let's get the latest from cheryl scott fr cheryl, are we talking triple digits? >> we are.his is going to persist throughout the entire weekend. extreme heat is going to build throughout the south and west, excessive heat alerts and warnings in place from southern california through arizona. phoenix, another record high today. triple-digit heat here all across the south and west. sacramento to palm springs, you can see those temperatures above 100 degrees. phoenix, 114. this is a dry heat. in texas, steamy, hot and humid, feel-like temperatures here also in the triple digits. this is well above average for this time of the year. eva. >> all right, cheryl, thank you. >>> now to the protests ahead today across the u.s. in favor of tougher gun laws, the biggest expected in washington, d.c., and abc's ike ejiochi joins us live from the national mall with more. good morning to you, ike. >> reporter: good morning, eva. workers have been setting up this stage behind the washington monument for a couple of days now. it's something that they're unfortunately used to doing under thes

. >>> now let's get a check of the weather with cheryl scott from our affiliate in chicago, joining usat, extreme heat across the south and the west, excessive heat alerts. heat warnings in effect for southern california into nevada. phoenix, more record-breaking heat expected today. this is impressive, heat advisories all the way through texas. we have nearly a dozen states with high temperatures today in the triple digits. so many of you will be above 100 degrees. the theme for this weekend will be ways to stay cool. the pacific northwest looking cooler, rain moving through, even snow in higher elevations and the back country as we go sunday into monday. that's a look across the country. now frances: good saturday morning. i abc 7 meteorologist frances dinglasan. it will be a little more comfortable compared yesterday. some of our inland locations in the mid 90's, like antioch, 73, san jose nine-day, but in the fairfield area and solano county area, there is still an excessive warning where highs could reach near 100 degrees, and that is in effect until 11:00 p.m. tonight. >>> it's t

. >>> the heat now destined for the southwest, and cheryl scott, from our station in chicago is here with more on how long it could last. cheryl, good morning. >> this will persist into the day today. some minor relief as we go into next week. temperatures dropping some. records yesterday, phoenix, arizona, another record-setting day for you, 114 degrees, denver, colorado, tying for the earliest 100-degree day on record, and this heat, it's going to stay in place through the day today. you can see the scorching heat, excessive heat alerts and warnings in nevada stretching all the way into parts of texas looking at high temperatures for nearly a dozen states over 100 degrees and this is expanding now into the middle of the country. more on this in just a bit. >> all right. thanks, cheryl. >>> now to the nationwide gas price shock. the average topping $5 a gallon across the u.s., and that's just part of the worsening inflation outlook. abc's deidre bolton joins us with more. good morning, deidre. >> reporter: good morning, eva. that price of gasoline up almost $2 a gallon since last yea

president will be in los gatos for a big-money fundraiser hosted by microsoft executive kevin scott. cheryl hurd spoke with vice president harris and has more on her visit. >> reporter: vice president kamala harris landing safely at sfo and happy to be back home. >> is good to be home and get to see you. >> reporter: she was met by two big-city mayors at the airport. libby schaaf and london breed. their talk at the bottom of the steps left sting several minutes. >> it was about the things important to them and cisco and catching her up on some of the happenings here and asking for her help and support. >> elections matter more than ever and we all talked about how we all have got work to do on these midterms. >> reporter: harris will be helping raise money for her party as the midterm elections draw near. microsoft executive kevin scott and his wife shannon are hosting a fundraiser at their home in los gatos. from the chopper you could see people setting up for the event. tickets cost between $1000 and $50,000. the vp motorcade could be seen traveling through hill on california street in th

scott. let's bring in nbc bay area's cheryl hurd who spoke with the vice president earlier tonight. and life from sfo, good evening cheryl. >> reporter: good evening, as you mentioned she is in the bay area. now, the last time that she was in san francisco, she paid a visit to ucsf, this time she is here to raise money. vp kamala harris landing safely at sfo tonight and happy to be back home. she was met by two big-city mayors at the airport, chef and braid, their talk at the bottom of the steps, lasting several minutes. >> it was about things important to san francisco and catching her up on some of the happenings here. and asking for her help and her support. >> elections matter more than ever and we all talked about how we all have got work to do on these midterms. >> reporter: tomorrow, harris will be helping raise money for her party as the midterm elections draw near, microsoft executive kevin scott and his wife shannon are hosting a fundraiser at their home in los gatos. from the chopper, you can see people setting up for the event. tickets cost between 1000 and $50,000. toni

cheryl hurd reporting from sfo, greeting the vice president of the united states. as we mentioned, vice president is here for two fundraisers, one will be held in the los gatos home of microsoft executive kevin scott and his wife shannon hunt scott. we were overhead late this afternoon. the tent to the right side of your screen there, the tents and the red truck, the setup has already started. and a ticket to this event, well, as you can imagine, it's a bit pricey. tickets start at $1,000 per person and go all the way up to 50,000 bucks. it's cohosted by the democratic national committee, the dnc, and an organization called electing women bay area. now with the vice president in town and the big money fundraiser in los gatos tomorrow, the talk just won't go away. will kamala harris run for president in 2024? let's be clear here, as of right now, president biden's camp says he's planning on running for re-election in 2024, but we know very well things change quickly in politics. not just the vice president, her longtime political ally is making moves. governor newsom just bought tv ads that will air in florida starting july 4th. his re-election campaign hasn't released what those ads will be or wha