louis. >> i really wish i could. >> janice huff, thanks for joining us here in our studios as always. >>> overseas, tonight we'll tell you about the next global crisis you will be hearing about. it's bad and fair warning, it's hard to watch, and it's going to get worse. the u.n. is using a word we don't hear them use often, and that's famine. it's happening in the horn of africa triggered by years of drought and poverty and civil war in some cases and setting off a human tide of refugees. the drought is severe. the humanitarian crisis is centered in somalia but also kenya, ethiopia and djibouti, devastating crops and livestock and sources of drinking water. the u.n. estimates more than 11 million people are in urgent need of food assistance, including millions of children. we have a report tonight from the kenya-somalia border, and a reminder, again, these are some tough images. >> reporter: famine has returned to africa. in this village it hasn't rained heavily for two years so children are starving, desperately in need of help. >> they really need it immediately. it's a matter of ur

. >> janice huff is here with a check of the weather. >> he'll be checking weather soon, i'm sure. >>> the heat is still a big story for more than a dozen states. the heat goes on with warnings and watches and advisories in effect across the middle portion of the country and the carolinas and georgia. look at the records for the last 30 days from tulsa to dallas to wichita falls, consecutive records of heat, 100 degree plus heat and not much rain. less than a tenth of an inch in dallas since june. all right, here's a look at the temperatures for today. the heat is on all the way into the rockies. temperatures in the upper 90s to near 100 in billings, montana. 101 in oklahoma city and >>> and good morning to you. this is meteorologist nick o'kelly. we've got a very thick marine layer out there this morning. in fact it's almost 3,000 feet deep. that means it's going to take its time burning off. so this morning low clouds and fog. temperatures may warm just a little bit inland, but if we do see that afternoon heating, there's an isolated thundershower that may pop up over the east bay h

. >>> janice huff is here with a check of the weather. >> the heat continues to be the >> we've got some areas of low clouds around the bay area and some mist with some of those low clouds around san francisco and oakland. seeing sunshine in san jose. patches of low clouds this morning as we head toward lunchtime. inland temperatures will be in the 70s but by july standards pretty cool. we're talking mostly 60s and 70s around inner bay. some near 80-degree temperatures inland. seven-day forecast looks cool as we start the workweek. meanwhile in the 80s in the northeast. now, here's jenna. >> janice, thank you. >>> nfl star hines ward of the pittsburgh steelers is used to faking out his defenders on the football field and waltzing to championships on "dancing with the stars." early saturday morning near atlanta his moves behind the wheel landed him in jail. ron mott has the story. >> reporter: graceful and rhythmic on the dance floor, sleek and powerful on the gridiron. nfl star hines ward pulled a move this weekend that landed him in jail. police outside atlanta arrested ward early satur

janice huff is outside on the plaza to tell us. what is it looking like in terms of relief?n't feel that bad this morning and we're expecting cooler temps in the northeast today. so, it really depends on where you live. yes, the northeast will get some relief. yesterday we had record heat as you mentioned earlier. boston in the 90s. 100 degrees in new york city. but today in the 80s to around 90. the jet stream is shifting south. the central portion of the country will not see relief. dallas, 25 consecutive days of 10 0-degree heat there and more is expected. not expecting that pattern to change for the next couple of weeks for that portion of the country, lester -- or jenna. >>> in washington politics, there appears to be progress in a bid to reach a deal on the debt ceiling. president obama and house speaker john boehner were back at the table yesterday after talks collapsed on friday. david gregory, moderator of "meet the press." good morning. >> good morning. >> it's been a busy weekend for house speaker and president, all parties involved. where are we at this moment? i

. >> janice huff, always good to see you. thanks for stopping by here tonight. >>> an american ritual, a visit to a magnificent park has ended tragically for three hikers that have been swept away by a waterfall. nbc george lewis is at yosemite where search and rescue teams have been looking for the victims for over 24 hours now. george, good evening. >> reporter: good evening, brian. yosemite is full of visitors marveling at the many waterfalls brimming with water from record snowfalls. but three of those visitors, two men and a woman, were swept away at a fall in which officials are calling a tragic chain reaction. 1500 visitors a day go to the top of the fall. this youtube video shot by one of those visitors. the victims ignored signs warning them not to go in the river above the waterfall and one by one they were swept away. the second victim trying to rescue the first one, the third victim trying to grab the other two. >> it's horrible to see people go over the falls knowing that they are plunging to their death. >> repo

meteorologist janice huff is here to help you out with the fun facts. >> it's good to be here with youe highest temperature ever recorded in the usa of 134 h degrees fahrenheit. it was tucson, arizona, steele, north dakota, death valley, california or leland, nevada. >> death valley, california. >> you're smart down there. >> in 1913, the temperature hit 134 degrees. it is the desert, after all. 1922. >> all right. back across to kathie. >> nice family from orlando and she says they're very glad that the trial is over. i'm sure. all righty. here we go. on the following vacation spots -- of the following vacation spots which one would have the least chance of rain during your vacation? phoenix arizona, las vegas, nevada, palm springs, california or el paso, texas. >> i need a little help here. >> he's not helping. >> palm springs, california. >> no, but that's a good guess. lighten up. >> that was a good guess, but not the right answer. >> no. the right answer is. las vegas has an average annual rainfall of 4.1 inches. compared to 25 inches of rain for the entire year. it's a dry place