melissa? melissa: adam shapiro thank you so much. baconaholics are undeterred as bacon prices surge to 30-year high. can you blame them? my son says, bacon is the candy of meats. james romelli at cme, bacon soaring even today, andrew? what is it doing today? >> right, so we're seeing huge move higher in the price of pork and bacon in particular. that is very interesting, as the price is breaking highs it hasn't seen in 30 years, demand is also making new highs as well. prices continue higher and demand continues higher as well. people are buying more bacon than they ever have, it continues to grow year-over-year. a lot of things pushing the price higher. one factor, disease and drought in the u.s. that is pushing up the price of feed and killing off pigs by the thousands. consensus that trend is going to continue here. unfortunately livestock etfs are thinly traded. as a trader it is difficult for me to capitalize on this trend but expect to see higher bacon prices going forward. melissa: okay, james, thank you so much. >>> speaking

melissa francis is here. "money" starts now. melissa? melissa: it does, happy friday to you and happy friday to all of you out there. we have break knaus right now. will there be war? ukraine says, its forces attacked and destroyed russian military vehicles on its soil. citigroup sounding the alarm. the new report from the latest bank to warn the stock party is over. the market is down 107 points by the way. new pictures of it. mz what allegedly the new iphone 6. they were smuggled out of a foxconn factory. we've got them gore you. even when they say it's not, it is always about "money." melissa: markets crawling back from session lows but still firmly in the red on reports that ukrainian forces attack ad russian military convoy. it is causing a major move in the 10-year which hit lowest yield since june of last year. look at that! uranium president claiming his forces attacked armed russian vehicles that moved across the border. nato is stopping short of calling it an invasion but confirming that there was a breach into ukraine. here no

melissa? melissa: wow. did they ask for ransom? that is the question that everybody is speculating on today. >> in fact they reportedly had been asking for more than $100 million for foley's release but the u.s. government wouldn't negotiate. foley's captors said they were angry about us air strikes in iraq. they sent his parents a venom-filled rant by email suggesting they would kill foley in response. here is what james foley's employer from the global post said today. >> we had all of the appropriate communication you would imagine including with them. but, we hope that they would listen. obviously the situation changed when the bombing began. >> there were additional six additional airstrikes in iraq against isis targets today, melissa. melissa: wow, what a tough story, jennifer, thank you so much. the president addressed james foley's death expressing utmost sympathy for his family and friends and vowing to do whatever he can to stop his brutal killers. less than an hour later the president was back in vacation mode teeing it

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melissa: absolutely. fed chair janet yellen, not tipping her hand with remarks at jackson hole claiming, quote, there is no simple recipe and interest rate hikes and expressing doubts about the jobs recovery. her comments leaving bulls wanting more but they have had quite a run. they have nothing to complain about! s&p with the 20th record close of 2014. not everyone is getting in on the fun. less than 10% of s&p stocks reach ad 52-week high. of the ken what do you think about that? whole broader market is not necessarily participating in this. specific talks driving higher. what does that tell you? >> seen pretty bad breadth. this started two months ago. if you look at charts, malaysian airline crash caused whole bad breadth. leadership is narrow and narrow. international forces are more of concern to investors sometimes than even janet yellen what had to say today at wyoming. >> what do you say? >> this is not like the dot-com bubble where one clear group is rising above the rest. it is pretty hard to f

melissa: i am melissa frances with your fox business brief. burger king in come up by 19%, and also reported positive sales in every single region of business. burger king's recent strategy is focused on lowering costs into new menu items, not doing as well, kelloggs outlook for the year has been reduced after earnings dropped 16%. cerealmakers struggle as consumers shun cards and the viewer sit down breakfasts. the f a a is worried about planes flying over global hotspots. has banned any american plane from frying -- flying over iraq in altitude's lower than 30,000 feet. that is the latest from the fox business network. the president coming up in just a moment. we will be live on that. there is a live shot. giving you the power to prosper. we will be right back. melissa: we are moments from the briefing by the president. lots of speculation what he is going to talk about. we will take it as it happens list stand by, don't go anywhere. valentine's day is 7 months away. you don't have to feel bad about your relationship status. tomorrow is desi

melissa: sounding off! president obama takes on critics who say he isn't friendly to business and victory lap on the u.s. economy, and good, bad and must. tesla firing back after blasted in a scathing new review. >>> and $55,000 potato salad? one of the most unlikely kickstarter campaigns going out with a bang. we're going to hear from the man who is having the last laugh now. >>> and a loser off the field and star of the nfl, the tech world surprise mvp as football season kicks off. it's always about "money." . melissa: all right, first let's get a quick look at the markets. stocks near session highs. the dow is jumping into positive territory recovering from a steep drop earlier in the day. it is a bit of good news after last week's sell-off caused the dow to lose all of its gains for the year. you can see they're up 30 point. it's something. come on. president obama has a message for business leaders. quit complaining! in an interview with economists, the president saying, quote, if you look at what's ha

melissa francis is here. melissa: it sure does. sigh of relief, markets are coming back as global worries start to melt away but is this a rally you can believe in. >>> plus "the dead zone.." huge abandoned relics loom over the atlantic city boardwalk as officials figure out what to do with the bankrupt casinos? >>> cheeseburger threat. cow lovers blame your favorite food for ruining the planet s a meat tax next? even when they say it is not, it is always about money. dierdre: stocks extending last week's gains and investors slug shrug off overseas problems. charlie gasparino tweeting like a madman. fresh from vacation your fold chains are back. dan, do we believe in the rally? what do you think? >> no, i don't believe in this. certain stocks are moving up and broader market is flattening out. it is clear they're trying to push it and push it, the tooks in the indexes are ones that are moving. look at some of mine, i don't want to get too technical, all those indicators that show you the internals of the market they're weakening du

melissa: okay. facebook's decision to split off its merger service reaching for the star -- messenger. despite being top free download, it is dismal one star rating. they're downloading it but harshing on it. >> there are a lot of privacy issues people are very aware. why is something already inside one app being forced out? a lot of people, i've talked to both personally and analysts think this is not necessarily the best move because it isn't separate from the actual facebook app it seven. it is one of the core functions. facebook is famously trying to really separate out its apps and make itself more diverse but it -- melissa: are they doing something else? >> instagram and all kinds of things. facebook messenger is pretty essential or central to communication for a lot of people actually, not "ijustine" agers. melissa: do you use it? >> i'm not on facebook. i'm on yo. i have only do yo. melissa: you just yo people. i love that. amazon tugging on captain america's cape with its latest negotiating

melissa: melissa frances with your fox business brief. ali baba targeting the september 16th public offering on the new york stock exchange. people familiar with the matter told fox business bankers want to kick off an investor road show within the next couple weeks. that will include stops across america and europe and asia. clashing after earnings came in below wall street expectations, the entertainment park struggled after a string of negative stories and documentaries. attendance is down 4%. samsung giving facebook a run for its money. new photos show samsung adds new virtual reality head set looks a lot like a bond that attaches to your phone. the device is code-named active moonlight. not bad. that is the latest from the fox business network giving you the power to prosper. melissa: street wars' round 2, accusing rival uber of bookings thousands of rides, uber is firing back saying it lifted the same thing, canceling three times the amount, jo lin kent is here with me now. james and domenic are back as well. i know you are but what

we'll turn things over to melissa francis. "money" starts now. melissa: it sure does. beating back isis in iraq. the militant siege broken by u.s. efforts. now president obama says he plans to wind down the mission. >>> boxed in, americans not spending money at walmart. the dismal outlook from the world's largest retailer. >>> track-and-field. the nfl taking tech to the next level. we're at dolphins training camp with an inside look. >>> put the blackberry down! why your summer vacation doesn't have to end with a pile of email waiting for you in the office because even when they say it's not, it is always about money. dierdre: walmart rolling back the world's largest retailer reporting second-quarter earnings today that were in line with analyst expectations but cutting its outlook for full-year profits. let's bring in today's panel. heritage capital president paul schatz. "the wall street journal"'s simon constable, and new oak president james frischling. what did you think of what you heard out of walmart? what does it tell you about the economy? >> the walmart thing

melissa francis. melissa: you bet it is. let's not make a deal. $100 billion of deals collapsing overnight, sparking new concern about the end to the m&a boom. record less of anxiety about the future of america. nearly 3/4 of adults say we're on the wrong track and they're pointing the blame directly at washington. >>> a germ zapping technology that could be just the ticket to wiping out ebola would be here in studio. we'll show you exactly how it works. >>> unbelievably cool airport perks to make your next flight a lot more tolerable. even when they say it is not, it is always about money. melissa: all right, our top story today, no deal indeed. fox business's parent company, twenty-first century fox ditching its efforts to take over time warner after its $80 billion bid was rejected last month. shares of time warner, not doing so well on the news while fox is up on the day. is it a done deal? or is this just a clever negotiating tactic? joining me now, fox business senior correspondent charlie gasparino. we also have our v

melissa: "goodwill hunting" too. >> absolutely. melissa: jack? >> i was a cub reporter in east hampton covering steven spielberg's wedding to kate capshaw. williams was one of the guests. the at rehearsal dinner he ran up the stairs of nick and tony's restaurant singing, singing in the rain. he seemed so gleeful. the guy was as you on. he was never not performing. melissa: yeah, spencer. >> "goodwill hunting" for me. we all knew his craziness, his antics, the speed, his mind works so fast. always on like you said. when with "goodwill hunting" he sort of quieted down showed you whole another side of his humanity. he always had this deep humanity to him which endeared him to a lost peel. he was crazy. showed the real side of humanity. that is what stays with me. melissa: yeah. >> to that point he was always on, guy who knew him pretty well, jamie masada founder of laugh factory where he performed quite frequently, here is the quote after he heard he died, jamie said he was always in character. i knew him 35 years and never heard him. >> carville wa

melissa: you buy it? >> i buy it. melissa: come on, charlie. what are you doing sitting there while he buys it. >> walmart is struggling to grow sales. melissa: spencer, you agree. >> i buy it too. here is what scares me about the obama economy, the rich have gotten richer at feverish pace. the poor have barely kept up in terms of their wages. i don't care what anybody says. i'm a conservative. i'm a compassionate conservative. when poor people can't make a living that is not a good thing. melissa: we're bumping up 200 points as we move lower. spencer. >> the thing that struck me about that report, the prescription for this is actually, there is no easy fix to this problem. melissa: no. >> the long-term fix is actually investing more in education because unemployment rate -- melissa: we always say that. so irritating. >> but we don't do it. [all talking at once] melissa: that will fix it. >> "wall street journal" right? journal wrote this really good story how about all the jobs out there that pay that people are not being trained for. welders.

melissa: bedbugs? >> so major they are evacuating hundreds of people from one of its new york city locations. one is right around the corner types square. melissa: don't let them in the building. >> they are relocating these folks and portfolio managers, traders to undisclosed up state location. i will say this i don't know much about bedbugs until today. melissa: sure you do. >> here is economic story. i had my producer julie call up the national bedbug association and -- melissa: really? >> there is one. and. melissa: you didn't want to make the call yourself? >> that is why i hired, why i hired a kid from college. melissa: okay. >> she gets the call at bedbug association, this is significant economic problem. this happens a lot in new york city. melissa: not in my house it doesn't. >> we should point out it happened at fox news in 2011. melissa: what? >> a bedbug infestation. it happened at bloomberg back in, maybe 2010 or 2011, again, major infestation where they went in there and -- melissa: my sk

melissa: i am melissa francis with your fox business brief. apple shares at record territory hitting $100 for the first time since the stock split in june. the stock really means it is very close to all-time highs. that level reached in late september of 2012. mcdonald's says package coffee will be available in supermarkets everywhere. manufacturing the ground and all beings shipped out to stores. it will be available in single cap pods as well. google unloading youtube music key allowing subscribers to watch videos nonstop. off-line listening will be an option. that is the latest from the fox business network giving you the power to prosper. in new york state, we're changing the way we do business, with startup ny. we've created tax free zones throughout the state. and startup ny companies will be investing hundreds of millions of dollars in jobs and infrastructure. thanks to startup ny, businesses can operate tax free for 10 years. no property tax. no business tax. and no sales tax. which means more growth for your business, and more jobs. i

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melissa: a great idea, appreciate it. the final shaq attack radio shack as its next bid for survival all planned out and may be the last chance it is ever going to get. of the day it is about money. >> radioshack shares are soari soaring. the stock up 20%, topping the astronomical figure of $1. it is $1.04. this is the first jump we have seen since june. jonathan hoenig back with me. radioshack, $1? they are still in business? >> radioshack the same as it was in the 1970s. this is a combat did not innovate, did not keep up with the times, and if it wasn't for the investment of one hedge fund, would probably be out of business as we speak so this is a troubled company on the last legs if not for the money of private investors, it would be gone. cheryl: what do you say of radioshack? >> obviously see a bargain, things look pretty bleak but thetohave a brand people recogn, they can create any retail model that works, who knows. cheryl: what does radioshack do? you can get everything on amaz amazon, why bother going into radi

. >> i, andrew paul daniel engstrom -- >> do take melissa rene warren -- >> do take melissa rene warren. >> -- to be my lawfully wedded wife. >> to be my waf -- lawfully -- >> the church erupts in laughter, including the 22-year-old bride, melissa warren. and just as things start to quiet down, she completely loses it. >> i just lost it. it was so funny. >> she starts to laugh, and then she just can't stop laughing. i know she's going to keep laughing. so i'm like, just give her a minute, folks. like i know the next one's coming. >> when the video hits the internet, it earns more than a million hits. >> melissa and andrew first met at seattle pacific university where they were both students. >> we lived in the same residents halls. i was a freshman. he was a junior. and we had a lot of mutual friends. spent some time together within groups, but it was after he graduated that we connected again. >> after graduating, andrew received some devastating news. >> my dad came down with lung cancer, like horrific tumors the size of grapefruits. >> deeply religious, andrew copes with his father's

melissa mollet is watching all of these problems and others for you right now. melissa? >>> we are talking about road closures, parking restrictions and motorcades coming through. kind of sporadic throughout the day to cause issues for folks. 23rd near e and constitution and 29th between k and m. and then columbia road shut down near 13th and 14th. your alternate is kenyon street because of the water main break. otherwise you can see it is kind of slow in the normal spots. no major issues right now. one thing we are dealing with, chopper 4 over the scene here in gaithersburg near midcounty highway away from shady grove road with the accident here and one lane still getting by. tom, kind of a rough morning for folks in the city. >>> yes, it is. we have dry pavement around with kite a bit of dew. look up from your granola. a live view from the tower camera on this tuesday morning. it is rather humid when you step out with dew in the grass and on your car. temperatures are in the low to mid-60s. a cool start for most of the region in the upper 60s around the bay. near 60 fo

meteorologist melissa magee is live with the latest on stormtracker 6 double scan radar, walter, melissa. >> a good chung of the storms have been for areas north and west of town and in philadelphia. we'll show you the big picture on double scan radar. you see showers and storms across lehigh county and south and east areas into chester, montgomery and bucks counties. we'll go in a little tighter on stormtracker 6 double scan street-level. we find showers and storms norristown south and west to wilmington and to newark, delaware. a lot of lightning associated with is showers and storms moving to the east. not too quickly at about 40 miles an hour and continue to drift east as we progress through the rest of tonight this is why the storm prediction center placed our region in a slight risk for severe weatherch the biggest threat through the evening will be drepingching rain and gusty winds. it's for interior sections of south jersey and 95 corridor and suburbs from the poconos down into lancaster. the reason why you have instability in the atmosphere that building heat and oppressive humi

i'm melissa harris-perry. we begin with the story in iraq and the comments from president obama just moments ago. >> i've been very clear we're not going to have u.s. combat troops in iraq again. and we are going to maintain that because we should have learned a lesson from our long and immensely costly incursion in iraq. >> these comments followed three air strikes on isis militant targets in northern iraq. the united states military also carried out two air drops of relief supplies providing more are than 36,000 meals and 7,000 gallons of fresh drinking water for refugees stranded on mt. sinjar. more than 40,000 yazidis remain stranded on the mountain top. in addition hundreds had of yazidi women have been kidnapped to be sold into slavery. i want to bring in nbc news white house correspondent kristen welker. will the white house get the message of not committing u.s. troops on the ground given that we did seem to hear from the president this could be a much longer and potentially broader mission than was fi

melissa magee is having a fun time all summer long. here is her report from ocean city. >>> restaurant week comes to a close this friday, so make reservation and head out to wildwood for some food, wine and dine on one of 25 restaurants participating, the best part cash and tip is included in the price. >> bop to the boardwalk beat in atlantic city for the 3-d sound and light show, a free nightly show for the entire family as boardwalk hall is transformed into a colorful display of art set to music. once the sunsets you can check out the cool attractions every half hour starting at 8:30 p.m. the show runs through september 21st. >> try some of jersey's best tomatoes during the two-day tomato festival, you can find fresh tomatoes and tacos and tomato inspired jewelry and stained glass, the festival takes place from 5:00 a.m. until 9:00 p.m. hope to see you down the shore. >> and you guys, a short trip would not be complete without the shore staples, we have johnson's popcorn and taffy and gelato and of course you need the curly fries, l

i'm melissa lee in for scott wapner. josh brown is with us, pete najarian, and joe terranova, and mike murphy, and let's get straight to the markets and stocks bouncing back today after the s&p and dow hit lowest levels since may, but the blight to safety is still on. treasury yields are near multiyear lows. what is going on here? and how are you trading it? the fact that yields are so low on treasury, the ten-year paying 1.095% to be in those things and investors are actually choosing that over being in equities. pete? >> yn idea of the fear in the marketplace. people don't want to put it in various areas of the market. look what's going on, mel, over the last couple of week, sold out over the last week, the financials. the financials, really look at the last three months or so, look at the finances, xlf, great example, pulling to the up side. then move down. leadership, system a huge impact on what the rest of the markets are looking at. then look today. as we were el selling off early, first thing in the green, financ

that sets us up for a nice finish with the accuweather forecast. >> sounds good melissa. now over to alicia at the big board. >>> you know people in philadelphia love their sports from the eagles to the phillies and sixers and flyers, there is always a game in town but we have never seen a professional fishing term many. that is changing this week, the bass master elite tournament is coming to the delaware river. >> biggest tournament in the world coming to philly. >> we are introducing a lot of people to bass fishing can. >> this tournament itself will show you how healthy this river has become. mike is quite familiar with the fishery. >> i grew up in philadelphia and new jersey and i fished this river as a kid. fishing in urban environments like philadelphia is just as good. you'll see these guys uncover a hidden gem. experts will compete on a court across the delaware river. >> it's a huge playing field and that is great for a tournament. each round is capped with a weigh in at the great plaza at pens landing. the pro with the highest cumulative weight wins $100,000. >

fast money is coming up in just a few second with melissa lee. melissa, what's on tap? >> you saw yesterday's big yield in the sector, we're going to name names in terms of his targets, acquisition tarts. also the ceo of clean energy. they're installing a bunch of fueling stations across the country. specifically in texas. >> all right. over to you guys. >> "fast money" starts right now. at the nasdaq market site at new york city in "time's square. financials breaking out, bank of america leading way on news that a $17 billion fine from the justice department t.xls seeing a major move higher today. this is of course ahead of tomorrow morning, janet yellin at jackson hole. looking for clues when they will address the rates. >> i think that the thinking is a reasonable guess given where you think the economy is going. >> we will have to move at some point. i don't want us to be behind the curve in beginning to normal iize interest rates. >> you mentioned financials across the board specifically with the money sector, that did well, the pncs of the world the suntrust, et c

thanks, melissa. atlantic city is hosting a grow your own mar marijuana seminar going on at bally's casino. medical marijuana is legal in until energy and growing your own is not. and instructors discussed the business and legal aspects of the injury and up next on "action news" jeff joined us with sports. "action news" jeff joined us with sports. first pow you areer ball uncle craig, what's the deal? oh... you can't record that many shows at once. why? you can't save every single cartoon. why? you know you can't pause the tv here and play it in another room. why? it's time for fios quantum tv. store up to 200 hours in hd. record up to 12 shows at once. pause and play live tv, room to room. redefining what tv can be. call the verizon center for customers with disabilities at 800.974.6006 tty/v >> it was hard work and few in yaden, delaware county today all for a good cause. volunteers for schools joined forces to build the school a new playground in time for first day of classes and the design was act

if anybody can do it melissa can. that girl is in shape. and she is flexible. go melissa. we'll have an update on that at 6:00 tonight. if are you heading up to the poconos, it's going to be very nice tomorrow, comfortably cool and loads of sunshine and 77 degrees, we bump it up to 79 degrees and 78 degrees, double trouble in the pacific, it looks like hurricane iselle will be hitting the big island of hawaii tonight and good chance it will downgrade to a tropical storm before that and julio will pass north before it hits the island. cool and comfortable tonight and 65 to 64, the exclusive accuweather forecast, beautiful tomorrow and wall-to-wall sunshine and 84 degrees tomorrow and saturday 85 and nice and on sunday a few clouds especially south of philadelphia, 84 and monday partly sunny and 82 degrees and wednesday, it looks to be the wet day, clouds with periods of rain and cold front and 82 but we clear out quickly on thursday, mostly sunny and the return of low humidity, with a high of 84 degrees. we go back to the pattern in the middle of the week. wednesday is the

>>melissa officials hope a different approach to handling protestors will help quell the violence. im melisa raney reporting. >>pam moore san francisco is one of several cities that participated in vigils held across the country in the wake of the ferguson shooting. nearly 100 people showed up at civic center plaza for a vigil this afternoon. a similar event was held at the same time in oakland's frank ogawa plaza. people in more than 90 cities observed thursday's national moment of silence. honoring the 18 year old teenager who was shot by ferguson police. a little girl in hayward saves her father from a house fire. fire officials say, the blaze broke out this morning around- 7 oclock. galaxy kung and her dad were stuck on the second floor of their home on park arroyo place. they couldn't get down the stairs because of the fire. she grabbed her dad and they both jumped through the window onto the garage overhang. the family escaped unjured. galaxy says, she learned what to do. from fire crews who visited her school. fire crews were able to quickly take down the fire. they say it w

name only because -- i want to talk about family. >> number one. >> melissa. talk to me about family. >> family is everything. you know that? what it comes down to -- the chips are down, who takes you in, family. who's there? family. most important thing. i made sure may life that -- my family were very small that -- cooper, my grandson knows. melissa knows. i know. we are it. holidays. always together. i don't care if you fly 1800 miles. we are together. we are together. we are together. >> are you and cooper taking the annual grandma grandson trip? >> yes. >> just the two of you. >> yes. i take a friend now. 13. >> plus your stylist. >> oh, my god. my makeupman. my limo driver. >> and cooper. >> yes. i'm very aware of the real world but you might -- pen out and my limousine. i see the homeless. >> speaking of your penthouse it is not a penthouse. >> it is nice. i haven't been there but i have seen it. it is a very nice place. you live well. >> yes. you should live well. >> have you on work hard to maintain that lifestyle. >> honey, we are going through this

our melissa mollet. >> i loved kindergarten. my mom was a teacher at my school. she was not my teacher, no, there's a rule against that. >> we love to see the pictures. thank you for sharing your photos. keep them coming. >>> first grade was traumatic for me but i got over it after about three months. and this morning there are parents taking their first graders off for the very first time. and while the weather is not traumatic, beautiful sunrise. look at that glorious lemon glow over the potomac. a live view from our city camera. reagan national now at 68. dew point comfortably dry at 58. we have a calm northwesterly breeze. temperatures right now are in prince george's county, back to school, in the upper 50s to lower 60s. in the far south, just near 60 degrees. and near the bay, annapolis, 69. st. mary's in the upper 50s. much of montgomery county off to school this morning there, the second day, in the upper 50s to near 60. and near northern virginia, we are, in most places, 50 is the cool spot. 53 in warrenton. we are scanning the sky. no rain around. and t

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her daughter, melissa, released a statement saying her mother is resting comfortably. joan rivers' condition officially has not been released. >>> right now president obama weighing his options regarding potential action against isis in syria. this morning it doesn't seem like air strikes are on the immediate horizon there. >> i don't want to put the cart before the horse. we don't have a strategy yet. >> the president made those remarks yesterday. he says degrading isis is going to require a regional strategy and assistance from partners in the middle east. >>> the big question might have -- that we might hear on the decision is what's next in syria. mark murray is nbc's senior political editor and is joining us now to talk a little more about this. the president made those statements yesterday about -- the quote was "we don't have a strategy yet." we know he's sending secretary of state john kerry to the middle east fairly soon here. what is -- is there really a strategy or no you think? >> so there is an overall strategy about fighting isis. there have been continue

melissa, how is traffic? >>> sti looking nasty morning. breaking y news here. outer loop is just a mess. we had an initial crash at georgia . is this ba new hampshire right now. chopper 4 over this. but take look as chopper pans back, you can s the backups this morning. very, veryw. thiofou coupled with the otherue that we've been looking a this morning which is along connecticut avenue we'll talk about that in just one second. inner loo beeen 270 and 95, that is fine. no problems. moving at 9 minutes. 66 east between the beltway and glebe ro fine, as well, at 7 minutes. again, though, talking about the situationn coeccut avenue, we have had megan mcgrath out there all morning with this paving problem. we saw yesterday. we'll see it again today. and probamo. right, megan? >> reportthig. we have moved down a little ways. we're on connecticut avenue at club drive. and you can see we are down to just one lane getting by to the left. the oer t lanes, they are closed. youaneet tha taken off the ty of the asphalt, but it's still rough underneat andheha a lot of work

i'm melissa harris-perry. it's now two weeks since 18-year-old michael brown was shot and killed by a 28-year-old police officer, darren wilson, in ferguson, missouri. wilson is currently on paid administrative leave. it's been two weeks since the ferguson community was thrust onto the national scene. for two weeks residents there have been seeking answers and demanding justice while trying to make sense both of the killing of an unarmed teenager and the militant police response to their protests. and yet two weeks into this story with so many questions still unanswered, there are signs that relative normalcy is slowly returning to ferguson. as last night marked the third straight night with peaceful demonstrations that resulteded in zero arrests. a touch of normalcy is also returning in the form of high school football with four local team games being played this weekend, one today with normandy high school where the school will retire number 14 commemorating the year michael brown graduated. students will go

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for mel melissa -- melissa maged jeff skeverski, i'm sarah bloomquist, we'll see you back here at 11:00 p.m. # >>> welcome to "world news." tonight, ebola in america. the doctor stricken with the deadly virus landing after that flight from africa, now in total isolation. can his life be saved without risking the lives of others? what you need to know. our dr. besser is at the hospital tonight. >>> state of emergency. a major american city declaring its water contaminated, people rushing to stores, finding shelves empty, restaurants shut down. the national guard on its way right now, bringing in supplies. >>> washout. monsoon thunderstorms in the southwest, torrential rains in the east, and this, as tropical storm bertha churns in the caribbean. where it's heading tonight. >>> and,

>> absolutely, melissa. i have to tell you, tomorrow is a day of closure for not only the family, but for this community. it was only a couple of days ago where the family was only able to see their young son and have that moment and time where they get to say personally, one-on-one good-bye. but for the community and the family as a whole, tomorrow will mark an important day and then we have to move on to the next steps so that this does not reoccur any more. we don't have to have gas masks in our community and be in fear injustice, yet again. so, we are trying to take these steps and these measures so that we can change certain requirements that are at the city council level and at the state level and frankly some changes that we're going to have to make federally, as well. but the moment tomorrow and right now is on behalf of the family and our hearts have complete sympathy for this family and what they have had to go through. >> state senator marissa chappelle-nadal. thank you for your clearing voice out

not budging, melissa. mcdonald's set to hold the top slot again. the fast food giant is a large domestic footprint. we fwloe it. a big marketing budget, deep pockets and becoming less of a threat over the long term. that rounds out the top five. over to you. >> mandy, thanks so much. >>> mcdonald's holding on to the top spot and now a troubled stock? >> mandy, jen will be right and ensuring the future, i will consume as much dunkin' donuts until then. >> heck of a lot of doughnuts, josh. >> coffee, bear claws. now salads. >> you want to get something for the desk? >> i have some already. >> doesn't necessarily equate to stock price with mcdonald's. continuing to be under pressure. i'd rather go with one of the new wins. >> get the full list expected to dominate the industry in 2020. >>> and gas prices are kor continuing to drop. bertha coombs has more. >> get extra fries with what you're ordering. gasoline six-month low. prices at pump below $3.50, a four year low to early in august. a lot of folks see this continuing to go lower still. we've also

those stories, but first the exclusive accuweather forecast, melissa magee in for chris sowers. >> reporter: good afternoon, we have a lovely day on the way. sky6 live hd live in looking at the platt bridge on this sunday afternoon. we have a nice, blue sky overhead and comfortable conditions the only thing you'll notice today as an up tick in humidity. the temperature outside currently if philadelphia, coming in at 84. wilmington, 83. in the poconos, 77. a pair of his along the coast in sea isle city. beach haven 78. here's satellite and radar we have a dominating ridge of high pressure across much of the mid atlantic region. the winds out of the north and northwest they will switch and turn out of the south and southeasterly direction as we get into the rest of the afternoon. the call from accuweather today, it's mostly sunny a touch on the humid side we'll max out in the upper 80s with the high coming in at 86 degrees, we'll look at the headlines as we see what's ahead. sunday, we're tracking changes as we get into early this week. heavy rain on the way tuesday night and a big cool down

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melissa, how are roads? maybe someone trying to get here to say hi to us. >> no issue at this point this morning. this is the beltway at the toll road here. chopper 4 over that right now. couldn't it stay like that? top of the beltway looking good. 270 coming down, 95 coming down, vw parkway in and out of town no problems there. 66 and 95 looking good as well at this point this morning. prince george's county looking good and an update on the vre situation in a couple minutes. >> thank you. >>> putting your mind at ease when you valet. the car that can track what those strangers are doing behind the wheel after you hand them your keys. >>> also ahead, trying to prevent future tragedies. the latest safety feature being added near the university of maryland to better protect you and your kids. >>> 6:16. we continue to follow breaking news in ferguson, missouri, this morning. things look calm right now you can see from the live picture here on the ground in ferguson. that was not the case a few hours ago. polic

. >>> news4's melissa is monitoring the news conference from the live desk now. melissa? >> good morning, that's right. that press conference scheduled to start at emory university hospital at any moment now. take a live look at this picture. dr. kent brantly, the american doctor infected with ebola while working at a missionary clinic in liberia, he is supposed to be released from that hospital today. we expect dr. brantly and his doctor to be part of this presser. we also expect an update on nancy writebol. the other patient being treated there at emory. brantly is expected to speak but is not going to take any questions. he's been in the hospital's isolation unit nearly three weeks. the ebola outbreak has killed 1300 people across west africa. we'll keep an eye on this and bring it to you when it begins. >>> thank you. turning to the weather now. hot, humid out there. amelia segal joins us with her first midday forecast for this thursday. good morning. >> well, barbara, summer has returned to the area. temperatures already very warm. 80 degrees is the temperature right

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and melissa magee with the seven-day forecast including the >> meteorologist melissa magee along now, as far as the summer days go they don't come much better than this. >> this is really nice and unusual for august. usually 90s on the board, but it doesn't look like that into the weekend, too. and outside, the action cam outside, down in atlantic city to see the back bays there as we look at some of the casinos there in atlantic city. and you can see the boats in the foreground. comfortable conditions whether you are inland or at the shore. it looks like comfortable trend will continue for the start of the weekend. as we look at the accuweather live line-up, stormtracker 6 live double scan radar, not a lot to share with you as far as the weather conditions dry thanks to a dominating ridge of high pressure. it is about the temperatures and the below-average temperatures. average this year is 86, and we are at 81 in the city. the poconos 74. allentown 82. along the coast, beach haven to sea isle city, temperatures are comfortably in the upper 70s. 81 in dover. satellite 6 along with ac

for jeff skeverski, melissa magee, i'm walter perez, see you after the game! the national constitution center and behind us you'll see the american national tree. it tells the stories of 100 americans who shaped the constitutional history here in the united states. and some prominent hispanics are part of that history like cesar chavez and casimiro barela. incredible success stories of immigrants who have come and made this country what it is. but right now there is an immigration crisis.thousands of children crossing the border.undocumented, with no parents or guardians. locally there are a number of organizations responding to this emergency and helping these kids survive. we can't show you their faces because even here in philadelphia, they remain at risk from coyotes looking to get paid for smuggling them across the border. most are teenagers .between the ages of 14 and 17 but some are as young as 4 with notes pinned to their chest giving authorities the name and number of a relative here in the us. if you need help with any of it, you should ask us. guate

good news tomorrow sarah sunny and dry. >> thanks melissa. "people scene", iggie is having a laugh after a miss half on stage. australian rapper fell into the crowd last night by performing at a benefit concert hosted by mtv music award she barely missed a beat after security guards pulled her up. she felt blessed she didn't break her leg. she posted a video of the fall on instagram with caption i know, i laughed and she is not a pop star but this panda knows how to draw a crowd. bow bow put on a show for her birthday. she reached for peaches which symbolize longevity. she is only second panda cub to >> phillies beating themselves tonight in the sixth inning two fielding errors, scored three runs for st. louis cardinals. phils fall behind, back they come against cardinals. bottom 6, ryan howard opposite field homer. howard fourth in the league with 80 rbis phils within two. in the eighth, bases loaded. no out. two run score. tieing at 5. we go to extra innings. ken giles gets in trouble but not in the twelfth. matt carpenter with a sack fly.

i'm melissa rayburger. a rally is under way in new york city for a man who died last month after being placed in a choke hold by police. you're looking at pictures from staten island where up to 15,000 people are expected today. not much of a turnout just yet but it is still early. the degreo.com's todd johnson are one of the people out there today. todd, what are you seeing so far? >> hi, melissa, can you hear me? >> yes, i can. >> i think we're having a little trouble getting in touch with todd out there. can you hear me now? >> i can hear you now. where i'm standing right now is kind of the emergency access lane. this is going to be open but just behind me on the other side of this barricade is where thousands of people are expected to gather after they march, right by the site of eric gardner's death. so they'll line all the way up and hear a series of speakers and other cause to action so to speak. i'm told that former members of the new york police department will also address the misconduct. many peo

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