louis, kansas city, oklahoma city, and even dallas is involved in that. more heat on the west coast. even portland, you're back in the higher temperatures. and more heat in the northeast. new york, washington, boston all threatening record temperatures. this storm, earl, and that cold front will change all of that by the weekend. much cooler temperatures in the northeast. and we are live, keeping an eye on hurricane earl, from the beaches of atlantic beach, north carolina. robin? george? >> it's amazing how quickly the hurricane season can change, just like that. >> just like that. it's unbelievable to see that stacked up off the african coast. robin? >> it is. sam, thank you. >>> coming up next, they're not just for kids. the vaccines you must get your preteens before they head back to school. moh-ohm. -do you have your lunch? -yes. and you know where your classroom is? uh huh. mom, i can walk from here. what about your... mom, i got it. ♪ [ female announcer ] they're never too big for a little something sweet. kellogg's rice krispies treats. look in t

kansas city 85. minneapolis 73. 60s in the pacific northwest. 78 in sacramento. and 81 in salt lake city. >>> this is a follow-up to an incredible story. it's an example of just unstoppable drive. a monumental accomplishment by a california man against all of the odds in front of him. >> no kidding. steve wampler has cerebral palsy but that did not stop him from climbing his way to the top of the 3,000 foot el capitan at yosemite national park. every pull of the rope raised him just five inches. >> unbelievable. he describes the experience as six days of absolute torture. but awe-inspiring as well. when it was all over, marines climbed up to the top to carry him down. you remember we followed him as he was going up. he hadn't made it to the top just yet. >> he talked to david muir a few days ago, can't wait to get to the top of this thing, now there he is. >> you can't get an image there but it's twice as high as the empire state building. >> congratulations, man. we'll be back with more after this. diabetics on medicare! i'm a diabetic and i want you to know ove

around 90 from dallas to atlanta. 70s in kansas city, omaha, and chicago. 68 in billings. 77 in salt lake city. 82 in albuquerque. >>> a sad passing to tell you about this morning. singer eddie fisher has died in californa. he was the su in the early '50 stormy marriages to actresses deb taylor and connie stevens often overshadowed his career. carrie fisher, who played princess leia in the "star wars" saga is one of his children. he died of complications after hip surgery. he was 82 years old. >>> the first woman to be executed in the u.s. in five years was put to death last night in virginia. teresa lewis had been convicted for arranging the murders of her husband and stepson to get the insurance money. activists argued lewis was not intelligent enough to carry out such a plot. in her last words lewis apologized for the crime. >>> president obama has private meetings with world leaders in new york today as his u.n. visit wraps up. >> the president focused on the mideast during a major address yesterday but before another leader made remarks that were controversial, some people left

is that what you said, we're not in kansas anymore? >> i think it might have been, yeah. it was one of those magical moments where we were riding along in northern michigan, saw the buffalo along the road. it started running alongside of us. it was so amazing. the four of us were peddling like crazy to keep up with them. just the power. it was so incredible. one of those magical moments that i'm sure none of us will ever forget. >> davey, i see you in the back whispering into dad's ear. how hard is it to keep peddling and peddling? you're 10? >> well, actually, we're 12. we were 10 when we started out. >> you're 12 now because it's taken so long. i couldn't keep up with how many birthdays you've had since then. tell me what it's like for you, davy, are you still having a good time? >> yeah. >> daryl, you're in the front row there, how about you, davy doesn't sound so convincing there. are you holding up? >> yeah. >> what's it like when you're along the road, you run into buffalo and all the villages that we've seen in sort of your video diary there, it must be so fascinat

a health care bill that may not be as michael barrone says the most unpopular legislation since the kansas/nebraska act of 1864 but it's unpopular so they said, we'll run against george w. bush. well, in ohio mr. portman is about to be elected senator who was a close aide of george bush. let's run against wall street. well, in ohio, mr. kasich is leading in the race for governor. he worked for lehman brothers. none of these standard lines of theirs have worked. >> we were just talking about. you just mentioned the word fringe. i asked senator mcconnell about some of these tea party candidates who may be going to the senate. and you've just written this article, "extreme makeover" whose subtitle is "the midterm elections could send the most militantly conservative class of new senators in at least the past half century." what will that mean? >> well, it's going to be -- i think it's going to be a stronger infusion of conservative energy and more uniformly conservative energy than we saw even in the class of '94 or 1980. there are a range of views among this class, we looked at the 21 republ

washington, philly, new psccros nornnesnsin >> 70s from fargo to detroit. 80 in kansas city. 87 in dallas. a wet 89 in miami. 77 here in new york. 104 in phoenix. 96 in sacramento. >>> heavy rains are also threatening parts of southern mexico. 11 people are missing after a huge mudslide hit a small town 400 miles from mexico city. initial reports said hundreds were buried in the slide but officials have backtracked. it took ten hours for soldiers area because mud and rocks had blocked the way. >>> the eiffel tower is once again open to tourists this morning. that's after a bomb scare forced the landmark to close for about two hours. it's the second alert in two weeks at france's most popular tourist attraction. even more so, all this is part of a larger terror threat against not only france and britain but also against possibly the u.s. as brian ross reports, there's now a worldwide manhunt. >> reporter: among those being sought now, a group of ot radicalized germans who have been training at terror camps in pakistan, producing videos in german to gain more recruits back home. german offi

pacific tropical moisture making a run in places like minneapolis just north of chicagoland, des moines, kansas city, when these storms fire up this afternoon these will be big rainmakers and just like yesterday there will be some flooding. elsewhere in the nation we'll talk about a little bit of warmer air that moves into new england. philadelphia goes to 92 degrees on friday. then you've got a little cooling >> yeah, he's doing really quite well. >> yeah. he has really settled in and nice and quiet. flightless and nocturnal, robin. that's why you'll never get a chance to see a kiwi. >> what a combination. >> just little claws and a ball of fur. >> look as dorable. thanks to you both. >>> coming up next, more politics and punch lines with that man right there, stephen colbert. uh-huh. whatcha doing little bite™? trying to be big like you, dad. you're so good at keeping everyone full... and focused with your fiber. [ laughs ] but you already are great at doing that. really? sure. you're made with fiber, just like me. but best of all, you're the perfect size for smaller kids. [ female announce

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we're going to start with pictures near wichita, kansas. a strong line of storms yesterday, did some big hail damage. and interesting stuff in the skies. partially-formed tornadoes and hanging funnel clouds in the area. these are powerful storms. and we'll see them kick along the cold front line as it moves east. we'll see them likely from the pittsburgh area, to washington, d.c. area. i think north of nashville. later tonight, as the front continues toward new york and boston, we'll also see some powerful storms kick up if that direction. and all of that moves through. on the west coast, a brand-new pocket of showers and wind and clouds that generally hang there's for a couple of days. seattle, portland, eugene, redding. even over san francisco, we get that far south with this. southern california will stay dry and pleasant. anywhere from southern california north, the west coast weather pattern is c and all of that weather was brought to you by chili's. robin? >> all right, sam. >>> we're going to really switch gears when we come back. ne

mid 70s in kansas city, indianapolis, and detroit. 77 in seattle and billings. 91 in boise. >>> investigators want answers after an explosion and fire on another oil rig in the gulf of mexico. it happened about 200 miles west of that bp oil well that blew up in april. the rig's 13-member crew was rescued after about two hours. they shut down the rig first then jumped into the water. early reports say a mile-long oil sheen nearby were knocked down. >>> on the floor of the gulf engineers have removed a temporary cap that last month stopped all that gushin that well has been plugged with cement now so no additional oil has seeped into the water. the temporary cap was removed so that the part of the well that initially failed to stop the oil can be repled. then the drilling of a relief well that will plug tll f good can procee >>> maryland police discovered even more explosives as they continued to investigate the standoff at the disc channearte theoud ives suspect's home. in addition to the crude bombs taken inside the building. pierre thomas reports on the hostages and their or >> reporter: as

this severe weather is beiled along that, we're looki places like north platte, sioux falls, omaha, kansas city. this can be 80-mile-per-hour winds, s isolated todoes a watchful eye for this area for storms. elsewhere in the nation, on the big board, on the west coast, heat back on the plan, all from l.a. to the san francisco area. the heat stays in place through texas, as it's never gone anywhere. the heat is still in the new england area, waiting for th >> an >> and we are live on the coast of north carolina, watching hurricane earl. i will say, robin, george, you're the best in the business. >> how did we know that was going to come? you know? we're all right. all right. >> yeah. all right. >> thank you, sam. >> thank you. >>> coming up next, are you ready to mix it up? meghan mccain, gayle king, join our "morning mix." going "funkytown" on you. talk about it. ♪ with the tastes of sea salt and olive oil. ♪ or sprinkled with italian herbs. ♪ townhouse flatbread crisps. they're perfect for snack time, party time, any time. ♪ new townhouse flatbread crisps. the everyday cracker wit

tomorrow in kansas city the 49ers hope to claim their first win of the season. despite being 0-2 san francisco comes in a slight favorite. that's because of their monday night showing against the saints. the offense came to life. the 49ers hope to build on that as they prepare for the unbeaten chiefs. >> like i said before this is a building block. a step in the right direction. captain get overconfident. >> next week warriors stint keith smart is expected to replace don nelson as the team's head coach. no talk of basketball as reggie williams met with victims of the san bruno fire. smart knows firsthand what they're going through. in 1995, he lost his home in indiana when a fire destroyed his entire neighborhood. tomorrow in hayward, gold pride takes on philadelphia for the women's professional soccer league championship. yesterday tiffany millbrandt put on a clinic at an elementary school in san francisco. natalie teamed up to work with kids from the local american scores chapter. it's an afterschool program that uses soccer to help students in urban communiti

the thunderstorms pop up in sioux falls to kansas city today. also in the stationary front area, in northern new england, in the afternoon, thunderstorms will start to roll. big board, fairly quiet, atlanta, 86, phoenix, 103. n@ >> all of america's weather in the next half hour elizabeth? >> thanks so much, sam. >>> now, finally some good news for the 33 miners trapped more than 2,000 feet underground in chile. as they wait to be rescued, they now have creature comforts from home to help them pass the time. wow believe they're actually watching television. jeffrey kofman is at the scene in chile with the very latest. good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning to you, elizabeth. that's right, they now have electricity, running water and fresh air. the fresh air critical because their desperate for cigarettes. they're now allowed two packs of cigarettes a day. rescue could be weeks or months away. each day breaks another record for the trapped miners. and each day rescue teams break new frontiers to keep the men alive, half a mile underground.

kansas city 70. chicago 65. it's 85 in salt lake city. 100 in sacramento. and 70 in seattle. >>> well, there is about to be another high-profile resignation from president obama's inner circle, white house chief of staff rahm emanuel. abc news has learned emanuel plans to announce his resignation on friday. emanuel wants to run for mayor of chicago. he must collect thousands of signatures in order to qualify for february's mayoral primary. president obama is expected to name a temporary replacement on friday as well. >>> also, the president is in new mexico this morning to talk about the economy with families in albuquerque. >> then he will put on his campaigner in chief hat during a stop in the midwest. john hendren is in washington this morning with the latest. good morning, john. >> reporter: good morning, vinita and rob. president obama goes to wisconsin later today to rally young voters. but unlike 2008, the voters who are most inspired to vote among those students seem to be republicans. >> you can't sit it out. you can't suddenly just check in once e

. >> 90 in dallas. 86 in kansas city. 67 in minneapolis. 80s from boston to baltimore. 91 in atlanta. 65 in seattle. 76 in boise. 81 in salt lake city. >>> well, he may be tiny but he's got the rest of the canine world licked. >> meet puggy, the new guinness record holder for the longest tongue of any dog in the world. yes, it is a freak show. he is a 10-year-old pekingese. puggy weighs 25 pounds, but get this, that massive tongue you see there extends a full 4 1/2 inches. >> oh, man. puggy may be laughing at the attention now but he was actually abandoned as a puppy because of that odd quality. puggy's owner says his tongue just adds to his character. it also brings smiles to a lot of faces. imagine that dog licking you in the face. >> weirdo. we'll be right back with more "world news now." >>> a very interesting story here. the billionaire ceo versus the college student. apple's steve jobs is known to occasionally respond to e-mails from customers. >> one reply landed jobs in the middle of a heated argument with a journalism student who was looking for help with a paper. here's john

it says do any of you all want to -- karen in kansas excuse me, asked, would any of you consider "dancing with the stars"? >> i would do it because they pay an awful lot of money. i would make a complete fool of myself though. i would be horrible. i can't even walk in heels, let alone dance. >> i learned to dance at 100-plus grateful dead cancerons concertses. >> we're tone-deaf, as you can see. certainly, i'd do it. it would entertain america. >> why am i not surprised? george? >> question from linda. >> do you think today's child stars have it tougher than you did? >> yes. i think the paparazzi is a horrible thing to deal with. and one of the things that was different for us. may not have been so pleasant. we didn't have it quite so cushy. we were working a job. we weren't told we were wonderful for every, single thing we did. we were told you need to do that better. and we grew up a lot more normally, i think. >> to this day, i cannot stand to be late toe something or to do it poorly. and i credit that to -- not just our parents. but to lloyd sherwood who said you come to work on time