rick reichmuth report on it?en off. it's such a beautiful sight out here. it could not be a more beautiful day for this all the blue sky. no wind which is really huge. take a look at this. we have got a really great shot being inside one of these balloons that's being inflated. howard freeman, you are the director of this entire event. >> i am. >> how did you work this out that we got to stand inside a hot air balloon? >> when you control nature and control everything, we can do anything to you rick. >> thank you we appreciate it all right, i want to say hot air blueberries are incredibly popular incredibly kind of romantic. everybody proposes. they have these fantasies of that do you have any proposals that are going to be happening this weekend? >> we actually have 12 people proposing tonight and one person getting married in a balloon in mid-air tonight saturday night. >> i didn't even know that but i just assumed that had to be going on right now. >> it is true. it's magic of ballooning and brings out the lov

rick reichmuth on twitter. this is where we have the rain showers across pennsylvania.s the southeast more consistent rain. race in atlanta you are getting rain. unfortunately pretty rainy day. rain you see is late in the afternoon and evening across parts of nebraska towards north dakota. out across the west the heat continues across the pacific unfortunately today and tomorrow and for much of the coming week we will continue to blaze across that area. all right, guys, send it back to you inside. >> thanks, rick. >> thank you now to your headlines starting with a horrible fatal animal attack out of texas 28-year-old tommy woodward killed by is 11-foot alligator during a late night swim at a private arena. he was attacked as soon as he jumped in and pulling him under the water and biting him in the neck ands chest. his body was found later. this is texas' first fatal attack in two centuries. rescue caught on camera after a baby girl in a bright yellow pool floaty is swept out to sea. the 10 month old parents were sunbathing and forgot she was in the water. this belows m

check in with rick reichmuth. he is out.same shirts. what's going on. >> we are over-we came up and did mission work and came to new york to enjoy the new york city. >> and this is a lot for you to get up this early. what does this mean? >> i must ask to you talk to me. >> welcome to new york city we are glad you are here wearing matching shirts this early in the morning. that's impressive. show you what's going to goen on across the northeast today. see that blob of rain as you are starting out across virginia. that's going to plague us through much of the day today. turn into severe weather later on in the afternoon. of the northeast sunny day. going to be great. a few spotty showers for the most part things are looking just fine. into the northern plains, this is where we are going to watch most of our energy into the next couple of days with very heavy rain falling at times. localized flooding. i you think tomorrow bigger chance for severe weather. enjoy your day from tennessee. [cheers] >> send it back to you inside. >>

. >> rick on facebook, rick reichmuth, love him or hate him. coming up on the show. >> now hand it over to janice dean in for rick reichmuth. good morning j.d. >> let's take a look at it we had a brief shower here in the new york city area. that's not going to put a damper on our playground out on the plaza. it has just lifted. that is the good news. we are going to he see the potential for showers and thunderstorms along the cold front. see it here current temperatures. 70 in minneapolis. 80 in kansas city. so that front is on the that's going to give us the potential for strong to severe storms including hail damaging winds heavy downpours and isolated tornadoes. we still have that watch that thunderstorm watch in effect until 7:00 a.m. local time for parts of wisconsin. but we could actually see that extended into michigan as we have a severe thunderstorm warning right now. other big story is the extreme heat over at least two thirds of the country. dealing with temperatures well into the 90's. close to 100 degrees. but with the humidity wha

. >>> and with his latest dispatches from the natural world, our own rick reichmuth. >> i'm so glad there's a mechanical surf board. we'll see how it works. talk about the weather at the same time. take a look at the weather maps. it is hot across the plains. it's going to continue not only is it hot, it is humid, we're going to continue to see that throughout the day today and tomorrow and that heat will spread to the northeast this week. get ready for the warmest stretch that we will have seen so far this summer. down across parts of florida, very heavy rain again today especially across the shores in the afternoon. some big storms this morning in across nebraska indiana, illinois. 95 today in kansas city. that's it. back to you inside. >>> rick looking good out there. >> thank you, rick. >>> the big sexist plot, the latest war on women here according to the washington post air conditioning is somehow sexist. >> here's what the post says all these women who actually dress for the season linens, sun dresses, flowy silk shirts short sleeve air conditioning is another big sexist plot. >> thi

. >>> let's get outside to rick reichmuth today.ly hot and some severe weather today. take a look at the map. show you what's going on. temperatures waking up this morning. already warm across parts of the south. 79 in memphis, so it feels warmer than that. we've had a number of storms cutting across the ohio valley. another one pretty heavy rain in the cincinnati area eventually heading down toward lexington. we're going to watch the next storm dive down from canada. today we're going to watch storms that produce hail and tornadoes across western minnesota and the dakotas. it may turno did he retch retchcos. take a look at the heat index today. 105 is going to feel like in omaha and wichita. >> those omaha steaks will cook themselves. >> they will. >>> you've seen the liberal left make the benghazi just a fox story and something that republicans are trying to stoke the flames on something that's not there. here's the latest installation. trey gowdy says the state department has given him press clippings. >> he's getting press clipp

. >> rick reichmuth is with us. >> tucker and i had that contest with pizza during the commercial breakyesterday. down across the southeast, we still have this pesky storm but it is on the move finally. we've had rain for days and a lot of flooding across much of the southeast and in toward the tennessee valley. you still see that little rotation. that's the area of leon panetta. today, it's going to rotate in toward virginia and west virginia around the smokeys, the central appalachians. but tomorrow that moves out. we turn our attention to the next storm. we've got a lot of moisture in around the four corners. that's typical monsoonal moisture that time of year. you see that rain north of north dakota. that's going to bring some strong windows especially south dakota and parts of minnesota and be prepared for that and with those downpours could come flooding. take a look at these temperatures hot across the central plains. we'll send it back to you inside. >>> new york city mayor bill de blasio demanding a review of donald trump's city contracts because he doesn't agree what trump sai