorms are possible today. the best chance will be this afternoon. a front will go through on tuesday night. the humidity will go down as we head for the middle portion of the week. we were in the 60's and seven's over the weekend. nepos again today -- we were in the 60's and 70's over the weekend. >> we have heard of the riding of the bulls. this is the running of the brides. >> we are still taking your answers to our water cooler question of the day. what are you looking forward to most about the 2012 london olympics? you can share your response at wbaltv.com and on our facebook page, or send us an e-mail to watercooler@wbaltv.com. >> the olympic games officially begin on friday. one race not part of the happenings in london is this one . this is an annual event. it is a dash near the serbian parliament. the first and second place finisher will get their entire wedding paid for. >> you would not want to find yourself stuck in a mall with a bear. the gates we

yeah, this was -- if you chose this weekend -- >> yeah, not a good weekend. >> wasn't pretty. >> at leastgot rain. colorado to indiana drought, that's dreadful you could drive that far and be in drought conditions. >> yes. and also your washington, d.c., fact of the day, they'll end up with probably the hottest july all time. the last three julys in a row going back since 1890, one, two and three for the hottest julys ever. >> wow! that is remarkable. >> i've got nothing else to do on a rainy weekend. >> we like that. those folks, indiana to colorado, perhaps some relief for the farm bill from congress in the next week. we'll see. bill, thanks. >>> let's head back over to willie in london for the olympic highlights. willie in that wonderful vest. mike barnicle wanted me to remind you that the sox took 2 out of 3 for the yankees. the red sox scene is all but over. i'll say that on your behalf. >> reporter: i'm going to go long with my olympic update so we don't make it to the yankee highlights. good news for the americans and a world record in the pool. dana vollmer, 24-year-old from texas

area weekend and it's warming up.looks good. next week it doesn't get hot. that's because the low pressure lingers and keeps us on the cool side. this is like last summer the temperatures are real stable. no big heat or cool. just right down the middle. >> i can go with that. >> a lot of people like that. thank you. >> the school bus monitor who made headline when is a video of her being bullied went viral said today she is retiring. the 68-year-old said her decision to leave the job wasn't a result of the incident. she said she is retiring because it's just time to leave. her story came to light after this ten minute video appeared online showing four students from upstate new york bullying her. the event sparked out powering with people donating more than $700,000. the four students have been suspended for a year. >> lining up for tasty treats. the weekly event that brings gourmet food curbside. . >>> nice weather and gourmet food was on the menu tonight in oakland. bites off broadway was once again parked along 45t

storms this weekend.se are different kinds of storms that we're used to. >> run of the mill? >> yes. typical summertime type storms and right now we're not expecting severe weather. oh, my goodness, are we going to get what we got just a couple of days ago? no, but any of the storms we being get this weekend and not looking like they'll be severe and they could be producing downpours and we want to be cautious as possible out there. for today, we've had cloud cover and for today we've had just a few light showers and motor st those were the early part of the day and the wind out of the east at 5 miles per hour. i was just outside and going back outside it's really pretty comfortable. the humidity waning a little bit before starting to spike, and it is going to be a sticky weekend. that's what we're expecting right now. 87, the temperature in baltimore, maryland and 81 degrees in leesberg. leesberg has had just a few sprinkles to come through the area, during the overnight in the area and expect light show

the problem is, it is opening weekend this weekend.eans it's going to be pounded by one of those comic book blockbusters. some say there are too many of them. i don't know. i'm kind of a fan. sadly, that plus an r rating it makes its expectations at around $10 million. >>> now for another look at the weather, here's nbc's meteorologist bill karins. >> you saw "the avengers." >> liked it a lot and plan on seeing "batman "and "spider-man." >> you like the genre of all the comic book movies. it's not ryan gosling, but keeps your attention at least half the movie before falling asleep. well, good morning, everyone. if you're in north dakota what heat wave? soaking rain. this is really what the farmers needed up here. it's a start. getting soaking rains. heading up to northern minnesota too. not for minneapolis during the morning hours. still hot there. your relief this afternoon with storms. a hot day, very hot around d.c. 100 degrees again. 90s back up in new york city. not bad around boston. about 86. for the rest of country, the real he

the weekend is looking good with a lot of sunshine. we have the forecast coming up in jusa couple of minutes. >> we have a lot going on this weekend. we have the san francisco marathon happening on sunday and it could cause some pretty big delays throughout the day. as the race weaves around the northern part of the city, they will start this street closures very early on sunday morning and continue through the early part of the afternoon. so far this morning we have not seen many problems. our live time saver traffic camera shows top speeds heading towards doyle drive and a similar story on the east bay freeways. headlights are moving south bound towards the oakland airport so if you have an early morning flight you should have no delay getting there. coming through downtown san jose, the guadalupe parkway at 87, so far no slowing on the sensors. everything is pretty much at the limit. which check-in with bart which is running on time for all stops heading towards downtown san francisco. >> 8 march is planned in oakland this afternoon

some may not get power back until the weekend. >> it may impact your morning drive. john gonzalez is on the scene in kensington and is joining us with the latest now. you have seen traffic patterns changing. >> they really are. there are multiple traffic problems this morning in montgomery county from down trees and power lines to traffic signals not working at connecticut avenue. the traffic-- but the traffic signal at connecticut avenue right here is working. but the road is closed. massive trees on top of cars in many areas blocking access to traffic. despite the liberally declaration, transportation officials are pleading with commuters to use public transportation. northern virginia is still dealing with 100 traffic signals out. but in montgomery county more than half of the traffic signals have been out for days now. at least 400 signals as of last night was still in the dark. the governor's urging state workers to stay home. hundreds of power lines entriesand trees down. officials have listed hov restrictions on 270 and rte

>>> start of a busy weekend for the nats. >> busy weekend.sports people talk about a really big game, pivotal. we got a series coming up, nats against the braves, four times this week, over the weekend that is. it really is a big one. to say it's not is an understatement. the nats have 3 1/2 game over atlanta. here's the good news on that. nationals have taken six of their last eight games against the braves this season, including two of the three of their last series. the only loss in that game was the one pitched by steven strasburg. he'll be on the hill tonight. strasburg struggled in that last outing against the braves. back on june 30th. he only lasted three innings and then had to leave with heat exhaustion. the nats and their ace are looking to rebound now and expand their lead over atlanta. those two teams are meeting for the ninth time this season. ryan zimerman says that's a plus. >> i think, you know, i think we like playing the teams in our division a little bit more because of the familiarity, you know what to expect and you have

western maryland, thunderstorm possible in the weekend. eastern shore locations, what we will see is not only the 101 degree heat but the heat index might go over 110. there are some thunderstorms sunday afternoon. you get a nice sunny day tomorrow. it will be hot. 92 with a thunderstorm sunday and some showers on monday. our heat wave slowly and after the weekend. 95 on sunday. down to 83 with some showers monday and temperatures look like they will stay in the low to mid 80's. >> the orioles search for an effective arms. they turned to gonzales. some bad news for roberts coming up next in sports. >> to win the jackpot, you must match these balls. let's see if we can make you a millionaire. 25-35-39-23-20. 21. 28-35-39-23-20-21. >> brian roberts battle to get back in the field after a concussion. he had a torn muscle. he will seek a second opinion that he will likely be out for months. gonzales makes his first career start for the orioles. wilson getting plenty of help defensively. there, you can see gonzales getting the job done. here is

have a good weekend. >>> a d.c. police officer accused of making threats against first lady michelle obama. we'll have the latest on this investigation this morning. also ahead, an update on the 911 out ams that hit northern virginia after that storm. local congressmen are now calling on the fcc for answers. fox 5 morning news is back in just a moment.  >>> no paver, no land line no, internet. those were all inconveniences many of us had to dole with when the storm tore through two weeks ago today. but in northern virginia, there was a far more serious problem there. some people were unable to get through to 911. now, three congressmen are calling on the fcc to find out what went wrong and what verizon is doing to make sure it does not happen again. two of them spoke with fox 5's brian bolter last newt on fox anews at 10:00. >> there is no excuse for verizon not having this backup power. it was a life-threatening situation. we had trees down, live wires down. we had people with health conditions tha

alyssa the weekend is. fire investigators continue was started this fire. for more in the death of the jackie jockey. did waves was killed in accidents is obviously very traffic. did waves into what went wrong. and not contributions. 33 year-old jockey were hera of the final worser is the day. decided to clip another horse would stumble. the jockey was thrown over the front of the forest land on the track it seems is this course or in other words. did latest dissevered severe head trauma. still awaits more than 8000 races. did waves condolences can be left on the they spoke and twitter page. this is not for the community for his family for everyone is there. obviously was unexpected. did we its budget in the best to get through this. delays listen gilroy it said the fatal shooting of a toddler was an accident happened yesterday afternoon at a home one can wed court and emergency workers from the three year-old boy with the least one gunshot wound. the boy who died was the son of the senate as a police officer. the event is being stored if you're not clear w

and celebrations came over the past weekend with more plans for next weekend. hotels say bookings are down from previous years. aaa is reporting that travel is less. a lot of people don't want to burn vacation days to get in a long weekend. understandably. >> it would be a long vacation. 12:19 right now. coming up, tiger woods appears to be back. what he says to his doubters after his big victory yesterday at congressional. >> would you share your husband with three other wives? captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org-- >> looks like tiger woods is back to his old self after a big win yesterday at congressional country club. he shot a 69 on sunday to defeat bo van pelt to take on the cup in the at&t national. this is his third victory of the year and it puts him past jack nicklaus in his second place all-time on the pga win list. tiger did not have any problem reminding the media of what some of them said recently. >> i remember when people said i could never win again. that was six months ago, i think. here we are. >> he did win. >> suc

last weekend's box office champ with $34 million.yler perry's "madea witness protection." finally, the other new release, "people like us"6" starring ch pine debuted in tenth with a measly $4 million. the other film i want to see is woody allen's new film. it has the actor, i think, from "the social network" in it. it's about rome. >> yeah. a lot of his films lately hav been a real struggle. >> i want to see it. >> they haven't been so good lately. >> i'm veronica de la cruz. this is "first look" onç msnbc. stay tuned, because "way too early with willie geist" starts right now. >>> the spin over the supreme court's ruling on the president's health care law begins in earnest as republicans vow repeal but offer few specific alternatives while democrats do the end zone dance but refuse to call the mandate a tax. the question is, what version of the story will voters believe when they head to the polls in november? >>> millions are without power as violent storms throw the eastern u.s. into chaos as workers struggle to restore electric

so why does this film have no chance at the weekend box office? >>> the knicks signed a future hall of famer, and serena muscles her way into the final at wimbledon. you're watching "early today." >>> good morning and welcome back to "early today." i'm lynn berry, and here are some of your top headlines this morning. the u.s. is threatening bashar al assad with global sanction. >>> a new parliamentary report in japan has found that the fukushima nuclear crisis was a preventable disaster, results from a collusion by the plant operator, the government, and regulators. the report criticized the power company and the prime minister who resigned last year. >>> a new satellite view shows the scorched earth left by the waldo canyon fire in colorado, surrounded by the red false color image of trees and plants. >>> firefighters in western states are getting some relief today, help from heavy rain. >>> and oops in san diego where the big fireworks display was really big on the fourth of july. the entire eechking's program of fireworks exploded right away al

the red cross spent the weekend helping storm victims. now the organization is asking for your help. first, though, a look at what's hot on nbcwashington.com. >>> the american red cross is one of the organizations that has been here to help since friday's deadly storm hit our area, but the agency is also dealing with a significant drop in donations especially for blood. the medical director for the american red cross is here this morning. we appreciate you coming in. let me ask you first to tell us about what you have done saturday of the storm that came through on friday and how much work this put on the red cross around here. >> as always, we're quick to respond to any kind of emergency, and this is certainly an emergency we would respond to. several of our chapters have opened up cooling stations to help accommodate people without air-conditioning. over the weekend, i believe, there was an apartment complex in riverdale where people were out of their homes. we've responded by providing food and clothing to those folks to stay. >> we kn

the shutdown occurred twice this weekend. once on saturday afternoon and again early sunday morning. extra staff is on hand this morning just in case the transit agency computers crashed against. >> they need to do something. >> twice in one week. >> i have to get to work. >> computer problems caused all the trains to stop for about a half-hour each time. no evidence of computer hacking. software issues instead. some commuters are worried about it happening again during the morning or afternoon rush hour this morning. >> i have to explain to my boss why i am late for work. i don't want to lose my job because i cannot get on the train. >> metro officials said on sunday the safety systems remained operating and crews were working to minimize the chance of additional problems while they search for the cause. >> i will have to leave two hours early to make sure i make it to work on time. >> the trains eventually were dispatched by radio. a metro spokesperson says all the trains are able to get to their necks stop. reporting live

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they practiced all weekend here some d.c. she they should focus on their opponents instead of talking about the '92 original dream team. no comparison on those teams. >> we won't talk about it anymore except for five more times this morning. to baseball now, the nat in miami to face the marlins. in the fifth stephen strasbourg gets a single. he got his 10th win. the nats take this one 4-06789. >>> the game came with drama in the fourth inning. bryce harper gets confronted about pipe tar being a little high on his bat. ozzie guillen come plan about it to the home plate umpire. the tension continued between ozzie and manager davie johnson throughout the inning. davie had this to say about the incident. >> ozzie complained that the pine tar was too high up on harper's bat. so we changed it. and than he was still chirping about it. and it got on the umpire's nerves. it got on my nerves. he was trying to intimidate my player, i guess. not going to bother our player. but he does what he has to do. i didn't really like it. >> just t

it looks like we're going to have a hot weekend we will have more on your weekend forecast including the garlic festival coming up in just a bit. >> the hardest working man in show business. we have a ct to what the bay bridge will look at at night. they turned the lights on so that we could get a glimpse of the future. the new eastern spam has 48,000 specially designed lights that are installed in more than 1500 the lighting fixtures. >> we hope that it will set the standard for the way to let other bridges in the future. >> this is a very special place on earth. i think anyone from the bay area gets that. >> the new part of the bay bridge is expected to open next year, 11 years after construction began. social boom bust? facebook stock takes a dive after reporting earnings. plus, of stage? the president makes a major announcement about israel on the eve of the visit of mitt romney to that country. >> at the start of the summer games, i have all the details coming up. >> in your wardrobe can offer you extra layer of some,,,,,,,,, >> let's check in to see how stocks are doing in the

we will have your weekend forecast in a few minutes. let's check on the rose with elizabeth. >>> let's notice on highway 45 will let you know if their crops that all hon. far ahead of time a caller story coming bottom of the altamont pass. a live look of the nimitz, northbound 880 is moving. you get a check with mass- transit in the meantime, back to you guys. >>> and a close of interview with cbs obama says he has their farallon the lead since " that's important. but the nature of this office is also to tell a story to the american people that gives them a sense of unity, barbarous during tough times. >>> mayor ron these camp is getting hit hard with this headline appeared it includes romney lying of his capital. the romney campaigned with you could go walked the rest of the exclusive interview with obama and it just have turned our news cast. the secret service is looking into a possible strike against michelle obama by a police of this there. someone overheard the officer said he would shoot the first lady. the florida teacher strang

things, to me, took a turn this weekend.resident's team is talking about romney's time at bain capital. romney says, i wasn't really running things during the time they were sending jobs overseas. but he has signed documents at that time for the fcc indicating he was still president and running things and all that kind of thing. so there's some discrepancy there. how is this all going to play out with the electorate? is it getting too nasty? >> it is getting nastier, you're right about that. but the fact romney did five network television interviews on friday afternoon, friday evening, showed you how concerned they are about it. if you think about it from the president's point of view, every day we're not talking a s economy is good for him. eventually, come the fall, this election is going to be about the economy. but now, we're dealing with romney's resume. that's a good thing for obama. >> romney's people are saying the president's team needs to apologize. i think what they are in particular are upset about, is a suggesti

weekend. other areas, not so much. this morning, talk about a rough start to your morning. a lot of people having trouble sleeping around nashville. we've hat thunderstorms lingering over the western half of the city down interstate 40. all the lightning strikes here. probably hundreds of them. they're going to continue to shift here to the south. also we had a couple of stornls rolling down interstate 24. this is a shield of rain between nashville and knoxville. and don't expect anything even close to the heat that you've had lately today around d.c. to philadelphia. you had some thunderstorms last night. it's going to be a cloudy cool day today. temperatures in the 70s in many areas, including new york city, who will see light off-and-on rain. now, the heat did go away from the great lakes to much of new england yesterday, but it's still brutally hot today, from dallas northward all the way through the northern plains. it's a very warm start with temperatures near 70 to 80 degrees, and this

less humid for the weekend. danella, how's traffic? >> looking live at chopper 4 as they fly over i-95 northbound at fairfax county parkway. your travel speeds as you make your way northbound on i-95. we are seeing volume as they zoom out a little bit. you are seeing just slightly heavy on the brakes but you are the speed, 42 miles per hour from quantico. right now, 33 minutes to get to the beltway. continue on to 395 here's a live look, volume as you make your way from the beltway past duke street. then as you head over the 14th street bridge making your way into the city, not bad at all. you are underspeed just a bit. 46 miles per hour. 14 minutes to get through the beltway to the 149 street bridge. i'm back in ten. for now, back over to you both. >> thank you, danella. >>> the important meeting today that could affect the chances of a casino on the potomac. >>> boo! >> no, they're not yelling boo, why police pulled the plug on a concert featuring two musical [ obama ] i'm barack obama, and i approve this message. [ female announcer

five-day forecast with your bay area weekend in view shapes up like this. warmer for the weekend. but not hot. nice. tomorrow is like today and then a warm up through sunday. >> welcome back. >> thank you. >> thank you. >>> coming up on bay area news at 7:00 on tv 36 one popular destination gets set to roll out smarter meters. >> pay for parking with coins and credit cards and soon your cell phone. how it will help. >> and along the bay bridge all in the name of safety. join us for these stories and more on bay area news at 7:00 on tv 36. >>> it is a back to school necessity, the public health reminder for students who will soon be hetting back to class. -- heading back to class. >>> california department of public health is urging parents to get their 7th grade children immunization against whooping cough. 9,000 cases were reported in california. a new law was signed by governor jerry brown requiring a whooping cough booster before high school students can reenter school. >>> red is in -- fred is in for mark. >> no doom and gloom mere from me. i guarantee you -- gloom here from m