lake st.. >> if we could start with the block between 25th and 26. >> that block has a population of 331 people bringing the deviation for district 12 - 4.78%, and the deviation of district two two -5.08%. >> can we look at the other side of lake st.? >> can i make one observation? i believe if we reversed our decision about the median strip, i think that what allowed us to stay within 5% and move the 64 people back to d2. we would be finished, i think. >> so proposed. >> i think this is actually two changes together the i am proposing. that we move this block, and then as the second accompany an adjustment, to move the three blocks, the median strip -- strips, i guess -- >> yes. >> with 64 people back from d3 to d2. >> ok, anyone have any questions? the proposal is -- one second, let me just take it one more time and come back to you. the proposal is to reverse -- we will take them in this order. i will just reverse the order. reverse the decision we just made around a median strip. 64 as the population, and then additionally make the change that was just proposed a moment ago that

and although the northeast cools off, the great lakes, st.is through the midwest, dallas, northwards to kansas, they're going to stay around 100 right through the weekend. >> wichita, 103, too. k.c. 101. appreciate it. time for a little sports now. the clock has struck midnight on linsanity. the back page of the daily news. lin and out. "the post," end of the lin. the new york knicks made it official choosing not to match the houston rockets three-year $25.1 million offer to jeremy lin before 11:59 p.m. last night. the decision came down sometime after 10:00 last night. lin now returns to the houston rockets, team that cut him before the start of last season. the structure of lin's new deal, which will pay him almost $15 million in the final year, would have cost the knicks an estimated $35 million in luxury tax penalties, in addition to lin's salary. had they chosen to match his offer. it was the last year of that deal that was kind of a poison pill designed by the rockets, and it worked. rockets are well below the luxury tax cutoff, and wil

they have suggested that least it was described an npr as saying is, of lake st.omebody in the distance and you wonder if it's your friend. look how did we speak here among us i am planning on adding mass myself today. it looks like you'll be a great day of patches of fog to the coast otherwise looking dead. toward the afternoon children of sunshine. norway. still 80s and 90s low possible inland. that southwest is just about to raise whether to yesterday. as the hat to the day she will write back to the golden gate as of fireworks time. so enjoy your fourth of july. 88 degrees in work and help. east bay runs up into the 80s and monique. and then said the bay of the temperatures in the '60s and '70s looking guy. cooling-off the silliest tomorrow saturday and sunday will bump temperatures back up again is to look toward next week. >>> looks it'll be great and yourself in every light jacket. 16 degrees very few patch of fog making their way inside. the roadways look very get. in fact let's get a bridge checked san mateo bridge is looking and not a lot of car is very

that means the damaging wind gusts will be the biggest threat for places lake calvert and st.s and fred ricksburg and the northern neck. you have to watch out probably oh 3:00 to 6:00 this afternoon. the likely time frame. yellow alerts today and tomorrow for the thunderstorms and 95 today. 70s tonight and mid 70s in town. a few upper 60s north and west. tomorrow, 92. with the thunderstorms scattered ability. still isolated storms possible sunday but i think because it's isolated just a good day on sunday. relatively speaking. and as we head to the rest of the seven day, upper 80s next week with the chances for thunderstorms continuing. good morning monika samtani. >>> good morning howard. you know i've been really happy to say that it's been nice and light this morning. there have been no major incidents to report. i think we had enough of that yesterday. and if you're planning to head southbound on i-270 a much different story you can see all the green here. yesterday you had all that red coming out of frederick. today nice and light into clarks burg down to the point where

salt lake 95, 101 denver. st.ouis out of the 100s, 95, boston and no feels like fall there with mid 70s. all those areas you see in yellow where severe weather is possible today, water along the east coast no airport delays there nor up around seattle and portland yet i don't expect many here in san francisco, flight tracker any time you need >>> good morning happy friday i'm terry mcsweeney in for eric thomas. >>> and i'm kristen sze. the number of fatalities and injuries may be lower in the mass shootings overnight at a showing of the new batman movie in a denver suburb. katie is live with new details on the suspected gunman. >> reporter: we have the name, abc news reporting the suspect is james holmes in custody and has been immediately after the shooting. authorities believe he acted alone. also on the death toll newest on the wounded, that has been downgraded some good news, all morning it has been 14, we are now learning 12. the youngest victim three months old, some 50 people were wounded some who survived

he joins me now om st lake ty. >> it's good to be with you. sreenivasan: folks who haven't heard of or thought about black lung disease, paint us a picture of what it's like to live with it. you were able to speak with people. >> we spent some time with a number of miners who are suffering black lung. it's a horrific way to die. these miners know that that's what they're doing. they're dying. they're slowly losing the ability to breathe. simple tasks like mowing the lawn or eminer we spoke talked about how he can't even hold his two-year-old grandson for more than a few moments, become impossible with black lung. it just gets worse and worse. you can't fix it. there's no treating it. eventually some miners will end up making a choice between eating and breathing because they can't do both at the same time. some are afraid to fall asleep because, while sleeping, they can't muster the strength to get that breath down. one ysician we spokeith talked about it as if it's like taking a screw and slowly tightening it in your throat day after day, yea

lake city. dallas will be at 94. you will feel quite a bit of heat 103 in n st. louis. here is look at our numbers. antioch, 83 and 81 for livermore. 80 for concord. in the north bay, san rafael, near 76. 66 for san francisco, 78 for san jose and 73 for santa cruz and 80 tomorrow for hollister. warm things up more so as we head into tuesday and 4th of july on wednesday with temperatures inland near 90 and mid-60s at the coast. then we'll start to cool things back down for friday and saturday. >>> it was a battle between the sexes at the box office.

overheated lakes killed fish in wisconsin. in st. louis, one of the few places to find relief was a sliver of shadow under the gateway arch. in iowa, corn crops are in jeopardy. farmer handy hall says that's pushed corn prices up 15% this month. >> it looks lie like pin pineap. the leaves are stressed. >> reporter: in new york, they're keeping a close eye on the grid that provides power to nine million people. >> any time it get this is hot it concerns us. what worries you when you face an extented period of record heat? >> the buildup of time of heat in the ground that can have an impact on equipment. >> reporter: it's a mere 91 degrees in times square. the mercury will rise to 100 tomorrow. anthony, the good news is meteorologists are forecasting the heat wave plaguing the midwest and east will break by monday. >> mason: good news, michelle. in times square, thank you very much. moving to syria, a top general has fled that country. he was a member of the inner circle of dictator bashar al-assad who's been trying to crush a rebellio

st. louis. atlanta 99. 98 salt lake. 107 phoenix.upper 60s to low saveties in seattle and portland. -- low 60s -- yellow you see along the mid atlantic around the great lakes where there's a possibility of severe weather. at home everything is going well. here's a look at flight tracker at abc7news.com at the bottom. >>> 4:46. fundraiser was held in san francisco yesterday to benefit people who lost their homes in an apartment fire two months ago on may 6th, two apartment buildings burned at valencia and dubose avenue, 37 people were displaced some still can't find housing. a family of 12 now staying on treasure island. >> they are not sure where they are going to be. we are trying to raise money to make sure they can find housing. >> i know it was hard for us like four single kids in the city but much harder for a family we are trying to help as much as we can. >> organizers have established paypal accounts online for people who want to donate. >>> some of the 30,000 evacuated from their colorado homes are back this morning. many fa

salt lake city mayor robert becker took offense at his st. louis love to have him and are happy to send maps and doesn't run into any trouble locating the middle of nowhere. >>> from the also ran into trouble in the interview any seems to question the commitment of the british people said the games. >>> to come together and celebrate the olympics would to some degree on the will find out once the teams actually began. the prime minister offered assurances from the shouldn't worry. >>> and also the whole world not just we come together as united kingdom but also we're extremely that welcoming people from across the world sellout of is to make those points to get around and looking forward to meeting. before 80,000 people waiting for the arrival of the love retorts in london's hyde park he took the opportunity to get some personal introduction to the presidential candidate but not the kind of greedy greeting ronnie would want. >>> i there's a guy called me romney who wants to know whether or not we're ready are we ready? the bequeaths screams:.

i think tomorrow clear lake will be 73-74 st. helena about 68.ay there will already be cool temps. 62 for sausalito. 71 for walnut creek. 73 danville. san leandro at 71 degrees. not much warmer santa clara valley. fremont 67. same for san mateo. 57 daly city. 59 in the city. 57 in menlo park. a very cool blustery pattern. a little rebound thursday and friday. your weekend always have in view we'll keep an eye on that. >> thank you, steve. >>> a few minutes ago the commerce department reported worse than expected retail sales numbers. sales fell by a half percent in june. analysts had expected a decline of between .2 and .4 of a percent. this is the third consecutive month that it has dropped. >>> crude oil prices are slipping again. they foe below -- china's slowing growth coulden the demand if across the country gas prices down from last month. here in the bay area prices have dropped almost 30-cents a gallon. as some of the west coast refineries have returned to production. san francisco it's $3.72. 3.72 -- $3.85. >>> the weekend house party th

st. louis and 86 in minneapolis. and because it's so humid out there and so warm, we have heat warnings for almost all of the lower great lakesohio valley and the great plains. 100-degree highs once again. peaking at 106 in st. louis. get ready in the atlantic. we're watching in d.c. and raleigh. that's a look at your national forecast. now here's a look outside your window. new york city, about 91 degrees. areas of new england, a cost moves to the south. going to be humid. a little less cooler there. in the ohio valley, no relief at all. so let's put a smile on this and say by sunday, the heat wave's over and done. details coming up. >> all right. love that. also coming up interest rates hang in the balance, another blow for barclays, and the new skyscraper that towers over london. your early morning business headlines are straight ahead. >>> plus, new details on how kay katy holmes orchestrated her split from tom cruise. >>> nash find as home in hollywood, a wild daid in nhl free agency. and you thing you ate a lot of hot dogs yesterday? think again. you're watching "early today." 4 >>> good morning and welcome back to "ear

st. helena. 80 clear lake. kentfield 72. sonoma 74. sausalito 67. 76 that is the spirit for walnut creek. 80 low pittsburg. 75 san jose. 80 morgan hill and gilroy. 75 in cupertino. not bad on the coast. they are starting awful on the mild side a little sun. mid to upper 60s. palo alto at 74. few high clouds but slightly warmer thursday. sunny and warmer weather takes us into the weekend. >> thanks. >>> it is 5:08 right now. california's ban on discriminatory. one local group says yes. >> also a terrifying incident happened at a municipal airport. it involves a pilot on the run. >> good morning. northbound 101 looks pretty good. no fog today is coming up to the 80 split. we'll tell you more about the morning commute and the bay weather. >>> the faa is now leading the investigation into a bizarre and tragic incident at a airport in utah. it happened at the st. george municipal airport yesterday. a 40-year-old sky west pilot scaled a razor wire fence broke into an airport. stole a jet and crashed it in the parking lot. he then shot and ki

st. louis -- near 100 salt lake. warm just about everywhere. a lot of flight arrival delays. laguardia, new york, jfk, out of chicago, midwest and east going to be a mess because of severe weather. i'm expecting delays into sfo to be announced. flight tracker abc7news.com. hey, there's barely a line at space mountain. you there ! i am looking for someone, hair black as night, skin white as snow ! yeah, yeah, i got that ! she is at the castle. dad ! honey ! but she's on the move. disney mobile magic, on verizon. you wouldn't happen to have an apple ? find characters, access wait times for the park you're in, and enjoy premium features when you download disney mobile magic, powered by verizon. >>> we are getting word of an accident in east palo alto where a car may have crashed into a house. freeway traffic light, here's a live shot of the bay bridge toll. >>> good morning 5:32 on this thursday morning. thank you so much. that incident that frances was talking about we are sending a crew there we'll have the latest coming up i'm eric thomas. >>> and i'm kristen sze. facebook ta

two weeks earlier than a first 76 degree shoreline water temperature in lake michigan yesterday at these temperatures 92 degrees in st how many records in st. louis. these guys told me more records fort smith arkansas lot of records look at these readings are around chicago 99 degrees again park. look at the heat and to cease and the third i led indiana still 89 degrees university school hot out there ross pollen was moderate air quality was bad of a dead pollutants some of the caseestern wildfires smoke track big thunderstorms east and west jet stream couple of those near the area as we get to saturday the front up to the north. always found it 2 in. up evaporated water is trouble 300 friday eighties over the weekend nice break in the heat looking forward >> rolled out the red carpet south suburban crestwood soldier returning home on beat illinois patriot guard in mckinsey officials welcoming army specialist brad liberio of crestwood overseas for more than one year mostly afghanistan also asked everybody to remember military members will never see a warm welcome home. bellmont not only people out there but those who

st. helena. and clear lake. vallejo 78. richmond 70. walnut creek 82. pittsburg 87. livermore at 85. 87 morgan hill to gilroy 88. cupertino at 81. warm toward santa cruz. a lot of 60s on the coast. 60s and 70s as you get toward san mateo. and 76 redwood city. it will be warmer inland on saturday. sunday could be the transition day it will be nice but a little cooler and very quiet next week. >> thank you. >>> the time is 6:41. a hospital technician is accused of causing a hepatitis c outbreak in new hampshire. why it could have been spread to other states. >> we are live in san francisco where the wife of the embattled sheriff makes another court appearance this time for personal reasons. we'll tell you what she is asking a judge to do. >> traffic is moving along well on 24 from walnut creek to oakland. i'll tell you more on where the traffic is getting busy. wherever the wind takes me. this is so off course. nature can surprise you sometimes... next time, you drive. next time, signal your turn. ...that's why we got a subaru. love wherever the road takes you. >>> we

great lakes, ohio valley. 101 in chicago. 102 in st. louis, 100 in nashville. back to you, greg. >> those are incredible. we talked a moment ago about additional storms on the way. is that true? >> absolutely. when you have that heat, you've got all of that available moisture as well and the instability. we could see the potential for storms, so there's your severe threat across the upper midwest, great lakes, mid-atlantic, that were hit hard. hail, damaging winds, certainly an isolated tornado and heavy downpours so keep an eye to the sky and listen to the weather forecast, especially if you're outdoors enjoying the 4th of july festivities. we're getting much needed moisture where we have wildfires burning, severe threat for parts of minnesota through wisconsin where we could see large hail, damaging winds and isolated tornadoes, also a threat across the great lakes and the northeast. so again, keep a close ear to your local weather forecast and keep an eye to the sky and be careful. >> no more deratios. >> so far. >> thank you very much. >> a wildlife alert a

lakes region and canada. re seeingee the dome of high y. today's well thursd chicago. upper 30s oklahoma city the forecast for st. louis midegrees. very i around that dome. also rains towards thnow to europe.e's a low pressure system to dublin, edinburgh. coming to going to be heading to the of bringing temperatures ups above average in budapeste warnings and watches i'm going to leave forecast. this hour. a in ce now generating power again.d it over the weekend. power since may. all reactors country have been o the ch concerns after the year inkushima. ont the fired the first timeplant'sed to supply power but workers at to turbines. so the pushed b. they say they will reachnday. the company is schtor at the plant in two >>> and that' edition ofherine kobayashio. we'll be back with mor see you then.

st. louis, dallas 107 phoenix, 98 salt lake low to mid 70s seattle and portland 90s along the eastern seaboard right now all is quiet across the lower 48 with most of our major airports look what comes into focus san francisco flight arrival delays. oakland and san jose on time. check [ male announcer ] now at your neighborhood subway: dinner...is...served. tonight, take it easy and enjoy your favorite soup, salad and hot, hearty sub. like the toasty big hot pastrami melt. get to your local subway for some dinnertime deliciousness tonight. subway. eat fresh. >>> good morning everyone. it is friday july 27th, a grey, misty, drizzley start to our morning. the weekend is going to look differently, thank you for joining us i'm eric thomas. >>> and i'm kristen sze. >>> good morning. different mean nose more mist and drizzle in the mornings after today, possibly tomorrow, warmer in the afternoons definitely. live doppler showing jut how not widespread the wet weather is confined to the coast and higher elevations. the coast will have drizzle through at least 7:00 maybe up towards noon when we see a

st. louis tomorrow. there is 98 in salt lake city.here is california tomorrow, not only is the bay area heating up but much of the remainder of the state heating up as well. there is 101 in sacramento and 103 in fresno. there is 110 in palm springs so the heat is spreading. here if the bay area, you can expect highs closing in on the 100 degree mark. looking for upper 90s, 98 in antioch and livermore. 96 in concord, north bay, low to mid 9 ows and 92 down south and morgan hill. lots of 80s around the bay. here is the accu-weather forecast. woops, seven-day forecast coming up later, i can tell you that heat is going to be with us throughout the weekend. we can expect it to remain warm inland until monday before there is a cool down. >> back to our top story now. largest mass shooting in u.s. history. 12 people shot dead m a theater in aurora, colorado. 59 ornlz wounded. >> reporter sandra with our news partner cnn is live. what have you learned about the shooter? >> well we know from law enforcement that he had four guns with him, an a

head to salt lake city, denver, great falls, all in the mid 90s. 106 phoenix, 103 st.p and down the eastern see bore. flight departure delays out of -- seaboard. flight departure delays out of newark. arrival delays in philly. flight tracker abc7news.com at the bottom. >>> good morning. 5:30 a.m. on this wednesday, thanks for join us i'm eric thomas. >>> and i'm kristen sze. today eliana lopez is back from venezuela to stake center stage. terry mcsweeney is live at city hall with a preview. >> reporter: eliana lopez expected to testify today. abc7 news has an exclusive interview with her, possibly a preview of what she will be telling the ethics commission today as she tries to help her husband save his job as sheriff. this is the woman who is going to be here today trying to help ross mirkarimi. back from venezuela where she has been staying with the couple's son. her husband suspended sheriff ross mirkarimi she hopes to help him keep his job he was charged with domestic violence for grabbing and bruising her arm in a dispute on new year's eve. it was all about her ta

st. louis. around here i think 103, 104. certainly attainable for your saturday afternoon in the 70s and 80s across the western lakes. that is going to drop more into new england. the problem for us on sunday won't be the heat. it will be the stretch for strong storms. the hot weather with us. only about 80 for the low in town. saturday isolated storms, by sunday as that front starts to drop southward, some of these could be strong to severe on sunday afternoon. the frost this morning i was going 101 but that may be a little optimistic. tonight 80 in town, tomorrow 104, code red because of the he. we may be under a heat warning. sunday a yellow alert. highs in the upper 90s. next week though, this is what you are waiting for, temperatures in the 80s, monday-thursday, a few showers off monday and tuesday. stick around we'll be right back with 9news now at noon, right after this. [ dog growls, barks ] bring your dog to work day... not our best idea. [ barking ] george! stop it! stop. oh. it was a nice thought. [ male announcer ] some business decisions are better than others. the best decision is switching to verizon.

lake city. dallas will be at 94. you will feel quite a bit of heat 103 in n st. louis. here is look at our numbers. antioch, 83 and 81 for livermore. 80 for concord. in the north bay, san rafael, near 76. 66 for san francisco, 78 for san jose and 73 for santa cruz and 80 tomorrow for hollister. warm things up more so as we head into tuesday and 4th of july on wednesday with temperatures inland near 90 and mid-60s at the coast. then we'll start to cool things back down for friday and saturday. >>> it was a battle between the sexes at the box office. >> the comedy ted opened at number one earning $54 million. magic mike also out stripped expectations earning $40 million in it's opening week end. the movie had women packing the theaters. >> they buy tickets in block. its girls night out kind of thing. that music to the ears of studio executives and theater owners. >> female fans made up 73% of the audience. brave raised their haul $131 million earning another $34 million this weekend. witness protection opened in fourth. >> it wasn't a movie but my little tony that draw thousands to new jersey. these

lake. waukegan temperatures in the '80s. 75 degrees tonight willow springs. current temperatures. pretty nice day. buckled at stt of the country big hot dome of the public to the west forecast for this to stay in place we think this will build into next week again. you can see them moving southward. thunderstorm watch is severe weather or other big storms and the plain states all on the perimeter of the cool air leading edge right there south toward breaking up the heat in many areas remain welcome relief. forecast for lake breezes next couple of days. moderate humidity later in the week. nine days later this week with water temperatures 77 degrees. talking more about rainfall prospects on many people's minds widely scattered thunderstorms southern sections lie down. clouds scattered temperatures '60s lakeshore 65 in the city. tomorrow partly sunday seasonably warm. 90 degrees forecast of credit by thursday at the lake the numbers will go up after that. later on not done with this yet. one for the books. >> one of the best in baseball ticket his actions off the field come about paul konerko it will work to help

around and above one hundred degrees in chicago and st louis indianapolis baltimore and several spots in between people jammed the city's beaches although lake michigan water temperatures are in the need seventy more water could be found her found that in frozen treats we're going to be. used to i go inside. now what happened in the d.c. area specifically last friday was that a storm passed through a director oh it's called i was out of the country with my colleagues my neighbors they've all filled me in that it was some serious winds and serious. and but there was no armageddon now regardless what it resulted in it was more than three million people left without power that's nothing that hasn't happened before for maybe a day maybe two but there are many people that i've spoken to holy yesterday got their power back now as of yesterday there were still over fifty thousand fifteen thousand d.c. residents who were without it during this time hotels were completely booked they were charging exorbitant prices for those that could actually afford to find somewhere to stay that had air conditioning but this is the nation's capital this is a major

st. louis and kansas. thunderstorms continue from indianapolis, chicago, kentucky, north carolina. could see some strong storms. the east coast clears out tomorrow, but the great lakeswatch out. looks like you could have a wet wednesday. well if you're watching us on wpsi-tv, pittsburgh, pennsylvania, capture this and just plain amusing at humor in craft. it's the society for contemporary craft. that's your early event of the day, lynn. >> good one. >> that's a good one like santa laugh. >>> and now here's an early look at this morning's headlines in entertainment. unfortunately it will forever be associated with tragedy but it earned a mammoth $160 million in its opening weekend. that is the third best debut of all time and the best ever for a 2-d movie. now, it made $30 million at midnight screening, the second best total ever. but the business suddenly fell off 41% saturday. you can presume that that was the effects of the shooting. but this is some good news. warner brothers announced it's going to make a donation to charity supporting victims of the aurora shooting. >> and finally mariah carey will be joining "american idol" as a judge next season filling the f

lake city. dallas will be at 94. you will feel quite a bit of heat 103 in n st. louis. here is look at our numbers. antioch 83 and 81 for livermore. 80 for concord. in the north bay, san rafael near 76. 66 for san francisco 78 for san jose and 73 for santa cruz and 80 tomorrow for hollister. warm things up more so as we head into tuesday and 4th of july on wednesday with temperatures inland near 90 and mid-60s at the coast. then we'll start to cool things back down for friday and saturday. >>> it was a battle between the sexes at the box office. >> the comedy ted opened at number one earning $54 million. magic mike also out stripped expectations earning $40 million in it's opening week end. the movie had women packing the theaters. >> they buy tickets in block. its girls night out kind of thing. that music to the ears of studio executives and theater owners. >> female fans made up 73% of the audience. brave raised their haul $131 million earning another $34 million this weekend. witness protection opened in fourth. >> it wasn't a movie but my little tony that draw thousands to new jersey. these wer

lake city. 106 in phoenix. tomorrow, looks like as hot and hotter in spots. up to 100 in st. louis tomorrow. let up yet. >> crews are still facing tough conditions as they gain control of a massive wildfire near colorado springs. >> it's the most-destructive in state history. 350 homes burned and it's 55% contained with 1500 still on the scene. forecasts are noi predicting possible thunderstorms, at 40 miles per hour winds. >> some aircraft fighting that fire have been pulled out of service after a deadly crash yesterday. and this is while fighting a fire in south dakota. >> a camp had been invaited by bears. >> there are two bears inside of the main lodge. the favorite room? the kitchen where the food s. >> and i was heading into the building and a heard a man scream to get out of here. >> we went in and we're treated to a real mess. >> trash and bear poop every wear. >> raunchy. they got into our hot sauce. i don't think they're excited about that. >> director maze ask to relocate those bear autos pg&e is revealing a disturbing finding. to -- more than 200 gas transmission lines are at ris

st. louis, heat advisories still posted in this area. south dakota over towards basically lake michigan. for the rest of you today, it looks ike it's going to be pretty comfortable >> skies are mostly cloudy. isolated showers passing through the area. still a chance for one this afternoon. best chance >>> lester, back to you. >> all right, stephanie, thanks. let's turn to the race for the white house where president obama and mitt romney are trading talks. nbc's mike viqueira is at the white house. >> good morning to you, lester. the president is back at the white house after staying on the offensive ignoring complaints from mitt romney and his call that the president back off on bain. despite a driving rain outside richmond, supporters turned out to hear a drenched president obama renew his attack on mitt romney's record at bain capital. >> i don't want a pioneer in outsourcing. i want some insource. >> this after he condemned talks in an interview with nbc news and called for an apology from the president. >> i think the attacks are beneath the dig any of the presidency. >> b

st. louis. showers from seattle to portland. >>> 60s in the pacific northwest. 90s from salt lake city to baltimore.st. >>> well, crews battling the huge western wildfires need all the help they can get. but actually they now have just lost some crucial equipment in the fight. seven military air tankers are now grounded after a c-130 cargo plane with a crew of six went down sunday night while fighting a fire in south dakota. the crash killed at least one of the crew members who were based in north carolina. president obama has already offered his condolences. >>> new details are emerging about the navy jet that slammed into a virginia beach apartment complex in april. investigators say for the first time ever, both engines on the f-18 hornet failed. the right engine stalled. and the left engine also malfunctioned. they're still trying to figure out exactly caused the event. the pilots did manage to eject safely and miraculously. no one on the ground was killed. >>> with that we turn to the largest health care fraud settlement in the nation's history. prosecutors say drug maker, glaxosmithkline promo

lakes. once again we've got this big, huge area of high pressure right over the middle of the country. they're having a really tough summer. places like kansas city, st. louis. drought conditions, temps 100 to 10 5. that's persisting. for us we've got a northerly flow bringing down the air from canada giving us a nice day today. today the futurecast, all is well. sunshine today. clear skies to partly cloudy skies tonight, especially up north. tomorrow temperatures are going to soar. we're going to be near 100 for the high in the afternoon. with that heat, more humidity. it's going to be sticky, too. we're going to pop some showers and storms in the afternoon. maybe a couple of strong ones by 3:00. got a yellow alert for tomorrow due to the fact we'll probably have a heat advisory. and i'm thinking we could get a couple of storms. we get into friday, look at this setup with more showers and storms as we get into friday afternoon and evening hours. some of these could also be on the hefty side. another yellow alert sort of a day. as we break down the forecast, you're going to love t. today 88 if not close to 90 before the day is out but again low humid

example the uaw runs its own luxury resort on a lake in michigan, also another union runs a luxury golf course in hill crest, the hill crest club, in stminnesota. we're seeing another union uses a learjet to fly its officials to junkets at this hotel, neil. >> neil: are they allowed to do that? what are the rules and do members know about this stuff? >> here's the deal. i mean the unions have to report their for profit activities on their tax returns. they're liable for taxes on that. as for using union member tax free dues for junkets is another ballpark. do teachers, cops and firemen away? what the unions are saying, by the way they're not talking to fox bus. we called them for comment. they're saying we're allowed to use union funds to buy luxury resorts as preservation or expansion activities. unions would say we thought our dues were for safer working conditions but the i.r.s. is looking at all nonprofits. unions are nonprofit. they have to pay taxes on for profit activities but the i.r.s. is telling "fox business" it revamped in 2008 tax returns for nonprofits and has more questions to ask of all of them, including unions. >> ar

lakes are dealing with thunderstorms this morning. the east coast is dry as could be and every where either warm or hot. today's forecast highs 100 once again from kansas city to st up to 90. as far as the east coast goes we're looking at temperatures from new england in the 80s but from new york city southward everyone will be in the 90s. maybe a few thunderstorms late in the day in atlanta. how does the fourth of july look? the cold front and the storms that are now in the great lakes will be over the top of new england on the fourth of july. there's going to be scattered afternoon showers and storms that have the potential to give you downpours for maybe a half hour at a time that could ruin your picnic plans or possibly the fireworks too. we'll watch that. macy's fireworks display starts at 9:00 in new york city. i think hopefully the storms will be said and done by then but a close call. >> better than the macy's parades with those animals when they deflate. bill, thank so you much. let's go to sports. maria sharapova gets her serve in. she lost the first set 6-4. she gets 108 miles per hour serve. maria sharapova claid the win in three sets. this is the fif

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st. louis, phoenix northwest warm 76 seattle, 80 portland. all major airports across the lower 48 on time. big swath of yellow from the ohio river valley through the great lakes into the high plains where severe weather is possible. clouds around the bay area could be flight delays into sfo when they develop, we'll have them, go to flight tracker abc7news.com. >>> frances will have more on the eastbound lane closures lower deck of the bay bridge coming up in just a few minutes. you want to stay tuned for that >>> outrage in florida this morning after a lifeguard lost his job for saving a man from drowning. tommy lopez was fired for helping the swimmer because the man was outside the don't that lopez's company was hired to watch. the 21-year-old says the man was drowning 1500 feet from his assigned lifeguard post. >> someone drowning, i'm looking, i don't see anyone. they are way down there. i started running. i was worried about the guy not anything else because he was blue. >> the company lopez worked for is defending its action in a statement it says: we have liability issues and can't go out of the protected area. at least seven other lifeguards have quit

lake michigan. we had partly cloudy skies for much of the afternoon today. look to the south. nashville, 107 degrees. 105 in stees. in comparison at 92 today in chicago, very comfortable. but this warm air has ballooned north well into the dakotas perhaps even parts of southern canada and we're expecting this warm air is going to be around this entire seven 46 day period. now, look at this. the hottest air down in the desert southwest will try to make a run once again on the chicago area. notice the colors darkening as that area of extreme heat inches closer and closer. it doesn't look like it's going to come in quite like it did last week but we could still hit 100 degrees a couple of days but it doesn't seem quite as likely at the moment. look at the temperatures tonight. still in the 80's through most of the area. winds are not really a big factor at the moment. we're looking at relatively gentle breezes. they're coming from the south and southwest. wind speeds about five to 10 miles an hour. several stations reporting calm winds at the moment. radar, satellite composite, central illinois, rain and thunders

lakes. there is a big area of high pressure right in the middle of the country. temperatures today in places like st. louis are going to be up toward 106. chicago, kansas city, 103. seeing 100 in lexington. even nashville at 101. potentially 108 in st. louis. and that heat will be expanding toward us, especially for saturday. if it's saturday, you can see some of the dark red and white there as well. we could be 103, 104, maybe 105 locally into saturday. now as we look at the futurecast here and there, we'll just be watching that. otherwise, just get ready for another scorcher. tonight about 79 or 80. tomorrow 99, isolated storms, yellow alert just for the heat and red alert on saturday. if we're going to the extreme heat on saturday for the higher on 104. sunday, chance of storms 96 and into mopped, 86. look -- monday, 86. look at that. let's check in with monika samtani. i think a lot of people took the rest of the week off. >> a lot of people decided wednesday mid-week was july 4th, why not take the rest of the week off and head to the beach. so i think we'll have lighter than normal traffic toda

st. louis, indianapolis, now we're going to get hotter. there's nothing to cool us off until the cold front comes down tuesday around minneapolis and wednesday throughout areas of the great lakesand new england. so the high pressure set up right over the top of tennessee. there's very little cloud cover. many of us will bake in the sun all morning long. heat advisories from the dakotas to minneapolis to green bay. new york and philadelphia also under heat advisories. how hot will it get today? today, mid 90s for the i-95 corridor. we'll see possible triple-digit heat around minneapolis, green bay could get 99 degrees. that is is a very hot air mass, very unusual for these areas to get that hot. st. louis and indianapolis continuing very hot and very dry. and it's a three-day heat wave. i think the tuesday will be the hottest day of it with 100 around st. louis and indianapolis. 99 in d.c. and then probably the last day of the heat wave will be on wednesday, we'll be in the mid to upper 90s from new york city southward and 100 from indianapolis to st. louis. it's not the extreme 105s of the last heat wave, but this one is more humid, so it may be a little more uncomfortable. >>