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June 6, 2014
Yesterday to greet the black labrador retriever. they were paired together. the dog learned to sniff out explosives. they havent seen each other in four years. he and his family are adopting her now she is retired from the military. so cute. heres a look at the nations weather. nearly the entire midwest will be blanketed by severe storms. large band stretching through the south. few showers possible over new england but the rest of the nation should be clear and dry. >> temperatures will be mi...
June 5, 2014
That conflict of storms should hold together and head all of the way through little rock and memphis and all of the way into mississippi and alabama. lets talk about the heat. it has been extremely hot for this early in the season. all of the way from the desert near phoenix today, 108 and areas of texas out by el paso could be up to 105 today and dallas, not to mention, one of your warmest days of the summer season. those are the summertime season and heat and storms and thankfully not a lot of...
June 5, 2014
But everyone else should enjoy clear skies. >> most of the northern half of the country will be mild. temperatures will be summer-like in the 80s. to the south, it will heat up to 90 degrees. and in the southwest to 108 degrees for phoenix. if you think beatle mania is a thing of the past you may want to think again. especially after hearing the results of an auction in new york. >> sothebys called it the largest private collection of john lennons work to be put on the block. among the items t...
June 5, 2014
Marijuana use in adolescence leads to problems with short term memory and lower iq and researchers point to studies showing that pot is addictive. but addiction experts counter that. marijuana is much less addictive than tobacco or alcohol. heres a look at the nations weather. a narrow band of severe thunderstorms extends from colorado clear out to the coast of the carolinas and up into northern michigan. showers will also stretch from new england into virginia. otherwise the rest of nation wi...
June 3, 2014
Ability to do so. my favorite example is the grandmother of my best friend in high school who was born in the cape verde islands, spoke portuguese for the first 17 years of her life. and she emigrated to boston, spoke nothing but english with her five children in her household. and lived to the ripe old age of 115. she became the second oldest person on earth at the time of her death. but whats interesting here is when she turned 108, she had a minor stroke. it didnt create any impairment, other...
June 3, 2014
High-ranking members of the taliban, according to "the washington post." they included taliban armys chief of staff. the former chief of taliban security. the former deputy chief of intelligence, senior commander, and the former interior ministry of the taliban government. today in poland, president obama defended his decision to swap these five leader for one u.s. soldier. lets watch. >> we get every soldier held in captivity. full stop. we dont condition that. >> a year from now, if were still...
May 29, 2014
Our meteorologist pedra m joins us from the weather center. heat and pollution not a good combination. >> its a horrible combination. absolutely deadly. 19.6 million people live in the city based on the 2010 census in beijing. the current temperature is 42 degrees celsius which is 108 degrees fahrenheit. this is one be of the hottest temperatures well ever see in the month of may. very unusual. usually the temperatures on the fahrenheit scale are about 82 degrees fahrenheit, 28 degrees celsius. ...
May 28, 2014
Her driveway when a tree limb fell on her pulling down power w all of it in front of her horrified 7-year-old son. >> to the east, damaging winds and large hail uprooted trees damaged power lines, knocking down power lines. from central pennsylvania to the nations capitol. 40,000 customers were left in the dark in and around the d.c. area. now heres a look at todays weather. more than half of the nation is facing another day of heavy rains with showers and thunderstorms extending to the northe...
May 28, 2014
Moderating a bit. dropping to as low as 50 in boston. the hotspot once again, phoenix, 108 degrees. most of phoenix, that massive wildfire raging near one of the most popular tourist spots in arizona, has now burned 32 square miles. more than 1,000 firefighters are on the ground between flagstaff and sedona. the fire is only 35% contained and hundreds of homes remain in danger. investigators on the scene believe the fire is human caused but it could take months to pinpoint how it began. fire...
May 27, 2014
The midwest. it will be clear from the back end of the system to the west coast. more rain on the southeastern coast in to florida and showers across the upper plains. >> its going to be hard to find any place in the nation not in at least the will 80s today. except new england and the pacific northwest. hot spot today, phoenix 108 degrees. theres a major battle underway for control of an airport in eastern ukraine. this comes as the countrys new president promised to increase safety and secur...