let's get a check of our weather with nbc meteorologist janessa webb to see how hot it's going to get in most of the country. >> yeah, it's still very steamy across two-thirds of the nation and temperatures are well above average. nearly 25 degrees above average in some spots. and that's going to spark up the storms that we're seeing pretty continuously for the northern plains into the midwest, and that will continue all the way to tomorrow afternoon. also watching tropical development off the carolina coast fothe nextr to northeast ohio, mostly sunny skies, low 90s >>> so we're going to see some relief from the 90s today. that's coming up >> i want to hear all about that, janessa. thank you. >> on tuesday former president jimmy carter celebrated another milestone, his 74th wedding anniversary. jimmy and roselyn carter had been married for 26,765 days, making them the longest married presidential couple in american history. the carters grew up together in plains, georgia, and were married in 1946 after jimmy graduated from the u.s. naval academy. carter is also our oldest living presi

. >>> for a first look at your forecast, let's go to meteorologist janessa webb.appy holiday to you, my friend, and what's it look like out there? >> good to see you. happy holidays everyone. hopefully you're enjoying the start of your holiday weekend. we're going to see very warm temperatures. i have really good news this morning, no heat alerts are in place, finally have expired across oklahoma city into texas, but still very warm this morning, 79 degrees currently in new york city. chicago you're in the lower 70s, but expect that warmth to be heating up by mid-afternoon. we're also watching a few showers, right now it will be dry for the northeast, but that's going to pick up later on this evening. i expect around 8:00 you're going to really notice a squall line make its way through central new york to philadelphia where we're going to see damaging winds, also a little bit of hail, very low tornado risk, but the timing goes like this. this is that cold front that has really been bothering us all week, and this is around 7:00, 8:00, you're going to really notice

let's switch gears and get a check on your forecast with meteorologist janessa webb. good morning to you, janessa. >> good morning, yasmin. good morning, everyone wchl're seeing great conditions across portions of the east coast. we're still dealing with rain across the south. people are not able to enjoy the heat as it's going to be stifling. this is currently what it feels like. 73 degrees in kansas city, lower 70s for st. louis. we expect it to rev up to the 90s in some spots. the feels-like temperature on your skin, in the triple territory. you're seeing the heat rise all the way across to missouri. new orleans, you start to get in on this as well as atlanta. we could potentially get up to about 30 million people this afternoon. so high heat and humidity going to be in place for today. cincinnati, you're at 90 degrees. we have record temperatures that are going to be in jeopardy for chicago. this is the ninth straight day that they've been in the upper 80s to lower 90s. even washington, d.c., potentially going into this weekend going to be seeing their first heatwa

. >>> let's switch gears and get a check of the weather with meteorologist janessa webb. morning, janessa. >> good morning. hope floi you're finding a way to beat the heat across the east coast. the surge of warm air will continue to lift north unfortunately. we have a cold front that's going to slice humidity in place for the great lakes. but if you're waking up this morning, it's pretty unbearable for the south and southeast. it's sillitting in the 70s and we're back on the incline for the 90s today. the heat advisories in the last three hours continue to expand from boston now all the way into southern georgia. i do expect them to possibly make their way into the mississippi valley, into memphis as well, even maybe northeast ohio this afternoon. due to the high humidity, the carolinas, north and south carolina, even parts of virginia, we're not going to see the cold front enter your area this afternoon. look at the feel-like temperatures on your skin. 109 for charleston. a lot of records that are possibly going to be broken for this afternoon. for new york, one more da

let's switch gears getting first look at your forecast with meteorologist janessa webb. od morning, janessa. >> good morning, yasmin. here in july and we're tracking the storms ant heat that continue to build. we'll take a look at current radar. nothing too severe. but we'll see a squall line across the south and from south carolina into georgia. the primary thread will be damaging winds and a little bit of hail this afternoon. possibility with all of the heat that we are currently seeing an isolated tornado in that area. but you're going to see pockets of cells that are going to produce torrential rain. potential rates of 1 to 2 inches per hour. i do think for the central plains we'll start to see the flash flooding concerns start to expand from memphis to nashville, even to the ohio valley. and this as the storm well to the south, it's producing well air. and the storm will pop up across this front causing gusty conditions all the way through thursday afternoon. i think the real big story for today, we're going to see this expanse of heat from oklahoma city all the way

janessa webb joins us. what do you think? >> we had this hurricane really develop last night.r, and now you can start to see the center of the storm starting to come together, and that's really going to allow us to really watch the track closely. now, the national hurricane center just in the last few minutes has upgraded this hurricane to potentially go into a cat 2. you can see the intensification rev up and now it's at 82 miles an hour. it's very fast at about 17 miles an hour from the northwest. it's north of hispaniola, and that's why they've issued tropical storm warnings and watches out for all of the bahamas. you can see the latest track. it starts to really rev up as it sit in that warm ocean. by tomorrow we expect the sustained winds to be picking up to 100 miles an hour. you can see from the latest track, it's not going to be potential landfall for miami. it's about 60 miles away, so that could possibly wobble here, and then, you know, things will change in the next 12 to 24 hours, but right now it looks to stay well offshore, but we're still going to see that high

let's switch gears and get a first look with your weather with nbc meteorologist janessa webb.ood morning to you. >> hey, good morning, yasmin. it was a busy weekend. we've been watching the tropical storms. 've had the first hurricane of 2020 for the atlantic, making landfall across south texas. i want to show you a video right now of corpus chris it is where we saw portions of southern texas get up to about 6 to 10 inches of rain. so just an inundation of water really in that area. now, hanna continues now to be an area of low pressure, but still a depression that's going to make its way well offshore. you can see sustained winds, but the flooding threat is going to be as a few bands continue to linger. also watching in the eastern pacific, we have hurricane douglas, now a category 1. just in the last 24 hours, this storm system has really rapidly intensified, and we're not going to see a direct hit for hawaii, thank goodness, but the outer bands are going to cause the flooding and wind bands to pick up. in next few hours it will continue the track offshore. we still have hur

. >> let's take a look at our weather with janessa webb. good morning >> good to see you both. good morning, everyone the steamy temperatures continue to be intact across much of the country. buzz we're watching the potential cyclone. it has not materialized just yet. we do have warnings out to puerto rico into the dominican republic but there's still a ton of uncertaintye highs of 96 deg slightly cooler due to that front making its way to the east we're also watching ago flod threat for the mississippi valley >> thank you >>> coming up, the studies reveal the results of covid on heart health >> you're watching "early today. but we're all going at our own speed. at enterprise, peace-of-mind starts with our complete clean pledge, curbside rentals and low-touch transactions. with so many vehicles of so many kinds, you can count on us to help you get everywhere you want to go... again. whenever you're ready, we're ready for you. enterprise. did you know the existing chlorine in your home's water [♪] can cause your clothes to fade? try new snuggle supercare®. helping to keep your c

let's bring in janessa webb. good morning >> good morning, everyone.has been a tough weekend with our first hurricane hitting south texas. we're watching that system make its way well to the south. also on our radar we have hurricane douglas. doesn't look like it will be a direct hit on honolulu but the outer bands will cause concern we're watching the tropics, 90% development of our unnamed storm that will make its way to the lesser antilles. poteial path intnt the mid-to-u. humidity is staying in place for the deep south all the way through the southeast. summer heat building >>> we have heat alerts that continue across the northeast. we'll talk more about that coming up. >> hope those acs are working and working well >>> in today's quick hits an elvis presley impersonator set a record for singi nonstop. it spanned 50 hours. the previous record was 43 hours. >> undefeated boxer got a knock out victory with the fast first guestkout on the michele obama podcast it premieres this wednesday on spotify. feeling stressed? try new nature's bounty stress com

. >>> let's get on check of our weather with meteorologist janessa webb good morning. >> good morningthe heat not letting up, we have this dome of high pressure that sticks across the east coast that causes us to see an unsettled pattern. the cold front is going to come through this afternoon and slice the humidity in half by tomorrow but still air temperature hovering in the 90s as we continue the rest of the week. heat advisories and alerts in are still in place from boston and stretching down to south carolina here's a closer look at your day ahead. so 85 degrees for pittsburgh this afternoon syracuse you're in the mid 80s and slightly cooler due to the humidity and the front san antonio from nashville, heat and humidity continues to build. and we have to talk about the tropics. we'll talk about that coming up. >>> a quick break and then a live update from england othn e johnny depp case. >>> a man accused of cheating a coronavirus relief program, and his getaway car is a new lamborghini. right now, switch to t-mobile and get four lines of unlimited for just $25 bucks a line. with

janessa webb is tracking the newly formed hurricane >> this storm system has come together we have hurricane isaias and we're seeing susz staintained w to 80 miles per hour it will continue its travels along the bahamas where we are already seeing hurricane warnings that are currently in place. now, hurricane hunters went out last night and saw the intensification of this center and it's going to be very close to the coastline of south florida. miami definitely going to see that flooding starting tomorrow morning and then it continues to travel we still have a little bit of time you can see the cone of uncertainty has gone down but they have isaias going the humidity is still in place but a big-time difference across the great lakes all the way into the northeast. temperatures about ten degrees cooler very busy weekend tracking this storm system but also some good news we've lost the humidity across the northeast. >> we will take n so, so bad thanks >>> the crop circle is drawing visitors the design suddenly appeared in the wheat field. people are allowed to walk inside and take pictures the

. >>> what a weekend we had, and a busy weather day ahead of us let's bring in janessa webb with theest on that good monday morning to you >> good morning, everyone. very busy weather weekend. seeing our first official hurricane hit texas over the weekend and we're watching hawaii this morning. you can see sustained winds up to 85 miles per hour this is not going to make a potential landfall for hawaii, but the bands of moisture is going to cause flash flooding in that area. it will continue its trek out to sea and start to lose its force. we're watching another wave, and there is a 90% chance of development of this system so we'll be watching that closelfor the y ned another heat wave sweeping through the country. jacksonville, 92 today and the carolinas, a lot of sunshine >>> and another heat wave. we'll talk more about that coming up. >> we're used to it by now >>> for all you thrill seekers out there, check this out, the world's tallest swing opening in southwest china. it's balanced by a 330-foot tall arch guests are lifted over 290 feet over a cliff so would you do snit >> not

. >>> let's turn to meteorologist janessa webb with a look ahead and finally some relief we'll be seeing soon. good morning >> good morning, everyone. the heat is still on for the next 24 hours. we have severe weather outbreak that happened for minnesota overnight. we had a big tornado in that area due to the severe weather and the heat that continues to build across the southern plains, the midwest and now 16 million people will be impacted throughout your afternoon. heat advisories, they really extend from the northeast all the way into the pacific northwest. also watching an area of low pressure, ininvest 98-l g tentially turnininto a like temperature in dallas, all the way to shreveport. oklahoma city 99 this afternoon. we'll continue to look at heat concerns coming up >> we lost her there >> i'm thinking we're going to hear from her a little bit later. >>> up next, how a pair of suspected car thieves thwarted each other's getaway >> and rebooted with a little lp from friends. new twists coming to "the won des years" next. no cover-up spray here. it's the irresistibly fresh scent of

announce any arrangements for the late congressman >>> let's see how this thursday will shape up with janessa webb. good morning >> good morning, you two good morning, everyone we do have two tropical systems that have become very active just in the last 12 hours. now we do have a tropical storm going to continue to make its way from africa to the lesser antilles this could be our first hurricane of the 2020 season but we're seeing some uncertainty with this track by monday potentially being decreased to a tropical depression. also watching tropical depression 8 we usually don't see a storm like this until mid september so this is quite early for the gulf potential track right now going into texas, but still uncertainty as wl. byel mto maine this afternoon. storms sparking up for the deep south and to the southeast with highs still in the mid 90s and still going to have storms roaring through the northeast. more details on that coming up >> a lot to watch. thank you. >>> watch this terrifying video of two children dropping more than three stories to escape an apartment fire in france it happened w

we chug along in the middle of the year, first day of july we get a check of our weather wise janessa webb is with us. >> good morning, you two good morning, everyone i can't believe we're in july and talking about the summer heat this is just beginning as storms are firing up across the mississippi valley into the southeast, all due to that front. waking up this morning, you're dealing with the severe weather concerns but this will die throughout the afternoon st. louis to kansas city the central u.s., this is going to be expanded throughout the afternoon, with the pockets of cells that will produce some torrential rain. right now it's only 5 million but i think this makes its way n across texas into san antonio, above 100 degrees. we have heat advisories across the deep south >> janessa, thank you. >>> spacex has another successful launch in the books a falcon 9 rocket launched from cape canaveral, florida. it deployed a gps satellite for the u.s. space force into orbit. the defense department is workin to replace satellites that launched about 20 years ago. this was the 88th successful

. >> where it's storms or sweltering heat, let's check your whether with meteorologist janessa webb good morning. >> good to see you both, good morning, everyone. we had a classic ring of fire that developed across the northeast. what happened is you have the bubble of heat that surrounds these storms and it filtered to the south, allowing for these storms to be really compact for philadelphia area into new york city we saw over 6 inches of rain in less than 24 hours we have power outages in that area and still dealing with the flooding the storm system will make its way to the so continue to build. the feel like temperatures currently in the mid 90s and now the heat has spread throughout the afternoon houston 92 so when can you let go of the ac i'll have all the details coming up. >> it may be a while. >>> former nfl quarterback, colin kaepernick and disney have entered into a partnership focussing on projects that deal with social justice issues it's expected to provide opportunities for minority producers and directorers. colin kaepernick has not played in the nfl since the 2016 seaso

. >>> a lot to watch out for this weekend and watching is for us is janessa webb.ood morning >> good morning, everyone. we now have tropical storm fay, an area of low pressure yesterday, but just in the last 24 hours now a tropical system this is the earliest named f storm on record. now, 45 miles per hour, just making its way across the carolina coast but we are expecting some landfall potentially for new york city to atlantic city later on tonight gusts picking up to about 50 miles per hour and torrential rain with flash flooding, a big concern across degrees with stog up throughout the afternoon. lubbock, 104 >>> watching those tropical systems and heat it has been a big concern. we'll talk more about that coming up. >> thank you. >>> much more to come including manhattan's own black lives matters murae trump tower. black lives matter, confederate symbols and whether he thinks the president is a racist. no cover-up spray here. it's the irresistibly fresh scent of febreze air effects. [harsh aerosol spray] cheaper aerosols can cover up odors, buryiodors in a flow

let's see how the weather will be with all of the fourth of july celebrations out there here is janessa webb good morning. >> good morning, you two good morning, everyone what you can count on for your fourth of july is going to be a steamy one we have high pressure that has settled in across the east coast. pacific northwest, you're above average temperaturewise. we're also watching these storms that are going to flare up for new york city later on this evening. so early morning hours nice and dry for the northeast. but then this front starts to sweep through. it will push to the south and southeast by tomorrow afternoon. we're going to watch the potential e mid-atlantic to the florida coastline, humidity dropping dramatically. still lower 90s. >>> many alerts that are happening across the south and southeast, but it is fourth of july weekend we'll look at that forecast coming up. >>> as the temperatures heat up, one company gives a whole new meaning to dumpster diving check out this dumpster pool or splash box is what they're calling it the french company turned trash into treasure. this i

for the latest i want to go to meteorologist janessa webb as she's tracking the storm for us. nessa, what's expected here. >> good morning, yasmin. that's really tough to hear, but the federal officials are making the right call because the track continues to wobble south and north. this morning with the latest update from the national hurricane center, we're seeing tropical storm isaias, and it's moving up to 60 miles an hour. now, this formed around 11:00 last night, and it's really causing a lot of flooding right now for puerto rico, the outer bands of the system making their way through the leeward islands all the way into hispaniola. this is the latest track since 5:00 a.m. it's starting to intense five. then there's that kind of ocean track that we're going to see across the bahamas southeast of that, and now the latest track potentially turns this into a category 1 hurricane. it will be a close call, but you can see it's more toward the north now compared to yesterday. we have five states that are potentially in the path of this storm system. still there's a ton of time.

. >>> let's get a check on your weather once again with meteorologist janessa webb. smin, we're not just watching the tropics. i know we've been dealing with the kind of oppressive heat that's entered the northeast in much of the country. we're seeing this series of fronts make their way through and that will give you more breathable air afor the next fe days. we're closer to average this afternoon for minneapolis. we're down about a few degrees. still above average for chicago to detroit, but instead of feel-like temperatures in the triple digits territory, we're back in at the lower 80s. still going to be a pretty hot day for new york city to philadelphia where we'll be sitting in the 90s. but the humidity will be sliced in half. hopefully going into your weekend and all the way into saturday afternoon. you're really going to start to feel the difference. the wonderful news this morning, all heat advisories, air quality concerns have expired at this time. now, we are watching the severe storms. that's going to lead to a series of fronts that will lead to some floodi