the allegheny county executive is here, and we want to thank others for the free programs.at job. great job. [applause] now, first of all, before we do anything else, before we do anything else -- >> we love you! >> i love you back. let's also be clear about a very important situation that has arisen. the white sox and the pirates are in first place. so we may be in the world series together. >> go pirates! >> we love each other and can root for each other until we get to the world series. then it's every man for himself. i know is hot, i know you guys have been waiting for a while, so i want to just say thank you to everybody for taking the time to be here. >> thank you! >> i hope everybody had a great fourth of july. we had some folks over for a barbecue in my backyard, had some fireworks. it was also malia's birthday on the 4th. she is now 14 years old. i used to be able to convince her that all these fireworks work for her, but she no longer believes me, but she sends her love. michelle, sasha, and bo all say hi. we have been on the bus tour for the last couple of days.

particularly moving into garrett, allegheny and washington county, over the next hour or two. and these right now are pretty strong. so these may be the strong thunderstorms, across the region tonight. they may also continue to flow to the southeast. so there's still a risk, even across central maryland, of more storm activity yet tonight. some could be locally strong or severe. we have an advisory until 9:00 tonight. it's in effect, as you see, all areas east of carroll county. garrett county, under severe thunderstorm watch np until 10:00. temperature-wise now. we drop to 94. dew point up now, just 70 degrees, which means 94. feels like 100 as it has pretty much all afternoon. tomorrow, about the same. maybe one or two degrees warmer and humid again tomorrow. denise? >> thank you, bob. stay with wjz for complete first warning weather coverage. for updates on the forecast and look at live doppler radar any time, log onto wjz.com. >>> the intense heat was a serious problem for hundreds of passengers on a disabled metro train. officials say the greenline lost power in the middl

that is washington county, frederick county and allegheny county.'s go to first doppler radar and show you those warnings we have out there. the biggest threat out of these damaging winds. winds possibly over 60 miles per hour. now, this is not a repeat of last friday. but we do still have the potential for some damage with these stormsa -- storms as they come through. also potentially? hail. they're going to spread over the rest of the state. and we'll keep you updated. back inside. >> thank you, bernadette and bob. >>> bge reports that all of its out-of-state crews are now in place. first warning weather coverage continues with mike schuh, who spent the morning at one of their two massive staging centers. >> reporter: maryland has been invaded. modeled on military planning, massive amounts of equipment are rolling out of this staging area, near bwi. >> this is the best place for us to make sure they have everything they need to go out on site. >> with a laundry and mess hall, 1,000 crews are here. as big as this is, its duplicate is out in middle

we have a severe thunder storm warning for south western allegheny county and north eastern grant county. that severe thunderstorm ec in the center part of your screen is moving at 30 m.p.h. with in that worst part, we could see some gusts up to 60 m.p.h. a torn wind -- a turn it a warning for south mineral county. that is not a confirmed a tornado. the heat in the midsection of the country. guess where that is headed. we'll have more details coming right up. >> right now, thousands of people preparing to rally at the call to action against aids. protesters are preparing for what they hope is it the largest protest in years to fight this and disease. some interesting plans for today. >> absolutely. >> one of them to include trying money onto -- [no audio] a call to action to end the aids epidemic. >> we finally have the tools to end the aids crisis, but we don't have the polanco -- the political will. >> thousands of people marching through the streets of the nation's capital to the white house, demanding more funding to end date. they will even throw money on to the white house lawn. >>

dash is being held at the allegheny county detention center without bond. >>> two speed cameras were vandalized. >> reporter: one of the vandalized cameras sits between a high school and elementary school. while home who live there aprsh hate keeping the speed in check, others sent a very different message. this is where the camera was, because after this weekend this looked like this. baltimore county police say vandals spray painted the lens of this speed camera and kicked it loose o foundation. >> people obviously, are not happy with the tickets getting sent to them in the mail, simple solutions. don't speed. >> her view is as good as the speed camera that once stood on it. people speed here, she and many other neighbors say, reckless driving. it is why people living here pushed for it to be repaired quickly after it was burned backs in april and why they want it back again after it was spray painted this weekend, hoping it once again snaps away atrophieders before the elementary and high schools here start up in the fall. >> it just makes sense to you. >> this make last lot of an

allegheny county. 63. 72 winchester. winds from the south and east. that's a humid breeze.rings in that warm humid air off the chesapeake, off the atlantic, spots up around 80, 82 degrees, especially in the bay. so a breeze off the water. not a cool one but a humid one. you can see the humidity making it feel like the low 90s at least in the center where we haven't had rain yet. active west of us. as we look at the pattern across the east coast, the setup is an active pattern. weave got a coastal low moving away. new coast lal low developing over the carolinas. that will move closely but offshore as we go into the day tomorrow and early thursday. frontal boundary, knocking on the door. that squeezes that moisture into the coastal low. what does that mean? chances for more showers, especially the peak heating, scattered showers and a couple of stray showers into early thursday. there's that next coastal runner. overnight tonight down to 70, staying muggy with a few storms. tomorrow 88, cannot rule out scattered showers and down to 70 as we stay balmy with lingering storms. c

let's switch it over and show you so far as severe thunderstorm warnings allegheny county until 12:30 and a severe thunderstorm watch will be issued shortly. it's not out yet but reading some of the correspondence it looks like it will be coming shortly. we will keep you in tune as we head through the day. this front will come through and it will bring changes for us. for more on that, out to marty. >> thank you. good afternoon. you can feel it out here. this atmosphere really wants to flex. it's hot, humid. you no we have to pay attention to the sky. tomorrow behind the cold front nothing but great. got a graphic for you. where is the air coming in? where it's 76 right now in chicago. 84 in detroit. you get the idea. pleasant conditions come our way but just for one day. it will be a hefty increase in temperatures and we will have the weekend temperatures coming up shortly. >>> condolences are coming in from across the nation as america mourns the loss of sally ride. edward lawrence reports for wjz on the legacy she leaves behind. >> reporter: sally ride broke gender barriers and gav

the only county that's not getting into this is garrett county and western allegheny county will notet that hot. here's the way the weekend is shaping up. temperatures in the low 100s expected tomorrow. yeah. today we got up to 99 with a heat index of 101. tomorrow may get up to 103. that will break the record which is 101. heat index tomorrow afternoon may get to 110 on sunday. a little better, maybe some upper 90s with the heat index around 100. some thunderstorms likely. that will cool things down, and all next week much cooler, yes and even wetter weather headed our way, vic. >>> complete forewarning weather coverage continues now with monique griego. >> bge told us the restoration process is taking so long because of damage like this throughout the area. and while crews are working nonstop, residents tell us it is really hard not to get frustrated. >> reporter: for the past week, bge and utility crews from across the country have been removing trees and repairing electrical lines. but despite an around the clock effort, dozens of customers are facing another weekend without serv

an allegheny writer is down by 5¢ plus $125.e the agency slapped him with four coming up short and is fair. mike sherman has the story and see only an cbs five. would you rather pay 75¢ for a train ride or $125? it's a rhetorical question. john parish didn't choice. in the feels he is literally being nickel-and-dimed by muni. >>> it's insane its technocracy run amok. here's this 5¢ worth. he is waiting for it in unitard branded them embarcadero earlier this year and here comes a train. >>> and herded be. which was my signal that i pay the fare. he is a senior socialist seven 5¢ but also getting out of his stock to meet their inspectors. >>> they told now and 70¢ on the card and the fare was 75 the car did not taken any of the money i couldn't pay the money and edifying for $100. the appeal this case and lost another still cost $25. some of these in for a bus in the quarter. >>> it to fill them in that instance says kristen holland to also says lott is a lot. >>> they do need to remember that they need to keep track of what's on

most of those are in allegheny county. >>> 9news now is tracking all the on youages in our region. >> us live from silver spring, which is one of the hardest hit areas. >> reporter: this is an incredible scene, wires down, a massive tree down here on ten brooke and dryden. we have a neighbor who has come out and has staged a sit in of sorts, because you have been in this situation, we know we are just a stone's throw

potomac edison 1153 mostly in allegheny county. >> a number of summer school programs are closed sincet week's storms are starting back up and some are still without power and will remain closed. eight schools in fairfax county still have no power. all d.c. public schools except fair view hope elementary and winston education campus will be 0 open. in montgomery county, the regional centers will start up again but other school programs will not restart until monday. ing get a full list of these closings at wusa9.com. >> after hearing howard's forecast, you know today will be another grueling day of work for power company employees. once again, they have to deal with extreme temperatures and humidity as they work to restore power to thousands of increasingly frustrated customers. >> we have a look at how thins are going as crews continue to work out of local neighborhoods. >> well, it's just hot. a lot of

allegheny county 3685. garrett county 2429. howard county 824, front good morningry county 1964 and washington county 58. >> oh, my goodness. hopefully we won't have to do anything like that until the winter. well it is weather that caused all of these outages, but at least today, weather is not a severe problem. >> reporter: we did have steady storms come through overnight. i heard a little rumble in my neighborhood, but right now we are calming things down on the radar. i think the moisture will be around for most of the morning, it might be an issue for some folks on the roadways. most of this could clear out by the 9:00 hour completely. right now though, 80 degrees at reagan national airport. it is steamy out there, our humidity values are quite high. we are going to steadily rise into the lower 90s for later on this afternoon and as the cloud cover comes back, we'll run the risk of seeing more showers and storms later on this evening and into the overnight. you can see steady rainfall moving toward southern and eastern por

spirits but it was dashed when buck received a second letter from banks posted from a steamer on the allegheny river in pennsylvania near pittsburgh saying he had changed his plans and wasn't going to albany and buffalo but was on his way to california. buck shared this letter with edward masse, banks' owner who responded that banks was leading them on a merry dance. this most recent letter was meant to throw bucks' attention away from him. he knew banks well enough to know he was a not on his way to california, nor would he settle on a local town such as aspen or pennsylvania where a brother lived and where he would be most vulnerable but would choose instead the security and anonymity provided by a large city, such as pittsburgh, philadelphia, or new york. that is where they should look, he said. but ashby's efforts in philadelphia had drawn a blank as had kline's. masse also suspected banks had the support of someone who knew the preferred way of leading to california and was feeding him this information. banks were using stamps designed to throw them off the track. he has found means, mass

potomac edison has 522 out aims most in allegheny frederick and garrett county.ost in prince george's county. monika samtani will have traffic for us in just a moment. we still have a problem with lights at major intersections, especially in montgomery county. >> she has a look at what we can expect temperature-wise. good morning olga. >> reporter: good morning. yesterday things were nice, air was dry. this morning we are not getting that much of a break. we are looking at very mild temperatures. in the 80s outside in the suburbs. we have nice 70s going around. plenty of sunshine today. brilliant sunshine by noon but we are going to be right back up into the middle range 90s by later on this afternoon. we will begin to have a little bit of a wind shift toward the end of the day. it won't impact us too much but will bring in cover. comfortable at la plate ta at 71 and even 60s toward the south. again with the daytime heating 95 the expected high for reagan national airport. 98 toward manassas. >> if you are planning to head outside right now things are looking goo

bosley, towsontown allegheny pennsylvania, we have been doing this for years. you get up early and park and go watch the towson parade. friend walking the route. they tried to break a record for the most people blowing bubbles at one time. >> my lords my ladies. announcing the beginning of the catonsville parade. >> and then we whip you over to catonsville for the 66th annual 4th of july parade. chairs were set up a month ago to see this along frederick road. ravens band in this and nothing better than hearing the fight song on the 4th of july. >>>lins, you've seen the -- listen, i've seen the fire trucks and bands. patriotic pets strutted. joe hall gives the best explanation of why baltimore does what baltimore does. >> it points out how fun and ecleftic baltimore is. you don't -- ecollective baltimore s you -- decollecttive bolt dr -- ecollecttive baltimore is. we take fun seriously and we are real comfortable being zany and loopy and a little crazy. >> i love it and check out this awards for most patriotic returning champion the 8-year- old tortoise most vis

titanium maker allegheny technologies fell almost 4%. iron ore producer cliff's natural resources dropped 3.6%, to a new 52-week low. copper and gold miner freeport mcmoran fell 3.4%. the market tone wasn't helped by mcdonald's disappointing earnings report. as diane reported earlier, earnings were hurt by a stronger u.s. dollar cutting into overseas profits. it was the biggest percentage loser among dow industrial stocks, falling 2.9%. this stock was at all-time highs in january, over $102 per share. it's below $90 tonight. after the market close, the focus was on a weak outlook from for-profit education firm devry. new student enrollment is expected to drop as costs continue rising. devry stock was down about 1% during the regular session, and fell 20% from this closing price after the warning tonight. that puts the stock around $22. despite today's sour market mood, we saw plenty of monday merger announcements. the biggest was the chinese play for canadian energy company nexen. nexen shares stock shot up more than 50%. china's cnooc h

narrator: pittsburgh is situated at the confluence of the allegheny, monongahela, and ohio rivers. these three rivers are vital for industry, recreation, and drinking water. and each year, billions of gallons of combined sewer overflows discharge directly into those rivers. hecht: we're now having to face the consequences of the choice that was made to put in combined sewer systems. narrator: in 1994, the government adopted a combined sewer overflow policy to reduce csos nationwide. cities with combined sewer overflows now face an enforcement action called a consent decree. under a consent decree, a city must reduce pollution levels significantly within a strict time frame or face heavy fines. in 1960, the combined sewer overflows were a perfectly legitimate way of dealing with sewers. woman: the mind set was that, what did it matter if we were sending our waste downstream? water was a good conveyance for pollution. man: sewer systems are installed to reduce public health problems. now what you're doing is transferring the problem, you're transferring it to downstream cities. in ad

there are heavier showers in far western maryland in allegheny county, in northwestern cumberland. there's brief downpours. the rest of the region is light rain but because of the threat of later tonight. there could be heavier showers that would cause minor flash flooding. as far as the rainfall amounts, boy, tim has them. some are extremely impressive. >> we're going to go back to storms that hit extreme flooding. our first warning weather coverage continues with mike schuh. >> reporter: with the city county line, b.t.e. is getting it contained by the storm energy. baltimore has torrential rain flash flood that hit the region and casualties were immediate. >> we had this massive storm come in. lightning, thunder. it was actually really, really exciting. >> reporter: in canton, the storm knocked down the tree and eyewitness news received this that shows how water buckled the ceiling flooding the lobby. >> better to get it out of here. let the water drain off. >> reporter: the storm knocked 30,000 people off the electric grid with most near townsend. >> the draining is painfully sl

so some folks in garrett county and western allegheny county may see some showers. a little more activity in the region. as far as temperatures go it's only 85. it's not 100 thank goodness. 87 is our normal high in this case. a little moist, a little humid will stay that way all week long. we do this almost every afternoon. how about the next couple of days, bernadette woods has a look that the. >> as bob was saying we do have varying chances. a couple of different coming our way. tomorrow one is coming up from the south. that will increase the moisture amounts here and increase our chances for showers and thunderstorms. then on wednesday, another front comes in from the west and that keeps those chances pretty high. varying chances from day-to- day. and we will keep you updated back inside. >> bernadette, thank you. another record is shattered at vwi marshal airport nearly 2.2 million passengers flew through the airport last month. that is a new record for the month of june and the second busiest month in the history of vwi marshal. work is currently under way, peo

one in every two years back to the west, including allegheny county, but it's back to the west he hear about this. chicago, cincinnati, places in ohio, they see about one of those a year. for us, once every four years, i don't think we even see this kind of derecho. it could be one every ten or 20 when we have this type of storm. i'll update you on the complete forecast over the next couple minutes. >>> to help commuters who will be leaving d.c. tonight, hov restrictions have been suspended. that means drivers are free to use any lane of i-270 during the evening rush. >>> also, there is help for xwhuter headed toward virginia tonight. v-dot is lifting hov restrictions for interstate 66 web inside the beltway. regular restrictions to two or more passengers per vehicle will remain in effect outside the beltway and on interstate 95 and i-395. >>> metro is warning that major delays could be possible for travelers tonight. more than 30 bus lines are having to make detours on the usual routes because of the downed power lines and trees. all of the rail stations are opening. some are operatin

how about first energy when they were biography allegheny in february 2010.uke will give you the same kind of outperformance now that it's merged with progress. that's not just world indignation. that's right. profits are the real takeaway. here's the bottom line. yes, we're outraged by the mourning of the long knives at duke energy, including the massive $44 million payout to johnson for his 15 minutes of ceoness. but, no, that's not a reason to sell the stock. don't let the scandal turn you off to a utility with a terrific deal that should outperform. duke with a tarnished reputation is still better than the vast majority of non-domestic stocks. >> coming up, shark bait. they thought this predator was time to sink its teeth in a trend but took a dive after an earning trend. find out how they got this so wrong and protect you from what else could be lurking. if you made a list of countries from around the world... ...with the best math scores. ...the united states would be on that list. in 25th place. let's raise academic standards across the nation. let's g

take the waste and rubble and toxic detritus of this destruction and dumped it into seven miles of allegheny mountain streams. some of the best water in the region and destroy those streams. buried alive forever. paula and others stood up and paul lott said my grandfather was a coal miner. my father with a coal miner. i buried both of them and here i am here to tell you they wouldn't stand for this. it wouldn't abide destruction of our mountains. they told the epa that in a public hearing and after consideration they used statutory authority to protect those streams and to block the mountain top removal. three weeks later, three weeks later the house of representatives voted to strip the epa of its authority to protect those streams and who supported it? a brand new freshman congressman from west virginia who has received more money from local industry than anybody else on capitol hill. connecting murdoch's is important for people to understand that. two years ago this month, 29 miners were killed in west virginia in a tragic mine accident. the worst in decades. we have yet to hear from the

thursday, we have a heat advisory that will be going into effect for the entire region there east of allegheny county. so it's going to be a hot, uncomfortable, kind of tough day tomorrow. bernadette in the outback. she has a look at some of these temperatures. bernadette? >> that's right. this has been a hot month, as we all know, even with saturday only being at 69 degrees. so our average high, 92.3 degrees. the average for that same stretch is 87.4 degrees am so we have been considerably above average for july. now, when we tally up our 90- degree days. we're now at 32. and among those, six of them have been at 100 degrees or higher. so yes, after a cooler start to the season, it's really cranked up in july. looks like that will continue this week. we'll have that forecast coming up. >> oh, boy. should we start doing this now? >> not yet. but tomorrow. still to come on wjz eyewitness news. >>> i'm mary bubala. the duratio storm knocked out power for days. now, the president of bge sits down with me to defend the company's response to the storm. that's coming up next. >>> a life-and-death st

i started at allegheny college. we parted ways my junior year. i got drafted and did my years of civilian service. i went to night school. i eventually graduated from temple university, with a 4.0 average, and got my first job working as a stringer for time magazine. >> in my old school, that would have been four out of six. >> it was for out of four. >> are you required, as a conscientious objector, to do public service? >> this was early in vietnam, 1965 and 1966. it was before any draft cards had been burned. the deal was that if the local draft board approved your application as a conscientious objector, you have to find a civilian job they approved of. i found a job working for a quicker organization in vietnam. they said, you cannot go to vietnam. that is too far away. the worsening everybody else to vietnam, but they said no. that is how i ended up working in philadelphia. >> how many battles have you been in as an embedded reporter? >> i have no idea. in 1977, i want to africa as time magazine bureau chief. most of what i wrote about was

boy, this is going to get into garrett county, going to get into allegheny county, maybe washington county the next few hours and certainly north of the boarder. you're up in chambersburg, you have to watch out for this the next few hours. locally i think we're in pretty good shape for most of the day. mid-70s in town. a few 60s here in northern virginia from leesburg down to manassas. martinsburg is 67 and mid-70s in southern maryland. look at these highs today. we're going to make a run unfortunately toward the triple digits. monika samtani, we've got a beer truck overturned 270. i just want to know if it's light beer. >> corporal ryan who is my new bex friend, he tells -- best friend, he tells me this beer truck overturned just after 4:00 this morning. it's going toe take a while to clear up the beer. let's take a live look there. they're waiting for a heavy duty wrecker. in the meantime only the right shoulder continues to get by. right now very, very slowly northbound side of 270. remember, this is against the rush hour flow and yet you have this huge backup here because of the cleanu

bosley avenue at west allegheny.far as 95 goes, easy drive for you, both northbound and southbound. and as far as the beltway goes, only dilemma is on the north side inner loop. minor slowing there at harford road. after that point, traffic does break free. not much activity on the south of brokenning highway. -- broening highway and sandy point. this is brought to you by cirque du soleil. you can get your tickets at the arena office by calling 410-547- seat. or go to ticketmaster.com. >>> a monumental breakthrough in the world of physics. research ers in -- researchers in europe say they could have found something to explain the universe. >> reporter: the universe as we know it, would never have formed if it were not for an invisible miracle of physics. now, researchers say they have all but confirmed its existence. >> as a layman, i would not say, i think we have it. >> it was first mentioned by its namesake, british physicist, peter higs in the '60s. higs believes it's these tiny particles that give mass. turning

. >> first energy which has potomac, and allegheny power customers, they have more than 8500 outages.t of them are in berkeley county, virginia. >> and 286 outages in charles county. appalachian power still has outages in virginia and west virginia, none of them are in our viewing area. >> everyone wants their

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bosley avenue at allegheny. we also have a crash in the city. poplar grove street at arundel avenue. and because of the festivities, a lot of road closures to watch out for. east pratt at charles. lombard. light at lee. also baltimore street. closed at north gay. and remember, we still have plenty of traffic lights in the city. so please treat those intersections as four-way stop signs. >>> and giving you an update on water main break. remains closed. only one lane is getting by. so take beaver dam road instead. and as i said, main roadways are moving very well. no problems to report on 95 in either direction. let's take a live look. as you can see, not too much activity there on the beltway. south of broening highway. this traffic report is brought to you by your subway and subway dealer. try the santa fe melt only for a limited time. >>> nathan's hot dog eating contest. some of the world's top competitors faced off. and a new world record was set. >> are you ready, brooklyn? >> reporter: ooze it's the super bowl of competitive eating. and two.

>> thunderstorm activity in garrett, allegheny county as we speak.nd, frostburg, and not too far of oakland, storms moving right through there now. and these had brief, gusty winds. brief downpours some areas. could see a quick quarter to half inch of rain in like 25 to 30 minutes. so the strongest activity, moving through the cumberland area, into west virginia. another batch appeared near chambersburg. in this area, and looks like it's going to head down towards gettysburg. eventually, westminster, baltimore carol and frederick county should see this around 8:00 to 8:30 tonight. and some areas could see some downpours, lightnings as well. maybe brief gusty winds. although right now, we're had no reports of anything severe. but there could be thunderstorm activity tonight. and unfortunately, may have a repeat of some of these storms again tomorrow, on the fourth of july. bernadette has a look at a hot july 4th in the region. bernadette? >> that's right. now, this is not an all-day rain event. but just be smart about tomorrow, everybody. those thunde

are in philadelphia, it's circled, and allegheny county, pittsburgh, to the west.nd david, of the washington examiner. sometimes, you hear a story and it's taking place far from where you live and you're not quite sure of what to make of it because you're not on the ground cht this is not that story for me. i went to the community where i was born this morning and got the local newspaper and it speaks of how 70,000 voters in two counties, bux and montgomery county, born in one, living in the other, are now in dejeopard and we have absolutely no history of voter fraud that would justify jeopardizing 70,000 people from exercising the franchise. what do you make of all this? >> well, i would start by backing up and looking at the larger picture here. first of all, the state is sending out letters to just about everybody in this category to explain what the new law does and what sorts of voter i.d. are acceptable. college i.d.s are generally acceptable in pennsylvania. the school can put the expiration date on in the form of a sticker. >> i don't think these are colleg

thunderstorm watch and technically speaking, washington county, northwest of us, mineral county and alleghenynty, you're under will thunderstorm watch until 10:00 and may get extended farther to the south, depending on whether or not the storms hold together and this in this city, 100 degrees and that is the ethis summer and look at the heat index values. feels like 110 for frederick and 110 for quantico and 107 degrees for fredericksburg. the heat advisory will run until 8:00 and we'll expect the heat index to stay up over 100 degrees and with that 7:00, 97; storms possible at 9:00 and 11:00, the temperatures cooling into the upper 80s and into the upper 70s tonight and we're going to carry a chance of showers and thunderstorms into that forecast leave night tonight and that is in to the mid to upper 90s. tomorrow's high, depending on the thunderstorm activity we have and how much sunshine we have and we'll cool off through the weekend. saturday, some showers and thunderstorms, 92 and with that sunday, mostly dry and a high of 90 degrees and looks like thunderstorms on sunday would be relati

your cooler locations from the blue ridge to the allegheny mountains and, of course, the beach a bit cooler today, too. hitting a high of 90 degrees. heat index, again, 98. 99 in raleigh and 96 in little rock and 96 degrees in minneapolis, minnesota. there's the bubble and it will start shrinking, but, for us, first we have to see a spike before we start looking at cooler conditions. so many a states yesterday had a sizzling fourth of july with record temperatures back to the north and west. by sunday, again, that heat will start coming down across areas of the north across area of the midwest and ohio valley and next week, as early as monday, we're talking about highs in the mid to upper 80s. it will be back to near average with that heat getting squashed down to the south and east. as far as storms, of course, we had some this morning. 68-mile-per-hour wind gusts and quantico and we're seeing more storms here popping in areas of northwest virginia. later today around 7:00, 8:00, 9:00, even though storm 4 radar is quiet right now. we might see an isolated thunderstorm or two. here's

look at the new law shows democratic strongholds will be hit the hardest, mainly philadelphia and allegheny to thurn the state red. as the philadelphia daily news reports, the total of just tse two counties, 286,048 is more than three times the total votes former democratic congressman joe sestak lost by in his 2010 senate race against republican pat toomey. toomey beat sestak by 80,229 votes. now the law faces a leaggal challenge. a july 25th hearing is scheduled. it could possibly reach the state's supreme court by the november election. joining me is the reverend jesse jackson. welcome on the show. >> what a subject. >> receive rnd jackson, let's get right to it. is this a poll attack in disguise? >> of course, it is. the republicans won by a margin of discounted votes. in 2004, they won by a margin of unused machines and people in lines all day long. always some scream to deny or suppress the vote. in ohio, they have been prjed from the roles sxrk youan't vote the weekend before the election. so in pennsylvania, the 750,000 will determine the winner of the election. that's why eric hold

that is probably going to move into washington, allegheny.ings down quickly, into the 70s. right now, 95 here. 83, nice and cool. with a nice breeze off the ocean, ocean city. still upper 80s to low 90s and some mid-90s. there's baltimore and over in columbia. and of course, d.c. at 97. 95, 67 today. the average wouldn't be too bad. 87, 66. the records, 1898. 104 in 2001. 50 degrees on this day. right now, a light nort wind in- - north wind in the area. and if any of these storms come through, wind gusts could get maybe 40, even 50 miles an hour. that is possible tonight. hot humid air over the west of us. however, by thursday, looks like humidity gets pressed further to the south. may dry out a little bit. but it will still be on the hot side. in fact, temperatures could be in the upper 90s for a couple of days. this batch of storms washing across the great lakes. heading through ohio, pennsylvania. weakening somewhat. but i do think we have at least a chance of widely scattered storms tonight. and probably again sometime tomorrow. maybe in