river from the big apple the city is barely staying afloat especially if you're going to archie newark new jersey new york of course a prime example of what can happen to cities in this nation let's not forget the state government in minnesota as well that's been shut down for two weeks and just reopened today there are countless examples an illustration of some important part of the system that just isn't working i want to talk about this more with karl denninger karl is with the market ticker and is in niceville florida carl let's start with newark we just showed this report newark new jersey barely ten miles out of new york city one of the world's largest economies new york city of course and this disparity is great how can something like this happen nor its very core should be for a long time i traveled through there are twenty years ago and it actually was very obvious even to that point essentially what's happened in these sorts of propulsion areas. cities have taken on more and more obligations without any reasonable way to fund them and eventually all which is what is now happening now we

across the river from the big apple the city is barely staying afloat but it sure can archie newark new jersey. new york of course a prime example of what can happen to cities in this nation and there are countless more that illustrates an important part of the system that just aren't working well from our earlier article with karl denninger with the market ticker i asked him how there can be such a large disparity between the bustling streets of the big apple and the bet wasteland that is right across the river in new york been a very horse city for a long time i traveled through there twenty years ago and the decay was very obvious even at that point this eventually what's happened in these sorts of metropolitan areas is the cities of taking on more and more obligations without any reasonable way to fund them and eventually all which is what is now happening to work and so you are faced with not being able to make the payments to provide those essential services and they have to be cut back. i mean really and course carl here we are based in washington and there's so much talk about on what

new york. and this is madison avenue. newark across the river from the big apple the city is barely staying afloat and. newark new jersey. well still to come tonight we have our thursday edition of show and tell and then another example of your tax dollars being wasted on bloated defense projects tonight we turn the spotlight on the littoral combat ship program and ask are the billions being spent on these ships really worth it. seven thirty am in moscow these are your r.v. headlights a second bailout for greece worth one hundred nine billion euros is hammered out by leaders desperate to save the currency with a bigger emergency fund and private lender contributions for the first time ever. despite economic woes other nations including serbia hope to join the group with the arrest of its prime suspect. paving the way for a session skepticism remains among some serbs though think that brussels may seek further concessions from the. odds shorten against british prime minister david cameron becoming the next head to roll over the murdoch media phone tapping scandal . headlines coming up part two of the alona show stay with

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, the heat index is higher. >> like an oven, a roasting oven. >> the mercury rose to 108 in newark, new jersey breaking the all-time record. 105 in baltimore and the nation's capital. 104 in atlantic city, philadelphia, and new york's central park. 103 in boston. 101 in providence. and 100 degrees in portland, maine and concord, new hampshire. the punishing heat from the historic heat wave kept emergency rooms busy and is now blamed for at least 34 deaths. >> the most at-risk people are the extremes of age, the really young, the really old. they don't have the compensatory mechanisms that healthy middle aged people have to ward off the heat. >> reporter: with air conditioners on full blast it's straining power grids. con-ed which serves new york city broke the peak usage record at 4:00 p.m. friday. the crews laboring in the sweltering heat to fix scattered power outages. >> try not to use energy that you don't need. keep your homes and your apartments cool as best you can. but moderate the air conditioning usage. >> this painter in philadelphia had to cope with heat that hit 104 degrees, the h

and in newark, new jersey today, 108 degrees. it has never been hotter in recorded history. ot. hot and hard to handle for the power grid. power usage shattered records in 14 states, including new york, where con-ed broke the previous record by 1:00 p.m. urban ovens grab the heat and won't let go. >> because you've got all of this trapped heat built into the steel and asphalt and concrete of the city and just holding that heat. that heats up the buildings, heats up the people, heats up the sidewalks and the streets. and all the air conditioning has to overcome thth additional heat. >> reporter: officials pleaded with customers to conserve whatever energy they could, as scattered thousands lost power. make no mistake. if this feels like it's worse than usual, it is. this is hot. >> this is the hottest day in 34 years in new york city. so, since july in the '70s when we hit 104. so, we hit 104 in new york city today. >> reporter: lee goldberg, chief meteorologist at wabc in new york, has been watching this heat tidal wave attack the u.s. for more than a week. >> you know, it wa

today was another day of record setting heat, places like new york city, philadelphia, newark, new jersey, atlantic city and many others along the eastern seaboard. we're certainly not alone in our plight. take a look at the temperatures across the country, we're talking 103 degrees in tulsa, oklahoma. 105 degrees in raleigh, north carolina. you factor in the humidity, you get that heat index, what it actually feels like on our bodies, it felt like 109 degrees in st. louis. that is dangerous territory. it felt like 108 degrees in the nation's capital. the question is, when will we see relief? fortunately e answer is soon here. from new england to new york, we'll go back to seasonal temperatures tomorrow, eventually by monday, that will trickle down towards d.c. however, much of the country, places like the heartland through the deep south continuing to see these above-average temperatures, relentless heat that doesn't seem to show any signs of slowing down. >>> thanks. in the south, the heat wave is only adding to the misery of the droughts. crops are withering away, and for animals, the

most flights were out of newark, new jersey. it operates a large hub. they did not elaborate on the crew problem but work today to get customers on alt in a knit flights. and united airlines is working to stream line operations into one airline. labor negotiations have been contentious. flights at bay area airports are not affect bid this. >> and some of the world's brightest whiz kids came to google today to participate in the "national geographic" world championships moderated by alex trabec. >> he's a heavy supporters "national geographic". 23 years hosting this. >> the man who made what is a well known phrase left everyone asking what happened? after entering the stage. >> the answer is... at 2:30 yesterday morning, chasing a burglar down the hall, at my san francisco hotel. >> more on the who is in just a moment. but first, let's talk about what brought the host of jeopardy to an san francisco. he's moderated the world championships. this year, hosted by google. >> the island which is part of what country? >> italy. >> no. it's spain. spain. >> and

the 103 degrees in newark, new jersey, that set a record. there were parts of iowa yesterday that had a heat index above 120 of what it felt like. those areas of the country won't get the relief from the jet stream that the northeast will coming up later in the weekend and into next week. >> so relief first, maybe northeast? >> northeast first, starting in the weekend, but tomorrow it's still going to be hot. so here's the forecast. we'll look at friday first and show you what's going to happen. still more heat, record-breaking heat. the jet stream is still too far to the north. we're expecting 101 in new york city tomorrow. temperatures record-breaking, maybe down to washington, d.c., but by sunday it does shift a bit. it drops south. that means cooler air will come in or at least not as hot and into the 80s in new york city by sunday into monday, but notice the southeast, the southern and central plains, still in the brink of that heat. they will not get the relief from the jet stream. patterns over the oceans in the north atlantic oscilla

newark, new jersey hit 108 degrees on friday and was above 100 again today from shortly after 1:00 thisfternoon until after 6:00 tonight. power demand in the new york city area reached a new height as people tried to beat the heat with air-conditioners and fans. forecasters say daytime highs aren't the only problem. things aren't cooling off at night which increases the stress on people, animals and comes. so far there is no accurate count -- crops. so far there is no accurate count available of the number of "heat" deaths. >>> a wildfire in san diego started in the coyote indian reservation in san diego county. it started near a secret military facility called the eagle rock training center which has two shooting ranges. a smaller fire broke out near there in may. there is no word on what started this newest fire which is now 30% contained. >>> boy, it's hard to look at those pictures in new jersey when you look at our weather. pretty nice out there, let's check with our meteorologist mark tamayo. >> we are starting off with the fog in the morning and clouds pulling back to the coast a

cleaning crew discovered t th weapon tucked into the back of a seat, after the flight landed in ne newark, new jersey. there's no indication that the en recently fired. >>> a little boy in ohio is back in the arms of his father after plunging 40 feet down a well. 3-year-old dylan mccoy fell through the well near the family home near canton. he managed to stay afloat in ten feet of water. as his dad climbed down to save him. >> i just told him to calm down. it's going to be allllight. that daddy's coming. stop crying. it's going to be okay. >> my heart was down there with him. i didn't know what to do. i didn't know what to think. >> now father and son both ended up stuck at the bottom of the well. then firefighters came to the rescue. luckily dydyn learned to swim this summer. >> rest and recovery on the agenda for riders of the tour de france, after a grueling day that saw many bruised. the world class cyclists are ready for anything but maybe not this. being hit by a car. he was sent flying by a tv car. he falls off his bike, tumbling into a barbed wire fence. both riders did manage to finish the r

newark, new jersey, hit 108 degrees-- the highest temperature ever recorded there. >> it's like an oven. a roasting oven. >> reporter: all told, 132 million americans are now trapped in the heat dome stretching across 29 states and the district of columbia. >> it's pretty hot, but i brought a lot of water and i'm going in the water every few minutes. >> reporter: electric grids nationwide are feeling the strain. so great that property owners like the durst organization cut back on power in this skyscraper by 10%, the energy use of a thousand homes, by darkening the lights, shutting down an escalator and making 43,000 gallons of ice each day in their basement to help cool the building. >> people always talk about saving the summer warmth for winter and the winter coolness for summer, and nobody seems to have been able to achieve that yet, but this is the next best thing. >> reporter: superheated air will stay locked in over the south. today amarillo, texas, tied its record for most 100-degree days in a year-- 27-- and there's still plenty of summer left to go. and they'll finally get som

it was 108 degrees in newark, new jersey, today, an all time record for that city. and extreme temperatures are scattered across the map. add the extreme humidity for the heat index and you can see how hot it felt out there. nbc's anne thompson joins us now from times square with more. anne? >> reporter: good evening, lester. this heat is tough on people and power companies. in new york city, there are scattered power outages tonight affecting some 8,400 residents. another 158,000 people are dealing with reduced voltage. and over in new jersey, there are rolling blackouts, but so far, no catastrophes. today, miserable is spelled n-y-c. temperatures that rivaled the sahara desert and humidity reminiscent of the gulf coast combined to turn new york into a grimy sauna. >> it is fire. >> reporter: the heat relentless. before dawn, it was already 85 degrees. 90 by the end of rush hour. at noon, it hit the century mark, and set a new record at 104 an hour and a half later. the water was the best place to be. the columbus circle fountain worked for those with two legs and

yesterday take a look at the numbers and murkry in newark, new jersey reaching 108 degrees. est temperature ever recorded there. while in new york city 104 and philadelphia and boston 103 and portland maine, 101 . triple-digit numbers making for a miserable summer and residents trying to beat the heat and drenched with overnight rain storms knock out power for 85,000 people. the good news, well, it is almost night time which means that the temperatures will hit in the 80 degrees mark. as i mentioned to you, hot concrete and back at it tomorrow . hopefully will give us good news and feeling like summer come monday. back to you. thank you, julie. >> and you have forecasters calling it a heat dome that we are stuck under . maria molina, when will it move on. >> julie is correct. we expect relief come monday. heading southbound. areas in texas and northern texas, a lot of consectative days for areas of 100's specifically dallas texas. tweend consectative day of triple-digit heat. northern areas in the plains feeling a relief. minneapolis at 83 degrees and looking at more pleasant

so you are trying to fly from newark, new jersey to denver, colorado. you are on the flight and somebody steals stuff from your bag? how did that happen? >> yeah. i was rushing from, you know, subbing for someone you can't replace you on friday night and rushed to the airport. we're on the book tour, going to denver. everything good. my producer, collaborator is with me. we just checked the luggage. i never check bags. i'm not one of those non-checkers. checked the luggage was obviously tired. left a jewelry bag that a friend of mine loaned me. in it were -- most of them were not my pieces of jewelry my cross i wear unfortunately was in that bag that had a lot of sentimental. >> you think one of the bag bang handlers took it? >> we are doing a factor investigation. now. >> bill: good. >> t.s.a. is looking into it continental finally called me. and the port authority police at new jersey at newark are really great guys. they are trying to find out. what we found out, bill. more interesting than some jewelry loss. we found out that behind closed doors whe

taking the week off. 90s for the midwest and northeast including oklahoma, new yorknew jersey and connecticut. the murky in newarkd 108 degrees. that's the highest temperature ever reported there. new york city 104 . philadelphia and boston at 103 . maine 101. heat wave is blamed for a dozen deaths in the country and an 18 year old landscaper who died in kentucky had a temperature of 110 degrees. in chicago being blamed for seven blamed there. good news is. that finally a light in the end of the tunnel. by monday, temperatures should return back to normal and tomorrow, expecting in the 80s here in new york city. it will feel like summer and well, not like it has been the last week. back to you uma. >> 80s will feeling like a deep freeze. >> it sure will. >> and new information coming in about that violent brawl in dodger tadium that happened last march. you no doubt remember the paramedic was left in a coma. we'll have an update next . a debt hoe down finishing up in the white house. congressional leaders sat down with the president on his turf and reaction from jason chaffetz. >> no agreement . probably, probabl

record in new york city is 101 and not last hour it got to 104 so breaking that record and newark, new jersey, hit 106, the highest temperature, ever, for any day, ever, in newark. that shows how big this area of heat is. you can still see heat advisories extending from kansas and toward the mid-atlantic and the eastern seaboard. the heat index from kansas is 106 in wichita and 109 in st. louis and creeping across the northern planes and 92 in minute appear police but the bull's eye is the eastern seaboard and now up to 121 is what it feels like in washington, dc, incredible, and i am sure that is record. and dover, 119, and 116 in newark. a day to stay indoors. at night the temperatures only dropping into the mid 80's. so the house does not cool down and not catching any break from the heat. >> i look forward to the next ice age. when will it end? rick: we are mid-july so the hottest, anyway, so well not see a huge relief but a relief across the north. tomorrow, 94 in chicago and hot across the eastern seaboard at 10- to 15-degrees below today's heat index but the dark colors it heats back u

new jersey and connecticut. on friday, take a look at the temperatures. the mercury in newark, new jersey reached 108. that's the highest temperature ever recorded there. while in new york city, it reached 104. philadelphia and boston both hit 103 and portland, maine 101 degrees and the heatwave is being blamed for more than a dozen deaths around the country and a 18-year-old landscaper who died thursday night in louisville, kentucky, had a temperature of 110. on friday the medical examiner's office in chicago listed heat stress or heat stroke as the cause of death for seven people here is one doctor warning of the dangers. >> it takes several hours to restore ones self after a day in the heat. drinking water, being in a cool environment. that is air conditioned for three hours a day, is very protective in terms of heat stroke or dying in your apartment. >> heat advisories also air quality warnings, because of the heat, obviously, the power plants have to work harder and the more the power plants work, then the, obvious air pollution goes into effect and that of course is still the case in the northea

new jersey. i go to -- >> i was born newark, new jersey, but a long time ago. >> i'm from ohio close to lima about 70 miles from columbus. >> what's the name of the town aljer. one of my kids went to kennon and i just got back to toledo about the peace of the union there and in terms of teacher evaluation, yeah, where are you from is there >> i'm from new jersey, it's right on the shore. >> so you know -- you're convinced you're going to be teachers. >> yes. >> convinced, why? why. >> submitted influence with my teachers coming from the urban life i want to be an influence in other lives. >> well, you know, you're smart. you're going to be able to make a lot more money doing something else. >> for me it's not about the money. it's for the children. >> i'm going to talk a little bit about how i think schools have to change because the world has changed so dramatically. how about sunny >> that becoming a teaching is something that -- >> do you have a family? >> we bought a farm. >> do you have an educational background? >> no. >> what do your folks say. >> they know i have a plan laid out and that's

newark, new jersey got up to 108 degrees. these are astounding numbers you don't see often.matter of fact, you have to go back 85 years to see the previous records, motor set in 1926. today is the last day of the real big heat here in new york city, and tomorrow we begin to cool off. new england cools down, and by monday it's down to d.c. it's a fairly short stint and it's different than in the midwest where it was so humid. here dew points are in the 60s and 70s. it's muggy and not oppressive and slightly less dangerous than chicago and the twin cities. >> how about the breeze? is that helping at all? >> reporter: it feels nice when it hits you, but the breelz was why we got so hot during the day yesterday. it's out of the west and comes down off the hills. that's where the temperatures were allowed to get so high. you get to downtown new york, you go down a skyscraper and get him with a wall of heat, it doesn't feel good. >> you're a rock star hanging out with us on the beach all day when it's so hot and oppressive. for the latest information on how the historic temperatur

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newark, new jersey, felt like phoenix or las vegas y esterday.e city had its hottest day on record. 108 degrees. is that right, reynolds? that's not a heat index i'm talking about? >> air temperature. >> air temperature. >> also in eastern canada, hot there as well. look at this. everybody's trying to cool off. it's important to keep an eye on the animals as well. not everybody is able, as this guy, to find his own whatert. this is king joseph, this horse you're seeing here. but check on those pets as well. other animals out there, but reynolds, i was just asking you that question and i guess i hasn't seen that triple digit yet. but that was the actual air temperature. >> that actual air temperature. and when you pile on the humidity, it's a huge difference maker. the big question people have is, when is this going to end? when can we expect some relief? the changes are going to come. we're going to see a lot of the temperatures begin to revert back to where they should be this time of year, into the 70s, the 80s, and some places in the 90s. but

i was born in newark, new jersey. >> the state of ohio. 70 miles from columbus. >> was the name of the town? >> one of my kids, i just actually came back from toledo of the long ago. the piece about the union there. teacher evaluation. >> i go to school in new jersey. >> whereabouts? >> read on the shore. >> so, while. >> so do you know the you're going to be to just? >> yes. >> why? >> well, i want to the a teacher. >> well, you are smart. you will be a will to make a lot more money doing something else. know that. >> its other but the money. >> well, talk a little bit about how i think schools have to change. the world has changed so dramatically. , but you? >> agriculture. teaching is something. >> do you have family? family and education. rice no. >> with the appearance a? though some might think of the teacher. [inaudible] >> what year? >> so off to college in the fall. were you going? where you go? record is? >> out, the cause of new jersey. >> sell. records as the state university? the ohio state university. so you don't have to decide for a while. that's pretty cool. that's rea

newark, new jersey, felt like phoenix or even las vegas yesterday. the city had its hottest day on record, 108 degrees. and in washington, the heat index topped 130. >> these guys are sweating. it was hitting the beams and evaporating immediately. it's hot. >> yeah, that is hot. it's also sizzling in eastern canada. an ireporter, kim miller, that's her horse, who got very inventive and smart. the horse is named king joseph. he figured out the sprinkler system and said, this is how i'm staying cool. reynolds wolf -- >> and we're sure the hart did not send in the i-report? >> everyone's trying to figure out a way to stay cool. >> we often tell people they need to stay indoors, away from the heat during the hottest parts of the day. we're getting to the point where it's dangerous to go outside at any point at all because of the extreme heat. there is going to be an end to this. we see things beginning to weaken, in terms of that big ridge of high pressure that's been really causing a lot of this heat to get generated. we've got temperatures expected to

on that day alone, 212 record highs were recorded, including 108 degrees in newark, new jersey. there's a cooldown on the horizon? with the weather channel's ray stagich has the answer to that, there's got to be a cooldown. this is the hottest it comes. >> yeah, that 108 friday in newark, wow, hot enough to make. the heat will break a tad in the east. the dip in the jet stream, going to push south and southeast. may not make the mason dixon line but we'll see relief through midweek. the big ridge will stay in place. where it's been hot it will continue to stay hot. wednesday the trough in the east and the west bringing some decent weather. as we head through late in the week, guess what? probably going to go back up again, close to 90 but we don't think 100-degree heat's coming back in the big cities. warnings and advises from philly and washington and raleigh. good day to be the at beach. and more heat advisories across the midwest as dangerous heat indices will combine with warm temperatures, already in the 80s across the east. alex, the place to be is really going to be out w

we're watching closely in newark, new jersey, 100. that's within two degrees of the record.d close at 97. there are some record highs as we come into the next couple of days. zben, the expanse of this heat is unbelievable. back to you. >> thank you. that massive heat wave could have a chilling effect on your grocery bill. melissa frances co-host of "the call" on cnbc, crops all over they're dry and dead. >> you would think that it would make commodity prices go higher that crops would die and drive up the price of food. actually in a lot of places it's having the opposite impact. in the midwest and a lot of places hay don't have enough water people are selling their cattle rather than keeping them. we're seeing a flood of beef come on to the market. it could potentially drive down the prices of beef across the country. it's a little bit opposite of what you would expect out there. >> exactly. what about things like grain, corn, which we use for ethanol? >> grain and corn, that's going to drive up the price of gasoline. grain and corn is the opposite situation. if you don't h

newark, new jersey, an all-time record at 108. in philadelphia, at 103 degrees gazing through the window at the famous liberty bell was better than the alternative. in the chicago area, the heat may be responsible for at least six deaths including an 18-year-old boy. he was riding his bike and running and may not have drunk enough water. outside boston, which topped out at 103, the er at framingham hospital has seen twice as many patients. >> deaths from heat is greater than death from tornadoes or hurricanes or from the cold. >> reporter: back in manhattan, armed with my infrared thermometer, i discovered some truly breathtaking numbers. this manhole cover, 139 degrees. this entire jungle gym right now is empty. no kids. not a big surprise when you consider the slide here is 120 degrees. >> it's been horrible. i can't stand this weather. i'd like to move to the arctic. this is impossible. >> reporter: and doctors warn in these extreme conditions our bodies even at rest can lose a quart of fluid an hour, so they remind us to dress

yesterday records broke. 104 in the big apple, 108 in newark, new jersey. >> just trying to stay cool. i usually don't come outside much. i had to. >> reporter: in the nation's dam the heat index topped 112, something that hasn't happened there in more than a decade. >> it's too much. it's too hot. you have to deal with it. >> reporter: nearly 132 million people are under some kind of heat alert. the actual temperatures on the map may seem hot, but look at the index numbers. 106 in kansas city, 108 in columbia, south carolina and a 111 in d.c. even those accustomed to working under scorching conditions are taking extra precautions. these firefighters in pittsburgh used wet towels to try to stay cool, but they needed much more than that. >> this is a double-edged sword. they're designed to protect us from thermal burns. >> reporter: the brutal combination of high heat and humidity is not just uncomfortable, it's proven to be deadly. across the country more than two dozen heat-related deaths have been reported. cattle and crop losses are mounting across the drought-stricken south. in te

also in the tristate area tonight, the nba draft from beautiful newark, new jersey.re were a lot of foreigners in this year's mix, which made for some comical post-selection interviews. >> a lot of lithuanian flags up in the stands over there, stu. jonis, you told me that your game is a little bit like chris bosh who used to play for the toronto raptors. how is it like chris bosh? >> i don't know, i -- i have -- not, not too strong body, so, i don't know, i -- i can move fast, so, i think like this. >> okay. good on your feet. he'll get better at his english. >> jimmy: i'm sure he will. i hope he tweets. [ applause ] my personal favorite part, this is a little thing, but my favorite part of the draft was hearing nba commissioner david stern say the name of a player from the congo. >> with the seventh pick in the 2011 nba draft, the sacramento kings select bismack biyombo. >> jimmy: business mack biyom bow? can you use that in a sentence, please? the cleveland cavaliers had the top draft pick tonight, and if you ask me, they didn't use it very wisely. >> david stern w

. >>> most cancellations today were at newark in new jersey. continental said the pilots are ill. they would not elaborate. >>> only a few hot spots remain today from a massive fire at a plant. yesterday, that fire sent a thick, black plume of smoke hundreds of feet in the area. as jade hernandez reports, now reports are focused on possible environment damage. >> reporter: by daylight, the macro plastic plants was fully operational cleaning up. a shelter-in-place was lifted last night but results of other tests were not in. they are already evaluating danger levels. >> the department of public health say they think the air effects of that are similar to a wildland fire. i know some froms were -- residents were concerned about that. it would be similar to a grass fire in the area. >> reporter: the city's fire marshal called in for aid to put out the six-alarm fire by 11:00 last night, helping with air quality. foam used helped to contain the spread. you can see the stacks of undamaged bins right next to a pile of melted ones. five acres burned with an estimated 25,000 to 30,000 bin

washington dulles, and also newark, new jersey, hartford, connecticut, and connecticut.e at the beach, but it makes it a difficult job for some of the lifeguards here. we're joined by one of the lifeguards right now. jones beach lifeguard. i noticed you just came out of the water. >> the water is really the only place to be today. it's just so hot. you have to make sure you stay cool, hydrated, and in and out of the water. >> now, we have thousands of people on the beach. i know there are a lot of lifeguards here, but is it difficult to keep tabs on all those people on a day like today? >> yeah, with the crowds like today, everyone is in the water, so you are watching more people. you have heat exhaustion on land. it's really a busy day for us. >> that is not in your job description. you're looking for heat-related issues with people just sitting on their beach towels. >> we responded to everything with people passing out today to water-related rescues. >> how does this stack up to some previous heat in the last couple of years? >> i think this is the worst. this is defi

mitchell reports," our chief foreign affairs correspondent andrea mitchell, democratic mayor of newark, new jersey, cory booker, former republican senator chuck hagel of nebraska, and joining us for his first appearance on the program, republican congressman adam kinzinger. i didn't mess up the name. >> it's adam kinzinger, but that's all right. >> what'd i say? i'm sorry. >> it is my first time here. >> he was elected in 2010 with the tea party support and served as a captain in the air force, including tours in afghanistan and iraq. congressman, welcome very much. >> thanks. >> happy to have you. and welcome to everyone. doris, sometimes satire can be the most damning in terms of summing up where we are. "the onion" newspaper has this headline this week -- "congress continues debate over whether or not nation should be economically ruined." if the question is whether washington is broken, make the case that the answer is yes. >> i think there's no question it's broken. you know, our country was created on the principle of compromise. think about it. the states versus the federal government, sena

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newark, new jersey has, in fact, topped its all-time high hitting 108. just two degrees away from the entire state's hottest day ever back in the 1930s. imagine working, moving furniture, in newark today for the first job of the day at 9:00 a.m. it was already 90. >> it's feels like 100 degrees already. it feels like 115 in the truck. >> >> i'm not doing the second job. you can fire me. i goal home. >> in chicago, parents at one school saying their children are sitting through summer classes without airconditioning. there are some window units in the building but parents saying they cannot keep up with the extreme heat. school district officials saying they brought in extra fans and will not punish people who go home sick because of the heat. chief meteorologist rick reichmuth live for us in the extreme weather center. rick, it bears saying that these are parts of the country that are not used to seeing these kinds of temperatures. >> yeah. certainly not these kinds of temperatures and this much humidity. think about the hottest day you have ever had in

instance, last friday's incident when a stun gun was found on a jetblue plane that landed in newark, new jersey. >> so surprising in today's day and age that post-9/11 that that could happen. >> right. >> meaner how? how? >> reporter: how is the question. just how does a stun gun get on a plane? or how did a man stole away on a virgin american flight from new york last month after getting through three layers of security without a valid boarding pass or identification? homeland security documents show there have been more than 25,000 security breaches at u.s. airports since november 2001. that's an average of seven a day. more than 6,000 passengers have made it past security without being properly screened. and 14,000 passengers entered limited access areas without permission. like this man who walked the wrong way through security at newark's liberty airport in january of 2010. now, the tsa points out that these breaches represent just a tiny fraction of the 5.5 billion people who have been screened in this country since november of 2001. and they insist that most of these incidents did not po

records were broken along the eastern seaboard. 102 in washington d.c. 108 in newark, new jersey, andbreaking point in philadelphia. a blackout forced hundreds from high-rise apartments. >> the electrical off and theary goes off, there's nothing else to do but get out. >> reporter: in maryland baltimore gas and electric is under fire after its emergency energy plan cycled off customers' air conditioners for hours and failed to turn them back off even after demand fell. >> feel how hot it is. you can feel the heat. >> reporter: in new york city tourist and residents alike were struggling to cope with the heat. tracy lennon and her family were visiting from boston. >> we were actually considering going to the theater at night and decided that maybe it was best to go during the day just so we could have a break from the heat. we also switched hotels so we could be in a hotel with a pool. >> reporter: though sunday saw slight relief for the northeast, the dip was not nationwide. the mercury hit 109 in shani, oklahoma, and the highest heat index reading was 122 in washington, north carolin

they broke records in new york, d.c., laguardia, and newark have now all broken all-time records. newark, new jerseygot to 106 last hour. that's higher than they've ever been on any other date in any other year. not just on this date, sure they broke a record today, was 101 was the record and went to 102 at noon, then they got to 106, hotter than ever, ever before on record. and that's what the people up there are dealing with. only 8,000 customers, though, coned without power right now. and that's a very good number. that's just your random transformer that blew up every once in a while. that's not bad. but you were talking earlier about these potential brown outs and blackouts. >> that's a big concern, right? because everybody's using their air-conditioning if you're fortunate enough to have it. and the electric grids getting a huge workout and may not be able to handle it all. >> they're putting out so many little recommendations that i haven't even thought about. please use your microwave today, don't use your oven in the house because the oven just comes on, heats up the house and the air-condi

. >>> the women were great by a crowd of supporters when they arrived at newark, new jersey, last nightinishers say think hope their success will kick up more support here in the united states. >>> it was history making in other ways. sunday's match set a new twitter record. twitter users sent messages 7,000 tweets per second during the world cup finals, more than the royal wedding or the death of osama bin laden. >>> japan is bracing for strong winds and heavy flooding. a typhoon is packing winds up to a hundred miles per hour. the storm is 450 miles wide. huge. forecasters say some parts of japan could see close to three feet of rain in the next day. crews are rushing to install a cover over a damaged reactor at the crippled fukushima daiichi nuclear plant. one forecast from the u.s. navy says it could pass over puke shea that ma on thursday. >>> phoenix is dusting itself off this morning. they are dusting themselves this morning. this giant dust storm also called a haboob shut the city down. it hit during rush hour. 3,000 feet high and driven by wind gusts up to 40 miles an hour. the

the airports affected, saying only that most of the flights were out of the carrier's hub at new jersey's newark airport. but our flight check today showed three out going flights were cancelled, one to los angeles, two to chicago, as well as one flight arriving from chicago, another from newark. continental officials would not confirm the reason for those cancellations. and the san jose airport spokesperson said continental only operates two daily flights there. both to houston, and both were on time today. continental pulled out of oakland airport two years ago. united bought continental last year and has been trying to combine them into a single airline. but the process has been slowed by difficult labor negotiations. now what future passengers want to know is how long this event will last. the continental spokesperson told me today the airline cannot answer that question. but in the past airlines have gone to court to try to force pilots back to work. reporting live from the news room rita williams, ktvu. >>> and plans for the high speed rail to be on track for the peninsula bay area, they a

and new video from newark, new jersey as workers try to tow an s.u.v. out of a pond. newark airport. officials say for one was in the car at the time. no word yet on how that s.u.v. ended up in the water. and a rock concert turns into an absolute horror show. take a look at what happened. a stage collapsed at the cheap trick concert. it was all caught on camera and it happened during a thunderstorm at the ottawa blues fest. thousands of people sent literally running for their lives. at least eight people were hurt. one person is in serious condition. the band members are ok. but witnesses say that they were thrown completely off of their feet. and for the past 18 years, the quadruplets of redding, pennsylvania, have done almost everything together. now they'll start the next chapter of their lives in the military. all four have decided to enlist in the national guard. >> as a mother, i'm close to all four. so it's harder. it's harder for me to see them leave the house. >> their sister erin is the first to leave today. those are your headlines. >> all right. family. >>