west philly ride or die! >> coming up next in this special edition frontline... >> i saw kids waving their hands saying, "help. help me stay on track." >> another school program getting it right. >> our students face challenges, sometimes, that young children shouldn't have to face. >> i can't tell you how much i worry every time she leaves this building. >> when she leaveshis building, she's on her own. >> they told me, "you're bright and you're special." i started to believe that i can do more for myself. >> "middlscol moment" bins right now. (siren wails) (horn honks) >> narrator: two and a half years ago, omarina cabrera, a student at middle school 244 in the bronx, was struggling. >> my first year here, me and my mom got evicted. i felt shattered. that was the home that i had for my whole life, and i grew up there. i didn't know what was going to happen next. that period of not knowing wasn't something that i felt comfortable with. i felt this inkling in me that i would never want my children or anyone e

. >> a decade ago he started west philly's high dridybrid x team. low-income high school kids beat out colleges in national competitions. >> i'm actual ly beat some prety recognizable names. i won't embarrass them on camera but really well recognized colleges and universities in the engineering areas. >> reporter: that fueled simon's ultimate dream -- a school. he calls it the sustainability workshop, place where inner city students spend their entire senior year solving real world proble problems. this is by no means your typical school. of course, simon hauger is not your average teacher. >> i was a really good math and science teacher. i'd turn the strobe light on and do the break dance and get the kids excited, then give them the test at the end of the week. it is frustrating because it didn't stick and the fundamental shift that's happened this year is that the relationships that we're build region authentic and that to me is very exciting. my ne is simon hauger, i'm the founder of the hybrid x team and founder the sustainability workshop. we h

. >> a decade ago he started west philly's high dridybrid x team. school kids beat out colleges in national coet

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west. the phillies throw a brinks truck at karl hammell. six years and $140 million extension.th that is about $24 million a year. three phyllis starting pitchers, all earn over $20 million a year now. wow. and hra drag racing returns to sonoma this weekend. a sport with begen gins, big horsepower and big testosterone which does not intimidate andrea. the man she beat was last year's winner in sonoma, greg and herson and this was sweet in more ways than one for anders. got him. >> in six final round attempts we were 0 for 6 and it was awesome to finally get it done especially get greg anderson. he made it clear he didn't want to lose to us. didn't want to be in the history books for the wrong reasons and i was happy it was against him. >> the opening ceremonies at the olympics on friday but the competition started today. team u is sa with a win in women's soccer. alex morgan scored twice as the u.s. beat france 4-2. the match was played in scotland. end of the line tonight for bay area sports writer, the long time mercury news scribe be now with comcast won three nights in a ro

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west coast. heavy rain for philly, new york as well as southern new england. >>> and time for our weekly traditionjor headlines from the late-night comics. >> from the olympics to a presidential smooch, here now your "friday funnies." >> yesterday, the great rush limbaugh said that the new batman movie is part of a liberal conspiracy. i'm like, what are you talking about? rush, i'm trying to work with you here, but bat man is a billionaire who doesn't trust the system to get the job done, he has a butler, he as an awesome car that gets two miles to the gallon. he's the most republican superhero of all time! >> probably saw this one. now, watch this. now, see, now -- you know what surprised me? that this didn't get more attention. show -- >> the kiss cam. [ applause ] . the only thing that most powerful leaders in the world bend to. one more reason to be thankful that al gore was never president. sure our country may not have invaded iraq, the earth's temperature may be a few degrees cooler, but, not worth it. >>> at the beijing olympics in 2008, they hananded out 100,000 condoms. this year, the nu

dodgers beat the philly webs 5-3. more west coast baseball, a's hosting the rangers in oakland.enth inning. gentry hits a flare out to center. here comes coco crisp. flying in to make the beautiful backhanded grab. a little somersalt at the end. brandon pick, a walk-off home run. the first home run of hicks' major league career. >>> the cubs host today marlins yesterday at the friendly confines. the highlight of the game, will ferrell and zach gal ta knackus were there to throw out the first pitch and first to have some deep dish pepperoni. ferrell steps in and throws it a little way. they also did, ferrell and galifianakis had the honor of announcing the starting lineup. >> batting fifth and starring in right field, he loves playing banjo and doing tricks with his pet dog, lacachi. >> batting sixth and playing catcher in his spare time he's an accountant at a styrofoam cooler company, number 18, giovanni soto. >> batting seventh and playing second base, he likes taking long walks on the beach, completely naked. number 15, darwin barney. >>> batting eighth and playing third base

west. that cloud cover did not allow us to produce the severe storms and also kept the temperatures down a little bit. we hit 93 today but we could be around 96 or 97. phillygrees across the region today. look at the north and west. the high temperature in pittsburgh, 86. but here is the air for thursday. 107 in st. louis. 104 in wichita and that air will make its way in here quickly. enjoy the day tomorrow. hot temperatures brought down tomorrow. the nice weather for wednesday. and here comes thursday. say good-bye to the nice weather. the low humidity changes to hot weather and a lot of humidity on thursday. a heat index approaching 105 to 110. tomorrow morning beautiful. you will notice the difference. comfortable and a great start. 60 to 70 degrees when you step out the door. 101 on thursday. 97 on friday. 91 on saturday and cooling a bit on sunday. there could be storms thursday through sunday. >> less than three days to go until the opening ceremony of the olympics and the olympic flame is on the move in london. today the torch traveled by train from wimbledon and specially decorated cars and then headed -- >> they headed to -- for a visit to olympic

they now head to philly for the weekend leading the west division by 2-1/2 games. >>> 15 different golfershave won the last 15 major tournaments in this week's british open appears wide open for yet a 16th different winner. the union jack twins came out. while tournament favorite tiger woods at the fourth. makes another nice shot in the sixth. woods is three off the lead and tiger fever still pretty much alive and well. 99 open champ, he chips in for birdie, rory tied with zack johnson. this shot tells you everything you need to know about phil mickelson today. he's nine back of the leader. adam scott. here's scott for his approach at the par four. sets up one of his eight birdies. that's 64 ties the record for the lowest ever. >>> the u.s. basketball team crushed england in manchester. this turned into a globe trotters versus washington generals game. james to durant it's a dunkaton. that's sports for tonight. >> you're right they crushed them. >> that's crazy to play those guys. >> thank you for trusting ktvu news. we'll see you the next time news breaks. >> sal castaneda will be here tr

they now head to philly for the weekend leading the west division by 2-1/2 games. >>> 15 different golfers the last 15 major tournaments in this week's british open appears wide open for yet a 16th different winner. the union jack twins came out. while tournament favorite tiger woods at the fourth. makes another nice shot in the sixth. woods is three off the lead and tiger fever still pretty much alive and well. 99 open champ, he chips in for birdie, rory tied with zack johnson. this shot tells you everything you need to know about phil mickelson today. he's nine back of the leader. adam scott. here's scott for his approach at the par four. sets up one of his eight birdies. that's 64 ties the record for the lowest ever. >>> the u.s. basketball team crushed england in manchester. this turned into a globe trotters versus washington generals game. james to durant it's a dunkaton. that's sports for tonight. >> you're right they crushed them. >> that's crazy to play those guys. >> thank you for trusting ktvu news. we'll see you the next time news breaks. >> sal castaneda ♪[linkin park "burn it

west virginia. thunderstorms from the texas gulf coast to florida and up to philly. monsoon storms in the rockies. also some showers in northern california and oregon. it will be heating up in the plains. >> 90s across the rockies, plains, and southeast. 80s from the twin cities to new york. and 78 in seattle. >>> and coming up next after the break, the snack food competition that could have you eating caviar. how to win a million bucks. >>> and the post office delivering a new batch of bad news. on the brink of a huge default. >>> and later this morning, on "the pulse." hands off the hoff. the thieves who can't get enough of, believe it or not, david hasselhoff. he's going like hotcakes. \s >>> welcome back, everyone. wall street will try to build on its two-day rally. overseas markets are higher following the u.s. lead. investors are encouraged by solid earnings at key companies, including intel and honeywell. as well as strong housing starts. the s&p 500 is up. at its highest level since early may. weekly jobless claims will be out before the opening bell. >>> and the postal service is drowning

north and west we have more storms in pittsburgh. a couple scattered storms north of philly. one of the extremely, hot, humidnight. popup tropical style thunderstorms on the map. but for our fireworks things worked out good. look at the people crowding downtown bel air. a view from charm city run. for the big parade, and then a little fireworks later this evening. moonrise right there on the right part of the screen. how about dundalk today. it was hot and steamy and a few fireworks. look closely to see them on the distance. and kent island you can see a couple fireworks across the bay coming out of annapolis and ships twirling around. i don't want to show a lot of cameras. big crowds fireworks going up and it was a cool scene out there. there you go. a couple fireworks and time- lapse so you don't see all of them. there was more than two-or two -- one or two down at beach. right now, current conditions showing basically 86 degrees. and humid conditions. our heat advisory is down for the moment for central maryland. i expect tomorrow will be just as hot or more hot and humid.

right now phillies leading 3-2 in the 9th giants could go up by 2 games in the west.rs hard hitting safety goldson cannot agree to multi-year contract before today 1:00 p.m. franchise tag dead line. niners put the tag on gold sop in march that means he gets a 1 year offer of 6 million dollar dollars. he hasn't signed that offer yet but said last week it was not his plan to hold out. andre struggled in the last few years on the court with warriors. off the court issues back home in his native country. state prosecutors opened criminal case against him for tax evasion. if he's found guilty he could face 7 70,000 dollar fine, even prison sentence up to 5 years. he makes 10 million a year with the warriors so coming up with the cash shouldn't ab problem. pre-olympic tune newspaper dc. team usa in brazil. president and mrs. obama on the kiss cam. led by 10 in the first half. garcia. lefty drains the 3 at 14 in the game. lebron and team usa they get a little bit more serious. lebron with 13 at the break. kobe bryant with kevin durrant off the pwaevl bench for the squad. led

phillies. their inspired play back east kept the giants on top of the west.ow they return home to a sold-out at&t park to take on the division rival san diego padres. game one next. >>> welcome to 24 willie mays plaza on the shores of mccovey cove. the beautiful downtown home of the gi

philly and new york. altuna, seeing 7s. not picking up on a lot in terms of the wet weather. you have to go towards the west and north in to indiana, they are dealing with showers and thunderstorms moving in to the picture, the cold front will move to the south. showers and thunderstorms in to the afternoon as well. high pressure pumping in the heat and humidity for today. he is the chance for scattered showers as we go in to the afternoon. commute home could be on the wet side. not everybody is going to get wet. scattered showers in nature if it happens. for today, i'm going with around 94 degrees, low to mid- 90s. that's well above average, we will do it too many. it won't be as wham. more seasonable and this is a look at your forecast for tonight if u heading to the game. a thunderstorm is possible. now a check of the traffic with mike masco. >>> good morning. let's get you to the roads. 695, that's where we find a trouble spot. this is due to a car fire outside of catonsville, maryland, 372. be aware of that. also keeping an eye out towards middle river eastern boulevard mariners point, an accident invf

philly to new york. temperatures in the 70s. light rain greeting you on your morning commute in much of jersey and northeast pennsylvania. even west virginia we've got showers and storms to deal with. those areas have cooled off but we're still hot in the middle of the country. 1303 in kansas city. almost all of the central plains were in the 100s. we have heat advisories in south dakota, heat warning in tulsa also. so the heat hasn't left the middle of the country. today will be another scorcher in the 100s. that's a look at the forecast. now here's a look at the weather outside your window. dallas, texas, getting into the triple-digit club once again 1rks 01. oklahoma will be in the hundreds. and the drought conditions tend to get worse in kansas especially and we have no rain in sight. in the central plain, a hot weekend ahead. >>> thanks so much. also ahead earning drive stocks higher, the pretty penny yahoo! is paying its new ceo, and a clever way to warm up a cold market in home sales. your early morning business headlines are straight ahead. >>> plus, sure, the latest batman move will run away with things aet the box office

west virginia. severe weather from south texas to florida and up to philly. thunderstorms in the four corners of the southwest. >> 90s in the rockies, plains and southeast. 80s from the upper midwest to the northeast. >>> so we know that call me maybe, that omni present song by carly ray gibson is the song of the summer. everyone getting in on the act. >> the cookie monster has his version. and so did these folks. ♪ don't ask me i'll never tell i look to you ♪ >> u.s. troops in kandahar, afghanistan -- >> great story, too. the whole production was done in an hour. the uso photographer and his cheerleader friend choreographed it. pretty good stuff. man you know that song has gone global when the military is making their own version. >> choreography, too. >> wow. yes, indeed. america's bravest. >> nothing more attractive than a man in uniform singing "call me baby." >>> coming up, why mike tyson took his career from the ring now to the stage. >> and protecting airline passengers from lightning. it happens much more often than you actually might think. you're wa

philly and d.c. also, thunderstorms and flooding from the carolina to florida and texas. stormy in the southwest, from new mexico to colorado. >> heating up in the westin the rockies. and triple digits from sacramento to phoenix. 80s from the dakotas to the east coast. 90s around new orleans and dallas. >>> coming up after the break, who says there's no much thing as a free lunch? why this is a great week, in fact, to score some giveaways at a restaurant near you. >>> plus, the teenager terrorized by a giant alligator. why sacrificing his arm saved his life. >>> and a rout at the all-star game. lopsided results with some implications for october. >>> welcome back, everybody. there is some good news this morning about the job market. u.s. employers seem to be hiring. they posted 200,000 more jobs in may than the month before. that was the second-highest level, almost four years, in fact. 13 million people still unemployed, there's still 3 1/2 job seekers for every opening. >>> american airlines is now looking at potential mergers. reports say the bankrupt carrier is considering five other airlines, including u.s. airways, which has been courting ameri

phillies. twins-rangers. also in action. starts at 7:00 eastern, 4:00 pacific. coming um next except for the westoast, your late local news. for kevin millar, matt vasgersian. good night. captioned by closed captioning services, inc >>> another very hot and humid day across the area. the heat wave continues. we're watching more severe weather develop across the region. i will have all of the details on your forecast coming up right after the game. [ female announcer ] the son of a single mom. proud father of two daughters. president obama knows that women being paid 77 cents on the dollar for doing the same work as men isn't just unfair... it hurts families. so the first law he signed was the lilly ledbetter fair pay act to help ensure that women are paid the same as men for doing the exact same work. because president obama knows that fairness for women means a stronger middle class for america. [ obama ] i'm barack obama and i approve this message. . >>> right now at 10, our severe storm coverage continues. hundreds of thousands of people remain in the dark at this hour as states of emergencies

west side of the beltway at lint road. also dealing with accidents on 83 and 895. i'll have all the details coming up on "good morning maryland." i'll go east coast for the philly cheesesteak omelette. no, let's go to the heartland for the midwestern meat & potatoes sandwich. wait umm, yeah. try the seven regionally inspired dishes of the tour of america menu. only at denny's. ♪ [ ping! ] [ ping! ping! ] that's why i use new tampax radiant. it helps keep my period invisible, combining tampax's best-ever leak protection with a revolutionary resealable wrapper so all they'll see is me. [ ping! ] ♪ hi. totally new, awesomely-invisible tampax radiant. check out the whole radiant collection. >>> thank you for joining us this morning. it is 6:38. you may soon see smaller apartments in the big apple. >> yeah, new york city major blomberg has launched is design contest for a building comprised of just studios and one bed rom apartments they're called microunits. nowhorse what you will see from some of the competing floor plans. 300 square feet. apparently the city doesn't have enough homes for single or two person families living within the city. the winning design wil

west in the mountains you're down to 2- mile visibility. right now temperatures in the mid-atlantic 60s in cumberland. 70s in philly, ocean city around 77 degreesnd south of us richmond and charlottesville in the 70s. right now the beltway we're looking at low 80s. 76 arlington. 70 in vienna. gaithersburg, good morning to you. temperatures are in the 70s as well. crofton, you're at 74 degrees. here's a look at your weather headlines for today. patchy morning fog, especially if you're out west of town. a dry morning commute. near record highs. we're looking at some more showers and storms possible for today. they'll be isolated and some of those storms could be strong. speaking of the record highs, here are the records to beat today. we're going close to 100. so i think dulles is the best chance where we could challenge that record set in 1997 at 100 degrees. our 9 future cast showing us today overall should be plenty of sunshine, a few clouds coming through. an isolated storm. if it does bubble up, it could be strong to severe. we have a better chance you can see of scattered showers and thunderstorms as a cold front comes through. thursday als

phillies. the most dominant rotation everybody says. 14 games out of first place. >> going into sunday's final round at the green beer in west virginia, -- greenbrier in west virginia, there had been five on the pga tour. make it six. on the third playoff hole, potter made a four-foot birdie to win the tournament and earned nearly $1.1 million. >>> roger federer is helping his case that he might be the best men's tennis player ever. he won his seventh wimbledon title sunday tying pete am practices. he -- pete sampras. >> absolutely brilliant yesterday. he was on the court. >>> time 6:24. 6:25 on the nose. up next, president obama plans to announce extending some of president bush's tax cuts but not all of them. >>> want to run with the bulls? now is the perfect time to go to europe but learn why it's the perfect time even if this isn't at the top of your to do list. >> monika will tell us if there are any bulls running along our roads? >> the roads have been tough because they're wet and marc delays. 870 15 mince late, cal den trains 15 minutes late and penn 50 505 senn ten minutes late. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ [ male announcer ] what's the

philly. showers along the gulf coast. thunderstorms in the rockies. >>> 90s in the rockies. 70s in the pacific north west.e a packed movie theater in colorado. suspected gunman james holmes will be formally charged with the murders on monday. a judge in the case has ordered the university of colorado denver not to release holmes' school records. the judge says releasing the records would impede the ongoing criminal investigation. >>> and the colorado tragedy could still keep a lot of movie fans out of theaters this weekend and put a pinch on hollywood. new research done to help film companies track their audiences finds between 20 and 25% of people say they're hesitant to go to the movies this weekend. and that could impact box office profits. >>> and in other news this morning, as widely expected there will be no new votes on gun control this year on capitol hill. the top senate leader says the schedule is simply too packed to debate the issue. asked if the senate might debate the issue next year, harry reid said, quote, nice try. and the white house spokesman says the president will not be pushing for a

scattered showers, philly and d.c., also thunderstorms and flooding from the carolinas over to texas. stormy in the four corners of the westup in the west. 90s in the rockies. triple digits from sacramento to phoenix. 80s from the dakotas to the east coast. 90s all around new orleans and dallas. >>> we love this story here. off to brazil. some inmates are lightening their sentences by helping light the night. >> that's right. every day, eight inmates share four stationary bikes and their pedaling helps charge batteries used to power street lamps along a river side walking area. >> for every three, eight-hour rides they do, they have a day taken off their sentence. all right. it's working. actually one guy has already pedalled his way out of 20 days' time. on top of that, he lost nine pounds. >> it is a win-win for them. >> i think, jail should be work, you know what i mean? and if you can help keep the city lit up and lighten your sentence and get in shape. >> kind of interesting. >> hey, you know what? not bad. depending on the crime. >> that's right. >> what they're in for. yeah. >>> all right. coming up next -- a hollyw