temperatures reached well above 100 degrees today from oklahoma city to dallas to shreveport and valdosta. and the huge part of the central and southern u.s. has been coping with 100 degree temperatures for the past 24 days straight. life has to go on, but it is not easy, especially for the young and elderly. here's nbc's janet shamlian. >> reporter: high school football, up against a punishing opponent, unrelenting triple digit heat. at st. john's school in houston, they're on defense. >> when they're tired, you're not going to get anything out of them anyway. so it is time to get them out, let them get a sip of water, get somebody else in there and work the drill. >> reporter: in georgia, a solemn memorial for a football player who died after collapsing at practice. doctors say 16-year-old forest jones was a victim of heat stroke. >> just walking around, checking on seniors to make sure they're all right. >> reporter: in baltimore, volunteers are checking in on the elderly, with the heat wave now in its second month. >> this is just unprecedented. according to noaa, we set nearly 9,000

. >> reporter: even harder to comprehend for people in shreveport, louisiana, where lieutenant commander jonas kellsall and chief petty officer robert reeves played on the same high school soccer team. >> the war comes home to you when you... when it's a neighbor when it's a hometown boy. and here we've lost two of them. >> reporter: among the oldest is 36-year-old kevin houston, one of 22 navy seals aboard the helicopter. matt bills had been a seal for ten years, which means he was a veteran of countless nighttime raids. the seals aboard the chinook were assigned to back up another team which was west of kabul looking far local afghan leader. the team got pinned down in a fire fight and called for help. the chinook with the 30 americans, eight afghans and one dog aboard was apparently hit by a rocket propelled grenade as it came in. a taliban commander told cbs news the man the seals were looking for wasn't there. "we had all our forces in position to defend our valley" he said "and our commander is alive and well." earlier this afternoon, the aircraft carrying the americans took off fr

jonas kelsall and chief petty officer robert reeves, had actually gone to high school together in shreveport, louisiana. the mother of john browne said her son was the team's medic. >> his specific job was to be with them and see to their medical needs and they are rescued in a situation, if they had been taken hostage or something like that. >> reporter: most of the seals were member of the now famous seal team six which killed osama bin laden. none of them had been on that raid, but with their deaths, seal team six becomes a symbol of both the triumph and the tragedy of war. it was a night raid into the tanji valley west of kabul. one team had already hit the target, the compound of the local taliban leader, and called for help from seal team six. their chinook helicopter was apparently hit by a rocket- propelled grenade, although that has yet to be verified by examination of the wreckage. there were no survivors. later this week, the bodies will be flown to dover air force base in delaware, where they will be met by their families, along with the secretary of defense, the chairman of the

host: randy is in shreveport, louisiana. republicans on a. what do you make of governor perry leading the pack so far? caller: hello? host: we are listening, brandy. randy. caller: i think it is phony as a $3 bill. who won the straw poll? host: michele bachmann. caller: who won second? host: ron paul. caller: this guy is phony as a $3 bill. all he has is pretty hair, and i am sorry, i cannot believe people even think about voting for this guy. thank you for your time. host: you mentioned ron paul. here is "the wall street journal." "libertarian ron paul falls 152 votes short of winning the iowa straw poll saturday, has been railing against the fed for years. goes on to say that 64% of americans in the felt neutral toward him or had no opinion, according to a "wall street journal" nbc news poll. 18% felt somewhat negative about him. what do you think? caller: i am just delighted that rick perry has jumped into the race. republicans and americans in general what someone in the white house who is confident. i particularly like his comment that h

shreveport, 107 degrees. add in the humidity, it will feel like 110 in shreveport, 113 in tulsa, 112 in laredo. the good news is in parts of the south, the high pressure is going to start to move back to the west. so that wide area of warm, moist air will shrink. cooler, drier air will come down out of canada into the plains, great lakes into the northeast, but unfortunately from all of texas, oklahoma, parts of nebraska, arkansas, and mississippi, the heat will continue, 100-plus readings still into the beginning and middle of next week. no relief in sight. ann? >> all right. so we can't say it enough -- hydrate, hydrate, hydrate. al, thanks. >>> first a check of the morning's other top stories. natalie morales is at the news desk this morning. >> good morning to you, ann. good morning, everyone. >>> about 4,000 furloughed federal aviation administration employees could return to work as soon as monday as the senate votes today to end the two-week partial shutdown of the agency. some 70,000 workers on constr

smith 110, 107 dallas, 103 shreveport.hasize this does not have anything to do with the high humidity. the air temperature, the humidity will make it feel warmer. be prepared out there, take it easy, next couple days. is there any relief we might get in terms of rainfall? it is going to be possible later on today we could see showers pop up across places plainly in the southeast along the gulf coast but in terms of central plains that's not going to be in the picture. possibly strong storms in the upper midwest. that's a look at your forecast, deb. pitch it right back to you. >> thanks so much, reynolds. >> thousands of teachers march on washington. we'll -- they're going to tell us why they're upset. and that's coming up right after this. >>> the school year is starting with a lot of heated tee bait over education reform in america. part of that played -- that debate played out with a protest in washington. our education overtime guest correspondent sam shalltain was there. >> reporter: what will it take to transform publ

robert grew up in shreveport, louisiana with jonas kelsall, lieutenant commander kelsall was a member.l. team 7. craig vickers was on the maui high school football team in hawaii and was a member of the navy bomb disposal team. kraig lived in virginia beach with his wife who is pregnant and their three children. he would have turned 37 later this week. 35-year-old john tumilson always wanted to be a navy s.e.a.l. he was a wrestler in high school and a neighbor told the associated press, he was going to be a navy s.e.a.l. since i can't remember when. brian bill graduated from vermont's norwitch university in 2001 and then joined the s.e.a.l.s. a high school teacher of brian bills at trinity catholic high school in connecticut said brian just wanted to do his best to protect other people. challenge did not deter him, ever. most of the names of the people lost in the helicopter crash are not yet known to us, but we do know that none of the families and friends of anyone on that helicopter needed to be reminded that we are a nation at war. ce. but sometimes i wonder... what's left behind?

robert reeves grew up in shreveport, louisiana. joe than kelsall, a member of s.e.a.l. team seven.rs was a member of the navy bomb disposal team. he lived in virginia beach, virginia with his wife, who's now pregnant and their three children. kraig would have turned 37 later this week. 35-year-old jon tumilson was a wrestler in high school and was going to be a navy s.e.a.l. since i can't remember when. brian bill graduated from vermont's norwich university in 2001. a high school teacher of brian bill's said, "brian just wanted to do his best to protect other people, challenge did not deter him. ever." most of the names of the people lost in the helicopter crash are not yet known to us, but we do know none of the families and friends of anyone on that helicopter needed to be reminded that we are a nation at war. [ female announcer ] find yourself sometimes cleaning up after your dishcloth? bounty extra soft can help. it's super durable, and in this lab test bounty extra soft leaves this surface three times cleaner than a dishcloth. even with just one sheet. super clean. super soft.

these are your records for shreveport, texarkana, even iberia.ountry getting into the action, 98 degrees, doesn't include the humidity in south central louisiana. not yet a storm, just a tropical wave, slow to organize but moving quickly. the faster it moves the faster we get it into central america and that would limit its development. but, our computer models vary. some bring it into the gulf of mexico. so this certainly bears watching and there's another one behind it, we're getting into the time of year, middle to late august where these things develop out there in the atlantic and they make their way toward the u.s. so, it's been active so far, but not a whole lot to speak of as far as hurricanes for sure. even tropical storms have been minimal at best. guys, back up to you. >> best news ever. thanks, rob. >>> still to come this morning, there's a situation brewing between the "jersey shore" cast and abercrombie & fitch. why the clothing company is taking the high road and wants them to stop wearing their clothes. >>> and gay marriage on the

humidity come binned feels like 117 in little rock and 114 in memphis and is 08 in jackson and 110 in shreveportas you can see, across the upper midwest and great lakes we are get into seasonable temperatures. emily, we will have to wait until the storm moves through the caribbean to get an idea of what is happening. it is not looking healthy attacked by winds and taken apart. that is go news. we do not need a hurricane. we are going to see the storm cross over haiti and bringing in over a foot of rain. and here is the official movement as we go further in town, coming very close to florida, the southeast coast, so we have to watch it. the next 48 hours will be crucial where the storm is going to go next. >>shepard: stay tuned to the fox weather center and fox necessary.com/weather. word of the month of april set a u.s. record for the number tornadoes with 753 twisters across the country that month including an outbreak that killed 300 people in the south and midwest. that report indicates this were at least 313 deaths on april 27th alone. that set a one day record for tornado deaths that custod

we have links to reports out of arkansas and rockford, ohio, shreveport, louisiana, jacksonville, north carolina, cape cod, massachusetts. we linked to some of these at our blog, maddowblog.com. this is the single deadliest incident for americans in the entire decade of this war. the taliban, of course, took credit within hours of the attack, but that doesn't always mean much. according to u.s. officials, it was a rocket propelled grenade but more details are unknown. this is a twin helicopter caring are the americans and afghans that was on its way to a mission apparently targeting a taliban leader. the chinook helicopter was hit before reaching those rangers, and those rangers were the first to secure the crash site. joining us live from afghanistan, richard engle, up at an ungodly hour to be with us tonight. richard, thanks so much for joining us, appreciate it. >> it's a pleasure, and it is, i think, a very important story. not just for the loss of life, which is in itself very tragic, but it says a lot about the war itself and how it's going, that ten years, nearly ten years on, yo

records in shreveport. records in the triple dugts. austin, 107.on that date was 106 in 1964. so records broken in places like waco. long view, dive city, even into monroe, louisiana, 106. 105 in college station. houston with 103. dallas, 106. 78 in minneapolis. 93 in salt lake city. 84 in seattle. 94 in portland. 91 in washington, d.c. and 91 in atlanta. all right. hopefully some of the rain in some places, music to your ears, but the heat, unreal. >> you ever been to a rodeo? >> i've been accused of being a rodeo clown. nothing against rodeo clowns. don't be offended. >> it can be quite exciting. you know what, excitement at one particular rodeo turns to pandemonium. anything can happen at a rodeo, we'll just say. it started with the first rider. first out of the gate, the video, the rest, what happens after this? you'll see. [ male announcer ] they'll see you...before you see them. cops are cracking down on drinking and riding. drive sober, or get pulled over. my son and i never missed opening day. but with copd making it hard to breathe, i thou

the heat and humidity combined, you have her it before, it feels like 116 in little rock, 109 in shreveportringfield. it is really dangerous. and, tomorrow, not much better. those are the forecast with the height index feeling like 115 in little rock and 112 in memphis and the heat advisories continue to hurt a lot of folks across much of the country. central united states across portions of the southeast, and, again, where the heat index is from 100 to 115 and even 120. just nasty. >>shepard: and emily is on the my, right. >>guest: sustained wind at 45 miles per hour and it could become a hurricane very close to the united states in the next several days. and now the track on emily. as we head toward the next 24 or 48 hours across haiti and dominican republic, tall mountains so the storm has to stay together and that may not were what. we hope that is the case but we could be dealing with devastating rain and mudslides and as we head into the weekend, it comes very, very close to florida and the southeast so in other words we have to watch this closely. >>shepard: and rain on the east coas

. >> and in shreveport, louisiana, plans are underway to memorialize not one but two men who died in the crash. robert reeves and his friend lt. commander jonas who reportedly grew up together, went to school together, played sports together, and became seals. >> people just didn't know what to say. war combs home to you when you -- when it's a neighbor. when it's a hometown boy here we is a lost two of them on the same team. we don't know what to do. >> and for the tens of millions of us who were so shielded from this decades long war, as families grieve across the nation we're beginning to learn more about the mission which ended so tragically. jennifer griffin at the pentagon tonight. what do we know about how they shot it down, jen. >> pentagon officials are saying that the initial battle field assessments are 00 initial reports from the field suggest that it was a shoulder fired rocket-propelled grenade. rpg which brought down this chinook helicopter. military sources are telling me that the seal unit was called in after protracted fire fight. army rangers on the ground called f

today 101 in dallas, shreveport, 102, san antonio, 102, triple digits continue on into saturday, continuessunday, if you have to put a positive twist on this, you've got oklahoma city into the 90s, and just in the north folks in st. louis, kansas city will be back down into the 80s, so excessive heat for a lot of folks out of here, unfortunately here in the south where it's dry and hot it will continue. chris? >> thanks so much, maria. >>> "sesame street" responding to that online campaign to allow its popular characters bert and ernie to get married. we'll have that when we go down to the wire in 20. >>> what a week on wall street, stocks are up in the early going today and what's been an historic week of ups and downs and ups and downs for the dow, here are the numbers now. cnbc's mandy drury is here with what's moving your money. last four days have been unprecedented. >> absolutely, chris. we clocked up a fourth day of massive moves and i know that your great producers have got a graphic that shows it all. we can safely say this has been wall street's most volatile week since 2008 whic

dictator was at louisiana state fair in shreveport, louisiana.you see them couples, you think my god where did they find each other and they got kids. dictator he got married. he married this woman and her name is hesi she is hesitate tore. she is pretty thing. put her lipstick on for this picture. she is procrastinator. she always gets left behind. life pass her buy. she misses out of greatest joyce this life. because she is hesitate. you see what direction i'm going with these taters? little agi. she is ag i have i-tater you can't be dick-tater, hezi-tateter or agie-tateter and be effective. always making live difficult for those around here. feed her with golden spoon and still complains about something being wrong. she is agie-tater. she has a brother. i bet you dent know there was this many taters in the world. he is. pec-tater. he is observer, bistander passer-by. never throws down his pom-poms and gets in the game. in order to be effective in disaster management you can't be a spec-tater. i made them in. there they are. they are twins. the

. >>> in shreveport, louisiana, a police motorcade for a fanning hero.l, 30 american service members lost their lives, it was the war's single deadliest incident to date. you can read about all the men who made the ultimate sacrifice at cnn.com. >>> i mean i believe that the way that the police department treats african-americans, especially in this community as opposed to caucasians is a different approach. they're much more aggressive than they are when they're approaching a caucasian resident as opposed to an african-american resident. >> back now to our rochester police story. willie light foot says he was treated like a thug after this arrest caught on surveillance. he's a county lawmaker, a firefighter and a businessman in the community. it's just another complaint of abuse of power by the rochester police force. but, you know, tonight a major development to report here. there's progress in this police controversy. so joining me again is councilman adam mcfadden who's among those pushing for reform. also here, rochester police chief james shepherd

down to shreveport at 106. that's a sampling here. we focused on dallas because they've had so much consecutive days above 100 degrees, oklahoma city has been near that bad. they've had 67 consecutive days above 90 degrees. and that is going to likely tie for number one. imagine that. that's over two months with temperatures like that. we're also keeping our eye on tropical depression emily. look at the satellite picture. this is getting sheered apart. lots of wind on the northeast side. we don't want you to forget about hurricane season because it's just starting to kick in. in case you missed it, noaa upgraded their forecast for the upcoming season and now they are expecting to see anywhere between 14 and 19 named storms. we've already had five of them. that means we could probably have 14 more. >> very busy season. that's not good news for people planning to go to the beach late. >> you know. that's why i got it in last week. >> good for you. >> thanks. yesterday's helicopter crash in afghanistan not only affects the mission there

pop-up showers from little rock to shreveport. showers from pittsburgh to atlanta. late-day thunderstorms in the desert southwest. >> phoenix climbs to 109. colorado springs, 99. boise, 90. 80s meanwhile from fargo to detroit, much of the northeast. 95 in new orleans. and a sweltering 106 in the big "d". >> dallas is not getting a break. >>> here's a little something that you can add to your list of really, really bad ideas. don't motorize your ice chest that's full of booze and take it out for a test drive after drinking much of the contents. >> that's exactly what australian christopher petri did. and now he's paying big time. it turns out his cooler on wheels qualifies as a vehicle and his blood alcohol was three times the legal limit when police stopped him. so, he was convicted, yep, of drunk driving and now he's losing his l lense for ten months. >> and i have a feeling that it s one of those ideas that he'd been drinking and he said, you know what, i mean, it's gegeus, put your name on it. >> i'm sure at the time it seemed

coverage of their hometown newspapers swrechl links from green forest, arkansas and rockford, iowa, shreveportsiana, jacksonville, north carolina, nashville, tennessee, cape cod, massachusetts. we have linked to some of these at our blog today. maddowblog.com. in addition to learning more about the casualties we are learning more about the circumstances of the incident as in the a entire decade of this war. the taliban, of course, took credit within hours of the attack, but that doesn't always mean much. according to u.s. officials, it was a rocket propelled grenade but more details are unknown. this is a twin rotor helicopter. it was on its way to provide support to army rangers on a mission, apparently targeting a taliban leader. the chinook helicopter was hit before reaching those rangers and those same army rangers were the first to secure the crash site after the chopper came down. joining us live from afghanistan is richard engine, nbc chief foreign correspondent who is up at an ungodly hour to be with us. thank you very much for joining us. really appreciate it. >> it is a pleasure and

the next part of the job here on fredricka avenue in shreveport is to get the power back on.f course, that big tree downed lines. that's repeated all over this area, all over nassau county. the trees down. this is one of the bigger ones we saw. the work crews here did an amazing job doing it quick, getting this tree removed in about an hour, hour and a half. now moving on to tree after tree in this area. >> gnaw nassau county, suffolk county, catskills all experiencing downed trees because of so much floodwater as well as high winds that kicked in when tropical storm irene came through. so now it's making its way farther upstate new york, vermont, new hampshire, maine as well. we continue to get a lot of video in from our ireporters and our affiliates. we're going to continue to show you new images and get you new information about the damage from hurricane and now tropical storm irene. on our car insurance. great! at progressive, you can compare rates side by side, so you get the same coverage, often for less. wow! that is huge! [ disco playing ] and this is to remind you th

jodi burr joins me live from shreveport. this is unbelievable.ached by a neighbor or something like that kplining about your sign? -- complaining about your sign? >> no ma'am. we received a let for the homeowner's association itself. >> the association sends you a letter and says what? >> the letter said that we needed to remove our sign immediately. >> and did you go back and fight with the association? >> we immediately mailed them a letter expressing our position on the matter and why we weren't going to remove the sign. and we called them and let them know that the letter was there. the letters were returned to us unclaimed in a matter of weeks. >> so at this point where do you go from here? >> from here the suit is actively in the courts being filed against us. we're just awaiting to hear a court date so that we can have our time in court to are see what the judge rules on our case. >> in what way does this sign violate the rules of our housing development? >> our covenants simply state no sign on any lot in view of the public. our position

south of the red river valley, a big swath of rain stretching just west of shreveport, all the way south abilene, you've already had some rain this morning, i know you could use some more. now back to the texas hill country, austin, i know you're also desperate for the rain. looks like this is going to slowly move in your direction. this is the steady, slow-moving, soaking rainfall that you've been waiting for for a very long time. the problem is for a lot of people, a lot of ranchers, it's really too late. the growing season is over, but this will at least help a little bit. certainly make things a bit more comfortable. still, the forecast calls for fairly high conditions, high temperatures in parts of texas, especially in dallas. that rain-cooled air for the time being is just making a world of a difference. speaking of heats up across parts of texas, south texas, especially, we may see some thunderstorms heat up across portions of the ohio valley and into the great lakes. thunderstorms that could really get cranked up by the late afternoon hours. that could cause widespread delays in

caller: shreveport, and general motors. we used to build the homummer. the condition of the bailout i that we stop build h in ing the hummer. so some of us are out of a job. now if they raise their mpg and will use less fuel -- not true. when car makers increased their miles per gallon, and gave people an incentive to drive more, move to the suburbs, where you travel 20 miles to get to work, because you can afford it. we are not going to use less fuel. all we have done is make it hard for someone like general motors -- even after the bailout, it is contingent on an increase in sales in a trust. you are putting us out of work by adding costs. that is all you're doing. guest: these regulations can be very expensive. if you make it cheaper to drive and increase fuel efficiency, people wildrive more. we do not know how much. they will not drive 60 miles per week. you will make some trips that you wod not make if the prices were higher. i am not supporting or opposing the regulations, i am just trying to lay out what they are. host: last week, the obama admin

shreveport also seeing a record high of 106, austin 106 as well.re only a couple counties this morning that are under -- excessive heat warnings out. in the usual spot, dallas will get hot again today. couple counties in southeast oklahoma under excessive heat warnings. all right. let's take a look at the -- what we can expect later on today for the areas in suspect. 106 for the high temperature in dallas, cooler after the rough night yesterday in new york city, 88 degrees, 94 degrees, but drier here in atlanta. lower levels of humidity, that's good news for the players that will be on the course this afternoon and morning in their last practice round before round one begins tomorrow. our sister network tnt will have early round coverage beginning tomorrow at 1:00 p.m. six hours for thursday and friday and then a few hours in the early days, in the early morning hours of saturday and sunday. so you can tune in then to catch the last major of the year. guys? back up to you. >> we will do that, rob. we can't wait to catch up with you in the next hour

two were lost from shreveport, louisiana, friends who played on a high school soccer team, lieutenant commander jonas killsaw and chief petty officer robert reeves. >> the war comes home to you when it's a neighbor, when it's a hometown boy. >> reporter: the 30 men included members of s.e.a.l. team 6, on their way to help other u.s. forces who had become pinned down during a firefight with the taliban. randall? >> thank you, cbs' chip reid in delaware. >>> now to diana nyad's quest. she ended her bid at a record-setting bid from cuba to florida on sunday. he she was headed for the florida keys and trying to swim more than a hundred miles without a shark cage but she had to quit after 29 hours. hfway across the florida strait bought of strong head winds and thanks so much. that is your latest weather. good morning. >> good morning. thanks. >>> still ahead this morning, battling desperate times in east africa. erica will show us how they have bonded to build a make-shift community. >>> we will ask a local sheriff what these three motive are and where do they go. this is "the early show"

morning temperatures already still before noon 100° in little rock, 94 in dallas, 94 in shreveport.mid on top of that so it feels over 100. next five days for dallas, tuesday high for the week 109. if we get to friday with triple digits that will tie the 42 day record set back in 1980, 32 years ago. i'm sure that is going to be the case. there aren't changes in sight. look at texas, no rain to be had. you are getting it everywhere around it. high pressure holding rain away. to the north and east of it a lot of showers, thunderstorm, some will be severe at times across the ohio valley into the northern plains. this morning, big showers moved through the northeast. more behind that building, will pull in by in afternoon across a lot of the south, humid, hot, summer. a lot of people will be dealing with showers and storms. >> shannon: thank you rick. >> touching graduation at university of alabama. donning caps and gowns, they were able to get their diplomas months after a deadly tornado tore through tuscaloosa. part of a series of 62 tornadoes that hit in april. the six students that

host: shreveport, louisiana, you are up next.r: i was thinking that -- i am a first-time caller for excuse me for being a little something. i think that as a whole, we should not keep trying to put our complexions on other countries. i think they have a good idea of a leading from behind, because we played too much world police. am i making sense? host: we very clearly have a mission where we are relying on a national council, british and french allies, and working with arab states, and where we have had strong support from arab straits -- states. a lot of the reforms we are talking about have been recommended by arab experts and arab economist. i think you are right. this is an arab -- an area where we need partnership. host: staten island, good morning. miles, a republican line. caller: good morning. guest: good morning. caller: are remember the analysis and your guest gave during the invasion of iraq. if anyone in libya is listening to mr. anthony cordesman and his u.s. friends, it will be a cold day in hell. it is time they l

shreveport coming in with a record breaking number of 109. tyler, texas, 105. houston, 102.git heat yesterday. you can bet there was humidity as well. humidity here, our next tropical storm. very slow doefl and moving quickly off towards the west, towards central america. the question is does it get to tropical storm status before it makes landfall? we will have to wait and see. distinct possibility that happening. the track is going to keep it unfortunately south of texas which is where they desperately need the rain. there is another storm, more interesting than this one that's off the coast of africa. has plenty of time to develop and looks like currents now will take it in the general vicinity of the lower 48. we will keep you up to date on that as we go throughout the morning. back to you. >> all right, rob. thanks very much. we will keep an eye out for all of that. coming up, stocks in europe taking a tumble. started off a little rough and things taking a big turn. we will tell you what is going on in europe when we get back. >> also ahead, abercrombie & fitch's stock

. >> and in shreveport, louisiana, plans are under way to memorialize not one but two men who died incer robert reeds and his friends lieutenant commander jonas kelsaw. they grew up together, went to school together. they played soccer together and they became navy seals together. >> he loved philadelphia, north catholic, mayfair, and he loves all you guys and all his friends. >> tough to watch the pain that those families are now going through and the rest of the nation quite frankly when you lose that many of our military in one. one day. >> eric? >> yeah. awful. just absolutely terrible. so to the rest of your headlines. pacific gas and electric under fire for allegedly ignoring major safety warnings. whistle blowers say it contributed to this pipeline explosion in san bruno, california, last year killing eight people. pg&e workers claim they were punished for speaking up about safety concerns. some were fired and others lost pay according to lawsuits against the utility. no comment from pg&e. steve? >> talk about an incredible story of survival. after falling 50 feet and spending

once again, 105 in dallas. 106 in oklahoma city. 104 in shreveport. bit of a broken record here.as. here you go unfortunately. another day today pushing 110. we have had 36 consecutive days over 100 degrees. we get to 42 and that breaks a record. that will be next friday. it is looking very likely that is going to happen and there is no end in sight to thi unfortunately. move forward and take a look at the forecast for the day across the rest of the country. eastern part of the country. that's where the storms are. scattered showers, scattered thunderstorms. temps not that bad really. at least across the northeast. a bit of a cooler day, 77 in providence, wichita though, 107 degrees. that's where the heat is across the west, plenty of sunshine. thunderstorm across the higher elevations across the four corner states. past that, things looking pretty good. beautiful day in pacific northwest. temps into the upper 70s. enjoy that take a look at your temperatures for the day tomorrow. we're going to continue to do with all the heat of the southern plains. nice one and bit of a cooling

shreveport, 103 degrees. in the northeast, 70s and 80s. 60s and 70s through the plains. along the pacific northwest coast, tonights are going to be fairly moderate. down to southern california. here's what's happening in your neck of the woods. >> good morning to you. a live look at sunol, we have low clouds hanging out here. mostly cloudy start will make way to a mostly sunny afternoon especially inland. 79 in fremont. 66 degrees, dreary for the first part of the day in san francisco. you might have to wait until 12:00, maybe 2:00 before the sun shines through the clouds but it will. 77 in redwood city. 80 in los gatos, 72 in santa cruz. we warm up a bit through the next few days. >> and that's your latest weather. ann? >> thank you so much. >>> coming up, new cutting-edge treatment for migraines. if you're one of the 30 million americans who suffer from them, coming up next, a survival guide to the stock market. what you should be doing with your investments, right after this. for a while now, you've been taking an antidepressant. but your cloud of depression is still