columbus, ohio, and atlanta, georgia. i'm just thinking portland, maine, probably not getting as much traffic as like boston and new york or -- okay. >> and i don't know how much traffic columbus gets. didn't seem to be a huge airport when i was there. must be growing. >> maybe that's kind of lake ik >>> some breast cancer survivors now have permanent badges of honor. how a tattoo shop is paying tribute by making pink ribbons out of ink. >>> a man who was arrested for allegedly stalking and secretly videotaping an espn reporter could get out of jail. out of jail as soon as today. >>> rescuers do not think that anyone could have survived this long buried in the rubble from last week's earthquakes in indonesia. they called off their search today. the crews are now clearing the rubble. the u.n. says it'll focus on providing relief now. strong quakes hit indonesia two days in a row last week. more than 600 people died, and more than 300 others are missing. >>> the mother of a chicago teen seen beaten to death on video says th

heaviest rain around atlanta metro. this is the entire region that got flooded out a couple weeks ago. alabama got flooded out as well. more rain today. 3 to 5 inches total between now and wednesday. something we're watching. the flash flood watches are out there as areas shaded in dark green, light shaded green flooding already occurring. flood warnings in those counties you see shaded in bright green. as for the rest of the region, here's where the rain will hit in toward north georgia over the next 48 hours hours. red shades you see there is 5 inches of rain. computer models thinking that's pretty much right online. cold temperatures out there. freeze warnings in areas shaded in purple. all of the temperatures below freezing here for the catskills and poconos and alleghenies and northern parts of the country down to omaha back in toward south dakota stretching in toward minneapolis and there are advisories for the morning good for an additional 1 to 2 inches of snow. i don't think it will accumulate on the roads but

one hour philly and atlanta. more on that in just a bit. >>> can you make your house 100% flood proof? make it float. >>> you may remember this moment that changed the lives of so many u.s. troops. >> on my orders, the united states military has begun strikes against al-qaeda training camps and military insulations of the taliban. we will not waiver. we will not tire. we will not falter and we will not fail. >> nearly 800 american troops have been killed since the war in afghanistan started eight years ago today. richard lui, the war started to destroy al-qaeda's safe haven in afghanistan. how has it progressed on that front at least? >> perhaps well. al-qaeda's role has faded drastically. james jones saying fewer than 100 core al-qaeda fighters remain in afghanistan. some experts argue here. president obama's camp may be underestimating al-qaeda's numbers in afghanistan because the group prefers to work in the background. still though, many believe the real battle against al-qaeda is pakistan. >> but the taliban

atlanta and charlotte will have delays. this afternoon, gusty winds out of new york. 15 to 20 miles per hour, half hour delay. not that bad. charlotte, watch for a half hour delay to pop up there shortly. atlanta, start seeing those delays pop up in about half an hour, and houston, rain and showers for this afternoon, probably a couple of delays out of that, but not that long. more details in a little bit. >>> tomorrow a colorado cabby who rescued a woman from a fire will be named taxi driver of the year. he was picking up a customer in february when he noticed that the neighboring apartment was in flames, so he rushed in to get a wheel bound chair woman and carried her out. >> i was there for a $40 fare. angels wanted me to be there, not just to collect $40, but to save a precious life. >> his mother flew in from senegal to see him get that award. congratulations. >>> talk about a bizarro world, brett favre and the packers will be on the same football field in different uniforms! larry smith is here. good morning. >> good

atlanta first as we pan over. clouds go all the way across the deep southeast. that's atlanta. morning clouds. i think this afternoon should be fine with rain headed back in overnight tonight. again, here's what it looks like. doing any kind of traveling towards dallas, lots of rain around the region. not many planes going in or out. i don't see a delay yet. those will pop up. dallas about an hour or more. san francisco currently three hour delay because of the wind. rain off and on across the entire region. more rain across the deep south with wind in boston and new york. salt lake city, wind related delays, 30 minute to one hour. charlotte and atlanta with the morning stuff. >>> she doesn't want fame, just money. hear how this 12-year-old girl is finding a way to raise cash for another little girl with cancer. >>> today may be the turning point in the push to change your health care. the senate finance committee finally votes on its bill. it is the most conservative bill democrats have offered. correspondent richard lui, today's bill is expected to pass. but then the real bac

we are taken to some of the secret spots in atlanta . >> my city is atlanta. i'm going to show you some of my best-kept secrets. we are at the atlanta cub came factory, the best cupcakes in town. my favorite is the red velvet. it's small but cute and i love the decor. it's a great atmosphere. not very well known map but it's going to get on the map quickly. we're at agatha's, a taste of mystery. it's a dinner/mystery theater. you come in, you eat, and there's a murder mystery going on at the same time. very interactive. during the show you'll have a few with speaking roles, people joining in in choruses. it's a lot of fun. >> this is aniece, a french restaurant. this is a part of atlanta but it's on a residential type street where there's old converted houses that are now businesses. it has a euro feel to it, the bar area is dark and quaint. you'll see a lot of locals and regulars that hang out there. i've shown you my city, now show me yours. just go to ireport.com/mycitymysecret. @@@

the rockies won it 10-6 and have a four game lead on atlanta in the wild card and get this, just 2 1/2 behind the dodgers in the west. colorado plays a three-game set in l.a. this weekend to close out the season. >> new touch of gray lets you keep some gray hair. touch of gray for the generation that swore it would never get old. >>> as if the mets season couldn't get worse, up 4-3 in the ninth, against the loney nationals, francisco rodriguez gave up a grand slam, walk-off home run tos you tin mentionwell. bring out the brooms, the nationals swept the mets for the first time in washington and won in dramatic fashion 7-4. that's your early look at sports on "early today." i'm fred roggin. >>> have you ever heard why george w. bush refused to honor harry potter author j.k. rowling? your early morning entertainment headlines are straight ahead. >>> plus a 7-year-old teaches us all a little bit about civic involvement as well as a little about duck safety. you're watching "early today." >>> welcome back to "early today." i'm meteorologist ginger zee. we're beginning with a strong storm o

and it's atlanta but some poe tejs good news here. the heaviest rain we saw overnight last night probably won't be repeated today for north georgia in to alabama and mississippi. those are the areas that really got flooded out three weeks ago. now the heaviest rain south of atlanta into lower parts of south carolina, georgia on in towards alabama, too. the panhandle getting soaked. that mobile radar picture picking up rain. you can see it in to panama city, all stretching to the east. that's the heaviest rain. up to the atlanta metro and it's drying out. some scattered showers the rest of the day. still the flash flood warnings for the entire area because of the rain that fell yesterday and the potential for more rain later today. flash flood warnings, all areas in bright green. that includes a good drunk of georgia and south carolina including columbia. that's a weak impulse but enough to get decent rain going. you can see it there and down to the south. we'll talk about that and how much you're going to see in about half an hour. >>

look at the showers around atlanta. broken scattered activity is what we have for the next couple of hours. flash flood warnings in the light shaded green that go all the way to texas. that's because of the additional a.s rain we'll see starting tonight and lasting through friday morning. we're not quite done, even though the heaviest is moving through. heavy rain into ft. wayne, stretching into cincinnati indianapolis drying out temporarily, more showers off toward the west. then you get to the west coast here's your big storm, still off the coast, but the energy is in the rain is still coming down and has been come willing down hard. look at the rain over the last couple of days, kentfield, california, 6.14 inches of rain. most of california as you know in a drought. you need rain, just not this much in such a short period of time. more in about a half hour. >> thank you very much. >>> are some of hollywood's a-listers too thin? joy behar got what "wonder woman's" lynda carter thinks. >> a lot of actresses are built l

anticipate that in atlanta. the rest of the region, atlanta looking at about an hour delay, half hour to hour delays around charlotte as that rain moves into your region. memphis, looking at rain and showers. dallas, more showers and thunderstorms. full details and a look at that radar. it's impressive, in about 20 minutes, rob. >>> listen, for fans of barbara streisand, this auction is going to be like butter. babs memorabilia, including items from "funny girl" and "the the way we were" will be on the auction block next week. they range in prices from $100 to tens of thousands of dollars. all the money will go to charity. ♪ memories >> anything from yentil in there? >> i don't know. ♪ in the corner of my mind >> i was reading an interview where the reporter would be like, what about this? isn't that back in style? and she would be like, yeah, maybe i should keep that. >>> the l.a. angels appear to have an angel in the outfield as they continue to rally around a fallen teammate. here is rafer with more on th

talking about atlanta through charlotte. atlanta 22 minute delay. not bad. charlotte a ground stop until 9:30. may get extended. a two-hour construction delay at msp, minneapolis. rain from illinois in towards indiana. big thunderstorms here. it's going to slow you down in places like st. louis, chicago later today. chicago metro's rain and then wind, see the rest of them down there because of the foul weather. more on that in a bit. you may be wondering about the h1n1 vaccine. pregnant women probably have a lot of questions about it as well. we'll see how it may protect their babies after they're born. >>> you might be wondering whether you should get the h1n1 flu vaccine for yourself or for your family. the national campaign to inoculate tens of millions of americans has now started. correspondent richard lui has more. now, it's not like we're going to go to the pharmacy and there's going to be someone standing there with the stuff. not everybody can get it right now. >> that's right, robin. that's because you and i are healthy and between the ages of 25 a

atlanta. charlotte, certainly reinvigorated as it heads north and east. more likening new england getting rain showers and storms for our saturday and parts of sunday. storm tracker shows you what i'm talking about. these storms are dying out. as the lightning gets to be a little bit less, you can tell when things will settle down. that is exactly what's happening. that line is going to need the sunshine eventually to reinvigorate it. we'll be watching here. nashville's high, 72. clouds of course inhibiting the sunshine. 82 savannah. that's a look at your regional forecast. let's check a little closer to home. grand rapids, michigan, that's my hometown. i'll be going there eventually, too. koud cover. 57. 64 in columbus, ohio. cloudy there as well. dan, that's a look at your friday forecast. >> before you head out, i've seen some olympic swag hanging around the 30 rock here. we will have to send you back with that as well. >> thank you. >> thank you, ginger. >>> a bashing for the blue chips, and car sales crash without cash for clunkers. your early mornin

he was engaged to candy burris, star of "the real housewives of atlanta." he appeared in several episodes of the show. jewel worked at the bod yea tap club why friday night's fight became fatal. >> it appears the victim in the case was in the parking lot of the body tap when he became involved in a physical altercation with another individual. at some point, it appears the victim sustained a serious blow to the head. upon being transported to the hospital, he was pronounced deceased. >> reporter: police say another man, frederick richardson has been arrested and charged with voluntary manslaughter in his death. they still don't know the motive behind the brawl. >>> there's a happy ending in the search for a kidnapped newborn in tennessee. police found the baby boy, who was just eight days old alive and in good health at a home in alabama. authorities say an amber alert helped them track down and arrest tammy sylus who posed as an immigration agent and snatched the baby on tuesday. officials are crediting the safe return to a special task force organized to

check out atlanta as well. looking at more flood watches for northern georgia, reds, yellows, three to four inches of rain, maybe five isolated to the mountains. flooding a concern. let me show you the northeast. rain around the delmarva peninsula, delaware getting rain, same with baltimore an washington, stretching into pennsylvania, philadelphia getting some decent rain. then a whole rain shield is pulling out of that area, towards new york city. it's a tough travel day no matter how you look at it, by road, air. it will be slowed down because of the heavy rain for the morning and more scattered showers developing later this afternoon. out across the west it's a different scenario. look at this big low pressure up across canada and one developing across lower sections of nevada. that really tightens up over the next couple of days, a lot of wind for las vegas, the bay area, all the way through phoenix. heavy snow a possibility as well. we also have those warnings out there for winter weather. denver, 8 to 14

and a system is spliling a lot of rain in atlanta, birmingham. the georgia coastline, northern florida, it should stretch off the coast tonight. things begin to dry out just a bit tonight. let me show you some video we got yesterday that fr that rocky mountain storm. this stretch of i-90 near ridgeville was closed for 40 miles because of blowing dust. they had to close down i-90. doesn't happen very often because of dust. for snow, yes. but not for dust. visibility down to zero. >> you're going to tell us about travel delays in just a bit. thanks. >>> wildlife officials in florida are making a bold move against owners of exotic pets and some people say it's just unfair. >>> how a little girl's death urged people to crack down and turn their pets in. >>> an unregistered python killed a 2-year-old girl this year and now, officials are pushing to get these animals out of people's homes. >> when new legislation even just gets mentioned on tv, people tend to misunderstand and start to release animals. >> places like florida's gator land will probably

big time thunderstorm complex rolling through the atlanta metro. the airport is south of town near peach tree city right about there. you can see rain overhead to the airports. we'll start getting those delays popping up shortly, probably ground stuff is what we'll find and delays after that. rain stretching back south of birmingham, in towards mississippi. more showers and thunderstorms arriving across eastern parts of texas and all training along the cold frontal boundary. up to the north it's not quite as warm but the cold air is here. so is the wind. look at the rain out ahead of the cold and warm front pushing through new england. the actual cold front is right where that line between syracuse and utica push to the east and behind it winds will start picking up. so wind advisories. all the areas shaded in yellow. winds gusting to 50 miles per hour from boston to new york to philly down to the spine of the appalachians and back through northern parts of indiana, northern ohio and michigan especially right around that lake shore. that's where we

atlanta, charlotte, morning fog. chicago, morning fog, too. and then it's going to be wind out in las vegas. more on that in a bit, richard. >> better than yesterday but still a little bit better. >> the winds in the bay area close to 40 miles an hour. it's not good. >> thanks, bob. it's a bit like a hollywood disaster movie come true. a piece of the bay bridge in san francisco fell off. and officials say what happened next could have been a whole lot worse. before your kids go in search of sugar this halloween, don't be tricked by what you hear about candy treats. >>> we're seeing some of the worst violence in afghanistan sips the war started. at least six were killed by militants. the ap says a u.s. citizen is among the dead. rockets were fired at the presidential palace and a luxury hotel. no one was hurt in those atta s attacks. the michael jackson documentary "this is it"" was shown all around the world last night showing jackson's exhausting rehearsals for a comeback series. and "this is it" will only be in theaters for two weeks. and u.

here is atlanta. i want to take you live to atl right now because we have travel concerns as the cold front approaches us later today. you see the mid level deck of clouds already in place but it's been so dry over the last couple days i'm not anticipating any heavy rain or even any thunderstorms. we are going to see some showers here and there, mainly late this morning into the early afternoon by this weekend. looks pretty good. get away fromatlanta. temperatures in the 70s today. going to be in the 70s and 60s when you get in toward columbus, ohio. heavy rain over here for you and the rain shield itself now extends in towards western pennsylvania, northern parts of new york, you can see western new york, too. above all you're about to get the heaviest rain coming in i'd say another two hours or so then it stretches and hangs in there for most of the day so it's going to be a washout, western new york and western p.a. more rain stretching in to minnesota out of wisconsin. it hits north dakota and str

in san diego and sharon howell is arriving from a flight from atlanta. she's not heading for vacation. she's heading to tijuana for lap band surgery. >> i attempted to have the surgery back in the states and the insurance company made it extremely difficult. >> reporter: so sharon decided to become a medical tourist. >> we all looked up the facility, the physician saw that he was highly credentialed. >> reporter: her experience so far -- >> incredible. >> reporter: and the price tag about $6,000. that's less than a third of the cost in the united states without insurance. >> it's a different economy, different cost structure, insurance cost for the facilities, for the doctors. so a bunch of different factors forecast you add them up some up to lower cost, but it does not in any way affect the standards of quality. >> reporter: but there can be risks when seeking care abroad, so says emery university's dr. sweeney. >> the interm is the follow up and continuity of treatment that's going to be difficult to achieve. >> reporter: plus there's the qualificatio

you're taking it from charlotte south wards, savannah, myrtle beach, columbia, atlanta, tallahassee, jacksonville. to the north, it's going to be nice. two nice days in a row from boston to new york. but unfortunately tomorrow will not be great from detroit back to chicago. rain in your forecast. well, if you're watching wfla news channel 8, beautiful tampa, florida, swing into primate world and look up to see not only monkeys from the trees but other endangered animals as well at tampa's lowry park zoo. that's our eastern event of the day. >> thanks so much. >>> now here's a look at this morning's headlines in enter statement. first of all, things were really dead at the box office. actually make that undead. zombieland, a movie about coping with zombies took the top spot, harrelson's best ever opening. cloudy with a chance of meatballs slipped to second with 16.7 million. the "invention of lying" opened slightly better than expected in fourth with 7.4 million. while drew barrymore's "whip it" tied for seventh, not even breaking 5 million. elsewhere, radar online reports hours after

jewell died from massive head injuries after a fight in the parking lot of an atlanta strip club. police say they've charged a suspect with voluntary manslaughter. no word yet on a motive here. jewell was engaged to castmember kandi burruss and appear frequently on the show. police say he worked at the body tap club where the fight occurred. he drove himself to the hospital after last night's fight. later died. burruss has been tweeting about her fiancee's death. she's the newest member of the hit reality show and is an award-winning writer and song brighter. >>> a monster typhoon is clobbering some people who were hit by another storm last week. typhoon parma landed in the philippines today with more than 100-mile-an-hour winds when it hit the coast, however the biggest threat is not wind, but rain. another typhoon slammed some areas last week, including the capital manila. and today's typhoon expected to bring up 20 more inches of rain. the government evacuated tens of thousands of people who were in the typhoon's path. >>> air traffic control officials are working to get transa

the summer games haven't been staged in north america since atlanta in 1996. that will be a 20-year span come 2016. spain hasn't hosted since barcelona back in 1992. it lost the bid to host the 1992 and 2012 olympics. rio aims to become the first latin american company to host the games. the 2014 world cup soccer will be staged there. many considered tokyo to be the outsider with beijing having hosted last year. they want ioc members to put the 2016 games in what they call the world's most exciting city. >>> what a difference a day makes. the agency representing michael vick's saying its client new deal with nike. thursday, a nike spokesman denied he had signed on as a pitch man. instead there is an agreement to supply vick with shoes. he was a spokesman with nike before the company dropped him two years ago ahead of his prison sentence on dogfighting charges. >>> manuel de la santos, he lost a leg at age 18. his key number now is three. that's his golf handicap. look at that. he's now 25 years old, can hit the ball 260 yards in the air. he refuses to play wit

take you live to atlanta. if you do any traveling in or out of the city, it's going to be a tough go for you. we're going to see the rain and thundershowers this afternoon and probably rain getting out of here by saturday, but tough go for a friday. we have more on that air traffic delay that's coming up in just a bit, rob. >> okay. >>> a school in oregon isn't watching kids these days. the school has a plan to keep the parents in line here, and it could hit them right in the pocketbook. it reminds me of bob when he tries to run out of here to get his son at daycare. also they say the more you wait, the more you pay. >>> california governor arnold schwarzenegger had signed a bill to allow a new pro football team stadium -- make that new pro football stadium -- to be built outside l.a. schwarzenegger said it would create 18,000 jobs and bring an economic boost to his state. his bill wipes out a lawsuit brought by the residents who oppose the 75,000-seat stadium on environmental grounds. dozens of people turned

mary ann is following this from atlanta. do they know if this is abnormal? >> what officials are saying is that they have never seen pregnant women affected by a flu strain quite like this, and a lot more research is needed to fully understand why it is happening. we also spoke to an obstetrician at emory hospital here in atlanta, and he says it is not common for pregnant women to die of seasonal fluke -- flu. he says it is not that h1n1 is more aggressive, but it is widespread, so you probably will see more occurrences of pregnant women dying from it. shepard: the first vaccines become available early next week. what do we know about the distribution process? >> the first doses will be in the form of a nasal spray. it is approved for children and adults, ages 2 to 49, but not for pregnant women or those with chronic medical conditions. roche -- those people should be first in line, but it will have to wait for a different vaccine. they are expecting 45 million doses of an injectable vaccine of lee by later next month. shepard: two days after an earthquake r

. >>> in sports the nationals playing spoiler in atlanta. >>> looking good. already. >> man. >> undefeated. >> one of my buddies who works for another network who is not a big hockey fan said i have never been more excited about a hockey season than right now. it was a perfect start for the capitals. so good that bruce said if you could bottle that game up we'd take it. every single night. alex ovechkin scores not once but twice. brooks also added a pair of goals and the caps win in boston in regulation for the first time since 2000. alex ovechkin the two-time reigning mvp looks like the first day of school. first period caps on the power play. ovechkin at the bottom of your screen sets up backstrom. the rebound out to brooks and he scores. caps up, 1-0. his first of two goals in the game. second period, same score, this time seven -- oh, leaves it for the grade eight. that's a score. ovechkin's first goal of the season. caps up 2-0. you want more ovechkin? we give you more alex ovechkin. third period, tom poti puts it in front. ovechkin scores again. capital

look, what exactly was the eat indelible legacies that the atlanta olympics left? code gives a damn? >> this idea that he is wasting time -- in fact when he was in copenhagen he met with the general mcchrystal. it was actually easier in europe than the united states. >> less than half an hour? is that a serious meeting? >> i bet it was a serious meeting. i bet it was a serious meeting. >> whether he went for naught in the long haul will not matter as much. the real thing about the olympics that strikes me is they can be a fickle gift. the olympics were a disaster for president carter, as we all know. and the atlanta bombing that took place during the olympics there were a disaster for some mothers. you never know what you're going to get. >> 1984 olympics were golden for ronald reagan. remember that. this kind of the aura of his reelection. a morning in america. the salt lake city olympics, mitt romney to the front ranks of -- because it came in and rescued them. . 2016 -- i know what. chicago. tom p. o'neill said all politics is local and the president proved this

i don't expect the atlanta to get four inches. isolated areas will get that but one to two inches by tomorrow. all the soaking rain. on its way toward nashville and birmingham. very slow going tonight along i-20. in to shreveport we picked up two and a half inches. you see pretty widespread and more rain in georgia and atlanta and down the coast of louisiana. you can see flood watches will be in effect across central and northwest parts of georgia. there is going to be cooler air building in but monday we still have more scattered showers with all this tropical moisture. it's what was because what was ola. as you are heading through monday, wet weather and much, much cooler. atlanta is in the 60s and 70 in montgomery and little rock. back to you. >> gregg: thank you very much. >> julie: drought providing fuel for fast moving wildfire in the mountains east of los angeles. flames tearing through the san bernardino national forest. three homes destroyed threatening hundreds more. more than 3500 firefighters now battling the flames. e

"real housewives of atlanta." fiance of one of the female stars of that show was killed. kandi burruss' fiance a.j., who waregularly featured on the show, got into a brawl outside a strip club in atlanta. received a severe head injury and he died. >> wow. >> and police don't have a move. they don't know why this happened. they are investigating. but she's devastated, obviously, and just stunned by this whole thing. >> he's been a big part of the season. a whole story line about how they're about to get married and her mom right there doesn't like him so there's been a lot of tensions and now this new development. she's a sweetheart. say what you will about the real housewives. i've watched the show and she's a real sweetheart. that's too bad. >>> big news with the gosselins. the latest thing -- jon gosselin supposedly has gone to the bank and emptied out their joint bank account. supposedly left just $1,000 in there for his tranged wife kate to have. some rumors there was like 200 grand in this account he got out of there. her lawyers are saying he violated a court order

atlanta won. bookmakers say chicago's odds went up because of one person. and they're not talking about oprah. chicago has been favored all along, but just by a hair. 5 to 6. when president obama announced he would make the case in person, the odds skyrocketed, 8-15. that is, for every 15 pounds you bet, the winner gets another 8 pounds back. safer bet, poorer payoff. and what does vegas say? chicago is still the favorite. but with rio de janeiro is a strong second. >> rio is probably the second choice because south american country has never had it before. >> reporter: want a long shot? pick tokyo at 24-1. winning that bet might feel like olympic gold. miguel marquez, abc news, london. >> of course, so many people with their fingers crossed for chicago. some talk that the streets in the loop are going to be shut down so celebrations can happen, if, in fact, they're picked. >> it would be nice to come back to the u.s. >>> speaking of celebrations, you're going to have one soon. you're we're not going to be seeing you for a couple of weeks, because you're ge

moving on here talking about the rain in atlanta. we are still recovering from all those floods recently. today, the metro area getting something it doesn't need more of -- rain. the storm system dumping several inches on the already soaked ground. all of metro atlanta and north georgia is under a flood watch until tonight. a total of six inches is expected to fall before the system moves out of there. and it could be a couple days before experts can assess how much damage this landslide caused in washington state. what's the best way to deal with it? it's blocking traffic and has diverted part of the river. authorities say the slide is still growing. no injuries were reported but dozens of residents were evacuated. a local utility has cut power to hundreds of people because the slide damaged two power poles and no one knows when the electricity will be restored. >>> some quick action staved a couple who backed their car into a river outside of boston. an off-duty firefighter and two police officers saw the car roll into the river. o

atlanta led by one when brian zimmerman went shopping scoring willie harris. tied the game at one. and it stayed that way until the 9th. zim scores. and how about the nats, four wins in a row. finally, guys, a finish to a high school game in vermont that you will not believe. this is mount mansfield down by two. they're down by two. they're kicking the goal. but they celebrate, spikes the ball. it's still alive. jeff sutherland scoops it up and scores the touchdown and they win the game. and that poor kid that spiked the ball just lost his prom date and that is going to be on youtube. seriously you feel bad about it for the kid because he didn't know. but you have to finish. >> oh, look at him. >> oh, man. >> how do you live with that? >> he's going to be telling that story when he was 80 years old. >> back in '09. >> back in '09 i was a chump. >> i hope they forgive him. >> harvard -- weren't you the kid that spiked the ball. >> that's what youtube does now. >> it's ridiculous. >> it does. >> it will follow you forever. >>> here is the seven day very quickly. sunshine tomorrow wit

marshals took the man into custody in atlanta. he had been on the run since this all happened in arizona last week. his daughter is in serious condition. police say he ran down his daughter in a parking lot because she was not living her life according to traditional iraqi values. >>> consumer spending slid last month. it's the first time in five months spending has taken a hit but it wasn't a big surprise. the half percent decrease was in line with what economists were expecting. the main reason for this drop, cash for clunkers program expired. >>> a full slate of rock n roll royalty took the stage in new york city last night. the artists who performed and what brought them together. just listen to this. ♪ >>> we are keeping a close eye on wall street for you. down right now. 234 points. the problem seems to be folks are worried about spending. the labor department says personal spending fell half a percent last month. that's the largest drop in about nine months. if you recall, yesterday the dow was up about 200 points because

right now it's in the central atlanta. i think maximum sustained winds of about 45 miles an hour. >>> the u.s. and military is airlifting relief supplies of the victims from the disastrous flooding in the philippines. rains there, horrible rains, kill 246 people, 380,000 people don't have homes anymore, 2 million homes are flooded. american soldiers based in japan have been delivering food, clothes and cleaning supply, mosquito nets and tents. >>> archaeologists are buzzing over a small-scale stonehenge. why they say a little sister monument may solve the mystery as the ancient stone. >>> hey, something just in to pass along to you. numbers, numbers about health care. this is the bottom line. we have an idea of how much the baucus, the max baucus senate reform bill it will cost. this number is coming to us from the congressional budget office. it is an estimate of the senate finance committee's health care bill. because there's a few proposals out there but this one, in particular, the estimate is that it's going to cost $

fredricka whitfield, cnn, atlanta. >>> one woman is proving that age shouldn't keep you from doing what you want to do. that's how she's reaching new heights and teaching others how to live it up, too. >>> i will end don't ask, don't tell. that's my commitment to you. >> president obama is once again promising to let gays serve openly in the military. but some activists say a promise is not enough. >>> a bar fight turns into a dramatic shootout caught on tape. what you don't see is what happened outside the bar. >> spinouts, accident, and i don't have my snow tires on yet, so i was a nervous wreck. >> she's talking about snow that caused a lot of car crashes. find out how people are coping with cold weather that came early. >>> good sunday morning. this is "hln:news and views" i'm holly firfer in for natasha curry. >>> president obama addressed the largest gay rights group last night. drg a rousing speech, he once again promised to bring an end to discrimination against gays, specifically pointing out the need to end the don't ask, don't tell military policy. >> we know there's far more

atlanta, low clouds. 15 to 30 minute delays. lengthiest ones coming out of dallas. one hour or more. houston, showers, thunderstorms. one hour or more. memphis, watch for more delays to appear. cincinnati, more delays because of the storms. >> let's talk mustaches. the nation's top cop is getting some attention for his stash. eric holder is one of 18 finalists for mustached american of the year. >> i had one. my wife made me shave it off. >> you did that on your vacation. >> yeah. >> the winner will be announced it three weeks at the stash bash in st. louis. you can vote online. his competition includes captain sully sullenberger around david axelrod. >> i was ron burgundy. she didn't care for it. >>> we're going to talk movies right after this. =

mary ann is live from atlanta. what about these deaths? what to expect and others know -- what should expect and mothers know? >> as of august, 100 pregnant women have been hospitalized in intensive care units, and 28 of them died as a result of swine flu. once again, they are urging pregnant women to get vaccinated. vaccinations will be available starting this tuesday, but pregnant women cannot have the nasal missed. they must wait to get the actual shot. doctors say that pregnant women should not hesitate to get into by rules once they start feeling sick. jon: 1 are held official saying about why women are at greater risk when pregnant? >> doctors are saying there could be a few reasons for that. one is that it puts pressure on the lungs, making it difficult to take deep breaths, which are important when you talk about fighting pneumonia. the immune system of a pregnant woman does undergo changes. that makes them more susceptible. other children in the home could also bring h1n1 home and give it to their mothers. jon: they're talking abo

live to atlanta, huge travel destination in or out. i think we'll see a dees enlt day at the airport today. you have a lot of connections in and out of here. no problems. lots of sunshine, temperatures about 70 in atlanta today. more details in about a half hour. >> finally 70 and sunny! >> it's about time. >> thank you. ♪ sexy boots >>> my theme song. you're going to be able to hear u2 in concert for free. their show will be on youtube live. y "the l.a. times" says it's being recorded for a dvd. >>> breaking news on the afghan election story. afghanistan will hold a presidential runoff election november 7th. a u.n.-backed fraud investigation found -- these are live pictures by the way of a press conference -- that nearly a third of karzai's dal ballots last month were invalid. that would mean he didn't get 50% of the votes for an outright win. his major competitor was abdullah abdullah. they are going to have a runoff election in november. there were with accusations that karzai wasn't being as cooperative about the process in terms

." >> my city is atlanta. i'm going to show you some of my best kept secrets. we are at the atlanta cupcake factory. has the best cupcakes in town. my favorite is the red velvet. it's small but it's cute and i love the day care orecore. not well known yet but it will get on the map quickly. we are now at agatha's, the taste of mystery. it's a dinner/mystery theater. you come in and you eat and there is a murder/mystery going on at the same time. very interactive. during the show you'll have a few people that have speaking roles. there are people that will join in in chorusses. it's a lot of fun. this is a french restaurant. this is a part of atlanta but it's on a residential type street where there are old, converted houses that are now businesses. there is a euro feel. the bar area is very dark and acquaint. you see a lot of locals and regulars that hang out there. i've shown you my city. now show me yours. just go to i-report.com/my city my secret. >>> richard heene the so-called balloon boy's father left us

stretching in to atlanta, trying to get in and out of the airport in atlanta. showers coming in starting this morning, lasting all the way through until tonight. look at the flash flood watches. that's for atlanta in towards the carolinas. you get over to the west, all flood warnings from yesterday's rain. everything moving up to the north. all the rain comes up due north. when you start seeing the oranges and reds about three inches, maybe even four inches of rain across the north georgia mountains into the carolinas and then across the northeast. we also have a weak area of lpow pressure offshore from the delmarva peninsula. look at the rain thrown at you from philadelphia all the way in towards new york city. weather delays at the airport. we'll tell you where and when in about ten minutes from now. >> busy map there. >> it's going to be tough. that's not even looking at the west coast yet. >> good morning to our east coasters. we call you the early bird club. >>> this is a big day in the music world. the soundtrack to the michael jackson film "this is it" h

so, from atlanta right now, is "gma" national correspondent, claire shipman. she's down there for the events. good morning, claire. >> reporter: good morning, chris. it is such a pleasure to be here. and let me say, happy birthday, mr. president. >> thank you. >> reporter: thank you so much for both of you for being with us. it's a treat to be here for your birthday. and so much has changed since i was last year. this is really incredible. the center looks amazing. what i'm struck by is the focus now on the post-presidency. it's a fabulous part of the carter center now. especially the exhibits that are interactive and let you travel along, as you watch what you have both done on all your missions around the world. what are you hoping people are going to learn from some of these displays? >> well, i had my grandson, hugo, in here yesterday. he's 10 years old. he look liked it very much. he is accustomed to games and fast-moving events. that's what it's about. it tells not only my life and a continuum from the time i was a little child until now. but also, how e

summer is still holding on, with atlanta at 73. i'm reynolds wolf for hln. >>> some firefighters got themselves in a dicey situation when they tried to educate the public. look at this. to make matters worse, one of them didn't even seem to notice he was burning. >>> please say bone fragments dug up in philip ga rida's property and a neighboring property are probably from indians. according to the sheriff's office, scientists were not able to pull dna from the bones. an anthropologist collude the fragments were probably human, but very hold. >>> two men accused of lying about having millions of artwork stolen insist they're telling the truth. they released documents to the media yesterday with a list of 19 paintings they say were taken. the documents provide images and descriptions of the paintings, but do not appear to include proof of ownership. earlier this week, police raised requests about the alleged crime and named the two men as suspects in the case. >>> one of the most influencial democratic lawmakers could become a liabil

even for atlanta you can see rainfall. i want to draw your attention to this big red box. just coming out somewhere across the country. there's dallas, texas, right there. i can touch the eye, which means information. it will pop up what can't, that means about the van zandt county. this is all of the text. any time you see that there are hot warnings out there just issued. a lot of flooding tonight and the danger happens after dark when you can't tell how deep the water is and you've been driving through the same areas for years and it never floods. all the sudden tonight there's water there. if you see it, you need to stop stop. the problem is at night it's hard to see. only goes as far as your headlights go. dangerous site today. >> very important point. well done. thanks, chad. >>> texas police and the fbi say new technology helped them solve a brutal rape case from 19 years ago after committed almost 20 years ago. dennis earl bradford. a man accused of attacking an 8-year-old girl in her home on august 10th, 1990. advances in dna testing led them to bradford who was t

. >>> moorhouse college in atlanta is trying something new: a dress code. among those restrictions? students can no longer wear baggy pants, baseball caps, do rags or hoodies in the cafeteria and other places. those who don't follow the restrictions could be placed on academic restriction. the people at the college say the dress code is needed, but the students? they're not so sure. >> the young men theneed to pree themselves to be the leaders that they are. >> at the same time, this restricts us to just be ourselves. >> officials say it was prompted in part by someone wearing women's clothes to class. >>> it gets even stronger off mexico's pacific coast. hurricane rick is now a category 4, meaning it has winds near 130 miles per hour. a city about 250 miles southwest of acapulco here, and there is concern that heavy rains could trigger landslides in the city. it is expected to remain offshore during the weekend. >>> a father of a missing florida girl has divorced his wife. he divorced her a month after his daughter haleigh disappeared in february. misty is the last person to see ha

high temperature today in atlanta into the 60s. 44 in jacksonville, 41 in mobile and that cold air goes all the way down to the gulf of mexico. seeing a cold start out there. rest of the country, pretty quiet. couple of areas of low pressure, marching in across the rockies, one off the shore of california. rain showers will be a possibility out there. then it's the hurricane. hurricane rick, it was a category 5 over the weekend. 80-mile-per-hour sustained winds saturday night, now down to 25 miles per hour. notice that western side, drier air, beginning to shave it down just a bit. little bit of sheer. where is it headed? up to the northwest today and bends on in towards baja, california, thursday morning possibly as a category 2. hurricane watches out there for the southern part of baja, california. >> it was a 5? >> yeah, second most powerful hurricane on record, first one is linda. now it's down to 125. >> is there anything higher than a 5? >> no. it can keep going up. >> now it's down to a 3? >> now it's down to 3. >> thank you. >> two stores are offering you some cash. it's good ne

i talked to three players with the atlanta braves to find out what kind of challenges they faced. >> it was a tough upcoming. i was married. and so my wife is a dean's list student and she's working odd jobs, cash registers with high school girls and stuff like that, while i was playing in the minor leagues, to make ends meet. >> it must be so weird to go from skrimping every dollar to making a big bank every weekend. >> we had disposable razors in the locker room. we were at walmart and i wanted to buy some mach 3 razor blades and i remember we didn't have money in our accounts when i swiped my debit card. and when i got up to the major leagues, they had mach 3 razor blades in the locker rooms. we actually were able to save money while we were in the minor leagues. we both have very financially responsible parents and they taught us to save, no matter what you make, live under it. >> most players, as you know, they get these big checks. and somehow they all evaporate. and i hear from you, i can see it, you're not going to do any of that. >> no, i'm saving one day for my kids and my

right now 42. 40 in charlotte and cold near atlanta. about 41 degrees. you can see the cool temperatures extending down through birmingham to mobile. 49 around new orleans. but notice houston, 64 degrees. winds out of the south right here. those winds will be out there for you in dallas through the great lakes. some rain showers ahead of the cold front. you see a good batch of moisture through northern parts of minnesota stretching on to western wisconsin the now the u.p. of michigan. more light rain behind that. no severe weather today. it's a lot of rain and what about tropical storm rick? >>> the post office may leave be a little extra money in your pocket. plus, this one was no hoax. the original balloon boy talks about an experience 78 years ago that even had the smithsonian taking note. >>> our salute today is for a marine who is going to turn 21 tomorrow. he has been in afghanistan since may. to celebrate his 21st birthday, started a 21-day charity bike ride to build money to build a home. she misses shane and can't wait until he comes home. do yo

john burris, san francisco, raymond giudice, atlanta. john burris, just as a person of interest, they can't make you stay put. >> absolutely not. a person of interest, as you know, is free to go. that just means they have some interest, they might think you're involved, but they don't have sufficient evidence to tie you into it. so they're free to go whenever they like to go and no law can stop them. they need to go to a different level to have probable cause to arrest them, in order to justify keeping them in a location. but otherwise, they're free to go wherever they like to go. >> you're right. and raymonded giudice, she's not been named a person of interest and i think there are reasons for that. either they don't have the evidence or if they -- once you're named a person of interest, that could invoke for constitutional rights. >> well, that's right. and additionally, i do think that they're allowing her to do this type of behavior and hopefully something else to lead them to -- i hate to use that phrase -- the smoking gun, the cruc

when you look at it, we had atlanta in 1996 and los angeles 1984 and lake placid winter games and squaw valley winter games in the '60s and something to be taken into consideration. we are focusing so much on chicago. can you just give me an ecdotaly how many korns are there from madrid and rio and tokyo where they are blasting their story and their support to them for their home countries? >> i can tell you the media community, if you will, is probably about 1,500. of those i'd say maybe a couple hundred americans. you can see that these games are important for all of these four city states or four bidding cities, i should say. for pretty much the same reasons, the prestige, the money, the billions of dollars in investment, at least potentially speaking. yeah, there are crews everywhere, whether it's madrid or whether it's rio. rio's correspondents tend to be a little bit more outspoken. tokyo's correspondents seem to be a little bit more restrained. and, of course, we're somewhere in the middle, aren't we? but no. it's a great group and big group and a lot of excitement in the street

. >> it's going to be a tough go in or out of the big city of the atlanta airport. a lot of fog, low clouds and drizzle, too. the live tower cam. this is the way it looks. heading out to the airport, this is the way it goes right now. not a good scenario to catch a flight on time. some delays the first part of the day and more thunderstorms developing late this afternoon into this evening. for the day, though, one hour or more in chicago. it's going to be rain followed up by wind. watch for that to develop late they are morning. a half hour to hour long delays through atlanta, st. louis, looking at showers and some storms. the same with cleveland. cleveland will get some rain. full details on that coming up in half an hour. >>> happy birthday. >>> the man accused of shooting a popular high school football coach in iowa this summer will stand trial. larry will bring us up to date on the case. >>> good morning to you. this sent shock waves around the state of iowa and in the sports world in general. ed thomas was a high school coaching legend named coach of the year i