southeast texas.n has winds of about 50 miles per hour. >>> a tropical storm in the gulf of mexico is moving towards southeast texas. tropical storm don has winds of about 50 miles per hour. it's expected to reach land tonight or early tomorrow morning and rain could bring some reof three the drought stricken area. at least that's they are hoping for. >> here in the bay area not having to worry about rain. no umbrella in sight for today or for this weekend. it's going to be beautiful this afternoon to start your friday. low clouds this morning but looking clear inland as you can see in this shot. around the bay, though, still seeing a few lingering clouds. temperatures warming up, gray in san francisco, but plenty of sunshine by this afternoon. now, temperatures making their way low to mid-90s in those inland spots. so close to seasonal and pretty close to where we were yesterday. around the bay, temperatures mid-60s to low 70s, mostly sunny, as well. coast cooler into the high 50s, low 60s. tomorrow

>> it off the coat of texas, 140 miles southeast of corpus christi, texas.ellite. and quite a big blob. we have time for this thing to strengthen in the next several hours and it will make landfall somewhere between 9:00 and midnight across the southeast, rather, the south texas coastline and you can see already some of the storm move inland and with the satellite radar you can see the outer bands moving into places like louisiana and through houston and we could see the potential for tornadoes with the landfalling tropical storms and hurricane, the friction against land, brings us slight rotation and potential for weak tornadoes. there is the track as of around 2:00 p.m. with a new track at 5:00 p.m. and still at 50 miles per hour sustained wind storm and we have potential for this to strengthen but as we get through the next several hours making landfall somewhere between corpus christi and brownsville, and padre island. >> they have had a lot of drought, will this help? all necessity were praying for the tropical storm in texas because 75 percent of the s

i represent southeast texas. we still think we are the energy capital of the world. the pipeline from canada will go down into southeast texas, port arthur, texas, which actually has high unemployment. the pipeline will go to the refineries, the refineries will be able to expand and hire refinery workers. to refine that crude oil. i think that's a good idea. the canadian oil sands produce -- would be able to produce 175 barrels of oil reserves second only to saudi arabia. the idea we need to move away from middle eastern oil is a good idea. maybe we ought to support our allies, our loyal allies that are in a stable country. a medium-sized pipeline, just to give you some statistics, pumps about 150,000 barrels a day. to replace that, you would have to have 75 trucks a day or 75-car train every day. pipelines are the safest way to transport crude oil. 75% of the accidents occur with a third party causing the accident to the pipeline. but if we don't make a decision, that's what we are asking the president to do, and as my friend from florida knows, being former judges,

. >> it's now on track to make landfall along the southeast texas coast tonight or tomorrow morning with winds topping 65 miles an hour. as you can imagine, people are along the texas coast are getting ready. >> but believe it or not, it is not expected to put a dent in the historic drought. parts of the state are 15 inches short of their average r rnfall abc's matt gutman shows us how bad it is. >> reporter: these soybean plants would normally be about chest high this time of year. instead, the tracks in the soil here are about waist deep. >> well, just how much rain will don dump on south texas and what paththill it take? >> accuweather meteorologist jim dickey is tracking the storm. >> we're looking at the infrared satellite imagery here. we see the bright oranges, that marking that this storm is slowly strengthening as it's moving northwestward in a concentric pattern. landfall is expected around corpus christi. as we head toward nightfall, not really expect to be much of a windstorm. winds sustained 50, 65 miles per hour as it does make landfall. really more of a good thing here. ex

the storm is moving through the gulf of mexico, as you can see, expected to reach southeast texas late tomorrow or saturday with plenty of rain, but not expected to become a hurricane. and abc's matt gutman is in victoria, texas, tonight. tells us about it, matt. reporter: hey, diane. well this tropical storm and the rain it will bring couldn't come at a better time for the folks here. these soybean plans would normally be chest high at this time of the year. instead, the cracks in the soil here are about waist deep. 30 inches down. now, this entire state, almost every inch of it, locked in this devastating drought. grasshoppers are swarming here, huge plumes of them. the rain helps checkckheir population. but the drought has kept them thriving. this mountain lion, parched with thirst, was caught loooong for water in a downtown el paso car wash. and this drought is also disrupting these bats' normal behavior. now, the storm is forecast to dump about three inches of rain here. texas needs at least a foot of rain just to get back to normal. so, this is not going to be a drought buster, d

texas. it's about 370 miles southeast of texas. don is expected to make landfall tonight or tomorrow. it's expected to make' whole lot of waves. >> it's supposed to be a non-event but you don't want to wait until it's blowing 40 knots to get your boat ready so best to get it ready now. >> don is not expected to become a hurricane. >>> in dubuque, iowa, flooding from heavy rains forced dozens of people to be evacuated from their homes. more than a foot of rain fell since wednesday. some roads were washed out. the mississippi river is almost at flood stage. >>> just ahead on "the morning news" a deadly explosion in a coal mine in the ukraine. >>> plus two americans held in iran are preparing to go to court. >>> first bob schieffer has a preview of tonight's "cbs evening news". >> one american county is on the verge of declaring what could be the biggest municipal bankruptcy in history, schools, police, the fire department, all on the line. so what will stop working if the government shuts down? the story tonight on the "cbs evening news." the story tonight on the "cbs evening news." so

. >>> a tropical storm in the gulf of mexico is moving towards southeast texas. tropical storm don has winds about 50 miles per hour. it's expected to reach land late tonight or early tomorrow and rain could bring relief to drought stricken areas. nothing like that expected here in the bay area, though, right, kristy? >> no. no wet weather here in the bay area. plenty of sunshine inland. overcast but blue in a few hours. bay cloudy and coastline dense patchy fog this morning. temperatures in the 50s for the most part. plenty of sunshine around the bay, temperatures mid-60s to low 70s. mostly sunny as well and at the coastline temperatures cooler. those clouds staying in the picture throughout the afternoon. showers and thunderstorms in th sierra. hot in northern california. over 100 in ukiah and chance of rain for yosemite national park and lake tahoe. neighborhood by neighborhood, here's your high. 84 for milpitas and for san jose. 78 for union city. palo alto and los altos 79. half moon bay 65. 90 walnut creek and danville. brentwood warmer, at 94. same for ant

comes from our friends in canada from alberta all the way down to my congressional district in southeast texas to the refineries in port arthur, texas. the house has done its job this week by passing a bill to move this decision along. now it's the senate's turn to pass the bill so the administration can make a decision on the keystone x.l. project that will create thousands of american jobs and decrease our dependence on unfriendly nations for energy. i commend my friend from nebraska, mr. terry, for passing this legislation and being the spearhead of this legislation. all that has to happen is the state department has to make a decision and the administration has to support that decision one way or the other. it's been three years, three years for the administration to make a decision, yes or no on the x.l. pipeline. it's time to fish or cut bait. pick a horse and ride it. the administration must make a decision. and this should be to me an easy choice for this administration. either they can force americans to continue to rely on unfriendly foreign countries for our energy, like venezuela,

they drove over the donna rio bravo bridge about 15 miles southeast of mcallen, texas. there was no gunfire or injuries reported but it's not exactly clear what the mexican soldiers were doing. >> i can tell you that they were conducting their work that they do as military and somehow they lost sight of the boundary line and entered u.s. territory. >> the mexican army says their soldiers were on patrol and once they were on the bridge they had to continue because the turnaround was on the american side. >>> the u.s. is warning americans traveling abroad. the state department said on tuesday al qaeda and terror groups are still planning attacks in retaliation for the death of osama bin laden back in may. the u.s. is also warning americans to avoid demonstrations in the arab world because they could turn violent. >>> a house committee begins the third in a series of hearings on the radicalization of american muslims. congressman peter king leads the investigation. he says more than 40 americans have joined an al qaeda linked organization in somalia. king has been criticiz

the fox extreme weather center tropical storm dawn you can see inching closer and closer to the southeast texasd to make landfall now either late tonight or in the overnight hours. residents up and down the coast have started doing things like securing their boats, either getting them out of the water all together, or covering them with tarps, and as we also see during these times people flocking to home improvement stores and buying up supplies, places like home depot and lowe's are doing a lot of business as texans brace for dawn. >> we've seen a great increase in plywood, generators. weather radios, bottled water. >> reporter: we are also seeing what we call that cone of uncertainty, which is where the storm will exactly hit. it is difficult to predict even with all of the computer models. right now the national hurricane center is forecasting this thing to make landfall between corpus christi where we are or about 166 miles south of here near south padre island. but no doubt folks are getting ready. jon: casey stegall on the coast of texas. looks like a nice day right now. thanks. jenna: le

heavy rain for the southeast and gulf coast. thunderstorms from texas to tennessee and kentucky. more heavy rain from new mexico to utah. showers in the pacific northwest and northern california. >> 70s along the pacific coast. 92 in colorado springs. triple digits in phoenix and dallas. 91 degrees in kansas city. and 86 degrees in indy. boston gets up to 82. miami 90 degrees. >>> visiting an amusement park is always a treat for any 3-year-old. but for a little california boy this visit was packed with a little something extra. >> dane sparks loves lego land, especially his favorite character there, darts vader. he was posing for a picture when another character asked if he could join in. >> it turned out to be dane's dad. he's a marine sergeant who's been deployed in afghanistan since january. obviously a picture-perfect moment there. it's like better than if luke skywalker had walked in. >> his own superhero. >> exactly. pretty amazing stuff. we'll be right back with more "world news now." let me tell you about a very important phone call i made. when i got my medicare card, i

the track of it is pointing it towards southeast texas as we go through the next couple of days. the forecast from the national hurricane center. takes it somewhere between brownsville, just south of corpus christi. landfall expected tomorrow night, early saturday morning as a strong tropical storm potentially minimal hurricane. that is the ideal situation. maybe if we were bumping it up farther to the north, forecast rainfall amounts could see up to a half a foot in some spots and will take tonight places like san antonio. they will take it further north, austin, take it in dallas. although at this point it does not look like the moisture will get all the way there. they got tonight iowa and i will and i will michigan overnight and talked about that. the flooding that we saw there last night and the -- swift water rescue have flood warnings posted for today because we have more thunderstorms supposed to fire along this front. some of which could become severe. chicago, guys, broke a record for the month of july. they saw well over nine inches of rainfall. much of it come thing p

so today the badges of peace officers in southeast texas are covered with the black cloth of sacrifice in honor of officer hebert. a law man who sacrificed life to uphold the law. and that's just the way it is. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from ohio seek recognition? mr. kucinich: i request permission to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for one minute. mr. kucinich: social security didn't create the deficit, but america's seniors are being presented with a fake social security crisis. to try to trick them into accepting reduced benefits. social security will be able to pay 100% of its benefits through 2037 without any changes what soofer. so why the panic today? if seniors accept cuts in social security benefits today, a surplus cash flow will build in the social security trust fund. according to c.i.s., quote, social security's cash surpluses are borrowed by the u.s. treasury and can be used for tax cuts, spending or repaying debt. so here's what's going on. social security benefit cuts are increasei

i represent a district at the end of the -- this proposed pipeline in southeast texas. i have five refineries in our district and this will give them an alternative for crude oil to keep those refineries running. north american oil sands is a vital source of energy for the u.s. with skyrocketing fuel prices. i believe it's imperative that the u.s. diversify their energy sources. as the largest single importer, canada has helped reduce our dependence on energy supplies from unfriendly nations and this partnership should continued. trans-can da has agreed to comply with 57 additional special conditions developed by the pipeline and hazardous and safety materials administration for the keystone pipeline project. it's gone so far that the conditions will result in a project that has a larger degree of safety over any other constructed domestic oil pipeline under the current code or law and safety along the entire length of the pipeline similar to whatever we have in high consequence areas. additionally, an independent study showed that the $7 billion keystone pipeline will

texas. the storm is in the gulf of mexico about 700 miles southeast of corpus christi. mamum ained s are 40 miles per hour. a tropical storm watch has been issued for the texas coast. forecasters say don could make landfall tomorrow evening. >>> on the "cbs moneywatch" foreclosure rates drop. ashley morrison is here with that and much more this morning. >> good morning, betty. tokyo's nikkei lost nearly 1.5% and hong kong's hang seng was down nearly 1%. >>> on wall street the market may be headed toward its worst weekly decline in nearly a year. the dow fell nearly 199 points yesterday while the nasdaq was off 75. >>> foreclosure rates for the first half of the year are down. the foreclosure listing firm realty track says foreclosure activity declined in the largest metropolitan areas by 84% compared to just a year ago but the decline is primarily due to processing delays. >>> tomorrow, president obama will officially announce new fuel efficiency guidelines for cars and trucks. automakers have to average 54.5 miles per hour by 2025. the white house says the new regulatio

england, as the ridge continues to build south and southeast it will continue to suppress the heat in the drought areas and that's over parts of texascross parts of the southeast. but there is a front coming through the front, the front comes through the northeast and new england, and instead of 100, might be 90, 92 in central park. a bit of a treat but still south of that front, numerous heat advisories and warnings are up, as we are going to continue to see this heat and humidity. you get the heat index when you factor in the humidity and it feels like maybe 100 degrees at time. maybe not so many record highs today like we saw late in the week and yesterday but hot number.coming in. showers, thunder showers in the forecast. as you go west, we'll see more showers and heavy rainfall through the midwest, and that heavy rain in chicago produced record rain for 24-hour period in chicago over eight inches of rainfall. south of that they wish they could fax that rain down to south texas where it is going to remain very dry indeed and along the southeast, too. the west coast has been where it's been. as we are continuing to see real cool

you may have a few more delays in parts of the northern plains across the southeast and heat continues in texasthe latest. quick snapshot, if you will. happy 4th. >> i may spoil your 4th morning right now. listen to this. scientists sampling dna from bellybuttons found 662 new microbes. the knhuman naval is ripe for bacteria. half of them were completely new to science. researche eer swabed 95 vol fea. looks like there's an eco system in your bellybutton. >> it's not a belly put on the, it's a petri drish. it's hideous. oh, my gosh, man. nightmares we're going have for weeks. >> i hope nobody just woke up and there was their first story as they're pouring their cereal. >> i hear you, man. >> reynolds, good to see you, my friend. >> as always. take care. >>> all right. am i going to break now? i'm going to take a quick break. ♪ sing polly wolly doodle all the day ♪ ♪ hah >>> almost 58 minutes after the hour. despite the fact that it is july 4th there are some things you need to know today. here are three things. the declaration of independence will be read the national archives of d.c. plus, the

temperatures expected to reach 104 degrees in parts of texas today, in the southeast, temperatures are expected to reach the upper 90s and more than just uncomfortable, it's dangerous. heat has already claimed the life of at least one person in illinois and adding to that, the heat is causing drought conditions in the deep south to intensify. also this morning, hundreds of thousands still without power in the chicago area after strong thunderstorms rolled through. officials warn the power there might not be back on until saturday. let's go live to rob marciano outdoors this morning, silly rob, in atlanta's piedmont park. sun still not up, so it's still probably manageable there. but a lot of the south waking up this morning to 80 degrees overnight or higher. >> yeah. that's the thing. really hasn't cooled down much overnight, ali. even if you're out before the sun comes up you're still feeling it. it hasn't been so much the record-breaking high temperatures that we've seen, because we haven't seen a ton of them, it's the amount of moisture in the air, the humidity, any time of the day

heat advisories from texas and across much of the southeast.hunderstorms in new orleans, montgomery, and miami. hail and 80 mill an hour winds from kentucky to colorado. heavy winds in the desert southwest and scattered thunderstorms in the north east. >> 67 in seattle. dallas hits 101. omaha 82. detroit 79. near 90 here in new york. 99 in atlanta. one more nod to "the brady bunch." >>> after winning one of the most memorable games in the history of women's soccer the women of team usa have two more games to win before they can win the world cup. >> semifinals match against france. emotions will be riding high especially after their historic victory against brazil on penalty kicks. unbelievable sports match. i can't get over it. >> it really is incredible. everybody expected brazil to win. if you are planning on playing hooky, phoning in to the boss, today's game will take place at 11:30 a.m. eastern and it can be seen on ourister network espn. >> we'll be right back with more "world news now." >>> all right. as parents, even as parties, we've

texas today. in the southeast temperatures could hit the upper 90s.ibers, if you want to keep getting those red dvd envelopes in the mail and stream online content, you'll have to pay more. the company is no longer bundling the two options. subscribers who want both have to bicep rat plans, totaling at least $16. that's the big jump from the cheapest bundle option which was $10 a month and leaves me with decision making to do because i have the bundled option. >>> there are city folks and country folks. if you think green acres is the place to be for healthier living, think again. americans in big cities live longer than their country counterparts. rural residents are more likely to be obese, sedentary and smokers. this is a reversal from earlier decades. rock on, city people. >>> more money morning news -- for some money morning news, let's go to joya da. i was overcome by the fact we city people are healthy. how are futures looking? >> looking like we'll see a higher open after a series of down days. part has to do with what the fed has to say. >> t

the storm is less than 300 miles southeast of corpus christie texas and is expected it to make landfallnight, early tomorrow morning. the rain is expected to bring relief to texas, suffering the third worst drought in recorded history. >>> recorders inside air france 447 were recovered in may and raising troubling concerns about the pilot's training. all passengers and crew were killed on board. investigators say the air france pilots responded incorrectly after the plane stalled. france's bureau of investigation and analysis say the pilots failed to talk about stall warnings and received no high altitude training to deal with the situation. air france defended the pilots saying there's no reason to question the pilot's skills. >>> the libyan woman who told forces moammar gadhafi's forces gang raped her is in the u.s. after spending two months in romania, she arrived in wednesday night, then flew to colorado where she'll live. al-obeidy is happy and thanking hillary clinton. exactly a week after the attacks, the death toll in norway has gone up to 77 people. police there released a new

texas coast. you're safe in florida, you're save in louisiana, mississippi and alabama. this is heading to the southeast. here's the track just in from the national hurricane center. you notice the timing of it, it's going to take it today into the center of the gulf, and then towards the texas coast late friday night into early saturday morning. there will be a landfall, it's not a big deal, with a weak storm system you're not going to have the eye of the hurricane or anything like that. it's just, that's when the center will cross. we'll watch that on radar. it looks like, houston, you're out of the cone of uncertainty. that's this yellow cone. it should come onshore around corpus christi or brownsville and then it will dissipate as it moves into the mountainous terrain. here's how the computer models, each of these squigly lines represents each computer, and an almost unanimous decision, it will take us south to corpus christi. only one of our computers is hinting on a northward's track. in the dark red, this is where we need the rainfall the most, so it's actually going to head for a beneficial area

first of all, we'vecc1: c got tl storm don out there, 255 miles southeast f corpus christi, texas. 50ay get on the path. we could use some of the >>> here is what's happening right now. clouds, misty lowcc1: skies, 58 degrees. a few sunny breaks. oakland, 61, san jose, hazy sunshine, already 64. you can see we've got a lot of low clouds across the inner bay and coastline, but watch out for the moisture now moving into the southern sierra today that could drift closer to the bay area come sunday. today, 60s san francisco, 70s in oakland, 80s in san jose, the weekend not much change temperaturewise, but a risk of mountain thunder. morning on "today's" health, beating the bloat. besides the obvious, salt and beans and broccoli, there are some you may not know about. joy bauer wrote about this in the august issue of "woman's day" magazine. >> from journey to bloat. >> this looks like my average day of eating right here. let's talk about what causes bloating in the first place. >> well, after you rule out serious medical issues, everyday bloat is caused by water retention, salty foods, or

anywhere any time soon, so it stays very hot there in texas and through a lot of the central plains. you notice here it's still hot in the southeast cool relief for parts of the northeast and begins to creep back on tuesday. 92 in philly. still very, very hot there from kansas right down through texas. now, we are getting some rain to cool things off as well in the east, and in the southeast. one of those clusters of storms now making its way towards new york. see, there's a severe thunderstorm warning there in western new york, and it looks like if this cluster of storms holds together, we're probably going to be in for a pretty wet and stormy afternoon thereç in new york city. that's certainly going to cool things off and it could make for a difficult drive home this afternoon. severe weather possible today in new york city, as well as into pin pen and across parts of northern plains. it's going to be a lot more active and much of the southeast as well. that's good news. they really need that rain there. thomas. >> carl parker, thanks. appreciate it. >> so for a look at other headlines, we're going to go to whats topping the ne

. >>> people who live in the coast of texas are bracing for tropical storm don. don is about 95 miles southeastf corpus christi in the gulf of mexico. it is expected to gain strength before making land fall on the southern texas coast tonight bringing high winds and heavy rain. but the storm is forecast to weaken and dissipate by sunday. >>> we are coming up on the last weekend to of july and it's not going to be bad to get out there and do what we've been wanting to do all summer. >> on the mild side, warm depends where you are. but look at this area in the sierra nevada. this is what we call monsoonal moisture. sometimes it can be dry, it's just a wind shift. but the wind shift is pulling moisture all the way north. and what's going to happen, we have thunderstorms up here on the south side of the lake and the east side. what we're going to see tomorrow, is more of this moisture infiltrating the sierra nevada and some of it could spill our way into the nevada valley. maybe something in the livermore valley could see a thundershower in the afternoon. these are the highs from today. not bad. a

southeast, especially if florida. and back out towards places like texas and the four corners, you will see dry conditions and then drying transforming over to parts of rain. california, no rain at all for you, very dry conditions. and starting out to the west, san francisco, your high 79. 88 in salt lake city. denver, 89 degrees. 100 in el paso. 101 in dallas. in chicago, 92 out by wrigley field. a pop-up thunderstorm may cool you down late afternoon. as we wrap it up, boston and new york into the mid-80s. mr. jeter getting his 3,000th hit yesterday. >> that was a big day for him and the yankees as a whole. yankees shortstop, derek jeter, reached the historic milestone on saturday. and ray d'alessio is joining me. it's a huge day for derek jeter. >> yankee's fans, they love this guy. what does he do? he goes out and gets his 3,000th hit. he hit it by hitting a home run. one of the nicest guys that as a member of the media that you can interview. and even bigger than him getting his 3,000th hit, and you are from jersey, and you now how rich the yankees players are. joe dimaggio, and none of them never reached the 3,00

southeast. bands of thunderstorms are rolling across the northern plains. tropical depression arlene though is slowly losing strength in mexico, but sending bands of rain to texas. later today the great lakes will see daytime highs in the 90s and 100s. it's pleasant up and down the west coast but the gulf coast will see storms building through the day along with plenty of heat and humidity. >>> in sports the nba has locked out its players. contract negotiations collapsed thursday and when the contract between the league and the players ran out at midnight the lockout was under way. the two sides are far apart on salary issues and revenue sharing. nba commissioner david stern says 22 nba teams are losing money and insist the league's offer was good from both sides. >> we've made a proposal under which the average player compensation will be $5 million at a time when the league is losing money. >> the lockout puts in jeopardy the pro basketball season's schedule to start in the fall. >>> in tennis the women's single's final at wimbledon is set for saturday, a big comeback for maria sharapova who won easily in straight sets advancing to her first wimbledon final s

as we watch don, robin, by the way, tropical storm don is about 600 miles southeast of corpus christi, texas, this morning. >> keeping an eye on it. you know, sam, usually you have to wait until you go outside to perform in front of an audience. big crowd here taking pictures of you. and you were just so focused about don. very impressive. >> thank you. >>> let's turn to the phone hacking scandal that's rocking rupert murdoch's media empire. cnn anchor piers morgan now defending himself against t accusations he knew about illegal phone hacking when he was editor at two papers, one of them owned by murdoch. abc's nick watt has the latest from london. >> reporter: the tide of scandal is now lapping at the well-pressed pant cuffs of the man who took larry king's chair. and the "america's got talent" self-proclaimed loudmouth. because before all that -- >> 2 major british newspapers for 11 years. >> reporter: and listen carefully to this recently unearthed interview. >> and what about this nice middle-class boy who would have to be dealing with i mean essentially people who rake through bins for

. >> leaving the midwest, belt and southeast and going to texas. >>> the white house has said on august to pay the nation's bills in full and on time. president clinton urged president obama to stand firm against republican opposition to increasing tax revenue. >>> just in time for the busy holiday, the mninnesota zoo bac open. a judge ordered that they could use other monies to keep running. it's been shut down since friday because democrats and republicans can't reach an agreement on a new budget. the minnesota shutout not affecting the zoo. >> that little monkey will get fed. >>> ask the contestants in nathan's hot dog eating contest. you know what that's about, generally. there's a lot you don't know about going on behind the scenes. >> allan chernoff will take a look at the marketing. live in coney island. a tradition, no matter what. on summer weekends especially. hi, allan. >> reporter: good morning, christine. a lot of people wonder, how is it possible for man to consume so many hot dogs in only ten minutes? joey chestnut holds the world record of 68. we were talking about this

but head southbound, the carolinas, southeast and the state of texas not expecting a relief any time soon. we're still looking at hot temperatures for days to come. and the city of class, texas, by the way, is expected today to reach 23rd weather day. very unfortunate for them dealing with that heat and expected to continue again coming up next week. turbulent temperatures across the country 87 in new york city, 8 a in kansas city and a degrees is the actual current temperature in raleigh, north carolina. knack tore in the humidity and it feels hotter than that. it feels like 101 in raleigh, north carolina and d.c. where you guys are at. feels like 90 in new york. those will be on the ride throughout the day, shannon. not going to feel too good. feel like triple digits. >> we have never been more thankful for airconditioning. >> yes. stay safe, everyone. >> shannon: heat is still on not just over debt negotiations. we couldn't resist showing video for you. how long it takes an ice cream bar and popsicle to melt in the d.c. heat a great project by one of our photographers eric council

texas. it's supposed to be 105 in dallas today. but you notice in the ohio valley, in the 80s. the southeast, you'll have afternoon storms. a day, 24 in a how in dallas above 100. it will be soon approaching some records here. better today. better this week. >> not if you're in dallas. thanks so much. the temperatures keep rising. >>> time for sports. a good within between the reds and braves in cincinnati. bottom of the first, brandon phillips opposite field two-run home run. playing in cincinnati. in the fourth inning, atlanta's all-star catcher, brian mccann, he's going to hit a bomb off dontrelle willis. let's go to the ninth inning. a tie game with a runner on second. deep to left center. to the warning track. wow. drew stubbs runs it down. avoids the collision. a game-saving catch, perhaps. nice grab there. let's go to the bottom of the ninth. the game tied. stubbs attacked the first pitch. goes opposite field for a game-winning walkoff home run. stubbs, the man of the night, mobbed at home plate, as the reds win, 4-3. >>> to boston, tim wakefield on the mound against the mariners. sox down in the first inning. kevi

we'll show you right now,ly we have tropical storm don right now. 545 miles east-southeast of corpus christi, texasrly saturday morning as an immediate william storm. all in all, not too bad. 60 mile-per-hour winds, rainfall amounts, anywhere from 2 to maybe 5 inches of rain between corpus christi as far east as houston and maybe up to san antonio. chicago o'hare getting dumped right now. the wettest july on rofrecord. storms keep training in omaha to grand rapids. that's >>> san jose right now, sunshine in the south bay. 64 degrees. completely different story around the golden gate bridge. it's a foggy commute. folks still using headlights southbound across the bridge. we will see low clouds keeping things cool around san francisco and the coast. 60s there. 770s oakland. 90s popping up around morgan hill, gilroy. not much change to kick off the weekend. a stronger seabreeze cools us off early next week. > and that's your latest weather. savannah? ♪ i've been taking care of business ♪ >> now to "today's professionals," a panel of power players talking about the stories and surveys that are importan

texas near south padre island. thousands of people up and down the southeast coast of this state have been getting ready.n securing their boats and they have been buying supplies. >> in the past several days we have seen a great increase in plywood, generators, cleaning supplies, trash cans, safety equipment. everything from weather radios to bottled water. >> don is suspected to pack sustained winds of 50 miles per hour and dump anywhere of 3 to 5 inches of badly needed rain on this state, harris. >> harris: yeah, with the storms that move through there, casey, nobody takes this likely. people prepare no matter what. i understand it's so serious it's apparently affecting oil production down there. >> it is. in fact, approximately 12% of oil production from the gulf of mexico has come to a screeching halt because of evacuations. we understand that 56 production flat forms out of the middle of the gulf have been evacuated and also four rigs. that is all according to the bureau of ocean energy management regulation and enforcement. this is obviously for safety reasons for those employees working out on tho

parts in the southern plains, oh man, texas and dallas, texas and triple-digits for days to come. parts in the southeast are not expecting any relief. northern parts, a cold front is going through the region but 95 in new york city. and it feels like 101 in new york. 106 is dallas, texas. so those dangerous levels of heat and humidity. there are a number of affected heat warnings out for those areas shaded in red also across portions of the midwest. that is where we could see heat index values up to 120 degrees. take a look at them from yesterday. 124 in wilmington, delaware and many other areas are looking at extremely high heat index values. throughout the great lakes it is going to produce some severe weather. as we head into tomorrow, it will look better but still a hot one for new york city at 93. >> gregg: maria, thanks very much. >> heather: definitely on the hot out there. >>> in a beating of a fan that happened on baseball's opening day. the beating left a father of two in a coma for weeks. they arrested the wrong guy to begin with. >> gregg: it wasn't halloween. this congressman made headlines

texas and oklahoma. even a sliver into the southeast. even into arkansas and louisiana.e deal. lack of rainfall will be the situation for some people in the four corners, but that's not the case for you in the upper midwest. chance of severe storms. in parts of the southeast, you might have a rumble of thunder perhaps even here in atlanta by later this afternoon. that's a quick snapshot at your forecast. let's send it back to you. full volume, how about that? >> turn it up, pal. thanks, reynolds. >>> nfl owners and players plan to get back to negotiations this week. they're turning up the volume, that's for sure. a lot of them are worried that even if the two sides reach a deal, the lockout will hurt team readiness. here is joe johns. >> we're nearly four months into the nfl lockout and still no deal in place as owners and players argue over how to split up over $9 billion in annual revenues. >> it's ridiculous. >> pathetic. >> to say fans are getting testy would be putting it mildly. james brown, a nationally known nfl sportscaster offers his take. >> i would like to th

texas coastline tomorrow or saturday. don is about 423 5* miles east or southeast of corpus christi.rs clockion maximum wind speeds 45 miles an hour. not expected to grow into an actual hurricane. for now, back to greta with on the record, stay tuned. >> greta: first he was pull of praise calling president obama remarkable. now, he says the president is wreckless. that is a switch. what happened? former u.s. ambassador to china and former presidential contender john huntsman. >> i think the boehner is the only act in town and it is sound given any other ai alternative. it cuts and allows us to meet our obligations and begins to meet our budget. i think it would be terribly important for this country and also envisions looking at a competitive tax code longer term and that is terribly important for the overall competitiveness in the country. the boehner term schet gets us shoreline term to be where we need to be and gets the issues queued up to begin discussing them seriously. also i have to say that discussing the extent of the cuts and where we need to be during the 2012 election ps

southeast. d.c., only a slight chance of a storm today. chicago, same for you. just a slight chance. most areas will be missed instead of hit. it will be hot, though, in texas.ust today, but even into tomorrow. temperatures there will be soaring. >>> if you are watching us on wr cnbc washington d.c., view a collection of iconic award-winning images dating back to world war ii at the pulitzer prize photographs gally at the museum. that's your early today event of the day. >> all right, bill. thanks so much. sfwlirchlgts now here's an early look at thunderstorm's headlines in entertainment. it looks like charlie sheen gets the last laugh in his game of one upmanship. his producer is killing off sheen's character in the first episode. comedy central announced its newest roast target will be sheen himself, and coincidentally, probably not. the roast airs september 19th, the same night "two and a half men" premeerz with ashton kutcher. >>> jake jillen hall climbs snowy mountains in ice land on "man versus wild." imagine how his agent let alone his mother felt about seeing him crawl on a rope between two mountains. >>> no surprise for the list of top earners for a

very hot and steamedy in texas, could see some thunderstorms by the afternoon in parts of the southeastres, yesterday it was ridiculous with some of the heat. today, the ridiculousness will continue, a high of 101 in dallas, 93 in houston. 97 in memphis and 95 in new orleans. this is the time a lot of meteorologists will turn to parents and tell you to take it easy. if you have the plans of going out, doing some outdoor work, i don't care if it's planting flowers or cutting the grass, you have to take it easy. the heat will intensive in places like kansas city, chicago, minneapolis and salt lake city and washington, d.c. let's pitch it back to susan. i'm going to come over here to, what was the question again? >> this is a good day to take it easy, stay in and cuddle with your wife. do you like it? >> do i like to cuddle? >> well it sure beats the hell out of a high five. that's one thing. also, if depends on the setting. if you happen to be at the beach at night, that's great. at a tractor pull, not so much. where you happen to be is a major player. >> a nascar race? not so much. >> if

direction it could bring some much needed precipitation to portions of texas, an area that does not need precipitation would be the southeastn today. gorgeous area is the southwest. fresno, 95. 82 in san ,,,, >> thanks so much. that's your latest weather. over to chris. >> thank you so much. net flick, the video company that sends out dvds in the red envelopes recently announced a $6 a month price hike and caught many of its $25 million subscribers off guard and a lot of them are not happy about it. now some competitors are moving in to take advantage of this situation. dvd and streaming video giant netflix is the at center of a customer complaint firestorm. two weeks ago netflix announced it was separating its dvd and streaming video subscriptions resulting in a 60% hike starting in september for existing customers. thousands of customers vented their anger with deaf netfldear netflix tweets. this one netflix stock down today, laugh out loud, poetic justice for i agreedy company that turned its back on a loyal customer base. after netflix announced depressed net quarter walmart struck back, walmart announced many movies th

texas . conditions will remain generally dry in central portions of the u.s.. that's why we are seeing the heat wave with a big ridge of high pressure. southeast will see showers and thorps and gulf coast where we need it. >> maria, thank you very much. >> president obama just meeting with the dali llama in the white house that. visit outraged china which accused the spiritual leader of trying to get tibetian independence. they called for the preservation of the tibetian culture. >> president obama making a special call to the pace station. as atlantis mission draws to a close people are asking what is next. you will learn more after the break. stay with us . >> this is president obama, whom am i talking to. >> hello, mr. president. you are talk toth crew of the space shuttle atlantis. >> that is funny. i was dialing out per piz a. an accident doesn't have to slow you down. with better car replacement, available only with berty mutual auto insurance, if your car is totaled, we give you the money for a ca one model year newer. to learn more, visit us today. responsibility. what's your policy? toi switched to a complete0, multivitamin with more.

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 southeastthat 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. >>> remember the movie "independence day." here is a scene that's a bit reminiscent of that. this is in arizona. it's in not special effects. it happened, a dust cloud, a massive one. what many folks in arizona saw on tuesday, july 5th is this, the day after our independence day celebration. here's another look at it through the phoenix area. this is a monsoon storm that kicks up desert dust but rarely this size, rarely this big. some reports had this dust cloud 60 miles wide. it shoul

across the southeast, effortly, i should say the southern palestinians like texas, oklahoma, kansas, radar shows it looking good but we will see the afternoon thunderstorms with the humidity, and chicago has big thunderstorms overnight, again, this morning, and quad cities moving toward michigan and minnesota, and there will be significant showers and in the southwest, more rain moving in as the afternoon goes on. guys back to you. >>clayton: and now the debt deal. this morning, there is no deal. no dole at all. the president yesterday angry during a press conference, the $3.7 trillion deal that seem to come together, with the democrats in the house feeling marginalized and they were not involved but this morning, that has collapsed and president obama said his deal was beyond fair. >> in other words, this was an extraordinarily fair deal. it is hard to understand why speaker boehner would walk away from this kind of deal and frankly if you look at the commentary, there are a last republicans that are puzzled as to why it could not get continue. >> speaker boehner walked away and did

southeast rain in the late afternoon. a beautiful weekend. way too hot in texas and oklahoma. as we look at sunday, the only bad weather, minneapolis to nebraska, possibly colorado thunderstorms. overall, today is the bad day. the weekend looks nice for the eastern sea board. you are watching "morning joe" brewed by starbucks. [ male announcer ] introducing the ultimate business phone -- the motorola expert from sprint. its powerful tools help you work faster and smarter so you can get back to playing "angry birds." it lets you access business forms on the go, fire off e-mails with the qwerty keypad, and work securely around the world so you can get back to playing "angry birds." it's the android-powered phone that mixes business with pleasure. so let's get our work done, america, so we can all get back to playing "angry birds." the motorola expert from sprint. trouble hearing on the phone? visit sprintrelay.com. [ male announcer ] built like a volkswagen. the 2011 tiguan. [ grunts ] >> i have a question for you guys. >> okay. >> are you ready? wa's your favorite lady gaga son

corners, 105 in phoenix, arizona and as you head eastbound, triple digits in texas and upper 90's across portions of the southeaste thinking it's summer, it's supposed to be hot. it's fourth of july. this is normal. not so much. if you take a look at our next graphic, this will show how normal it is. most of the country is looking at temperatures between 5 and 15 degrees above average. that's the entire ee john shaded in light yellow and our next graphic will show you where we have a chance for some thunderstorms which will be across portions of new england into the southeast. very isolated stu across the northeast so keep this in md, that area shaded in green is whe we have heavier downpours. as we head westbound, we have a chance for some thunderstorms as well in the four corners, northern plains and tranquil conditions across the pacific northwest. we'll take it over to dave with my favorite thing of the day, barbecue. >> you were staring longingly into this grill so come on over. everybody is sure to be firing up the grill this fourth of july. and we have a truly special treat for you. u.s. wellness meats is

hundreds continuing from texas into oklahoma. 90s through the gulf coast, showers in the southeast.e also looking at a risk of strong storms in the mid mississippi river valley, clouds in the pacific northwest, 71 in seattle. 73 in los angeles, 104 in phoenix, arizona. that's what going on around the country, here is what's happening in your neck of the woods. >>> good middle of the week to you. yeah, wednesdays can be tough but your weather today won't be all that bad. it starts to get hot as we get closer to the weekend. a live look shows you how clear it is inland, a lot of fog on the coast. 73 later in san francisco, 77 in oakland, 86 degrees in fremont as we head through the next few days, we gradually warm up all the way through saturday. if you're looking for great weather this weekend, hit the beach, 77 on saturday. >> don't forget you can check your weather any time of the day or night on the weather channel on cable or weather.com online. ann? >> al, thank you. >>> and coming up next, the 12-year-old who was accidentally shot by his brother with a bb gun. now the bb is lod