weather channel meteorologist eric fisher is in the path of this weather in white plains, new york. eric, good evening. >> reporter: good evening, brian. we spent most of the day under the sunshine. a summer day here in the northeast. clouds have overspread though and that severe weather is not very far behind. a line of severe storms has been racing across pennsylvania, new york, and ohio at up to 60 miles per hour knocking down trees and well over 100,000 customers already without power. right now that number expected to go up. take a look at the severe threat area. new england down across the ohio valley all the way to oklahoma a large swath of folks will see damaging wind gusts in excess of 70 miles per hour. the chance for tornadoes which is highest here in new york state. also into western sections of new england and of course the large hail, torrential rain that goes along with the big, severe weather outbreak should be one of the largest we've seen so far this year. of course when you have that many storms on the map you've got big delays and for a lot of the northeast airpor

. >>> for more on the worst of it, where it's headed next, eric fisher is with us from washington, d.c., tonight where, by the way, the temperature reached a high this afternoon of 101. eric, good evening. >> reporter: good evening, brian. at the risk of sounding like a broken record, heat again. a huge story. take a look at where the core of it was during the day today. anywhere from the plains to the northeast to the mid-atlantic. many cities reaching 100 degrees, including indianapolis, detroit and right here in the nation's capital. when you start to talk about temperatures like that breaking records, drought comes into the conversation. as it is right now, over half the nation in at least moderate drought. we'll get a new look at this drought monitor thursday morning. we'll see if things got worse from last week, i'm afraid they probably have. we're watching a multibillion dollar disaster in progress as we speak. some of the same spots, middle of the country looking at heat continuing. we'll see a break here in the capital. i'd like to end with a silver lining, usually this time i

the weather channel's eric fisher in washington, d.c. with more. good morning, eric. >> reporter: good morning natalie, hello, everybody. last year $14 million in disasters, not floods, tornadoes, hurricanes this was expensive, it was the drought. the weather we've seen has serious implications. even though it's hot and humid for many across the country, the rain still refuses to fall. brown fields and dried up lake beds scatter the midwestern landscape. >> it's just devastating. it looks like what i count as desert. >> reporter: 55% of the country is now dealing with drought conditions, the highest reported condition since 1956, hitting farmers especially hard. 26 states have counties that have declared disaster areas. >> the heat has been a big factor, the lack of rainfall combined with that have created a tremendous deficit in moisture. >> reporter: with corn crops diminishing, consumers everywhere can expect to see corn prices rising. with two weeks left to go, multiple cities from denver to washington, d.c. have recorded all-time high temperatu

psychologist eric fisher joins me from atlanta. good morning.ining us this morning. >> thanks for having me. >> i guess a lot of parents are wondering how do you speak to your kids about a horrific event like this without scaring them? what do you say? >> this is a tough event because, first of all, you have to ask should your kids be viewing news events about events so tragic and horrific. below the age of 8 to 10-years-old, kids see the world very literally. things are big and close, meaning something that happens in colorado could feel like it's next door. they could have, you know, a colorado street or a colorado shopping mall or something that they don't understand where these events are and how big they seem to them because the world seems very small. so talking to them about these things can be very tricky. you want to understand their age. you want to understand their development, their maturity. and again, you want to hear how -- what language are your kids using if they are talking about it. so sometimes asking them questions about wha

derek fishrick fi eric fisher joins me from washington.king at more brutal heat throughout the country. >> absolutely. 90s and near 100 degrees in places like d.c. and detroit and chicago. it seems like we've been in it ever since march with the whole country is setting records. it looks like it's going to continue at least for the short term. you talk about the drought. we're covering hurricanes and tornadoes and floods and you think those must be the most costly disasters. last year $14 billion disasters, the most expensive one was the drought across texas and oklahoma. that will tell you how far reaching some of the effects can be. look at the high temperatures. where will we find the heat? the plains to the great lakes and even syracuse, new york koshgs hit 100 degrees. boston could see the hottest day of the year so far. the difference between what we saw a week and a half ago to now is there is a lot more humidity. the heat index values, what it feels like outside, over 100 degrees for many, many people. so that's going to be a diffi

that includes eric fisher.den of heat and the fact is relief in sight for anybody? >> reporter: yeah, thomas, we're getting hit by back to back la nina years. that led to back to back droughts here across the lower 48. when you look back through time, it's usually not the tornadoes or not even the hurricanes at the most expensive disasters in the u.s. they are droughts. last year we had a very expensive drought. multibillion dollar. we're certainly well on the way to that this year. of course, the heat played a big role. we've been setting records since all the way back into march of very warm mode for everywhere except the west coast. today, another one of those days. we're up into the 90s here. detroit, the feels like temperature is already near 100 degrees. we're reaching back toward chicago. they've been setting records left and right. so you talk about averages. i'm standing out here. i got to say earlier in the year we did a report in d.c. it felt miserable. today, it doesn't feel that bad anymore because

we go to eric fisher w. a good day to you, we hear the weather may not be looking so good in london today. will this affect the games? >> good morning, alex. not as nice as last week, that's for sure. the 80s, the warmest days that london has seen the entire year and not the case in the first full week of competition. typical of what you expect. cloud cover speckled in with some sunshine. you will see the sunny times but every once in a while we get the rain showers also. you notice all just be a speckled nature. this is typical of the uk and looking at hit and miss showers to affect the outdoor events, no question. take a look at the five-day temperatures. not so warm. big story, of course, the beach volleyball and had to cover up. too cold outside in the overnight match. 60s forecast highs. and chances for showers, none of the heavy torrential rain leading up to the games. good news. the fan haves to bring umbrellas out there. stateside, the stormy areas today, pop-up thunderstorms this afternoon and droug

psychologist eric fisher joins us to talk about this. learn more about what was in this notebook, this package. we don't want to speculate about how much this psychiatrist, dr. fenton, might have known about james holmes. but i'm curious what you say about the limits of confidentiality. when do you have to disclose? when does patient/doctor privilege no longer apply? >> there were laws passed in the '70s that states when a patient states a clear and present danger to a person we have the obligation to warn that person, warn family, people who might be related to them, and authorities. so the issue of this and what comes up is how are we compromising our relationship with that client that they might withhold information from us because they know what we have to do, but we also -- some therapists also sometimes don't know what to do in those situations because they don't want to compromise the therapist relationship. they feel they might be able to help before something happens. but it's not our call to make. there's legal and ethical issu

psychologist eric fisher joins me from atlanta. k you for join g ing us this morn. >> thank you for having me. >> and a lot of parents are wondering how do you speak to your kids about a horrific event like this without scaring them. what do you say? >> this is a tough event because first of all, you have to ask, should your kids be viewing news events about events that are tragic and horrific. below the year of age 8 to 10, kids see the world literally and things are big and close. meaning that thing that happen in colorado could feel next door because they could have a colorado street or colorado shopping mall where they don't understand where the events are, and also how big they seem to them, because the world seems very small. and talking to them about these things can be tricky. you want to understand their age. you want to understand the development and the mature ur -- maturity, and again, you want to hear the language if they are talking about it. and asking them what they know is the best place to start. >> and eric, if al

the weather channel's eric fisher is live on capitol hill with more on this heat wave coming. >> it's just been wide spread this year, aaron. i think at this point, only halfway through summer. 90s and 100 degree readings have been popular and today it will stretch towards minnesota, the chicago area. it's not just the heat. something we can work our way around the. the drought is something we can't work our way around. new report was released yesterday, 55% of the country is now in some form of drought. moderate or worse. what that means for you is food prices are going to go up. it's a large hit. even last year, billion dollar disasters. the most expensive, not reason iron, it was the drought in text and oklahoma. this drought is more wide spread. there is no written in that area. we do any that is going to get worse than bitter. the heat here is here for today, tomorrow after that, thing let a bit more come comfortable. aaron, a lot of folks could use a little bit of cool air. >> that is the way to end the report about the heat. we like the way that sounds. thank you, eric. >> all

. >> reporter: psychiatrist eric fisher says doctor/patient confidentiality has its limits. >> when aatient states a clear and imminent dangtory a specific person, then we have an obligation to warn that person, family members, people related to them, and authorities. >> reporter: also today, carol, news organizations including cnn will argue before the court that documents in the case should be unsealed to give the public greater insight into this case. >> jim spellman reporting live this morning. what can we expect when holmes appears in court today? i'm joined by criminal defense attorney sharon lico. thanks for being with us this morning. most of the documents in the case file are sealed. a gag order restricts what attorneys and law enforcement officers can say about the case. is this unusual? >> it's the way it needs to be. this case has to be tried in a courtroom, not by the media, not in the press. remember, they have to get an impartial jury and it's going to be hard enough given all the pretrial publicity. i would expect the defense possibly will file a motion to change venue

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upon >> eric: our next guest did is getting a lesson running her own lobster company. megan, 12 years old and how long have you been a fisher on the boat and catch lobsters and what happens then in >> me and my dad catch the lobsteros the boat and we sell them at our house. it is 4.99 a pound. >> eric: that is great. and doocy will take a couple of pounds and so will gretchin. dad, talk about this. you bring your daughter out on the boat and you need a license to do this, right. >> actually we have a commercial fisherman sponsors her and megan is able to fish 50 lobster traps with this sponsor and she's using a student license and pretty much out there learning the lobster trea right now. >> eric: you fish and work the pods and work and get the lobsters and bring them to the front porch and sell them. you have to pay dad for gas or use of the boat? >> this year, i don't have get to keep the money because i need to pay dad back for the gas. but next way in a college fund. >> eric: you are making a lot of money, too. how much money are you making? >> may parents want me to make $2000. >> show makes about $300 a week rightt no