and giada de laurentiis is back, whipping up fine desserts featuring the fruits that are so fresh right. jad yahogiada giada's got it all going on for us. >> yummy, delicious. you've got the weather for us. a lot to talk about. >>> and still a lot more to talk about today. for today, strong storms in the midsection of the country, record highs in the pacific northwest, heavy rain from remnants of ana down in florida. tomorrow the risk of strong storms stretch from the eastern great lakes all the way down into northeastern texas. the record highs continue in t t >> lots of sunshine for now. the medinas will continue. scattered thunderstorms expected late afternoon as well. temperatures anywhere from 87 to 91 degrees. >> and that's your latest weather. >> al, thank you. >> thank you so much. >>> coming up, bobbie thomas is in the house. she's going to show you how to ease your way into fall without saying good-bye to summer. i really want dessert tonight. i better skip breakfast. yep, this is all i need. ( stomach growls ) skipping breakfast to get ahead? research shows that women that ea

and giada de laurentiis is back, whipping up fine desserts featuring the fruits that are so fresh rightogiada giada's got it all going on for us. >> yummy, delicious. you've got the weather for us. a lot to talk about. >>> and still a lot more to talk about today. for today, strong storms in the midsection of the country, record highs in the pacific northwest, heavy rain from remnants of ana down in florida. tomorrow the risk of strong storms stretch from the eastern great lakes all the way down into northeastern texas. the record highs continue >>> this hot and very moist air mass sticking with us. our temperatures in the low 80s across the area, 82 degrees right there in d.c., 79 in quantico and 83 at pax river, strong southwesterly wind, temperatures up to near 90. there is a 40% chance of afternoon and evening thunderstorms. i do think that some of these storms may be severe, isolated severe, with strong winds, possibly hail, continued storms through saturday. >> and that's your latest weather. >> al, thank you. >> thank you so much. >>> coming up, bobbie thomas is in the goe's t sh

we're talking about italian chef and "today" contributor giada de laurentiis and she joins us on the >> good morning. >> grilling up a summer salad. some people are going to say, what are we talking about. before we get to it, let's talk about the great vegetables in season right now. >> these are some of my favorites. what happens i think a lot of times you get an abundance of all sorts of things, tomatoes and zucchini and corn, especially corn. corn on the cob, you need to do something more interesting with it. if you grill all the stuff it gives it more flavor and tenderizes it so you don't have to eat raw vegetables all the time. >> you're going to do this together in kind of a chopped salad. >> it is. which is one of my favorite ways. we have green beans which are, i think a lot of people think of green beans, they think of them in the fall. but actually, they're the best in the summertime. and you just want to make sure they snap. everything should look really green and vibrant. there shouldn't be -- the skin should be really smooth like an eggplant. cucumbers should feel nice a