we're 78 to start your morning at minneapolis and d.c.hen you start without the sunshine, you're going to get up to 80s, 90s. it's typical summer weather. it's not going to be too dramatic or too washed out. the best chance, northern iowa, nebraska, that's where our cold front is going to spark showers and storms all day today and continue tonight. as far as the hot weather goes that continues in texas up to oklahoma. high pressure along the gulf is going to continue to keep you dry and also on the steamy side. as far as the wet weather, we're seeing the worst of it from watertown and brookings. here in minneapolis it's dying auchlt i would take an umbrella, though, if you're leaving the door. as far as the forecast for today, you notice the heat continues day after day. it's not record-breaking. it's typical to be in the hundreds in dallas. it's just that we haven't seen rain. it's going to be hot in places like boston and new york city. newark at 90, d.c. at 91. that's pretty steamy. tomorrow we'll do it all over again. new york will be

minneapolis by the way had a heat index of 120. and the heat index is when you mix the temperature with the humidity. that's the how it feels temperature outside. now, currently out there the worst of it is up here in the northern plains. this is where it's very humid, it's actually more humid in minnesota, iowa and wisconsin than it is on the gulf this morning. the high pressure center is right over st. louis today. these areas of green, the dew point measures how much moisture is in the air. if it's over 60, you can feel it. if it's over 70, that's where it's oppressive. and we're in the 70s throughout almost everywhere east of the mississippi and also back up here into the northern plains. notice the highest numbers are at minneapolis and new orleans and also there in florida. so in other words, in the northern plain, you have the humidity this morning of what they do down in florida. your bodies just aren't used to it. and right now the heat index even without the sun, it feels like 91 in minneapolis. you're by far the hottest

mohammed and recruiting in the mosques in minneapolis. number two, as far as they do not share his narrative that they should be core printing and sharing questions of values and also he points out specific way that these hearings have empowered people in the muslim community to come forward. i yield to the gentleman from minnesota. >> i reclaim my time. thank you, sir. chief smith thank you thank you very much for aimcop. you are doing an exceptional job there and we are proud to have that in minnesota as an initiative. thank you very much and a a fellow minnesotan i appreciate all the efforts you are doing in your department not only protecting all of us but also specialized in protecting the muslim youth of our great city so thank you for that as well. one of the things i want to ask you is has the st. paul police department run into opposition from aimcop program from any agencies that you know of? >> none whatsoever, sir. >> that is excellent. that is good to hear. so no one has ever tried to stop you from going into mosques or anyth

feels like 111 degrees in minneapolis. in minneapolis and into the 100s in kansas city, oklahoma city and even into dallas. that's a quick snapshot of your forecast. more coming up throughout the morning. tj, back to you. >> we'll talk to you again shortly. >>> people in britain as you know angry over this whole phone hacking, this tabloid scandal and now they are focusing their anger on rupert murdoch. >> shame on you shame shame on you shame. shame on you! >> shame on you. that's just some of the reaction right now in london over this whole hacking scandal. but murdoch has a new message for some of those upset with him and also some of the victims of the scandal. also, the debt ceiling debate. president obama is now issuing a challenge to republicans. compromise, would you? we've got the republican response. that is next. we're getting close to the top of the hour here on the "cnn of the hour here on the "cnn saturday morning." -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com access in an instant every patient's past. and because t

minneapolis, you're going to have a period of rain early today. later this afternoon down through the southeast you'll have scattered showers and storms kind of similar to yesterday. i think virginia and north carolina, though, you'll be a little bit better. then as tomorrow comes along, just very summer-like out there. scattered afternoon showers and storms. we're not going to see anyone getting completely drenched. still warm. look at new york. 92. >>> if you are watching us on walb news 10 albany, georgia, see a rich tapestry of work illustrating the diversity and complexity of artists outside the mainstream at visionary folk at the albany museum of art. >>> now here's an early look at this morning's headlines in entertainment. mel gibson hasn't done anything silgts subtle for the last few years, so why shut down his divorce be different? gibson settled with wife robin for a staggering $450 million. >>> 21-year-old harry potter star daniel radcliffe says he has given up drinking completely. he says he is love lucky pap ratsy never daut hip at h

. >> reporter: operating out of suburban minneapolis, dr.achmann runs a christian counseling firm, co-owned with his wife michele, that at times, according to former patients, has tried to convert gay men into heterosexuals through christian prayerer >> you know, i could be straight and god would forgive me if i was straight. >> reporter: andrew ramirez of minneapolis was 17 when his family sent him to bachmann and associates where he says a counselor working for bachmann tried unsuccessfully to "save" him from his sin. >> i remember leaving that parking lot with my mom and i said, you know, mom, i'm gay, i do not think this is something that can be changed. >> reporter: in an interview with a christian radio outlet, dr. bachmann has described homosexuals as barbarians. >> it is as if we have to understand barbarians need to be educated. they need to be disciplined. and just because someone feels it or thinks it doesn't meann that we're supposed to go down that road. >> reporter: when a minneapolis paper claimed five years ago bachmann clini

at 95, minneapolis at 98, with that humidity, that's where it's dangerous out there. and lynn, your little weather geek fact of the day, number one killer of lives in the weather world, heat exhaustion. more than tornadoes, hurricanes and floods, so take it serious. >> not a fact that we want to hear, but a fact nevertheless. >>> gold shines, stocks stumble and how to get a $300,000 for $16. true story. your "first look" at this morning's business headlines is straight ahead. >>> coming up, a bizarre goal, women's soccer sets is a new record and if you can't stand the heat get off the field. i have astigmatism. my old contacts would sometimes move and blur my vision. then my eye doctor told me about acuvue® oasys for astigmatism. he said it's the only lens of its kind designed to realign naturally with every blink so now, i'm seeing more clearly. [ male announcer ] learn more at acuvue.com. >>> here's some of the top stories making news this morning. u.s. astronauts have bid a final farewell to colleague ace board the international space station. "atlantis" separated

minneapoli minneapolis, you're 96 and much cooler today. we've got a dip in the jet stream to the north, that's why minnesota, the dakotas, wisconsin, your heat wave is over with. but it's peaking with the humidity in the midatlantic, up into new england, and it won't be probably until saturday night or sunday when the next cold front will come through and cool off new england. so the worst of it, everywhere in orange is under an excessive heat warning. that's where you check on the elderly, the kids, you don't want to spend a lot of time outside today. kansas city, st. louis, all of indiana, all of iowa, and most of michigan, too, all of kentucky, and right along the midatlantic. from everywhere from about north carolina right up i-95 into boston we're under those heat warnings. as you walk outside this morning, you'll notice the temperatures are very warm. typically most locations go below 80 degrees at night. we're at 82 in chicago. we're at 81 in washington, d.c., and look at our friends in dallas at 85 to start your morning. this map s

i want to take you back up here to minneapolis, big thunderstorms moving through tonight. minneapolis today for a high temperature was 99 degrees, lots of heat out in the nation's midsection. these thunderstorms, though, out ahead of a cold front that's really going to come through here on sunday and it's going to bring us some thunderstorms. i don't think it's going to be anything like that, but it will bring us at least a chance of some showers and thunderstorms sunday evening into sunday night and it's looking now like it will push to the south and we're doing pretty good now with the forecast for july the 4th, but again a lot of big heat out in the central plains. dallas was 98, wichita 103, omaha 97 and there's minneapolis, high today of 99 degrees, st. louis is 96 as is little rock and i think we'll feel closer to that tomorrow and tomorrow afternoon. still 79 in town, gaithersburg 66, manassas the same and a little cooler back out there for martinsburg and winchester, too. how about that 4th of july forecast? what we can expect this weekend, we know things will get

although i grew up in minneapolis. and i get back to alabama, and i realize this is the place where this happened. that was martin luther king's to church, by the way. i went everywhere that i could find. >> where were you born? north carolina. >> where? >> not too far away from my grandmother -- my grandmother's tobacco farm. and then i spent my summers with my granny. >> what part of the state? >> greensboro, with the huge tobacco farm. grandmother lived in atlanta, and she knew margaret mitchell. who wrote "gone with the wind." i would go to the opera with her, and i would go over to granny's house, and i'll be able to do all the things i wanted to do. >> but you went to school in iowa. >> this is right. at the university?

and editorial writer for the minneapolis star tribune.rter: you're talking about 22,000 state workers who are staying at home. state parks have been closed. you have highways that are actually shut down. road projects are stalled. but the legislators, they took off on the july fourth holiday. what is going on? >> we aren't seeing much sense of urgency here, i must say, because of court orders, things that have to do with life safety are still functional and money is scheduled to go out to schools because of their special statutory status in minnesota. otherwise, things are really quiet, like drought quiet. >> who do people blame? obviously, there is anger going on in minnesota right now. i mean, this is considered really a failure of leadership, obviously, no matter what side you're on but who is taking the brunt of the blame? >> oh, i think that both sides are taking heavy political blame right now. the republicans have been the least willing to move and that parallels the national situation. the least willing to move up to a higher reve

everyone was dealing with it in the minneapolis/st. paul area. we just began what will be the first heat wave here in this city. heat index values topped out around 150 degrees. that's what it actually feels like for your body to be out. dangerous conditions for anyone who's spending extended amounts of time outdoors. and we certainly were not alone. take a look across the country. anywhere from the high plains down to the gulf coast, even right now as we speak, heat index values between 100 and 120 degrees. for some this is new. for some this is an ongoing problem. but is it going to change? as we head forward into the next week, big area of high pressure centered right in the middle of america is slowly going to shift off to the east. that will bring heat back to the mid-atlantic, down to the deep south and into the carolinas as well. we'll see a little relief in the twin cities, especially toward thursday and friday. but it will be a little relief, and there'll be no relief in the southern plains. places like oklahoma, texas, some cities like

flooding on parts of i-94 from billings to minneapolis and i-9o from rapid city to wisconsin. wet on i-80 from des moines to cheyenne and on i-5 in the pacific northwest. >> if you're flying, airport delays are possible in atlanta, new orleans, minneapolis and denver. >>> when casey anthony walks out of jail sunday she'll have a $1 million check waiting for her if she's willing to tell her story. radaronline has proof a picture of the actual check made out to casey marie anthony from altaie lohr. he's hoping to score the first on-camera interview. no word on whether she'll take him up on the offer. >>> in dallas an offer for affordable housing triggered a mad dash that left eight injured. thousands raced across a parking lot to apply for section 8 vouchers. some of them have been waiting since the night before. officials processed up to 5,000 applications but only 3,800 vouchers are available. >>> the justice department wants more time to get rid of the don't ask, don't tell ban on gays in the military. last week a federal appeals court ruled that the policy should end immedia

heavy rain on i-94 from minneapolis to detroit. wet on i-10, 20 and 95 in florida.lick on i-25 from albuquerque to denver and on i-70 from central kansas to utah. >>> and if you're flying today, airport delays are possible in minneapolis, chicago and new orleans. >>> an oregon couple is enjoying every moment with their year-old son after he walked away from what looked like certain death. >> an unbelievable story here. little emanuel vasquez tumbled from a cliff at silver falls state park 70 feet down a rocky hill. his dad immediately jumped over the rail and sped down the hill behind him, and his mom says she, as you can imagine, was hysterical. >> i gave him his drink and i put mine down and as soon as i was putting it down, i heard him say, mommy, look, i'm sitting down so i was like -- as soon as i turned around, he was over and i was flipping out. he was falling. >> emanuel's dad caught up to him before he plunged to the amazingly, he survived with just a few scratches. lucky little boy. >> absolutely. >>> in england a woman who spent an entire night teetering

anyone who happens to be going into minneapolis-st.aul you might have a few bumps, and then, of course, the chance of the thunderstorms. that chance is going to exist down into parts of the central plains, perhaps even into portions of the front range of rockies. in texas, story is not rain but rather dry heat. plenty of it. at least for west texas. when you get to central and south texas, more humidity in places like houston where it's going to be just oppressive. chance of scattered showers and storms in parts of the southeast. that might help cool you down and you will need it in a place like atlanta where the high is 92. 92 your high will be in washington, d.c., 87 in new york, 84 in boston, 88 in chicago, 94 in memphis, 102 dallas, 103 el paso, 66 san francisco and portland and seattle in through the upper and mid 70s. that is a look at your forecast. let's pitch it back to you. >> los angeles is always looking ideal in the 70s. >> always. >> san diego usually a little better too. >> they have the surf. >> indeed. >> thanks. >>> r

a sweltering 110 is what it's going to feel like in minneapolis. some good news for minneapolis.e going to see the heat kick back just a little bit but the heat generator, h is for hot. that high pressure will make a move and follow the yellow as all areas above average. when you're at the hottest time of the year, above average is significant. as it continues to move east, so will the heat. philadelphia, d.c., new york will be topping out at 100 degrees or close to it at the end of the week. but minneapolis towards des moines will finally get a little bit of a break as we get into thursday, friday and into the weekend. but the heat will be a big story. also heating up, the tropics. there is a new tropical storm, his name is brett. gradual development possible off the coast of florida. we'll see it move off to the northeast, no threat to land, but rip currents possible. now back to you, richard. >> all right, maria, thank you. >>> here's a look at other stories that people are talking about right now. investigators say a blown-out tire may have been the cause of a tour bus crash

. >>> and speaking of minneapolis and chicago, there could be flight delays there this morning.lso possible in charlotte and washington, d.c. >>> and now we move on to that extremely disturbing story out of florida. a teenage boy under arrest there charged with the murder of both of his parents. >> yeah, it's just hard to believe. after allegedly killing them, 17-year-old tyler hadley had friends over to the house for a party. terry parker of wpbs reports. >> reporter: the police say 17-year-old tyler hadley used facebook to invite over 40 friends for a house party. all the while the bodies of his murdered parents were lying on the floor in their bedroom. police say blake and mary jo hadley's bodies were covered with various household items such as folders, books and clothes. >> found lying between the bodies of the hadleys was the hammer that was useded commit blunt force trauma to both the hadleys' head and torso. >> reporter: police say they don't yet know why he may have killed his parents. it appears he wrote the facebook invitation early in the afternoon before the murders

chicago and here in minneapolis. temperatures not only uncomfortable but also potentially dangerous. >> water, water, water! >> reporter: with the heat index over 100 degrees, fans at sunday's minnesota twins game did what they could to keep cool. >> brutal. probably lost 10 pounds today. it is crazy. >> reporter: several fans ended up needing medical attention. this man was suffering from severe dehydration. across the country, it has been a brutal summer with dangerous heat wave sizzling in as many as 40 states. in oklahoma, 27 days have been over first base 00. heat is blamed for this water main break and for this section of buckled free way that sent a motorcyclist to the hospital. it was so hot last week in norman, oklahoma, that this guy says that he fried an egg on his dashboard. in texas, a lack of rain is forcing farmers to sell their cows because the grass to feed them won't grow. this woman in houston summed it up in a cnn i-report. >> we are sweltering and asking for relief here. huston is hot as blazes.

it's more humid in minneapolis than it is in new orleans. your heat index levels would be above 100 degrees. and that's brutal in this part of the country. here's where the heat is. it spreads east throughout the week. we're warming everything up. as bad as it was it gets worse this week with the h ht. josh? >> all right, sam. >>> now, to casey anthony. she walked out of jail a free woman just after midnight on sunday morning. now, new details about her secret escape and where she might have ended up. jim avila is in orlando with the very latest. good morning to you, jim. >> reporter: good morning, josh. as the caylee memorial grows, we're learning the first clues about where her mother might be just 36 hours after her release from jail. it's a secret even from her parents. she was welcomed to come home at least temporarily, but opted to fly out of town in the dead of night. abc news has learned that this single-engine prop plane which left orlando executive airport three hours after casey anthony's release is registered a wealthy california

feels like 110 right now in minneapolis.we're talking about really dangerous conditions when your body's exposed to heat for a period of time, when it's this extreme, you can get sick very easily. you need to drink a lot of water. make sure you get lots of fluids in your body. take it easy. if you do feel faint or not feeling well, make sure you get in the shade. check on your neighbors. check on the elderly. check on your friends. make sure everybody's doing okay. one of the other things to think about when we talk about a heat wave, we focus a lot on just how bad it gets, the worst heat of the day. part of the problem is temperatures overnight, they're going to be in the 70s. even pushing 80 degrees. there's no time to recover from this heat. that's what makes it so deadly. minneapolis, you're feeling like 107. 98 in chicago. 103 degrees is the temperature that your body is feeling right now in dallas. this block pattern is basically what's setting up and why nothing's going to be moving a whole heck of a lot the next coup

still sweltering conditions, 116 in minneapolis, 100 in memphis, 94 in atlanta.urning to the 100s as we get into tuesday. 112, minneapolis, 103 in kansas city. rough, rough times in terms of the hot weather. again, freshga, it's one of those times where people really have to be careful. don't want to be out there in the peak hours of the day. >> you have to hydrate. >> absolutely. >> it's amazing how much you sweat. you don't realize how much you're dehydrating in all that heat. take it from me. reynolds, thanks so much. >>> you can't script everything, even when you are the u.s. secretary of state. take a look. >> we have two new guests. >> oh, hi. we have the kitty question. >> that's what happens when two stray cats interrupt her town hall meeting in turkey. that was today. an accident doesn't have to slow you down. with better car replacement, available only from liberty mutual insurance, if your car's totaled, we give you the money to buy a car that's one model-year newer... with 15,000 fewer miles on it. there's no other auto insurance product like it. bett

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even going up to 116 in minneapolis.day, the same story, triple-digit heat for a lot of places. but there's one thing that will cool us down a bit. we've got the possibility of precipitation along parts of the gulf coast. in fact, computer models indicate that we could see some places up to 4, maybe even 5 inches of rainfall along parts of the florida gulf coast and even into portions of alabama. in fact, that precipitation is falling as we speak. as we zoom in on a few key spots, especially in south georgia, you can see the rain come again. a few embedded thunderstorms right along parts of i-75 and i-10 as we go back a little bit more to the west in texas and into louisiana. some intense thunderstorms north of i-10 at this hour from league city to conroe. if you're tuning in from spring, texas, right along parts of 45, the rain isn't there yet, but everything is sweeping in from the gulf of mexico mexico and that's going to give you a good source of moisture. and with the little unstable atmosphere, you might have some

severe storms around minneapolis, detroit, new york, boston and d.c. little rock. monsoon rains in the southwest. showers from seattle to northern lifornrn. >> man, there is a lot of heat out there. 83 in sacramento. 93 in boise. 90s, triple digits from dallas all the way up to minneapolis. do you believe that? they get feet of snow, now they're dealing with that. 91 in new york. 88 in miami. 89 in new orleans. you know when it's 91 here in the city it's just disgusting. >> it's not fun at all. >> everything smells like dirty hair and no air moves. >> that's why you need to leave on the weekends. >> exactly. >>> those furnace-like temperatures led to extreme measures at an amusement park in nebraska. >> the water in the swswming pools was so warm they had to bring in tons of ice just to cool the water down. it helped a little bit. it brought the temperature down from 88 degrees down to 82. so a mild improvement there. >> with the weather in omaha still oppressive the swimming pools should be getting another ice dump tonight or tomorrow morning. >> my g

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on sunday, 104 in minneapolis. so those heat indices could range from 110 to 115 after you factor in that humidity. this is how it looks the next few days. this extended period of heat. watch out for your elderly neighbors. if you suffer from m.s. or asthma, heart conditions, take it easy when you're outside. the folks in the great lakes and northeast will see some relief on monday as a storm system moves out of canada and brings in cooler air, but that cooling relief will will come at the expense of severe weather if you have beach plans across this region. on monday, heads up because we could see trees down due to strong, gusty winds, that could many power outages. we'll be watching that for you. >> thank you. >>> more explosive revelations today in the phone hacking scandal that is threatening rue putter -- rupert murdoch's media empire. the controversy has drawn in the british government and police as well as murdoch's news corporation. >> reporter: scotland yard admits it kept 11,000 pages of evidence containi

. >> reporter: operating out of suburban minneapolis, dr. bachmann runs a christian counseling firm, co-owned with his wife, that at times, according to former patients, has tried to cononrt gay men into heterosexuals through prayer. >> his patatfor my therapy would be to read the bible, pray to god that i would no longer be gay. >> reporter: andrew ramirez of minneapolis was 17 when his family sent him to bachmann and associates where, he says, a counselor working for bachmann tried, unsuccessfully, to "save" him from his sin. >> and god would forgive me if i were straight. >> reporter: dr. bachmann, who has described homosexuals as barbarians, denied as a false statement five years ago reports his clinic tries to convert gay men to straight. but undercover video shot just last month inside the clinic by a gay advocacy group seems to show some form of the practice is indeed offered. >> but the truth is god, god has designed our eyes to be attracted to the woman's body, to be attracted to, you know, everything, you know. to be attracted to h

at a steamy 100 degrees in dallas and 90s frommer in all the way to boston. 88 in detroit, 79 in minneapolis and 93 degrees in kansas city. phoenix, a hot 102, boise, 91 and seattle, 69 degrees. >> there are stunning new allegations in the hacking scandal which vesseled the murdoch media empire. reporters are accused of accessing gordon brown's bank account information and stealing the medical records of his seriously ill baby song. >> the important thing to remember about this is they've left out their lives in the public realm so aware of limitations. but, you know, the invasion of their son's privacy which is very important here. >> reporters are also accused of paying queen elizabeth's bodyguards for secret information. potentially jeopardizing her safety. >>> the u.s. says it wants to be compensated for damage done to the american embassy in syria. protesters smashed windows and sprayed graffiti over it angry the u.s. ambassador visited a city at the center of the opposition movement against the syrian president. the u.s. condemned it calling protesters thugs. >>> there's a security bre

on top of that scorching heat, look for gusty winds, hail and flash flooding from minneapolis to new york and down to d.c. pop-up showers in south florida thunderstorms around houston, new orleans and little rock. a wet day in the pacific northwest. and northern california. rain from new mexico to wyoming. >> phoenix, things are heating up to 108. 91 here in new york. 88 in miami. 89 in new orleans as well. >> some of that rain is looking pretty good right now. >> yeah. i wouldn't mind a couple of days just to bring everything down to normal. >> i could get caught in a storm today. >>> coming up -- harry potter's half billion dollar weekend. >>> plus, new duties for duke and duchess. after a successful visit to the states. >>> and a collapse at rock 'n roll concert, sending people running for their lives. roll concert, sending people running for their lives. >>> ford's ceo says that there may be an economic recovery in your future. in an interview with usa today, he said that the improving economy is the result of decreasing oil prices and moving beyond the japanese earthquake. he al

on i-94 from minneapolis to detroit. also wet on i-10 along the gulf coast and on i-95 through florida. rain drenches i-15 and i-5 and i-90 around seattle. >>> if you're flying today, there could be airport delays in detroit, chicago, atlanta, miami, phoenix and las vegas. >>> jaycee dugard, the kidnapped and held hostage for nearly two decades is now sharing details about her ordeal. >> dugard spoke exclusively to abc's diane sawyer. >> reporter: jaycee dugard, finally free after 18 years. her first interview. she tells us she never stopped thinking of the mother she loved. >> i would cry every day and be hardest when i would think about her and what she was doing and then trying to convince myself she was better without me. >> reporter: and worried you'd forget. >> worried that i'd forget what she looked like or what she sounded like. would she forget me? >> reporter: she had her first baby by her captor in a backyard. so, august 18th, 1994, you're how old? >> 14. >> reporter: you're in labor, and there's nobody there.

thunderstorms in minneapolis, low clouds and showers left over this morning in chicago.and the heat will build, if you're traveling this way, travel light. pack light and dress light, because temperatures are going to be close to 100 degrees and with the humidity it's going to feel a lot hotter. 91 degrees expected in chicago, 83 degrees in new york city. likely cooler in canada. if you could remind me, and our viewers exactly what canada day is all about? >> this is the day that canada -- became canada. >> kind of like our independence day? >> it's like independence day. it wasn't a revolution that led to it. it's a fantastic day, the everybody is off and the royals are there. you no he what you eat on canada day, you eat beaver tails, they're not real beaver's tails, they're like a doughnut. and poutine. have you ever had that? >> no. >> crispy french fries and you put cheese kurd and burnt dark gravy on it and it mixes up and it's gooey. >> kurd and burnt dark gravy. it sounds delicious. happy canada day, everybody. >> rob, stick around for this one. los angeles wants

hail, dangerous winds and flash flooding around bismarck, sioux falls, iowa city and minneapolis. afternoon showers in the northeast, thunderstorms along the gulf coast into atlanta and the carolinas. rain from albuquerque to denver and salt lake city. showers in the pacific northwest. >> 68 in seattle, 85 in boise, another day of triple digits in phoenix and dallas. kansas city hits 94. chicago, 84. 77 in boston, 85 here in new york and near 90 in new orleans. >>> and coming up, hundreds of post office locations put on notice. they may be on the chopping block. >>> and don't tell the kids, but today the happy meal, well, is going on a diet. a slimmed down version from the golden arches. >>> and holding on for dear life. look at this. a man dragged at high speeds. his good intentions ahead. >>> overseas markets are mostly up this morning optimistic that there will be a compromise on the u.s. debt deadlock. tokyo's nikkei average gained 48 poinin today. hong kong's hang seng is up 195. in london the ftse opened lower, and on wall street the dow fell 88 points yesterday. the nasdaq

although i grew up in minneapolis. and i get back to alabama, and i realize this is the place where this happened. that was martin luther king's to church, by the way. i went everywhere that i could find. >> where were you born? north carolina. >> where? >> not too far away from my grandmother -- my grandmother's tobacco farm. and then i spent my summers with my granny. >> what part of the state? >> greensboro, with the huge tobacco farm. grandmother lived in atlanta, and she knew margaret mitchell. who wrote "gone with the wind." i would go to the opera with her, and i would go over to granny's house, and i'll be able to do all the things i wanted to do. >> but you went to school in iowa. >> this is right. at the university? >> there was a parsons college that was there. i was not interested in school, but i went, and then i got married and moved to new york city. and started working in broadcasting. i work in broadcasting and marketing for several years. one day, a client of mine --and then i was going to russia. i h

but even as minneapolis investigators begin their search for the killer, cunanan has already left the state heading east to chicago. on the morning of may 4th, police there maybe a grisly discovery in the city's luxurious gold coast district. >> a prominent real estate developer is found murdered in his gold coast garage. tonight police are trying to figure out who would brutally stab 72-year-old lee mig lan and steal his luxury car. >> according to the medical examiner and police this was a torture murder. the 72-year-old was tortured then killed here at his gold coast home. >> the coroner determines that he suffered multiple rib fractures, puncture wounds to the chest and 19 blows to the head before his throat was cut with a garden hoe. >> i just arrived from los angeles and we're all just grieving the loss of my father. and we don't know any details of what's happening. the police are still trying to put that together. >> chicago police later find david madison's suv parked near the miglin home. after tracing the vehicle back to minnesota and learning of the madison and trail murde

i think minneapolis and atlanta, two major hubs there. especially for delta are going to see afternoon delays. this is the time of year that if you have the choice, especially down south to plan your travel in the morning, please do so. miami, same deal, although to a lesser extent, as a result, a cool and gentle rain out there in seattle. some of that trying to get down to the south. the bulk of the hot, humid stuff has shifted to the west. still, heat indices will be up and over 100 degrees in places like oklahoma, arkansas, mississippi and louisiana. a little cooler here. i know it's cooler up in new york. summer not over, as you know. >> you gave good advice. if it's this hot, stay hydrated. i want to the share this with you. beer drinkers in minnesota are stocking up on miller lite. the beer will not be available in coming dres. they didn't get a registration renewed before the government shutdown. the government is under a shutdown for budgetary reasons. it has to pull 40 brands of beers from restaurants, bars and liquor stores in t

let's also look for some hail and gusty winds from billings to the dakotas, minneapolis, chicago, detroit cleveland. thunderstorms from louisville to the gulf coast. showers in florida and northern new england. downpours across colorado and new mexico. >> it'll be 98 in colorado springs and 106 in phoenix. near triple digits in dallas and kansas city and 92 in omaha. boston hits 97, atlanta, 93. and if you're in the mood for some cool weather, and who is not right about now, got to head to the northwest. 70 in peggy's hometown of seattle. 74 in nearby portland. >> that can happen there in the summertime. >> not bad. >>> well, coming up let's talk about a place that is digging out of eight feet of snow. it's the cooldown story. >> i need to go on assignment there. >>> plus, how the heat is hurting food prices. which crops could be impacted next? >>> and california's new gold rush re-opening. long closed mines as gold prices soar. >>> well, chronically out of work americans are not alone. government data to be released in a few days will show that more than one in three job seekers have bee

. >> a scorcher in the midwest. 94 in kansas city. 95 in omaha. 97 in minneapolis. new york is a pleasant 84. boston 78. 81 in l.a. 77 in portland. average temperatures in the east. 89 in baltimore. 70 in seattle. 92 in sacramento. >>> talk of a major departure from the obama administration. >>> then a fast food first. "consumer reports" names the best chains in the country. wh where does your favorite restaurant rank? >>> ouch, take a look at this. the venomous c cature found on a plane after stinging a sleeping passenger.agagagagagagagagagagai >>> "america this morning" continues now with "america's money." >>> treasury secretary timothy geithner says he isn't going anywhere. geithner says he will remain as treasury secretary for the foreseeable future. he was responding to reports that he would step down once talks on the debt ceiling are done. geithner is the longest t rving of the president's top economic advisers and an architect of much of the administration's economic policies. >>> overseas markets are moving higher today after greece approved those strict n

factor in the humidity that's where it's dangerous. 111 in des moines. 110 in minneapolis.oing to get relief overnight tonight, shepard where temperatures are going to to be in the high 70s. even 80 in meapsz. that's not factoring in the humidity. back to you. >> shepard: how long is this going to last. >> all week long and into the weekend, shepard. high pressure is dominant across the u.s. and spread eastward. take a look at so some of the temperatures we predict for wednesday. 96 in minneapolis. 100 in kansas city and spreading eastward to raleigh 97. but, again, the humidity is the real danger here. back to you. >> shepard: hot and humid in giuliani. who would have thunk it. you are crazy, janice. >> you bet. >> shepard: change in command coming in afghanistan. how a new coalition leader could signal a new phase in the longest war in our country's history. do you have your celebrity date for the marine corps ball? she is spoken for. so is justin. have you tried betty white? [ male announcer ] this...is the network -- a network of possibilities. in here, the planned comb

weather channel'serric fisher is at target field in minneapolis and i can already to see the sweat beadingd. >> here i thought i looked all right. you telling me i look like a hot, sweaty mess. >> go ahead. >> much of the country waking up to oppressive temperatures. walking to target field this morning, 4:30 a.m. local time 80 degrees. right now heat index values over 90. over a large chunk of the country you to see values over 90 degrees. that's a combination of the temperature on the thermometer and how much humidity is in the air. i can tell you there's plenty of humidity in the air. take a look at what they were most concerned about when they built target field. heaters ringing the stadium for those cold weather games. they won't be in use during the day today. also a place to avoid is out around third-base line and left field. that's where sun will be beating down. heat index values over 105 degrees by the time this wraps up. a day game. might be the hottest in target field's history. temperature in the metrodome will be in the low to mid-70s. we'll continue this heat to go on for se

minneapolis, all the way up to 117 degrees.t's not until we get to tuesday into wednesday that we start to see some improvements, but plan on a long period of time at least several days in the upper midwest where the heat will be very, very dangerous. we are also tracking some stormy weather along the gulf coast for those of you that are at the beaches, you already know this, it's been very stormy in florida. and more of that is working its way across areas in to jacksonville and then all the way from lake charms to baton rouge, we're seeing powerful thunderstorms. and finally on the west coast, the low clouds coming in over the san francisco delays now. they're about an hour and 15 minutes. you'll have slowdowns. that's really the only travel troubles we have so far in this saturday. but fredericka, it's so hot out there, i think a lot of people are indoors. >> good advice for them to stay indoors, right? thanks a lot, bonnie. appreciate that. >>> time for a cnn equals politics update. keeping an eye on all the politics at the

minneapolis feels like 109. thursday feels like 107.lows down in the mid-80s, season many people there don't have air-conditioning anywhere, especially out in the cabins. you can't even cool the places down when you have the morning low temperature of 85. they'll feel like 100 degrees on the inside. there you go. stay near water. luckily, there's 10,000 lakes or more. >> there you go. actually, 16,000. they need to change the license plates is all. chad, thank you. >>> hit hard by the recession, this week's cnn hero turned her backyard to put food on her family's dinner tables. seeing other families were struggling, too, an idea too root. meet holly hirshburg. >> i love the united states. it's a wonderful place to live. it's scary to me with so much land and abundance that people are hungry. in 2008 my husband lost his job. it was a very, very difficult time. the first thing we did was plant a garden. if you grow your own food, you never have to worry about how to feed your family. we thought if we can help others garden, they can we ca

a christian counseling service oits minneapolis run by her husband marcus. they're both pictured on the clinical website. in recent years the clinic faced accusations encouraging gay and lesbian patients to change they are orientation, a practice frowned upon by mental health xprts. back in 2004, an sdru-of-drew ramirez turned to bachmann to talk about his homosexuality. at 17. he was skeptical. >> therapy they would help me change from being homosex wabl to straight. >> reporter: that's how he described it? >> yes. >> reporter: he basically said, if you do this -- what? you wouldn't be gay anymore? >> if i did this and worked this therapy program, that could perform a miracle and i could no longer be gay. >> reporter: ramirez was assigned a therapy program consisting of prayer and reading bible passages and led by an ex-lesbian minister. if none of that work, the counselor had another idea. he suggested to you what? >> not acting out on my same-sex attractions and leading a life of celibacy. >> reporter: and alternative to being gay? >> right. >> reporter:

temperature here at target field in minneapolis at day break, 80 degrees.gerous and deadly in some cases, especially through the next few days with heat continuing to build. not just here in the twin cities but literally a huge chunk of the heartland of america from canadian border down to the gulf coast. is it a multiday event. now, here at target field, it's only a year and a half old. it could be the hottest game the twins have ever played inside the stadium. they are accounting accordingly. the crews will be putting out free water throughout the stadium, putting it around the upper deck, concourses, even at the gates so all the fans can stay hydrated at today's day game. not a night game scheduled for today. also putting first aid crews throughout the stadium, wandering around, hoping anyone who needs help here. they're going to try to be there for everyone. dangerous, heat indices around 105 by the time we get to the end of the game. >> 105. thank you very much. how long will this heat last? chris warner here with a check of your heat forecast. chris,

temperatures 90 degrees in minneapolis.tomorrow, looking for highs of 93 in chico. 101 fresno. 108 in palm springs. warmer in the sierra. and it's going to be mild here in the bay area. high temperatures into inland east bay and there is up to mid-90s in clear lake. highs only into 80s tomorrow, 60s to 70s around the bay. here is our accu-weather forecast. taking a look at cooling here, after weekend it continues to cool down into mid week and wednesday, thursday, high temperatures inland into 70s, and maybe about 70 around the bay. and there is is a cool down. >> there is a royal welcome in los angeles for prince william and his new wife, catherine them arrived in los angeles international airport just hours ago for their visit to california. they were greeted by governor jerry brown in los angeles mayor anthony villaraigosa. the first event that have the noon is a technology summit in beverly hills, they plan to promote british business ties. they wrapped up a nine-day visit to canada this, is their first official oversea

so you get that heat index that can run in minneapolis to 111.hat do people do in the summertime in minnesota and wisconsin to beat the heat? they go to their cabin at the lakes in minneapolis and minnesota and wisconsin. most of the time the cabins don't have ac. the best thing to do the next couple of days is to stay home in minneapolis and st. paul and rochester and don't go to the detroit lakes cabin that doesn't have ac because it will feel like 110 at your cabin even if it's on the water. this is the problem, and here's tuesday, and then wednesday, and then here's thursday. it doesn't go away. this is a long-term heatwave, and we use the word "heatwave" when it lasts longer than three days. that humidity continues all the way up here. the only relief you may see anywhere through this region is the afternoon thunderstorms. some of them can be severe when it's that hot and humid. these storms go up and make wind damage and small hail, but lightning is the biggest thing. don't be out there trying to stay cool on the lake when you hear the thun

ted rollins is live in minneapolis.e at a twins game yesterday and saw several people sifring from heath exhaustion. what else have you seen? >> reporter: well, i tell you, we were at a game yesterday. there's another one here today. actually, two games, and it was hot. it's going to be even hotter today with the heat index up 110 degrees. yesterday several people suffered from heat exhaustion. one gentleman actually had to be wheeled out in a gurney with an i.v. attached to him because he had suffered from severe heat exhaustion. the twins are going out of their way to help with people. they put up stations around the stadium for water, and the lines for that water yesterday were very long. expect the same thing here today. this is happening, of course, across the midwest, but here in minneapolis, boy, they are not used to this kind of heat. they deal with the cold, but when it gets how the, it's tough for them to deal with. >> it's not minnesota, but we see the rest of the midwest baking as well, ted. >> reporter: yea

going to feel like 110 degrees in minneapolis tomorrow. kansas city, 108.ust keeps going. from sunday into monday, expecting more of the same. 116 is what it will feel like. a big ridge in the middle of the u.s.. a trough out towards the east. cooler air out towards the west. but just oppressive, even monday into tuesday, it's going to feel like 112 in minneapolis. as we wrap things up again, what i can tell you is just take it easy out there. plenty of water. that's the best thing you can possibly drink. and by all means, if you can avoid being outside during the peak heating hours of the day, especially during the afternoon, you'll be better off. t.j.? >> reynolds, good words this morning. appreciate you, as always. >>> did you know that two-thirds of adults are actually overweight. that's by a recent study for the trust of america's health and the robert wood johnson foundation. even though the obesity rate increased in 16 states last year, some states are thinner than others, shall we say. look at this. the obesity rate in ohio, 23.1%. that puts them at

can you believe it feels like 107 in of all places minneapolis?listering heat is not only dangerous for those of us who are out in it but also for animals and crops. in texas, wheat is dying before it even gets a chance to grow. ranchers are selling off their cattle in record numbers. the drought is killing all of the grass and they can't afford to buy feed which is going way up in price. and that means we are going to see prices much higher when we go to the grocery stores. then take a look at this in oklahoma. it's so hot the asphalt is buckling on some of the roads. something tells me jacqui jeras is here to tell us not that cool days are right on the horizon. >> not so much. >> more heat for a while, right? >> yeah. i mean, this is a really significant heat wave. >> it's incredible. >> parts of texas and oklahoma have already been in it for probably a good week already. they've been seeing those buckling roads and the drought conditions are just unbelievable. but the nation's midsection. this is where you normally don't see temperatures like t

atlanta, minneapolis, will probably see thunderstorms this afternoon, and high temperatures will be decent, 85 in new york city and 93 degrees expected in memphis, but the heat's going to be building, and we'll see a heat wave, you know, of pretty decent proportions over the weekend as far north as the canadian border. let's go to ukraine zoo where a two-headed snake seems to be the highlight of this thing. if you can imagine, two heads on one snake body. >> oh! >> now, when one of the heads gets hungry, they sometimes fight over food. but when one head gets the food, the food goes into the same stomach. >> that's a good point. >> the other head says, i'm full, but apparently they have quite an interesting. >> i like the experience of eating. i like it to go through my mouth. that's interesting. it's kind of gross for the morning, i have to tell you, rob. that's kind of -- >> we've shown worse stuff than that. at least we haven't shown them eating rats. >> we'll save that for the next time we talk. we'll check in with rob. big breaking news right now, the chief executive of the news of the