>> coddling criminals with air conditioning or cruel and unusual punishment?e've gotd the answ the answers and more. >> richard? what do you have to say? >> gary, a few possible casualties heat related will not rise to the level of a constitutional violation for the tough texas prison system. >> back with the legal guys in 90 seconds. our abundant natural gas is already saving us money, producing cleaner electricity, putting us to work here in america and supporting wind and solar. though all energy development comes with some risk, we're committed to safely and responsibly producing natural gas. it's not a dream. america's natural gas... putting us in control of our energy future, now. ♪ ♪ [ male announcer ] you've been years in the making. and there are many years ahead. join the millions of members who've chosen an aarp medicare supplement insurance plan insured by unitedhealthcare insurance company. go long. >>> isn't cruel and unusual punishment -- is it cruel and unusual punishment to deny air conditioning to prisoners during the summer or is discomfort

another man inside a vehicle with the air conditioning on. another man told us he sleeps on the porch with his cold cloth on his forehead. most of the people we talked to asked why they're not seeing pepco trucks in their neighborhoodses. >> i know there's been a concern that we don't see a lot of trucks out. we've been trying to restore infrastructure. without that infrastructure being in place, we can't -- it doesn't make sense to continue along the way into the neighborhoods. >> pepco says it's been working on damaged substations first. that's where power is converted to levels that go to actual customers. pepco says out of town crews are on route to dc and maryland and they will start working in the communities as well. pepco says it will take until friday to get 90% of its customers restored. that will be a who week. >> we have a cross the potomac now. dominion republican power crews are trying to restore power to their customers. the this is the regional operation center in herndon. this is where worker are dealing with more than just s

for those without air- conditioning it is difficult if not impossible to cope. horace holmes continues live coverage from silver spring. >> we have been out in the heat most of the day. it is brittle and training. for people who do not have a way to stay cool it can also be dangerous. they have been living in one room of their home since their air conditioner went out two days ago. >> it is a throwback to the 1950's and 1960's when people did not have air-conditioning. it was hot so you stayed in the basement. >> bad timing as a move into another heat wave. lots of people are having to live like the old days as home units are buckling under. >> i have replaced eight or nine of these in the last week or so. >> howard's house is fine, it is his car that is a hot box. >> mechanic shots have been swamped with cars with a broken air conditioners. >> we do not have time to work on other things. it is all air-conditioning. >> this record-breaking summer of heat is weighing on many of us, especially those who have to stay active outside. his packages are holding up unde

if you've ever looked at the air conditioning unit that's out there.ing press in brooklyn, new york. >> in this building this is the start of a revolution. >> reporter: 110 years ago today the five-story brick building in brooklyn, new york, became the world's first air conditioned building. >> this is the first time which the blueprint is dated july 17th, 1902, has been back to the original site. >> reporter: historian eric schultz said willis carrier struck upon the idea of a central air conditioning cooling system at an on site publishing company. >> the paper was curling in the edges. it wasn't going to the feeder. sometimes they had to shut down the machine for a couple of days. >> reporter: it sat above a natural spring. carrier's system of blowing the air over the cold water piped into the basement of the printing press became the basic building block of modern air conditioning. 20 years later and for $100,000 carrier brought his weather maker to the movies. >> in 1925 in new york city modern air conditioning is launched in the theater on broadw

absolute misery if you don't have air-conditioning. current temperature in washington, 98 degrees. still 97 in ma sasses, 95 degrees also in frederick, maryland. doppler radar shows not a lot going on around our media, but you can get a sense there are showers and thunderstorms across parts of central and western ohio. these are also running in our direction. severe thunderstorm watches have been posted as late as 11:00 tonight for far western parts of west virginia and there's a chance some of those storms would be arriving in part of central virginia about midnight tonight. we'll talk about that coming up in a few minutes, but your sunday evening planner is a sizzler. temperatures, mid to upper 90s, then around the mid-80s by 11:00. another update and talk more about our storm chances coming up. >> we're already hearing about some closings for tomorrow. the federal government is open, but with unscheduled leave and telework as options. martin o'malley has announced liberal leave is fable vaibl for all essential employees and in montgomery county, all camps and activities are canc

no air conditioning and of course we're expecting extremely hot temperatures again today.o not a good situation. if you know is someone who doesn't have air conditioning, it would be a nice thing to invite them over for dinner. keep an eye on your elderly neighbors and others who may have health problems and don't have electricity at this point. it will be a while before it's back up and running. back to you. >> thanks. >>> this is the time when neighbors get to know each other for first time. when coming out trying to help each other out. >> want to cook dinner for us tonight? >> not me. thanks. >> thanks, neighbor. >>> still ahead, more on the risk of storms this week. [ male announcer ] olympic tennis players bob and mike bryan do a lot of sending... and receiving. sending...and receiving. sending...and receiving. sending...and receiving. sending...and receiving. [ bob ] i got the tickets. [ male announcer ] and with citibank popmoney, it's even easier to keep sending...and receiving. let me get you back. no, it's on me. i insist. no way. yes way. well let me chip in. [

monarchs' leftfielder myles eaddy, who found out on the bus what life must have been like before air- conditioningly hot. we always got to stick our heads out the window. the only time we get that much air is when we're on the highway. i would like to stay on the bus everyday, that's how much history that bus has." the monarchs have their own link to history ... their team is named for the kansas city monarchs, the negro league team where robinson started, in the city that hosted this year's all-star game. that's what inspired little league coach steve bandura to organize this summer's tour. "we're getting so much love everywhere we stop, which would have been a little bit different in 1947 i'm sure, so that just shows really how far we've come." their last stop is cooperstown, new york, where they'll attend the baseball hall of fame induction ceremony. instead of reading about history, the monarchs are living it. sarah hoye a cnn a& washington. adam scott winning the open championship seemed like a form. formality...and the orioles had a 4-run lead in the 9th. one of them collapsed under pressure

some opted to stay inside, inside with air conditioning. in downtown silver spring, the fountain was back in business. it had been out of service during part of the heat wave, but today, there you see it cooling visitors off once again. bet that felt good. the heat did not stop the smithsonian folklife festival on the national mall. visitors were able to duck in and out of the tents for a little shade or to grab a drink. some people brought umbrellas. today is also chuck brown tribute day. several bands honoring the late godfather of go-go by playing his music. >>> this record-breaking heat has been especially unbear for residents in south washington. pepco restored power to everyone in the district, but there's one building that's still in the dark tonight. derrick ward has more on how they're coping in this dangerous weather. >> reporter: this building on ridge place southeast stands by itself both physically and notoriously for its residents. the only ones on this block still without power after last week's storm. even with the 100-degre

listen. >> we've been to ikea, which is air conditioning. now we're here to cool off. kids got a movie. we'll watch it on the laptop and hang out here then go to find a neighbor with air conditioning and sleep in their basement. >> we have a generator at my house. we lost power at 10:30 friday night. >> fox news confirms at least 23 people died in the violent weather which continued through the weekend in some parts. now another round of storms is expected to hit the upper midwest and no letup from that sweltering heat. we have janice dean with the forecast from the weather center. first, mike emanuel in river park, maryland. how are folks dealing with this situation? >> trace i think they're doing well considering it's blistering hot since friday night when the power went out for many in washington, d.c. take a look at these two cars here where it was virtually like tornadic activity. we saw the roof of this building smash up a bunch of cars. residents have been allowed to go in their apartments to gather items then they have to go back to a shelter because it's not s

the 7-year-old had been standing on an air conditioning unit when she fell.nk goodness she only has minor injuries. he's been called a hero. welcome back to "cbs this morning." >> and he is a hero. >> right. >> when you think about what it means to those parents. >>> the 2012 summer olympics get under way next week, which means athletes have been pouring in to london. >> heathrow airport had its busiest ever day, but when its visitors hit the streets of london, that's when the trouble really began, and elizabeth palmer is in london. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. well, as you probably know, the british love to anticipate disaster, and the media here has been having a field day speculating about everything that could go wrong. but with ten days to go to the opening ceremonies, we're really on the cusp, so we don't know yet. a record-breaking 237,000 passengers, many of them olympic athletes, streamed through heathrow airport yesterday with barely a hitch. outside on the main road, though, there were some hiccups. american hurdler karen clemens was st

for those without air-conditioning especially the elderly, there are big health risks also. christine madela from our nbc station in philadelphia say it may not look hot there with the overcast sky, but in this case looks are very deceiving. >> reporter: there's the show it's always sunny in philadelphia but it's not always this hot in philadelphia. day ten of this excessive heat wave bring x the hottest temperatures and everyone is just trying to stay cool and stay safe. >> so hot. never felt anything like it, and i'm from miami so it's pretty bad. >> drove all the way down from canada for a philly game. >> reporter: shawn smart is from ontario and he's trying to stay cool in the city of brotherly love. >> it's hot. it is hot. yeah, we've been walking all day, we've just trying to keep hydrated and buying lots of water and gatorade. >> it never ends, okay? it's hot all day and at night it doesn't cool off and all day it's hot again and if people can just get a break. >> reporter: everyone is trying to find ways to get out and enjoy what the city has to offer without overhea

of folks. >> make things even worse, the region is experiencing a heat wave and the lack of air conditioning as ava mentioned in many areas has created dangerous conditions for those with problems. >> as they continue to clean up from the storms this morning, governor martin o'malley has declared a state of emergency in maryland. the governor went to the emergency management agency to oversee the operations and he says the damage to power lines combined with high heat posed huge problems for residents. >> we are working very hard to get people restored as quickly as possible but watch out for your neighbors. and if you have the ability to bring somebody into your own home for a little while, that sure would be a very neighborly thing to do. this will likely be an event that will take many days before we're able to restore. probably it will be some two to five days before the majority of those without power are restored to power. >> and the governor says president barack obama called him from camp david to check in following the storms. >> the widespread power outages are understandably the s

>> heating and air-conditioning. >> these are residential units? >> correct. >> there are more services that may be an empty commercial office? >> this is true. >> let's work our way out. we have drilled, poured the first floor slab. >> you get the first floor slab port, then we start on the vertical columns and walls. then we start the decking. we are always chasing the cycle. >> how thick is the ground floor slab. >> 10 inches. the other floors are about 7.5. >> you are a structural engineer. you are one of the engineering firms that the city hired after the 1989 earthquake to evaluate the damage residents. we have a long and good working relationship. they are building this and they are doing post-tension slabs. what is that? >> it is a construction method that uses high strength tendons to work with concrete and make the concrete sections a better section for bending. it has a lot of benefits. the reduces the thickness of the slab, it reduces the number of cracks. the result is a nice, flat slab with very little cracks. >> we now have a piece o

dominion says 36,000 people are without air conditioning.ge reporting 30,000 people in our area don't have power. novec reports 300 outages. smeco is down to fo

on. -- it is frustrating sweltering and signor neighbors with the air conditioning on. >> because of extended outages alexandria is opening a recreation centers on this fourth of july as: the locations. most will be open from 9:00 a.m. until 9:00 p.m. patrick henry recreation center will be the only one that will not be opened. it is still experiencing a power outage. alexandria city pools will be open today. lowe's is hosting a charging station for people without power in the laurel, maryland area. people will be able to charge of electronic devices like cell phones and computers. the station will be open from 8:00 a.m. until 8:00 p.m. this be at the store in baltimore avenue in laurel. >> the cleanup will not stop many towns from holding celebrations to mark america's 236th birthday. >> hundreds of thousands of people will break the heat and line constitution avenue for the national independence day parade. parades' will be held in northwest, arlington fredericksburg, great falls and takoma park. >> thunderstorms interrupted last night's dress rehearsal for the capitol concert. tho

there are some nursing homes without air-conditioning as well. just trying to cope at this point. again we're still talking about hundreds of thousands of people in our area without power. they are working diligently to get things back on. reporting live, mike hellgren, wjz eyewitness news. >> mike, thank you. first warning weather coverage continues now with adam may. live in baltimore county with how people are trying to cope with all this chaos. >> on top of the people trying to cope with the aftermath of this storm, so are businesses. in fact, a lot of businesses have been closed since this storm rolled through on friday night. and on the other hand you have some businesses that may be the only thing open in their neighborhood as we're taking a live look right now from sky 13 with these rescue efforts. i went into a starbucks no exaggeration the line went through the store, snaked around and went down a sidewalk. there had to have been at least 60 people in line. so for some businesses this is actually turning out to be a boom but for many bu

so people without power or air conditioning can cool off on that bus. those who cooled off yesterday tell news4 they really appreciated the ac. they say it's been so hot inside their homes. >>> this morning a few people are waking up in a diner that turned into a cooling center in the district. the american city diner on connecticut avenue northwest near the chevy chase cirque is open so people can cool off. managers let people spend the night there and charged their electronics. >>> coming up in 15 minutes, we'll talk to a montgomery county man who's had some bad luck with the storms just weeks after he finished repairing his home from hurricane irene, he has to clean up all over again after this weekend's storms. >>> loudoun county's board of supervisors will finally decide today whether to give the green light to metro's silver line. the board is expected to approve joining phase two of the project which would bring metro into loudoun county. opponents have said it's too expensive but county leaders met last week to discuss a financing blan. it appea

at half moon bay which hit a cool 59° along the coast natural air conditioning the kind that you don'tet a bill for later. >> around the bay yesterday it never got that bad. it was rather comfortable. one of those microclimates at work situations. >> let's find out what we have in store. >>> right now dry weather. the morning commute is going to be quiet other than a little fog especially along the coast and some of our higher elevations are dealing with also cloudiness this morning. check out this area of low pressure to our north, squeezing the high starting to push it off towards the east that's why temperatures are going to drop about one to six degrees today holding on east bay valleys, antioch and live more should reach 100, 80s and 90s -- inland, 60s around half moon bay and into san francisco. temperatures definitely on the way down. we'll drop another four to eight degrees tomorrow we head towards saturday more cloud cover. along the coast today fog pockets of sun developing. you want that free air conditioning, half moon bay 60. >>> they cleared the crash eastbound 37 at mars

the exorbitant cost of air conditioning after this storm. our coverage continues right after the break. [ female announcer ] the son of a single mom. proud father of two daughters. president obama knows that women being paid 77 cents on the dollar for doing the same work as men isn't just unfair... it hurts families. so the first law he signed was the lilly ledbetter fair pay act to help ensure that women are paid the same as men for doing the exact same work. because president obama knows that fairness for women means a stronger middle class for america. [ obama ] i'm barack obama and i approve this message. >>> patience wearing thin very quickly for a lot of drivers in bethesda today. traffic signals were out at hundreds of intersections like this one at wilson lane and st. elmo avenue. many homes were damaged by fallen trees. this huge old oak tore the porch off the house and crashed into the roof, right into the bedroom. >>> another night of concern over the weather in richmond. the national weather service issued a tornado warning for t

in fact, some folks here say they headed into work early just so they could get some air conditions.ke is everywhere, and he only showed up where it's the worst and he's hear. >> isn't it interesting that work looks good to people these day, because there's ac. >> honey, i'm staying at work a little longer today. i've got some things i've got to do here. yeah, you're just trying to stay in the ac. we need the ac. temperatures have been in the 90s. we were 104 on friday, yesterday 99, today a high of 94. but fortunately the humidity hasn't been that bad. clear skies, at least mostly clear. that's really going to be about it. we'll see clear skies tonight. most of us will cool into the 60s. if you don't have power in these areas, not a bad idea to open up those windows after 10:00, 11:00, that's when you'll start to feel the cooling airs. there will be a bit added humidity, and a better chance of thunderstorms, not a big chance. the biggest chance of thunderstorms unfortunately will come on your fourth of july holiday. around 9:00 at night. around 9:30, down towards the mall. this is w

, and very few customers. >> no air conditioning, no fans. >> mr. parker open the doors at his dry cleaners monday morning, but business has not exactly been booming. that spent more time adding up the money they have lost than helping the one or two customers they had all day. $1,500-$2,000 per day because of a storm that knocked out power to the entire strip mall. >> thousands of dollars we can lose because we cannot do any work. i mean, thousands of dollars. it does impact the business because if we don't sell, we don't get paid. but we still have to pay the rent. >> the 7-11 score -- store owner is working on generator power. after nearly 72 hours of very little business, he is worried about making payroll. >> i know they are doing the best they can as quickly as they can. they don't know what to tell their employees, whether they are opening today, tomorrow, or friday. >> while some businesses are suffering, others are thriving. residents without power at home are willing to spend extra money to get under a new roof. >> i hate to say it like th

power lines all around the state leaves hundreds of thousands of homes in the dark and without air-conditioning. the strong winds sent a couple of pine trees crashing the fence. wjz is live with extensive first weather warning coverage. we will be checking in with chopper 13 more in a moment. first mike hellgren is live with more. good afternoon. >> reporter: good afternoon. it's been frustrating for a lot of people. this is a block without power. you can see there's still a tree that blocks wadsw orth. you can see how powerful the storms were. it snapped this tree down. there are now 26,000 utility workers trying to get the power become on, some from canada and texas. >> hundreds of thousands of people are still without power after the fierce fast moving storm to through maryland friday night. >> it's just one of those things. it's inconvenient. there are people in worst shape. >> it's mother nature doing what she does. you have to grin and bear it and make the best of it. >> bge has restored more than 400,000 customers. >> this is going to extend into this coming weekend. beyond that, we're b

when there green line train suddenly stopped, losing power and air conditioning. >> it was hot as hellwe had to get out. >> get to walking after a second train that was sent suffered its own mechanical malfunction, riders were forced to evacuate as they hiked 300 yards to the college park station. >> a police officer said cannot get out. the power line, the central line is hot. they forced us to get out. >> chaos followed. irate at thank you col. instead of the ride and all without an explanation. >> when you do not talk to them and it is hot, then you have claustrophobia. that can be a volatile situation. >> there are people walking the tracks, it. it is hot. it's unorganized. no representative from metro is out here. >> there were two people that suffered minor injuries. at no point did this station lose power. >> thank you. also developing tonight, a bold effort in montgomery county to restore power off. this was at the beltway between rockville pike and old georgetown road. they shut down the interstate so power crews could continue work. this led to delays this evening. they laste

no air conditioning.e elderly, young children, you have pets dangerous time. >> a double whammy. yeah. >> another kind of summer threat. sharks. like something straight out of "jaws." a great white was just spotted off of a famous beach heading into the holiday. >> just a few miles offshore. not far offshore at all. so just a heads up. you see the shark stories this time of year. >> after watching "jaws" i couldn't go in the water. >> i'm done -- i'm in the pool with my floaties on. later on, it's not the sharks but the lawyers, what's the difference? only kidding. circling around tom cruise and katie holmes. the latest in their blockbuster divorce case, and the always expected battle over money and on top of that the custody of little suri, coming up in this case. suri. suri. siri is the cell phone lady. suri is the kid. sorry. >> let's begin with the blistering heat that has much of the country feeling like a furnace. >> it is warm out there. heat warnings and advisories in effect in 16 states today fro

these days no air conditioning would not work out so well. >> i'm assuming the air conditioning would not work so well. how do you record the mileage? >> they're going to go over it three times. >>> well, i'm lynn berry, and this is "early today," just your first stop of the day today on your nbc station. >>> well, one bundle of joy wasn't good enough for a new mom in china. rose, the lioness, gave birth to six cubs aet the zoo, setting the new national record for the most cubs in one litter. while the normal is about four, zookeepers have their hands full with the rare group. rose is getting some much deserved down time while keepers make sure the runt of the litter is being fed and groomed. >>> well, if you're a fan of fruit, one event in india has you covered. the annual mango festival brought out growers and enthusiasts of the group. visitors got a chance to sniff, squeeze, and sample the mangos, and the highlight of the three-day event was the mango-eating contest, which saw one woman scarf down 2 1/2 pounds within three minutes. >>> and, finally, before the real athletes head to

the refrigerants in them are extremely bad for the climate, like in most air conditioning units worldwide. the harmful gases often escape into the atmosphere through leaks in the appliances. 200 kilometers south-east of mumbai -- since april 2012 the indian company godrej has been making air conditioners that are better for the environment. they're 600 percent less damaging to the climate than conventional units. in air conditioner manufacturing, that amounts to a revolution. about a million euros for the manufacturing plant came from the german environment ministry. godrej itself invested about half that amount. >> the carbon emissions the consumer saves with this unit are equivalent to the entire amount of carbon emitted by your average german car driver in a year. >> there's a disadvantage -- the refrigerant used is propane, a highly flammable gas. using it requires high safety standards. >> we use a very small quantity the unit. we are using only 350 to 370 size of about 150 square feet, which what this unit is meant for. so even if this entire charge leaks out into the room, it would

. >> reporter: she said there was no air-conditioning. metro cut the power to the thattings. >> the pain just crashed. >> reporter: nearly 100 firefighters, and police rushed to the scene and escorted passengers through the dark evacuation shaft. >> we didn't understand what happened. >> reporter: the fire chief said it was incredibly hot when the folks were walking up the stairs and 100 degrees outside the tunnel. when they came above ground they started drinking bottled water and passengers cooled off in air-conditioned shuttle buss. no one was hurt but the derailment rocked people's nerves. >> my son is crying and my 10-year-old is nervous. >> reporter: james and his family are back home tonight. doctors released his wife from the hospital. she is going to be okay. for more information on what caused the derailment we go to my colleague, jackie bensen. >> reporter: thank you, and good evening, everyone. we want to show you the bus bridge still busy at this hour even if you do not ride the green line the derailment affects you if you pl

>>a second contractor is troubleshooting the parts problem with the air- conditioning ... they expect this to get fixed sometime today but it has been five long hot days of waiting ... >>we don't know what to do we are calling everyone and nothing is happening >>finally things are happening a company vice president says a top priority is the safety and comfort of residents. but they are still uncomfortable with this record-breaking heat >> the oppressive heat is beginning to claim lives in the chicago area. the cook county medical examiner says two people have died so far, and it's investigating four others. meantime, the severe thunderstorms that nailed indiana have left about 43- hundred homes and businesses without power in the gary and merrillville area. that's down from around 21- thousand. crews are expected to restore all electricity by tomorrow night. if you need a cold refreshing drink today, father michael pfleger can help. he and members of saint sabina's parish will pass out more than two-thousand bottles of free water at 79th and racine... between now and one

it is 4:30 p.m., and sunny. >> i am vic carter. >>> three days without air conditioning, fans or lights it is a frustrating reality for thousands of marylanders after friday's monstrous storm. bge restored power to more than 400,000 customers, but little consolation for the 200,000 other people still in the dark. the city is handing out free ice to residents still shocked by the power of the storm. wind gusts up to 70 miles per hour, sent trees slamming into cars and homes killing at least two people. there are 2600 you nilty workers some from as far away as texas and canada, out there trying to get power back on. in some cases they can't begin to make repairs because massive trees are still in the way. wjz has extensive first warning weather coverage. adam may is in towel son. but first mike helgren is in baltimore. >> reporter: lightning and strong winds proved a powerful combination, toppling over many of those trees you were talking about and cutting out power to so many people. let's look at video whether it is from the air or ground. this was a huge storm, some of these wind gusts

the high risk for heat exhaustion or other illnesses for anyone outdoors or in places without air-conditioning. right now there are still customers in the area without power although they are not all related to last week's storm. pepco was reporting about 100 customers in the dark while bge has 400 customers out? dominion power has some out in northern virginia. we have team coverage with crews and reports from across the region. because of the extreme heat the 9news now weather team declared today a severe weather alert day. let's hear anny hong on the weather terrace. >> it is steamy out here with temperatures well over 100 degrees and feels like 110 in some locations. records have fallen. here's a look at the record that we had to beat for this saturday. we got up to 105. that's the unofficial high at reagan national. that beats the old record of 102 set in 2010. baltimore also you set a new record at 103. dulles tying at 101. the all time highest record high ever is 106. we got a heat warning in effect still until 10:00 this evening. so definitely take it easy. now temperatures right now i

like no power or air conditioning. the city said they'd only qualify for help if they were already on public assistance, but they work. dr. white newsome says it speaks to the way that municipalities treat extreme heat events. if it was a snowstorm, would the same thing be going on on ridge place? >> treat it like a hurricane or extreme cold. >>> the storm team will be tracking the dangerous heat and the chance of severe storms that's rolling in. meteorologist chuck bell has the frost in a few minutes. you can follow us throughout the day on nbcwashington.com, as well as facebook and twitter. >>> the heat and power outages are to blame for a two-alarm fire on olney. 60 firefighters helped to put out the blaze. the homeowner was on vacation and when he tried to turn the power back on, the circuit breakers caused the fire. >> they restored the power again. i turned the circuit breaker on and it just -- everything went up. started to heat all the circuit breakers, they started burning, meting down. >> luckily, the homeown

i'm sorry. >> air conditioning in some of these homes. >> the air is stag nant. i know. hot and unhealthy for a lot of people. behind us, take a look. that's sun rise. in shades of red, so it must be hot outside. >> looks hot already. >> i know. yeah. by noontime today, guys, probably up to 90 degrees by noontime. as far as your sun rise goes, let's look at it with the durnt temperature. we're at 80 already. it's not going to take much to get to that 90, especially with the south wind. that's exactly what's blowing right now. south wind at 13 miles per hour. >>> we had some rain earlier. but that moved out of the area, so as we look at your day planner forecast, by noontime today, a few clouds. it's going to be hot. it's going to be humid. again, 90, the temperature. then by 3:00 today, very hot, very humid. getting up to 95. fooling more like 98 to 99 degrees. know that after noontime today and evening, slight chance for showers and storms. i do not think they will be severe storms. right now, ocean city is getting hit hard. so is salisbury with heavy rain. strong storm

someone asked the driver if the air conditioning was working.at that poinn...and slammed on the brakes... forcing a jolt so hard that one wwman was later sent to hospptal.that was just the beginning... after getting back on 95... the bus pulled over again... this time at a rest stop. (shannon) :48 so when they left she actually got off tte bus and said she wasn't driving any longer and that she wasn't going to take us anywhere so we were all stranded in new jersey at a rest area for 3 31/2 hours (shannon) 3:43 at one point she said she was going to take us back to new york eventually the passengers did make it back to baltimore.and megabus has now issued a statement about the whole ordeal.saying it's looking into the matter... but maintaines the driver did everythhng by the book. book or not... some passengers say they were worried about theedrivers mental state. coming up next half hour... their mmment of truth.i'm megan gilliland, fox45 morning news. hazmat crews are called o a massive transformer fire, tueeday afternoon. afternoon.a viewer sent in this pictu

you would think the extreme heat would keep people indoors with the air-conditioning, but that was not the case today in many parts of our area. people hit the streets all across washington despite all the warnings and were left having to come up with clever ways to stay cool. ken molestina joins us live at georgetown waterfront where keeping cool is the name of the game tonight. ken? >> reporter: you know, matt, it's not getting any cooler. i checked my temperature on the smart phone a couple of minutes ago. it's 95 degrees out here and it's 11:00 at night. over all the area people are having to deal with this record breaking heat. the sun has been gone for hours but the temperatures here near the georgetown waterfront are still unbearable, and everyone knows it. >> 100 degrees. >> reporter: so for these kids and even some adults, the only way to stay cool was a soaking in the fountain. >> but at least today is very hot. >> reporter: earlier in the day, people throughout the national mall who showed up to the folk life festival dealt with the brunt of the heat. many spent the day cool

. >>> should convicted prisoners be provided air conditioning?hat if the temperature in their cell is over 100 degrees? our legal guys richard and avery will give us their take. should be very interesting. if you have to go out today, a reminder you can continue watching cnn from your mobile phone, watch cnn live from your laptop. go to cnn.com/tv. through sunday at sleep train's 4th of july sale, save on sleep train's most popular mattress sets. plus, pay no interest for 36 months on tempur-pedic and icomfort. sleep train's 4th of july sale ends sunday. ♪ your ticket to a better night's sleep ♪ >>> is it cruel and unusual punishment to deny air conditioning during the heat of summer or is discomfort what convicted criminals deserve? in one prison a lawsuit says the indoor temperature exceeded 110 for four days. another lawsuit has been filed in one of those deaths. let's bring in our legal guys, avery friedman, civil rights attorney is in cleveland and richard herman, a new york criminal defense and law professor joins us from miami. thank you v

two residents had to be hospitalized due to the heat and lack of air-conditioning. but the rest are dignified and resolute. >> it is an inconvenience. >> reporter: the montgomery county councilman was frustrated. >> it is not enough given the number of aged people we have in the community. you simply need to bring in more crews in order to help. >> reporter: back out live now in silver spring you can see that the fire stations remain busy because so many people don't have power at this point. they are constantly coming and going as the calls come up for help. and again, what i can tell you is we have received a great number of viewer complaints tonight, concerns about seniors and elderly, grandparents, grandmothers, grandfathers in seniors homes. a lot of people would rather give up air-conditioning for themselves and see the senior citizens be it it. jackie bensen, news4. >> thanks, jackie. >>> fairfax, arlington and alexandria took the worst blows in northern virginia. dominion crews working late into the night but the work is not good enough for some people. shom

most of us do have air conditioning. we've been using it and abusing it. we'll start this morning with strong thunderstorms rolling through the northern plains, minneapolis, saginaw, michigan, green bay, and claire, wisconsin all areas dodging thunderstorms this morning and people waking up early in the morning. let's go minneapolis. severe thunderstorm warning on the east side of town. more storms building back behind here too so you're not done quite yet. one strong storm went through. another line still to come. most of these storms are now heading over here to the east. shift over here to interstate 94, there's a thunderstorm warning four. further east, green bay no severe weather for you but you're getting rain and lightning strikes up to the north. another round of storms coming at you in about a half hour and hour. pretty strong storm in central michigan. here's saginaw, michigan. these are drifting over saginaw and flint over interstate 75, hairy drive about an hour from now. keep that in mind some of the travel trouble spots as you start your morn

no electricity, no air conditioning. last week's ferocious storms are blamed for at least 26 deaths. in washington there was no holiday for work crews removing downed trees so utility workers can begin to restore power. >> i can't wait to go home. i'm so tired of this. >> reporter: his family owned grocery store in chevy chase, maryland, has been without power since friday night. >> we've lost everything. we've lost everything that required refrigeration. >> reporter: here in chicago, there is no relief in sight for the rest of the week. an excessive heat advisory is in place until friday night. kate. >> john yang in chicago. stay cool tonight. when do we get a break from all this heat? you just saw kelly cass in that piece. she joins us now live with more from weather channel headquarters in atlanta. kelly. >> we have to hang in there until early next week when we can finally see temperatures go back to average. we're not talking about a major cooldown for any of us really. as john mentioned, temperatures in chicago onc

okay, tonight, a lot of people at home, no air-conditioning. no electricity. you know, it's going to be more comfortable tonight than it was last night. maybe not quite as muggy. temperatures tomorrow, bruce, maybe a degree lower and then maybe a degree or two lower on monday. we are splitting hairs here. no records downtown tomorrow anyway. let's start with a live look outside. again, we hit 96 today. that's not official. we've had some communication problems in the weather service. 96 was the unofficial high. temperature right now 86. not comfortable downtown by any means. the dew point 72. that's not a great dew point. you want to see them in the 60s. 50s would be ideal. you want to see them in the low 60s. winds out of the south, southeast at 3. pressure is rising. right now it's still pretty toesty. even the suburbs in the 70s, at least it's not in the 80s. 77 in leesburg. 77 hagerstown. 73 in culpeper. if you factor in the humidity, it feels like it's 92 downtown. so that is very uncomfortable. still feels like it's in the upper 70s in manassas and leesb

the lack of power and air conditioning is taking a toll on this family. >> i thought it was going to be back earlier. >> he returned home in hopes of finding his lights back on. we found him sweating and fuming. >> we were living downtown at a dog-friendly hotel. >> he still has no idea when the power will return, he checked out his house and repacked. >> there is no way we can live in here. >> they are trying to get the electricity back on in this neighborhood. as far as the timeline, all of those people, 33,000 customers in montgomery county in the dark still very hot without air-conditioning. >> thank you. the power outages are being blamed for sickening to children. they had to be airlifted to the hospital this morning. their families had run a generator in the basement. the children should be ok, we're told. >> the latest on a fire in the district that took the life of a well-known woman. >> by some experts say getting the unemployment rate down is a long way off. >> a bit of an unusual sight today. people still in the dark, but cheering for local power crews. what a president b

recommends people stay inside air conditioned buildings during heat waves like this one. she says the high humidity prevents sweat from evaporating off the skin, a process which normally helps cool the body. >> so then the body doesn't have a way to get rid of that excessive heat and it a rapid rise internally in terms of heat and that can affect your major organs specifically the brain and heart. >> reporter: in washington d.c. the temperature topped 100 by midday. the punishing heat send tourists like erin gordon and her daughter madeline seeking relief indoors. >> definitely her being out in the heat is hard on kids. so just going to go into the museum. >> reporter: for others like some residents in charlotte, north carolina, respite came in the form of donated air conditioning units. >> it's a godsend and i don't know how to say thank you. >> reporter: some 200,000 people are still without power, many in west virginia after a powerful line of storms hit there last week, and tonight, anthony, many in those same areas are bracing for yet another round of a rear weather

and bge reporting more than 100,000 without air conditioning tonight.eports that more than 5,000 are without power, novec. smeco, 6,000. utility companies are saying it could take a week to restore power to awful ill customers. and the outages have people seeking relief from the heat any way they can. when pepco says it plans to get the power back on for most customers. what's the answer, dare snerek. >> the $64,000 question. the pepco officials say by friday. on new hampshire avenue, getting the thoroughfare clear for traffic. now down there, see the tree we showed you earlier. there is an overhead pepco crew on site as well as a tree clearing crew on the other end. they have to work in concert. wires are mingled with the downed limbs. have to mack suke sure it is sa. around the edges there. looks like they will get work under way in earnest soon. they have their work cut out for them. their goal is to get the thoroughfare open for the morning rush. there is no place like home for patricia payne, home is a honda outside the house. the car has ac, the p

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no electricity, obviously means no air conditioning.rying to circulate lists of public pools and libraries, and for people to go to. and also, just down the road, they do have electricity in the retail district. so, we expect to see a lot of bars and restaurants throughout the day with a lot of folks inside, just huddled around. ordering food, hopefully and plugging in their phones so they can keep in touch. back to you. >> ainsley: that should be a priority. people have been sitting on the ground for days, peter like triage in the emergency room, someone needs to fix that. >> dave: thank you, peter. we had had a hurricane hit a year ago and in my neighborhood alone, 10, 12, 15 streets in my small neighborhood alone and the power company is doing what they can. >> mike: it so widespread. >> ainsley: it's so dangerous, anyway, we've got maria molina in with more on our weather, hey, maria. >> good to see you, we're expecting more heat today, across a large area of the country. basically from the desert southwest in through parts of the e