relax bill karins.t action films to become quote the asian robert de niro, jackie chan has had a change of heart. i think i could hear your sigh of relief. i'm lynn berry. this is "first look" on msnbc. but stay tuned "way too early" with willie geist starts right now. >>> conservatives turn up the heat on mitt romney to release those tax returns no matter what's in them. the question is, will he do it? we could find out this week. meanwhile historically bad drought conditions cover about half the states in this country with worries now about the impact of global food supply. the question is, when will the rain come for those desperate farmers? and it's official, linsanity is over in new york city. the question is, are the knicks fools for not hanging onto the one good thing to happen to them over the last decade? it's "way too early" for this.

. >>> now for a look at your national weather, bill karins and your weather channel forecast. >> nerve her a chili dog for breakfast. >> you're right. >> you've nerve her a chili dog. >> nevg her a chili dog. plenty of hot dogs but never actually a chili dogs. seems this weekend i have my homework cut out. an assignment. >> across country, the heat wave, of course, the story that just continued and and on. two weeks now we've gone on with this heat wave, but it's coming to an end this weekend. yesterday was just an amazingly hot day from the midwest all the way to the east coast. 100-degree heat from d.c., richmond, raleigh, charlotte, atlanta, nashville, memphis, every big city pretty much from kansas, city louis to the east coast in 100 degrees. you're at 99. where do we sit today? the jet stream is needed to dip to the south to give us the cooler air. the jet treem has been way up in canada for the last two weeks. when that moves south, the cooler air moves south with it. right now the only ones getting the cooler air, areas of new england. especially northern new england. you haven

we turn to nbc meteorologist bill karins with the weather channel forecast.e sitting there going, gosh, which animae character should i have been if i had gone. >> i don't even know what animae is. it's something i know existed, but i never really -- >> well, it's kind of like comic-con, except the characters originated from japan. >> i don't know if you'd ever catch me there. >> my animae character would have pigtails or ponytails or braids or something. >> all right. do it for me. i'll check it out. >> i'm working on it. >>> good morning, everyone. of course, the weather is the big, huge story out there this last weekend, but if it wasn't for the incredible heat, you had incredible storms rolling through. you really couldn't win as we went throughout just a sweltering, hot weekend. now, this is the storm reports. the storm actually started friday early in the day in chicago, and then one thunderstorm complex went in a path like this, and it did all of this damage, all the way down from d.c. through virginia, including ohio and west virginia, and that's what

. >>> now for another look at the weather, here is nbc meteorologist bill karins. he has that weather channel forecast once again. >> good morning. a hot day after the storms. we're watching the storms

. >>> now for a look at your national weather, let's check in with bill karins who has been tracking that stuff all over the country. >> some got the storms worst than others, and it's all over and that's the good thing. we will have strong storms, typical summertime storms but nothing like what we saw yesterday. notice the radar drying up. and there are showers going through west virginia, but they are drying up as they head over the appellations. all the severe weather is gone, and in all we had almost 300 reports of severe weather. all the blue dots show where we had wind damage and a lot of trees went down through ohio, pennsylvania, and northern kentucky, and the worst is along the pennsylvania and new york state border, and then some of the storms are pretty strong as they went through the hudson valley and they are trying to head to connecticut. the line was not all that bad and not too many people lost power. this morning, the only thunderstorm complex left, terbgs a texarkana, and we will take the forecast there today. it's going to be a warm morning. there's a couple weak a

let's check in with nbc meteorologist bill karins. good morning, bill. >> sad? last day of july? >> it's strange. after 4th of july, summer is almost over. >> it's ending soon. some probably want it to end, it's been so hot. this morning, tracking storms, bigger story today. strong thunderstorms rolling through southern portions of the grate lakes, waking many up it this morning from detroit to chicago. a strong line. haven't had too many bad reports of weather with it. just gusty winds, definitely a lot of lightning and i'm sure a lot of people woken up by thunder. chicago, dry south of you. dry for your morning commute. gary, indiana, that's where storms are right now. and even detroit. not quite as strong of a line. but definitely pulse of storms moving through the detroit area. you'll hear thunder over the next half hour or so and this is gone by the morning commute. light rain behind it that you may have to deal with. the other spot had a stormy morning, all of the state of alabama, down from birmingham to montgomery, one cluster over the top, headed for montgomery, and a on

. >>> nbc meteorologist bill karins will have more on that in a few minutes. >>> meanwhile, firefighters made significant progress over the weekend despite harsh conditions and searing heat. officials say the 26 square mile waldo canyon is now 35% contained. most evacuation orders have been lifted but some 3,000 residents in and around colorado springs are still unable to return home. after more than a week the record blaze has destroyed nearly 350 homes. >>> well, the debate is still raging over health care. what happens next after the supreme court upheld the controversial law? both sides appear ready to battle it out right up until election day. nbc's brian mooar has the details. >> reporter: the supreme court may have delivered the ultimate verdict on the health care law, but that is far from the final word. >> this has to be ripped out by its roots. this is government taking over the entire health insurance industry. the american people do not want to go down the path. >> reporter: in this election year republicans want to make obamacare and its removal a campaign issue. >> let me t

. >>> and now for a look at your national and regional weather, here's nbc meteorologist bill karins with the weather channel forecast. good morning to you, bill. >> good morning, lynn. >> it's freakish but it's cute. >> cute? double-faced isn't cute? >>> good morning. warm conditions to deal with. thankfully in areas of kentucky we're getting some rain and also into west virginia. they've also been very dry. even our friends out there in areas of utah and also nevada getting some welcomed rainfall. haven't had much out there either. we're dry this morning thankfully around houston. we've had enough the last two mornings. we will see more scattered showers and storms later today. >>> as far as the forecast goes, areas of the east coast are looking very warm today. areas like boston are going to be aushlgd 89 degrees. detroit and chicago right around 88 to 91. so there is a lot of warm air out there. that's not going to be an issue whatsoever. as far as forecast goes, as far as dallas and minneapolis, they'll be pretty warm. chances of storms. a lot of areas have scattered chances of s

. >>> and now for a look at your national and regional weather, here's nbc meteorologist bill karins. >> glad you still have your arms and legs. >> exactly. a little too much time getting that footfootage. >> if you're going on go, might as well get some good pictures. fabio. >> what? >> a little named hurricane.pic. fabio. >> what? >> a little named hurricane.as . fabio. >> what? >> a little named hurricane. it did dissipate. stilled clouds out there from yesterday. in los angeles yesterday kind of cool, high of only 73. the story across the thags hnat been the heat wave. 106 in kansas city, the same temperature at phoenix, even hit 100 from d. skr ac. much of the west was cooler. that moisture was fabio still riding to the north here. you can still see it. a few radar echos. but a lot of it not making it to the ground. an upper level low my try to drift back to the northeast. this is the boundary between the warm air and cooler air. l.a. today should be nice. inland continuing, but that's where we should be this time of year, right around 100. looks like our nice summer like weather

. >>> now for a look at the national weather, we turn to nbc meteorologist bill karins with the weatherchannel forecast. the skunk owes somebody big-time. it for removing the head cover. >> yeah, he also became the very first bottle-nosed skunk. >> oh. that was set up well. >> i'm full of them this morning. >> can't wait to see what's next. good morning, everyone, as veronica mentioned, we're in the midst of this impressive summer drought, heat wave. this summer is turning out to be a lot like last year. when we had the incredible heat from indianapolis to louisville to oklahoma city. they're getting a little more heat, even on the eastern seaboard, we'll get it again here. all the heat in the middle of the country is coming our way. it's not like it was cool yesterday, it was 96 in washington, d.c., but the 95 plus club went from rapid city to wichita, des moines, chicago, st. louis, indianapolis, now we're going to get hotter. there's nothing to cool us off until the cold front comes down tuesday around minneapolis and wednesday throughout areas of the great lakes and new england. so

. >>> for a look at your national weather, we turn to nbc meteorologist bill karins. >> i'm still not over this. >> we're both big lobster fans here. >> i'm not over the sea world video. >> that's stunning. >> i'm still shocked. >> snap back, we got weather to do. >> i understand, i've been to the shamu show, i didn't see anything like that. good morning, we're going it watch the same areas as yesterday for the heat. the thunderstorms are further north. yesterday we had the storms dive through chicago, today the northern plain, rolling through the dakotas and now it looks like duluth is getting hit hard. and the drought conditions in the northern plains aren't quite as bad as the central plains. we'll take the rain up through areas like minnesota and it looks like it's going to sweep through the northern half of wisconsin into the upper peninsula. we have a narrow line of showers and thunderstorms that are now moving from madison, wisconsin through rockford, and it looks like these will ever so slowly be approaching areas to the south of chicago. may even get a downpour in chicago. la

i'm mario solis. >> for another look at the weather here's nbc meteorologist bill karins.eapt me guess it's hot out there? >> yes. the big question is what will it be like for the fireworks displace. you have the outdoor concert in washington, d.c. and thunderstorms tomorrow. beautiful day in northeast down d.c. hot again but sunny and dry, no worry about thunderstorms rolling through. today's forecast 81 and sunny in boston. warmer around new york. 91 today. philly at 93. d.c. 94. humidity is low. it's bearable. thunderstorms could move in late in the afternoon from buffalo back to pittsburgh and definitely through the great lakes. fourth of july forecast does include a chance of showers and thunderstorms, all of new england down the mid-atlantic, front will be moving through. short-lived popup storms and only last maybe a half hour or so. the timing of those looks to be late afternoon early evening. fireworks, you like to get the fireworks on time. it will be a close call. >> yikes. thanks, bill. more trouble for mel gibson but the latest on the breakup of tom cruise and

now for a look at your national weather we turn to nbc's meteorologist bill karins. good morning. >> i want to see where the insurance adjuster gets there. >> thankfully they have video. >> good morning, everyone. a rough morning in south florida. i mean, the radar just blew up in the last, about, half hour or so. just a surge of tropical moisture drenching south florida from miami to south miami heights to all the way down through the keys to marathon here. just a torrential rains that are moving through. look likes the worst from miami southwards with this cluster. a lot of lightning even at this hour and another bamp is coming into fort lauderdale to here. from downtown to fort lauderdale, the next hour or two, a lot of heavy rain. also overnight, consistently areas of rain around virginia beach, the newport news looks to be weakening. central portions of north carolina, rain. greens buburg to raleigh, rain. the texas coast, beaumont, port arthur through galveston and an few showers near houston popped up. a few areas this morning a rough drive. otherwise, a quiet

for a look at your national weather, we turn to bill karins. he has more of that crazy weather out there that's been going on all over the place. >> i've never done that. i want to take a photography course to learn how to take the photos. >> second career? >> i don't know about that. maybe a minor hobby. >> yes. >> good morning, everyone. more thunderstorms and lightning strikes are coming down through new england right now. we've had the storms rolling down through the district near albany. they roll right along the mass pike. now they're trying to push down across interstate 95 and out on to cape cod. if you're in boston right now, in you can stay inside, wait another 20 minutes. this heavy bout of rain will be overwith. the heaviest is rolling through providence as i speak. it will krcross towards new por. it is moving along. give it a half hour, 45 minutes and this will be completely gone and out of new england. the other areas of concern for thunderstorms today, pretty good complex just flying through southern wisconsin right now. went th

. >>> for your weather, we turn to bill karins. we has a fun fact for you. >> which part? >> that i'm indulging in a fried oreo. >> i see it, i'll believe it. fried oreos. you've never had one in your life. >>> good morning, everyone. it's a rough travel morning. if you have airport plans today, it's just going to be difficult. a lot of delays out there across the country are possible. numerous thunderstorms have swept across lake ontario. the buffalo area, now those storms are heading down through southern new york, and eventually into pennsylvania. some of this rain will make its way towards new york city and possibly philadelphia this morning, but not severe storms this morning for you. pittsburgh had a line of storms that went through. now some of those stronger storms are just north of morgantown, west virginia. central michigan, numerous thunderstorms. i think you get the picture, right? it's a rough morning. central michigan all the way back into chicago, we still have some thunderstorms to deal with this morning. these are pretty scattered and they'll be hit and mi

for now we'll head back to new york to get a check on your weather from nbc meteorologist bill karins. good morning. >> what a weekend. looks beautiful behind you. sunny, warm. >> the weather is great. the rain left when i got here. it's perfect. >> this is probably one of the best weeks of the summer. unfortunately, it's going to end on friday. so it looks like right now as you can see from behind willie, it's beautiful and warm in london. temperatures are in the 70s and 80s. they have had a miserable sum we are clouds and rain and cool weather. it looks like unfortunately on friday the showers and storms will move in. of course, we got the opening ceremonies taking place throughout our friday night. so we'll watch that, but at least for the upcoming week it looks nice. as far as the lower 48, the heat continues with the excessive heat warnings in omaha to lynn ko all the way through des moines. temperatures easily into the hundreds once again and the humidity is increasing to make it more uncomfortable. watch out near memphis, mid to upper 90s and humid air out. there as far as the

. >>> now for a look at your national weather, we turn to bill karins. he has your weather channel forecast. good morning. >> we're sure mom was waiting? >> absolutely. they reunited in the forest. >> happily ever after. >> they trotted off. >> we hope. >> good morning everyone. we showed you the amazing pictures at the top of the show dealing with the drought and the how it's going to affect all of us with the corn prices as we go forward. just giving you an example, this is looking at the month of july. for the first 16 days of the month, i highlighted a few spots. this is how much rain has fallen. indianapolis, only a trace. literally a couple drops in the bucket. less than a quarter of an inch from kansas city to wichita. it's widespread. new england has been dry. from buffalo to boston, barely any rainfall this month of july. yesterday, of course, the ground is very dry. we haven't had the rain. it's very easy for the sun to heat things up. all the areas that i've circled here, almost all of the country was 95 degrees or hotter yesterday. the hottes

backstage scenes and concert footage, all which appear to -- appeal to teen and preteen girls, and bill karins, he may go see it. plus being in 3d,s it will bring in much more money. appropriately expected to finish -- in the mid-teen millions. a total bet. maybe i will try it this weekend. hmm. and all the star-studded drama. "savages" mid-budget film with a story. hollywood doesn't pick enough of these days. right? the problem is, it is opening weekend this weekend. that means it's going to be pounded by one of those comic book blockbusters. some say there be too many of them. i don't know. i'm kind of a fan. sadly, that plus an r rating it makes its expectations a around $10 million. >>> now for another look at the weather, here's nbc's meteorologist bill karins. >> you saw "the avengers." >> liked it a lot and plan on seeing "batman "and "spider-man." >> you like the comic book movies. not for gossip but keeps your attention half the movie before you fall asleep. well, good morning, everyone. if you're in north dakota what heat wave? soaking rain. this is really what the farmers needed up

bill karins is here with a check of your forecast. >> good morning. >> how are you doing, bill? >>> we're doing good, but the middle of the country can't catch a break. that conti the middle of the co can't catch a break. you're having temperatures that are more familiar with areas like phoenix arizona. kansas city, topeka back up there towards des moines heat advisories. look at the four-day forecast for kansas city. this is the same that i'd give it for this time of year. the drought will only get worse in this area. the only school pots on the map. you have a good chance of seeing showers and thunderstorms that could possibly rain out your saturday afternoon. that's a look at the national forecast. now here's a look at the weather outside your window. >> i'm storm 4 meteorologist chuck bell. your weekend is off to a cloudy and in some places a rainy start. the back and mid and upper 60s. there are rain drops in and around fredericksburg. northern prince george's county. headed out to the bay bridge. most of the rain will be on the front half >>> that's your saturday forecast.

as bill karins told us yesterday, despite farmers planting the largest corn crop in 75 years in statese indiana and kentucky, more than 90% of that crop is now in jeopardy. as farmers rationed corn for feed, live stock and ethanol, the shortage could push up prices of almost everything we buy in the grocery store. here now to give us a sense of how long this is going to last, if there's any help on the way, bill karins. what are we looking at here? >> i learned a lot about corn this week, because the big topic. if we had a drought like this, say 20 years ago it would have been so much worse. a lot of this corn is now genetically engineered to fight and be persistent against dprout. that's why it's not as earth-shatteringly horrible as it could be. but regardless it only is so good to a certain point. this is the drought map across the country. and this was updated every thursday morning at about 8:30. so we'll get the new update tomorrow and expect the colors to spread. the yellows minor drought, the red and the dark red is where the drought is the worst. that is now spreading right up

here's nbc meteorologist bill karins with the weather channel forecast.s have you been watching? >> i watched some of the swimming. phelps, lochte. >> what happened? i watched that. >> he got fourth. >> i saw that. what happened? i'm asking you. >> the guy's been around a long time, still doing pretty well if you ask me. he has many more chances. don't worry about him. today at the olympics, still kind of cool. beach volleyball, instead of the bikinis, they were wearing like pants and shirts. it's been chilly in london, and that will continue today. 66 degrees today. it's a nice day. it's just a slight chance of showers. tomorrow there's a better chance of rain there. finally a dry day for everyone in new england after a soggy, cool weekend. maybe a slight chance of a thunderstorm today in d.c., but most areas remain dry. the best chance of rain today is down along the southeast coast in north florida and central florida. very hot and dry in the middle of the country today. west coast remains pretty nice, too. this heat wave and drought, for everyone in t

bill karins is here to talk about things on both sides of the pond. >> good saturday morning. looks nice behind michelle kosinski, there were rain showers right before the opening certificaemony and everyone on r was like oh, no and the rain held off. they are heading towards the noon hour so it looks like the events will be just fine. if you're watching on msnbc or nbc properties, forecast looks absolutely perfect, cooler than it's been. it was mid 80s but this is nice and comfortable for the fans, cooler, light wind. very slight chance of a shower. in case you're wondering, this is london, gets cloudy and rainy periods. looks like sunday, tomorrow we'll have a chance of rain and also possibly tuesday into wednesday but doesn't look like any washouts. let's turn our attention back here to our states in the lower 48. areas of red on this map shows where the drought is the worst. we go from the intermountain west, the areas that don't need much rain, new england and the east coast. of course, guess who has the best chance of rain? the eastern seaboard. we may get thunderstorms

. >>> and now for a look at your national and regional weather, here's nbc meteorologist bill karins. bill, can we paint corn out there? would that work? >> it works until it finally does rain. then what happens? >> when is that going to happen? >> hopefully the next two days. that's the best shot in indiana. the forecast, the record highs continue to pop up all over the place. yesterday, how impressive was 101 degrees in syracuse, new york. syracuse is always known as one of the coldest snowiest cities in the country. yesterday they came close to their all-time record high. 102. st. louis, kansas city, des moines, iowa, all hit triple digits. this morning, just a brutal morning. new york city feels like 88 degrees when you walk outside this morning. the only location hotter than that, st. louis feels like 91. and st. louis has probably been the poster child this summer for the heat wave and how extreme it's been. we're not looking for much relief, at least not yet. we have a few thunderstorms heading for northwest/central michigan and in south dakota. last night we had a few storms g

let's get a check on your weather now from nbc meteorologist bill karins. bill?degree heat? >> no. >> only, like, 90 yesterday. that was it. must have felt like nobody needed the ac. >> felt great. wonderful. >> not that humid, either. enjoy it while it lasts. soon it will return to a lot of area, especially right around sdpeep as far as the worst weather in the country this morning to miami, florida. thunderstorms right overhead and a lot of heavy rain going right through south florida. this will eventually try to work its way towards the naples area. to miami, florida city, probably give it another half hour or so of this really heavy rain. then probably light showers after that. as far as the rest of the forecast goes, another great mid-july weather pattern. talk to off this week for vacation, like willie did, chose wise. low humidity. enjoyable today from new england tluch the beaches of jersey down through ocean city, maryland. nice weather through the great lakes, too. temperatures in the 80s. rite where we should be this time of year. still warm. not exces

. >>> well, now for a look at your national and regional weather, here's nbc meteorologist bill karins with the weather channel forecast. bill, you're a papa too. how are your swaddling techniques? >> they're pretty good, but the nurses in the nursery, they're professionals. name the minor leagues. well, good morning, everyone. yesterday, incredible heat. but first things first, the heat is rolling through michigan. a line of strong storms. all of michigan has numerous reports of power outages and downed trees. these storms are flying down through michigan. they're heading in the general direction of detroit and ann arbor. if they maintain the intensity, we're going to watch this developing. if you're driving anywhere on 94, it sooner or later will roll down your way. as far as what happened yesterday, just incredible heat, of course wrks the triple digits. i circled all locations that hit the hundreds. even raleigh snuck in with 101. st. louis, what a stretch it has been. the heat index this morning has not gone down that much. it feels like 89 in st. louis and 86 in minneapolis. and

and now for a look at your national and regional weather, here is nbc's bill karins. has your weather for you. good morning, bill. >> i'm a sucker for the lightning photos. they're just beautiful. >> you can tweet those, bill, to many, many followers. >>> good morn, everyone. there's a lot more lightning strikes than the ones we just showed you. we have some in minnesota, wisconsin, and heading toward new england. thunderstorms are rolling right along the mass pike on interstate 90 and they're heading through areas right almost along the outside loop of 495. notice they already kicked through springfield. now they're heading right where 395 meets 90 and they look like they'll be from boston southward. the other area, a lot of storms. this is just the begins of a veryive day today. just to the south side of minneapolis. look how long this line is. it goes from st. cloud all the way down to rochester. lacrosse just got hit by storms and now these are trying to push down toward madison, wisconsin, and eventually that stormy weather is going to work its way back into chic

bill karins is here with a check of the weather. one. >>> this weekend's forecast is much more of the same, broken records. we're looking at the same hotspots day after day. it's shifted a little bit. we had a break yesterday in st. louis, but the heat's going to quickly return, so i hopo enjoyed it. but today, look at dallas up through central kansas, 105 to 107 degrees. this is the drought map, one of the big stories this summer. all the farmers' fields from kansas to arkansas from the corn belt, through illinois, indiana and ohio, really struggling. we need the moisture. the green on the map is where it is raining, and we're not getting it in the spots we need. we're appreciating it a bit in the southeast and northern plains, but it's really in the heartland that we need a soaking, and it's not coming. ot >> good morning. down at ocean city, clouds today and a bit of a surf, and folks are beginning to come out on the beach. it should be ok down there, but there is a chance of rain. the farther south you go today, the higher chance

. >>> for a look at your national and regional weather, bill karins. >> go back to the ice cream story. how would you have done? >> pretty good. i hate to say it but i could have blown them out of the water. >> i get impran freezes. >> give me a banana split i could have taken you out in a minute flat. >> i would have watched. another heat wave in the middle of the country but the heat is going to peak. yesterday 95-plus club with washington, d.c., chicago, st. louis, indianapolis, des moines, kansas city, wichita, kansas city, and 102 in rapid city, and denver hit 100 also. the next heat wave we're not watching that way in the way of wet weather to provide us any relief or cloud cover for that matter. we have heat advisories for many areas of south dakota, southern wisconsin and heat advisories in place around new york, st. louis, philadelphia and portions outside of washington, d.c. today we will see 90 degrees, mid-90s from new york city down to raleigh. it's very humid so not very enjoyable. the last heat wave was dry. you weren't drenched in sweat but this is more humid. today up

. >>> and now for a look at your national and regional weather, here's nbc meteorologist bill karinsith the weather channel forecast. usually i leave the puns up to you but i decided to take the reins for you. >> you see what it did for my career. i feel better than i sound. >>> good morning, everyone. we have rain this morning. don't be confused. it's not going to ruin your fourth of july plans as you look out the window this morning especially in areas of new england and southern pennsylvania. it will be long gone by this afternoon. the sun will come out and get hot in a hurry. but we have light rain to deal with. the rain's coming down through much of new hampshire, all the way down to springfield and move into boston, providence. all of connecticut, too, you'll have showers, maybe a brief downpour this morning. up toward the poconos, light rain this morning. new york city will probably see some sprinkles. we probably had some thunderstorms. one over the top of pittsburgh currently. this will shift to the south here. altoona, you're just about done. hagerstown, you'll get a few an

. >>> and now for a look at your national and regional weather, here's nbc meteorologist bill karins with the weather channel forecast. are we going to see more of that? >> of meltings mailboxes? >> exactly. melting mailboxes? >> i don't know. good thing owners in arizona don't have melting mailboxes. good morning, everyone. yesterday the heat dome expanded back to the west. we actually cooled it off a couple degrees in the east. instead of being 100, we were 93 in atlanta, 95 in d.c. without power the weather is still not pleasant. louisville was 100. st. louis conned their streak. denver was 101 yesterday. even minneapolis, a new record high yesterday of 99. so what's happening out there today? we have some very strong thunderstorms that are waking up people in the middle of the night. northern minnesota, probably the worst weather this morning. still very hot. the high pressure over tennessee. the warm air is flowing all the way up ahead of the next storm system it's going to be a very warm uncomfortbling day. the southern great lakes, iowa, illinois, and areas through missouri es

bill karins is here with the forecast. good morning, bill. >> a good saturday morning to you, alex. big weather story continues to be some of the drought and the amazing heat in the middle of this country. today we have excessive heat warnings for the st. louis area, des moines, omaha, lincoln, through topeka and st. louis through the tail end of the weekend check out highs. 107 in wichita. 105 in dallas. 102 in kansas city and into sunday, the heat, if anything, begins to expand a little. st. louis jumps up to 104. kansas city, 106. talking a phoenix-type desert heat through the middle of the nation paper mazing stuff in kansas city. the next five days well above 100 degrees and no rain in sight. this drought is going to expand and it is getting worse. saturday forecast, the only cool spots on the map continue to be both coasts from seattle to san francisco and also from new england down through the mid-atlantic and if you have to worry about rainy weather today, the southeast has the best shot of seifing showers and storms and that actually continues into the sunday forecast. alex