but in oklahoma city one man is trying to force the world's oldest profession out of his neighborhood. he's got a video camera, an internet connection, and a lot of guts. and he's putting the hookers and their johns on notice. >> it was in my neighborhood. it was in my front yard. it was at my neighborhood grocery store, in the church parking lot. >> brian bates says street prostitution infests his oklahoma city neighborhood. >> don't be bringing hookers down here, buddy. >> brian is a husband and father, with a teenaged son living at home. if brian can see it, kids can, too. and what kind of parent would want their children to see this? >> no child should have to grow up where their memories of childhood involve prostitutes, drug dealers, and pimps. >> in the mid-'90s, brian bates first notices lewd behavior in his neighborhood and files reports with the police. but he feels his complaints fall on deaf ears. so he decides to do something about it. he picks up his video camera and takes to the streets. >> i hope you're not married. >> and before long, the media notices. >> he calls hi

not only do they have the drought, but 109 degrees there in oklahoma city. the highest temperature oklahoma city has had in july, 110 and that was a year ago. all-time record, 113. it is in the 80's there. we are getting a break because of that little wave in the atmosphere, if you will, that has come to us and that has not om brought in the clouds and showers, but also a bit cool air. many spots right now, in the low 60's. mt. airy and half an inch of rain has fallen. tonight, a few more showers coming our way out of the mountains of west virginia, but again, they will be scattered. there is some around round hill. some of the spots have been dry. the heavier rains as you can see more to our south and that will be the story tomorrow. look at tomorrow morning a lot of spots into the mid-60's and because of the northeasterly wind i think our high temperature will only be into the 70's, high 70's tomorrow. when you get up and head out maybe a few showers. and we saw a few moisture. the temperatures in town, 70 degrees and a lot of 60's. the high temperature to

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i'm just saying because mohammed was a refugee place in oklahoma city. no, and friends of ours called me up and said can you help the guy. peace in oklahoma city. and i guess that was, that was the ground for needing help. but he came to our place for a number of dinners and we had a wonderful time in oklahoma city. i'm glad to see that you've done so well, and i've always been on your side. yes, i know the arguments that no-fly zone and just a few well guided cruise missiles, the libya model. hunt the guy down and kill them and it will be over. we will do the rest. you just don't know what's going to happen, that's the trouble. the well laid plans, including america feels for. obama feels like it's other things to do. america is exhausted with the middle east. they are tired of nation building, and it seems like a fool's errand. and what is more from hillary clinton keeps on saying we are winning. strategically i think everybody in washington believes that we are going to fulfill our goals. i think everybody in the opposition believes that their win. th

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clinton did not do that after oklahoma city. it would be a mistake to do that here. >> does this tragedy set the stage for either of these candidates to at some point address their platform as it pertains to guns specifically as we are just about three months away from people going to the polls? >> i would agree that when the time comes that conversation needs to happen. what needs to happen is the discussion that one individual can accumulate an arsenal of weapons without drawing the attention of authorities. whether you are concerned about domestic security or terrorism threats you want to be assured that the authorities know who is collecting these weapons and these mass arsenals. that i not too much to ask of our law enforcement agencies. that is something we should be focusing a lot more attention on how one individual can accumulate so much. >> it seems like quite the tight rope for these candidates to talk about it because we are three to four months away from the november elections and it seems as though the democratic p

i have temperatures of around 98 degrees, parts of oklahoma city. that is some of the heat that's going to be pushing in our direction as we head into this weekend. not going to be that hot but hot and humid. we will talk more about the seven day forecast coming up. >> thank you police looking for two men who robbed a gas station. it happened around 1:00 a.m. last friday. the suspects jumped the counter pointed guns, demanded cash, one of them hit the clerk in the head with a gun forcing him down to the ground. they fled with a undetermined amount of cash. the victim was take especially to the hospital and treated for a minor head injury. >>> a maryland police found large amounts of heroin and more than $70,000 of drug money. cops pulled over algebra boyd shall, a dog unit was called in, the dog made a positive alert and a warrant was conducted. boyd is in custody. police say this is an example of good police work. >> getting rid of those red light cameras we told you about. one is on routes 140 and 97, they say the cameras prevented accidents. >> s

we'll finally cool you off in kansas city. no such luck, especially from oklahoma city to dallas. it looks like the heat wave is heading for dallas, it should be near 105 in dallas saturday and sunday. >>> well coming up, the latest rumors on "american idol" judges and kate gosselin ready for love. and a new tv show. >>> reports all is not well with hollywood's vampire couple. your "first look" at entertainment is straight ahead. you're watching "first look" on msnbc. sometimes, we go for a ride in the park. maybe do a little sightseeing. or, get some fresh air. but this summer, we used our thank youpoints to just hang out with a few friends in london. [ male announcer ] the citi thankyou visa card. redeem the points you've earned to travel with no restrictions. rewarding you, every step of the way. holding down the fort while you're out catching a movie. [ growls ] lucky for me, your friends showed up with this awesome bone. hey! you guys are great. and if you got your home insurance where you got your cut rate car insurance, it might not replace all this. [ electricity crackling

we find 90s, 93 oklahoma city. this heat will branch off towards the east, we will see our daytime highs maxing out again in to the 90s on its way for close to 100. we will show you that nathe seven-day forecast in a second. this dip this the jet stream is keeping us nice and cool, northerly wind flow, there is the heat. that's going to builds as we head in to the upcoming weekend in to next week. future trend looks like this in to the 60s to near 70 for the lows. close to 90 tomorrow. this model maybe too overdone. as we move the timeline in to tbrid ax beautiful around -- friday, a beautiful afternoon, low humidity. your forecast for the rest of the evening 85 degrees, partly cloudy, isolated storm. this is just going to be a beautiful night. 66 downtown. maybe a few upper 50s well towards the west, 88 for too many. seven-day forecast looks like this. again friday is going to be a carbon copy or thursday i'm getting ahead of myself, tomorrow is a carbon copy of today and friday. more humidity brings a chance of a

city at 38 37 in d.c. and 35 in new york ures more m in northern the south. the stormiest conditions are in the british isles but a frontnates most of the south. that means that the fading have figures in the upperrossnd top story before we leave you this the nation's military chairman of the national defense commission and top post ofapril.kim's the military chief was kim. struggles between the workers party and the commander. he has for now ontion of www.

oklahoma city, 107. many areas from texas to arkansas, southern missouri and kansas, we'll do it all over again. some areas shot once again of hitting 110 degrees. and oklahoma city's forecast, look at this, lynn, 108 through thursday and we cool it off to 100 on saturday. >> that's like an arizona forecast. >> easily. hot arizona forecast. >> all right, bill. thanks so much. >>> stocks finish flat, hsbc takes another hit and the end of a rhode island institution. the first look at this morning's business headlines is straight ahead. >>> ichiro hits the century mark, and the angels pull the old switcher yo on the rangers. you're watching "first look" on msnbc. ♪ the one and only, cheerios [ female announcer ] the next generation of investing technology is now within your grasp with the e-trade 360 investing dashboard. e-trade 360 is the world's first investing homepage that shows you where all your investments are and what they're doing with free streaming quotes, news, analysis and even your trade tic

we'll get up to 43 degrees in oklahoma city. only coming done to 39 by friday. other major cities in the region, dallas, kansas city, wichita. around the 40 degree mark. take care in the heat. i will leave you with your extended forecast. ♪ ♪ ♪ >>> one more story before we go. olympic athletes are wowing the crowds in london with their physical prowess. but visitors may not realize how extensive the city's makeover was ahead of the games. in addition, organizers have spruced up icons that have long graced city's streets. nhk world has that story. >> reporter: so here we are at the square in london where people are on their way to work. but there's something slightly different about this place today. admiral nelson is sporting new head gear. the iconic statue is wearing a union jack bygone hat made by london's oldest hat maker. the company actually designed nelson's original hat more than two centuries ago. >> it's very good. looks very good. i wish i had a cap like that. looks very good. yeah, very impressive. >> wow. that's pretty cool. >> that is cool. >

i played in oklahoma city and i love oklahoma city, but this is where i come from and this is who i am. i'm a maryland, d.c., type of guy. you know me. i have to represent them as much as i can and i let people know that i'm playing for them and hopefully i'll do a good job. >> there are not many, but there are some tickets left for tomorrow's game. >> some people have a foot fetish, good for them. other than my daughter's toes, i am not a fan of feet, so there's no way i would enter into this event. it is a toe wrestling contest event in england and you actually lock toes and away they go. this is so gross. there are reportly toe inspections to make sure there is none involved and that is well deserved. >> what a horrendous, horrendous event. it takes all kinds. i suppose so. >> what did the sports producer force you to show the video? >> yes, she did. heath heather? >> will it be shown again at 11:00? >> i hope not. >> she just said no. >> kind of like the hot dog eating contest. >> i hate that. >> it's

been cam temperaturewise, hot in oklahoma city with a high of 36. in soutn one after another. the same pattern has been systems continuing to run aroun country. rome at 28. to 40. time of year. there's a look at the three-day forecast for the rest of you.up. i'm gene otani in tokyo.s for j.

could even be near 110 right around tulsa from 105 oklahoma city to dallas. little rock's been above 100 day after day. 107 today around little rock, ridiculous. it's pretty humid around new orleans up into areas of alabama and mississippi, too. i tell you what, dallas, this week, 105 all the way to about 100 right through friday. so it doesn't look like any relief is coming. thankfully in kansas city, we do have a few thunderstorms this morning. we'll take whatever rain we can get. it's not drenching the whole area but from st. joseph to k.c., we may see a rumble of thunder. it looks like in the north east, everyone can dry their umbrellas out and leave them at home today. >> a little better for you, right, bill? >> yeah, a little bit. >>> gas prices rise again and crunching the numbers on olympic gold. your first look at this morning's business headlines is straight ahead. >>> red sox and yankees need extras. history made in baltimore and a perfect ten for the reds. you're watching "first look" on msnbc. (cat purring) mornings are a special time for the two

his daughter julie was killed in the oklahoma city bombing in 1995. he has become a vocal component -- opponent of the death penalty. he oppose the death penalty for tim mcveigh. welcome back. i remember speaking to you years ago. your daughter was killed in that bombing that killed 160 people, more than 600 injured. you started off by supporting the death penalty, didn't you? >> yes, all my life i had opposed the death penalty. however, i went through the typical revenge i was speaking after the bombing. i was finally able to start thinking more rationally about things and once again became opposed to it. i have been traveling the world for more than 16 years, speaking against the death penalty, testifying before members in various countries, state house is, what have you. the discussion right now over the death penalty in the aurora case should not even be discussed. the death penalty is a political issue. i do not think that should even be talked about. give people some time. the trial will not start for a year and half. think things out rationally

upper 30s oklahoma city the forecast for st. louis midegrees. very i around that dome. also rains towards thnow to europe.e's a low pressure system to dublin, edinburgh. coming to going to be heading to the of bringing temperatures ups above average in budapeste warnings and watches i'm going to leave forecast. this hour. a in ce now generating power again.d it over the weekend. power since may. all reactors country have been o the ch concerns after the year inkushima. ont the fired the first timeplant'sed to supply power but workers at to turbines. so the pushed b. they say they will reachnday. the company is schtor at the plant in two >>> and that' edition ofherine kobayashio. we'll be back with mor see you then.

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oklahoma city, 100 city. -- 107 degrees. it was almost as warm for our high temperature. wichita, kan., 111 agrees. there is the overall pattern with not much going on. a few clouds in and over us. we also had a few clouds today and that has been about it. low pressure will stay off our coast and in the back of it, and humid pattern we have. especially as we go into august. no big storms inside nor -- ins sight nor tropical storms. once again pretty much as today. a mixture of clouds and sunshine. cannot rule out a scattered thunderstorms as we get ready to close the book on our second whether record, the second hottest month ever. last july was the hottest. this july, almost. as we go into august, a hot pattern. temperatures into the mid-'90s. you can always keep posted and we have a new weather pullout that i will show you in a short time about the tropics. we are heading into a tropical storm season. how many hurricanes will form? we will get everybody's opinion. we do not want any right away. >> we all have the same opinion of the nats right now. >> they have been mag

in omaha. 82 in oklahoma city. that's where the heat and humidity is. it will slowly marked our way throughout the day. tomorrow will be hot and sticky temperatures near 100 on thursday. leesburg is 67 by now. 62 degrees in inwood. 61 in berkeley springs. 88 this afternoon for the high temperature with a low humidity. near 100 tomorrow. when you factor in the humidity it will feel like 103 to 108. the hot air is slowly migrating geese. slight chance of a late-day and thunderstorms tomorrow. we will be predominantly dry. the hot air is moving our way from the mid section of the country. we will be back down to nearly 90 degrees by the weekend. >> marc rail penn line train 511 is 25 minutes late, stuck behind an amtrak train. brunswick line 890 running 20 minutes late on metro rail. southbound 295 has an accident near the suitland parkway. northbound is open out of oxon hill. a portion of kenilworth avenue is blocked with wires down between the beltway and sherrywood ln, the turn for the greenbelt metro. in newington

we're in the 80's but look across the country, 105 in oklahoma city. we have some clouds covering us and will have some showers through wednesday before we see improvement. isolated showers tomorrow, and then clouds hang tight going into tuesday before we're expecting some showers. 68 degrees tonight, 87 tomorrow, sun shine and clouds tomorrow similar to what we had today. but again, thunderstorms possible. it'll turn muggy on tuesday, right around 85, back up to 90 on wednesday, thursday the temperature is around 90 90 degrees. so we start this week on an unsettled note and then back to sun shine >> this is an easy week in the weather world. we have another car recall to tell you about. if you own a hyundai, santa fes are being recalled. the problem is the front passenger air bag may not deploy, the other is the senata, the side air bag may inflate for no reason at all. you can contact hyundai. >>> before you know it, school is starting back. we want to make sure kids in need get school supplies. this is the annual back to school supply drive. it runs

hot weather continues once again around 106 in oklahoma city. thunderstorms north of that in nebraska. another rant of storms in minnesota. the energy wants to go into the ohio valley. winds out of the east going to bring a little bit of atlantic moisture. we could see showers pop out to the west later on this afternoon. we are talking about isolated showers today. tonight things will quiet down although again with the onshore flow becoming mostly cloudy overnight, tomorrow we are going to pop some showers and storms especially in the higher elevations out west. a better chance area wide is showers and storms. today 88 degrees stray shower or storm. 70s in town still a few 60s north and west. the yellow alert for the afternoon storms especially in the mountains but a better chance for storms on wednesday. tomorrow is sort of borderline green or yellow. thursday 92, a stray storm hot. 93 friday and a few storms and even hotter over the weekend. it is 5:17. here comes monika samtani. >> imagine what it is like without this little piece of equipmen

maybe in new york city you don't think oklahoma city is a city, but it's a city. and after i won, i was the first republican elected in my district since 1928. and my district was 74% democrat. and i wasn't supposed to win, but i did and i won again. the oklahoma state legislature at that time was 9-1 controlled by the other party. and they were kind of bothered by the fact that i won. and so they redistricted me because the majority of -- whichever party is in the majority in the state legislature in 37 of the states can make that decision. they redrew my district so that it went from the middle of oklahoma all the way up to the kansas line, halfway over to arkansas, a big upside down l and i'm a politician, so i'm self-centered and self-referential. so when i was teaching, i kept thinking about look what they did to me. i would tell my students at harvard and later at princeton look what they did to poor me. they didn't do it to me. i'll end with this. the most important part of the constitution says that every single senator and representative must be an inhabi

we're going to see temperatures near 100 to 106 from oklahoma city all the way up here through the ohio valley. ouch. that's a look at your national forecast. now here's a look at the weather outside your window. today, call it 102 in indianapolis. the good news is that is probably the worst of the heat for that region. the cold front coming down will even bring a chance for rain in areas that desperately need it. so some of that relief comes tomorrow. details coming up. >> that's some good news. bill, thanks so much. >>> coming up, apple sours, netflix flops, and like it or not, same-sex marriage is good for business. your early morning business headlines are straight ahead. >>> plus, reports all is not well with hollywood's vampire lover couple. >>> more late-inning heroics, and philly plus the dream team makes a statement in their final exhibition game before the olympics. you're watching "early today." >> announcer: "early today" is brought to you by new preparation h totables. >>> good morning and welcome back to "early today." i'm lynn berry, and here are some of your top headline

meanwhile, greg, the crossmaker after oklahoma city, after columbine, has been asked once again to mark an unspeakable tragedy. >> it's a message of hope. >> reporter: and while the city's flags will be raised back to full staff tomorrow, rebecca's mother, like the loved ones of all the dead, mostly feels diminished. >> i don't care what anybody ever says to me about why, it doesn't matter. it's just senseless. >> reporter: holmes will be here court on monday to hear the formal charges against him. whether the state will seek the death penalty or holmes will plead ip sanity might not know be known for months. >> mike, thanks. >>> still ahead as we koimt along the way, on a saturday night, before that stunning finish here today, we get to listen to what michael phelps said to matt lauer about some rough personal struggles, about being on top of the world. and then later the queen's show-stopping entrance. just the latest big surprise in what has been the rebranding of the royal family. >>> we are back here from london tonight where folks are still stunned at michael phelps' fourth place

notice where the heat and humidity is located. 95 in omaha. 93 in oklahoma city. just over the century mark in the center of the country, chicago, they and above 103. that hot air is pushing our way. make it here by morning. the heat and humidity is in place. unfortunately, the air is eastwards by the intensity and humidity. much in terms of clouds the atlantic. just some scattered remnants of across thems carolinas. that is where there could be severe storms, like in the lakes and upper midwest. tomorrow, some late day thunderstorms. they may become strong and severe. high temperatures today are exactly average, 80. close to normal again tonight, near 70 degrees. tomorrow afternoon? here we go. back towards 100 again. in the triple digits tomorrow. in the humidity, it like 108 degrees. we will probably have some heat advisory conditions for tomorrow. know it has been a while, i love that time lapse. it is a nice, clear morning. it had been active. out.ing >> thank you. there is a $7 billion plan to overhaul union station. the 105 year-old icon is the busiest amtr

oklahoma city, 106 degrees. there we are with our nice 76 degrees. baltimore, annapolis 15, almost 20 degrees there is a live view of rehoboth. cloudy with some showers and a breeze that you can see a ocean city tomorrow. i think the sunshine will be coming back. look at ocean city. 73 degrees. that is what the water temperature is. 73 degrees. the heavier ones are well up to our north west. there have been a few little pop-up variety thundershowers, but i think as that gets into the moist air the humid air that is around us, -- earlier, there was a line. that is beginning to break up near pittsburgh. you can get an idea. there are some out to our west. i think those will be if anything staying more to the south, you folks in charles county, near fredericksburg. the rain in the last two days, in ocean city, four inches, but overall, it has been spotty. through the overnight hours some of the showers more to our south. look at the temperatures. by tomorrow, some spots will be in to be high 60's to 70's, and tomorrow, i think there will be a scattering

later on today, kansas city will be at one of two. of oklahoma city 1 07. -bill at 96. -- national at 96. >> adam, thank you. the coalition of african- american pastors have started a nationwide campaign to urge people to stop supporting president obama. it is the latest shot fired in a showdown over marriage. lots of passion on display this morning? >> they say that they have taken these votes for granted. this is a group of black clergymen gathered in d.c. to announce a nationwide campaign against president obama due to his stance on same-sex marriage. the group is reacting to his statement saying he would support same-sex marriage. he says -- the group says that this threatens the family's. this comes after tension after remarks made by the ceo of chik- fil-a. one reverend told us that christians are being attacked today similarly to the way blacks were attacked after segregation. >> i voted for the president. but he got off course. marriage is not between a man and a man or a woman at the woman. >> their goal is to complete a 100,000-signature petition

they are concerned about how much fertilizer you buy because of oklahoma city and the bomb that brought down a federal office building. yet, you can buy as much ammunition as you want. it raises an abarm bell. and the fuel suit of body armor and the gas mask he wore in the movie theater. do you think he meant to die? >> he didn't act like he noent die. >> reporter: how so? >> the protective gear and the surrenders right away. a person kills himself if he doesn't get out. >> reporter: one theory, he wanted to live to see the second plot of the act unfold. the booby traps set to till anyone who stepped into his apartment. a trip wire composed of two quick wids, which, if combined would have ignited. the living room floor with 30 bombs connected to a control panel in the kitchen by a spaghetti like wire. he could have learned from the internet how to build such things but he left almost no digital footnote of any kind. once police safely diffused the bomb, they carted away his computer. >> it's a hard defense to win. you have to be able to show you didn't understand what you were doing was

we had temperatures in to the 90's today. 98 in oklahoma city. this heat is aligning to be pushing war toward the east. >> thank you. caught on tape look at this. authorities trying to identity two suspects seen in this video robbing a exxon gas station and hit a clerk with a gun. it happened last friday morning. >>> you see him call the police. >>> and a north carolina man is sitting in jail after maryland state police say they found heroin worth more than $100,000. officials made a traffic stop in cecil on 95 yesterday. police brought in a dog unit. >> actually 5,000 individually packaged units of heroin ready for street sales, another bag with heroin as well as over $78,000 of cash. >> boyd is in custody on $200,000 bond tonight. >>> new, four people locked up this evening accused of transporting cigarettes illegally across state lines. anyly 26 packs were take eastbounderren during the stop just south of hagerstown. officers took two cars that were used to transport all of them. you know just last month, [inaudible] announced a 6-cents hike p

today 109 tomorrow 111 in oklahoma city. tulsa potentially 113 tomorrow and then as we head towards thursday even hotter. could be 110 to 115 in spots in oklahoma incredible heat. and a little bit of that is going to build toward us as we head to the weekend. we'll get back in the 90s but lots of clusters of storms right now for us gaysome isolated toed -- just some isolated to scattered is what we're expecting. yellow alerts for the thunderstorms here and there. tonight 88. a few areas in the upper 60s. tomorrow upper 80s once again with more clouds and showers and storms going to be more widespread than today. thursday though a stray thunderstorm 92. by friday 95 degrees and mid 90s with a few afternoon storms saturday, sunday and monday. here's monika with the timesaver traffic. >>> i'm happy to say this tuesday morning is incident- free pretty much all over again. from the south on 95 all lanes open from dale city to wood bridge and springfield. a live look outside right now on 95 and this is what it looks like in newing

from north platte, oklahoma city to st. louis. that's going to continue even into tomorrow. temperatures will be very similar. we won't start to see the cool air possible until about thursday. that's when we're expecting the next chance of a cold front dropping those temperatures. three more days of this in kansas city and then we'll get a break for you. now here's a look at the weather outside your window. washington, d.c., a warm day, chance of thunderstorms late today. new england will be dodging afternoon storms. very hot in the southeast. but not quite as wet as yesterday. florida got drenched this weekend. looks a little dryer for them also. >> that heat wave is on its way. we all need a beach day? >> yes. no big relief till probably thursday or friday. >> got to get your sandcastle building experience. >>> a big energy acquisition and a motivational mishap. your early morning business headlines are straight ahead. >>> plus, the response from hollywood to early friday morning tragedy in colorado. >>> a monumental coll

they are concerned about how much fertilizer you buy because of oklahoma city and the bomb that brought down a federal office building. yet apparently, you can buy as much ammunition as you want. >> it raises the alarm bell. >> you always hope in these situations. >> reporter: what about all that protective equipment? the full suit of body armor and the gas mask he allegedly wore into the theater. do you think he meant to die? >> he didn't act like he meant to die. >> reporter: how so? >> he has enough protective gear, then he surrendered right away. if you look at a wot of the workplace shootings like the ones we had here with columbine, some of the others, a person kills themselves if they can't get out. >> reporter: one theory, that he wanted to live to see the second act of the plot unfold. all those booby traps police say were designed to kill anyone who stepped into his apartment, including an ied by the door. authorities say it was composed of two liquids which, if combined, would have ignited. >> it was certainly a sophisticated device. >> reporter: the living room floor covered

here is your travel forecast. 88 in oklahoma city. no triple digit heat anywhere on that map. more in the seven-day coming out. >> planes will soon take to the sky to get a better idea of where exactly the fault lines are in virginia. they will be mapping the fault lines which caused that earthquake that struck back in august that caused damage in the district and parts of the natural -- national cathedral and cracking the washington monument. the low-flying planes should run today from july -- now until july 20th. a chance to get a behind-the- scenes look at "good afternoon america." we will hear from the girl who jumped off an amusement park ride. why she said it was her only option. whether we [ obama ] i'm barack obama and i approve this message. [ female announcer ] every woman who believes decisions s about our boes and our health care should be our own is troubled mitt romney supports overturning roe versus wade. romney backed a law that outlaws all abortion -- even in cases of rape and incest. and that's not all. i'll cut off funding to planned parenthood. [ female ann

oklahoma city, all of a sudden, kansas, oklahoma, and even north texas getting very hot and very dry. it's not like the heat wave's going to end. it's just going to shift a little bit to the west. >>> bill, thanks so much. >>> coming up, big ben boosts stocks, barbie boosts business, and a divorced mother of two tries to boost her chances of selling her house. your early morning business headlines are straight ahead. >>> plus, this brand is apparently back on the market. >>> coming up, the return of an ace, revenge at fenway, and a mascot hits the skids. you're watching "early today." >> announcer: "early today" is brought to you by caltrate. >>> good morning and welcome back to "early today." i'm lynn berry, and here are some of your top headlines this morning. during a reconstruction of iraq, an estimated $68 billion has been wasted. an inspector general reese report says the exact amount lost to fraud and abuse can never be known because of bad record keeping by the pentagon and other agencies of the u.s. government. >>> the boy scouts of america is reaffirming its policy of bannin

yoppedz that, hop over -- beyond that and hop over the mississippi, 90s working. 93 93 oklahoma city. some pushes towards the east. little bit of a dip in the jet streams that's keeping pleasant weather overhead. you go 500 miles towards the south and west and it's baking, hundreds, it's a nasty humid mess out there, that will be starting to push in to the area as we head in to the weekend. especially if to next week. here is the future trend showing again 3:00 píñin the morning, overnight temperatures in to the 60s. there is a pleasant evening. tomorrow we may touch upon 90. we will call 2-degree guarantee of 88. nice night tomorrow night, setting up a nice day for friday. maybe a shower or storm south of town and north of town a little ripple of energy that comes through. nothing to be concerned about. the chance of a spot shower and storm increased as we go in to the weekend. 85 for the rest of the evening. partly cloudy, there could be isolated storm north of town, maybe carol, frederick, better shot of the spot shower. 66 for the overnight. few clouds, 2-degree guarantee tomorr

could be in oklahoma, arkansas today. oklahoma city 107. little rock expecting a high around 110. looks like for oklahoma, only going to get hotter tomorrow and wednesday. wednesday they could be up pardon 110. very -v are hot air with this ridge of high pressure still over the central part of the country. it was over places like kansas city and st. louis, kind of drifted south. they are expecting more 100-degree heat over the next few days. a couple of showers here and there, looks like maybe a better chance for a few storms in the mountains of west virginia. we'll go throughton, an isolated shower, skies becoming mostly cloudy. tomorrow we have a better chance of showers and storms here, at noon in the mountains out to the west, can't rule out an isolated one near here. wednesday i think the shower and thunderstorm chance, wednesday morning, becomes a little bit more widespread as we head into the midday and afternoon wednesday on wednesday. you think about the green and the yellow sort of the days, today there have been a couple of showers but not that widespread. i'm going gre

how about 100 degrees from kansas to oklahoma city, this is where the heat stays for the next 72 hours. eventually more of a southwest wind kick will bring in the heat across the area. not as hot as we have seen. stationary front on top of us, watch how it passes towards the south. the further we can kick this south the more sunshine in to too many. i think that sunday is going to be the pick of the weekend. mostly sunny with temperatures up in to the 80s. tonight, 60s to 70. tomorrow we will see late day clearing. up to around the 84-85-degree mark. going for 82 degrees your 2- degree guarantee. notice how we are close enough to the front to maybe see a passing scattered shower or thunderstorm. ocean city, kept island, going for the beach, keep an eye to the sky, could be a pop up shower or thunderstorm. the most of the area will be dry and warmer. 67 degrees for tonight. cloudy, spotty showers in to too many. 2-degree guarantee around 82 degrees. here is your seven-day forecast. we will start off on a cloudy note tomorrow morning, maybe a few scattered showers. we will see a peak or

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south of oklahoma city 36. 34 in houston here on your thursday. over here rough weather due to a lingering area off towards po poland you can continue to see thunderstorm activity. rough weather towards spain where you need it. that has been dry here. reports of wildfires coming out of spain. this would be very much welcomed and pushing off towards the east. affecting much of france there. north of that, looking at this. we have this spinning area towards the northwest of the british isles. the big factor going into this weekend you might see some rain across london. look at berlin with the high of 31. london at 34 on your friday. you might see some rain showers into the afternoon or evening rain showers. on saturday expecting to clear up. drop down in temperatures 21 for the high on saturday and 30 on sunday. might see rain showers here as well. here is the extended out look as well. >>> we will be back with more updates in 30 minutes.

oklahoma city bombing wasn't about the government. it was just somebody wanting to do something amazing. timothy mcveigh. that was his thing. the ft. hood shooter which people think was a terrorist attack. i do no. uh i think it was a mid life crisis. he said, you have ignored me. but, i'm really a terrorist. not really. you're a mass murderer. that was your point was just to be seen and get back at people. we're talking about psychopathy and having a moment to play god. >> how much do these mass murderers, how much do they pay attention to each other and read the manifestos and think in terms of they did it this way, i will also do it that way? >> a lot actually. there are sites all over the internet. the mass murderers and psychopaths of the future spend a lot of time on the internet and they go to the columbine site and brevik and also find out how to make bombs and the guns they should get and how to stage the whole thing. you can basically -- it's a teaching guide on the internet how to commit your own mass murder if you spend a

west towards the mississippi river, beyond that to oklahoma city, 96 degrees, a day in to the 90s. that is the heat that moves in by early next week. we are forecasting heat and humidity next week. future trend showing us tomorrow, scattered showers, time line in to tomorrow afternoon. 8 7- 90 will do it. this is not picking up on the shower or thunderstorm threat but a chance we will be watching. a shot of showers and storms come in as we head in to sunday with temperatures running in to the 90s. a big game down at camden yards for tonight. first pitch 7:05, temperatures in to the 80s. 87, to 85 degrees first pitch, first inning. walking out of the park at 78. just clouds, not dealing with precip. overnight temperature, 72, mostly cloudy, late shower or thunderstorm possible. headlining that towards the dawn hours saturday. seven-day forecast, again, heat and humidity come back. 88 to 91 on sunday. you love that humidity and heat. 94 on monday. could be isolated shower or thunderstorm. tuesday and wednesday 96 degrees. >> it was going so well for you. we had nice weather. you got