carolina this year. >> what are the chances of president obama repeating in north carolina? >> i feel very good about it. >> you're alone. >> no, i'm not. [ laughter ] i'm not alone. o, it is.ot a commonly held it is. you got to be down on the ground like a mayor, man. >> if president obama wins north carolina, it will be because why? >> it will be for several reasons. one, people thatent thlked into saw. they know that we were losing 750,000 jobs on a monthly basis before he took office, and that to have the country go from that to 28 months of private sector job growth in a row is a pretty huge accomplishment. they also know that this president is focusing on building the countddle class ou opse down, and i think people are really going to get that when they have a choice that fall. >> if he wins north carolina do you think the convention will have helped? >> it will have helped absolutely. >> being used as an organizing tool to get volunteers involved and identify -- >> absolutely, you know. let me tell you, north carolina has never hosted a convention, never, and the las

question of north carolina. i'm going to concede north carolina. michigan will come back to traditional democratic ways. i iowa will go democratic and wisconsin goes democratic. how does romney win all the states? b >> dana: this was bob's favorite segment and greg's least favorite segment. if you want to keep up with the yellow-green map follow greg on twitter. >> greg: it's on the roof of my bedroom. >> dana: president obama and his bride. guess what they did? they shared a kiss at the basketball game last night. andrea asked people on the streets how they feel about presidential p.b.a. our thought whence we come back. >> andrea: barack and michelle obama were caught on a kiss cam the other day? appropriate or not? >> appropriate. >> yeah. >> that's all right. >> dana: our thoughts when we come back. ♪ ♪ ♪ hey america, even though they don't need one, wes, clay and demarcus tried on the new depend real fit briefs for charity to prove how great the fit is even while playing pro football. the best protection now looks, fits and feels just lik

people get that. >> for he wins north carolina, do you think the convention will have helped? >> it will have helped. >> it's a way to get volunteers involved? >> absolutely. let me tell you, north carolina has not hosted the convention. never. the last one was in 1860. there is a lot of pent up energy for this type of activity. trust me, i think there is a lot of energy on the ground and the president will do just fine. >> sir? >> we >> i'm from the charlotte observer. on fund-raising there reports that haven't raised up to goals i think about 10 million, well below the goals. i wanted to know the host committee said that fund-raising is on track. it hasn't given any specifics. the spirit as you said of an open and accessible convention. can you tell us how close and how much have you actually raised? >> i can reassert and reaffirm that we are right on track. i feel good about where we are. remember that we are doing something that is different than any convention in history to not take money from a corporation and tax and lobbyists and with all due respect, the convention in

in fact, is there racial bias in north carolina? of the 163 cases that involve death row in 2009, well, it is interesting because we had 50% or so were blacks that were put on death row. you know what percentage of north carolina's black? 21%. just a wild coincidence, i'm sure. it is more than two and a half times the percentage of your population. but you know what happened? you saw the numbers we just put up there. put those up again. okay. beverly perdue, the governor of north carolina wanted to protect the law from 2009. so she vetoed a legislation that republicans had to repeal it. they overwrote her veto. overwhelmingly in the senate, 31-11, in the house 72-48. if we want to do racial injustice, you have to let us do it. facts be damned. so what we put more blacks on death penalty. how about exonerations? look at these numbers. in the last 23 years, it was over 2,000 cases where people were exonerated. on dna, there was 292 exonerations. 181 african-americans, only 85 caucasians. is the country 2/3 black? oh no, it's not. much

and that wasn't just in north carolina. a nationwide study showed that from 2005 to 2008, 40% of players continued playing despite having a concussion. and 16% were allowed to return to play the same day they had been knocked out cold. just ask dr. brock neisler how dangerous this is. >> if i take your shoulder back like this -- >> he's a sports medicine doctor who moved to greenville, soon after jaquan's death. >> adolescents take longer to heal from their concussions than their college and pro counterparts. we know that something different is going on in their brains. >> you see, young brains are particularly vulnerable. neurons are growing faster, connections still being made. and while a death, like jaquan's, is rare, long-term damage from many concussions is not. >> when i was young, i had to play for this team. >> a.j. flores' big dream when he moved to greenville was to be jh rose's quarterback and to play college ball. jaquan was a close friend since middle school. when that happened to jaquan, did you ever consider

question of north carolina. i'm going to concede north carolina. michigan will come back to traditional democratic ways. i iowa will go democratic and wisconsin goes democratic. how does romney win all the states? b >> dana: this was bob's favorite segment and greg's least favorite segment. if you want to keep up with the yellow-green map follow greg on twitter. >> greg: it's on the roof of my bedroom. >> dana: president obama and his bride. guess what they did? they shared a kiss at the basketball game last night. andrea asked people on the streets how they feel about presidential p.b.a. our thought whence we come back. >> andrea: barack and michelle obama were caught on a kiss cam the other day? appropriate or not? >> appropriate. >> yeah. >> that's all right. >> dana: our thoughts when we come back. ♪ ♪ [ feedback ] attention, well, everyone. you can now try snapshot from progressive free for 30 days. just plug this into your car, and your good drivin can save you up to 30%. you could even try it without switching your insurance. why not giv

just south of raleigh is the north carolina correctional institution for women. sitting on 30 acres of land, it is home to over 1,100 inmates. >> the female offenders at this institution have committed all different kinds of crimes, from murder to burglary, larceny, driving under the influence. it could be fraud, identity theft. it's from any range of crimes that they may have committed. >> annie harvey has been warden of the facility since 2000. >> one of the things i think that is really important for people to really understand, this is a prison, and it's a prison that houses the female offenders. in order for a person to get respect, you must give respect. so our goal is to manage the female offender in such a way that she can maintain her human value but also understand that she has a responsibility to do her time because she committed the crime. >> i've been locked up about two months in a single cell. it's terrible. i can't stand it. >> this is the segregation unit. it houses murderers, drug dealers, thieves, all troublemakers. these women are locked in th

for eight seasons griffith played the laid back sheriff of the fikszal north carolina town of mayberry and assigned the inept but loveable barney fife. the homespun humor and whoilsome story telling made a hit. eventually he moved on screen to the big city. the drama of "mat lock" cast him as a folksy atlanta attorney. >> oftentimes people will fool you. >> reporter: he grew up in the north carolina town of mt. airy. his first career success came in 1968 with a hit record. >> they wanted this kid to play with. >> oh, heck, no, sir. i'm plo. >> you're what? >> permanent latrine orderly. >> reporter: "no time for hits" was a broadway hit. he'll always be known as sheriff of mayberry and opie's pa. >> that was a good idea. >> you know it was. >> reporter: mike barger, nbc news. >>> well, now, here's a look at some other stories making news early today in america. this video shows a car that launched into a rocket. the road buckled from the heat. it looks like a stunt. the car was headed in the wrong direction. amazingly no injuries. >>> they can learn the hard way. a woman suffered minor

died in his north carolina home at age 86. alexis christopherous has more. >> reporter: who done hear the whys and remember the andy griffith show? -- who doesn't hear the whistle, and remember the andy griffith show. >> i loved playing straight. because you get to see the show and be in it at the same time. >> reporter: andy's life parallelled his show in many ways. he was born in a small town in north carolina much like the fictional mayberry and grew up in a poor but loving home. he was studying to be a minister, but made his way in music. his breakthrough role was in a musical. years later, he revealed andy taylor was supposed to be a funny man until his friend don knots got into the act. >> you know we couldn't have given a sobriety test to otis last night and why not? >> he was too drunk. >> reporter: he turned to drama in the 80s and 90s, starring in matlock, a working actor to the end of his life. alexis christopherous, cbs news. >> hon howard, who starred as openy, tweeted the joy he took in creating served generation

the gentlelady from north carolina. ms. foxx: mr. speaker, i just have to point out to my colleague across the aisle that he has added a whole act to this comedy of errors. a whole act. i know that my colleague in his orientation must have learned the difference between bills and resolutions. even though our staff attempted to help him and his staff understand this and save and -- an embarrassment, this we are not dealing with a house bill, we are dealing with house resolution 783, which, and my colleague is going to -- said, does not exist. it is a resolution, house resolution, that is different, mr. speaker, from a house bill which is an h.r., has an h.r. number. so unfortunately again my colleague has compounded the situation. mr. polis: will the gentlelady yield? ms. foxx: not just this moment. mr. speaker, i'd like to take my colleague's offer to not -- i hope he will fulfill his comment that they won't object to our getting this matter straight and moving on this morning so that we can get to the other business of the house. wi

just south of raleigh is the north carolina correctional institution for women. sitting on 30 acres of land, it is home to over 1,100 inmates. >> the female offenders at this institution have committed all different kinds of crimes, from murder to burglary, larceny, driving under the influence. it could be fraud, identity theft. it's from any range of crimes that they may have committed. >> annie harvey has been warden of the facility since 2000. >> one of the things i think that is really important for people to really understand, this is a prison and it's a prison that houses the female offenders. in order for a person to get respect, you must give respect. so, our goal is to manage the female offender in such a way that she can maintain her human value but also understand that she has a responsibility to do her time because she committed the crime. >> i've been locked up about two months in a single cell. it's terrible. i can't stand it. >> this is the segregation unit. it houses murderers, drug dealers, thieves, all troublemakers. these women are locked in th

north carolina's 14th district, one of the last to call it. today, opponent marty huggins did the craziest stunt to date. >> you know what is scary -- >> you're in it way too much. >> i did it like i believe it. jay roach, your director, who did game change and did recount, he's great. he knows his political theater really well. >> he does, and he's also -- you know, he's responsible for the austin powers movies and meet the parents. he's kind of unique in that he knees how to do the broad band comedies and also politics. >> i watch with my two boys. they're in their 20s, one just turned 30, and i'm thinking, is this helping young people vote, yes, will ferrell. >> what did they say? >> i'm going to encourage it. although one of my kids is to the left of obama, which i have to work on a little bit. he's mad about gitmo and things like that. a lot of people are. are you worried when you see a movie that is slapist stick and shows the evils of the koch brothers and money in the campaigns, does it worry you that kids are going to say, why vote? >

charlotte, north carolina, 2009, 4.3%. boston and baltimore, turnout in the low 20's. there are many more. you get the idea. september elections have a very low voter turnout. research has shown that the voters, in september elections, are primarily older, like me, more affluent, and predominantly white, like me. it reminds me of when you had to own property in order to vote. luckily, we have the chiu amendment, which is more likely to preserve turnout. having the original ranked- choice of voting in november makes sense. more people vote in november, which means more democracy. if there is no majority, you could have a runoff in december. when a candidate gets a majority in the november election, the cost of the second election is saved. do i have to stop? on a personal note, my father was involved in the civil rights struggle of the 50's and 60's. i grew up believing all americans are entitled to equal rights, including the right to vote. sometimes, you had to fight really hard to get those rights. this seems really similar. thank you. >> good afternoon. i am the pre

of north carolina and virginia. they are not out of the woods, we could be okay. depends on whether the front shifts to the north. we have a chance for showers and thunderstorm throughout the day. we are seeing sunshine across the area. that will mix in with clouds as we head through this afternoon. be prepared for that as you head out and about. temperatures this morning, coming in around 69 degrees, manchester, seasonable. 67 mount airy. 70 notingham. we are a little bit on the humid side with the dew points in the 60s. we also do have reduced visibility, patchy fog out and about. now a check of the time saver traffic with loren cook. >> good morning, we have our first accident of the day, arundel county, glen burnie, southbound lanes of route 10, 695, if you are traveling on interstate 97, no delays up towards 695, baltimore city, house fire continues to shutdown northlinwood at fayette street. use lakewood as your alternate route. one person hospitalized with smoke inhalation. if you are beltway bound, this is o

north carolina's 14th district, one of the last to call it. today, opponent marty huggins did the craziest stunt to date. >> you know what is scary -- >> you're in it way too much. >> i did it like i believe it. jay roach, your director, who did game change and did recount, he's great. he knows his political theater really well. >> he does, and he's also -- you know, he's responsible for the austin powers movies and meet the parents. he's kind of unique in that he knees how to do the broad band comedies and also politics. >> i watched with my two boys. they're in their 20s, one just turned 30, and i'm thinking, is this helping young people vote, yes, will ferrell. >> what did they say? >> i'm going to encourage it. although one of my kids is to the left of obama, which i have to work on a little bit. he's mad about gitmo and things like that. a lot of people are. are you worried when you see a movie that is slapist stick and shows the evils of the koch brothers and money in the campaigns, does it worry you that kids are going to say, why vote?

watt of north carolina. the clerk: the chair: pursuant to house resolution 738, the gentleman from north carolina, mr. watt, and a member opposed, each will troll five minutes this echair recognizes the gentleman from north carolina. mr. watt: i yield myself such time as i may consume. the chair: the gentleman is recognized. mr. watt: madam speaker, after six long years of negotiations, thoughtful consideration, and bipartisan cooperation, we passed a patent reform bill which was signed into law on september 16, 2011, by president obama. at the time the bill was passed, speaker boehner said, quote, modernizing our patent system for america's innovators and job creators is an important part of the republican jobs plan. this bipartisan measure reflects our commitment to find common ground with the president on removing barriers to private sector job growth and i am pleased to see it signed into law. under the america invents act, we, the congress, republicans and democrats, directed the united states patent an

. >>> flash floods in north carolina, motorists forced to abandon 30 cars along the interstate because of the flood waters. crews were out by rafts checking the cars. the waters are engulfing the cars. as much as 5 inches fell in greensboro, north carolina monday and urging everyone to stay off the roads until the waters reseed. >>> relief from the heat is expected to continue. temperatures above 100 degrees was part of the record breaking year for the weather across the country. national ocean ocean ontic atmospheric operation. >> the records were broken or shattered for the june. it's been miserable out. there for today, we are feeling better. the heat wave was broken yesterday. satellite and radar, clouds, we see showers and thunderstorms to the south of baltimore right now. that will be the trend as we head throughout the day. outside, you can see for yourself, dundalk, we have the clouds hovering about. we will get peaks of sunshine throughout the day. we have the clouds, we see glimpse of sunshine and that is the scenario through the rest of the morning and the afternoon what you

when north carolina regulators did an inspection, they found only this. no records. no equipment. >> reporter: did you find a pharmacist? >> no. >> reporter: how can you have a pharmacy with no pharmacist? >> good question. >> reporter: investigators say it's a fake pharmacy, set up to exploit the drug shortage. >> this is about greed. this is simply about greed. people wanting to make a quick buck at the expense of sick person people. >> reporter: investigators say records show the pharmacy was buying the drugs, then often the same day selling them to a wholesaler owned by the same person. international pharmaceuticals, which was then reselling the drugs again at higher prices. >> congress investigators called this a fake pharmacy. do you agree with that assessment? >> we don't see any evidence of them filling prescriptions. >> reporter: there's a for lease sign. when we visited the company's office in durham, nobody was home. >> space is empty. >> reporter: no one is in there. faced with the prospect of having its north carolina license revoked, the company surrend

the man known as sheriff andy taylor of mayberry died in his native north carolina yesterday at the age of 86. nbc's mark barger takes a look back at his life and career. ♪ >> reporter: for many millions of tv viewers, andy griffith was the american south personified. for eight seasons, griffith played the laid-back sheriff of the fictional north carolina town of mayberry. at his side the inept but loveable deputy barney fife. the show's combination of homespun humor and wholesome storytelling created a ratings hit. eventually griffith moved from onscreen to the big city. >> and remember, you're under oath. >> reporter: the drama "matlock" cast griffiths as a folksy atlanta defense attorney. >> country people will sometimes fool you. there are a lot of bright people in the south. >> reporter: griffith himself grew up in the small north carolina town of mt. airie. his success first came with a hit record. >> bunches of folks wanted this funny pumpkin to play with. >> reporter: football led griffith to acting. >> oh, heck, no, sir. i'm plo. >> you're what? >> permanently trained orderly

the man known as sheriff andy taylor of mayberry died in his native north carolina yesterday at the age of 86. nbc's mark barger takes a look back at his life and career. ♪ >> reporter: for many millions of tv viewers, andy griffith was the american south personified. for eight seasons, griffith played the laid-back sheriff of the fictional north carolina town of mayberry. at his side the inept but loveable deputy barney fife. the show's combination of homespun humor and wholesome storytelling created a ratings hit. eventually griffith moved from onreen to the big city. >> and remember, you're under oath. >> reporter: the drama "matlock" cast griffiths as a folksy atlanta defense attorney. >> country people will sometimes fool you. there are a lot of bright people in the south. >> reporter: griffith himself grew up in the small north carolina town of mt. airie. his success first came with a hit record. >> bunches of folks wanted this funny pumpkin to play with. >> reporter: football led griffith to acting. >> oh, heck, no, sir. i'm plo. >> you're what? >> permanently trained orderly.

it has not worked in new york city or charlotte, north carolina. it will not work in san francisco. i am especially concerned about the impact that having a major world election -- a major \ yor election in a low-turned out month. we want to see a lot of san franciscans vote. why would we hold an election for mayor in september when we know the likelihood that there will be high voter turnout in those communities, minority communities, is unlikely? why would we do that, as san franciscans? i urge we reconsider that portion of what has been proposed. i know that supervisor olague has described her proposal as a compromise. there is a reasonable argument to be made that her proposal is even worse than what supervisor farrell is proposing. under her proposal, you create the possibility that people will be voting for sheriff and city attorney without actually cost -- casting a vote for mayor. that will mean that the turnout in those elections will be even lower than under supervisor farrell's proposal. i think there are a lot of reasons for us to pull back and not hold back on this. if

[cheers and applause] senator hagen of north carolina who made it happen. [applause] joe carpenter, lieutenant- -- dr. james everhart of the united states marine corps. national president of the montford point marine association -- united states, retired. and jo carpenter, lt.colonel retired united states marine corps. [cheers and applause] i would like to personally thank the officers and staff of

the man known as sheriff andy taylor of mayberry died in his native north carolina yesterday at the age of 86. nbc's mark barger takes a look back at his life and career. ♪ >> reporter: for many millions of tv viewers, andy griffith was the american south personified. for eight seasons griffith played the laid back sheriff of the fictional north carolina town of mayberry and aside the inept but loveable deputy barney fife. the show's combination of homespun humor and wholesome story-telling created a ratings hit. eventually, though, griffith moved on screen to the big city. the drama "matlock" cast griffith as a folksy atlanta defense attorney. >> country people will sometimes fool you. there are an awful lot of bright people in the south. >> reporter: griffith himself grew up in the small north carolina town of mt. airy. his first career success came in 1958 with a hit record. >> both bunches full of them men wanted this funny-looking little pumpkin to play with. >> reporter: what it was was "football!" led griffith to acting. >> oh, heck, no, sir. i'm plo. >> you're what? >> permane

[cheers and applause] senator hagen of north carolina who made it happen. [applause] joe carpenter, lieutenant- -- dr. james everhart of the united states marine corps. national president of the montford point marine association -- united states, retired. and jo carpenter, lt.colonel retired united states marine corps. [cheers and applause] i would like to personally thank the officers and staff of the marine corps special project, colonel smith and her operations planning team, you guys did a hell of a job putting

. >> he has already been banned business in north carolina. authorities in south carolina locked him up. north carolina's attorney the fed asserted looking into this alleged enterprise. >> his judgment day it will,. -- will come. to doers should not have person.s kind of he continues to violate the law time and time and time again. >> the maryland attorney general's office won a civil case against time. -- him. his attorneys declined to comment. be sentenced on charges in anne arundel county next week. we have a warning for apple aficionado's. is no longer to viruses. dns most recent virus i was found on ipad. the impact was minimal. the bottom line, gets anti-virus software. >> aaa is offering a deal. if you bite this year or next model cars or trucks and not satisfied, you can no questionsy back asked. the offer in september 4. returned vehicles cannot have than 4,000 miles on them. >> we will get a rundown of the day's top stories. will take youll the movies with what is out this weekend. >> steve will have a look at what the rest of [ crow

wind in north carolina toppled more trees. one killed a couple on a golf cart. another killed a man taking refuge in a barn. the death toll in the storms past 22 and today will be even hotter from coast to coast. and in the mid-atlantic more potentially powerful storms are forecast. i'm steve handelsman, nbc news, washington. >>> attorney general eric holler said republicans voted again him to make the attorney general a proxy to attack president obama. he said he won resign after becoming the first cabinet member held in contempt. he said he's angry but not surprised by the vote over the justice department's decision not to turn over documents from the fast and furious gun tracking operation. he said in an election year you would have to be exceedingly naive to think that vote was about documents. >>> a surprising new poll finds climate change is no longer american's chief environmental concern. according to a new washington poll stanford university to 8% of americans consider water and air pollution to be the world's biggest environmental problem compared to 1

and pawlenty participated in several events in north carolina and in ohio. senator ron portman making calls in the romney columbus victory head quarters louisiana governor bobby jindle attending a meet and greet in florida. as you know, awful these men

as they often do over north carolina. it just got lazy and sets. when it does that, it causes unsettled weather. look at the storms along the boundary moving parallel to that which is very common. it has an impact on our weather but is not giving us a week of continuous showers which is what they will have in north carolina. we will have a possible isolated storms every day and into the weekend of this week. 87 degrees this afternoon which is a few degrees above -- below average. we just cannot rule out a stray showers or two or thunderstorm late in the day every day this week. i think the best chance will be friday and saturday. temperatures will not change much all week long. it will be 90 by sunday but there's a better chance of rain and storms friday into saturday. >> we're going right up to newschopper7 looking at traffic in newington. that looks wonderful. interstate 95 is moving nicely with a normal volume of traffic. it is heavy but the pace is even and steady. 66 looks good and delays are in manassas which are br

deadly storms this weekend brought down power lines and trees from ohio to north carolina. officials say at least 17 people were killed and more than 40 injured. meantime heat warnings in effect from mid-atlantic region where temperatures could once again get triple digits. >>> mexico appears to have a new president this morning. nbc's mark potter is in mexico city with more. good morning, mark. >> reporter: good morning to you, tamron. the results are not yet official but it appears enrique pena nieto will be president as more people, including women, see him as the rock star president. the new elected president of mexico, energy a pena nieto reaping rewards of a near perfect candidacy. he's married to a famous soap opera star. their fairy tale wedding two years ago was a national social event. her home videos became stylishly

carolina. -- new england and back toward ohio and north carolina. we will talk about the forecast for the week ahead coming up. >> since the heat is sticking around, emergency cooling centers will stay open for the rest of the week. they will be open from 9:00 a.m. until 7:00 p.m. if you are concerned about a neighbor, please check in on them. you should call 311 if you are concerned. if it is an emergency, call 911. we also got word this afternoon that 42 baltimore county schools are without power so they will be closed tomorrow. summer school has started yet. officials say staff at the close schools will be contacted about where and when to return to work. it is not just maryland cleaning up after the storm. in d.c., hundreds of thousands are without power and debris is covering the streets. in new jersey, people were taken by surprise with the speed and power of the storm. >> my husband was outside in the lightning holding our tent down. >> in other parts, lightning took out power and even set some houses on fire. we have just given you a lot of

the man known as sheriff andy taylor of mayberry died in his native north carolina yesterday at the age of 86. nbc's mark barber takes a look back at his life and career. ♪ >> reporter: for many millions of tv viewers, andy griffith was the american south personified. for eight seasons, griffith played the laid-back sheriff of the fictional north carolina town of mayberry. at his side the inept but loveable deputy barney fife. the show's combination of homespun humor and wholesome storytelling created a ratings hit. eventually griffith moved from onscreen to the big city. >> web you're under oath. >> reporter: "matlock" cast griffith as a folksy country attorney. >> country people will sometimes fool you. there are a lot of bright people in the south. >> reporter: what it was was football led griffith to acting. >> oh, heck, no, sir. i'm plo. >> you're what? >> permanently trained orderly. >> reporter: no time for sarngs was a hit for griffith on broadway, tv and film. for most of us, andy griffith will always be remembered as the sheriff of mayberry and opie's pa. >> that was a prett

jacksonville, north carolina. lisa is waiting to talk about the role of women incumbents -- comeback. what do you think? caller: just to give a background, i am pretty young, a marine corps girlfriend here in jacksonville, north carolina, and i just want to say i am really angered by these last comments that have been saying that women need to be stronger and better than men or whatever because over there, i say in quotes, the and not being respected. i did not think we are respecting women here to not give them a chance to prove themselves. i think that is the whole point of this thing that women are given these trials to see if they can perform in combat. i did not claim to be an expert. but i think the problem ultimately will have to deal with it is our woman being respected by their own in our armed services. and that think it is absolutely ridiculous to say that women can't do this, women can't do that. it is an old and david argument and i am glad it is generational and it seems that this hopefully will be p

andy griffith played andy taylor, the sheriff in fictional mayberry, north carolina. the straight man to comic don knotts. >> it's easy. >> good. just make sure it clears your underwear. >> right. >> tv father to a young ron howard. >> he would call me youngin. youngin over here. >> howard says he learned a lot from griffith. a man who elevated his show by playing to a higher standard. >> andy was a little more of a jimmy stewart kind of a character than he was a kind of a sitcom dad. >> griffith first hit it big in feature films, including a face in the crowd and no time for sergeants. but it was mayberry that made him a household name. griffith earned a star on hollywood's walk of fame more than 36 years ago. he was nearly 50. his career in television was far from over. >> estella ortiz remembers griffith as the folksy defense attorney in matlock. >> i think we've lost somebody that started a lot of the beginning of good family values at home. >> howard says to fully appreciate griffith's life, look beyond his biggest roles. >> look at face in the crowd or one of hi

in in complex that moved through eastern north carolina, once again, 80, 90 mile per hour winds and downing more trees, more power outages with that, and again, temperatures going to soar again on monday, and core heat from the nation to the central plains into missouri and eastward into the southeast and raleigh, north carolina and when you factor in the humidity, 110 to 115 degrees, and going forward here, middle part of the week, sort of the same pattern, rebuilding, and the jetstream stays northward and a hot air mass build up in the station's mid section and east towards the 4th of july. good news in the the northeast, staying on the cooler side and not in the triple digits. >> hopefully not triggering any more storm systems like what we just saw. >> welcome, there will still be some thunderstorms out there. like we saw here tonight. when we have the heat and the humidity, easy to pop the very strong thunderstorms, keep an eye in the sky for the next couple afternoons for sure. >> jim dickey with accu-weather and bring you back as the news warrants it. a brand new poll, it show

>>> last night, north carolina essentially elected his congressman. if you didn't hear about it, don't worry. most north carolinians didn't either. just 3.6% of voters turned out to vote. 3.6%. and as the "charlotte observer" wrote this morning, the numbers don't add up. this runoff election cost north carolina tax payers about $6 million. that works out to about $47 per vote. but that wasn't the only money at play. no election seems too small for the reach of super pacs this psych. they spent almost $1.4 million during this primary. in the ninth district, robert pittinger outspent his opponent, much of his own money, to win. these are just primaries for congressional seats. but these primaries effectively are the general election. that's right, 3.6% of the voters just decided their friends and neighbors' congressman. you can thank the rigged system of redistricting. in north carolina and across the country, the system has deprived voters of fair general elections. the rigged system of redistricting allows politicians to choose their people rather tha

andy griffith played andy taylor, the sheriff in fictional mayberry, north carolina. the straight man to comic don knotts. >> it's easy. >> good. just make sure it clears your underwear. >> right. >> tv father to a young ron howard. >> he would call me youngin. youngin over here. >> howard says he learned a lot from griffith. a man who elevated his show by playing to a higher standard. >> andy was a little more of a jimmy stewart kind of a character than he was a kind of a sitcom dad. >> griffith first hit it big in feature films, including a face in the crowd and no time for sergeants. but it was mayberry that made him a household name. griffith earned a star on hollywood's walk of fame more than 36 years ago. he was nearly 50. his career in television was far from over. >> she remembers him as the folksy defense attorney in matlock. >> i think we've lost somebody that started a lot of the beginning of good family values at home. >> howard says to fully appreciate griffith's life, look beyond his biggest roles. >> look at face in the crowd or one of his dramatic turn

>>> last night, north carolina essentially elected his congressman. if you didn't hear about it, don't worry. most north carolinians didn't either. just 3.6% of voters turned out to vote. 3.6%. and as the "charlotte observer" wrote this morning, the numbers don't add up. this runoff election cost north carolina tax payers about $6 million. that works out to about $47 per vote. but that wasn't the only money at play. no election seems too small for the reach of super pacs this psych. they spent almost $1.4 million during this primary. in the ninth district, robert pittinger outspent his opponent, much of his own money, to win. these are just primaries for congressional seats. but these primaries effectively are the general election. that's right, 3.6% of the voters just decided the friends and neighbors' congressman. you can thank the rigged system of redistricting. in north carolina and across the country, the system has deprived voters of fair general elections. the rigged system of redistricting allows politicians to choose their people rather than

that is almost as many votes as north carolina. when you start adding those up, you are almost to the number. it is five states that are very much in [ inaudible ], virginia is another one. and it will be tough. and then you down to one state. and as it could be as little as new hampshire's four votes, which right now is tied. here is the kicker folks, the kicker is that there is no way -- and this i will predict. i'll go out on a big limb year. no matter what barack obama is going to win the popular vote. >> okay. >> probably by 8 million votes. >> uh-huh. >> the only way he loses is it will be in the electoral college. we're looking at a 19th century device to decide a 21st century election.already. >> it happened with gore. >> well, it happened with gore but that assumes he didn't win florida, and i am not saying i'm willing to stipulate. >> that's right. david so far this is more depressing than the star wars sequences combined -- >> i brought in just the buzz kill of the morning, but everyone has a job. >> no. no. no. but what

because groups like the north carolina sweet potato commission has done incredible work to market sweet potato producers and their efforts in our state and even overseas and countries like the united kingdom and germany. we're pleased that our executive director, for instance, sue johnson lank done has been able to do this and expand the sweet potato industry by nearly 118% in the past decade alone because she has been able to have this type of cooperation and coordination with producers. she has to rely on information provided to her by the fsa. mr. chairman, i realize that you and the ranking member have some concerns about the possibility of other unintended consequences of this amendment, soil be glad to withdraw it, but i would like to withdraw it with an understanding with both you and the ranking member that while this information can be done technically through a memorandum of understanding, because that process is a very costly endeavor for some of our marketing groups that help our farmers, we want to make sure that such memorandums or understanding will be done in a way that

he passed away in his, north carolina this morning. >>mark: let's go to the weather when james fletcher. >>james: here is a live shot behind me out of walnut creek. we are going to see plenty of sunshine. are highs will be in the upper 80s and low 90s in some spots. tomorrow, the fourth of july, it is in the be in the '90s. it will be the warmest day of the week karen and the ball and then cool down a bet as we head into the upcoming holiday weekend. >>george: here's a quick bridge check. this is the bay bridge. traffic is very light. >> the san mateo bridge ride is trouble-free. the drive times is easy. >> that the golden gate bridge commute is smooth. >>mark: there was a for alarm fire in san francisco. it is that the 101/280 in a change. will tran is following the latest in the investigation. will tran baron >>will: one person has been arrested. we do not know whether he is the reason why the following is one up in flames. here is the back of the building you can see that is completely destroyed. it has been vacant from three t year