jail. arthel: how did you hook that up? i mean, i m trae [laughter] when it comes to houston, anything i can t get done in houston. arthel: don t you know who i am? [laughter] all right. it was way to give back. so, you know, i m in my mode of giving back, they never really try and stop me. everybody s a all for it. that s why trae days is about to be so exciting. arthel: it s actually this thursday, july 22nd, but you re going to have events throughout the weekend as well. tell us about your lineup. so thursday s going to be real big. thursday is actually trae day, and that s the grand opening of our ice cream shop. and arthel, i don t know if you to know, i have my actual own flavor arthel: i do. i wrote it down. say it again, trae s funnel cake and cinnamon whirl? are you going to send me some?
thursday, july 22nd. i m kiran chetry. thanks for being with us. a lot to talk about this morning. let s get right to it. an apology now and a new job offer for the woman whose comments about race were taken way out of context. the white house even acknowledging the shirley sherrod situation was bungled. you will hear sherrod s reaction to all of this, including her thoughts on getting payback in what she thinks president obama can learn from her. attempts to permanently plug bp s ruptured oil well delayed right now due to the weather. tropical cyclone could be headed for the gulf of mexico. that threatens to set back operations up to two weeks. meet the bird bartender. she is nursing the most helpless victims of the oil spill in the gulf back to health. our own rob marciano introduces us to her and gets a little hands-on training with a hungry
e oil zone. if we had to leave the well capped and unattended right now we d probably be looking at a gap of three to four days where we would not have surveillance on scene. they are now hoping for the best and preparing for the worst. could this be the new cash crop for one of california s major cities? you may be surprised by who is opposing the legal production of marijuana. and, pushing buttons. you are a despicable human being. we ll introduce you to the man who sparked outrage this week and forced an apology from the white house. it s thursday, july 22nd. from abc news, this is world news now. good morning.
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! roa a storm threat in the gulf of mexico. steps are already being taken in case more wind and waves hit the oil zone. jellyfish attack. dozens of victims on the very same beach. for a grownup, it felt like a bee sting. you can still feel it. and our diane sawyer takes us inside facebook. it s really the people who make the service. more than 500 million people are part of his services right now. it s thursday, july 22nd. from abc news, this is world news now. did you know that if you work at facebook, you not only get all of your meals if you want paid for, you get all of your laundry done. how cool is that? they don t want anyone distracted from the creative process.