hi, everybody. i m kai jackson. and i m sally thorner. here s what people are talking about today. some harsh words tonight from the city s top cop. he s speaking out about violence at the inner harbor and how he plans to help it. reporter: police commissioner fred bealefeld, talking publicly for the first time since saturday night s shooting at the inner harbor. that s where a feud between the crips and the bloods turned violent, when a gang member whipped out a semi automatic weapon and shot to live members. the commissioner said he wants his officers to pay more attention to signs of criminal behavior, such as teens wearing gang colors. this isn t brain surgery. they give us clues. and we should act on those clues before trouble starts. that s what i want my cops to do. and i want them to go up and say, welcome to the harbor. don t act like a jerk here. we want you to have a good time, but leave all of this gang stuff at home. and if you can t, go back home and we l
good morning. breaking news. tropical storm claudette makes landfall in florida, and further out in the atlantic, bill has become the first named hurricane of the season. this morning, we re tracking the storms. reining it in. as president obama and his family tour the wild west, signs he may drop a key part of his health plan. is he bowing to pressure from the republicans and those shouters at town hall meetings? and hocus-pocus? the vacation shot crashed by a cuous squirrel. but is it real? the couple behind it here to break their silence and silence their doubte erers today, mon break their silence and silence their doubte erers today, mon august 17th, 2009. captions paid for by nbc-universal television and good moonk morning, everyone. welcome to today on a monday morning. i m matt lauer. i m ann curry in for meredith vieira. you re one of those doubters that s going to be silenced this morning. i wasn t too sure of the photo. the couple behd the photo not
gave him his name. that went nowhere. police took him to his local hotel where people vouched for him. that s him. he says he was killing time before a local show checking out a local neighborhood. officers say they thought he might have wandered away from a local hospital, but then again, dylan always looks like that. [captioning made possible by fox news channel] martha: we start with some breaking weather news. in the atlantic ocean, hurricane bill is gaining strength. the latest advisory from the national hurricane center is just in. this thing is just now shy of a category two. let s get to janice dean. she is in the fox weather center for us now. that s a bit some annissa, isn t it, janice? there is a lot of water to cover between where that storm is right now and the u.s. coastline. that s a good point. we have five days, in fact, to watch this storm. not a a lot of forecasters are writing this off. they say it looks like it will move toward bermuda. a lot can ha
the atlantic hurricane season is now in full force. there s a new storm threatening the florida panhandle and alabama s coast and it s not alone. two more storms are getting stronger as they approach land. police search for a man who attacked milwaukee s mayor with a pipe. but this is no political grudge. how it started and ended and what police say about the attacker. in chicago, police aren t the only ones asking people to turn in their guns. parents who have lost children to violence are begging folks to trade a firearm in for a gift card. in life, he was the king. and for elvis fans, nothing has changed. they are remembering his death, 32 years ago today. but this year, they have something to celebrate as well. hi. thanks for having us over. you re watching hln. i m virginia cha. our top stories, we have three tropical storms to keep our eyes on. parts of the alabama coast are under storm warnings. a new storm sprang up early this morning and it s already strength
the atlantic hurricane season is now in full force. a new storm threaten toes florida panhandle and alabama s coast. and it s not alone. two more storms are getting stronger as they approach land. police search for a man who attacks milwaukee s mayor with a pipe. but this is no political grudge. how it started and ended in what police say about the attacker. the chicago police aren t the only ones asking people to turn in their guns. parents who have lost children to violence are begging folks to trade a firearm in for a gift card. in life, he was the king. and for elvis fans, nothing has changes. they are remembering his death, 32 years ago today. but this year, they have something to celebrate as well. hi. you are watching hln. i m virginia cha. here s our top story. we now have three tropical storms to keep our eyes on. parts of the florida and alabama coast are under storm warnings as a new weather system brews off the northern gulf coast. it sprang up early this