weather play along? alexandra steele is here with that. well, a lot of parades are today and a lot of them are very cold. so, you know, savannah already this morning started their parade. and we will see them today around the country. we can see this is a vana, one of the biggest in the country, it s been going on for 169 years. new york city about to get underway, as well. cloudy and cold, 37, chicago, green river included at noon today, very windy and cold with temperatures only at 33. but the winds will make it feel a lot colder than that. san francisco, 11:30 this morning, local time, as well. boston s is tomorrow at 1:00. 33 and cold there, as well, with a little bit of wind. and even around new york city if you re out there this morning or going. could see a few snow showers, you can see why. little clipper moving through with snow and rain today. here s that line and also i-70 around the ohio river, could see a few rain showers and very warm
few rain showers here but nothing that bad. all right. there is something crazy going on over here. alisyn, i m expecting to see you in some sort of a little nicers. we set up a beer garden out here on our plaza to celebrate. later in new york city a 5th annual german-american steuben parade. before they march down 5th avenue they are here with us. lenny coin, good morning. how are you? good morning to you. tell us at noon today the parade steps off. i have been going to this parade for about 44, 45 years here in new york city. one of the great parades. and we have got some wonderful dances and a band here today. tell us what the parade is about. and what america is going to see in here today. awe, the parade is about celebrating the german american culture and all the
they re gone at this point. there s a little bit of rain still across areas of maine, behind it absolutely beautiful conditions, almost the entire country today will be rain-free and very dry. so the humidity absolutely gone. guys, let me just quickly tell you about tropical storm leslie, we ve been following it for days and days again, close to 170 miles to the southeast of bermuda and the tropical storm force winds, winds around 40 miles per hour around bermuda and a few rain showers will go through the bands. but it s pulling up towards the northeast and the next check, new foundland, maybe the category, two, two and a half days from now. the rest of your headlines if you re just waking up. despite being declared a terrorist organization by the obama admini haqqani network says an american captive will not being heartland. the only current u.s. prisoner of war captured back in 2009.
good morning and welcome to early start. i m ali velshi. zoraida is off today. i like these hours. i m eating a hot dog this morning. i love that about you, ali velshi. i m ashleigh banfield. it is 5:01. it s the holiday but this fourth of july is less about celebration and more about patience for many americans. and in some cases, even survival. because for six days now there have been many of your fellow countrymen with no power in this extraordinary heat wave. at least 20 people have now died since thursday when deadly storms slammed the east, slammed the midwest. and about 1.2 million people are still waiting to get their power back, to get a fan on, to get the ac back. this is right across the country. here are the states without power today. power companies are repairing damaged transmitters as fast as they can, but customers still could be waiting until the weekend. still until the weekend until they can get that electricity back. and all of this, while those u
talk to his team. the tape that could be the nail in the coffin for his career. that s not going go of very well. the agency in charge of cutting government costs makes a joke out of it in a new web video, this after it blew almost $1 million on a las vegas conference. a japanese ghost ship that was drifting off the coast of alaska now sleeps with the fishes. new video of the coast guard unloading the cannons on it. up first, it s the missing piece of the recovery, the critical jobs report for march is due out in about three and a half hours. a report with the potential to shake up the 2012 election. christine romans will tell us what we can expect today. christine? good morning. you re right it has the potential to shake up the election but more importantly we hope it shapes up your jobs prospects. this is the trend over the year. looking for in march 200,000 jobs created for the month. 200,000, an unemployment rate of 8.3 or 8.2%. i want to put it in context for you