making news this morning, heat dome on the move. >> this week's epic heat wave bakes some of the nation's biggest cities today with real feel temps passing 115 degrees straining the nation's power supply. and halfway there. nfl owners proudly approve a new ten-year deal but what about the players? big developments overnight. and partying like it's 1849. mines re-open in california's gold country as gold prices soar. good morning to you. baked and broiled just about everywhere. today mother nature turns up the heat on the east coast. >> it's a rough one out there. new york is bracing for

scattered power outages, and philadelphia has even closed summer school. >> the northeast is the latest region to endure peak temperatures from the heat wave forcing man and beast alike to cope however they can. >> reporter: from the midwest to the east coast, people are desperate for relief from the scorching temperatures. city officials have even set up mobile water fountains to help people cool off. this heat wave is massive, smothering 1 million square miles across the nation. already nearly two dozen deaths have been blamed on the blistering heat. some hospitals are seeing four times the number of heat-related cases. >> people with heat exhaustion are coming in feeling weak, tired, nauseating, some vomiting. people with heatstroke are coming in with elevated temperatures and alterations in mental status, either lethargy or coma. >> rtures on the tarmac at o'hare reached over 110 degrees midday. making conditions excruciating for ramp workers.

>> sometimes you're in the gym, a sauna >> reporter: eric pratt and his crew are installing new turf at an oklahoma football stadium. for them burning the midnight oil was better than working in the beating sun. >> too hot to work during the day. i mean the turf heat is up an additional 15 degrees at least. >> reporter: but even when the sun goes down, there's still little relief. this month nearly 100 cities tied or set records for high temperatures overnight. as temperatures soar, so does power usage as people crank up their air conditioners and electric fans. chicago and philadelphia hit all-time highshsor electricity usage. new york is expected to be next. utility companies are prepared for power outages. >> if we need to deliver dry ice,e,e can do that. if we need to roll generators, we can do that. >> reporter: cooler air is expected to move across the northern part of the country, but for everybody else under is heat dome, they'll keep sweating it out until early nene week. karen travers, abc news. >> well, as you may know at this moment, insomnia can be a problem during a dangerous heat

wave. abc's medical editor dr. richard besser has some guidance for getting your zs. >> this is really important. listen to this. in just 10 to 15 minutes, if you've stopped sweating, your body temperatures can go up to 106 degrees or higher, and that can be deadly. before you go to bed you can try a cool shower or cool bath. that'll help bring down your core body temperature and make it easier to sleep, but the tip i heard today that i like the most, try putting your sheets in the freezer for a couple of hours before you go to bed. it'll make your bed much more comfortable and may help you get to that part of falling asleep. >> okay, whatever works. well, coming up, how the heat is boosting food price, if you can believe it. we will also have complete coverage this morning on "good morning america." and shifting gears now, there are big developments this morning in two ongoing negotiations.ut ils on the nfl in just a second, but first we turn to washington. >> with just under 11 days to go until the debt deadline, a deal does appear to be in the works.

sources say that the plan would slash 3 trillion from e budget. >> and it would include a commitment to tax reform that would increase revenue by lowering rates and closing loopholes. abc's john hendren reports now from washington. >> reporter: all sides agree on one thing. >> we are going to not -- the u.s. government cannot default on its obligations. >> the congress must act before august the 2nd. >> i'm going to keep the members of congress here as long as it takes to get it done. >> reporter: but with less than two weeks to go before it hits, and the nation runs out of credit, they still can't agree on how to get there, and that's led to frustration and finger-pointing as the house prepares to take the weekend off. asked about that, house speaker john boehner declined to comment or rather he had this to say. ♪ zip-a-dee-doo-dah zip-a-dee-ay my oh my what a wonderful day ♪ >> reporter: the president wan a grand bargain that would raise the nation's credit limit and cut the deficit with 4

trillion in spending cuts and tax code changes. john hendren, abc news, washington. new developments in the other tense talking. could this finally be the day that the nfl's lockout comes to an end? the owners have already approved a new tentative ten-year deal, but the players have not signed off on that agreement just yet, and their union chief says there's no final agreement. if they approve it, team facilities would open tomorrow. one game that was already canceled, and that's the hall of fame game, which traditionalall opens the preseason. upstate new york, another tour bus crash overnight. we are still getting information on this, but we know that a bus full of people was rear ended by a tractor trailer. as many as 20 ambulances and 4 medical choppers were sent to the scene. we'll keep tracking the story. in suburban chicagagtwo women are dead after an accident involving a commuter train and a car. investigators in oak forest say that the victims were in that was draggar that was dragged about a quarter of a mile after the crash. the front of the commuter train derailed.

none of the passengers were seriously injured. there are new questions this morning about what rupert murdoch's son knew about phone hacking by reporters at the now closed newspaper "news of the world." on tuesday james murdoch told british lawmakers he was unaware of the full extent of the illegal behavior, but one of murdoch's former advisers and a former editor says, that's not true, and that e-mail evidence shows murdoch likely knew about it all years ago. >> officials are forcibly medicating jared loughner, the suspect in january's shooting rampage, that took place in tuesday ton. loughner's attorneys claim that violates a court order not to do so. the involuntary treatment began monday after it was decided that loughner was an immediate danger to himself. as much of the nation tries to cool down, one pennsylvania county is acacally turning the ac off. officials in bucks county near philadelphia held meetings outdoors as they tried out what's being called a power curtailment program. now, the plan is to save

$250,000 by turning off the ac on certain days. needless to say, those employees are not too happy, not to mention extremely hot. >> i cannot even imagine. and the roone why, taking a look at this weather from all around the country today, we have got this incredible heat wave going on. let's also look for some hail and gusty winds from billings to the dakotas, minneapolis, chicago, detroit and cleveland. thunderstorms from louisville to the gulf coast. showers in florida and northern new england. downpours across colorado and new mexico. >> it'll be 98 in colorado springs and 106 in phoenix. near triple digits in dallas and kansas city and 92 in omaha. boston hits 97, atlanta, 93. and if you're in the mood for some cool weather, and who is not right about now, got to head to the northwest. 70 in peggy's hometown of seattle. 74 in nearby portland. >> that can happen there in the summertime. >> not bad. well, coming up let's talk about a place that is digging out of eight feet of snow. it's the cooldown story. >> i need to go on assignment there. plus, how the heat is

hurting food prices. which crops could be impacted next? and california's new gold rush re-opening. long closed mines as gold prices soar.

well, chronically out of work americans are not alone. government data to be released in a few days will show that more than one in three job seekers have been looking for work for more than a year. "the wall street journal" reports that there is more long-term unemployment now than at any time since the 1940s.

european leaders have agreed on a massive new bailout for greece ending a political deadlock on how to save the greek economy. the $155 billion package could make it easier to help europe's other teetering economies such as italy and spain. overseas markets are up on news of that deal in europe. tokyo's nikkei average gained 132 points today. hong kong's hang seng is up 377 and in london the ftse opened higher. on wall street the dow picked up 153 points yesterday. the nasdaq indexexose 20 points. well, along with all of its other effects, the blistering heat in much of the nation could also affect this year's corn crop if the heat wave goes on much longer and corn, of course, is used in everything from corn syrup to bourbon, peggy's favorite, and tortilla chips which could mean higher food prices. >> easy there. >>today" tech review"usa today" tech review, apple's new operating system lion sold more than 1 millili copies in the

first day. "usa today's" ed baig has been using lion and gives it high marks. >> to mix my animal metaphor, i'm bullish on lion. it's elegant, finger friendly, improved mail. there's a lot there. 250 plus features. i think anybody with a mac is going to want to feed their computut to the lion. >> well, lion sells for $30. it's also available for download from the mac app store. but if you go into a brick and mortar store, make sure it's the real thing. an american blogger in china found several fake stores in one city complete with the same decor and clerks wearing blue t-shirt some of whom do think they actually work for apple. >> exactly the same store. >> attention to detail. coming up next on this friday, what made chicago's temperamental mayor walk out of an interview? and on top of that, divorce drama for the terminator with hundreds of millions of dollars

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and crunchy multigrain flakes. you gotta try new honey bunches of oats raisin medley. well, the heat is certainly not the problem in the mountaiai of central chile. a storm just dumped eight feet of snow in a region that has no electricity. temperatures dipped way below zero and the army had to air lift food. just last month that same area was covered by ash when a volcano erupted. now taking a look at your morning road conditions. minor flooding on i-94 from billings to detroit and on i-80 from chicago to cleveland. wet on i-40 from little rock to nashville and on i-10 along most of the gulf coast. >> and if you're flying today, you can expect some airport delays in minneapolis, chicago, detroit, memphph and new orleans. and now to thahaquestion that led chicaca's mayor to walk out of an interview. >> a reporter asked rahm emanuel who is,, of course, known for having a pretty short fuse about his children's education.

abc's jonathan karl shows us what happened next. >> reporter: newly elected chicago mayor rahm emanuel's famously hot temper was on display in an interview with wmaq-tv chicago when he angrily refused to answer a question about where they will go to school. >> marianne, let me break the news to you, my children are not in a public position. the mayor is. and as long as i'm -- >> reporter: you don't think nobody knows where they go to school. >> you're asking me a value statement, not a policy. let me -- no, no, you have to appreciate this. my children are not an instrument of me being mayor. my children are my children. >> reporter: political leaders, of course, have a right to family privacy, just like everyone else, but the where do your kids go to school question is not a new one. last year president obama was asked if his daughters would get as good an education

in a d.c. public school as they do in private school. >> i'll be blunt with you. the answer is no right now. the d.c. public school systems are struggling. >> reporter: look what happened when new jersey governor chris christie was asked about his kids on a pbs call-in show. >> you don't send your children to public schools. you send them to private schools so i was wondering why you think it's fair to be cutting school funding to public schools. >> you know what, first off it's none of your business. i don't ask you where you send your kids to school. don't bother me about where i send mine. >> reporter: as for rahm. >> i have so many more questions for you. >> and i look forward to our future interview. >> reporter: right after storming off, he called ananoth station to say that his kids will be going to private school. jonathan karl, abc news, washington. two new arrests have been made in that brutal beating of a san francisco giants fan outside l.a. dodgers stadium back in march. bryan stow was beaten into a coma and remains in serious condition from that attack. if the arrest lead to charges, another suspect that is currently in custodydy in this

case could be exonerated. arnold schwarzenegger says he does not want to pay spousal support to his wife maria shriver as they end their marriage. the former california governor also said in a court filing he won't pay shriver's attorneyey fees. it might not matter though if the couple does reach an out of court settlement to divide their fofoune. that move is expected. also the first lady helped add finishing touches during the taping of an "extreme makeover: home edition" near ft. bragg, north carolina today. they built a new boarding house for homeless female veterans. they also put up a greenhouse in the backyard. time for sports. that means baseball. here's mike yam at espn news. good morning. we start things off on the diamond at the trop where the rays taking on the yankees. bottom one here, evan longoria, got some power, is 12th home run of the season. he second long ball this

month. rays with an early lead. cc sabathia on his birthday turning 31 in control the rest of the way, sabathia, eight innings, five hits, two earned run,n,nd he struck out eight. for as good as sabathia was, shields just as good, derek jeter has to take a seat. russell martin, no shot there and then curtis granderson, so long. shields, 7 2/3. six hits, an earned run. he struck out six. but the rays win it, 2-1. well, the tigers visiting the twins. justin verlander is on the hill for detroit. for the top spot in the a.l. central. tim tomei, no shot. danny valencia, huh-uh. eight innings, five hits, one earned run. he struck out nine. tomei for the second time of the game, and verlander has nasty stuff. jhonny peralta leading off the eighth inning. that's what we call a nice little long ball. sesend deck. his 15th of the year. he was 3 for 4.

tigers win it. then the rangers and angels. bottom two here, mike trout to center, andy chavez, that would have been the third out of the inning. just his third error in the last five seasons, angels on top, 1-0. that's all they would need. when the bases loaded jam, weaver got some stuff there. seven innings, no earned runs. he struck out seven, bottom nine, chavez, yeah, he can't continue the game and how about this, the angels getting it done. they win it, 1-0. only two hits. doesn't matter. and that'll do it for this sports update. i'm mike yam. well, california is about to see a new gold rush thanks to gold prices going through the roof. >> that's right. a group of investors is spending about $20 million to re-open a mine for gold in the very same region that sparked the original maybe it's a little bit of of wishful thinking but they say there's still roughly a billion dollars in gold in that area. wow.

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d.c. area. and the power grid is feeling the strain with outages expected in big cities like new york and philly. now that the nfl owners have approved a new ten-year labor deal, playersrs could follow su today. that agreement would end the four-month lockout and key facilities would re-open tomorrow. that as the pentagon brings the ban on gays serving openly in the military to a close today. leon panetta announces that the don't ask, don't tell policy will end in two months. up to 1,800 workers from the space shuttle program will be getting their pink slips today. that comes just a day, of course, after the shuttle "atlantis" ended in florida ending their 30-year shuttle program. some 2,000 more workers will be laid off in the coming months. the most weddifamous weddin dress will be on display at buckingham palace through october 3rd. >> can't believe that already. quick. for some of you now, local news is coming up next. >> for everybody else, the next

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next on "abc 7 news".... >> we have a live 380 caliber bullet. >> the stunning evidence in the fatal shooting. plus, two new arrests in the beating of bryan stow. why the prime suspect appears to be off the hook. >> a cooling start has deepened finally this morning, a picture perfect landing bringing a bittersweet final chant story a close. >> john donvan has more on the

30-year history and nasa's shift on focus. >> landing gear down and locked. >> reporter: when the shuttle touched back down there were no crowd, no marching bands, and in the presunrise it felt almost as though they've turned out the lights already. >> america's first space shuttle. >> reporter: and while america's space program over half a century marked us all so indelibly handing us hero, delivering triumphs and disasters, competition and cooperation, littering our language with terms like t-minus and a-okay and go for liftoff and even, houston, we've got a problem. >> the final liftoff of "atlantis." >> reporter: the liftoff on july 8th was it. as the clouds above cape canaveral closed around this 135th and final launch of the space shuttle it was the end of america doing what it's done for more than 50 years. it has been a long, dramatic ride and for a time at least it was one that we were willing, most of us, to pay for. and some of us had to pay with our lives.

america's astronaut program lost 21 men and women either on missions or in training from missions. and though t there was compensation in the early days in the form of public adoration, the pay itself was never very good nor were the hours, nor very often the working conditions, which were cramped at best. but then these people got to be a part of history. they also got these spectacular views out the window, a view that no one will be seeing from a u.s. spacecraft again for quite a while. for a time president bush still kept alive the notion of getting to the moon, president obama for economic reasons nixed that so for the short term, at least, u.s. astronauts may have to hitch rides on other nations' rockets ananu.s. exploration will have to continue to rely on robots. i'm john donvan in washington. >> end of an era. >> on this show, as well. yoyo last day, ms. bunker. >> we had a great time.