today was 97 in corpus christi. and there's the weather front along the east coast and that's been the focus of showers. thundershowers to our south right around us in washington. there's nothing going on. there's where the few showers are. if you're heading down to the outer banks, there may be a few. po portsmouth virginia. 79 degrees. that will be the high temperatures the next couple of days. the little ripples will come around the east coast. that will keep some fresh ocean air in and around us but also keep it cool out on the beaches. tomorrow around here, 88 degrees. when you get up in the morning temperatures will start out in the 60s and low 70s. there could be patchy fog, especially if it creeps over the mountains an out in the shenandoah valley. temperatures, mid to high 80s. then as we get into sunday, near 90 but comfortable. reasonable 90 degrees. we just went through 97 earlier in the week. then the low 90s. and the important thing is it really won't be until wednesday, i think, that at last widesprea

corpus christi, 96 degrees. it feels like it is 107. for the month of july, they have had a few hundred dreths of an inch since june. the drought down there, less than a quarter of an inch of rain. the last time the temperature in corpus christi, our friends there, didn't make it to 90 degrees, was june 1st. june 1st. so here we are with a few showers. we have not had anything like that terrible, terrible krout. very few. i think tomorrow we will be seeing a lot more earlier there was a severe thunderstorm warning for lancaster, pennsylvania. that is now pretty much moved off. and there are a couple of other showers out through northern maryland. and that's -- that's about it. i think we won't be seeing anything like what we saw last nature. corpus christi, again, temperatures there are into the -- into the near 100 degrees. heading out to the beaches for the upcoming weekend, the east coast. look at that eye staring back. 20 to 30. winds 125 miles an hour. bill now is about 600 miles south of hamilton, bermuda. the good news it is look

corpus christi has now had 36 days in a row of the temperature 95 or higher. today, a record in corpus christi. 100 degrees. boy, do you have friend down there. telling you about the terrible drought. also, all of the -- all of the heat. little area of low pressure off the coast. keep us under moisture. that's the reason i think our temperatures will be a little below average. because overnight tonight. we'll continue to see temperatures into the 80s. then tomorrow morning. you get up and head out. clouds around. breaks in the cloud. temperatures with humidity arou. 70 degrees. breaks in cloud. overall. cloudy skies. towards the eastern store. and as we head into the weekend. look for the heat to really be coming back. a bit with temperatures in the mid 80s. that is with the sunshine. saturday, sunday. both days look great. temperatures, mid to high 80s. on the humid side. still no soon of any general rains coming our way. and next chance for any showers. after tomorrow. i think probably, not until long about next wednesday. not as hot tomorrow. maybe a few sh

corpus christi. 45 days in a row. 95 or higher. today, 100 degrees in corpus christi. the poor folks have been suffering under the summer weather. we on the other hand have had for the most part sunny skies. see the weather front still off the coast. and that's been a factor in right there on the edge of what, what may become a new tropical storm. because i think it will hook up with the front. become one of the hybrid things. tropical storm. or is it just a plain old nor'easter we get late into the weekend. into the weekend. nothing going on around us. meanwhile, the front. and got friend down there in the carolinas. had a few showers today. more. you can see around the coast. there is more offshore where the gulf stream is. because the water temperatures down there are so warm. look at elizabeth city. inch of rain. ocean city. on the other hand. great day. friend out there. tomorrow, next couple days. look at the water temperatures. heading into the prime season for tropical systems. water temperatures in the mid 80s. when that happens and the winds settle down. ther

today corpus christi, texas, heat index now is 102. 37 days in a row of 95 or higher. imagine that.here are -- the old weather front that stretches down along the coast and that's been the focus of the showers and rain that we have missed. look at more rain down around outer banks. if you are heading down to the outer banks of north carolina, there is the area that i think is more likely to be seeing showers and on the other hand, in and around us, really nothing going on. our -- to get an idea, eastern north carolina. so far this month, 11 inches of rain. there have been really heavy rains. we saw that flooding around the norfolk area. the same time going out. around the bay. beautiful from tillman island. 81 degrees. with the winds out there. and the tropics much of it is still quiet. this is a tropical wave. you can see the coast of africa. that's a possible bill that it could be come a depression. not much going on. a few waves. meanwhile, out on the pacific, that little circulation there, that is hurricane willermo. winds at 100 miles per hour. out in the pacific, things are a

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corpus christi now. 44 days of 95 or above. and since june 1st, since june 1st, every day, has been 90 or higher. at's 80 days in a row. look at the water temperatures down through the gulf states. that's the reason this team of year the hidity really flows in here. we get that southwesterly wind. we get the humidity. and also we get showers and thundershowers. yesterday, with you folks in southern maryland. today there are a couple leftovers. main area of thundershowers is up into northern parts of pennsylvania, those are still some severe thunderstorm watches out. you have friend up there, not too far away. somerset, spots like that. they're getting nasty storms. ocean silty hot today. heading up to the beaches over the weekend. don't have to worry about anything from -- bill, as, far as wind. there it is. you can see that eye. 30 miles across. but, because of the track, which will take it fortunately from bermuda. getting a go of it tomorrow. then sort of inside tracker off the coast. lot of heavy swells. and as much as 10,

corpus christi. what a summer the poor folks there have had. dallas right now. 88 degrees. here we are in washington. the humidity is coming back a little bit. the real weathermaker for us the next one is this. little weather front that will be sliding to our south. there it is you can seep the clouds and the circulation of danny. right now, danny is still 675 miles southeast of cape hatteras. look at where it is. the water temperatures are into the mid 80s. and the reports from the buoys there are, seas about 15 feet. but the main circulation all those clouds, see all the cloud. those are out to the east. there is where the center of the circulation of danny is. so as it continues to move towards the east and northeast. i'm thinking, a lot of trend indications. more and more that it will not be, not be a big threat. would i change my plans if i was heading to the beaches for this weekend? no. would i make any big changes in plans? no. because now the -- the cone of uncertainty if you will the area where it is most probable to track continues to be more and more towards the

not only are they enduring a terrible, terrible drought but the temperatures, day after day, corpus christi, 100 degrees today, tied the record high. they've gone now almost 50 days. 50 days with 95 degrees every day for 50 days in a row. here we are, 76 degrees. look at the cool air out in the mid part of the country. that old weather front that was responsible for some of those torrential rains over the week, still off the coast. ocean city, friends out there. they have a pretty good week coming up for the beaches. this was the nasty one. that was hurricane bill. now it has just become a mean old storm in the north atlantic. and i wanted to show you the track of bill. because i also wanted to show you how accurate the forecast was. this was back on dnesday. there was the cone of uncertainty if you will, or that uncertainty with the forecast to three days and even out to five days. the forecast now from the folks at the hurricane center, much, much more accurate than 20, 30 years ago. as a matter of fact, the five-day forecast is about as accurate as the three-day forecast was about 20, 30

and corpus christi naval air station. the was delighted to me of his family but particularly his father who is from texas or my mother was from and when my dad returned from lunch to having served as saying b-17 pilot and sean donna, of sending p.o.w. camp he. >> to corpus christi for flight training, my mother and a marion and i guess is they say the rest is history scientists and that's where mr. garcia is from, his outstanding record in, he understands the life of this is there any citizen sailor. he flew more than 30 noncommissioned and that person involved, operation allied force in kosovo and as i know today he is a member of rivers and he is a lawyer but i trust the committee will not hold that against members of the senate armed -- ciq doing good until the point of god to tell you. >> is my pleasure to introduce you to speak, and i heartily endorse his nomination i hope you expeditiously approve his nomination on the floor i can't i think he's so much, i know how grateful the nominee is in his family freer words.

corpus christie, texas we have now seen 34 consecutive die days with temperatures above 95, far above the old record which was the historic drought of 196 3 . it is pretty close to the coast so the heat to be this extreme is very note worth. water supplies are dwindling. any dry land agriculture has been basically nonexistent this year across that part of texas. >> texas agrilife extensions say the crop alone could hit $50 million. the extension says state wide agriculture to the drought could hit $4 billion. that's it for news. now it's time for the forecast from meteorologist mike hoffman. [ music ] >> it looks like the overall pattern across the country is going to change as we head through this coming week. instead of the trough in the west and the ridge in the east we will be flip-flopping there. by monday we will still see the trough in the north eastern parts of the rockies into the northwestern plain states so pleasant air over that area. out ahead of it, though, see some showers and thunderstorms scattered from the great lakes and the southern planes. also parts of the southw

and moving taylor's army to corpus christi did not do is of the next spring sent him into the disputed territories that did not do it. finally there's a skirmish between mexican and americans which was enough excuse for both to declare americans were on american soil and a list of all kinds of other grievances. he wanted california as it it was to make it and change as a very 19th century man. they would wonder if that's what it to a. -- if that's what it took. the mexicans made a big mistake they should have fortified but president polk would not dare send an army across a fortified line into a disputed territory. and it was disputed but ownership was a better case for mexico and texas anyway. but the only thing the mexican generals and politicians could agree on besides trying to shoot each other office, and the mexican army is fighting each other while taylor has them down here. they would not accept the loss of texas therefore they gave up the chance and then prevent the invasion and second to happen a say when it was all over where the boundary of texas would be. they said any tim

corpus christi today for the 44th day in a row. 44th day in a row. 95 or higher. look at the water temperatures. watt i temperatures are these. you say why is it so humid when we get into july and august? the gulf is in the mid 80s and with that, southwesterly wind, humidity come up. not only over us but a wide area of the east coast and with it also those showers and thundershowers fire up. tomorrow i think that we do have a -- greater risk of seeing some severe weather. right now unlike yesterday, you folk in southern maryland are not seeing it but showers and thundershowers. these are mainly showers, i think, for parts of loudoun county. lot of spots have been dry around waterford. one shower there. another little batch up around frederi frederick, maryland. all of this moving towards the northeast. i think we will miss things here around washington. westminster, maryland, boy, it is warm and humid there. ocean city, 89 degrees with a southwesterly wind. if you are heading out for the beaches, this is what you have to keep an eye on and hear about. there is bil

look at the 80s and you got friends in corpus christi, a day they weren't -- 50days, 50 days in a row with a high temperatur of 95 or higher in core tuesday christie. terrible drought conditions into south texas. you see much of the country is dry. we get that humidity coming our y. there is a weather front up to the north and along there have been showers and thundershowers up around binghamton. that will settle down and in not doing much. there it is. there is the cloud pattern you can see from danny which is now into some warm water. water temperatures into the mid 80s. 84 degrees about where danny is. danny is 44 miles per hour now. and still not with a close circulation. there is the cluster of showers. you can see 390 miles east of nassau. the folks will be flying into it. there's the center. you can see much of the convection, much of the cloudiness, well out to the east. and as long it doesn't close off and sort of remains disorganized, it will probably just stay tropical storm over the next 24 hours minimal. here is the latest track. you can see cape hatteras and it has been

folks at corpus christi, 99 degrees. they tied the record a mao had 49 days in a row of 95 or more. 49 days in a row of 95 or more. it is a bit on the humid side. nothing really oppressive because we had that area of high pressure. there is that old weather front that's sort of still sitting just off the coast. for us with the dry air nothing going on nor will there be, i think, tomorrow. on the other hand, down the coast a bit, there have been showers in the outer banks and also, you can see scattered showers around myrtle beach and all of that. out near the gulf stream where the waters are mighty warm. i will show you how warm. chincoteague, they had a few sprinkles today. you got friends in ocean city on the vacation. 84 degrees now. and little bit of an onshore breeze helps. if you are thinking about the beach for the upcoming weekend, do you want to keep posted on the tropics. because we are now moving in late august to september. the time of peak hurricane season. tropical storm season. here's the reason why. look

i want to highlight one story from corpus christi, texas, to a school for the disabled. we had the first conviction in the fight club state. six other employees will still face charges. this man also testifying in his own defense, and during the penalty phase and it's all about cell phone video, that's what's incriminating in this case. >> that's technology. that's where we're at today. everything is caught on video, by phones, by cameras. this guy was goading disabled patients into fighting. you thought michael vick was bad with the animals, this is people who are disabled individuals, are being forced to fight by the people who are watching, caused to watch over them. it is outrageous. >> the good news is that it's caught on video, medical list sachlt there will be more that will have to wind up going to jail for this. this is horrific. but without technology, we'd have never caught these officials doing that. >> he's facing one count, two to ten years. he's probably going to get the low end on it because his prior history. you look at -- juxtapose this to michael vick

officials in corpus christi say other indictments could come down against other employees at the school well. >> thanks very much, ed lavandera, joining us from our bureau in dallas. jack cafferty has "the cafferty fil file". >> wolf, medical care for the terminally ill is a controversial aspect of health care reform that hasn't gotten a lot of attention yet. president obama raised the issue in an interview last tril pretty well when he was talking about his grandmother's final days. he said that his 86-year-old grandmother wound up having a hip replacement done during the final weeks of her life after already being diagnosed with terminal cancer. the president didn't say -- he said he didn't know how much the surgery costs. he said he would have paid for it out of his pocket because it was his grandmother. he also said that if someone had told him that he couldn't have that hip replacement and have to suffer even more during the last days of her life, quote, that would be pretty upsetting, unquote. but the president added, that's where you just get into some very difficult moral issues

five other former employees of the corpus christi state school face charges for their involvement inhis fight club. >>> is someone trying to get away with murder in and around rocky mountain, north carolina? forensic psychologists think so. he says since 2005 the bodies of five women all african-american, all believed to be prostitutes, have been found close together in a wooded area off a single road. a majoror turning point in public awareness in the investigation itself came when the fifth victim known to her friends as sunshine was found. her friends and family publicly demanded justice and local police asked the fbi for help. investigators say two of the victims were strangled. one was stabbed and beaten. they are also looking into the disappearances of three other rocky mountain women who police say are not prostitutes. >>> federal officials may have found a town willing to house terror suspects from guantanamo bay. they are touring a prison in standish, michigan, today. the prison could close soon. that would put about 350 people out of work. local politicians are under pressu

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