can't you just see kate middleton saying, no way, i am not staying in that hot palace. we are going to my parents' where they have air-conditioning and it's much more civilized. bill: something tells me kate's going to get what she wants. martha, we'll catch you tomorrow. martha: we'll see. bill: see you on "america live" later today, and we'll catch you again tomorrow. "happening now" starts right now. jon: and the baby watch continues. right now, though, breaking news. jenna: a showdown on capitol hill as senators stare down the so-called nuclear option. a look at what's at stake and the possible deal that may be on the table. we'll let you know the latest on that. plus, convicted killer jodi arias back in a courtroom fighting for her life. what her lawyers will ask a judge to do. and could scientists be on the verge of an early warning system for a volcanic eruption? we're going to tell you something about a volcanic

scream. jon: i'm not going to duplicate it. jenna: we're ion going to play it for you. it's all "happening now." jenna: we'll leave the volcanic screams for later, but in washington more questions for a congressional committee about the men gazty terror attack and what went wrong. i'm jenna lee. jon: i'm jon scott. members of the senate foreign relations committee are gathered, and the thousands of people who work inside the embassies to stop a repeat of what happened last september 11th. an ambush by a heavily-armed group that led to the deaths of four americans, ambassador chris stevens, sean smith, glenn doherty and tyrone woods. chief washington corps responsibility james rosen is live in the nation's capital. are we likely to learn anything new about the benghazi attacks this morning? >> reporter: it's conceivable, jon, but unlikely. the focus at today's hearing is more on funding levels for

diplomatic security and on an embassy security bill that is named after the four men killed in benghazi. let's take you live to derek seven 4 -- dirksen 419 where lawmakers are hearing from greg starr, the other witness, the acting assistant secretary of state for diplomatic security. the witnesses so far have described the struggle of the state department over the last 25 years to build new embassies and consulates and also to retrofit existing ones to meet safety standards first established back in the '80s. starr testified that 110 of 175 facilities that needed to be upgraded have been. another focus is the progress of the state department in implementing the 29 recommendations made by its post-benghazi review board including such items as improving fire safety training. build a new facility that diplomats would attend before they go overseas that would process an estimated 8-10,000

diplomats a year, jon. jon: so you mentioned the embassy security bill that's named after those four casualties of benghazi. what would it do exactly, the bill? >> reporter: this bill was introduced by the chairman of the foreign relations committee, democratic senator bob menendez of new jersey, who is chairing today's hearing. the subject, of course, is a timely one with secretary of state john kerry having just touched down a short while ago on foreign soil. kerry, in fact, has previously made clear his support for a key provision of the bill, namely to allow u.s. embassies and consulates overseas to hire security contractors based not on which vendor's the lowest bidder, but on which is offering the best value. gregory starr, one of the witnesses at today's hear, was recalled to his position after the last assistant secretary of state for diplomatic security, eric boswell, resigned in the wake of benghazi. jon: james rosen in washington, thanks. jenna: staying in washington, this just in from capitol hill,

some new hope for a compromise to avoid the so-called nuclear option. senate majority leader harry reid was threatening a dramatic change to the rules that would drastically limit the filibuster, but now there may be a deal. chief congressional correspondent mike emanuel is deliver with the latest -- live with the latest. >> reporter: senate majority leader harry reid needed a few more conversations with vice president biden and top democratic leaders, but he hinted at things are heading in the right direction. at this hour the united states senate is moving forward with richard cordray's nomination to lead the consumer financial protection bureau. it is not that republicans objected to cordray personally, they just don't like the dodd-frank law that created the consumer financial protection bureau. a short time ago the senate majority leader hinted at a compromise. >> everyone will not be -- oh, man, we got everything we wanted. but i think it's going to be something that is good for the senate. it is a compromise, and i think

we get what we want, and they get what they want. not a bad deal. >> reporter: at this hour we await the details of that compromise and whether it is good enough to all the key players involved to hold off the so-called nuclear option which would change the rules on presidential nominations and have the effect, many believe, of blowing up the senate. jenna? jenna: and what republican colleague is harry reid giving some credit to, mike? >> reporter: senator john mccain, the republican of arkansas, and a lot of the key moments of this made it happen last night behind closed doors when all 100 united states senators, republicans and democrats, gathered to hash out their issues. mccain on the senate floor a short time ago talked about the importance of that meeting. >> i would like to thank everybody on both sides of the aisle who have engaged in this debate and discussion. i particularly would like to thank all of my colleagues last

night who engaged in a maybe long, which is our custom, but i think productive discussion of the many of the issues that separate us, particularly this impending possible what many of us would believe would be a crisis in the history of the united states senate. >> reporter: so republicans appear comfortable allowing the richard cordray nomination to move forward. there are a couple other controversial nominations to the national labor relations board which democrats want to move forward. we will be watching to see how they work that out, jenna? jenna: mike, thank you. >> reporter: sure. jon: so for more on what appears to be a last minute deal, we are joined by byron york, chief political correspondent for the washington examiner. is it possible, byron, that cooler heads have prevailed in the united states senate? >> well, it is. it's actually happened before. i think what's happening now is very similar to something that happened in 2005 except the parties were reversed.

back then democrats were the minority, they were blocking a bunch of bush judicial nominees. and the senate majority leader, the republican, bill frist, threatened to do this very same maneuver, this nuclear option. and what happened is they formed a negotiating group, and they came up with a deal. and in the end, basically, the minority party caves. they give up their opposition to most of the nominees. the majority throws in maybe a couple of concessions to the minority so they won't feel like they're empty handed, and then they all agree to do better in the future. that's what happened in 2005, it looks like that's happening right now. jon: and some of the people most in favor are people who have the least experience in the senate. >> yeah, that's really interesting. a lot of the democrats like mark udall and other democrats are ones who have come to the senate since 2007, and democrats have been in control of the senate

since 2007. so they had never served in the minority. a lot of democrats or senators who have served in both the majority and the minority, they realize that someday they may soon be in the minority, and they'll need these protections of the filibuster. i talked specifically to john cornyn, republican, number two republican in the senate. came to the senate in 2002 when republicans were in the majority, favored that nuclear option, favored exercising the nuclear option in 2005. he'd never been in the minority. now he is in the minority, has a different view. jon: well, harry reid, the majority leader, had said that he wanted all seven of these nominees or nothing. i guess he is not getting all seven? >> yeah. i think he's not going to get them all. basically, what will happen is the republicans will cave on most everything. there's word that perhaps a couple of the nominations to the national labor relations board who may have been put in office unconstitutionally by the president -- that's going to be decided by the courts -- maybe a couple of those will be

withdrawn, replaced with other nominees who are not tainted and then the republicans will agree to go forward with them. there's going to be some sort of deal in which republicans will be able to say that they got something, and democrats will get most of the things because they've got 54 votes, and that's a majority. jon: all right. byron i don't think from the washington examiner, again, things happen strangely in washington and usually at the last minute. but it appears the senate has settled this argument on the nuclear option, so-called. byron, thank you. >> thank you, jon. jenna: well, speaking of strange happenings, convicted killer jodi arias is heading back to court today, and her defense team has a big, big request for the judge. rick folbaum has the latest details from from our newsroom. gler the request is to toss out one of the key decisions of the jury that found her guilty of killing travis alexander. that jury found her actions, quote, especially cruel which according to the law put the death penalty on the table as a

possible sentence for arias. except the jury deadlocked during the penalty phase, leading the judge to declare a mistrial and ordering that a new jury be seated to decide on arias' punishment. the first-degree guilty verdict stands, though, regardless. you remember arias admitted to killing alexander back in 2008, but she said she did it in self-defense. prosecutors seem open to some kind of a deal that would spare arias' life, though they say they are not open to an entirely new trial altogether. we'll see what the judge decides to do a little bit later on today. back to you. jenna: jodi arias back on twitter. >> reporter: she says she's a country music fan now. jenna: who knew? we'll see if we hear from jodi anytime between now and when she appears in court next. rick, thank you very much. we have a legal panel coming up, what are the next steps in the jodi arias case? did you know it has already cost the area nearly $2 million just to try her the first time? so we'll talk about cost and her chances now of avoiding the death penalty.

jon: breaking now, more tension following the jury verdict that found george zimmerman not guilty in the shooting death of trayvon martin. for the most part, protests have remained peaceful, but there have been some violent flare-ups. police arrested at least 13 people in los angeles last night. police say a group of about 150 broke off from a larger, peaceful protest. and some of them broke windows and attacked people on sidewalks. the city's police chief said that would not be allowed to continue. last night police made at least six arrests for violence and vandalism following a third night of protests in oakland, california. earlier demonstrators briefly marched up an interstate 880 exit leading to the freeway's closure in both directions for a short time. reports say it wasn't long before police cleared the road and traffic resumed. and hundreds of protesters maaed through down -- marched through downtown baltimore for a second day of protests in that city. no reported incidents of violence there. police confirmed they are

looking at whether an alleged mob beating in the street sunday night was prompted by the zimmerman verdict. jenna: well, a north korean ship returning from cuba seized in the panama canal. it was supposed to be carrying sugar, but you not going to believe what else was found onboard. plus, big sections of the country sweating it out today. your full forecast is next. what makes your family smile?

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jon: right now new information on some stories we're keeping ab eye on around the world. more violence in egypt as the country continues its transition to a new civilian government. reports of at least seven killed in violent clashes between pro-morsi supporters and police. a north korean ship carrying missile parts from cuba is seized in panama.

officials stopped the ship after suspecting it was carrying drugs only to discover sophisticated military equipment onboard. north korea is banned by the united nations from buying or selling missile technology. and the royal baby watch continues in london. camilla, the butch chess of cornwall, dropping a big hint saying kate and william's first baby could arrive by the end of the week. jenna: well, now to a fox news weather alert and more dangerous, hot temperatures for a big part of the country today. a live look outside our studios in manhattan where temperatures are climbing into the mid 90s and high humidity only making it feel worse, just a small example of what's happening on the east coast. heat advisories and warnings remain in effect all the way to the midwest, and relief may still be days away. meteorologist maria molina is in our air-conditioned fox extreme weather center. >> reporter: yes. much more comfortable in here than in the subways of new york

city. we're talking, basically, temperatures climbing into the 90s, and then you factor in the humidity today, and it's going to be feeling very hot out here. we're talking possibly even into the triple digits in terms of your heat index values. i want to show you currently what the temperature is because it's, what, only 11:17 in the morning eastern time, and washington, d.c. your current temperature is already 91 degrees, and it feels a couple degrees warmer, already into the 80s across the rest of the northeast and farther west across sections of the midwest we're already into the 80s as well, and temperatures could be climbing into the low 90s. again, it's not the actual temperature that's a big deal in terms of this story, it's really when you add in the humidity, it feels so much hotter for a widespread section of the country from raleigh, north carolina, all the way further west to cities like minneapolis, even rapid city in south dakota climbing into the low 90s. so today we're expecting heat index values of triple digits for d.c., 98 in philadelphia when you head outdoors this

afternoon, and take a look at tomorrow. so the heat continues through at least tomorrow. 99 heat index in philadelphia, 100 in d.c., and many of thesehn friday are expecting the hot temperatures to continue along with the high humidity levels and, jenna, it does look like showers and storms will finally move in for the weekend, but we could actually be seeing severe storms, and that's another section or another part of the story that we'll update you coming up in the next several days. otherwise, though, the all-star game tonight in queens, new york, because it's so warm out, by 7:30 p.m. it's still going to be warm, 88 degrees the actual temperature, heat index value into the 90s. good thing, though, it's going to be dry. jenna: they're professionals, so they can handle it. >> reporter: maybe they get paid enough. jenna: maybe, we'll see. maria, thank you very much. looks like a big part of the country, jon, we're all in it together. jon: yes. and i'm sure they'll get air-conditioned dugouts for the all-star game. jenna: they're all-stars, after all. jon: right now, getting to the bottom of a medical mystery,

this man was found unconscious in a california motel. when he woke up, he had no memory, called himself by another name and get this, he spoke only swedish. well, now investigators believe they know who he really is, so what triggered this bizarre episode? our doctor is in the house. also first jodi arias, as you probably remember, said she wanted to die. well, now her lawyers want a judge to take the death penalty off the table. what are the chances that could happen? our legal panel breaks it all down.

jenna: newsed the on jodi arias. the woman convicted in the brutal stabbing and shooting

death of her ex-boyfriend, travis alexander, is asking a judge to throw out her eligibility for the death penalty. now, jurors said the killing was, quote, especially cruel. but those very same jurors ultimately could not decide whether jodi arias should get it. so the murder conviction stands, but now arias is in a state, if you will, of legal limbo. she admits she killed alexander, she still claims it was self-defense, and we'll see how that fits in here. lis wiehl is with us and doug burns, these two words, especially cruel, is the issue today in court. >> that's the aggravating factor that makes her eligible for the death penalty, and what her defense lawyers are saying is, wait second, that's just too vague. they don't know what they're deciding, but there's a 2002 supreme court decision right on point which says that in these kinds of cases it's the jurors who get to decide. whether it's vague or not, they

get to decide whether someone like jodi arias is eligible for the death penalty. jenna: do they have a case or not? >> i don't think they have a case for getting rid of the penalties, but let's talk practicalities about the prosecution. jenna: well, we can, but about the crime, especially cruel, doug, if any rational person looks at this case, whoever murdered this person -- which they found to be jodi arias -- did it in an especially cruel way. >> absolutely. >> let's step back a minute. you have aggravating factors and mitigating factors. a jury in a death penalty case, this is when the u.s. supreme court reinstated the death penalty, say weigh a mitigators, the aggravators, there's something like ten -- on the list, the only one that applies to this case was the crime was committed in a particularly cruel or heinous manner. that does os tensely apply. >> i mean, she shot him and stabbed him 24 times. the girlfriend killing him --

jenna: when you talked about it, it still brings that emotion. >> absolutely. jenna: convicted killer now, but then there's the question about time and money. >> but here's the thing, they tried the matter. what they do is split or bifurcate the trial. guilt or innocence, then the penalty phase. they did that, there was a deadlock. from my prosecutorial days, you go back and say, look, is it really worth redoing this, and i think there's a good argument that, okay, at this point why redo the whole proceeding? give her life in prison without parole. >> without possibility of parole. >> right. >> here's my concern. my concern is we'll take death off the table, we're not going to go through the time and money of getting a whole new jury empanelled. got it. what the defense can then come back and say, oh, judge, just give her 25 years. she could be out in 12, 20 years if they did that. they have to strike a deal with the defense saying life without parole. jenna: $1.7 million was the cost to taxpayers in this five month trial. jodi arias now has reached a

level of celebrity that she never experienced before. even if she's in life behind bars, life in prison, is this really justice, doug, if we take off the death penalty and don't go through the process again to see if she deserves it? >> el, no, that's a good point. absolutely. but it depends on what your view is, and lis and i and you have discussed this before. what's your view of the relative severity, ironically, between being in prison for the rest of your life without parole versus the death penalty? you could actually argue that being in prison for life without parole is worse with. jenna: that's what jodi arias said. >> she said she wanted the death penalty. >> yes. she wanted the death penalty until it became clear she was looking at the death penalty, that's when she was begging for her life. jenna: that's when she brought out the slide show. >> her hair, and -- >> that was a reverse psychology we all agreed. jenna: real quickly, i have to wrap it up, you guys are going to be back next hour. will we know today what happens

next? >> i don't think the judge is going to decide that today. >> a conference and then they'll figure out where they go. >> it goes slowly. jenna: that's what it seems like. lis, doug, thank you very much. jon, over to you. jon: new information on the nsa leaker, edward snowden. what we are now learning about his bid for asylum. the latest coming up in a report from washington. and iran's nuclear ambitions, the latest military move by a key u.s. ally and how it could impact our efforts to try to stop iran from building a bomb. so then the little tiny chipmunks go all the way up... ♪ [ female announcer ] when your swapportunity comes, take it. ♪ what? what? what? [ female announcer ] yoplait. it is so good. what? what? man: the charcoal went out already? ... forget it.

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jon: new information emerging this morning from russia. that's where nsa leaker edward snowden has reportedly submitted a request for asylum in that country. chief intelligence correspondent be catherine herridge live in washington right now. so can we confirm the application, catherine? >> reporter: well, based on the russian media reports, a lawmaker there is saying that the nsa leaker, edward snowden, has formally applied for temporary asylum in that country at the immigrations section of moscow's international airport with a former contractor, this still screen is from a recent news conference there, presented a handwritten application to a representative of russia's federal migration service. the former contractor is now in his third week at that airport and is a virtual prisoner unable to travel because his initial temporary papers were pulled by

ecuador and, of course, the u.s. has intervened. >> when the department revokes a passport, that revocation affects all passports in the individual's name. >> reporter: the russian president emphasizing, quote: he arrived on our territory without an invitation, he was not flying to us, he was flying transit to other countries, but as soon as he got in the air and our american partners, in fact, blocked his further flight, the position -- according to russian immediate a ya is that putin believes snowden will stop leak z these documents in order to stay in that country at least temporarily. that's been one of the stated conditions, jon. jon: and what are the options to get snowden back to this country to face justice, to face trial? >> reporter: well, the u.s. quite simply appears to be running out of options, at least diplomatic options, because there is no sign the russians will hand snowden over. the last high-level diplomatic contact was friday between president obama and the russian president, vladimir putin, and a short time ago on "america's

newsroom," former u.n. ambassador john bolton saying the u.s. government set a bad precedent very early in the case. >> china, which allowed snowden to get out of hong kong, has faced no recriminations, no retribution, no retaliation, no penalty, no pain, no nothing, and i think the russians have every expectation that just as china got a pass on this, they will get a pass on it as well. >> reporter: at both the white house and state department briefings, reporters have been told and emphasized by the administration that they're going to impress upon all of these countries that are in snowden's possible flight path to latin america that the u.s. expects them to return him to this country for trial, but there's been no indication from these countries that they're willing to do so and, in fact, it does seem russia isn't willing to do so at this point either. jon: catherine herridge, thank you. >> reporter: you're welcome. jenna: turning now to developments surrounding iran and its controversial nuclear program. while there are reports -- and they're just reports at this time -- that the united states

is still open to direct talks with the new president of iran, we're now learning that a key player in the region, a u.s.ally, vibe ya, has a new missile site. and there's a significance to where it is geographically, that's why we wanted to show you the map. we've known that saudi arabia has ballistic missile sites, one of them being down here in the south of the country. but there's a new missile site that just came to light in a report over the last few days that's right here outside of the capital. and there's a concern about this site because the missile could reach, potentially, tehran -- and that's a concern, are we going to see some sort of conflict between 2450ez two cups -- but also toweled reach to israel because both israel and saudi arabia do not want iran to get nuclear weapons. what you're seeing here as well, and i'm going to highlight this in yellow if i can, these are the known sites approximately of some of iran's nuclear projects. bushier, these are sites that

have a lot of attention because some believe that's where iran is trying to build its nuclear weapons, and you can see geographically where those could potentially reach in the region. michael rubin is with us, a resident scholar at the american enterprise institute, former department of defense. what do you make of this new site in saudi arabia and what it means. >> well, jenna, the first thick i think it -- thing i think it means is saudi arabia is giving us a vote of no confidence when it comes to diplomacy with regard to iran. what saudi arabia is basically doing and saying is we're going to be prepared for the day after iran develops nuclear weapons because we might simply be able to buy them off the shelf, and we have this missile base here which we can use for our own deterrence or retaliation. jenna: if the united states and israel don't act, could you see saudi arabia be prethemtive in -- preemptive in trying to prevent iran from getting a nuclear weapon? >> i don't think saudi arabia's

going to try to prevent iran from getting a nuclear weapon, i don't think thai capable of -- they're capable of doing that militarily. they're certainly trying to put pressure on the united states, and that may also be the story about is revelations of this missile base right now. jenna: that's what some are pointing to with the prime minister of israel coming out over the weekend and saying hello to the world audience. we have to make sure we remain e other upheaval in the region. what do can you make of the prime minister coming out and saying we need more specifics about what we're going to do. iran is aring towards nuclear -- rushing towards nuclear power. >> well, certainly, i think the israelis are concerned with regard to the obama administration's stated desire to enter into negotiations again. albert einstein defined insanity as doing the same action repeatedly but expecting different results, and rouhani used to be iran's nuclear negotiator, and he bragged about four years ago about how he had

pulled the wool over the americans' eyes by pretending to negotiate and all the while importing goods and technology which he needed to advance iran's nuclear program. indeed, it really upheld the iranian quip that they play checkers, i'm sorry, they play chess while the americans play checker. jenna: you say this is in direct reaction to a united states policy that's remaining less active in this region than proactive. what changes that? people are still talking about a preemptive military strike in iran. is that the only thing that would show leadership in this region, or are there other options that we really should consider? >> no. but we need to understand that military deterrence is not, is not against diplomacy. in fact, often times showing that we are taking the military preparations, should diplomacy fail, can actually amplify diplomacy. but what prime minister

netanyahu of israel is concerned about is in the american enthusiasm for negotiations, we're going to get played by the iranians, and we're not going to take the preparations should the last resort become necessary. jenna: let's talk about diplomacy, and this is a final thought for our viewers, michael. we have our allies in the region, israel, also saudi arabia. some have suggested and they have suggested on our show before that we should have formal treaties between all of our countries so we know that we have the type of relationships that we need to have in the region to keep iran from becoming nuclear and to protect our own interests. what about an official treaty not only between the united states and israel, but between israel and saudi arabia? >> well, certainly what these missile bases in saudi arabia have shown is just how unstable even the unofficial truce between saudi arabia and israel is. because, remember, sabia has a king -- saudi arabia has a king, but unlike other monarchies where you go from father to son,

in saudi arabia you go from brother to brother. they're now all in their 80s or 90s, and so while they might have a truce with the jewish state today, tomorrow they could be just as hot tile as iran -- hostile as iran is. of. jenna: and we're just touching on the surface, aren't we? there's so many different ideological and ethnic and religious differences in the region, gives us something to talk about next time, and we never really seem to run out of things to talk about, michael. great to have you, thank you. l. >> thanks, jenna. jon: screaming volcanos, not a new rock band. it is actually the sound scientists detect just before a volcano explodes. why it could one day save lives.

jon: a new discovery could help scientists predict when a volcano is about to blow its top. just before alaska's mount readout erupted in 2009, it

admitted a series of -- emitted a series of low-pitched drum beats and rapid tremors which increased in frequency until the noise suddenly stopped just a minute or so before the volcano blew its top. here's what it sounds like sped up, scientists call it a volcanic scream. hear that? seismologist john ebel is director of the western observatory at boston college. this scream, it's only been te texted at this sol cato, right? is that because they weren't looking for it elsewhere or because it's the only volcano known to scream? >> well, actually, versions of this phenomenon where you see increases in earthquake activity and an amplification of the

noise has been seen in other sol volcanos, but it's really an extreme at readout which is interesting from a scientific point of view. jon: so my question is, i mean, if you monitor all the other known volcanic sites, are you going to be able to get screams every time? in other words, will it be a valid washing system? >> so far we haven't seen screams at other volcanos except hints of them here and there. on the other hand, there are lots of volcanos that aren't monitored or monitored very well, and this might be more common than we think. jon: what causes it? >> well, what causes it is as magma's moving up into the top of the volcano before it explodes out, it's actually pulsing the volcano, and that gives us the buy -- vibrations and the tremors that we detect and sometimes can be heard. as the magma pushes higher up, it causes the vibrations to be faster and causes this scream-type phenomenon and then, of obviously, it eventually blows

out the top. jon: there's still an awful lot you don't know, i mean, these things are terribly difficult to study. volcanos fairly rare. it's all happening way underground, and you've obviously got some high temperatures involved too. >> we have all of that and, of course, the big problem is knowing where to look, where is the volcano going to erupt. and that just means you have to do steady volcanic monitoring year in and year out. jon: one article suggested that volcanos and misbehaving young kids have something in common by throwing off this scream before they really blow their tops. >> well, there are many analogies that we can make between what people do and what volcanos do. but as a scientist, i find the volcanos fascinating. jon: yeah, i think we all do. so the hope is you'll be able to plant some of these monitoring devices around other known volcanic site is the and perhaps save lives and property the next time one is ready to blow?

>> we will certainly be looking for these kinds of patterns in more detail at other volcanos when they become active and not just volcanos in alaska but with, for instance, volcanos in the lower 48 states like mount st. helens as well as volcanos in iceland and japan and all throughout the world. jon: you don't have any there in boston, do you? >> we have no active volcanos in boston concern. jon: good. >> at least that we know of. jon: well, that's good. dr. john ebel, appreciate it. jenna: nice disclaimer. never know. jon: well, he's will in boston, wants to make sure he doesn't have anybody in the neighborhood that he's studying. jenna: well, he knows english but now only speaks swedish. his name is michael, but now he only answers to johan, and even though his license says he lived in florida and served in the navy, he has no memory of his former life at all. so what happened to this man who

was found unconscious in a california hotel room and woke up thinking he was someone else? also, there are lots of reasons to work past the retirement age, but this one may be the best or the worst depending on where you stand on the issue. medical a-teamer dr. segal is in the house to explain why, next. ♪ ♪

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jenna: so is this a good reason to work right true your golden years? a new study says putting off retirement may help prevent alzheimer's and other forms of dementia. the condition affects one out of nine americans over the age of

65. so is this good? medical a-teamer dr. marc siegel, a big french study, and they say work more, you have less of a chance of getting dementia. >> alzheimer's disease has to do with the temporal lobe which is the side part of the brain. studies have shown more and more that an abnormal protein is building up, clogging the parts of the brain you need to help you with executive function, making decisions, memory, really thinking clearly, knowing who you are, who other people are. now, what's been happening is we've been looking at ways to slow that from occurring. and over five million people in the united states have alzheimer's disease, it's by far the most common kind of dementia. how do you slow its progress? one thing i'm hinting at is in the test tube, you try to prevent that protune from forming. but -- protein from forming. but studies have shown eating a mediterranean diet might help, more exercise might help, playing puzzles might help,

bright lights in one study helped, so it's hardly surprising to me that the french looking at close to half a million people in a government study, actually, the government-held agency looked at half a million people who are retiring, average age 72, and found out, jenna, that those who keep working get dementia less likely. jenna: i'm just going to -- it's very rare that i rely on stereotypes, doc, but the french have been great in doing a lot of research on alzheimer's. but, okay, the french work ethic is a little bit different than the american work ethic x there's a lot of problems that come along with working 50, 60, 70 hours a week as we do in this country. so other problems arise when you work too much, too long. how would you bans balance that? >> well, you made this point, the french have this. jenna: they all have wine and cheese. >> they're having people retire at a mandatory age of 65 if you're a government worker.

i think the idea of working on with something called meaningful activity, something that really matters to you -- jenna: so it could be charity work, it could be doing volunteer work at a museum. it doesn't actually have to be grinding it out 50 hours a week just to stay active? >> you got it. my father's 89 years old, he's on the computer all hours of the daybe and night. jenna: good, i'm going to e-mail him. >> he'll give you this incredibly cogent answer back. jenna: because of his activity level. okay, i have to get your thoughts on this other topic. if ld like more information, the doctor is going to be speaking and writing more about this, but i want to get to the topic about a man who has lost his memory, and it's a very bizarre case. rick folbaum has a little background for us. he says it's almost difficult to believe with, rick. >> reporter: it really is. so this is a guy, he was found unconscious in a motel room in california. when he wakes up, he has no memory of his past, he's speaking swedish, and he's calling himself by a new name. he did have a couple of forms of

id on him, so police know that he is michael boatwright, a 61-year-old man from florida, and he was found with a duffel bag full of workout clothes and some tennis racquets, so officials actually think he may have come to california for a local tennis tournament. but he's now calling himself johan elk, and health professionals say pictures they have found show him in sweden when he was a young boy, so that could be where he picked up the swedish language. he's diagnosed with something called transient global amnesia which can last, apparently, for months. it can lead to memor loss, sudden and unplanned travel as well as possibly taking on a new identity. other than that, doctors say he's this very good health, and they just want to find his next of kin because he's got no money, and they don't know how much longer they can keep on treating him. back to you. jenna: rick, thank you. doc, what is that? it's not as rare as this kind of manifestation of it where suddenly you're speaking your

native language again from many years ago. that's because the hard wiring of his brain remembers he's swedish. but transglobal amnesia which can be due to a blow to the head, some traumatic emotional event that occurs can cause you to lose memory right around the time -- jenna: it's scary to think that you -- >> that's deeply ingrained. remember, the brain has deeply ingrained wiring from the past. jenna: it's such a scary thought to think that you could be by yourself somewhere and wake up and not remember any part of your life. how do you help someone get back their memory? is that possible always or in some cases you never get it back? >> that's a great question, and the answer is through rehabilitation medicine, modern techniques, retraining he's probably going to be able to regain part, if not all of his memory. and then he'll say, wait a minute, those kids are bothering me. i like it when i'm on the boat in sweden, right, rick? jenna: we're wondering what exactly, hopefully they'll find

out more information about it. we do have his picture, and we'll keep our viewers posted on that. doc, thank you. appreciate it very much. >> we wish him the best. jenna: glad you have such a good memory. that's helpful for us. >> thank you. jon: and we rely on him a lot around here, trust me. a major city in america facing a crisis in leadership. second yea go's newly-elected mayor now accused of sexual harassment by multiple city employees. the shocking allegations as pressure mounts on the mayor to resign, and he says, no.

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everyone, that is, except for him. even though he's been accused of sexual harassment, he says he's staying. we'll have a live report on that as well and then something that my wife asked me about yesterday. what is up with rising gas prices? we've got some answers. i hope my wife is watching. all of that and breaking news as the second hour of "happening now" starts right now. jenna: i'm counting on rick's wife to keep watching. make sure the viewers are out there. 90 minutes from now, convicted murderer jodi arias will be back in court where her attorneys will ask a judge to throw out the jury's finding that she's eligible for the death penalty. jon: i'm eager for the jodi arias case to go away n. may she was convicted in the first degree murder of her lover, travis alexander. the same jury failed to reach a decision whether she deserves

life in prison or death. now prosecutors will decide whether to retry the sentencing phase with a brand new jury or just take the death penalty off the table and let her stay in prison for life. adam is live in l.a. with more for us now. so are we headed to round two of the arias murder trial, adam? >> we very well could. a lot of people are looking for her to go away. the prosecution wants the judge to decide today that this retrial will begin on july 30 so just later on this month. the defense is asking for it to take place the first part of january 2014. they say they need more time to prepare. the last time we saw jodi arias on june 20, she's sporting the jail stripes she wears. also the judge could decide one more thing, whether or not to vacate the aggravation phase verdict. that's where jurors ruled that arias committed murders in an

especially cruel matter. it's basically above the jury to decide that. the judge may make two decisions today, jon. jon: what's up with that? >> thankfully we haven't heard much from her because the judge -- i'm sorry, the judge said no more television interviews for her. no more interviews period. she does still have a chance to talk to the outside world in our ways and she's done that via twitter. she did that during the trial. a couple of tweets she said, a girl recently turned her on to country music so she likes country music and at the same time, she said a lawyer is someone who profits from your experience. a couple of the comments coming from jodi arias who, of course, claimed she was going to change people's lives in prison if she was allowed to live and be able to do things like teach them all sorts of different things. she said she would be able to try to spare a life. so far she -- her life is still

spared because they haven't had the penalty phase retried and we'll hear whether or not it will be july 30 or the first part of next year. it will be interesting to see this in the courtroom. jon: she also said she wanted the death penalty. >> she said that early on. you're right, with our fox station down there. but you might remember when she went back and stood in front of the jury and pleaded for her life, she said she didn't think about what her family -- the ramifications to her family would have to deal with. she wants to live because of her family. and she believes she can make a difference in prison. jon: always thinking about others, that jodi. jenna: tough crowd, you two. the mayor of a major u.s. city is refusing to resign after accusations of sexual harassment by two former employees. in the meantime, one former lawmaker is pushing the mayor to step down immediately. >> we will all fail the women of our city if we ask them to continue to meet with this man, to seek the leadership of one

who will continue to harass them, globe them, try to stick their tongue down their throat, grab their breasts, one who is tragically. he is tragically unsafe for any woman to approach. jenna: those are the accusations. william is live in san diego with the latest. so william, you know, before yesterday a lot of us probably didn't hear about the story. what exactly is going to in the city of san diego? >> well, jenna, bob spent 20 years in congress. he's a liberal democrat, elected mayor here in november but the charges come not from republicans but his own friends and supporters, even his own fiance who says he's sick, unhinged and needs help. >> if the mayor is truly sorry for the wrong he has done and truly wishes to do differently, he must resign and focus all of his time and energy on getting

help. >> the news conference on monday, donna frye and two democratic leaders painted him as a serial sexual abuser. it was started with the headlock and then the dance as women tried to get away. >> the mayor said i would like to go out with you. may i kiss you? immediately upon asking whether he could kiss me, he grabbed me and kissed me. >> it's called the dance. for whatever reason the mayor feels that it is within his prerogative to ask women to kiss him and if he feels even the slightest hesitation in pulling back, he will force a kiss on them. at that point, the dance is when a woman faced with the mayor, close to her face, not wanting to be kissed, tries to evade and oftentimes the mayor lands a

kiss on her cheek. his fiance left him last week after she said she found him sending sex messages and setting updates in front of her and for his quote, constant infidelities, ip appropriate and disgusting behavior, end quote. jenna: you mentioned a little bit about the back ground of the mayor. what's the history of this guy and his career? >> bob filnor is 70 years old. many fear that this may not be the first time and many other women could come forward. in 2007, police charged him with allegedly pushing a united airlines employee. filner admitted last week he, quote, mistreated women, that he apologized for his behavior, will attend sexual harassment training and needed help but yesterday he said he would not resign. >> there's been no charges as far as i'm aware. there's been press conferences.

there's been anonymous sources but there are no charges. due process rights would say, hey, i'm presumed innocent until we go through a fair and impartial process. >> so a recall is a possibility. the real question is how does san diego move forward with a mayor in hiding and a majority of the city council wanting him to resign, including 59% of voters? jenna: all right. legal panel takes up this case although there's not an official case yet. right? we're waiting to see if there's anything filed in the form of a lawsuit and that should be something pretty clear that we should make to the viewers. >> right. first we expect a sexual claim, if you will, against the city followed by a lawsuit from the three individuals. one is a staffer, one is a campaign worker and one is a constituent. jenna: we'll see when that eventually happens. thank you. jon: president obama has come under criticism of late for his low public profile on big issues

like immigration reform, syria and the problems with the rollout of his health care law. some administration officials say, though, it is all part of a carefully crafted strategy that's now being compared to the hidden hand style of president dwight eisenhower. eisenhower often steered events from behind the scenes. peter baker of the "new york times" writes, while other presidents has put the bully in the bully pulpit, he uses his megaphone and the power with it sparingly, speaking out when he decides his voice can shake the tra jektyry -- trajectory of an issue. it seemed like in the president's first term, you couldn't turn on the television at night without getting some kind of a white house address. what happened to that approach? >> well, they changed their minds. they concluded it wasn't working. we know from talking to the people at the white house that they concluded in this new media

era where there was a tower of babble and so much sound and ever somewhere -- everywhere that you looked that the president would do better but not speaking out on everything. if he stayed quiet and spoke less often, more attention would be paid to things that he did say. he also, famously, made a couple of mistakes in speaking out on issues in the public sphere in his first term that he later came to regret, the famous professor at harvard, the black professor at harvard who ended up resulting in the beer summit in the rose garden and a couple of other incidents like that. jon: eisenhower was a west point graduate, a guy that led the nation to victory over europe and japan in world war ii, supervised basically the rebuilding of the world, had monumental accomplishments before he became president. do they really employ the same kinds of styles? >> they seem to at this point.

now, what we know from reading eisenhower biographies is that the hidden hand was, in fact, moving behind the scenes. the president now -- this current president, since we haven't read the after action reviews of his presidency is not over yet and his aides aren't telling us what's going on behind the scenes all the time, we don't actually know what he's doing all the time behind the scenes and he's leaving himself open to the criticism that his leadership style is passive or disengaged. he says that they have leaked out some word that the president is engaged in international affairs, he's made some reachouts on syria, on egypt. he is not, however, buy design engaging in the immigration debate in congress, for example, which is what i'm paying most attention to from my job at roll call. the president knows he could spoil whatever chance he has of getting a job done, that the

more he speaks out for immigration deal, the more he will antagonize the republicans that he needs to become -- to get on to his side and to support something. if there are going to be any republicans at all, they'll only come on to his side if he gets out of way. jon: what about health care, though? that was the signature accomplishment of his first term. it seems to be falling apart, the rollout of the employer mandate has been delayed and now the unions are coming out and saying that it's -- you know, that obama care is going to wreck the middle class. why doesn't he, you know, jump in with a pitchfork and do something about trying to salvage health care? >> i think he is. i think we do have some evidence that he's doing that behind the scenes. it will obviously be the premier issue. mitch mcconnell has called this the premier issue of the 2014 midterm election. we have some evidence already that there's some $500 million that's going to be spent on advertising against the

affordable care act in the coming year. it's going to be the main rhetorical showdown of the campaign season or at least one of them. my expectation is that the president will -- and his democratic allies in congress will speak out by then. they're hoping to right some of the problems with it before then. there's some evidence just this week that they're getting somewhere. there's a study that was done that shows that quality has improved. they picked up 32 health care systems. they showed that quality has improved on those under the affordable care act even if the costs have not been reduced as much as the president proposed they would be and he's getting a little bounce from the fact that the mandate has been postponed is forcing some people to go and buy insurance from the new exchanges. jon: the senior editor at "roll call" we'll see what else the president has to say or do in the coming weeks. thank you. >> thank, jon. jenna: a tentative deal has been

reached to end the filibuster showdown on capitol hill. senator mccain saying the democrats and republicans have reached a deal over the stalled nominees. the deal would permit prompt nominations for the contested seven nominees you see on the screen. in exchange the president would drop membership for two others in the relations board. this after the senate met behind closed doors for four hours last night. >> i hope that everyone learned the lesson last night, that it sure helps to sit down and talk to each other. stand and talk or whatever it is. it was a very, very good meeting. it lasted four hours. people were still as highly engaged at the end of that four hours as they were at the beginning. so i think we see a way forward that will be good for everybody. >> i particularly would like to thank all my colleagues last

night who engaged in a maybe long, which is our custom but i think productive discussion of many of the issues that separate us particularly this impending possible -- what many of us believed to be crisis in the history of the united states senate. jenna: harry reid had threatened to provoke a so-called nuclear option so that senate nominees could be confirmed with a simple minority vote. some say that would configure retaliation. but right now, apparently a deal. jon: it started a fire storm in the texas legislature but could a similar battle over an abortion ban soon play out across the country? some top lawmakers are saying things about that possibility next and millions of americans in the grips of a summer scorcher. look at the map.

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jenna: new developments in the controversial debate over abortion. the issue gaining national attention earlier this month with scenes like the one on your screen there following this heated showdown in texas over a bill banning abortions after the 20-week mark that. bill was eventually passed but now there's word that the senate, the united states senate, might be open to proposing a similar ban nationwide. here's what senate majority leader harry reid had to say this past sunday on "meet the press." >> you've described yourself as pro-life in the past. is it not reasonable to put some restrictions on late term abortion as we're seeing in the state? >> i think we should deal with the problems that affect this country. we need to do something to help the american working class and

stop worrying about fringe issues. jenna: shannon is live in washington with more on this. >> senator reid has long identified himself as pro-life but the fact that he seemed to refer to the issue of a late term abortion ban as a fringe issue has pro-life advocates expressing concern. they believe at this point, he may block efforts to bring a vote on an abortion ban after 20 weeks from getting to the senate floor. here's what some of his senate colleagues had to say. this is patty murray of washington state. this after the house passed a similar ban earlier this month. >> women and doctors are not going to be turned into criminals. we are not going back. not to the 1950's where the republican rhetoric on this issue seems to be stuck or to 1973 when this issue was decided. we're not going back. >> pro-life groups believe the issue is not settled and they hope that rubio among others

will lead a vote on this issue. they believe that momentum is on their side with recent polling on gallop showing that the large majority of americans oppose late term abortions and they believe recent moves that the state level in favor of a 20-week ban have given them some momentum. >> 10 states have passed it. it passed the house of representatives. now we're knocking on the door of the senate and have leadership in the senate to pass this and it can be done if only this so-called pro-life senator would allow a vote on the floor. >> the reference there to senator reid. no word when rubio along with a few other senators may be ready to introduce the measure they're working on but there will be pressure to allow a vote on it when they do. jenna: an issue we'll continue to watch. thank you. jon: if you haven't had to fill up in the last week, you might be in for a bit of a shock. prices at the pump spiking in that time period. as the hearing gets underway on capitol hill about rising gas prices, why your wallet has

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jon: a hearing just wrapping up in the senate. energy committee is trying to determine how u.s. gas prices are affected by booming oil production here at home. but the hearing comes as drivers are seeing the average price for a gallon of regular rise 15 cents in just the past week. the national average for regular now $3.63 a gallon. peter is live in washington with more. peter? >> and jon, even though we're halfway through july, the united states is currently living with the third most expensive gas

prices of any summer on record. and there are a few reasons why. first of all, there's a lot of demand for gas right now. second, there are some refinery problems in parts of country and third, crude oil just costs a lot right now partly because of problems in the middle east, specifically in egypt. >> egypt is not a major oil producer but the suez canal goes right through the country and there's always concern that the turmoil that was in egypt could spread to other countries. this has scooped the market, increased the price of oil. >> gas prices could rise another 10 cents in the next few weeks based on aaa's forecast and if a hurricane hits the gulf coast this summer, they could rise even higher which could hurt consumers who want analysts on capitol hill this morning testify are already paying near historic high prices to fill up their tanks. >> gasoline prices for consumers

are reflecting the highest percentage of their budget that they have all the way back to the 1980's so it's a very high price that consumers are paying and it definitely is impacting their budgets. >> those high gas prices most directly hurt motorists, though aaa has put together a list of things on line they say can help people save money by saving fuel. they say carpooling or taking public transportation is one easy way. so is driving the speed limit, shopping on line because that takes no gas, and keeping your car trunk as empty as possible because the lighter your car is, the less gas it needs. jon: that's why a ride a motorcycle whenever i can. >> do you? jon: i do. jenna: he didn't sound like he believed you there. we're going to bring in a photo.

we're going to move on to our next story which really takes place south of the border. now one of the world's most notorious drug lord $ finally behind bars. rick has more. >> not only was this guy on mexico's most wanted list, he was wanted here, too, with a $5 million u.s. reward offered for his capture and you can credit the mexican navy. they ran what sounds like a flawless operation without even having to fire a single shot that led to this crime kingpin's capture. >> helicopter from the mexican navy intercepted a pickup truck and made a maneuver that forced the vehicle to stop. three people that exited the vehicle were arrested. >> a 40-year-old who was born in mexico but raced in dallas, texas since last october when his predecessor was killed, he's been running the feared zetas crime organization.

it's former military personnel who flipped sides and became some of the most brutal players in that country's drug underworld and this is the first big win for mexico's president who has only been in power since last december and who ran promising to crack down on these drug rings that are responsible for so much violence in mexico and also here in the united states. back to you. jenna: interesting development and important one. rick, thank you. jon: a brutal heat wave grips the nation right now. how long, though, will the high temperatures last? who is most at risk? a san diego mayor in hot water after accusations that he sexually harassed several women. so why is he refusing to resign amid these disturbing claims? >> on the sidewalk the mayor suddenly, in clear view of anyone who might pass by, grabbed and kissed her, jamming his tongue done her throat. i stepped on the machine, and it showed me the pressure points on

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jenna: a big city mayor now fighting to keep his job today after being accused of repeatedly sexually harassing several employees. lawyers for the women say the mayor filner used to go out of his way to get alone with them. >> he puts his arm around their shoulder, pulls it in tighter, around her neck. the woman believes that the mayor just wants to talk to her and get pulled away from the group where she can't be

overheard, where he can't be overheard. his goal is to get them out of the way and he says things, come on, know you love me. just give me a kiss. let's go up to my office. no one will know. jenna: there's one description. the mayor apologized but he said he has no plans to resign. >> you have every right to be disappointed in me. i only ask that you give me an opportunity to prove i am capable of change so that the vision i have for our city's future can be realized. jenna: they should have gotten him in better lighting. doug is a former federal prosecutor. basically here is what he says. yes, i treated women inappropriately but i did not sexually harass them. what's the legal definition? what's the legal line for sexual harassment? >> one is quick pro quo. a guy goes up to a subordinate

and says if you don't have sex with me, you will lose your job. if you do, i will promote you. that's not happening here. what is possibly happening here is the creation of a hostile work environment. a subordinate feels they're in a hostile environment, they're asked to have the sexual advances made to them and they don't know what to do. it creates that sexual hostile work environment. jenna: so why would the lawyers, one lawyer we heard from, why would they come forward with what has become a huge national media campaign but not have filed a lawsuit yet? >> it's an excellent observation and i was wondering the same thing. where is the complaint for sexual harassment? the other thing, first of all, lis lays out the standard and this is a hostile work environment which is an oppressive environment, comments being made and so on and so forth and that's just standard sexual harassment. the next question is at what point shut -- should a

politician resign? that's not really a legal question. at what point have they lost confidence from the constituents, can't govern? i'm not really a political expert but -- >> but about the lawsuit, i'm thinking a good lawyer would take these three complainants, maybe more and take them into the office and sit down and say complaint number one, two and three, tell me what happened and write it down. just write it down in a complaint, slap the sexual harassment on it. you could do it in an afternoon in the office. jenna: let me just go back over what is being described as the women with the complaints. they have a very similar pattern, doug. they were somehow finding themselves alone with the mayor, either by his doing or circumstances and he made advances they did not want. it looks like there's not a lot of witnesses to this and the mayor has been a politician for decades now and we look back to see, has there ever been questions raised about his behavior? there was one in his past but it wasn't in relation to sexual

harassment. >> you just answered something that i was wondering and that's in calculus of why isn't he resigning and why did he say i'm en titled to due process? he's probably factored it's a one-on-one. >> and sexual harassment, let's face it. it doesn't usually happen one-on-one. it doesn't usually happen in a group of people where there are going to be witnesses. jenna: he has a fiance, a former fiance as of last week and she made a statement to the local paper. this is what she says. i'm just going to read it for a little bit more context. while i had heard rumors that he was engaging in sexual relationships with other women, i was never able to determine their validity. she says, however, as bob's behavior continued to become more aggressive, standard decorum seemed to disappear. he was setting updates within any presence and within my line of vision. >> oh, man. that's just me reacting.

jenna: lis is like, hey, that's not a good dude that you got yourself involved with there. >> but putting back the legal hat for a second, that's something if i were bringing this lawsuit, i would absolutely use that. i would bring her in as a witness, subpoena her, bring her in to corroborate, really, what the complainants are saying. >> no. the point is that you had said earlier one-on-one behind closed doors but now the fiance has left him and says i specifically noticed him doing, a, b and c. that seems like good corroboration and i default back to where is the complaint? >> yeah. jenna: if you were called to represent him, what would you do? >> represent him? lis? jenna: yeah. >> neither guest wants to answer. jenna: it doesn't look like a good scenario. we'll be skeptical until we see the complaints. >> then you can evaluate. >> i would keep going with the due process. jenna: that's what he's asking

for. we'll see. great to have you. >> thank you. jon: lis would say, oh, man. that's right. judge, i object. extreme weather alert now. millions of people at the mercy of mother nature as a stifling heat wave settles over a large portion of the eastern u.s. including right here in the big apple where temperatures are in the 90s again today. take a look at the maps. sweltering heat stretches from the mid atlantic to new england, back through michigan and down to the desert southwest. >> it's a very uncomfortable experience. >> the 90s is bad. this is the killing stage. yeah. >> you're going inside. >> i'm going inside and i'm staying until i get a little -- at least 08 or something. >> i had to grab a bottle of water just to meet somebody for lunch. jon: so when will we get some relief? janice dean is live in the weather center looking cool in

white. >> thank goodness i'm here in the air conditioning because the hair would not be like this. it would be all frizzy and -- and why is that ice cream you promised me, by the way? jon: it's not the heat. it's the humidity. >> that's it and you promised me ice cream yesterday and didn't deliver. current temperatures, of course we're making light of the fact that people love to complain about the heat but it is very dangerous along the i-95 corridor where millions of people live. we want to make sure people are indoors in air conditioning, especially the little ones. do not leave your kids inside the hot car. one of my huge pet peeves. do not do it. keep them inside, cool, make sure they're hydrated. if they have to be outdoors just for a very short period of time and the elderly and pets. keep an eye on those as well. the heat index, what it feels like with the humidity, 104 in richmond, 92 in new york. it's just the noon hour. we'll keep up to 100 degrees but look at detroit. it feels like 100 in detroit. heat advisories from minneapolis

through detroit and all of the big cities here from d.c. through baltimore, philadelphia, new york city where it could feel anywhere from 100 to 105 to even 110 degrees. this is very dangerous and it's going to be long lived, unfortunately, for the rest of the work week as we head into the weekend. look at philadelphia. temperatures in the 90s but it's going to feel well over 100 degrees. so really dangerous. just really make sure you're taking all the precautions. new york city as well. throughout the work week, then we get into saturday, we're going to have a cold front push through and we could talk about severe weather including hail and damaging winds, even tornados because of all of that heat and unstable atmosphere as the front eventually moves through. so heat advisories in effect. we'll feel more like 100 degrees, 105 degrees throughout the work week. if i could, i just want to make mention it is cooler in dallas, texas. it's cooler in much of texas than it is across the northeast and that's because we have the upper level low spinning across the northwest and parts of texas bringing temperatures down and also the potential for flooding.

so even though they need the rainfall, too much of a good thing in this case could lead to flash flooding. we'll keep an eye on both stories, waiting for the ice cream date. jon: well, okay. tomorrow. >> i'm not here tomorrow. jon: okay. well -- >> get back to me on that. jon: all right. man, you have a memory. jenna: don't mess with her. like a steel trap. swimmers beware. jellyfish are invading. we'll tell you where and what's sending them closer to shore. it's nice to know where they're swimming around when you're swimming there, too. plus terrorists taking control of your car. is this something out of an action movie or could it happen that someone hacks into your car's computer system while you're drive sng have you seen this on the internet? we'll ask a former counterterrorism analyst turning tech guru about all of this. he's going to separate fact from fiction. that's next.

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jenna: imagine this scenario. you're driving along and suddenly, you're no longer controlling the car. that's the scary scenario from some top security analysts who warn as the cars become more sophisticated, they also become more vulnerable to hackers and even terrorists. is that true? morgan wright is a cyber terrorism analyst joining us now and again, one of our favorite stories but one that really concerned us, morgan. is this true? is this something that we need to be concerned about? >> well, look. so the fact and fiction. fact, yes, you can take control of a car. on star is an example and they work with law enforcement. they can actually locate your car, law enforcement gets in behind it, they send a signal to

the car to start slowing it down and it cruises off to the side of the road. law enforcement is in control. they bloj the road. my concern is what happens when they not only hack the car but the systems that control these cars or have access to them and then do these things. a lot of people say that's far fetched but one of my examples on september 10, 2001, we saw it was far fetched to fly four planes into a building. never say never. jenna: it has the attention of government. the national highway traffic safety administration in 2011 set up a new division to take a look at this and then the researchers from the university of washington and the university of california san diego hacked into an ordinary mid priced late medal sedan available to any consumer. they unlocked car doors. they eavesdropped on conversations which is interesting considering the latest news from the n.s.a. and turned the engine on and off and they compromised critical vehicle systems. this is the direction cars are

going to what do we do as consumers? >> go back to the horse and buggy. take longer -- look. one of the things you have to do, it's going to be making sure you understand the risks. there are concepts call the connected car that are using 4 g to connect many things so you can stream movies to the vehicle while you're in progress. now, the car makers have gone to a lot of extent to create security. ford and their sync system, they encrypt some of their updates to make sure that nothing gets in there that can control the system but again, everybody is thinking about oh, it can't happen or that's far fetched but again, look. we're just at the very innocent beginning of this in he remembers it of what we can do and how we connect things and as these things become more connected, your car is loaded with maybe 70, 80 computers at a time monitoring your emissions, your tire pressure, things like that. so again, maybe it's a short range thing. maybe it's somebody controlling it from afar but the point is the more we become a society,

the more vulnerabilities we have because guys, that's just the internet. that's the way the networks work. >> there's been a lot of stories about cars that drive themselves, that can park themselves but just so we can bring this back to news we can use, it's a very interesting story. but how -- like maybe you can give us a scale on a one to 10, 10 being the most concerned about driving our cars right now on the road. is this something we need to be concerned about? is there something we can do right now or is it something we really need to be aware of and it's a sign of the times, if you will. >> it's a sign of the times. on a scale of one to 10, there's about a 1 1/2. right now there's a steering by wire system that you could, you could get access to it and control the vehicle. so absent that vehicle, you know -- but it's one of those things. we've talked so many times about these things. we talked about edward snowden, all these things that people didn't think you could do. it's something to monitor but something as a consumer to say i don't want to go that direction

and consumers can make sure it happens by voting with their pocketbooks. i want this, not that and that will drive car makers to create a safer car. jenna: you mentioned the horse and buggy but we had a few ideas. if you drove a 1968 camaro, maybe a mustang, you wouldn't have these problems? right? >> 1968 camaro. the only thing electronic about mine is the stereo system i put in there. jenna: you don't have to go so far back but we like showing old cars so we thought that was a good opportunity. sometimes you have to go back to that. jon: old school rules. pen and paper. the kremlin went back to typewriters because of the n.s.a. stuff. jenna: morgan will be fine. the rest of us, we should pay attention. thank you as always. great to see you. >> see ya. jon: attorney general eric holder addressing the naacp convention today after promise to go look into potential civil rights allegations in the george

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jon: more on the dangerous heat wave stalled over the northeast as emergency officials issue heat advisories and warnings for millions of americans. laura is live in new york city. laura? >> hey, jon. swellering conditions have sent many sweating people indoors and that's really the best place to be, especially when it gets like this. in here in new york city and all

around the northeast, cooling stations have opened to help people catch a break with some air conditioning. those taking advantage of the stations have a place to feel the breeze of a fan and enjoy a meal indoors, away from the hot sun. >> temperatures in here is nice. not real cold and it's not hot. it's humid outside. hard to breathe. >> it's really hot out there. and i thought i would have breakfast today and they take care of you here pretty good. >> the noaa tells fox there are currently nine states and the district of columbia under a heat warning or advisory right now. we're talking new jersey, new york, pennsylvania, michigan and massachusetts to name a few. and you know, let's just put it out there. it's just flat out miserable right now and also very dangerous. this kind of heat can turn deadly fast. killer heat claimed 658 lives every year according to the center foz are disease control. some tips to help keep you cool and safe, stay hydrated by

drinking plenty of water. don't leave children or elderly or disabled persons or pets in the car, not even for a minute. talk to your health care provider about any medicine or drugs our taking. certain medications can increase the risk of heat related illnesses and some businesses around the northeast are voluntarily shutting down power in the building, cycling through, dimming lights to conserve power and not overwhelm the power grid. more on that as we progress. jon: stay away from the subway platform edges in those subways because it's really hot down there. >> you could pass out, absolutely. jon: and tumble. that's my tip. laura, thanks. >> thanks, jon. jenna: pieces of fort lauderdale skyline is gone. we'll show you what happened to the 50-year-old power plant coming up. i'm here at my house on thanksgiving day,

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>> well, this piece of florida history came crashing down this morning, take a look. like dominos they come down 450 pound fz explosive demolish the power plant in fort lauderdale. at one time they were among the structures. you used it as a land mark? >> yes, in fort lauderdale. you could tell where you wanted to be because of the orange and white smoke stacks. i can't go sailing anymore. >> check out what is happening in the water. rare black jellyfish invaded the shore stinging a lot of swimmers and surfers. the big surf brought them to the area. there is nothing to do to get

rid of the stinging jellyfish. it is a good surf. you got to get the good surf. >> they are ugly, too. america live starts right now. ♪ >> we start with a fox news alert. the white house briefing just getting underway and we expect new questions about a growing interest in how the administration is handling the fallout from the acquittal of george zimmerman and the response from a president who once said if he had a son, he would look like trayvon martin. i am martha in for megyn lond kelly and in london more awaiting the royal birth. >> we pick up that story. the white house briefing just getting underway. we'll watch it from right here and keep you up to speed on what happened there, martha. >> we