that s not the vester i thought he was. never any signs at all. no. he did have some nervousness to him. i will say that. he would sweat when he would do the weekend anchoring and i was the weekend weather caster but we worked closely. i just thought it was nervousness. maybe and he was little insecure. overall a nice guy. he a lot of friends. everybody that i worked with at that station said wow, vester flanagan, are you serious? i can t believe this happened. do you have any idea why he was fired from wnct? well, it was a temperament issue. i was in touch with my former news director there. he made a series of mistakes. on air performance in terms of delivery, his look was fine. more of factual mistakes and we were the number one station, we couldn t take chances like that
and it s really fun. okay. so how old are you? i m 12. never too old to slide down jungle gym? never ever. julie, have you ever done weather before? no, not. let s do it. take a look at the maps and you will show me the temperatures. give me a couple of examples. so in texas it s going to be 80 degrees in dallas and 80 in antonio. and in in kansas city, it s going to be 80 degrees. and new york 74 degrees. oh my gosh, amazing. another weather caster is born here on fox & friends weekend. fantastic. let s take a look at your watches and warnings. we have the potential for severe weather. large hail and damaging winds across the great lakes and the midwest. we have the potential for hail and danging wins there with that line that s moving through green bay just be aware of that it s hot outside. we are going to be 92 in new york. julia, what do you say to that? let s go to the pool. all right. fabulous. over to you anna, tucker and
economy went south due to outside factors, acts of god that he did not control. you can t keep blaming the tsunami for eating your homework. megyn: got to leave it guys. it s a good line. we ll leave it at that. thanks you both, leslie and lars. all the best to you. hurricane irene is barreling up the eastern seaboard and oil refineries are shutting down all aeu long the coastline. we will look at what that means for consumers ahead speaking of high gas prices. in an early edition of kelly s court a well-known weather caster lies to police about being sexually assaulted. now she is blaming those same cops for the legal mess she is in. her turn about next. plus president bush gives his first minute by minute account of what he experienced on 9/11 in an extraordinary interview. that interview and our guest former white house chief of staff andy card in our next hour.
but that would have muddied a simple story line. i also wish mccauley would have accepted nbc s invitation to be interviewed. but i liked how jenifer ringer handled this question from ann curry. do you want an apology? no pip mean, you know, it s his opinion and he is a critic and he s paid to put his opinion into the paper. she s right. i had a hard time believing this one. heidi jones, the weather caster at new york s wabc and an occasional substitute on good morning america reported a crime back in september. she said she was jogging in central park when a hispanic man grabbed her, dragged her to a wooded area, and raped her. but that account, as the new york post put it, proved to be as unreliable as the five-day forecast. police who found inconsistencies in her account have now charged her with filing a false report. the abc station has suspended her indefinitely. why on earth would someone do that? sources told the post that jones was making a plea for sympathy and smea
well, it feels so good [ female announcer ] new charmin ultra soft has an ultra-cushiony design that s soft and more absorbent. so you can use four times less versus the leading value brand. new charmin ultra soft. well, a weather caster could be out of a job or facing jail time after allegedly filing a phony report about a very serious subject, an attempted rape. heidi jones is a forecaster for wabc tv and good morning america here in new york. she has been suspended indefinitely after lying to police about an attack and a stalker who may never have existed. mike taibbi is here with us. what can you tell us, mike?