. >>> i'm joined from hong kong by joseph chang a professor of science at the city university of hongong. great to have you on the show. china is a known ally to north korea. she has decided that the first visit to the korean peninsula is to seoul - what message does that send to pyongyang? >> this summit takes place in the cond of increasing diplomatic competition in china and the united states, and in the context of the deterioration of the nations between japan and south korea. china wants to enhas its ties with seoul to make sure that the trilateral allies, among the united states, japan, and south korea will not work too effectively. and at the same time china hopes to have an early free trade agreement with seoul so as to reduce the impact of the progressing trans-pacific partnership trade negotiations going on, and led by the united states and japan. >> i want to go back to the issue of north korea here, though, joseph. thank you for clarifying the bigger picture for us much what message is xi jinping sending to pyongyang seeing as the first visit to the korean peninsula is to

joseph. >> small changes coming in over the weekend, but nothing that will ruin your saturday or sunday. as we look now double scan live, in the region a few clouds, moving from the west. mainly high cloud cover, that will be the gentle trend going through your saturday and sunday. as we look at the highlights, first we talk about what a difference a year makes on this particular day. and again, the clouds rolling in from the west. one year ago today it was 98 degrees. that was the hottest day of last year. and we were in the middle of an 8-day heat wave, which was the longest heat wave last year or this year. a complete opposite with a low humidity, a fall feeling in the air. and now we are watching the clouds push in from the west and futuretracker 10:00 tomorrow morning will show the veil of clouds in the region. the farther east the clouds pick up a bit, some cover where clouds penetrate or filter through, but not tracking any rain for your saturday. as we look at the numbers, 79 in allentown, 79 in reading, 77 in lancaster. all of the suburbs started in the middle 50s this morning.

. >>> meteorologist, adam joseph, we start fresh before changes over the weekend. lets take a look at -- it's the weekend rick. double scan live showing all is quiet after the storms last night. and temperature wise we are dropping as the drier air is coming in from the north. mt. pocono 71 and reading at 80 and philadelphia the high so far 83 degrees, and with the northerly wind equally as warm at the shore, upper 70s to at the brink of 80 degrees, the front that passed through is down to the south bringing severe weather near parts of rich monday, virginia, with tornado warnings and all of that stays to the south with the high pressure to the north and west and it wedges down the drier air and the lower humidity and speaking of lower humidity, it sticks around tomorrow with a gorgeous end of the week and 84 degrees with the high pressure over us, as the high slips to the south and east. we get a return flow on the western side of the high, and that means southwesterly winds it turns warmer and more humid with late day clouds and the possibility of a couple of sho

with the threat of thunderstorms, we head outside to adam joseph with the details from accuweather. >> big change from the weekend, monica. when the temperatures were in the 80s, low humidity. now monday comes around and the heat and humidity is back as you mentioned. looking at the numbers in philadelphia, 83 saturday, 86 yesterday. and today so far 92 degrees. we were below normal all weekend and now above normal. 89 in the lehigh valley and trenton. 88 in reading. and at the shore with the wind coming off of the water only in the mid and upper 70s. but the dewpoints, slightly humid. don't have open pressive humidity like last week. dewpoints in the low to middle 60s. last week in the 70s. and it looks like the dewpoints will remain below the 70-degree mark even tomorrow as we have a strong wind from the southwest helping to mix and dry the air out in the afternoon. and a front lifting north and active evening, albany from boston with severe thunderstorm and tornado warnings. all of the weather at least for this evening remaining off to the north. so the evening planner looking pretty good desp

ten i think for any and thank you for joining me and because they changed the morning's updates coming your way. death row inmate joseph would rise in pain during a two hour execution this prolonged suffering was not part of the player and not constitutional but an accident and not quite the unique wanted that just this year in both oklahoma and my native ohio there have been botched executions due to complications with lethal injection one judge alex kozinski who voted to give would a stay of execution due to the questionable nature of lethal injection drugs said that the good old firing squad would be a lot more humane and.

i think for any and thank you for joining me and because they changed the morning's updates coming all right it's. a death row inmate joseph would rise in pain during a two hour execution this prolonged suffering was not part of the plan and not constitutional but an accident and not quite a unique wanted that just this year in both oklahoma and my native ohio there have been botched executions due to complications with lethal injection one judge alex kozinski who voted to give would a stay of execution due to the questionable nature of lethal injection drugs said that the good old firing squad would be a lot more humane and his opinion eight or ten large caliber bullets fired at close range and massive damage causing instant death every time i think lethal injection is popular not for the executed but for society as judge kozinski said shooting someone in the head with a machine gun is instant death so why don't they use the firing squad because that would be messy and raise questions quietly injecting people way from prying public eyes allows the dirty deed to be done without the hassle of ugly news footage i think that

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. >>> and a new airline security threat prompts changes for international travelers to the united states and adam joseph let us know if we are in for a second heat wave. >>> and ducis rodgers has the standings of the best >>> this is a live picture as a rescue operation is now underway at six flags magic mountain amusement park in california. four were hurt. about two dozen people were stranded when a roller coaster derailed about of and stopped. four people hurt. this coaster was suspended 20 to 30 feet in the air. and rescue personnel are trying to get everybody down and get the four people injured off to the hospital. it's about 25 miles north of los angeles. >>> a video has surfaced of oscar pistorius re-enacting the shooting of his girlfriend. it shows pistorius running without his legs and the video was prepared for the defense. it has not been shown at the trial. pistorius's legal team plans to close the case tomorrow morning. he faces up to 25 years in prison if he is found guilty. >>> and israel is trying to stop a barrage of impacts. hamas militants send 100 rockets in israel. causing the sire

change after today. for details on the oppressive heat lets head to adam joseph. >> not only oppressive, but the hottest day in philadelphia in just about one year, 96 was the high in philadelphia, the last time it was equally as hot was july of last year, this is 10 degrees above normal and the record is 103 set back in 1801, it felt like 103 and 94 in allentown and reading and 92 in millville and 10 miles inland at the atlantic city airport 90 but along the shore, the sea breeze kep it beautiful in the upper 70s today. if you look at the heat index, the high of 79 at the shore, the heat index only 80 and 103 in philadelphia at the peak of the day and 105 in wilmington and the lehigh valley, feeling over the century point. when meteorologist, cecily tynan comes back she'll talk about the possibility of flooding downpours and the track of arthur and what it means for the 4th of july anywhere are you going to be. >> thank you adam. track the storms heading into your neighborhood with the free stormtracker 6 live double scan, it has hourly forecasts and live radar and warnings. >> and this developing stor

everything looks calm from the sky 6 view from center city but from our radar that could change in the matter of hours. adam joseph is tracking a line of storms that could relieve some of this heat. you have the heat and humidity this time of year, a cold front is coming through to wipe the heat and humidity out. it gets loud and strong and severe later on this evening. it's way to the west and we have one thunderstorm way on the border of mercer county and also buck county and southern parts of hunterdon county where a severe thunderstorm remains in affect. the storm is around new hope, anywhere south and west of new hope, the storm has pushed through our region and a history of producing hail and very strong winds near 60 miles per hour. this is the storm now, 20 lightning strikes in 15 minutes ago, it's down to three and the storm is weakening through new hope. and lambertville and route 202, heavy rain right now, you hear the rumbles of thunder not producing hail anymore and the winds beginning to die down as it lifts to the north and east. and it has a history of producing strong winds and from ann from buck

the security landscape in europe, as the one there, has changed significantly because of a the clever putin's actions. he compared him to joseph stalin. >> you know that you have a russian government that has made the conscious decision to use its military force inside of another sovereign nation to achieve its objectives. the first time since 1939 event has been the case. lou: escalated military action continues as u.s. intelligence reports imminent delivery of a multi-rocket launching system to the separatists. steve harrigan is on the ground and he has our report. >> the shooting down a flight 17 late 17 would lead to a cease-fire between ukrainian forces in russian backed rebels were wrong. the reverse is true, nearly five months after crimea, and escalation with russian military forces intervening. firing from inside russian territory. >> they invaded a foreign country and ukrainians have a responsibility to protect their citizens in their territory, which is what they're doing. >> fighting has nearly stopped in the investigation of the site and plans to secure the area with policemen are under discussion eight days after

joseph karins with the weather. >> let's talk about the heat. we had those horrible storms in new england early yesterday morning. now we're watching things changinghat's why we're having this crazy weather for july. we're having changeable weather. usually we talk about heat waves, drought. with the cool air that continues to rush in from canada and colliding with the other air, that's where we have the problems. from new york city northward that's your best chance of getting drenched today and seeing some of those lightning storms. notice the cool air. only a high of 68 in buffalo. only 73 in chicago. dallas, you're 103 yesterday. you're actually going to be thankful for the cooler air, only highs in the 90s that's great for you. tuesday, less humid air continues to push through, we'll have a beautiful tuesday. it looks like tuesday through about friday will be nearly perfect for the mid-atlantic and northeast. not many problems once we get by this. we could have something in the tropics brewing. a tropical storm and that would be bertha. >>> coming up on morning joe, impeachment talks. house speaker john boehner says he doesn't want to go there

. >> adam joseph is live at the big board with more, we saw sunshine adam? >> a big change from yesterday, 93 degrees and extreme humidity and the storms passed through and the storms brought the sunshine today and much lower humidity and we are taking a live look from the pagoda cam in reading in berks county and you can have great visiblity now that the humidity has dropped. the numbers now, 74 degrees in need wood and slatington 74 and 78 in quakertown and as we slide to southern new jersey and southern delaware, temperatures in the upper 70s to low 80s and along the shore temperatures equally as warm inland because of a land breeze out of the northwest. even there it's in the upper 70s from the boardwalk to sea isle city. the dew points have dropped from yesterday, that is the breath of fresh air you are noticing this afternoon. tomorrow the dew points will sit in the 50s, that is pleasant for this time of year and it will return over the weekend as you can see it's spiking into the upper 60s to near 70 by monday and more humid saturday, sunday and monday. and we drop a

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joseph live outside. we are really hoping this one lasts so we can have some beach time, too. >> things are going to change. it is going to be perfect beach weather but not the comfortable air we enjoyed the last four days. in fact the numbers right now still below normal for this time of year. philadelphia 85 degrees. only 82 in wilmington. 81 in reading. 84 in trenton. along the shore with the sun out, temperatures are only in the mid 70s thanks to a sea breeze. satellite and radar show some clouds dotting the sky, sharing it with sunshine. thicker clouds to the south and that's where we have downpours and thunderstorms and more humid air. it is only a matter of time that the summer feeling will be back. dewpoints in the 50s area wide but 60s and 70s lurk to the south. the dewpoints when at the hit 65 or 70 it starts to feel oppressive again. if your headed to the phillies good, 76 by the ninth inning with light humidity. when i come back talking about the 90s making a learn. just how long? we let you know in the full accuweather forecast. >> thank you, adam. >>> philadelphia police arrested two they say

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