that is william bullard. you can see him cuss because the back board shattered there. he is okay. it's not the first time that this happened to the globetrotters. shaquille o'neal pulled down a back board. we've seen that before. happened to trotters twice in a game previously. so he's okay. and he looks fine, there. >> you may remember this video about what the fox says. now you get to read about it. the childrens publishing is planning to release a book based on this online sensation. what does the fox say will come out next month. the team dove behind this video scored 215 million you tube hits w this video. >> i tried to watch it several times per day. >> i love the dancing with the stars remix of that. >> the older guy doing the howling reminds me of spencer. >> what does the fox say, huh? what does he say about the weather? here is a time lapse view this afternoon showing clouds earlier in the day streaming across the bay. you probably know skies clearing out nicely in the late afternoon hours, tomorrow, here is live doppler seven hd. oh, let's go along. tomorrow, nationwide

. >>> and a scaryoment when a basketball hoop fell on william "bull" bullard of the harlem globetrotters. check this out. boom the backboard cut nr his left eye. but he was actually okay that's a good thing. that's a frightening sce, though. >>> just ahead, the great white ve prepares for the princess bre. >>> pl, soon kids will be able to answerhe age-old queson, what does the fox say? you're watching "early today." > welcome back. 're wating light ra, many eas of the west. but not anywhere from southern california to central california, nevada, you'redry, arizona's dry, too. much of ido. but from seatt down i-5, some light rain moving on shoreith the frt. not a lot of strong, gusty winds with it. throughout the morning rush hour, it will beapering off. as far as wednesday goes, likes like a pretty nice day. the big,uge area of high pressureill be blowing warm winds down t the southwest. we could get 90 degrees. that's very warm tperature there. easily the warmestn the country as we go through southern califora on wednesday. pretty warm inhe desert, too. we'll have t watch the fire dang

first, globetrotter william avoided a very serious injury. his slam dunk sent the entire backboard crashing down right on top of him. things could have ended much worse for bullard, who was able to walk off the court and to a standing ovation. he's okay. then harlem globetrotters rookie, cory thunder, somehow drained this amazing record-setting 109-foot basketball shot, shattering the previous guiness world record by more than five feet. >> i wasn't a believer, but that is -- look at it right there, you can see it. follow it, follow it, follow it. it happened. now the beloved team have announced plans to entertain our troops overseas with some of their very unique and very cool skills. we are so excited to have them there, live right outside the cnn center in new york. y'all are supposed to be in atlanta. we have highlight bruten wiand special k. daily. thank you so much for joining us this morning. we really appreciate it. so will the troops get to see any record-setting shots like the one that we just saw? >> well, my specialty is making th

william bullard pulling a rather routine stunt dunk, if you will. hanging on that rim. but don't do that at home, kids. because that can happen. we see this a lot in the sport. never quite that bad. he is very lucky to have gotten away with just a bad gash to his head. as you saw, though, later waved to foons let them know that he was okay. >>> finally, finders keepers. maybe not. you be the judge. guy and his wife in connecticut buy a desk on craigslist the other day. 150 bucks. they get it home. they found something behind the drawers. a bag. inside the bag? $98,000 in cash. >> what? >> so what did they do? >> they called the previous owner. turns out, she stuck her inheritance in the desk. had forgotten about it. >> forgot about it? >> the owners, braking for that yard sale, returned it. we should mention the new owner is a man of faith. he says the most important thing in life is to be honest. if not $98,000 richer. >> how do you forget $98,000 anywhere? >> where is that $98,000? where did i? where did i? >> i'm so glad that that's the person who found it. >> be gla

. ♪ >>> a frightening moment for harlem globetrotters william "bull" bullard. during a game, he finished his dunk by hanging on to the rim. the backboard collapsed and shattered. it nearly missed him and others, some cuts. he is okay this morning. wow. >> frightening. big guy. >>> some of the most compelling images from the philippines in recent days come from the camera of an american storm chaser. but the most dramatic moment happened when he < ♪ >>> the last presidential election was only a year ago. i can't believe the media is wasting its time speculating on 2016 front-runner. and neither can the 2016 front-runner? >> governor, how interested are you in running for president in 2016? >> well, chris what i'm interested in doing is being the governor of new jersey. what i'm focused on is doing my job in the state of new jersey. i'm the governor of new jersey. for me, i'm the governor of new jersey my job is to run the state of new jersey. >> yes, he's just the governor of new jersey that's why he went on "meet the jersey" "face the turnpike" and "this new

. ♪ >>> a frightening moment for harlem globetrotters william "bull" bullard. during a game he finished his dunk by hanging on to the rim. the backboard collapsed and shattered. it nearly missed him and others some cuts. he is okay this morning. wow. >> frightening. big guy. >>> some of the most compelling images from the philippines in recent days come from the camera of an american storm chaser. but the most dramatic moment happened when he sto >>> it is 26 minutes past 7:00. it's become real wind chilly outside as we lose degrees. sharon is watching the drive. marty's over at first warning weather. >>> it's still 47 on tv hill. now we have north northwest winds at 15. there's a little bit of moisture that's going to be diving our way. a couple of sprinkles not out of the question. it's not a huge issue. they're going to go for a high temperature of right -- we're at our high now. we have a lunchtime temperature of 43, the mid 30s by dinner. the mid 20s over night. here is sharon at wjz traffic control. >>> good morning. well so far not so bad out there. just

. ♪ >>> a frightening moment for harlem globetrotters william "bull" bullard. during a game he finished his dunk by hanging on to the rim. the backboard collapsed and shattered. it nearly missed him and others some cuts. he is okay this morning. wow. >> frightening. big guy. >>> some of the most compelling images from the philippines in recent days come from the camera of an american storm chaser. but the most dramatic moment happened when he breaking news this morning there breaking news this morning there are major delays for bart riders. a deadly accident on the track >>> good morning, it's 7:26. i'm frank mallicoat. some breaking news this morning. there are major delays for b.a.r.t. riders, a deadly accident on the tracks forced the station closure in richmond. let's get right over to liz now with more on this traffic alert. >> those major delays are still on the richmond line this morning in all directions. so a cbs traffic alert is still in effect and el cerrito's station remains closed after that fatal accident. they are working on limited bus service.

we had jimmy bullard coming out as well, the st. louis federal reserve president, saying bond-buying must continue. for now, we know it's going to taper at some point. are we feeling comfortable with that prospect, the yields are going to deal with it? >> at least we're starting from a place where yields are higher than the last time, 7.28 rather than the 1.7, so from that view, we are discounting. and i think the fed are trying very hard to make that distinction between tapering and between interest rate rises and to give -- thinking very carefully about how to give stronger further rate guidance. that's what we got from the recent fed minutes. >> is that going to work, this strategy to try to divide the two? when it happens, are we now comfortable enough with that thought? because you know, we have been rather binary. investors are binary creatures. >> investors are often binary, but i think the fed got very, very concerned in the summer about the market reaction to the idea of tapering, and by trying to lay the ground now for tap