. >> and actor charlie sheen comes clean with what happened during his christmas day dispute with his wife. >> and an assault on batteries. michael finney leaving the charge on a national recycling challenge. so my mercury moment happened during our family camping trip. i grabbed my son a juice box...and left the cooler lid open. twenty minutes later, all our hot dogs were gone. and so was most of the car. my mercury agent, steve, told me the car was covered. i switched to mercury because i saved hundreds of dollars on my car insurance, but it was the service that really made me a happy camper... er...ex-camper. call 888-4-mercury or visit mercuryinsurance.com to get a fast, free quote and start saving today. >>> a new study finds a healthy heart may keep your brain healthy as well. researchers at the boston university of school of medicine found a brain may age faster when the heart pumps less blood. so participants with lowest amount pmped to the heart add those that appeared to be two years older. exercise is one of the best ways to improve the heart's blood flow. >> aactor charlie

no jail time for charlie sheen. the "two and a half men" star will avoid the slammer and face lesser charges after pleading guilty monday to assaulting his wife brooke mueller during a christmas day argument. instead it will be 30 days of rehab and anger management classes. >>> well, dina lohan is speaking out for the first time since her daughter's release yesterday morning, telling radaronline lindsay is doing well and is in very good hands at a ucla rehab center. >>> tweens everywhere can rejoice. you can no get a little closer to justin bieber. paramount has acquired the rights to the pop star's life story and is now planning a 3-d movie starring bieber himself. >>> who's in and who's out on "american idol?" well, randy jackson didn't say much to answer that question, telling "e!" quote, the only thing for sure is ryan. >>> and, finally, pamela anderson is taking the gulf oil disaster into her own hands by adopting two dogs affected by the massive spill. the long-time peta activist has also been actively working

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. >>> actor charlie sheen pleads guilty. and is a free man despite threatening his wife with a knife. did his celebrity status get him a cush shi decision in court? and ali chooses roberto. was it the right choice? we talk to the new couple. >>> good morning, everyone. a lot of people thought chris was the guy for ali. not to be. >> i don't know. i thought it was love at first sight for that couple. big day for them. we're going to talk to them coming up. >>> also a big day on wall street. huge rally. 200 points on the month. the dow gained 7%. biggest monthly gain of the year. but the bigger question, is it a sign that the broader economy's about to bounce back, too? especially on the jobs front? what will that mean over washington's battle with taxes? that is going to affect everyone. we talk about that in my interview with treasury secretary tim geithner. >>> also, in the gulf, it's like deja vu. the plans for the static kill were put on hold again on monday, when a hydraulic leak was discovered. they could try again toda

rob and vinita, back to you. >> don talking about charlie sheen so much there. you have to say, you knew he was getting a shorter sentence. if you saw him, his day in court, it was almost a red carpet appearance. there he was, chewing gum. blowing kisses to fans before he walks inside. and he had some serious charges against him. walked out a free man a short time later. sentenced to 30 days probati >>> decision day. today's ruling on california's gay marriage ban. how both sides of the legal battle are planning for the next step. >>> then, family tragedy. six teens drown. >> i could see my two sons say, help me, please. >> the victims. and what can be done to stop a fatal trend. >>> and shocking shooting. nine killed in a connecticut workplace. what led up to the rampage? it's wednesday, august 4th. >>> from abc news, this is "world news now." >>> it really is a disturbing shooting. and this workplace rampage, i think a lot of times, we wonder why do they open fire on so many colleagues? in this particular case, we know there was a phone call placed to the mom

. >> charlie sheen has pleaded guilty of misdemeanor in a domestic abuse. in exchange for the withdrawal of two other charges including a felony. this happened on christmas day argument in aspen, colorado. he was arrested and she was sentenced to 30 days in a rehab center. 30 days probation, and 36 hours of manageanger managem lindsay lohan is released but not a free woman. she was left out at 1:30 a.m. and after serving 14 days of a 90 day sentence of violating probation and now is beginning a three month rehabilitation. this is for shot of. she only spent 84 minutes and 2007 and inmates serving nonviolent least spend 10-25 percent of their sentences. and a new study that household cleaning products to have a threat to children under 5 years old. web producer says that new research. >> catherine, this was published in the journal of pediatrics. with 40 percent of cases and poisoning and other injuries from household cleaning products. with admittance to the emergency rooms and it is constant during the 17th year study. overall injuries from household chemi

. >>> actor charlie sheen pleaded guilty in the domestic abuse case. he entered the plea in aspen colorado when he was arrested christmas day. prosecutors dropped a criminal mischief charge and exchange board. >> copley and the judge sentenced him to 30 days in the california rehabilitation center, and 30 days rehabilitation, and 36 hours aker management. >>> the $30 million renovation project is in polls bring and featured some researchers have discovered a trove of artifacts that have been buried for decades. >>> the archaeologist who started mapping the area say they're not surprised that some interesting things have been discovered but while they are not considered findings, they are former running placements between the oil giant and christmas field at least one of which was buried with the golden gate bridge was built. >> a detour around 1900, 1896. it was buried and cut in half. >> reporter: win the project is completed, they will be open to the public and so far they have also undergone a lot of cobblestones years back in the day when they were

. >>> actor charlie sheen has pled guilty to assaulting his wife during an argument but he will not have to serve jail time. instead he has to take an anger management class. he already spend time in rehabilitation and that time could be credited towards his sentence. lindsay lohan was released after serving 14 days of a 90 day sentence. that was for violating probation in a 2007 case. over crowding shortened her stay. now she leaves and breaks any of the rules, the judge could send her right back to jail. >>> i am dennis, the latest strong starts of a young arms of the athletics coming up. those people are happy 'cause they're gonna have a good time, and they've got extra money in their pocket. those are happy passengers. how much does it cost for those snacks again? nothing. at southwest airlines, when we have a sale, it's a sale. [ male announcer ] southwest airlines has flights starting at $49 one-way. book now only at southwest.com. [ rand ] how can you not want to get on the plane? come on and get on the plane. we're saving you money. now that's a plane full of happy. [ employees ]

. >> charlie sheen has avoided jail after pleading guilty to assaulting his wife. instead of prison he was ordered to serve 30 days at a drug rehab center in and attend anger management classes. he was arrested after a christmas day argument when he threatened his wife with a knife. what do formal world leaders do once they have handed back the presidential limousine? some start working on their memoirs and others throw themselves into charity work, but there has been none of that for the former czech president . he is directing his first movie. >> it is already impressive, world renowned playwright, revolutionary and president of this country for more than a decade. but now he is adding another string to this bow. here on a film set the former president is to fill in his lifelong dream of filling the screen version of his latest play that deals with a politician strolling to come to terms with the loss of power. -- struggling to come to terms. >> i come up with an idea, i tell the person next to me about it and the next day we are filming it. it was not my idea wh

. >>> charlie sheen is due in a colorado courtroom on charges stemming from a christmas day dispute with his wife. last month's hearing was postponed giving more time to negotiate a plea bargain that would have required him to serve 30 days in jail. >>> and today marks the 20th anniversary of iraq's invasion of kuwait. in 1990, saddam hussein's forces moved into the country, which led to the first gulf war. >>> all day long, you can stay on top of the very latest developments in those stories and others as they break on msnbc. and tonight be sure to watch brian williams with nbc "nightly news." >>> and, finally, here's a look at what's coming up later this morning on the "today" show. with just three months until the midterm elections, msnbc's joe scarborough weighs in on how president obama will affect democrats at the polls. and full fashion details from chelsea clinton's elaborate wedding you won't want to miss. >>> now keep it on this channel for continuing local news, weather, sports and more. i'm veronica de la cruz. thank you so much for watching "early today," just your first sto

. >>> actor charlie sheen has pleaded guilty to assaulting his wife. but he will not be going to jail. in the plea deal, sheen agreed to misdemeanor assault. and prosecutors dropped the more serious charge of felony menacing. he was sin tensed to a rehab facility and anger management classes. >>> pakistan issued new flood warnings this morning aseffe th effects of epic, monsoon rains continue to spread. 1,400 people have died and millions need help. and pakistan's battle with the elements is in a region where it is already battling the taliban and al qaeda. nick schifrin reports from peshawar. >> reporter: we arrived here late last night with the u.s. military from across the border in afghanistan. the military, every few hours, is sending planes into pakistan, trying to help the pakistani government and the pakistani military respond to some of the deadliest and worst floods in the country's history. the u.s. has pledged about $10 million so far. and most of that has been spent on meals ready to eat, or mres, military rations. the devastation here is

. ♪ we're the kids in america >> actor charlie sheen pleaded guilty to assaulting his wife. prosecutors in colorado drop 2 other charges against him in exchange for the plea. sheen was arrested in aspen on christmas day after violent argument with his wife. his steps includes 30 days in a cavalry had a bill taition center. 30 days probation. and 36 hours of anger management classes. >> lindsey out of jail but not a free woman yet. lohan released around 1:30 this morning. served 14 day of 90 day jail sentence for violating probation in a two,000 7 drug case. she went straight from jail to inpatient rehab program. >>> well there is another chapter in the which diet is better saga internal medicine compared low carb and low fat diet. they found after two years people who followed either diet lost same amount of weight roughly 15 pounds. key difference was in cholesterol levels. low carb diet im pravd good cholesterol by 23 percent compared to 12 percent for the low fat dieters. always comes down to eat moderately and exercise as much as you can. >> exactly. speaking of exercise

. >>> actor charlie sheen has pleaded guilty to assaulting his wife during an argument but he is not going to serve any jail time. instead, machine was sentenced to 30 days in rehab, 30 days of probation, and ordered to take anger management classes. he has already spent time in rehab once this year. that time could be credited towards his sentence though. >> actress lindsey lohan is also headed to rehab. in fact she is there. she was released from jail after serving 14 days of a 19- day sentence. that was for violating probation in a 2007 drug case, she is going to been rolled in a three-month program for drug and alcohol abuse at ucla medical center, if she breaks any rules a judge could send her right back to jail. >>> the 49ers get physical with an f. and can you name the a's three pitchers who last through three con secretary effective complete games. complete games. you ,,,,,,,, fact: everyday surfaces can harbor allergens, like dust mite debris. now, lysol is approved to control allergens on surfaces. lysol wipes remove 90% of allergens. control allergens and kill germs with l

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. >>> actor charlie sheen has pleaded guilty to assaulting his wife. but he will not go to jail. in the plea deal, sheen agreed to a misdemeanor assault charge rather than the felony menacing charge. sheen was sentenced to 30 days at a california rehab facility but he's already spent 93 days there. and that time could go toward a credit in his sentence. >>> parts of the southern plains are in for another day of record heat. it was a scorcher in tulsa. 105 degrees yesterday. hot enough to leave a two-foot hole on a busy bridge. look at that. engineers say they think days of excessive heat caused the hole to open up in the center lane. and this all played out just before rush hour. crews were scrambling to patch that thing up. never seen that from heat. >> a lot of folks anxious for fall at this point. it's been a rough one. >>> and with that, here's your tuesday forecast, everybody. heat advisories and warnings in 17 states from the midwest to the south. severe weather from kansas city and omaha to des moines and chicago. thunderstorms along the gulf coast and southeast. heavy rai

you are more likely to be attacked by charlie sheen than you are a shark. right uncle frank? >> that's true. >> jimmy: some how the discovery channel has manged to keep this thing going for 23 years now. and they've done it by mixing things up. there's only so much shark footage you can watch, so, what they do is, they get celebrities to narrate and host. big names, like, well, like my uncle frank. >> shark week with uncle frank. oh, look at this guy. he's going in the water. he's dressed for action. what is he taking? a tank. he's going underneath. i don't know yet what he's looking for, but we'll see. shark! sharks! yep. that guy is surrounded by sharks. oh, my god. he's playing with them, really. sometimes sharks can play. they're not always -- if they're not hungry, you can play with them. they eat almost anything, you know? that's a goose, a geese. oh, my god. oh, my god. it's chow time. poor geese. sharks have to eat, too. we have to eat to live. oh, look at that. that's a papoose. a por poise. that's not a shark. look at that tail. wow. unbelievable. shark week! >> jim

. >>> the talk of the town on tmz, new details about charlie sheen's christmas day arrest in aspen, colorado. thanks for joining us. you have learned who triggered the fight between sheen and his wife. what happened? >> this is interesting. so basically what it comes down to we got our hands though police report and the police report says it started over a song and it's a song by train called drops of jupiter. this was a song that charlie had with one of his daughters and it was their song together and this enraged brook and she didn't like that. she said look you have a young with your daughter, denise richard and don't have a song with me and it steam rolled and got out of control to that. sounds ridiculous and that sounds like a good dad he has a song with his daughters, nothing to be jealous over. >> very interesting. thank you so much about that one. let's talk about levi johnston. now he has been dumped by bristol palin we understand he is wanting to keep his 15 minutes of fame going. what's he going to do. >> he's going to do a reality show. he will start to film on monday. he be foll

tv guide checked out tv's top earners and found out charlie sheen is the king of them all. he makes $1.25 million per episode. when it comes to newsmen, matt lauer is the top guy with $16 million a year. that's nothing compared to the queen of talk shows, oprah winfrey. when it comes to late-night talk, david letterman is the king, he's paid $28 million a year. >> we get free coffee. today's wine country weekend secret word is sonoma valley. go to our website, search contests and follow the directions. it's a prize package worth 2, 0 $2,0 $2,000. >> as you said, we should go and sample the products so we can tell people what it's like. >> we cannot send people to a place we have not sampled. >> prop 8 is overturned but the court battle could be heating up again. will prop 8 backers be able to defend their side. that's the question for our expert just ahead. >>> and back to school is around the corner, but could yourid s be at risk? we'll tell you the fire danger warning at bay area school districts. >>> a san francisco night qulub club is fighting for its right to party, ev

. >> and international news, charlie sheen has pleaded guilty to misdemeanor. in exchange for a withdrawal of two other charges which one includes a felony. and this happened in aspen, colorado. on christmas day, there was an argument with his wife. he was sentenced to a california every have center, 30 days of probation, and 36 hours of anchor management. amazon and apple are trying to stop competitors from offering lower eb ook prices, and they are looking at agreements. and they tore publishers from other e book providers and the attorney general says of the agreement is hurting competition. he hopes to look at both issues and poolsides to defend each issue. >> and enhanced e books >> catherine, book, shysimon and schuster, and the 2008 best seller, nixon the land, this e book has an original interview with the author, and 27 of his videos in this original text. a few of the traditional publishers have produced similar e book and this could be fed nbeginnin of a new e book. , to give the ipad and mobile applications a edge. over a candle, the could not supth

. >>> guilty as charged, your honor, the guilty plea charlie sheen gave in court. he is not going to jail. he pled guilty to assault during an argument with his wife on christmas day. he pulled a knife on her, didn't he? the 2 1/2 men star was sentenced to 30 days in rehab, 30 days of probation, ordered to take anger management classes, as well. he already spent time in rehab this year which could be credited towards his sentence. >> mitch miller the orchestra leader who ask americans to sing along with mitch has died. he hosted a tv show in 1961. his style became famous. erier it was an influential record executive launching the careers of tony bennett and rosemary clooney among others. >> i think it was mercury records back then. interesting. did you ever -- no, you're not old enough. anyway, miller's arrangements of standards and folk favorites were embraced by people who did not care for early rock and roll. mitch miller was 99. he had a great -- he just sang the classics and they had the words you could sing along with down on the bottom of the screen. and it

charlie sheen did a good job in "hot shots." >> yeah, he did. he did. >> jimmy: that was fantastic. so you could do something like that. >> and he was very -- >> jimmy: you guys don't agree with that? [ cheers and applause ] i think he did a great job. i thought -- yeah. what are your favorite comedy movies, do you think? like what -- what do you watch? >> -- maybe "taxi driver" -- [ laughter ] i think is -- >> jimmy: that was pretty funny, yeah. that was -- >> it's time for a remake -- >> jimmy: it is time for a comedy remake. make it a musical. [ laughter ] ♪ get these whores off the street ♪ [ laughter ] ♪ you talking to me? i'm singing to me singing to you singing to -- ♪ ♪ i'm driving taxis hello, i'm driving taxis ♪ yeah, i don't know. >> oh. >> jimmy: that probably wouldn't work, yeah? ♪ i would like a mohawk >> yeah. >> jimmy: no, no. yeah, what kind of comedy should we remake? do you have ay ideas? >> geez, what do you think? >> jimmy: yeah, i don't know. well, i'll think of something and i'll -- >> what about "webster," the tv show? [ laughter ] >> jimmy: and

i do charlie sheen has pleaded guilty to misdemeanor assault charges in the domestic abuse case in exchange for the withdrawal of two other charges including a felony sheehan entered the plea it turns out at announced record yesterday the romans then from a christmas day argument did she not with his wife he was sentenced to 30 days in california renown. there is separation and 36 hours of regular management. we will be right back with the kron 4 morning news, weather and traffic in just a few moments. your latest overnight news straight ahead here on the kron 4 morning news. a lot of lack of such regions like again traffic on the central freeway highlights of itself is moving pretty good. travertine the lower deck is also moving there a delay this morning. as needed here is a look at your 7 day around the bay. still mild today although little warmer this afternoon's morning we just have to get to all of that fog, drizzle that is really dragging the bay area once it is gone and we did the son out there you can see temperatures and then get up to 89. '70s around the bay below 60 still along