large lakes that supply drinking water to west texas cities are mere puddles. in this lake, less than 1% of the water is left. pump stations are high and dry. with lakes and water tanks running dangerously low, cities are desperate to find new sources of water. and one may have found it in an unlikely if not unpleasant source. sewage water. the city of big spring is so desperate for water, it's building a plant to recycle its sewage. >> the quality of water that we're going to be producing from the production facility is essentially water that you could deliver to somebody's tap. >> reporter: fresh or not, for : now it's the only water in sight as the dry texas wind brings no rain. charles hadlock, nbc news, big spring, texas. >>> in the horn of africa, refugees from somalia continue to flee the famine in that country today, pouring into unicef relief camps in ethiopia and kenya in search of food and shelter. president obama met this week with the presidents of four african nations calling for a greater international response. >>> when nbc nightly news continue

west texas, it has been 35 years since no fireworks around the austin texas area. but it looks like no fireworks there this year because it is so tinder dry. this is a fireman carrying a shows and look what he is hosing off. yep, the gators. do you know why? they made 38th 1,000 acre fire. it skimmed over them. but they found a mud hole. they found the right place to be during a fire. and it is kind of funny to see them hosing them off. >> that's why those prehistoric animal have been around so long. they're rather smart. they're survivors. they figure it out. >> that's extraordinary. >> great to get those pictures. >> look at that. >> we'll tell you about the hot weather. some showers right across the lower great lakes region. for the fourth of july, generally it will be hot. a few scattered showers here and there. >> kind of the way it is all the time on the fourth of july. hot. >> every july fourth. >> thanks a lot. >>> who doesn't dream about being a race car driver? i headed out to the charlotte motor speedway recently with a couple of nackscar's best. this is

that's where i'm from, i'm from west texas, from holly texas.e were talking about that, and that's how we got to talking to each other. >> you know, this can happen to anyone, as i saw this video, i was horrified by it, when i think of his little son there, do you have any warning? do you have any advice for fans? it's a freak accident, right? there's so many people who are going to parks and who are at ballparks right now. what do you say to those folks? >> well, what can i say? you watch your kids as much as you can, if you're sitting somewhere where there's a foul ball coming hard, you watch the batting all the time to make sure they don't get hit. you keep the kid in the seat. he never got up, he was a great kid. his dad wanted to get a ball. it was a brand new glove he wanted to get a ball for his son. when josh hamilton throws you a ball, that's the most exciting thing. >> thank you, ronnie hargis. appreciate it. i want to go to joe tray han. the stadium has been inspected p.m. i think in the inspection nothing was wrong, they didn't think

temperatures 104 and 105 through kansas and oklahoma and west texas. there will not get that, but we will feel the humid air. this front over the northern plains will bring the possibility of a thunderstorm as we head towards sunday and monday. the first tropical storm of this system is now winding down as the tropical depression and that should do it for the first storm of the season. we have high pressure keeping our skies mostly clear through saturday. saturday into sunday, the next front starts dropping in. a line of showers and storms that may reach a sunday evening. friday is warm but like today, the humidity levels will stay down. comfortable 84 degrees to 89 degrees. waves around 1 foot. and 80 degree water temperature. 79 tomorrow after a chilly morning. a beautiful afternoon and partly cloudy saturday. maybe a thunderstorm on sunday. sunny skies and 87 with light northerly breezes on the open waters and if you are headed for the beach, it looks pretty good through the first couple days. 86 inland but comfortable at 80 degrees. that front arri

so even west texas may not get the relief we were hoping for. landfall should be sometime close to midnight and then it will quickly be moving out. so in brownsville, by saturday morning, this could be over with. and it should be anywhere between a 50 to 65-mile-an-hour tropical storm. so at bit of a pump, but it won't do any devastation. we were hoping for rain. you can see the scattered showers off the coast that will be arriving during the day today, but the big block of heavy rain is still well offshore. as far as the other weather stories, we continued our streak of 100 degree days in dallas yesterday. it was also ht in d.c. at 95. and that's the story in the mid-atlantic today. it's a steamy morning and it will be it that way this afternoon. we have heat advisories right up the coast on i-95 really from philadelphia southwards down in south carolina, still a heat warning around st. louis and also around it tulsa. the additional story is heavy rain this morning, just went through new york city, but back in the southern great lakes, we're ge

with some of those figures blend is trading around one hundred seventeen dollars per barrel while west texas crude is that below ninety five dollars per barrel because of course is having its toll on the energy companies around the world european stocks this was fresh concerns about sovereign debt are putting financials on the pressure investors are waiting for the results of an emergency euro zone it's aimed at preventing the debt crisis spreading to its in the u.s. euro zone's largest economy countries assets have seen a heavy sell off with the volume brazing to five percent this is our concern about the high level with these top exacts it's now. it now stands at around one hundred twenty percent of the gross domestic product here in russia the markets are most be affected by the will prices which are coming down right now the r.t.s. is down one point six percent nice x. more than one percent this take a look at some of the individual movers on the my sex and yes energy shares the biggest loser is gas is losing one a half percent last year also one point five percent drug maker come others

. >> west texas and south texas, all around us is devastating. it is going on for a while. >> and more than 90 percent of the state is considered to be within an excessive drought. rainfall totals are eight inches below average. there is another tropical depression brewing in the atlantic and residents have their eyes on that to hopefully bring them much needed rain. harris? >> thank you, casey so much. >> and look at what texas can expect and the rest of the nation, too. maria molina, our meteorologist live in the weather center. the southwest needs rain. >> they are going to get some. but for the sate of texas we'll condition to see dry conditions not just this weekend but the next week coming up. it is unfortunate for the state. we are looking at dry and hot system is because was a high pressure system that is located over the u.s. and will continue to be here for the next several weeks. thunderstorms do fire up around it and we'll see showers and thunderstorms in the northeast . across the southeast and four corners and in the northern plains

station that a base in california where they try to create 1 officer's club for african-american -- west texas, kentucky, indiana kept getting shifted from place to place. their superiors decide they are too much trouble and are untreatable. by 1945 they were in indiana and once again the commanding officer in this case created 1 officer's club he designated for supervisors all of whom were white. they returned combat veterans. they risked their lives and came back to freeman field in indiana. it is not just a southern problem but a national problem. they are segregated in officers' clubs. 104 of them refused and physically refused to enter the white officers club. not all 104 did that. several dozen did that and three were arrested. they refuse to sign a letter that said i agree with this policy. three were court-martialed. the others had marks on their record for the entire careers. they were shifted again, transferred to kentucky. they would have been trained and ready to go to fight in the pacific as had been the plan all along. in 1944 or 1945 had it not been for these extra curricular th

in west texas, they desperately need the rainfall there, already in the state of texas, 3.2 million acresrned. we have heard about the fire right around los alamos, they are saying this is priority one fire in the country. and we have seen this already burn 177 miles square across the region. but not just fires there, but also into arizona, right along the arizona-new mexico border. but look at these temperatures well into the 90s. it is breezy and it doesn't look like much in the way of fire relief coming up in the next several days. i have got some images to show you. take a look at this, they had a fire right around gulf shores, alabama. they muput the fire out, rite around 1,000 acres. but these alligators survived by hunkering down into a mud hole. in kansas city, the missouri river has been running above flood stage and they say it's going to stay there until about the middle of workweek, they're seeing major flooding along the missouri river, they have diverted the missouri to the st. louis to kansas city train that runs there because some of the tracks have been reported flooded.

he even showed me around the compound in west texas that was raided by texas rangers to show cnn therelace. >> that's a real carrot. >> reporter: today, jessup says warren jeffs has betrayed his church. >> he said he's a very wicked man and confess today doing very terrible things including molesting his daughter and sister and others. i think his own words describe himself more than i would care to characterize it. >> reporter: jessup is talking about diaries submitted as evidence that he says were left by warren jeffs after his arrest in las vegas five years ago. he's talking about these. pictures showing jeffs embracing and kissing young girls no more than 12 or 13 years old, jessup says. >> his conduct will never be sanctioned by me. i don't think there's anyone in my church that will ever sanction what he has done. it's just a matter of time until they come to terms and figure out how to cope with what he has done. >> reporter: according to authorities in both texas and canada, jeffs orchestrated what canadian police have called a child trafficking ring, sending as many as 30 youn

at least for west texas. en you get to central and south texas, more humidity in places like houston where it's going to be just oppressive. chance of scattered showers and storms in parts of the southeast. that might help cool you down and you will need it in a place like atlanta where the high is 92. 92 your high will be in washington, d.c., 87 in new york, 84 in boston, 88 in chicago, 94 in memphis, 102 dallas, 103 el paso, 66 san francisco and portland and seattle in through the upper and mid 70s. that is a look at your forecast. let's pitch it back to you. >> los angeles is always looking ideal in the 70s. >> always. >> san diego usually a little better too. >> they have the surf. >> indeed. >> thanks. >>> remember the movie "independence day." here is a scene that's a bit reminiscent of that. this is in arizona. it's in not special effects. it happened, a dust cloud, a massive one. what many folks in arizona saw on tuesday, july 5th is this, the day after our independence day celebration. here's another

i just traveled out to west texas, austin, texas. the temperatures are hot and dry as well.35 years in austin, they've always had fireworks even though it has been tinder dry. this year no fireworks. as a matter of fact, most of the counties across the lone star state of texas, they are not going to see any fireworks. just because it has been so tinder dry. not just there but extending over into. in and arizona. but we're looking at the possibility for severe storms, still rocking across the southern great lakes region. i had a report out of mobile, alabama. 60-mile-an-hour wind gusts and hail reported. some strong storms rumbling along the panama city and mobile bay area. so folks at the beach have to go inside. >> that's kind of a drag for this holiday weekend. a big drag, actually. we've got something fun we want to talk about. some interesting stuff with our viral videos coming our way. we especially like the ones that involve cute cuddly animals. maybe a hippo isn't really cuddly but it is cute and it is kind of small. relatively speaking. here's the little baby hippo t

. >> if you wear those today on parts of the pavements and places like west texas, maybe in el paso, your feet may stick to the ground. they may not move. you may be locked in place. it's going to be so ridiculously hot today. places in the triple digits. we're talking about spots like back in texas, obviously, but also into louisiana, into arkansas, mississippi, where we have heat warnings, watches, advisories. not just for today, but for the next week. it's going to be just crazy out there in terms of your heat. to be more specific in terms of your temperatures, highs in dallas going to 102 in houston, 94 in memphis, 103 in el paso and 88 in denver. now, think jus is just today. we mentioned it's more of a long-term process. it is. this is what we anticipate for the next couple of days. we expect those temperatures to be even warmer. but when you combine the heat and humidity, this is what it's going to the feel like outside. little rock, 105. oklahoma city, 108. 102 in montgomery, and 101 in new orleans. as we fast forward from sunday and into, well, tomorrow afternoon, it's going

brought -- arizona, because she brought phenomenal growth to the planned parenthood affiliates in west texas and arizona. she was also the president and ceo of the planned parenthood federation of america from 1996 to 2005. and her honors include "vanity fair" magazine naming her one of america's top 200 women legends, leaders and trailblazers, and texas monthly naming her to its texas 20, describing her as part den mother, part businesswoman and part mae west. [laughter] so, please, join me in welcoming dr. connie mariano and gloria feldt to the festival, and we will begin with dr. mar yang owe's presentation -- mariano's presentation. thank you. [applause] >> thank you, becky, and thank you all for being here today. this is a challenge because i like to be unlimited physically, and i'm sort of limited right now physically as my colleague will agree, but we're going to handle it the best we can. in about 12 minutes i want to share you the journey which i outline in my book and encourage you to look at. one of the joys of being first or is you, obviously, get all the attention of being the f

. >> west texas, south texas, all around us is just devastated. that's been going on for a while.with us now. >> more than 90% of the state considered to be under excessive drought conditions and rainfall totals are about eight inches below average so far this year. there is another tropical depression that is sort of brewing in the atlantic and folks in this state certainly have their eyes on that. it sounds unusual, but they're actually hoping it comes their way to provide them with some much needed rain, gregg. >> gregg: beautiful behind you, but of course, that undersells the true story of what's happening there. thanks very much. >> heather: while the storm that hit texas was a dud, another in the northeast was anything but. the powerful system hammering the new york-new jersey area, leaving toppled trees and some flooding in its wake. meteorologist maria molina is in the weather center with more. hi. >> that's right. strong storms raced through the area yesterday evening and actually those are some very fast movers and packed wind gusts over 60 miles per hour. so that's why

back in 2008, authorities raided the west texas ranch. they took all the kids away.men. the group's leader finally going on trial of sex assault charges. warren jeffs allegedly married to these girls. how difficult is it to seat a jury in this town. >> well, listen, they have sent out questionnaires privatety to all prospective jurors. but d

you know, one leslie in west texas said she's hoping for rain to cancel the fireworks because of theght there. >> yes. >> and so, you know, it's a tradeoff. you want the celebration, you also want people to be okay. >> a lot of people have done that because it's been so hot and try in different areas. make sure to be very safe out there. >> safety first. >>> the dress rehearsals for the capital fourth concert were last night. >> the show will be seen as it happens tomorrow night on public television. tonight, we should say. the event includes the national symphony orchestra, ice skaters, comedian steve martin with his banjo band. >> i love steve martin in any capacity. right there. look at him. rock 'n' roll legend little richard is also part of the show. expect to see many other stars such as josh groban, jordan sparks and matthew morrison. they'll all be contributing. a lot of stars come out for the fourth and celebrate our independence. >> feel like we should go out on this note? we'll be right back with more "world news now." ♪ >>> shot of london there. there will be a new top do

embedded thunderstorms right along parts of i-75 and i-10 as we go back a little bit more to the west in texaslouisiana. some intense thunderstorms north of i-10 at this hour from league city to conroe. if you're tuning in from spring, texas, right along parts of 45, the rain isn't there yet, but everything is sweeping in from the gulf of mexico mexico and that's going to give you a good source of moisture. and with the little unstable atmosphere, you might have some strong storms developing. also a chance of strong storms developing on the northern plains. that's due to the frontal boundary that you have that's basically pushing from west to east, and that's from that moisture pushing in from the gulf. but the biggest story, the biggest threat will be that heat as we wrap things up. your surface temperature, 93 in minneapolis. with the humidity, it will feel as if it's into the triple digits. 100 in dallas, 101 in el paso. 84 in boston. 88 in washington. and 75 in atlanta. t.j., atlanta, 75. got to love it. >> that's a good thing. >> it's been so warm the last couple of days. >> i might have

even the ones plentiful, may run dry in west texas. the reality is when the underground wells dry up so does business. grain elevators in this area stand empty and the economies in towns like happy, texas, are depressed. originally named for its oasis like source for water, main street now resembles a western ghost town. lake meredith is the other water source feeding 11 cities including amarillo and lubbock. it's so hot and dry the lake is slowly disappearing. >> the average loss of water from lake meredith is 100 inches. >> just from evaporation. >> just from eprapvation. >> reporter: now hot and very hazy air is building into the east. where the heat index could soar to 116. >> reporter: all right. so there you go. the northeast getting a little bit of a break. not so much a cold front coming through yesterday, but more or less a drier front. with less humidity up there, but the southern half of the u.s. continues to sizzle. we'll see dangerous amounts of heat and humidity. as mentioned the number of heat advisories and warnings up s

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if we can get it all the way to west text texas, even better.aces like san antonio and austin and houston. places like lubbock and midland have seen virtually nothing as far as what they normally see, so they'll take the rainfall that they can get. there have been evacuations from some of the oil rigs, nonessential person nenel from exxonmobile have evacuated some businesses, but other than that, we're waiting for the storm to arrive. it was around that time last year tropical storm hermine missed the area to the south. they're hoping don doesn't miss. one of the few times where people are begging for a tropical cyclone. >> yeah. quite a twist. all right, rob, keep us updated. all right. president obama due to speak on the debt crisis at 10:20 eastern. just about five minutes away or so. we'll carry his remarks live. [ diane lane ] is your anti-wrinkle cream gone... but not your wrinkles. new neutrogena® rapid wrinkle repair. its retinol formula smoothes wrinkles in just one week. why wait if you don't have to. neutrogena®. >>> the nation's debt

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the storm is centered about 600 miles from corpus christi, texas, moving west. as tomorrow. tropical storm don's winds are about 40 miles an hour. >>> a bresh advertising group has banned two ads for make upbecause of excessive air brushing. you see julia roberts and model turling ton. both companies did not respond the air brushing evidence. they also refuse to release preair brush pictures. >>> european researchers say they have found no link between cell phone in children. research railroads looked at the data in several ways looking for trends but concluded that kids who use cell phones are no more likely to develop a brain actual or. >>> vallejo police are looking for four or survive men involved in a jakeover tile style broafnlt the robber stormed in the bank of america branch, ordered people to get down and empty cash drawers. at one point a person yelled to a pass are by to call police. the suspects are described as black males wearing hooded sweatshirts. >>> a woman in los gatos having sex with a 16-year-old boy is in court. sara dole is accusing section

they don't even like the wind turbines because running turbines at night in west texas may bother the flight pattern of the bats. they don't want more offshore drilling. certainly can't have that. and, of course, they are against domestic crude oil anyway because they hate american oil companies. so what's the answer? well, the white house plan that has only been offered is to give american money to brazil so brazil can drill off its shores and then america will buy their crude oil. but no more offshore drilling for us, it seems. if we're going to buy crude oil from foreign countries, let's buy it from our neighbor, our ally, canada. or the progressives prefer we keep buying oil from dictators like chavez in venezuela or kept hostage by opec and middle eastern countries or do they want us to do without energy altogether? meanwhile, gasoline is around $4 a gallon. so it seems to me the progressives if they get their way will have no energy self-reliance and we'll regress and go back to the horse and buggy days. but, whoa. wait a minute, mr. speaker. we can't go back to using horses but

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west coast. large thunderstorms are moving through the central plains and great lakes. tropical storm don, that is moving toward the texastlines. later today severe storms in the northern plains will take place. some storms in the northeast with temperatures in the 90s and on the west coast, sunny skies, the temperatures in the 80s and 90s. >>> in sports, tiger woods is coming back, after an 11-week break because of injuries to his left leg, woods says he is now feeling fit. he will tee off next week in the firestone international in ohio. >>> former major league pitcher hideki irabu beau was found dead of an apparent suicide in his california home. the 42-year-old pitched for the yankees when he arrived from japan in 1997. officials say he was upset over a recent split with his wife. >>> in the majors, last place kansas city beat first place boston, at fenway park the royals billy butler smacked a three-run home run to center field to take the lead and kansas city held on to beat the reds 4-3. >>> in philadelphia carlos beltran just acquired by san francisco made a sliding catch in right field and the phillies throwing

west and northwest. we're seeing temperatures heading toward 100 in texas and that's the direction our air is going to be coming from in the next new days. that's how we expect to warm up. we are starting to see a sector of warm weather moving on through. the áf for what that means for us, is while the temperatures are going to take us to the mid- 80s, we cannot rule out maybe widely scattered showers and thunderstorms throughout the 4th of july week weekend. but these should be highly scattered and should not affect our weekend. 53degrees, clear and nice, very comfortable. overnight lows going down to 53 and starting in the 50s tomorrow. then we'll go up to about 87. another day with low humidity. look for 87 on friday. 90 on saturday, 92 on sunday. look for 90 on monday the 4th. and 88 on tuesday after all that rain moves on out of here. >> thank you. check in tomorrow morning starting at 4:55 a.m. for the latest forecast. >>> and dan has highlights along with a major roster move,, >>> stan is here with our wjz13 the fan sports report. you're smiling but not the o's. it's kind of gone in bad to worse.

west. heat advisories from texas to ohio. what are we listening to here? >> you got me on that one. i don't know. 89 degrees here in new york. 95 in atlanta. 90 degrees in mimii. just shy of 100 in dallas. and 94 in indianapolis. phoenix hits a hot 101. albuquerque 91. and boise 92. >> it's summertime. >> again? >> no? >> no, we're going to find that out for you. >> we'll figure it out. >> we'll let you know. >> let's move on. >>> a chicago man has certainly earned the title frequent flyer. thomas stuker was honored over the weekend for being the first united airlines passenger to fly 10 million miles. >> oh, my gosh. >> that's equal to about 20 trips to the moon and back and a heck of a lot of fees. >> who is he hugging? is he single? or is he married? because how do you fly that much if -- >> maybe he's married to a flight attendant. >> he's an automotive consultant, taken almost 6,000 flights on united. he's flown so much the airline has put his name on the jumbo jet, which you just saw. all those frequent flyer miles will become handy. >> he needs to be a pilot. >> like that mov

a look at your headlines this morning. 23 states from michigan to georgia and as far west as texas aret warnings and advisories today. the heat index in many areas could reach as high as 115 degrees. >>> the president and congressional leaders agreeing to meet again today to try to hammer out a debt deal. no progress yesterday. just 22 days remaining until the nation hits the debt ceiling and goes into default. >>> treasury secretary timothy geithner is expected to hold a press conference in less than two hours. it's not clear what he's talking about, perhaps the lack of progress if the debt ceiling talks. >>> a memorial service will be held this afternoon for former first lady betty ford. first lady michele obama, hillary and bill clinton are scheduled to attend. >>> nasa says a piece of space junk should not threatened the planned spacewalk in about two hours. if the debris does come too close "atlantis" thrusters can be used to move it out of harm's way. >>> you're caught up on the day's headlines. "american morning" is back after a quick break. >>> 50 minutes past the hour. welcome

we continue to watch tropical storm don here moving its way at a good clip north and west toward the texasite imagery. we see the bright oranges marking that this storm is slowly strengthening as it's moving its way northwestward. you can see more of a concentric pattern around the center of rotation. we expect it to make landfall around corpus christi as we head toward nightfall. not really expect to be much of a wind storm. we expect it to stay at tropical storm strength. winds, 50, 60 miles per hour as it does make landfall. really more of a good thing here. extreme drought across sg(r f texas. much-needed rainfall. some spots as much as 8 inches. rob and tanya, back to you. >> all right, thanks a lot, jim. >>> now the rest of your friday forecast. we have some rain from the gulf coast to little rock, memphis, nashville and louisville. thunderstorms around minneapolis, chicago, and detroit. stormy in the northeast from d.c. up to new england. and some heavy down pours in the southwest. >> mostly 90s in the rockikies. 105 in phoenix. upper 80s fargo to detroit. a wet 85 here in new york.

his parents, richard and lori snyder, a brother, kevin, and a fiance, teresa lynn dodge of west columbia, texas. corporal snyder was a proud and valiant marine. but he was also a son, a brother, a grandson, fiance, friend and comrade. he will be greatly missed and no words will diminish the grief of those who knew and loved him. in his death he has earned the the -- the thanks of a grateful nation. i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from iowa seek recognition? >> to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for one minute. >> thank you, mr. speaker. wake up, america. we're going to be voting today on a bill that has never seen a committee hearing, it's never been the subject of a markup in any committee and there are going to be no amendments to this bill. the republicans are calling this their cut, cap and balance bill but in reality it's gut, gap and handcuff. gut. there is no way to get to their numbers of deficit reduction without seriously gutting medicare, social security and medica

west? >> we have had triple digit figures in texas which is where i'm from, in houston. >> reporter: cooling centers became boston's oasis. and kids from columbus to the capitol cooled off the old- fashioned way. this welder did not need advice how to handle the heat. >> stay away from the dairy and the meat. fruit juices are akai. stay away -- are okay. stay away from soda. >> reporter: while people know how to take care of themselves, the heat is taking a toll on animals. here a hundred cattle died from the heat. >> they need access to plenty of fresh water and maybe water on them. >> reporter: and shade and shelter to that and said no pets and no body should be left in a car even with the windows down. the dangers of a sweltering summer indoors and out. and, of course, the bad new is this is not going anywhere immediately. we're expecting to see triple digit temperatures today and tomorrow in washington. by sunday, the temperature could cool to a refreshing 90. >>> the state of florida has received their bill from casey anthony's defense team and it is more than $147,000. the state has pa

west coast. tropical storm don, though, is in the forecast to hit texas by the end of friday. >>> take you to sports a no hitter in cleveland. the angels' irvin santana pitched a gem against the indians. he struck out ten to throw the first no hitter for the first 27 years for the indians. cleveland scored on a wild pitch. angels over the indians 3-1. >>> a bad day for the yankees against seattle. end of 7, curtis granderson chasing a deep hit to center and drops the ball. three runs score. then in the ninth he loses another fly in the sun. mariners end a 17-game hit. 9-2 over the yanks. >>> some great "d" in atlanta. pedro alvarez tries to is score on a shallow hit to left but thrown out at the plate. and goes to the tenth where the braves david roth singles in the winning run and atlanta over pittsburgh 2-1. >>> so in case you didn't believe the nfl lockout was truly over check this out, the players are beginning to arrive at training camp. they have only three weeks to get in shape before the preseason games kick off. >>> when we return another look at this morning's top stories. >>> plus those a

west coast and much of the southeast. bands of thunderstorms are rolling across the northern plains. tropical depression arlene though is slowly losing strength in mexico, but sending bands of rain to texas. later today the great lakes will see daytime highs in the 90s and 100s. it's pleasant up and down the west coast but the gulf coast will see storms building through the day along with plenty of heat and humidity. >>> in sports the nba has locked out its players. contract negotiations collapsed thursday and when the contract between the league and the players ran out at midnight the lockout was under way. the two sides are far apart on salary issues and revenue sharing. nba commissioner david stern says 22 nba teams are losing money and insist the league's offer was good from both sides. >> we've made a proposal under which the average player compensation will be $5 million at a time when the league is losing money. >> the lockout puts in jeopardy the pro basketball season's schedule to start in the fall. >>> in tennis the women's single's final at wimbledon is set for saturday, a big comeback for maria sharapova who won easily in straight sets advancing to her first wimbledon final s

west called democrat debbie wasserman-schultz despicable and cowardly after she criticized his stance on medicare. >>> texas has executed a man convicted of killing two men and wounding a third as part of a shooting spree he said was meant to target muslims in the wake of 9/11. mark stroman died by lethal injection. >>> georgia delayed the execution of a convicted murderer by 24 hours giving no reason. the move came shortly after the supreme court denied andrew deyoung's appeal. it will be the first videotaped execution in nearly two decades. >>> new york city is warning swimmers and kayakers to stay out of the hudson river after a fire at a waste water treatment plant forced officials to pump raw sewage into the river. officials say it will take at least 48 hours of continuous dumping before there's any significant impact on the area's beaches. >>> and in montreal the rear-end of a car was hurled right up in the air after floodwaters blew open a manhole. parts of the city received nearly a foot of rain in less than an hour. >>> now here's an early look at one of your top health headlines on msnbc.com. in t

. >>> when they left for texas four days ago the oakland a's were optimistic about getting back into the american league westwith three games to play against the rangers. what happened is the a's lost four games in the standings that fall now 12 games back. how hot was it today in texas? hot enough to make an old saying ring true. cahill pitched well enough to win. cahill sacrificed his body. beltre had a little more luck with cahill. with josh hamilton out in front of him, he hit one that left the park. this is about as close as the a's got to a rally. weeks had led up the eighth with a single. but he was a race when harrison got dejesus to ground out. the rangers win 2-0 to complete their four game sweep as the a's manage just six hits. >>> certain equipment comes in handy on a warm and muggy day in new york. the a's found a unique way to lose to the yankees. hills tries to pick up robinson. throws the ball away. third baseman sean rodriguez never had a chance. shields allowed just six hits in 8 innings. elliot johnson goes down on strikes with the final out of the game. nine strike outs for sebastia as he

texas. that's good news. also dry and warm out west. and a very pleasant day here in the east. >> looking forward to it. 84 in new york. 92 in charlotte. 91 in orlando. chicago will be 91. fargo 81. 99 in dallas. 89 in colorado springs. 77 in portland. and a nice, comfortable 81 in l.a. >> it's hard to dance when you're sitting down. we try. >> hot, hot, hot. we do our best. >>> you think that your little one has the cutest little baby face? how about these baby pictures. >> this is like staring at the sun, it's so cute. >> zoos across the nation are rolling out their new baby animals. and budgettravel.com is holding a contest to pick which one is the cutest. i'm going to go with the orangutan on the right. >> he's your favorite? or she. not an easy task when you're dealing with this crowd. first up is cassie, the cheetah from busch gardens in tampa bay. >> i changed my vote. >> then we have caspian, the you're asian eagle owl. aurora, the bore nian orangutan. >> pina coladas and getting caught in the rain. >> use a little gel. i'm over

and looking west -- >> well, we've had triple-digit temperatures in texas, which is where i'm from. >reporter: cooling centers came the oasis for boston. ice cream sold faster than it could be made and includes -- kids in columbus cooled off the old-fashioned way. this man did not need advice on how to handled heat. >> stay away from the dairy, stay away from the heat. fruit juices are okay. stay away from the soda. it will just clog you up. >> reporter: while many people know how to take care of themselves, the temperatures are taking a toll on animals. the deaths of about 100 cattle were blamed on the heat. >> they need plenty of access to fresh water and maybe water on them. >> reporter: the national weather service adds shade and shelter to that and says no pets and no body should be left in a car even with the windows down. the dangers of a sweltering summer indoors and out. >> reporter: and mike, we're expecting a high of 103. but it could feel like it's 1225. the national weather service says this is not expected to ease off until sunday when it could cool off to the refreshing

west bound direction. time now 9:49 a.m.. >> at texas rep saying he will retire from congress when his term runs out in 2012e will concentrate on his campaign for president. he will serve out his term and that is the very latest. >> first of to set funeral services for former first lady betty for will be held later on this afternoon in southern california. a lot of dignitaries and former first ladies will be present. former president bill clinton at planned on being there all but mechanical problems prevented him from taking off in the plane. betty ford died at the age of 93 on friday. we >> are learning that the half a brother who of the president of afghanistan was killed by his own body guard. president karzai said his hat with his brother's assassination is the same as the suffering of all afghani hands. there are reports that the cia iran phony vaccination reports in order to find out if been laud was in town. the doctor who ran this program has been are arrested and is in pakistan the custody. the second missile attack has killed 13 militants in pakistan. this is one of the main source of tension. >>

spread drought. 14 states across the south and southwest from florida as far west as arizona have been parched for nine months. in texas where conditions are among the worst -- >> we need rain, we really need rain. >> lots of water also fuels massive wild fires in new mexico and arizona in recent months. in recent days, oklahoma public television shot these images of drought-stricken passures, farmlands in the western and southern regions of the state. some farmers there have begun to sell off herds they can't afford to feed. and as for the rest of the country, temperatures in oklahoma were forecast to shoot past the 100 mark for the 14th consecutive day todays and stay that way for nearly another week. >> the record of 106, topping off at 110. >> meterrologists say the immediate call is for a high pressure system over much of the country's mid section. the pattern is expected to break up later this week at least in some places. >> woodruff: still to come on the newshour, the murder of afghan president karzai's brother; britain's tabloid scandal; the stakes in risking a government default; the hunt for ladybugs; and me