shows scattered showers, flanking richmond virginia. but it looks like around here. clear conditions. so relatively quiet night. temperatures 78 in baltimore downtown. 75 in d.c. 69 degrees out there on the eastern shore in salisbury. and it looks like we will see a relatively quiet night. overnight, temperatures down to the 60s. mid 60s to start off for tomorrow morning's rush hour commute with plenty of sunshine. so keep the sunglasses nearby. looking at 82 degrees by lunch time tomorrow afternoon. and a nice afternoon in store. it looks like warm up in the middle of the week. details coming up in the seven-day forecast. >> okay vytas. baltimore city kicks off a program today to help improve the living conditions at fire stations. the jeanne in july program is seeking donations to fulfill wish lists submitted by city firefighters. asking for basic amenities. city council president hopes that citizens of local businesses help to find the items that firemen desperately need. >> i don't know what it is about firefighters, but i have seen it across the board. they will

we're here broadcasting from the lovely done guns of richmond, virginia, and -- done gins of richmond, virginia, and there were cops everywhere and you must have good connections, greg, because dropping your name was the only thing that prevented a bloody riot. >> greg: did they actually watch "red eye" or just hear fox news or what happened? >> they just knew that you have connections amongst powerful elite as i have learned myself and they are not going to mess with you, greg, and i'm glad to by onboard. >> greg: and what happened to the police officers? >> he was skewered, disemboweled and drawn in quarters. >> greg: good. lieutenant get right to it. scientists released images of new dark scar on jupiter. what do you think is colitissed with this, the hand somest of planets? >> i know exactly what that is. first of all, jupiter is not particularly handsome. in fact, it is the dumbest of all planets. there is a staying nothing is stupider than jupiter. i will tell you what happened. we were driving by jupiter and we did that thing where we like let the toilet, you know, with like be

. >> stahl: when we showed up at the weekend gun show in richmond, virginia, the line to get in went around the building. how many guns will be sold at a show like this over a weekend like this? >> probably thousands. >> stahl: despite the recession, the business of selling guns and ammo is booming. and we were surprised to hear some of the reasons why. >> simon: we all grew up learning that the lion is the king of the jungle. and now that we're not little anymore, we know just how vulnerable they are. in fact, when exposed to man's devices, lions are extremely fragile. the latest weapon being used against them is poison. yes, poison. and that's one reason why conservationists say africa's lions are in trouble. are you suggesting that the lion in kenya could become extinct? >> i'm suggesting that the lion in africa will become extinct. >> gentlemen and ladies, let the games begin. ( cheers and applause ) >> ♪ ... me a lady tonight >> rose: steve wynn is a man with the midas touch who added glamour to the gambling industry. >> if you're going to start a gambling joint, start a gambl

a chance of rain around richmond, virginia and the mountains of virginia. dan, looks like a gorgeous day in so many spots. hopes everyone gets out and enjoys it. >>> thank you, bill. >>> an idea what to expect on wall street this week. a sourpuss goes after kids selling lemonade. your early morning business headlines are straight ahead. >>> a booming weekend for the boy wizard, while "bruno" goes bust. >>> a stirring playoff in the british open as a 59 tries to become world's oldest champion. and lance armstrong and the tour de france. you're watching "early today." >>> good morning and welcome back to "early today," everyone. i'm dan kloeffler. and here are some of your top headlines this morning. six months into his presidency, barack obama's approval rate dropped below the 60% approval rating for the first time. it is now at 59%. that's a six-point drop from last month. >>> in san francisco, federal investigators there say they don't know why the operator of a train that crashed this weekend switched off autopilot right before the collision. they said ha

down in richmond, virginia. on the satellite and radar loop, there are some showers, showers west of the area, coming through western maryland and areas throughout virginia and western virginia. just a few isolated showers. i think we wil have this evening. probably not up until about 7:00 or 8:00. very, very few. not everyone is going to get wet. by tomorrow morning, 74, 75 degrees. we will start the day hume and i had see a high temperature tomorrow and as we go from the 70s to upper 80s but like today, it will be hot. there will be more humidity across the area. however, tomorrow and as far as the weekend goes, rain returns sunday. i will see you back here tomorrow. jim? >> thanks, veronica. >>> seems plenty of people are already take advantage of the government's cash for clunkers program. this program offers rebates of up to 4500 bucks to car shoppers who trade in their old cars for newer and more fuel efficient vehicles. so far the government says it has given out about $17 million in rebates. that means m

. >> reporter: now for at least the summer, both are hard at work for richmond virginia businesses. >> hey, everybody. >> reporter: terry at a radio station, branch at a community outreach program. >> i'm hoping this job could lead me into just the realm of being a businessman. >> reporter: all thanks to the economic stimulus package, $1.2 billion targeted to job training for disadvantaged youth. president obama has promised the money would create 125,000 summer jobs. >> it provides another opportunity to help young people. >> reporter: robert bowling helped branch and terry find work. his organize, the williamburg community house, received $490,000 from the stimulus for its summer employment program. he said that money means he can put 200 people to work this summer compared to 137 last year. >> it is very difficult for a young person with no job skills at all to compete in a marketplace where individuals are losing work all the time. >> reporter: but these are temporary jobs, which is why some, like virginia congressman eric cantor, are questioning whether summer employment is the m

. >> last year, he moved to richmond, virginia, to start over. he is hard at work as an assistant for a community outreach program. >> i hope it can lead me into the realm of being a businessman. >> the stimulus package provided $1.2 billion targeted to job training for disadvantaged youth. >> it provides an opportunity for us to help young people. >> this man helped mr. branch find work. the community has received $439,000 from the stimulus for its summer employment program. he says that the money means he can put nearly 200 young people to work this summer, compared to 137 last year. >> it is very difficult for a young person with no job skills at all to compete in a marketplace where individuals are losing work all the time. >> but these are temporary jobs, which is why some, like a virginia congressman erick kanter, are questioning whether summer employment is the most effective use of stimulus money. >> the american people are just frustrated seeing taxpayer dollars wasted, and when you say that you want to see a stimulus bill work, the amer

richmond, virginia, 87. cincinnati will be gorgeous. baltimore, fantastic. great day to go to the beach too if you can get away with it as we go throughout the week. kristen, after that rainy, wet miserable june, july is turning out pretty nice in many areas. >> sounds nice. if you can make it to the beach, not a bad place to be. thanks, bill. >>> another schemer gets sent to the big house. it's not just kids crying the back to school blues. your early morning business headlines are straight ahead. plus, reality doesn't always bite. ask "american idol" host rya seacre seacrest. >> wait till you see how far a ball went at the american derby and an incredible stunt here on "early today." >>> good morning. welcome back to "early today." here are some of the top headlines this morning. for the first time ever, the federal deficit hit $1 trillion. it's expected to go even higher. the obama administration forecasts that the gap for the entire year will top out at 1.8 trillion. >>> president obama is promising to veto a $680 billion military spending bill if lawmak

south of us. 74 in richmond virginia. what we will see happen is actually see the temperatures warming up as we see warm temperatures pushing up out of the south. and humidity levels up. and we can have a few pop-up showers north of baltimore city. up in reisterstown. you see northern portion of baltimore county into harvard county. a shower there nothing severe, but it looks like a brief heavy downpour. model data shows that. >> then it clears out in the morning rush hour. you should be able to see plenty of sunshine. maybe even into the afternoon. cloudy to mostly cloudy. and chance for pop up showers and thunderstorms as the instability from the daily heating takes place. but best chance for seeing stronger storms, potentially is wednesday afternoon and wednesday evening. definitely keep an eye to the sky. assist the front gets closer from the west. creating all the instability out there. stationary front riding through the mid-atlantic. creating a lot of lift. and cold front starts to head our direction from the midwe

you can see some real heavy activity right there to the northwest of richmond, virginia making its way towards the north. you can access that on your computer, 24/7, 365. here your forecast for tonight. kind of a mostly cloudy skies also along the eastern seaboard. tomorrow a pretty decent day. but tomorrow night more showers fire off once again. they're going to be hit and miss type showers. over the next couple of days, that's what we're going to be seeing. not everybody is going to see the rain, but they are going to be around the region. here is your forecast for the overnight period. cloudy skies, chance for showers. 6 degrees for the overnight low. during the day tomorrow, we're talking about cloudy, cooler. storms mostly between 4:00 and 8:00 in the evening. the high tomorrow 77 degrees. and the extended outlook, 77 tomorrow. 86 on wednesday, with partly cloudy skies. again, a chance for some showers. but thursday more clouds and showers. clouds and showers on friday, 82 degrees. saturday and sunday looking a little bit better with partly cloudy skies. but still a chance for a p

scott cone, cnbc, richmond, virginia. >>> earlier today as a light rain fell on midtown, manhattan, hundreds of people gathered in the church to say a final good-bye to walter cronkite, the legendary cbs news anchorman that died last friday night at age 92. a gathering of the news media universe to be sure but it was also a gathering of friends and admirers. people who had watched walter, worked with him, sailed with him. even thoesz who had been to war with him in the case of the great andy rooney. rooney talked about meeting walter in england and then he just couldn't go any further. >> i just feel so terrible about walter's death that i can hardly say anything. he has been such a good friend over the years. please excuse me. thank you. >> walter's son chip cronkite spoke and said good-bye to his dad. speaker after speaker called today a celebration of a great man, great american life, well lived. >>> we're back with more news in a mope. tonight one educator's idea that has been making a difference in so many young lives. discover a light yogurt like no other. activia light! delicious, fat

." > a day care worker in richmond, virginia, is now in police custody. a child died after being left in a van for several hours. the child was discovered after returning to the ban late yesterday. the bond was said $20,000. the worker could face additional charges. >>> a legal drug maki operation ended in a blast. it was caught on tape. one wall blew out. debris went flying 25 feet into the parking make -- into the parking lot. one man was arrested. he had burns over his body. >>> the white house is trying to make food safer. a food safety group has issued some new safety standards. they apply to everything from aids, to poultry, beef, -- from eggs, poultry, and beef. joe biden says the focus on prevention is a different emphasis than we have had in the past. >> american families have enough to worry about these days, just putting food on the table, let alone whether the food will be safe for their kids and their husbands and wives to eat. >> the new standards are in response to some food safety breakdowns. the fda will help the food industry establish b

steve from richmond, virginia, "no wonder we're in the economic crisis we're in currently. it's all connected. our values, our respect and dignity are in terrible jeopardy." it was an overwhelming response to the interview that my colleague, brian sullivan, did yesterday with the aunt of mr. bradshaw, killed in action two weeks ago. it was truly an overwhelming response. your emotion came through vividly. you wanted more coverage of our warriors, our heroes killed in action, and perhaps less of mr. jackson. a remarkable story, and a terrific response from you. thank

richmond claims the title of the origin of country music, the virginia reel and bridges. 70th governor of the state of virginia, happy to have you with us. >> i'm excited to hear the news. we like being number one in '07, we dropped to number two last year. it's great to be back on top of the cnbc list. >> it can't be a whole lot easier though in this sort of economy to continue courting business at a time when budget are tights and so on. how do you continue to do this? >> it is tough. you know, we had a great ground breaking yesterday. a joint venture between them to build the first nuclear components for reactors in the u.s. to be built here. i have two job announcements today, both in south virginia verge. it isn't easy. there's just viewer feels out there. we sell a great tax and relat n regulatory climate. your video was talking a little bit about our tax rates. we sell a powerful education system. great test scores. great higher ed i understand stu institutions. we have dulles and we have in the port of virginia one of the most active ports in america. we say education plus glob

stronger storms down to the south into richmond virginia as they have a lot of warnings as well. tornado watches as well. for us, we will be clearing, and looking live down at the inner harbour. nice night. things clearing up a bit. partly cloudy skies. current temperature around 74. with the winds out of the east-northeast at 5 miles per hour. and the humidity is still up at 87 percent. that slowly will go down through the overnight hours. and through the daytime for saturday as well. but look at these temperatures. we were in the mid 80s for today. and we are in the middle of july. but these temperatures don't look like we are in the month of july out there. 74 degrees in baltimore. 67 degrees in harrisburg. and 63 degrees in pittsburg. and 68 degrees in cleveland. temperatures for us, will be dropping into the mid 60s. and this trough is upper level trough is bringing down these colder temperatures. 63 degrees in omaha and 69 in st. louis. so mid july cool down from the cold front that currently pushed through the area and currently pushing through right now. allowing for rain

these are people, the unit i followed is based in richmond, virginia but they come from northern virginia. these are our neighbors, these are not other set aside people these are our neighbors and friends who pick up and go off to war and that's the story i wanted to tell. when they come back it is so difficult for them because here it is in washington, it is a beautiful day. it doesn't feel like we're at war but we are. and to be a veteran coming back to society like that can be difficult. >>> one thing i remember hearing with vietnam soldiers people don't understand what they have gone through. we have so much more technology bringing us in to the war front. how difficult is it to get back in the family? can they go back to the job they had before. >> you talk about the vietnam generation and i think so many people were touched by the war. so many people knew at least somebody who went because of the draft. and we talk about the world war ii generation, it is the greatest generation but this is a generation that i think is invisible to so many of us because they come back and they are i

, virginia, took to the stage as the final act of the evening, and they sure delivered. the coworkers known as the spiritual harmonizers had the audience out of their seats and cheering in seconds. you can catch more unexpected talent tonight as auditions continue in new york and seattle. all righty now let's turn to "today's money." we're talking appropriately about marriage and finances. now that nick and leigh have tied the knot, what do we need to know about merging your bank accounts? "today's" financial editor jean chatzky has always the answers. she writes about marriage and money in this mon's "more" magazine. did you shed a little tear? >> just a little. >> as somebody who just tied the knot you know all about this. >> absolutely. >> how important is it for them to be on the same page financially? >> i think this is a big myth. people think that just because they married somebody they're all of a sudden going to become the same person. what attracted you to each other are chances are the things that are going to continue to exist in your life. and so if you had

kate balduan, cnn, richmond, virginia. >> all right. we're going to take a closer look at the stimulus plan with president obama's budget and the point man on that, of course, john king. >> he's coming up at the top of the hour with "state of the unio union". but a few headlines we want to pass along first. >>> a video that appears to show a missing american soldier in afghanistan, it has surfaced on an islamic website. u.s. military officials confirm this is the american soldier missing since june 30th. however, a name is not being released. a spokesman for u.s. forces in afghanistan condemns the video, saying it exploited and h humiliates the prisoner and

this severe stormy rary from richmond, virginia, to raleigh up to new york city. it's all part of the cold front that will push down. temperatures will be very cool across parts of the midwest. i haven't been able to say that for, like, three months. it's cool in the northeast, cool in the southeast and for the most part hot right smack dab in the middle. here's the weather that we're talking about. the big yellow box, the big severe thunderstorm watch box. the severe weather south of st. petersburg. this is the bigger story, it's from richmond and as it runs up to the i-95 corridor, sometimes on a friday we like to see clear keys up along the coast, because a lot of planes go along the i-95 or offshore, if we do get this much weather moving into big, big airports, probably some significant airport delays will occur, 2:00, 3:00, 4:00 this afternoon on a getaway friday like it is today, we don't like that. we even have a little bit of rotation. here's richmond is that way. a little rotation on the storm. a slight chance of tornadoes today. although i don't expect a

richa richmond, virginia, hi. >> caller: obviously any woman would sell their children is insane. and i was just wondering, would the judge consider debbie rowe's mental status? >> larry: well, if she sold them already, oh, you mean previously selling them? >> right, and you can order a mental exam of any litigant, you know -- >> larry: she's getting a bad rap here. >> well, she's been vilified already based on stories we don't know are substantiated. >> on the other hand, as i said before, if she was really interested in getting these kids, she should have been at the courthouse doors the day after he passed away. >> larry: thank you all very much. stimulating stuff, although hypothetical. >> very hypothetical. >> another celebrity pundit fest. >> larry: and geragos with his throw in on the supreme court throws that in. mark geragos, neal hersh, and larry seidlin. go to cnn.com/larryking, let us know. we could be reading your comments. we'll be back in 60 seconds. revered luxury sedan. t this is a history of over 50,000 crash-tested cars... this is the world record for longevity

. >> reporter: now, for at least the summer both are hard at work for richmond, virginia, businesses. terry at a radio station, branch at a community outreach program. >> i'm hoping that this job can get me in the realm of being a businessman. >> reporter: thanks to the stimulus package, $1.2 million targeted to job training for disadvantaged use. president obama promised the money would create 125,000 summer jobs. >> provides another opportunity for us. >> reporter: robert bowling helped branch and terry find work. his organization received $439,000 from the stimulus for its summer employment program. bowling says that money means he can put nearly 200 young people to work this summer, compared to 137 last year. >> it is very difficult for a young person with no job skills at all to compete in the marketplace where individuals are losing work over time. >> reporter: but these are temporary jobs, which is why some like virginia congressman eric canter are questioning whether summer employment is the most effective use of stimulus money. >> i think the american people are just frustrat

. >>> we are just getting word of a developing story out of richmond tonight. virginia governor tim kaine will call for a special legislative session to respond to a supreme court ruling. sources tell the "associated press" the governor will make the official announcement tomorrow. what this is all about is what we told you about yesterday. how some virginia prosecutors are choosing not to pursue cases against drunk driving or drug suspects because defendants have the right to question lab techs as part of the sixth amendment right to confront their accuser in direct conflict with the law. you can learn more about the cases at wusa9.com. click on virginia news. >>> the governor of maryland is throwing around the f word as if furlough. he is talking about putting state employees on what amounts to vacation without pay to save money. right now maryland is in the red by $700 million. governor o'mally says he doesn't like furloughs either but it is surely better than the alternative. >> i'm hopeful that together we can come up with ways to avoid layoffs. last year

cnn's kate bolduan has our story from richmond, virginia. kate? >> reporter: wolf, ever wonder what kids do during the summer? thanks to the stimulus package, many more are heading to work. 20-year-old sean searched eight months far job with no success. >> i'd go everywhere from big-time places to just mom-and-pop shops. nobody's hiring. >> reporter: this 15-year-old says she needed to keep herself busy during the summer break. if you hadn't gotn this job, what do you think you'd be doing this summer? >> getting into trouble. >> reporter: now, for at least the summer, both are hard at work for richmond, virginia, businesses. >> hey, everybody. >> reporter: terry at a radio station, branch at a commune outreach program. >> i was hoping that this job can be can lead me into just the realm of being a businessman. >> reporter: all thanks to the economic stimulus package, $1.2 billion targeted to job training for disadvantaged youth. president obama has promised the money would create 125,000 summer jobs. >> another opportunity for us. >> reporter: rob

charles is on the phone from richmond, virginia. good morning, from the republican line. do you think $4 billion in federal funds will result in better schools? caller: well, the education thing depends more on the dedication of the teachers. you can put all the money you want into it. if you put it into your so- called private schools in your kids' grades will probably be higher because it is an artificial thing because, what they are going to do is make it look better. they will make the grades look good, and you can say, well, the kids are doing better because they are private schools. it will always look better there. i am an old guy, and i went to a segregated school back in the 1960's, and i will tell you what happened. we had teachers that were truly dedicated to our education, and they always talked about what we had and what we did not have. we had old books. the point about books is that we did not worry about how old books are. we opened them and read them. politics are now so much involved until i was listening to public radio yesterday, and this guy who used

beach, down towards richmond and virginia beach areas, be on the lookout. under a tornado watch and goes until 7:00. all is fairly quiet around our area at this point in time. cloudy skies, couple of light sprinkles around most of the light rain now up across the northern portions of frederick and washington county, maryland. up into portions of southern pennsylvania and temperatures in the upper 70s and low 80s. we caught a break from the heat today. as a result of those clouds, not only didn't we make it to degrees but that did help cut back on our risk of seeing anything in the way of severe weather. still can't rule out one two lonely rumbles of thunder during the evening hours. certainly not looking at any widespread severe weather. welcom ns. another delightful weekend coming on the way and we could use a little bit more rain. what about next week? will it happen? we will detail that and give you the 7-day forecast in a few minutes. back to you, pat. >> thanks, chuck. several americans are among those injured in two hotel bombings in indonesia. police

we have a student from our challenger learning center in richmond, virginia. >> hi, i'm nadia higgins and my question is what are some things that we have learned from space exploration that we can use to help our own planet? >> laura? >> oh, great question. most people don't know this, but right now nasa has 15 spacecraft orbiting the earth watching the pulse of our planet as it's changing and studying the basic physics that drive our planet and our weather to help us predict better how it will be changing in the future and also we send to other planets, venus and mars to help us understand how planets like ours can change and evolve. from a science perspective, we've learned a whole bunch about the history of our planet and how it can change in the future and the technology change from nasa, and i don't know if either either of you want to talk about the spin-offs like from the hubble imaging, for example. the hubble space telescope helped pioneer the ccbs and cameras. how many people out here have a digital camera? there's a bit of hubble space telescope technology in every single

. -- if the virginia governor has called a special session. he will make a couple of public safety announcements tomorrow. there was a supreme court ruling last month regarding dui cases. the technician must testify in court as well. >>many suspected drug drivers ad drug users could go free. >>> susan boyle news tonight. and the accusations made about a permission withheld from the public. >> coming up next, a local doctor talks exclusively to abc 7 news >>> you are watching abc 7 news at eleven o'clock. this is abc 7 news at eleven o'clock. it on your side. >>> a montgomery county doctor is found guilty on drug possession charges, but he will stay out of bars as long as he stays out of trouble. >> dr. eric greenberg walked out of the courthouse a free man. but with an unresolved future. for the first time, this physician talk about accusations that have haunted him personally and professionally. >> they said to me -- my whole life right now, is effectively destroyed. we're going to work to get it back. >> tuesday, a judge found him guilty of

we are going to move on to brandon, richmond, virginia. good morning. caller: good morning. hello? host: you are on the air. caller: given all of the health care for dinner -- host: we are moving on to bill, california. caller: as a libertarian, i am concerned that when the government provides health care we will get the cost of health criminalize. does massachusetts have any plans to tax unhealthy behaviors, like cigarettes or obesity, something like that? host: if i could, i would like to follow up on that. over the weekend i saw some advertisements criticizing taxes on soft drinks. thank you for the call. guest: i am not exactly sure whether massachusetts has those kinds of punishments. i do not remember. i am not sure. that is not to say that it is not being considered elsewhere. it is more considered not as a stick, but a carrot, where you would have incentives for eating well, going to the gym in working out, having healthy behaviors. as steve mentioned, we have under consideration a sugary beverage tax. this is a new concept, one that has been quite controversial already. th

most of the heaviest activist south east of richmond down to norfolk, virginia. out there towards ocean city south of salsbury, maryland looking at showers and storms there but looks like around the immediate area not a lot of testimony going on. if fact we can put this into motion and see on our hd radar composite view here there are a few pop up showers along the turnpike in pennsylvania just west of york but the heaviest activity has been down over the mouth of the chesapeake bay then down south of salsbury and we'll continue to see that. still slight chance for pop up shower or thunderstorm in the neighborhood but right now that's only 20 to 30 percent chance. 89 degrees in baltimore downtown. 85 in dc. 88 in fredericksburg. you can see with the heat and humidity mix in there our temperatures much warmer. foals like 91 on the scene outside and baltimore 87 in dc and 98 freeze in fredericksburg. feels very hot. humid out there. definitely don't stay out for long periods of time and make sure you drink plenty of fluids especially if you are doing a lot of heavy

host: john, on the independent line from richmond, virginia. caller: i would like to ask what she feels about the line of questions that the republicans will ask and my concern is that if she has been a justice for 17 years and they have not found anything they can actually bring up and ridicule her about, other than maybe the last issue that came up about a firemaen -- i do not see how they could possibly continue to attack her based on her personal issues. she is for the most part in 17 years, has gone for many trials. if the republicans have something they would already have brought it up. i hear a lot of things pertaining to race and her personal opinion. it seems even though she has a strong opinion she has not used it to judge negatively against anyone. my question would be to her, why would these republicans continue to keep attacking her on personal issues? even if someone were to be a negative person, with a negative personality, they could still do the job required they still attacking her? host: in "the washington times" the 2009 u.s

, virginia. well, that particular area is the congressional district for eric cantor, an uprising republican in the house of representatives. and mr. cantor sently had a premeditative attack. before joe biden showed up, he wanted to remind people, you know what, this stimulus thing is not working. he told reporters, mr. cantor did, that the stimulus plan will destroy small businesses and deepen unemployment. so that was the stage that was set before joe biden sailed into town yesterday of. clayton: the mistake was putting out the remarks ahead of his speech. "the washington post" had parts of those remarks. cantor gets parts of these remarks in his own home district and comes out with this preemptive attempt. steve: point biby point. >> we're going to go bankrupt as a nation. so when i say that people say what are you talking about, joe? you're telling me we got to go spend money to keep from going bankrupt? the answer, yes, i'm telling you. clayton: yes, spend more money to make jobs. steve: we

host: of the democrats' line, jerry from richmond, virginia. caller: good morning. i want to ask the doctor, saying they will wash out the vaccines by the fall -- what safety precautions could you possibly test for in such a short time being they want to give these vaccines out in september and october? i heard during the 1970's pandemic or semi-pandemic they rushed the vaccines out and killed more people with the vaccines than the flu actually did. guest: in terms of the 1977 h1n1 swine outbreak i think the caller is referring to, just to clarify, there were no deaths associated with that vaccine. there were some increase cases of adverse side effects -- one syndrome was linked to that vaccine. but even that was not completely proven because of the difficulties in terms of associating the disease with vaccination. but the core question is a good one -- how we know it is a safe vaccine? first and foremost we want to make sure the vaccine is safe. secondly, that it is efficacious, that it does what we wanted to do. we don't want to immunize the entire population with

as a matter of fact, across portions of virginia, near richmond, we're seeing a few showers there. all that shower activity will remain down to the south and not affect the baltimore area. your forecast for the next couple of hours. partly cloudy, mild, temperatures will hang around 80 degrees. it could be a few degrees kohler than that in some of the outlying areas over the next couple hours. but what about the weekend? we were talking about some rainfall. is it still going to rain? we'll tell you all about that, coming up. >>> a controversy is brewing tonight in the philadelphia area. some children attending a summer camp discovered their membership at a private swim club was revoked in what some are calling a racial incident. the sign outside of the suburban philadelphia swim club encourages new members, but camp director althea wright says her michel was revoked. hers, along with 65 children. after registering online and paying a check for nearly $2,000, wright says when her campers showed up for the first swim of the season, they were asked to leave. >> she said she don't want

straits new richmond, virginia. what can you tell us about that? caller: i don't know about and richmond proper, but and prince george we pay for the county and for lee, va., here near the base. so that has not affected us here as of yet. but i don't know about richmond. i know they were going through real financial issues because my want ball fields build and rebuild a diamond, to find out how financials are dispersed. >> thank you for your input. franklin, conn. our independent line. caller: thank you for taking my call. i told the agree with your last caller. i think the government is a huge problem. congress is allowing the food companies to put all of these chemicals that our bodies -- our organs cannot digest all of this stuff. the artificial sweeteners did diet soda. if you read the ingredients, it is actually tried sugar -- it creates cravings. they are putting so much garbage. growth hormones in our vegetables, in our meets and everything we pretty much eat and drink. and i think congress needs to be respon

while the vice president is in richmond, the president will be in new york city speaking at the naacp convention. he will help celebrate the civil rights organization's 100th anniversary. the president plans to talk about the naacp's history and the importance of community involvement. >> it has been 40 years since apollo 11 lifted off for the moon. do you remember where you were? a look back at the historic trip. >> and some rain could be in our near future. announcer: during the autobahn for all event, you can get great lease deals. i love it! i just want to know it's the right move. me? thirteen days in the future. you get a deal on the car you always wanted. scheduled maintenance is included, it's all good. what's the future like? you love your new jetta. and the suit? you like it? no...i love it! >> astronauts onboard the space shuttle endeavour are checking to make sure the shuttle wasn't damaged during yesterday's liftoff. pieces of foam insulation broke off the external fuel tank during the liftoff and hit the shuttle. once the shuttle reaches the international space station t

we have a student from our challenger learning center in richmond, virginia. >> hot, my question is what are some things that we have learned from space exploration that we can use to help our own planet. >> lauri. >> great question. most people don't know this but right now we have about 15 spacecraft orbiting the earth watching the polls of our planet as it is changing and studying the basic physics that drive our planet and our weather to help us predict better how it's going to be changing in the future. also things we send to other planets, the nist and mars can help us better understand how planets like ours can change and evolve. so from a science perspective we have learned a whole bunch about the history of our planet and how it's going to change in the future. there is technology things that we get from nasa as well that help us. i don't know if either one of you want to talk about some of the spinoff like from the hubble imaging, for example. >> the hubble space telescope helped pioneer the ccd's and cameras. i don't know how many people out there had a digital camera. [laught

richmond, virginia, good morning to brandon, democratic collar. caller: could morning. host: brandon, make sure you turn down your television, ok? caller: ok. well, i was against the bill at first because i thought was going to cost too much money. but then if we do not get it, that will be like people -- you know -- is " good morning to jim's on our republic . hi. caller: this is the first, have been able to get through. when i am afraid of, the promises mr. obama is making are certainly unreal. in tennessee, our care was pushed through the in the middle 1990's by hilary's plan. it was pushed through the quarter, the democratic -- tencare has almost bankrupted tennessee. it is almost 30% of our budget. so far i have not seen details on what the new health-care plan will do. what with as he is any health care plan that comes through, government leaders should work under the same rules and regulations. i do notice that you mentioned nancy pelosi. i was reading an article about that. that is her normal stance, pitting the rich against the poor. but i am definitely against

the heaviest of the rain, richmond into southern sections of virginia. a little bit of rain along the i-95 corridor south of us but north, the traveling has been smooth sailing. there is where we are with max hd true view. sweep is going around just a couple of showers farther south but no big deal and overnight tonight we're actually going to clear out. temperatures this is what is so hard to believe, 69 right now in the city. dulles, the same. fredericksburg at 66 degrees. and the winds are out of the southwest for july 5th, to have winds oust of the southwest, these kind of temperatures are unheard of. this is bonus territory. wilmington right now a little warmer because they've had sunshine up there with a temperature of 76 degrees. the disturbance ateast most of this disturbance stays well to the south of us. so we eked out a fairly nice day. at least a dry day. i know we've had the clouds but at least a dry day. there have been pretty good thunderstorms down into north carolina where as a matter of fact they've been threatening with severe weather

they got heavy rainfall in southern portions of virginia down south of richmond. they got strong, gusty thunderstorms. all that activity missed us. we got to see a relatively decent weekend. those temperatures are in the upper 60s and lower 70s. looks like we're going to continue to see a warm-up friend. looking at your next-day planner, clear skies tonight. a full day of sunshine tomorrow. 64 starting off your work day. get those sun glasses ready. it will be a warm 1 in the afternoon. we could top out in the mid to upper 80s and holding on to the the sunshine the next couple of days. >> thank you. >>> you can be in charge of your own personalized forecast. iradar is available at foxbaltimore.com. use the interactive tools to track coming storms right down to your street. go to foxbaltimore.com. >>> thousands hoping for a glimpse of history. an e-mail lottery is held for tickets to michael jackson's public viewing. what his family is planning for the funeral, next. >>> a deadly day at what is supposed to be the happiest place on earth. who was killed when trains

at the virginia farm bureau in richmond. >>> the judges say they can preside over the civil lawsuit filed by students -- filed by families of students killed at virginia tech. they are seeking $10 million in damages. >>> some relatives of those killed or wounded in the virginia tech shooting is to not want the panel reconvened. that is the word from governor tim kaine. the missing mental health records went missing. some members passed to reconvene the panel. keane said other families do not want to go through the ordeal again. >>> we are learning more details about a police-involved shooting that killed a germantown man. somebody called 911 and hung up. one man was shot and killed after he held up what turns out to be a fake gun. two officers are now on paid administrative leave as the investigation continued. still >>> rudeness are now back home after some came down with the swine flu while in china. the first batch arrived just last night. they were reunited with their families. the students went to china to study language and culture. there were isolated and quarantined in hospitals.

. >>> an unexpected statement of regret from a virginia newspaper today. the richmond times saying it was wrong to back the dominion's school policy in the 1950st. "the times dispatch was complicit. the record fills us with regret. massive resistance inflicted pain there. memories remain. dreadful doctrine still affecting attitudes towards the newspaper. many remember. we understand. words have consequences. the move comes one day before a state wide conference marking the 50th anniversary at the end of massive resistance. >>> in living well today obesity in america. the centers for disease control an prevention uncovered a major gap in obesity rates by racial group. nearly 36% of black americans are obese compared to 29% of hispanics and 24% of whites. to improve those numbers the cbs is workinto get people to eat more fruits and vegetables and fewer high calorie high sugar foods. >>> good news about mortgage rates. mes s on the stpumopolapoho anloneing ana rerd w.loer nr 30ead -yfixeav mehofiloan 5ow4% rdco reow l 5s wat se t inriapl whenthe 30r ea-ydrop

she's 55 from richmond, virginia. she's a physician who for the last 25 years has spent her days making house calls to geriatric patients. >> this is a good lady. >> she can't remember the last time she focused on herself. she loves to travel in her spare time, stays active by running, biking and swimming. she's a single mom to 13-year-old emily who would love to see her mom with a new look. >> well, that child is here with us. there's emily. but first let's listen to her story. >> emily, you have never seen your mother in makeup? >> not in my lifetime. >> why do you want a makeover? you tell me you feel young, you just want to look young. >> i think this is new york and i just want to be glamorous to match the city. it's just so exciting here. >> and you're single, so men watch out. are you ready for a whole new look? >> i'm ready. ready as i can be, i think. >> all right. so what are we going -- >> emily's er,ov here all blindfolded. we're going to take one last look at linda. her before picture. now let's bring the

we're still seeing some showers down here in the central portions of virginia, right around the richmond area. but here in the baltimore area, a beautiful evening going on. and it's going to continue through the day tomorrow. but then on thursday, a system starts making its way in our direction. heavy showers and thunderstorms went across the carolinas. as you can see that area of high pressure is building in, it will continue through the day tomorrow with moderate temperatures and lower humidity. but then on thursday, a system starts making its way in our direction, and will bring us scattered showers right now. maryland's radar not indicating any precipitation around the baltimore area. towson at 68. 68 in manchester. 67 in centreville. and aberdeen right now at 66. here is your forecast. overnight, those showers in virginia pull on off to the east. during the day on tuesday, a beautiful day. lots of sunshine. here comes that system making its way in our direction that hopefully will bring us much needed rainfall on thursday. wednesday that's where it's going to be. but thursday over t

as he said, i'm tammy rastaf, i own a coffee and tea shop in richmond, virginia. it's family owned, i have nine employees. i know small businesses needs health care reform and need it fast. my dad started the business 30 years ago as a single parent. i was raised in the store and i'm happy to continue the family business. my father is still -- instilled in me the value of treating an employee like family. that means making sure our employees and their families have important benefits. we offer health care and retirement benefits. lately this hasn't been easy. on health care, our commitment to our employees has run up against the harsh reality of ever-rising costs. about four years ago, when premiums rose beyond what the business could afford, we had to change to a high deductible plan. that cut our costs for that year but over the last four years, our premiums have gone up 80% and i can't afford to pay those premiums. our health care system is failing small business. it's failing business owners like myself, it's failing our employees, it's failing our families, a