sizzling summer temperatures turn dangerous across the globe. the southwest braces for another

day of record-breaking heat. and an ocean away europe wakes up to warnings of a scorching week the u.s. dealing with a duo of gripping serial killer investigations a major revelation in oregon has officials on the hunt for the person involved in the deaths of four women, as we're learning more about a suspect accused of killing at least three women in new york florida is in the midst of a homeowner insurance crisis as insurers start to pull out of the state, are homeowners left priced out a whole new meaning to granny shot. grannies making their hoop dreams come true from the parent trap to a parent herself lindsay lohan welcomes her first child. it's tuesday, july 18. "early today" starts right now good morning i'm frances rivera >> i'm skbjessica layton we begin with the history-making heat wave. phoenix is now seeing 18 straight days of temperatures

over 110 degrees when it likely happens later today, they will smash a 47 year old record wit with dangerous ts soadang dangerous temperatures, they are feeling the strain >> we see many people taking up lots of resources. many going to th going to the ie unit many went outside and exerted themselves and had a heart attack >> americans aren't the only ones a hot week is beginning in europe italian health officials have intensified heat warnings. rome could see temperatures as high as 107 degrees today. >> if it's not the heat posing the threat, it's the air quality. mil millions from chicago to new york are under air quality

alerts again as whiefildfires continue to burn authorities in oregon have identified a person of interest in connection to the deathis of four women they were discovered from february to may. investigators have yet to name a cause or manner of death for the victims. the person of interest has yet to be identified or charged. but the multnomah office said there is no reason to believe there is active danger to the community now. the deaths of two other women during this time frame were not mentioned in connection to this case on the other side of the country the investigation into another possible serial killer continues. police say rex heuermann killed at least three women, dumping their bodies in the gilgo beach area of long island. >> reporter: a storage business

in amitiville and rex heuermann's home investigators are continuing their search for clues, link being the 59-year-old architect to the murders >> i'm trying to figure out, what could be over here? it's making me more scared than what i am. i don't know what's over there >> reporter: amitiville resident bobbie mitchell watched from across the street as police appeared to search multiple units at omega storage >> there's a school here children coming here no telling how often he was coming to this facility over here >> reporter: neighbor unique palmer says police vehicles have been here since sunday but a man answering the storage facility's phone refused comment today when asked if heuermann rented space here. >> i get calls from all over, california, florida, friends going, i can't believe that guy lived in your neighborhood

>> reporter: investigators spent a fourth day in massapequa park. the husband and father of two is charged with the murders of three women and is a suspect in a fourth killing his home now both a possible crime scene and a source of morbid curiosity for onlookers >> they should take this house down it's going to become just a nuisance in the neighborhood >> our thanks for that report. abortion in iowa is once again legal for now up to around 22 weeks of pregnancy after a district judge temporarily suspended a six-week ban on the governor's side on friday. the aclu of iowa filed a lawsuit against the ban arguing it was unconstitutional in the ruling, the judge said the plaintiffs were likely to succeed in their case. the suspension will remain in case as it plays out in court. it appears that alabama republicans are rejecting a

court order about how to redraw their congressional map. a court ruled that it likely violates the voter rights act. they agreed there should be a second black district in that state. a newly-drawn map does increase black representation but only by ha 42%. it does give black voters a greater chance to elect their favorite candidates. an attempt by former president trump has been shot down to derail a probe into interference and a decision by the highest court was unanimous. the former president wanted to halt the fulton county district investigation. it was one of two petitions filed by trump's legal team last week attempting to shut down the probe while rejecting the grand jury report recommending indictments for more than a dozen people just last week a judge in

gentleman. georgia seated a grand jury. zfr nearly 12,000 pounds of cocaine and 5,500 pounds of cannabis worth $558 million. the seizures were made by three coast guard boats patrolling the western seaboard between may and july in a press release, the commander praised the crews' efforts and thanked the mexican navy for their assistance. the northeast is still reeling from the extreme flash flooding over the weekend. search efforts have intensified in bucks county, pennsylvania. first responders are looking everywhere for two very young children who were swept away kathy park has the latest. >> reporter: the search intensifying in bucks county,

penns pennsylvania for 2-year-old maddie shields and her 9 month old brother conrad they were torn from their family and swept away in these fierce floodwaters saturday >> we ask that you turn to pray for the return of conrad and maddie and the safety of all those committed to bringing them home to us >> reporter: crews tripling the resources, looking for any sign of the children. >> we have air assets in the air as well as drones. we also had cadaver dogs, search and rescue dogs. >> reporter: officials say their grandmother was found alive, but their mother, 32-year-old katie seeley, is now among the five killed in the flash floods >> these people did not drive into high water. they were caught this was a flash flood >> reporter: the relentless rain rose so quickly, cars were pulled with the rushing waters, trapping drivers >> saw cars floating, saw a jeep flipped over it was like nothing i'd ever seen >> reporter: some spots picking up nearly three inches of rain

in one hour. this resident capturing the chaos outside her house. >> it was a river that went past here it was probably three feet above. there is no way anybody would survive this >> reporter: the punishing storms also battered other parts of the northeast still recovering from catastrophic floods last week. back in bucks county, even neighbors joining efforts to find the missing >> these little kids are somewhere, either in the canal path or the delaware river but the community, that's what they're focussed on. they want to find these little kids >> our thanks to kathy park for that report. >> the end rain is in sight but the record heat isn't going anywhere. michelle, good morning >> good morning to you both. we are looking at excessive heat, the south central states into the southeast 61 million americans under a heat alert this morning. whether it's a heat advisory or excessive heat watch, where you see the pink, thehot pink,

that's excessive heat warning, sfooengs, sfo phoenix, las vegas it's going to be nearly 100 in new orleans. that will continue tomorrow, no relief in sight throughout the south. and we're looking at the southeast really steamy as well. parts of the sunshine state we're looking at temperatures into the 90s you factor in the humidityit's goin, eratures into the triple digits in some spots. 111 tucson, 108, el paso all right, guys, we have that extreme heat and the return of some flooding concerns we'll talk about that coming up. >> a lot happening again, michelle, thank you.

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