northeast looking good 86 for a high in new york city. >> oo maria molina with the weather.nks. >>> the boss, bruce springsteen has been battling a bad case of the blues. the singer revealing in the new yorker magazine that he has been seeing a shrink since 1982. the 62-year-old said it was during the cusp of his fame when his depression actually made him suicidal. >> oprah win tree is under fire for a highly publicized show on india. they call it snobbish. the tradition of eating with one's hands. >> lady gaga getting slapped with a $1 million lawsuit for backing out of a deal over a doll. the maker of brats toys they say she and her team engaged in deliberate brat delays to prevent the doll from meeting the deadline with distributors. >>> now for your starting lineup a roundup of all of the sports stories at this hour. nascar shifting its suspension of ajalmondinger. reveals he violated nascar substance abuse policies. he did not knowingly take a banned substance he says. >>> all good things come to an end and they did for ra dickey. his 11 game winning streak now over. th

. >> time now for your first degree weather update with maria molina. she has good news on temperatures this morning. >> good morning maria. >> good morning heather and ainsley. good to see you. we are looking at beautiful weather across parts of the midwest and also the northeast with sunshine and temperatures where they should be this time of year and even slightly below average. par some of you will see highs in the low 80s and upper 70s for some of you. it will be beautiful out there especially after the heat wave we had over the last several days where we saw temperatures make it into the triple digits or parts of the northeast. as we head southward we have a frontal boundary that is stalled producing more showers and thunderstorms through parts of carolina and texas. it is bringing relief to the hot temperatures we were experiencing and bringing in much needed moisture. we are in a droudght across pars of the southeast. we will take the moisture when we can get it. out west it is heating up. 92 degrees for your high temperature today. we could see

. >> time for the first degree weather update with maria molina. the heat wave is across most of the country. it is really hot. >> good to see you. basically we are still talking about this heat wave going across parts of the midwest mid at ln tick. once again we have heat add viedz ryes in place for missouri eastern portions of kansas and nebraska. you have another area with philadelphia, new york city, down into the dc baltimore area. this is the area where we could see heat index values easily over 100 degrees up to 110 degrees will be heat index valleys across portions of these areas. today's high temperatures will be getting very hot out there. 94 new york city. 94 in stick. triple digits across parts of the planes 105 is the high temperature we are expecting in kansas city. you factor in the humidity of course it feels even worse. dc you could see the heat index value of 106 degrees 101 nashville and 104 in new york city. as we head into the afternoon hours we will see sours and storms coming up that will be bringing in relief from the hot te

it is time for the update with maria molina and a lot of hot weather across the country, too. >> we are expecting a return to the heat across pretty much most of the midwest and northeast and mid atlantic. kiejd of wh kind of what you sa couple weeks ago where we had fatalities due to the extreme heat. we could see more of that. finally an end to the rainfall. we have had strong storms roll through late last night into the overnight hours and the rest of the northeast. we have lirnging showers across new england and maine. most of this will be winding down you will see sunshine returning along with that heat and also humidity that will continue to build across northeast. as we head west ward we have downpours across northeastern part of minnesota. most will lift into the great lakes and also into canada. most of the 7 great lakes bike chicago, detroit, you are going to stay generally dry today. big stories over the weekend across arizona, most of the four corners and also the city of houston and texas where we saw heavy rainfall producing flash flooding. fortunately for houston the acti

check in with maria molina. it has been so darn hot all across the country. what are we expecting today? >> we are expecting another scorcher out there today. even as we head into tomorrow widespread temperatures in the 90s and across the northeast mid atlantic into the great lakes another taking shape. indianapolis 85 degrees. 101 in kansas city. chicago expecting high temperature at 99 and 95 in new york city. closer look temperature at 101 degrees. heat index values into the northeast. a number of heat advisories are in effect. we have severe storms in parts of new england large hail damaging winds and isolated tornadoes possible. keep a close eye on that. >>> now stories you can bank on this morning in this tough economy don't look for the huge increase when you have your annual review with your boss this year joivenling us with all of the details lauren simonetti with the fox business network. good morning. >> good morning. you have to be thankful for the job that you do have. all of your hard work is worth three percent. consulting firm group finds work

. >>> maria molina thank you so much. 100 plus degree temperatures from candace to to the east.no signs of letting up dominating the sunday talk shows. listen to this florida's governor vowing to defy the u.s. supreme court ruling. kelly wright is live from washington. tell us about this and other governors that may follow suit. >> i will get to that but let's talk about what's going on with the debate. the supreme court made a surprise decision that uphold the care act. it is a victory for obama who is saying the time to to focus on jobs and the economy. 5-4 the affordable care act is constitutional. john roberts known as a conservative voting with the four liberal justices on the court declaring the law is constitutional under federal taxing powers. >>> jack lew telling fox news despite them calling the law on tax in reality he says it's a penalty fee with the individual man daylight that purchase health insurance. >> the only thing that puts a burden to pay more is penalty for those who can afford insurance and those who choose to buy it. that's 1 percent of the population. i

maria molina. it is like hot an humid here. >> it is very gross across the northeast humid in new york city, temperatures in the 70s. we are going to deal with that in the early morning hours. as we head west ward the big story has been the extreme heat and extreme drought conditions as well. i want to show you a temperature right now. in kansas city it is 89 degrees very early this morning. this is a truly warm for this time of the day. 89 degrees in kansas city. 82 in the city of chicago. you are going to feel that warmth in the morning hours and afternoon hours you will feel the heat as well. kansas 100 degrees. we are expecting hot temperatures into the low 90s. add in the humidity and it feels a little hotter. the reason why it is so hot across parts of the central plains is we have a large area of high pressure producing all of that sunshine. around that system you will deal with all of the showers and storms we have that already through portions of the midwest great lakes and pushing through

it is time for the first degree weather update with maria molina for a look at current temperatures. >> good morning heather and ainsley. good to see you. good morning everyone. we are tracking heat across parts of the central and southern plains. we have the ongoing drut and we are expecting temperatures that will not be helping out conditions along the region along with high pressure in place and dry weather. temperatures are going to be cooler specifically across parts of the east. new york city 70 degrees. you are not going to get out of the 70s as we head into the afternoon hours. as we head west ward at 88 degrees. here where the core of the heat is across parts of arkansas, western tennessee and portions of northern louisiana and texas. 104 in memphis, tennessee. you factor in the humidity it feels even worse. we are expecting heat index values to make it up to 115 degrees. meaning when you head out the door it will feel like 115. very dangerous conditions across arkansas louisiana. we have a number of heat advisories for today and we are expecting the heat to continue for the

maria molina. thanks very much.dustry seeing a boom in business as a result of the ongoing drought that's gripping much of the country. a sign of just how dire it is, in regions that grow most of the nation's corn, soy beans, wheat and cotton, the lack of rain driving some desperate farmers to upgrade their equipment while others try irrigation for the first time. elizabeth has more from atlanta. elizabeth? >> hi, gregg, there's more to tell, the farmers can't get a loan from the bank unless they have an irrigation system. it's the sound of relief, desperately needed water that mother nature isn't bringing lately. >> the last two years, our peanut crop has been a total loss. we harvested very few acres the last few years, and it's been destroyed. >> with crops drying up and baking in the heat from the deep stoouth to the midwest, farmers aren't just hoping for rain, but turning to technology. >> elton sharp can barely keep up with the demand. farmers all over georgia are calling irrigation installers like him as rep

. >> maria molina, thanks so much.you can't get to the beach, maybe you can get a sprinkler out. >> i wanted to bring sprinklers today but was told no. the time is 10 minutes after the top of the hour. secret to being cool finally revealed. what does it take? apparently actor steve bucheme has the answer. who says talk is cheap? it's not for bill clinton at least. the former president is bringing in the big, big bucks for his speeches. we're telling the staggering numbers coming up next. >> as we head to break, one of the patriotic pictures sent into us by andrea myers, this is when her husband came home from his second deployment hugging their three children. great. send us your patriotic pictures to foxfriendsfirst at foxnews.com. >> welcome back. 13 after the top of the hour. the opponent of disgraced democratic congressman charlie rangel refiling court papers to challenge the results of last week's primary. new york state senator adrianna esilot wants the ballot secured and a monitor to look over recount. he hasn't

harris. >> harris: maria molina, thank you very much.he governor of colorado listed a state wide fire ban saying that nature is giving colorado some relief no doubt referring to some of the rain that maria was talking about and forecast for cooler temperatures, but that rain causing major problems already in larimer county and the wildfires left hid sides vulnerable to emotions there and perfect conditions for flooding and mudslides. a private road near the hyde park fire is seeing the worst of it. nehbors coming together once again to pick up the pieces. >> the garage was about three feet deep with mud and sand and rocks and everything imaginable. >> it took a while, i mean, it was all the way up to the hood of the car. >> wow. severe weather warnings now expected to continue in the area until tomorrow. >> well, the famous battleship u.s.s.owa now starting a new moti mission, opening to the public. and on the first day, thousands of visitors flocking to see the ship and cost 7 million to restore it, but for one veteran the project was w

>> gregg: maria molina, thank you very much.d the final list of the 12 victims in the aurora shooting. we would like to share with you their names. there they are. jessica gawri, born in 1987. >> heather: veronica moser sullivan, the youngest victim, just six years old. also shot dead by james holmes. >> gregg: john larimer. born in 1985. >> heather: and the list continues, 12 people in all. alexander bike, jesse chilledders. >> gregg: jonathanton blunk. >> heather: continuing on, rebecca ann wingo. alex sullivan. >> gordon w cowdon and michaela, and alexander tellis. >> heather: a lot of people have been sharing these names and say they want their names to be remembered, the people who died on that tragic day, and the people who survived the shooting. >> gregg: so many others are still at this hour at area hospitals being treated. several of them are in critical conditions. our thoughts and prayers are with them, their family and friends. >> heather: that does it for us. fox report with john scott from aurora, colorado, is comi

jon: maria molina in the weather center. thanks. jenna: 41-year-old woman is found dead after her neighbors heard screams coming from her apartment. now police are searching for clues that will hopefully lead them to a killer. we're going to bring you that full story coming up. >>> plus lance armstrong battling for his cycling legacy and he says his constitutional rights? one judge already handing him a legal smackdown this week in a fight against new doping charges. how this case is heating up in the state of texas, coming up next. ♪ ♪ ♪ [ male announcer ] what's the point of an epa estimated 42 miles per gallon if the miles aren't interesting? the lexus ct hybrid. this is the pursuit of perfection. so what i'm saying is,rid. people like options. when you take geico, you can call them anytime you feel like saving money. it don't matter, day or night. use your computer, your smartphone, your tablet, whatever. the point is, you have options. oh, how convenient. hey. crab cakes, what are you looking at? geico. fifteen minutes could sa

and the rest of the day there is no relief, when you consider the humidity levels, maria molina has the forecast from the fox extreme weather center. it will be a tough afternoon with or without electricity. >> yes. and peter offered good advice, everyone should look for a cooling center, if they do not have any a.c. or electricity, to run the a.c. power throughout their homes, because it will be a dangerous day out there as far as the heat goes. triple digit high temperatures, once again today across north carolina and raleigh, you are expecting a high of 104, and 104 in atlanta and they broke a record yesterday, reaching 106 degrees, very hot day for atlanta and expect it today and, nashville, the same 104 and st. louis, 103°, the high expected this afternoon and we could see triple digit highs from the southwest to north carolina and just a large area of the country experiencing this heat wave, and when you factor in the humidity, it feels hotter. look at these heat index values, 109° is what it will feel like in savannah, georgia and 105° in nashville and 102° in the city of st. lou

maria molina is it in the fox weather center. those stories and breaking news, all "happening now." rick: hello, everybody, happy 4th of july. thanks for spending part of it with us. a brand new effort to salvage diplomacy and salvage a nuclear stand you have a. i'm rick folbaum in for jon scott. >> i'm arthel neville in for jenna lee talks this week are intended to clarify aspects of tehran's nuclear energy work and set the stage for political negotiations. tensions are high since high level talks stalled in june with iran now saying it successfully tested missiles capable of hitting israel as extended economic sanctions went into effect over the country's nuke program. the european union imposing an embargo on iranian crude oil. and washington introducing other measures as deep differences remain over the nature of iran's nuclear work. national security correspondent jennifer griffin live in washington. jennifer, the complexities run abound. >> reporter: well, arthel, it is interesting. this is the third straight day iran has been carrying out tests, war games in the region. the w

rick reichmuth off this morning and maria molina in for him.d gray across the northeast and showers and storms across other areas of the country aside from the northeast, somewhat good news, because we have been talking about an ongoing drought across parts of the center of the country and pretty much 80% of the u.s. right now is abnormally dry so we're seeing dry conditions and need the rain and take it where we can get it. 46% of the u.s. is currently in severe drought, the largest area of drought since 1956. very dry conditions across the lower 48 and we're seeing the showers and storms across portions of the northeast, right around the albany area and western parts of the state of massachusetts as we head westward and the four corners region, getting some showers early this morning and we could see some heavy downpours later on today that could actually produce some flash flooding and the midwest getting some downpours across the st. louis area and grab if you're headed out doors and across upper parts of the midwest could produce severe we

doing what they can. >> mike: it so widespread. >> ainsley: it's so dangerous, anyway, we've got maria molinaur weather, hey, maria. >> good to see you, we're expecting more heat today, across a large area of the country. basically from the desert southwest in through parts of the east coast, and everywhere talking across the lower 48. 92 in phoenix, very hot right now as well across parts of the plains, already warm. 82 in kansas city and 81 in memphis. we'll warm up in the afternoon hours, a lot of sunshine, a large area of high pressure that's set in across the u.s. and that's the system that is producing those generally clear skies during the afternoon and bringing all that have sunshine and suppressing that air across the region. 104, your high this afternoon, in the city of atlanta. yesterday, we saw a high there at 106 degrees, breaking all time record, 101 will be your high temperature in raleigh, north carolina. another hot day to kick off the work week tomorrow. still warm out there. that high pressure system is going to slowly break down and not seeing that much improvement. 96 in

maria molina is following it all here with the details. hi, maria. >> gregg, good to see you.nytime you get temperatures this hot and also conditions that are this humid you get a chance to see afternoon showers and thunderstorms popping up. very number like weather pattern is what we're experiencing and have been doing so over the last several days across the country. we're still looking at some isolated showers across parts of the southeast. most of the activity that produced severe weather in the overnight hours has died down. over 800 reports of that across parts of the carolinas up through portions of the midwest. basically we saw a lot of reports of damaging wind gusts yesterday, similar to what we got on friday night with the storm system that produced that derecho or that line of storms that pushed through the mid-atlantic and producing all the damage and power outages. unfortunately bad timing with the heat wave. it is making conditions very hot across parts of four corners, even the plains and across the mid-atlantic. as we get gulf moisture moving out around the tha

. >>> maria molina, thanks. >> we have a spoiler alert for you.are about to show you the last man standing or should we say getting down on one neon the bachelorette. >> i feel like you are my soul mate. you are the perfect person for me. >> will you marry me? >> yes. >> i haven't watched it yet. she choose jeff holmes she he's 27-year-old entrepreneur from utah. he proposed she said yes. little rascal, they welcome their second child baby boy named dillon. >> finally a look at the big winner from the teen choice awards. taylor swift female artist justin bieber. cast of twilight and hunger games taking home those prizes. . >> now for your starting lineup. a lineup of all of the sports stories making headlines at this hour. adam scott had a major collapse at the british open. he blew a 4 shot lead with 4 holes to play. coming back with a 4th shot to win. >>> two baseball legends now officially inducted into the hall of fame. barry larkin taking his place in cooperstown. third base man also inducted. >>> the denver broncos trying to lift the spirits

maria molina is in the weather >> that's right, harris.ll be tracking the area of the country in the center of the country basically where we are seeing hot temperatures and maybe the chance of the big story is the chance for severe weather in portions of the northeast and stretching from new jersey and southeastern pennsylvania. we have seen the storms firing up today and large hail and damaging winds possible and dangerous lightning and even basically flash flooding we have seen from the storm. batch much heavy thunderstorms and portions of connecticut and massachusetts . and the worst of it now over the new york city area . pushing through connecticut and massachusetts and we have respects of flash flooding and two severe thunderstorm watches until 10 o'clock and stretching from new jersey and new york city and eastern parts of the state of virginia and north and south carolina basically that means that conditions are favorable for the storm to continue to fire up . a number of flood warnings in portions of the northeast due to the stor

before you leave the house this morning let's get your first degree weather update with maria molina. half of the country could be getting relief from the heat but that's not necessarily all good news. >> we have a cold front getting relief from the hot temperatures along and ahead of that system will be seeing showers and thunderstorms firing up. some will be bringing in needed moisture through the areas. some will get damaging wind gusts and large hail. a large area will be seasonable or below average this time of year. ahead of it we have a couple more days of hot temperatures off to the south especially off the carolinas. again a rye leaf from the eastern part of the country also across the midwest. some of them can be severe. i want to focus on the southwest. they will be heating up. 100 the high temperature in las vegas 113 in phoenix and tucson. while we are enjoying a bit of relief they are going to be seeing dangerous levels of excessive heat warnings in place out there as well. 86 high in new york city as well. finally feel a little bit more like the month of july. rally, no

marie y maria molina is here to tell us if we get relief. >> i don't have much good news for most of the country. we are expecting theegz hot temperatures to continue in place across areas like the plains the southern plains the southeast and even parts of the mid atlantic through at least friday. we are going to continue to see these hot temperatures into the 90s and even triple digits for some. stay safe out there stay hydrated. if you don't have any power like kelly mentioned for some communities try to head out to a cooling center. 77 right now in the city of memphis. kansas city is heading out the door at 83 degrees. we are going to continue to warm up out there. triple digits for kansas city. 97 in minneapolis. new york city expected 90 degrees. two cool spots bb new england and highs in the 70s across the northwest. seattle 63 degrees. a number of heat advisories and excessive heat across parts of the midwest. once you factor in the humidity 110 heat index will be possible across this region. we have heavy thundershowers along the green bay area. >> maria the only place that w

meteorologist maria molina in the fox weather center. maria? >> good to see you.we're expecting more hot temperatures in the 90s and triple digits for some. it will be cooler than it was this weekend like in atlanta are with you saw high temperatures breaking an all-time record, record for that city, 106 degrees. today we'll be in the mid to upper 90s. it can get dangerous out there. otherwise severe weather will be possible across portions of upper midwest. in the overnight hours we saw strong storms rip through the midwest and carolinas. most of the storms have dissipated. just lingering showers and downpours across northern portions of the state of alabama. the risk for severe weather will be across portions of the upper midwest as we get gulf moisture riding around a large area of high pressure that is producing the heat. that, sr. we will see the risk for damaging wind gusts and also some large hail. high temperatures, again it will be another hot day, today , tomorrow, as we head through friday. a low pronged period of time we'll be dealing with hot temperat

meteorologist maria molina following it live in the fox severe weather center. it is a hot one, maria. >> gregg, we're seeing a hot one across parts of the midwest and southeast and parts of atlantic. with temperatures well into 90s and also into the triple digits. look at the high pressure system that will still be in place across parts of mississippi valley producing hot temperatures and also humid conditions. today in new york city you will make it into 90s. 92 is high anticipated temperature. as you head back to work on thursday morning you will feet some the heat and humidity in place and temperatures rising through the afternoon hours back into the triple digits into chicago and kansas city for today your holiday and as we head through tomorrow. 100 will be the high temperature over north florida, nebraska. 101 in des moines. little rock even hotter with 102 degrees the anticipated high temperature. in chicago we could see a high at 101 degrees. factor in the humidity it will feel even hotter. that is reason why we have a number of heat advisories and exces

meteorologist maria molina is with us in the extreme weather center. >> unfortunately we're hearing lightning storms from the houston area and flash flooding across that region, dumping a lot of heavy rain, over two inches of rain, that being a short amount of time during some of the storms, that have been rolling through. you saw on the radar, that the batch of stormed rolled through earlier, probably a couple of hours ago. now the strongest storms are austin, san antonio, so, just be careful out there. we see widespread storms and across the eastern third of the country and upstate new york and pennsylvania and a strong line of storms at the albany area approaching massachusetts and new york city should be seeing those later on tonight. as we head westward. we're concerned about activity across north dakota until midnight. no dangerous storms have fired up that in that area, and watching the potential across the southwest, and the big stair are the droughts. colorado, arizona, utah and now navy storms rolling through, typical this time of year and unfortunately dump a lot of rain in a sort

maria molina thanks. jenna: that heat is certainly not helping the wildfires at all. a big story for us today as we take a look and continue to look what is happening in colorado. crews are losing a key tool to fight the fast-moving flames. we'll tell you why. jon: also the house of representatives voting to hold the nation's top prosecutor in contempt of congress. now attorney general eric holder says he knows the real reason behind it. he claims it is not only about documents in the "fast and furious" investigation. why he says it has to do with president obama and the upcoming election. we're going to go in depth on that. jenna: plus the supreme court's landmark ruling on health care, why it is leaving many states in a very sticky situation. we talked to the attorney general of texas next. hi. we're spreading the word about new honey bunches of oats fruit blends and their unique taste combinations. like peach/raspberry. with one flavor in the granola bunch and one on the flake. two flavors. in harmony. honey bunches of oats. ke your day hes better. jon: new informa

speaking of maria molina, time to toss to her because she'll have a look at the weather. >> i heard yout won't put me out of business. don't say that. we're looking at drizzle right now across parts of the northeast including us in new york city and also across boston and down into philadelphia so most dealing with a batch of light showers pushing through the region but in the next two hours, we'll start to see most of that moving out to sea and actually will see some sunshine returning and some of those hot temperatures. should get up to 92 degrees this afternoon in new york city. and also widespread 90's and even triple digits further off towards the west like in cleave land, chicago. minneapolis, 100 degrees for you guys. 103 should be the guy in kansas city and memphis, tennessee expecting a high temperature this afternoon at 100. factor in the humidity and, of course, it will feel even hotter. now, we're going to possibly see another round of showers and storms later on this afternoon and into this evening across the northeast, new england by 9:00 p.m., you could still be seeing so