. we begin this afternoon with a heat alert. thank you for joining us. i'm jc hayward. we could reach the 100- degree mark today and it's going to feel a lot hotter. the heat and humidity of course is dangerous for the very

young, the elderly, and people suffering with respect story problems. so let's -- respiratory problems. so let's get right to howard to get more details. sizzling once again. we have the code orange air quality, unhealthy for sensitive groups and a heat advisory for everybody east of the blue ridge till 10:00. the heat index values, the heat, humidity combineland make it feel like 105 if not hotter before the afternoon is out. we're already sizzling. lots of sunshine, not too much in the way of cloudiness. latest temperatures, it's 96 degrees right now. 96. 96 in baltimore, easton. boston is about 94. they're sizzling up there in massachusetts with upper 80s to near 90 in the shenandoah valley. when you factor in the humidity, now we've got heat index values over 100. fredricksburg is at 100. 103 in easton. feeling like 99 here in washington. so a very steamy, oppressive day. yesterday we got to 98 degrees

so we missed the record. today's record by the way, is 98 set in 1988. forecast 99 but we're 96 now. so we've got the 100, even 101. that wouldn't surprise me. it's a really hot day. you can see outside for the rest of the afternoon, 3:00 temperature 98 if not 99 or 100. we'll drop off to 95 for the drive home and # 9 at 9:00 p.m. -- and 89 at 9:00 p.m. i'll be back and talk about what's coming tomorrow and of course the weekend. jy? >> thank you very much. of course drink plenty of water so you can be dehydrated -- or you won't be dehydrated. of course with today's temperatures that are going to be nearing 100, the district is making some changes in order to help residents stay cool. the hours have been extended at the city's public pools. some of those pools are going to stay open as late as 9:30 p.m. however, the free public pools will be opening at 1:00 p.m.

instead of 11:00 a.m. the city has also opened cooling centers and if you call 311, you can get more information on the center that is closest to you. we're also following breaking news from the commerce department. we have just learned that commerce secretary john bryson is resigning. you may remember on june 9, he was hospitalized after a series of accidents while he was in california. bryson and the white house have confirmed that he had a seizure while he was driving. he had been on medical leave since that incident. now he's decided to step down. a medical emergency for some george mason university students. about a dozen were rushed to the hospital this morning. peggy fox joins us live from gmu with more information. peggy? >> reporter: jc, 80 students of high school and college age have been staying here from all

over the country. they're here with the congressional awards foundation. 40 of them got sick with suspected food poisoning. all morning long parents have been arriving to pick up their students. fortunately this illness happened at the end of their stay. the kids started getting sick on their way to a nats game last night. more got sick at the game. and then on the bus ride home, so many got sick that the bus driver detoured and took the sick kids to gw hospital. and then overnight here on campus, more kids got sick. emergency crews were called this morning. they set up a triage to evaluate the kids giving some of them i.v.s and then took 14 students to the hospital this morning. >> they were kind of dizzy. you have to run to the bathroom and do your stuff. >> reporter: a very unpleasant night? >> yes action exactly. >> reporter: feeling better now? >> yeah, completely fine,

hydrated. it's all good. >> they were put on an i.v. and sent to a couple of area hospitals. >> it must have been scary as a family member, guardian, right? >> it still kind of is, although the word we got was suspected food poisoning. there's not been a confirmation of that. so we really still don't know what's going on with all the kids. >> reporter: again, these students were not george mason students. they were here, staying here with the congressional awards foundation. george mason just put them up in the dorms. it's believed that the food they ate that got them sick was not here at george mason. it's believed it was probably downtown, perhaps a banquet they went to tuesday night, perhaps lunch time yesterday. the fairfax county health department is involved trying to nail that down, talking to the different establishments where the students did eat. but most of the kids are headed out, have already left this

morning. the parents came and picked them up and many of them feeling better. some still in the hospital waiting to feel better. but things -- most people appear to be on the mend. i'm peggy fox reporting live at george mason. back to you, jc. >> thank you very much, peggy. closing arguments are getting under way in the child sex abuse trial of former penn state assistant coach jerry sandusky. manuel gallegus reports from bellefonte, pennsylvania, where the judge instructed the jury this morning. >> reporter: jerry sandusky declined to answer reporters' questions as he walked into court this morning with his wife. the jury could begin deliberating this afternoon after both sides present their closing arguments. jurors began their day listening to instructions from the judge about the meaning of reasonable doubt. the judge told them not to find sandusky guilty on mere suspicious or doubt, that -- suspicion or doubt, that they have to be absolutely sure. he also addressed the question

of when conduct becomes criminal. it's not a criminal to take a shower with a boy, wash his hour or rub his back. you may think he exercised poor judgment but poor judgment is not criminality. the jury will make a decision without hearing sandusky's own words. the former football coach chose not to testify in his own defense. the defense instead tried to show investigators coerced the accusers to make statements when they shared information between the witnesses. they tried to prove inconsistencies within the eight accusers' stories and called numerous character witnesses, including sandusky's wife to testify about the coach's work in the community and how well he treated the young boys he met true his charity. prosecutors have tried to prove sandusky was a serial sexual predator. the eight accusers gave graphic testimony about the alleged abuse, but the strongest witness may prove to be former penn state coach mike mcqueary who told the court he saw sandusky engaged in what appeared to be a sex act with a young boy in a campus shower. manuel gallegus, cbs news,

bellefonte, pennsylvania. >> this morning the judge threw out three of the counts against sandusky saying that two did not have enough supporting evidence and a third duplicated another count. sandusky faces 48 criminal counts. authorities have released an audiotape from george zimmerman's first interrogation. on it he describes the encounter with 17-year-old trayvon martin that led to the teenager's death. zimmerman claims that the struggle started when martin jumped from a patch of bushes. we should warn that you zimmerman's account of what happened may be disturbing for some to hear. >> he still kept trying to hit my head against the pavement. i don't know if there was a sign or what it was. so i just -- when i slid, my jacket and my shirt came up and when he said you're going to die tonight, i felt his hand go

down on my side and i thought he was going for my firearm. so i grabbed it immediately and as he banged my head again, i just pulled out my firearm and shot him. >> zimmerman pleaded not guilty to second-degree murder. martin's family and civil rights activists say that the defendant racially profiled the teen and ignored a 911 dispatcher's advice. the showdown continues between the u.s. attorney general and house republicans. eric holder commented this morning on the vote that went against him in congress and how he might resolve that conflict. we get the latest now from tara mergener. >> reporter: attorney general eric holder is holding out hope negotiations can still resolve the showdown with congress. >> i think the possibility still exists that it can happen in that way. >> reporter: a republican led house committee voted on wednesday to hold him in

contempt. >> the ayes have it. >> reporter: four refusing -- for refusing to turn over more documents in the investigation of a failed gun smuggling sting. the program was called fast and furious and allowed thousands of guns to cross the border into mexico. holder's office has already turned over thousands of documents and he says he offered to compromise with the republicans on releasing more. >> we put before the committee a proposal that would have allowed for a resolution of that matter consistent with the way in which these have been resolved in the past through negotiations. >> reporter: but here on capitol hill, republicans accuse the administration of a coverup. they want the full house to vote next week on whether to hold the attorney general in contempt. the white house tried to shield the fast and furious investigation claiming executive privilege, but california republican darrell issa says that won't fly. >> even if there is some executive privilege, it couldn't possibly apply to all

the documents being withheld. >> reporter: withheld. >> reporter: issa's aides says a few hundreds pages of documents could be enough to satisfy them. they may be able to head off a constitutional showdown. tara mergener for cbs news, capitol hill. still to come when the news continues, a school bus monitor it bullied. and it's all caught on tape. >> we'll have more of that horrible taunting incident by a group of middle school students and the groundswell of support from around the world for a woman who was simply doing her job.

a 68-year-old bus monitor was the victim of bullying while doing her job. middle school students took cell phone video as they harassed the woman on the bus. now that video has gone viral. patrice walsh some with the grandmother about the attack. >> reporter: karen klien says the comments hurt. she didn't realize haw bad the taunting was until she watched the video. >> you're so fat. >> reporter: how does it make you feel to watch what they were doing to you? >> it didn't feel g. i didn't want to watch it. >> reporter: didn't it hurt you, karen?

>> yeah. yes, it did. >> reporter: they were bullying you. >> yeah. and i tried to ignore them. that's why i didn't hear some of the stuff because i just kind of -- tried to shut them out. >> reporter: one comment was especially hurtful. it referred to suicide. klein's oldest son took his life ten years ago. her daughter broke down when talking to us about it. >> they said that you're so -- i think it was something like you're so fat and ugly that your kids should probably -- or probably will kill themselves. >> reporter: klein also remembers one of the students hitting her. >> i only felt him hit me once. it wasn't hard or anything, you know. but i saw in the film that it was more than once. >> reporter: she believes they should be punished. >> i think they should have some form of punishment. i don't even know if they could be charged. >> reporter: greece police have interviewed four of the

students but no one has been charged. the greece school district says its bullying team is investigating and the behavior is unacceptable. students will face discipline. karen says she regrets not doing more when the kids started acting up, but she hopes everyone will learn from this. >> i hope that this might help other people. that's what i really hope. >> that was patrice walsh reporting. a fund-raiser to send klein on vacation has raised over $100,000. are authorities could -- authorities could press charges against the students involved. coming up next, howard has details on the forecast. [ male announcer ] are you paying more

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welcome back. howard bernstein with ow this very hot afternoon. air temperatures, they're going to run toward the upper 9 as. we -- 90s. we may poke up to 99. reagan national is right on the potomac so if it gets a breeze off the river, that could temper us from getting to the record territory. the record today 98. 93 by 7:00. and by 9:00 still near 90. a very hot, oppressive afternoon. heat advisory in effect till 10:00 p.m. these are the records to beat. 100 up in baltimore. 98 here in town. also in dulles. going to make a run at these. i think the 102 in martinsburg

is going to be all right. right now look at the temps. near 90 in the shenandoah valley. 70s in garrett county. that may be the place to be. we're up to 95 already in easton. georgetown, delaware 96 along with baltimore and d.c. at reagan national. 98 at the inner harbor at the maryland science center and leesburg 88. when you factor in the humidity, our heat index values making it feel like 100 in d.c. with 103 in easton. hearing from our friends in the northern neck, 87 in reid vial but 93 in newland. -- reidville but 93 in newland. on our michael & son weather camera, hardly any clouds. just some haze out there with 96 degrees. humidity at 36%. so the humidity drops as the temperature goes up. we have dried out just a timey bit. currently a little bit of a breeze off the water, north, north east at 8 miles an hour. nationally, we're looking at temperatures in boston in the low 90s. here's the heat here.

there's the relief. minneapolis, bismarck upper 60s. the cooler, drier air is going to get here toward the weekend. right now the jet is dipping in the central plains. strong thunderstorms have been moving across some of those areas during the overnight and early morning hours. a front out there is going to be moving eastbound. gets here tomorrow. out ahead of it, we're hot. we're humid. potentially records today. tomorrow afternoon we could be looking at strong to severe thunderstorms across the region. we do have that slight risk from the storm prediction center so we'll be watching it very carefully. 99 today. that would be a record. got the yellow alert because of this heat. certainly you have to plan for it if you're getting to be outside. 70s tonight. isolated shower or storm possible overnight. tomorrow, though, i think we're going to have strong storms in the afternoon. so a red day. this will be severe weather alert day with that. 94, not as hot. by saturday looking much better. upper 80s. the drier air moves in. drier air here sunday morning. could be a late shower or storm sunday. but look at those temperatures next week. they're going to be dipping

into the 80s. in fact, 80ish by the middle of the week. so just hang on. we will cool down. it is thursday at noon. that means it's pet line 9 time. this is sandra from prince george's county-- >> we're the foster group for prince george's county, spca. >> who is this? >> this is arlo. he's a wonderful 45-pound bassett mix. >> he's a sweet guy. >> very sweet guy. this guy is good with everyone. he's good with people, kids over 8, just because he's very rambunctious and friendly. >> how old is he? >> he's two. >> does he know basic commands? >> he knows basic comnldzs. he's -- commands. he's good with cats and dogs, loves to run outside. he's very active. so he would need a fenced yard, large yard. >> he has a neat face, kind of

stretched out a little bit. >> exactly. he rides in the car. >> this time of year, you don't want anybody to forget their pets in the cars or outside. get them inside. >> absolutely, especially a day like today. you want to keep your dogs and your kids inside and with air conditioning on. >> don't forget to give them the water as well. we're running out of time. how can folks contact you? >> we have an adoption show this weekend from 12:00 to 2:00 in bowie. bowie petsmart in mitchellville. >> go to our website at wusa9.com. we'll have all the information on arlo right there in the pet line section. we'll be going to the kitchen in just a moment. stick around. [ male announcer ] are you paying more

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today i am one on one with one of my favorite executive chefs. eddie from wildfire which is located in tysons's galleria. many people have to have a gluten free diet and it's sometimes difficult to find a restaurant that serves something that doesn't have flour in it or wheat. but you're having a special dinner that's going to be this tuesday at the galleria, tysons galleria, wildfire restaurant. starts at 6:30 with a reception and dinner at 7:00 with a speaker, a guest speaker, the executive editor of the glueden free magazine. she'll be able to answer a lot of questions, talk with people

who suffer celiac disease, tell them what to avoid and there are fabulous diets that are available, menus available. >> absolutely. >> one of the things you're going to be presenting that night is scallops which are you preparing. >> it's a very simple recipe you can make at home. i took some scallops, just chopped them up roughly. i soaked them with wine juice. it's going to cook the scallops. i'm going to add a little tobasco. >> the recipe is on jchayward.com. >> half a jalapeno chopped and seeded, some cilantro to give it that nice little flavor. salt, pepper. i've taken some avocado just to cool it off a little bit from the tobasco and the jalapeno. so what we're going to do is toss it all together. >> it's very simple. let me just say it's going to be sought taked shrimp, halibut, new york steak strip,

and a chocolate chip cookie sundae. that's all tuesday at the wildfire restaurant. my favorite chef -- look at that. isn't that something? look at all of these and look at the chocolate chip cookie.