front that s headed eastbound. today producing mostly cloudy skies. we had areas of drizzle on and off throughout the morning hours and are expecting heavier storms behind it as we enter into later this afternoon. as we head into this weekend, beautiful. again, sunshine and temperatures into the low 80s. there is a look at the radar picture. showers and storms not just across new york city, but further south into sections of the southeast, parts of the midwest and also into the plains. could be looking at some thunderstorms. we re talking severe weather possible in parts of south dakota and also parts of montana, damaging winds, large hail and isolated tornadoes will be concerns. temperature wise, on the hot side across parts of the plains again. 100 degrees for your high temperature. rapid city. that is a hot day in south dakota. 103 in dallas. 88 in kansas city. and memphis. steve: did you say hot day. brian: did you say hot day in america? yeah. brian: i think 7-11 has the a
killing 13 people. he does face execution or life without parole if in the meantime, another bombshell this morning. a former top security official just revealed the 2009 massacre was first labeled as a terrorist attack before it was then switched to workplace violence. former new york city mayor rudy guiliani calling the decision dangerous. i think it is exceedingly damaging to engage in this fiction that the attack at fort hood was work lace violence and there is a certain reluctance to describe someone as an islamic extremist terrorist for fear that you re going to make a mistake, but it certainly played a role in the case of major hasan that it was so obvious that this man was a possible terrorist. several lawmakers are fighting to have the distinction changed. otherwise it s impossible for those killed or injured in the rampage to receive a purple heart. gretchen, steve, brian, back to
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gretchen: good morning, everybody. hope you re gonna have a great thursday. thanks for spending part of your morning with us today. brian: it was amazing on 48th and 6th because new york city is hosting the all-star game. there is a full batting cage out there, a mini field, there is a real wall and they had an emcee all part of hyping up the big game. steve: it s causing some headaches for our friday concert because that s exactly where we normally have our concert. what we re going to do, i think they re going to move it to the other side and there you can see the slurpee mobile because today is 7-11, the 11th day of the 7th month, the day that southland, incorporated started the 7-11 company. brian: it changed america. steve: there is the batting cages. brian: tomorrow s bands, the rolling stones. steve: the food traveler. brian: that s even better. gretchen: we ll look forward
mr. zimmerman. so if you want proof positive about a process that s gone hay wire a little bit, the attitude of the judge in pushing mr. zimmerman there was no question, do you want to testify but your lawyers won t let you? i need to ask you yourself, it was really out of control and inappropriate, in my mind. steve: what did you think of the use yesterday of the dummy? the dummy is a very interesting thing. it may become the glove of the o. j. simpson case. the dummy was brought forth by the prosecution to show that it could not occur in the way the defense was saying. and what mr. o mara did on the right there, the defense lawyer, he started banging the dummy s head on the floor in a dramatic representation of what they say happened to george zimmerman by trayvon martin. and i looked at that and i said, that s the case. that s the case. and so if i m sitting as a juror and i see this compelling banging of this dummy on the floor time and time again, i