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Fans from as far away as australia and japan were there. the week-long event celebrating presley concludes this morning with a concert at graceland. now here is a look at your monday forecast. showers and thunderstorms in the northeast. turning severe in the afternoon. expect damaging winds and hail from boston tsc. odim coston tsc. another very hot day out west. 90s from seattle to san francisco. 105 in phoenix. a mild 77 in the twin cities. 82 in chicago. 83 in detroit. nearly 90 here in new york. and 92 in miami. all right, get ready to put your fingers over your ears. this is going to be loud. it was a hair-raising pitch miss piggy and company could have heard from a mile away. soo-weeeeeeee! here, pig pig pig pig pig! the crowd went hog wild at the illinois state fair as contestants tested their skills in the annual hog-calling contest. winner kyle bart is a self-described city boy who s ....
afghanistan, two-thirds of pakistanis view the u.s. unfavorably. to see whether these aid flights are beginning to change that view, we joined them on a trip to bahrain in the swat valley. a village cut off by the floods and now dependent on american help. residents we met were both grateful and pleasantly surprised. has this helped change the way you view america? america support the needy people. did it surprise you? yes, a surprise. reporter: american aid following the october 2005 earthquake here helped drive favorable opinions of the u.s. up slightly, from 23% in 2005 to 27% in 2006. before falling even lower, and never recovering. u.s. officials are telling me the difference this time is the relief missions are part of a much broader, longer-term development plan. $7.5 billion in aid over five years, which they hope will have a much more lasting effect. jim sciutto, abc news, swat, pakistan. swollen rivers are receding in iowa but 29 counties were declar ....
rouge. president obama returns to washington facing growing criticism over the planned mosque near ground zero. friday the president told a group of arab americans that he believes muslims have the right to build a place of worship anywhere they want. that set off a firestorm and a political debate. this has taken a local issue and made it national. every democrat in the country can now be asked the question, do you agree or disagree with president obama on this issue? they know in answering that question president obama is on the minority side. most of the public disagrees with him. this is also an issue that is particularly controversial among the very independent voters that democrats need to keep in the fold if they re going to hold on to the majority in congress. a texas republican says the president s remarks show he is out of touch with mainstream america. a chemical scare closed part of new york s times square for hours last night with emergency crews ta ....