you can see the clusters pushing toward south georgia. even some off the coastline. they'll be moving toward e december toe island and hilton head. j we've had rescues in the last 24 hours from the south carolina coast down to florida. there's a look at where the system has gone so far. we're going to be dealing with this early tomorrow morning and the whole chance of oven an off path. especially jacksonville extending to the south and west couldd easily see three to five inches worth of rainfall over larger areas. some isolated spots could get over 10 inches worth of rain. that system crossing out to the outer banks. that system out to the outer banks. it could restrengtheten into a storm. it's one to keep a close eye on. a number of beaches closed today. i want to mention one other area here, especially chicago down missouri, even eastern portions of oklahoma and northern texas. we could be dealing with chances ofit severe storms today. yesterday we had a number of hail and wind-producing reports. today make sure you have a way warnings and in through the northeast

this is weakening over south georgia. a pretty decent storm with soaking rains.oks like we will miss out on it, because this will trigger thunderstorms from new england to western maryland tomorrow. some of them could be strong to severe. this will also help to keep the tropical storm away from us. it will move into wilmington, north carolina, in the next day or so, but then the front is moving off of the closed. this is a tropical depression. here, partly cloudy, afternoon storms becoming more likely. a high of 87 to 92. showers and storms are more likely as it moves through. one to two feet of waves. if you are going to be on the bay tomorrow, watch for a thunderstorm approaching. a lingering shower with cooler air on wednesday. the eastern shore, afternoon/evening thunderstorms, and a lingering thunderstorm wednesday before the coroner comes in for thursday and friday. at because, a beautiful memorial day weekend. 78 tomorrow and wednesday. it should clear up nicely by thursday. a couple of days. cooler and less humid, and then another batch of showers and thu

it drifts into north florida, south georgia coastline, hangs around for about 24 to 36 hours then it's going to make a turn and come back over the water. and you see this track takes it south of maryland and that's when nothing is going to happen but we will keep a track on it. the general consensus has been to stay south of it. much calmer, there's winds diminished out of the south tomorrow. another warm one, any thunderstorms that are out there will die down overnight. we'll see fog, only about 68, 49 degrees for our high tomorrow, it'll be another hot one with a chance for showers and thunderstorms. over the next couple of days we hang out to shower chances. we cool down for the second part of the ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, >>> stan is here with our wjz sports report. did adam jones earn that paycheck today? >> he did all right. everybody is talking about they hope he doesn't get jinxed. but the pitcher, pulled an oblique, will probably go on to the dl list. kansas city winning the game. but the orioles still share first place with tampa bay who beat boston 4-3. today on military appreciation

so in florida and south georgia, maybe portions of south e polina, this rain is definitely going to be some welcome news. >> glor: david bernard, thank you. rd, u.n. security council late today condemned syria for the assacres in the city of houla, confirmed number of deaths rose er ofhigher today. charlie d'agata has more. >> reporter: this one month old girl survived the massacre. her mother did not. o> the united nations upped the death toll to over 100 including 32 children under the age of ten. british officials call the attack in houla stomach-churning savagery. >> we're absolutely sickened across the community by what we wve seen over the last several days n particular the death of thanthan 100 unarmed men, women and children. >> reporter: the syrian government today categorically denied that its forces were responsible for the bloodshed blaming terrorists for the killing. syria's powerful ally russia again supported the regime's sy version of events but u.n. but u.n. monitors confirmed today that artillery and tank re wls are were fired at the neighborhood. activists say the at

. >> a rainy night there in south georgia. the radar very clearly showing the spin that was beryl is a tropical rainstorm now. it's going to continue to cause rain tonight. eventually heading out to sea. take a look at where we expect it to go. we have it going quickly out to sea according to all the models. and moving directly southeast of our region. that's 300 miles east. bringing some rough surf to the east coast. for our region we're going to get rain from the cold front not from the storm. the winds are down to 29 miles per hour. it was an update today, we'll let you know how much longer or unseasonably high weather we'll have coming up in the forecast in just a few minutes. >>> a visit to ocean city ends in death for a howard county man. diogo fatini was driving drunk when he hit and killed matthew cheswick. fatini left the scene but he was followed by witnesses until he was captured by police. >>> david whitlow died when his boat hit a storm jetty last night. two other people who were on the boat were seriously injured

he's representing over 500 businesses in florida and south georgia, as well as the american loggers council. i commend mr. schwab to his commitment of strengthening the future of forestry for his family and our community. i yield back. >> thank you, mr. schwab. go ahead and proceed with your five minutes. >> congressman sutherland, thank you search for your opportunity to be here. >> just give me a second here. i apologize. i do want to do a housekeeping thing. i introduced mr. costa for the purpose of unanimous consent request. >> thank you for your courtesy and thank the witnesses on an issue that is important for the subcommittee to deal with. unfortunately have i to go but i'd like to have unanimous con isn't to submit testimony from land state alliance from the iowa natural heritage foundation on giving states more conservation options for implementing the usda forest legacy program and i have some questions also that i'd like to submit for the record and have unanimous consent on that and thank my colleagues for the courtesy and would like to submit that for the record. >> without obj

and a rare sight for beach goers in south georgia. a double rainbow. how about this?aught on tape as tropical storm beryl churned off that coast. beach goers o out there had a chance to see this weather phenomenon yesterday afternoon. the double rainbow appearing just before the effects of tropical storm beryl could actually be felt. so kind of the beautiful calm before the storm. st. simons is in the general area where the storm made landfall overnight. always love the double rainbow. >> nice and calm comparatively speaking, though. >> yeah, a beautiful, beautiful day to get outdoors and enjoy, pay tribute out there memorial day, great-looking forecast. we are going to start off with a lot of fog and cool conditions. but looks like that sun will be out earlier than yesterday. by about one or two hours, and as a result, temps came up by about 3 or 4 degrees. once the sun came out, we had a really, really nice sunday. we stop the clock at noon, starting to get some nice clearing at that point, that marine layer will push out in the pacific. and for us with a really goo

representing southeastern wood producers association including over 500 businesses in florida and south georgia. as well as the american loggers council. i commend mr. is wab for his commitment to strengthening the future of forestry for his family and for our community. i yield back. >> thank you. go ahead and proceed if your five minutes. >> thank you, chairman thompson and congressman souterland. >> mr. swab, just give me a second. i apologize. miss -- i do want to do a house keep thing. i introduced mr. costa for the purpose of unanimous consent request. >> thank you plmp for your courtesy and thank the witnesses on an issue that is important for our subcommittee to deal with. unfortunately i have to go, but i'd like to have unanimous consent to submit testimony of land trust alliance from the iowa land trust foundation, the society for the protection of new hampshire forest, the vermont land trust on energy and conservation on giving states more conservation options for implementing the usda forest legacy program. i have some questions also that i'd like to submit for the record and have u

and showers and clouds off of the south carolina georgia -- the south carolina-georgia coast line. and it's not very strong. it's a minimal tropical storm. it's going to move on off to the northwest. and it will be a remnant low area. around what is tropical storm alberto. and that was a surprise this weekend. you can see here this area of disturbed weather with tropical storm alberto. that is not really having much of an impact on our rainy situation here. we just have this broad area of east-southeast flow coming right off of the ocean, and that is just a lot of moisture. and it's going to come across. you know what? it's going to be that way. it looks like, for quite awhile, for the next several days and we're going to be unsettled around here. temperature right now, notice to the south. for the d.c. and quantico. fredericksburg and leonardtown. down across the eastern shore, cambridge in the mid-70s, salisbury, 76 and that is where the warmer air is. more to the north-northwest, hagerstown, frederick, martinsburg are in the 60s there and we're on the front and we could have a s

a lot of soil, this truly is a rarity and what they were able to find at this specific site in south georgia was amazing. >> reporter: deep in the georgia woods, archeologists are revealing a proes pristine and complete civil war prison ever discovered. each shovel full of dirt brings them closer to telling a story 150 years in the making. >> it is a unique site, there really aren't any more of those. >> this is camp lawton, a confederate civil war prison. >> if we were here 150 years ago you would be standing in a recently cleared field surrounded by a wall of 12, 15 foot high. there was pigeon roosts guard towers all around that exterior of the stockade, within the stockade itself, there was what was called a deadline, to cross it was death. >> reporter: lawton was for the brief time the largest prison camp in the civil war. slaves built it in 1864 to ease overcrowding of the andersonville prison. as general sherman began his march to the sea. >> a lot of them didn't know they were leaving when they left they would not have taken the time to gather their equipment. >> reporter: this discov

south georgia and surround areas in to florida and southern and western texas continues very dry. of course lot of this area, southern plains has seen rain. and some of that rain is heading into the southeast as well in to the next couple days, hopefully that will help month some of that also. let's look at the jet stream into this week. we are looking at a troubh, the remnants of the storm and you can seat main jet stream stays north. you seat ridge. chilly air in to the northern plains, this doesn't look like any map that produces any areas of rain or areas of severe weather. we are talking temperatures pretty close to normal. as far as the day by day you can see a storm system in the southeast. in is the remnants of the storm. this area does actually have a chance for good rain in the southeast. just spotty showers and storms, high pressure -- much of the central plains in to the great lake as we start the week with that next system in to the northern plains. still the stationary front scattered throw, which means scattered showers and thunderstorms in this area. the best chanc

trying to do in 2008 was really help in the primary, then senator obama focusing on areas in the south georgiaama, and mississippi that helped him get his lead. this time we're both trying to make age pact in the short-term and the long term. this could be a potential presidential state. a potential senator pickup. there's two potential house pickup seats. texas, there are four potential house pickups in texas this cycle. so we're trying to go into areas where the democratics can create a new majority. >> you have texas california, i assume you are targeting as well. >> there are nine potential house pickups in california. >> arizona. georgia? >> obama only lost georgia by 200,000 votes in 2008. an effort to be able to really increase turnout in georgia could bring georgia into play. >> you are targeting african american community as well as latino community. >> right. georgia is more largely african american, and we're working with the house minority leader in the state of georgia and she really has a six-year plan to be able to turn georgia. >> and you have new mexico which is in play, obvio

he heads down to south georgia hoping for things to blow over a little bit. they do calm down a bit, and he heads back, and four months after the duel, he resumes his seat as vice president and presides over the united states senate even though he's under indictment for murder in two states. he can't actually travel in those two states, and he's at risk of being extra or dieted to -- extradited to face charges there. but he finishes his term. but by now even aaron burr has figured out that his political career is pretty much done. and be he's going to succeed in the world and he has this vaulting ambition, if he's going to succeed, he's going to have to do it in some unconventional way. and he comes up with this remarkable scheme that he begins right after his term ends, like many americans through history. when his career went south, he headed west. he went through what was then the west, he went through ohio and kentucky, tennessee, indiana territory and all the way down to new orleans and then all the way back. he took seven months. it was a very tough tri

we do have power that's been knocked out especially across north florida and south georgia.ll be torrential at times, that will cause flooding chblt but this area of the country is also in extreme drought so a catch-22. we need the rain, not all at one time. 50-mile-an-hour winds, at one point 70-mile-an-hour winds. it was this close to becoming a hurricane, some would argue it did before landfall. nonetheless, pretty big regarding winds, tropical storm-force winds extend over 100 miles. the center of it is 20, maybe 30 miles west of jacksonville, florida. there you see the classic circular motion. it will be slow to move out to sea over the next 48 hours. it will turn into a tropical depression, obviously weakening as it continues over land, then picked up by a front coming through. in the next 48 hours, eventually off the coastline of south carolina then heading out to sea. the main threat over the next 24 hours is four to eight inches of rainfall, locally more in spots. it's been so dry so the ground is caked and a lot will run off. they need the rain so i suppose they'll

river and extended all the way to the east and we have very warm numbers from new york city to south georgia5-degrees above average. that is great everyone vacationing at the beaches. toward new england cooler, boston is actually in the 60's today, and we see cooler weather to the west, here, into the inenter mountain states and northwest. a cold front will pass law and that will cool it down and it could ignite severe thunderstorms in parts of chicago and toward milwaukee and headed to michigan tonight. so we will watch for severe weather later this evening. trace? >>trace: thank you from wnyw. folks in kansas has a hailstorm on their hands yesterday. look at this. you can hear different sounds but that is golf bomb sized-hail slamming into the windshield in central kansas. you can see it shattered the back defend -- windshield with gusts up to 55 miles per hour after a strong line of tornadoes ripped across north central texas. the judge in the john edwards case has a lot to deal with as the jury is ready for another day of deliberations. the judge could talk to all on the jury to make sur

the south georgia facility houses vets together allowing the sheriff to streamline aid and programs geared to the former soldiers. similar programs have been tried in florida state prisons, but this is the first time it's been attempted in a county jail. >> the people in the veteran's dorm, as they get access to the programs that appropriately will be addressing some of the concerns or needs, then when they transition, like i said in the community, we don't have that problem. >> reporter: that problem is recidivism. the sheriff said veteran inmates suffer from alcoholism or ptsd after deployment. and if issues are never addressed, veterans can lash out and break the law. dar incorporates programs confronting drug addictions and mental illnesses, transitioning back to life outside of prison walls. >> what we are doing is starting the process and making it seem like post incarceration and what the mentors they get while here will be the ones they get while outside. >> the bureau of statistics reports 1/10 of the u.s. prison population across the u.s. is made up of male veterans and that stat

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unfortunately rough weekend all across that northern half of florida into the georgia coastline and into south carolina. at times getting to 30-40 miles an hour. you might see stimd that 40-45 miles an hour. right now the official winds, up to 65 miles an hour. throw the radar on top of that, it has made a conversion to tropical storm. strongest winds are at the center of the storm and not outside of it. rainbands were moving onshore moving around 10 miles an hour. it will be making a trip right towards the jacksonville area and then curving back out here. take a look exactly where it is. parts of georgia and north florida. then take a look where we have some of the worst drought. darkest colors are exceptional drought. this area desperately needs a lot of rain and we're going to get it over the next couple of days. take a look at this. a lot of areas right where the drought is, maybe two to three inches of rain and ice the pockets, four to six inches. it's not going to get rid of the drought and is going to make a dent in it. unfortunately for this weekend, memorial day we'll be dealing with

little after midnight and is making beneficial rains or put it in portions that need it of the south east georgiad this is going to be spinning there for a while. they could see flooding over the next couple days. and when it's all said and done they will receive a little over 6 inches of some rainfall. so, again, this is much needed rain across the area. so let's look at the positives. now, we look at tropical storm beryl and it has weakened a bit. so it's come in contact with land and that's what happens. winds sustained at 50 miles an hour and it's moving off to the west at 7 miles an hour. it will become a tropical depression and as it works back off into the atlantic, it will restrengthen over the warmer waters. and the good news is it will stay away from us as it goes through time. so we don't have to worry about beryl bringing rain to our area or windy conditions. but as we step outside, ellicott city we are looking at a nice sunrise this morning. we are nice and dry. we are going to get plenty of sunshine in the forecast for today. or even if you head over to bel air dealing with lots of

we already have reports in florida and south georgia of trees coming down and some power outages, and that's going to increase before the end of the night. the storm should make landfall this evening or overnight, and it will start to curb to the northeast. so the weakening is good, but the stalling not so great, and that's the concern, because we'll likely see some flooding associated with this. in fact, we could be talking anywhere between 3 and 6 inches, pretty widespread along the center of this storm as it moves through the area. this will last through the holiday weekend. you can just go ahead and plan to be indoors, unfortunately. here's some of the wind speeds we've been tracking along the coast. these are gusts right now around 30, 40 miles per hour around brunswick, georgia. we'll start to see 50s and 60 and possibly pushing to 70 between sometime now and 10:00 tonight. >> boy, this is turning into something pretty serious. jackie jarius, thank you very much. >>> syria is pointing to the government for friday's massacre in the village of hula. the council blames the regime o

georgia. onshore the winds will be a big issue across coastal south carolina, coastal georgia and a few areas there. tracking this system follow this off towards the northeast may become a tropical storm as it exits the outer banks into wednesday evening. central u.s., especially southern and central missouri and southern illinois this morning thunderstorms producing hail and we'll take a close look at that in a bit. let's check out your local forecast. boston chance for thunderstorms. better chance in the evening hours. late afternoon may see a few of those pop up. pittsburgh, pennsylvania, similar timing scenario. minneapolis coming in mostly cloudy, 61. we get back to the beginning of the week we'll be dealing with thunderstorms travel wise. >> all right thanks so much. also coming up euro fear drives on pap big law firm goes belly up. and the creepiest elvis auction ever to be held. those headlines are straight ahead. plus after what it took to get back on stage after giving birth. guess what beyonce wants more than anything else? >> a strikeout sale for a white sox lefty, the celtics get

it will bring heavy rain to coastal portions of south carolina, georgia and northern florida over theour. the energy will get pushed out to the south and east of us. this will be a news maker here for the next 24 hours or so. a rainmaker once the winds die down. maximum winds 56 miles per hour as it made landfall just a couple of hours ago. high temperature here in washington, 87 degrees. we'll be probably a degree or two warmer than this today. i think we'll be close to 90 this afternoon at reagan national. current will you, we are mild. 70degrees, humid out there. 72 in leonardtown. 68 in manassas and 71 out at dulles. temperatures will do a quick jump as we get a lot of sunshine. a lot of sunshine to start your day. just like yesterday, we could see a few pop-up storms later today. the air mass relatively unstable. i don't think they will be widely organized but nevertheless, could keep an eye to the sky later this afternoon in the summertime heat. it feel like summertime out there. could be one or two storms later this afternoon. a better chance tomorrow. heat advisory goes into e

about 26,000 customers, coastal georgia and south -- coastal georgia, northern florida, without powerd they are getting power back on. most of that due to trees. being blown down by these winds which have gusted up to about 70 miles an hour. the good thing overall with this storm, plenty of rainfall in an area where we have had recent fires and the worst of the drought, anywhere in the lower 48, is in this area, northeast florida. southern and central georgia. parts of south carolina. so a lot of folks are happy to see the rain. although as we know, barbara, it is memorial day and they would like to be out on the beach. it is going to turn out to be a fairly marginal afternoon here in jacksonville. sunshine and maybe a few showers but not as bad as it was overnight and this morning. >> looks like the wind is kicking up out there now, mike. >> yeah. it is still running gusts to 25. gusts overnight over 60. it is -- it is a lot calmer. i'm able to keep the hat on today. >> that's a good thing. >> that's a good thing. >> thank you, mike. thanks for that report. >>> and new from overnight

you can see it spinning off the coast of south carolina. georgia.his is moving backwards or southerly. southeasterly flow and it will make its way off the north and east and stay away from land. that is definitely good news. it will stay offshore as we go through time. >> more showers off and on as we go through today and tuesday. that trend will continue even as we go through the rest of the week. >> it brings us to 74 degrees today and that's where we should be now this time of the year. we will get a check with warren. good morning, patchy fog. lots of accidents out there. >> yes, yes. >> unfortunately, the weather is causing a terrible commute the and there is a crash. right on the southbound lanes of 95. near 175. it as different story. here is a live look in hunt valley. north of warren road. everything will be up to speed. it is a nice easy ride as you make a drive towards the beltway. then you want to watch out for all the ongoing construction and continues to block one lane at 28th street. >> all in all we are in great shape if you are head

someone in south georgia caught this double rainbow on camera. it was spotted over a beach at st.ons island. the rainbows appeared before beryl started to drop rain on the islands. nice shot. >> very nice. very nice. and our weather seemed like it should be very nice. christina loren here to lay out for our memorial day celebration. >> yeah, today looks good. today the unofficial start of summer, we are going to get a summer-like treat at the end of the week with temperatures in san jose and livermore in the 90s. which means, gilroy, morgan hill, some of the warmer cities, concord fair game for upper 90s and maybe even triple digits. it's going to be that warm that quickly. 52 degrees, nice mild day, considering where we're heading. 54 degrees in oakland, 52 to start you out this morning in san francisco. nice and cool all the way from the coast to your inland cities. a full deck of clouds out there. watch out if you are going to be headed up the peninsula from san jose, you might encounter low clouds cover, fog, and might have to use your windshield wipers. we stop the clock on y

it's expected to swamp the coastline into georgia and south carolina well into this evening with nonstop rain. flooding and rip currents. warnings went out early to stay alert and aware. >> this storm has a potential to produce localized flooding, downed trees and power lines that can impact the public safety. >> now even before the storm hit, lifeguards were busy keeping swimmers out of the water. memorial day observances and a jazz festival were cancelled in jacksonville. three people and a dog had to be rescued from a sinking boat in rough waters off charleston, south carolina. ginger zee did a fabulous story on rip currents and what to do. it you get caught in one, swim parallel with the shore. get out of it and then swim towards the shore. >>> extreme heat is causing problems this weekend. anyone who -- just ask anyone who attended the indy 500. it was near record heat there. temperatures shot past 90 degrees. nearly hitting a record. fans got a little relief from some giant cooling fans. and the shade helped out, too. but not nearly enough. first responders had to scramble to treat

alberto, not doing a lot, just creating a high surf along the coastal regeian for both south carolina and georgiar us, we are talking showers in the morning and some storms possible in the afternoon. a couple of systems, approaching cold front to the west. to the east, we have a low pressure system with associated warm front that will retrograde and move its way toward the coastal region. combination of those two with the onshore flow, all that moisture is what we're going to be dealing with as we head through into tomorrow. tropical storm alberto expected to move its way into the northeast on monday and become a remnant low and totally get out of the picture. it's been slow heading through. not a lot happening with it. the five-day forecast shows thunderstorms heading our way. they're going to set themselves up for monday all the way to thursday as temperatures are on the rise. so keep the umbrella happy -- keep the umbrella happy. keep them handy and be happy on friday. >> the nats trying to avoid a sweep at the hands of the orioles and two of your favorite caps are back on the ice. let's gets

. >> storm warnings are in effect in georgia, south carolina and florida. >> this system is getting more organized. 60-mile-an-hour maximum sustained winds. > rain is the good part of this. we have a desperate drought situation going on across areas of georgia and florida. >> it spreads very quickly. the heat was just immense outside of our front do you. >> crews are on the fire lines in nine states this morning, trying to put out the flames now destroying hundreds of thousands of acres and forcing people from their homes. >> ready to go home, rebuild. we have to rebuild. >> this is an administration that went from yes we can to why we couldn't. >> mitt romney teams up with donald trump tuesday for a fund-raiser. >> donald trump is redundant evidence that if your net worth is high enough, your iq can be very low and still intrude into american politics. >> u.n. security council condemned syria for the massacre friday. >> police want to question justin bieber after a run-in with paparazzi, claiming he rough him up. >> three-time winner at indianapolis. >> all that -- >> the sky above san

. >> storm warnings are in effect in georgia, south carolina, and florida. >> the system is getting nor organized. we are talking 65-mile-an-hour maximum sustained winds. >> rain is a good part of this. we have a desperate drought situation going on across areas of florida and georgia. >> it spread quickly. the heat was immense outside of our front doors. >> crews on the fire lines in nine states and trying to put out the flames now destroying hundreds of thousands of acres and forcing people from their homes. >> ready to go home? and rebuild. we have to rebuild. >> this is an administration went from yes, we can to why we couldn't. >> mitt romney teams up with donald trump. >> your i.q. can be low and still -- >> u.n. security council has condemned syria for the massacre on fire which left 108 people dead. >> police want to question justin bieber. a paparazzi complains that bieber roughed him up. >> dario franchitti a three-time winner at the indy 500. >> fireworks lit up the sky to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the golden gate bridge. >> this dog ran alongside this bicyclists for

the storm will dump heavy rain all day into coastal georgia and south carolina, but it is expected token before going back out to sea. >>> but the storm did trigger flooding on i-95 from south carolina to jacksonville. it will also be wet on i-10 in south florida and i-20 around atlanta. late in the afternoon on i-90 and 95 from new york up to new england and also rain drenches i-35 from duluth to dallas and i-80 from omaha to cleveland. >>> if you're flying, just a couple of airport delays to watch out for in chicago and detroit. >>> and now to an eye-opening headline on this memorial day. on the number of veterans out there filing for disability benefits. the government says among the 1.6 million vets from the iraq and afghan wars, 45% of them seek compensation for injuries suffered while in the service. >> and compare that to the 1990s when 21% of gulf war vets filed claims. today's vets are suffering from back injuries, hearing loss and multiple psychologicalproblems from bomb blasts. they're different than they were. >> whatever they're getting they certainly earned it. >>> polic

>> it's far to the north, in south central georgia, at least that's where it's centered. it will make a trip off to the atlantic tomorrow night. by wednesday, it will affect the carolinas. by thursday, we can stop talking about beryl. >>> the other part of the story, the searing heat with more than it 00 records shattered this holiday. and providing lots of fuel for the wild fires. >> reporter: part of the southwest are ablaze, a furious nir in new mexico. more than 122,000 acres up in flames. the dangerously low humidity forcing crews to clear away anything that could become fuel for the fire. in this town, residents are begging minister mercy. >> we're hoping and fraying mother nature will give us a break. >> reporter: a break from gusty winds in colorado and in arizona, it's helping contain wild fires there, but in smifg, a hundred buildings were destroyed as flames consumed 120 acres. a sweltering heat wave has gripped the midwest. this spring on its way to being the hottest on record. temperatures soared into the 90s in chicago today. the cooling mist of one of the c

this sits at the florida/georgia border for the next 24 hours dumping rain and curve back off to the southcoastline eventually probably regaining its strength and pulling off into the atlantic not bothering a lot of folks but bringing an awful lot of ra ininto the southeast and through the day today into the night and the next day, as well. here's where that heat through the middle of the country takes a little dive here taking minneapolis, detroit, chicago, indianapolis, all down in the temperatures so though it has been very warm lately look how far you get down, 59 on thursday. detroit, 63. nice comfortable cooling after your holiday weekend. >> and now it's time for the "gma" pollen report. moderate to high levels of grass and tree pollen with several areas of high concept trace. pollen levels in your hometown go to goodmorningamerica.com because pollen is specific to your neighborhood. key in your information and get everything you need. josh, elizabeth. >> can we garden in iowa? >> it'll be sneezy because of the grass and pollen. >> be there around 2:00. >>> coming up, justin bieber

go look at the declaration of the causes of secession by any one of the southern states, south carolina, georgia, texas. they all say the same thing. we're leaving the union to protect slavery. but what does the rank-and-file non-slave holder do this? people always ask me that. well, we now have an answer. many of these non-slave holders are in fact slave renters. so they're involved in the slave economy. they're renting slaves. they're using slavery. slavery is important to their livelihood. even if they don't yet own slaves. one kind of modern example would be why do people who don't own homes believe in the private ownership of homes? because they're renting a home now and someday they hope to buy a home. >> more from american history tv. up next a discussion on the app listist and women's suffrage movements. then a look at the life of john willis menard, who was the first african-american elected to the u.s. congress. >> sunday on "q & a." >> i don't regard this as just a biography of lyndon johnson. i want each book to examine a kind of political power in america. and i'm saying this is a k