take a look at atlanta, georgia. expected high temperature once again, sizzling at 104 degrees. coming up in the forecast, here's the temperature trend for atlanta. downward, 104 today. by wednesday, about 91. is that going to feel different? probably. significant significantly not so much. st. louis, triple digits down a little by wednesday. back up to 102 degrees. louisville, kentucky, pretty much staying in the mid to upper 90s. today, 101. washington, d.c., sizzling. a lot of those people, a million without power. it is going to be insufferable. make sure you check on the elderly. also for animal, make sure you have extra water for them. someplace where they're in the shade or indoors. take a look at these temperatures we saw on saturday. record high readings from columbia, south carolina, with a sizzling hot 109 degrees. athens, georgia, yesterday was 107. the day before, 109 degrees. it was also 109 degrees in nashville, tennessee. athens, georgia, atlanta, evansville, everybody in extreme heat with indices making it feel like 115 degrees, up to 115 degrees. that's the heat

runners are crossing the finish line of the annual peach tree road race in atlanta, georgia. are live pictures. the 10k race started back in 1970 and it started with just a few thousand runners but now it's quite the hot ticket out in atlanta, georgia this year. the 60,000 runners had to win a lottery to run in this very popular race. >>> warning for boaters this morning. the coast guard is implementing safety zones in the san francisco bay for tea. one zone will be located about 1,000 feet off of pier 39 the other will be located near the san francisco municipal pier. the safety zones will be in effect frfr 9:30 to 10:15 tonight. boaters that enter the zones could be fined $40,000. >>> thousands of people turned out in richmond for an early fourth of july celebration. there you see it those fire works lighting up the skies over the cities marina district. earlier there were performances by the oakland east bay symphony. people say it helps promote the city in a positive light. >> it's very, very important. we see from the media typically the negative effects that happen in u

marc siegel and author of the book "inner pulse" and, a urologist from atlanta, georgia, joins us.ant to get started with you, a doctor with your own practice, and five employees in your clinic and that makes you a medical practitioner and a business person, having to take care of the business side of medicine. when you think about obamacare what will it mean for you both as a doctor and as a business person? >> we were told when we started down this road, president obama, if you had a doctor you could keep him if you were happy with him and happy with your insurance company you would keep them and the first point, you be keep your doctor, reimbursement is down and cost of doing business is up and doctors all over atlanta are getting off of medicare. and, we have had to move our office and get a less expensive location so we can keep our medicare patients and we are definitely being impacted by the financial aspects. >> governor huckabee: and let me interrupt. one thing i don't think most people understand, the doctors are getting paid by medicare. what is the percentage of the act

. >> we get the heat in atlanta, georgia but not 106 degree heat. the depth of it. 45 million people since this heat wave began last week from colorado and kansas to the carolinas and to the degree to which we are breaking records. it is not just the warmest for the day or the month. places like dodge city, kansas and columbia and nashville. these are the warmest temperatures these places have seen on any day since records had begun in the 1800s. certainly breaking records during this heat wave and today breaking records. atlanta, georgia 106 today. greenivville 107 the highest it has ever been. that was the pinnacle of the heat. we are going to shave off a few degrees each day. here is the temperature dropping two degrees for some of you in the southeast. tomorrow shaving off two or three degrees. denver to 97. you can see salt lake city to atlanta and the carolinas. there is tomorrow. as we head into tuesday we shave off a few degrees. as we look into a four day forecast still temperatures for the balance of the country. we are going to see temper

we have three inches of rain in parts of atlanta georgia. that's three inches, just a lot of rain but we go out toward the west. we had temperatures in to the 90's today. 98 in oklahoma city. this heat is aligning to be pushing war toward the east. >> thank you. caught on tape look at this. authorities trying to identity two suspects seen in this video robbing a exxon gas station and hit a clerk with a gun. it happened last friday morning. >>> you see him call the police. >>> and a north carolina man is sitting in jail after maryland state police say they found heroin worth more than $100,000. officials made a traffic stop in cecil on 95 yesterday. police brought in a dog unit. >> actually 5,000 individually packaged units of heroin ready for street sales, another bag with heroin as well as over $78,000 of cash. >> boyd is in custody on $200,000 bond tonight. >>> new, four people locked up this evening accused of transporting cigarettes illegally across state lines. anyly 26 packs were take eastbounderren during the stop just south of hagers

if you're watching us on 11 live news in atlanta, georgia, check out a unique exhibit that looks at thelution of skate design and ask is it really art at the skate it or hang it? museum in atlanta. that's your "early today" ee voenltd f the day, lynn. >>> and now here's an early look at this morning's headlines in entertainment. when it comes to community service you could say chris brown is getting lindsay lohan treatment. part of his probation stemming from his beating of former girlfriend rihanna. the deputy district attorney complained details of how many hours and where the singer did his work were unclear. >>> tony award winner nina arianda will make her big screen debut playing '60s singer janis joplin in an upcoming biography. >>> the mek tick lis katie holmes spent her time planning for her divorce. right down to entrusting a friend to obtain a disposable cell phone for her, which she used to secretly speak to lawyers. >> don't mess with katie. >> sounds like a script to a hollywood movie. >>> and finally after weeks a of a much publicized break-up sofia vergara celebrated her

martha boone, a urologist from atlanta, georgia and we welcome you and delighted to have you. dr.ted with you, you're a doctor and you have your own practice in your own clinic. not only a medical practitioner, but taking care of the business side of medicine. when you think about obamacare, what does it mean for you, both as a doctor and as a business person. >> well, we were told when we started down this road, with president obama that if you had a doctor you could keep them if you're happy with them. if you're happy with your insurance company, so to the first point, you can keep your doctor. and reimbursement is down, the cost of doing business is up. and doctors all over atlanta are getting off of medicare, and no doctor is currently on medicaid. and we've had to move our office and get a less expensive location so that we can keep our medicare patients, so we're definitely being impacted by the financial aspects of it. >> and one. things i don't think most people understand, they think well, the doctors are getting paid by medicare. what the is the percentage of the actual

as we go to break, live look south at atlanta georgia. the start of the olympic games. we'll be right back. >>> a mississippi couple forced to move their wedding ceremony at the last minute had nothing to do with payment problems or scheduling conflicts. why the wedding disaster sparked controversy in one town. american red courthouse is in need of your blood. the reason behind the worst shortage for that in a decade and a little ingenuity reunited states a mother bear and three curious cubs. those stories and more coming up on good morning maryland at 5:00. >>> olympic games are in full swing, we are learning about team u.s.a. there are three swimmers with african american heritage representing the u.s., 2008 gold medalist jones relishes the idea of being a role model. >> i think that's huge. i can't tell you how many family members picked up a driver because they saw tiger woods doing it. the beacon of seeing someone that looks like you that is excelling in a sport, getting out of a bad situation, those are the glimpse of hope. >> the 17 year old is the second african

currently a senior at morehouse college in atlanta, georgia. i am an alumni as of 2008 soared can speak to the value of this program and how it does affect you even the years after it. i am sitting for a down payment on a house and saving for retirement. these are all things i would not be anywhere near doing at this point in my life at 22 without having been in the wall street wizards program. i got in the program and went through both courses. everything from budgeting, being able to read a balance sheet for company, under standing stocks beyond someone saying by this. being able to see the venture capitalists and see how a lot of the things that a lot of us never had any idea about how to operate, even through adulthood. we were able to learn that in high school. i am thinking bill and the city for giving this deserved recognition. thank you. [applause] >> i am currently going into my sophomore year at american university and i was in the program for three years. i wanted to thank bill for opening my eyes to a world and never knew. i never k

i think about the american dream i had the opportunity to go back to my home neighborhood in atlanta, georgias born in the inner still. just right down the street where dr. martin luther king was born and raised. no matter where you come from. the american dream means no matter where you come from or born there is equality in this country based upon your own individual industrialism that you can achieve whatever heights you want in this great nation. my father was born in 1920 down

the reason i ask is about twenty years ago i when i went to atlanta georgia and i walked in their little bob barr and i saw familiar face singing and that doing that like oh. and they introduced me i was a young kid i said what are you doing here i mean you know you sell millions of records she she says i love to do that it keeps keep the flame alive you know the answer well. i have done it i like doing it and i sit in everywhere. i've sat in with all of the greats of our time you know at one time and i'm done a lot of sitting in with tony bennett and many of the female stars you know and we've done all kinds of things but if you get paid for that then you are a club back. and that means i cannot exist i'm either going to sell my houses and my car and start from scratch i mean i'm back and all my children's education money is gone. joe is it true you were pretty close friend of michael jackson. i knew and then there was family just passing was so but i did have an incredible conversation with him once because we both had the same religion you know who and once in london i went down to hi

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. >> reporter: 105 in atlanta, georgia. 103, raleigh, north carolina. and 103 for birmingham, alabama. big numbers under a huge heat dome. it's not a technical term but here's what it is, a high pressure system that settles in and barely budges. here's how it works. high pressure compresses air to the ground, increasing the molecule's energy. that warms it up all around us. that's a science but here's how it feels. oppressive heat with no break. at a golf tournament in atlanta a gigantic fan offering relief. for this pup it took an icy treat to cool down. in washington, it was one too many overheated innings. the nationals' pitcher pulled out of the game with heat exhaustion. new yorkers escaped to the beach hoping to catch a cool breeze. back in the city, con edison workers were locked out in a labor dispute. the utility calling in thousands of managers to help. and across the river in new jersey, paramedics were responding to emergency heat-related calls barraged by 20 an hour. >> we see a rise in asthma. we see a rise in respiratory calls. >> those p

atlanta, georgia, broke their all-time hottest temperature ever. the number, 106. scary heat across the southeast. >> people could really be dying and don't understand the impact that heat has on the body, especially if you're over 55. >> reporter: and this is day two of the sultry heat wave. columbia, south carolina, and nashville, tennessee, both hit 109, their hottest ever. from birmingham to kansas city, memphis and more, this triple-digit heat wave is remarkable. no records in nyc, but it's still uncomfortable. oven-like, people finding the typical ways to stay cool. >> it's very hot. finding air-conditioning and a cold beer. >> reporter: in raleigh, north carolina, it's the second day in a row north of 100 and it's the most wonderful time of the year for one group. >> the weather is so hot, it's kind of like christmas for a technician. you know, it's when we make our money. >> this is really something and ginger back now and the numbers for the story tell the story. >> look at them. atlanta will get to 104. monday they slip a little. washington, d.c. still in

a tribute to our troops at turner field in atlanta, georgia. e than 150 military men and women honored during a special event by fox sports and the atlanta braves. the red carpet really rolled out for them to thank them for their service and then they watched the braves play the nationals with their families. looks like a good old time. next, the bad. just ahead of the fourth of july holiday, a wisconsin based flag seller files for bankruptcy. it's called liberty flag and specialty company and it's asking to spend money that was set aside for a bank lender to keep the lights on while it's trying to figure out if this company can survive. this happening at what is normally their peak season. folks, let's buy american when we buy our flags. and finally, the ugly. get ready for occupy fourth of july. in the cradle of liberty? occupiers from across the country started arriving in philadelphia on saturday and they're camping out on independence mall. by july 4th, 1500, protesters are expected to gather there. >> it's that time. we're getting all scra

and atlanta, georgia, friday in the upper 80s.st relief really in the southeast where you expect temperatures to be hot, but right here through the upper midwest and the plains that we'll see this 100 degrees scorching heat right through the short-term forecast and into next week. >> seems upside down. normally you're talking about atlanta might be closing in on the 100s and not washington, d.c. st. louis 104? >> miami and tampa, temperatures much cooler than that. >> so bizarre. like upside down. alexandra steele. thank you. >> 37 minutes past the hour. new jersey governor chris christie is fighting again. this time with state democrats over a middle class tax cut. he called a special session of the legislature yesterday one day after a really ugly exchange with a reporter. not much of an exchange, he was the one doing the talking. here are some of the governor's sunday press conference. >> on monday are you going to be addressing the legislature? >> did i say on topic? are you stupid? on topic. on topic. next question. good. tha

. >> from atlanta, georgia. >> from atlanta, georgia. she watches every day.kies. i'm going to share them with the staff. tucker has been waiting all morning for me to open them up. she sent a nice note. the people who put the cookies together, the cookie says congratons. >> kind of wordy. >> they speak for themselves. >> not a lot of room on the cookie. >> true. thank you tracy. >> so nice. >>> our weather will be nice today. upper 80s to about 90. live shot. >> that's pretty. >> you can tell there's not a lot of water in the atmosphere, because visibility is pretty good this morning. there you go. nice start to your day. got plans to get in the yard, this is the day to do it. because the heat and humidity, the steam will be back for the weekend. 73 in washington. 68 at dulles. 68 in fredericksburg. ocean city 73 degrees. watching the front, stays to our south today. should be dealing with sunshine this afternoon. wouldn't you know it, it will move back towards as a warm front this weekend. thunderstorms back in the forecast starting the second half of friday

it feels like 94 in raleigh. 88 in atlanta, georgia.o, in fact, a little cooler down there, right? 101 the heat index value in chicago, illinois. 103 in memphis, tennessee. 98 in dallas. so over here throughout the ohio valley, throughout areas of the mississippi valley, that's where that high heat and humidity is. it's going to be pushing eastward. we have a light wind outside. that is blowing around the heat. a few clouds with us. it's going to be a mostly clear evening as our heat index values start to cool down. i'm calling it plenty warm for the evening. right now we see that 100 degrees. gaithersburg, maryland, 104. frederick, maryland, leesburg, 103. again, higher values for tomorrow. all the counties shaded in orange, frederick, maryland, charlottesville, virginia, and off to the east under a heat advisory. starting at noon tomorrow and going to 9:00 p.m. we don't have any storms to worry about today. mostly clear sky here. you can see storms building far to the west and western side of west virginia. as we zoom in, again, clear

today's high is already 104 in atlanta, georgia. these were today's highs. tomorrow we will shave off a few degrees but it is negligible because the nighttime temperatures will stay so high. 97 in atlanta. out of 100 degree territory but well warmer than where we should be and record breaking, as well. >> we are looking on your screen there and we have to move to colorado where you have a lot of gusting winds, temperature heat an issue for firefighters trying to contain the waldo canyon fires. >> three weather factors can exacerbate or help fires, one is temperature and one is moisture. winds are the biggest impact because they are the most unpredictable factor. winds feed that fire and give it life with extra oxygen. the stronger the winds the faster the fire spreads. wildfires generate their own winds called fir whirls that hurl debris. what we will see in terms of winds today gusting potentially 30 to 40 and sustained 10 to 15 miles per hour throughout the day and tonight. >> thank you so much. >>> heat is also an issue for firefighters fighting the waldo

you are from atlanta, georgia, right? what olympic event once involved animals other than horses.hooting, greased pig competition or greyhound racing? you can smell that cd, can't you? >> i can. >> bull fighting. >> no. good, she gets her cd. >> eleven berman, the correct answer is pigeon shooting? >> in 1900 in paris, live pigeon shooting. they decided never to do it again because they thought it got a little messy. can you imagine your olympic job, you finally get to work the olympics and your job is to clean the venue? >> oh, god. back across to kath. >> from nova scotia. who knew? which is the only country to win at least one gold medal at every summer olympics? these are hard, isn't it, great britain, the u.s., greece or china? >> the u.s. >> good day for me. >> the correct answer there, great britain. >> the u.s. boycotted moscow. >> oh, right, right. >> that was the trick there. britain won five gold medals at those lolympics in '87. >> how do you think they will do at the summer games? >> they will do well. the home country usually has an added boost. >> where did you say

i used to live in atlanta, georgia. i used to eat at chick-fil-a. it was one of my favorite restaurants to go to, until i heard about their anti-gay policies. i won't go to chick-fil-a anymore because thooft. people in this country have their right to make the decision. we have a right not to go to a place, a right to speak out against those policies. there's nothing wrong with mayor of boston doing the same thing. >> boycotts are free speech. >> what the mayor of boston is doing is trying to use government. that's inappropriate. i think -- i completely agree. you have a right not to go to chick-fil-a. i have never been to chick-fil-a. they're not kosher. i don't eat there. >> they also sell sausage, egg, and bacon biscuits at chick-fil-a even though they talk about being biblically based. we don't need to have businesses deciding and dictating religious beliefs for everybody else as a consumer. let people make their own choices. this is the kind of country we want to live in. >> that's the problem with mayor menino. >> i don't want to be a chicken,

like to see this much heat, temperatures breaking records from denver, colorado eastbound to atlanta, georgiaup into the upper 100s this afternoon. a clash of the air masses has fueled these giant clusters of storms. yesterday's cluster historic. these have been rolling quickly east and southeast cooler to the north warmth and humidity to the south, clash of the air masses dangerous recipe for severe weather. >> harris: we heard our correspondent in colorado saying cooler temperatures helped. not everybody is as hot as everybody else right now. >> that's right. the core of the heat is centered across the plain states slicing throughout the deep south. we will see some of this heat retreat and build back into the front rages not good news also aided by low relative humidity and dry thunderstorms. we need the rain throughout colorado and new mexico. some of these thunderstorms are producing more damage rather than help with gusty winds and lightning definitely not good news for combating some of these fires. some rainfallhs, but heat is on as we go into sunday and next week. >> harris: the hig

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i think about the american dream i had the opportunity to go back to my home neighborhood in atlanta, georgia. i was born in the inner still. just right down the street where dr. martin luther king was born and raised. no matter where you come from. the american dream means no matter where you come from or born there is equality in this country based upon your own individual industrialism that you can achieve whatever heights you want in this great nation. my father was born in 1920 down in south alabama and my mother in south georgia. whoever thought when i was born in 1961 they would have a son that would be a retired lieutenant colonel, that commanded a battalion in combat is the first black republican member from the state of florida since reconstruction. that is the american dream. that is what we fight for. [ applause ] >> clearly it worked out for you. but it hasn't worked for everyone. everybody can't say they accomplished what they accomplished. >> you see the thing is, i think that each and every one can want.e whatever greatness we i had a different path. my father served in world

. >> reporter: 105 in atlanta, georgia. 103, raleigh, north carolina, 103 for birmingham, alabama. heat dome. it is not a technical term. here's what it is. a high-pressure system that settles in and barely budges. here's how it works. high pressure compresses air to the ground increasing the molecule's energy and that warms it up all around us. that's the science. here's how it feels -- oppressive heat with no break. a gigantic fan offering relief at a golf tournament in atlanta. for this pup, took an icy treat to cool down. in atlanta, it was one too many overheated innings, the nationals pitcher pulled out of the game with heat exhaustion. across the river in new jersey, paramedics were responding to emergency heat-related calls, barraged by 20 an hour. >> we see a rise in asthma. we see a rise in respiratory calls. >> reporter: the next big question is where will we find relief? where is going to come a lot later in the week, a lot later for a lot of folks. watch this -- the high-pressure system will actually back up. new heat advisories going into effect for the northern plain

we broke a record in atlanta, georgia at 106 and the records keep breaking.ortunately, it's going to continue to be the story through the much of the workweek. even into friday. so heat advisories up. meaning that weekend see heat indices anywhere from 100 to 110 degrees over a dozen states affected by these heat advisories and more of the same unfortunately tomorrow, especially the areas that were hard hit. people without airconditioning. d.c. is going to feel like 96 tomorrow. going to feel like 9 a in cleveland. 100 in chicago. 101 in st. louis. it's worth to note, jon that a lot of that damage not only across the mid-atlantic but the ohio river valley and upper midwest where thousands, millions are affected and don't have power. >> and there could be more severe storms on the way? >> yeah. taking a look tonight. upper midwest we're dealing with the threat for severe storms including large hail, damaging winds and isolated tornadoes. we have a severe thunderstorm watch in effect for knot dakota to minnesota. tomorrow and wednesday close attention. northern

cherokee nation died as they were displaced into oklahoma and it is part of the sine proje in atlanta, georgia and these are 18 x 12 inches. and a great deal of time talking about indian art, called the national museum of the american indian and the observation that it takes as its mission the task of completely rewriting of the territorial text taking the touchy issues of skin color head on. and notions that were created and perpetuated by these ends. these issues going so far to spotlight in the city of the inception in perpetuation. he spends two chapters looking not only at physical structure of the museum but take away all the territorial expectations we have when we do these. it is not about anthropology. it is about interpretation of indian life by native americans themselves. i highly recommend this book for a collection in colleges and in public libraries because it is different and presents a different voice. 9 next favorite book -- these are slightly out of order. remembering the music for getting words, travels with mom in the land of dementia. the author strips away the romantic v