first chicago and then the rest of the midwest. at happens is that these refineries have to bring in crude oil and products from our areas and keeps it well supported. while some parts of the country continue so tee-- see the prices go down, it's in many, many states. >> okay, we hear you, phil flynn, thank you for joining us, meanwhile, the price of oil is actually down this morning at the $42 per barrel rate and that's where we are with crude oil. and thanks, goodbye. >> politics, congressman darrell issa wants a criminal investigation into the hillary clinton e-mail scandal. the fbi investigation, i think that's going to slow things down a lot. it's going to be long time, probably, before there's a full report. do you think in congress you can speed things up? >> no, i don't. one of the reasons is that i subpoenaed documents which would have included some of hillary's documents more than two years ago. the practical reality is that the state department stands between hillary and the congress. they stand between hillary and the ig

but it's very possible that these prices in the midwest are going to stay long, high for a very long time. >> that's not good news. all right, phil, and garrett, thank you very much. appreciate it talking gas, gas prices. in the meantime apple is pressing pours on its streaming tv service delaying it until next year. why? because negotiations of television networks have apparently stalled out. joining us now very own liz host of count down to the closing bell and content is king and when you can't get access to it, you can't provide the service. >> yeah. and where is apple now? are they at the prince level or a popper with this content issue? they don't have enough content where they can basically announce -- all right. here comes the brand-new apple tv without the cbss of the world, without the fox content of the world, comcast, you name it, they apparently aren't ready to make any big announcements, but why anyone would be surprised, we don't know because this is the ultimate cry wolf because this is the sixth time that they have said we're not ready. and i'm looking at the is to be

if we pull the midwest out of it, i'm sure it's flat to no change. n the commodity markets right now is the price of oil. is it going to drop below $40 a barrel? come on in. the shark report founder, his name is steven shark, he's been a stranger with us in the past few months but been with us twice in the last week. he's back again. are we going to get to 39 a dollar oil? >> yes. stuart, i do think we are, and it's simple is supply demand commits here. from the demand standpoint, we are at the peek season and the next couple of months, demand will fall off significantly. so we've already had the strongest demand for crude oil this summer ever, and all we've seen is oil prices. drop by 35%. so now we have to ask ourselves when the seasonal demand passes and we continue to produce a lot of oil here in the united states we are producing a lot of oil, opec is producing a lot of oil, at a three-year high. so we're bringing a lot of oil still to the market at a time when demand is going to continue to fall off between now and it into the holidays. so if we

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nicole: drivers could soon see relief at the gasoline pump in the midwest. bp has restarted a unit at its refinery outside of chicago. breakdown artist is cost to jump in the gasoline prices across the net is. leaky pipes at the refinery costs wholesale gasoline prices to rise by 80 cents a gallon and that's according to gas buddy.com. prices should ease between 20 cents and 50 cents a gallon in the coming weeks and that will be welcomed relief. lauren: c.e. down another two pennies. putting it at 255 a gallon. sinking energy prices hammering the world's biggest oil drilling. she drilling. shares of transocean plunging after the company announcing plans to cancel due to impatience. transocean also saying the deteriorating off shore drilling market may cause right down of $2 billion. shares of transocean have fallen nearly 70% in the past year. lauren: it's just so interesting everybody invest in energy stocks. they may see david m. chess at the habit of returns on the contrary. oil trading under the $40 a barrel mark this morning. phil flynn, senior market an

it is the largest refinery in the midwest and seventh largest in the nation. bp says it is working to restore production as soon as possible. but some analysts say it could take weeks. a shock to drivers who've been enjoying lower prices this summer. on average about $2.60 a gallon nationwide. is there a silver lining? >> if any it's going to take a while to see one, but ultimately by christmas we could see some areas returning to sub-2 a gallon gas. >> reporter: until then drivers may be digging deeper. kevin tibbles, nbc news, chicago. >>> the showdown over deflategate is now in a new arena. a federal court. both tom brady and commissioner roger goodell were in the room as the judge heard an appeal over brady's four-game suspension. goodell imposed that penalty for brady's alleged role in deflating footballs. both sides have said they'd like a settlement before the regular season starts, but no such deal was reached today. >>> still ahead tonight, an eye-opening new look at why it's so hard to get kids to lay off the sugar. are their bodies and their brains

i tuesday elected there is widespread across the midwest and also parts of the central and southern plainsind the system he noticed a significant drop in temperatures. today already on the one set across the east and west, temperatures in the 90s in places like raleigh and new york city. having further west commode buildings in fargo with temperatures widespread in the 60s and 70s and that continues to spread eastward and southward over the next few days and i went to a high temperatures as far south as texas could be only in the upper 60s. unseasonably cool they are behind this front we will continue to track ahead of it seems summerlike throughout these midweek. over to you, dagen. dagen: thank you, maria mostly not, our meteorologist here at fox. forget about the ipad and the iphone. it could be the high car. apple appears to be ready to test us his version of a self driving automobile. checking your stock index futures let's get another great week going. a two-point gain on the dow right now. you're watching "fbn:am," your first look at morning market and ricky news. ♪ on trend 'd you

prices we have but they may be blipping up because of of that huge refinery that's gone down in the midwest. >>> the auto industry is feeling a little nostalgic, going back to a color they first introduced in 1970. that would be purple. the official title is plum crazy. it's being offered in dodge challenger and chargers. what's different this time is in the past they would offer this color on a very limited basis but this fall, they're going to be mass producing this color for the 2016 model of the chargers and the challengers. so if you like purple, this is the time to go for it. would you drive a purple car, shiba? >> i think i would. >> i thought you might. >> it caught my attention when i saw it on the road. it was a toyota. >> watch for it, they'll start being introduced in october. >> i keep thinking about prince. >> me, too. i thought the same thing, right. >> all right, have a great weekend, bill. you know, it's fantastic weather. maybe in a purple corvette, purple convertible. >> with the sun out that we have right now, you probably wouldn't put the top down with the convertibles.

jeff flock, this isn't good. >> reporter: sorry, it's our fault right here in the midwest, trish. u took out that component, i think you'd see a very different picture on gas prices. to look at oil, we've been stuck just below $43 a barrel for the last half hour or so, i think. it's been a fairly calm day of trading in oil, but as you point out, six-and-a-half year low for oil prices, but gas prices ticking up. take a look at how much in the midwest, i think we've got a map that shows you just how much in the past week here. illinois and indiana where the refinery is located, the biggest refinery in the midwest, they have prices that have been 50, 60 cents more than this time last week. take a look at that refinery, it is the wp refinery in whiting -- bp refinery in whiting. they process more canadian tar sands crude than most other locations, and i'll tell you, that is the cracker or distillation unit that's down. as long as that's the case and demand is continued up, i think we're going to continue to see gas prices not fall like oil prices. trish: all right. jeff flock, thank yo

today assessing wild weather in the midwest. chicago a sudden storm ridge through a festival. ng winds collapsing a tent on to the crowd below. . it was chaos. there was a man who was struck. he was laying next to it. >> reporter: 15 people injured and 35-year-old killed. >> this is horrible. >> reporter: thousands of fans at another music festival in chicago running into the street because of severe thunderstorm warning and nearby this sports dome collapsing. >> all of a sudden you could see the rip in the dome and it kind of blew down. the youth team playing on the softball field inside escaping just in time. look at the size of these things. >> reporter: other areas hit hard by hail. so many people left cleaning up very big messes today. in the past 24 hours there were more than 220 storm damage ronts from nebraska to ohio. reporting live, marcy gonzales, channel 6 "action news." back to you. >> the search continues for whoever brought an end to hitch did the bot -- hitchbot. it's life was cut short after being left on a bench. it was found a pile of leaves, headless with al

in the midwest you are warm and muggy out there. temperatures already in the upper 70's in new york city. it feels much hotter than that. it should stay relatively warm across the eastern u.s. 80's and 90's. as you go further west temperatures below average 60's and 70's for the forecast. heather and ainsley. >> thank you maria. the time is 11 minutes after the top of the hour. coming up a mother's desperate call for help when armed men storm her house. >> we are being robbed at gun point. i just ran outside with my baby. >> what happened next stunned even the 911 dispatcher. >> the cop caught on camera during the whip and nay nay. the story that is bringing the internet by storm. woman catches a home invasion. >> i ran outside with my baby. there's a black young man at the front door he pulled a gun on my husband. >> they had just returned to their atlanta home when 4 teenagers tried to push their way inside. mike was shot two times in the leg. the woman and infant daughter were unharmed. a nearby business video shows them walking t

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evidence of what has been slamming the midwest. illinois bearing the major front. one man killed three seriously injured and a dozen hospitalized after large hail ripped through a festival. chicago's grant park forced a temporary evacuation of the lollapalooza muse sick festival. >> they evacuated the situation. it's wild. >> tens of thousands of concert goers spill sboog the streets of chicago. >> the festival resuming an hour later. in michigan a tornado touching down north of detroit. large hail wind gusts at 60 miles per hour. widespread power outages leaving thousands of residents in the dark. dramatic video of this tornado, a reminder of nature's destructive power. the residents here got lucky, no one hurt. you don't expect tornadoes in the middle of summer you expect them in the spring. there's a chance from up state new york to columbus. damaging wind and hail. this is what it looks like up state new york the rain continues. anywhere you see red from pittsburgh to columbus that's where the potential for severe weather is today. it will be hot still hot. 91

gas spiking in the midwest because of one refinery in indiana. y doesn't an issue at one refinery cause gas to spike in one section of the county and then ripple all over the place. the man from shell oil-- >> three to four weeks before we return to what you'd call normal levels or nonthree-handle prices so this is something that's still starting to hit, especially in cities like chicago. ♪ i built my business with passion. but i keep it growing by making every dollar count. that's why i have the spark cash card from capital one. i earn unlimited 2% cash back on everything i buy for my studio. ♪ and that unlimited 2% cash back from spark means thousands of dollars each year going back into my business... that's huge for my bottom line. what's in your wallet? will you be a sound sleeper, or a mouth breather. a mouth breather! well, put on a breathe right strip and shut your mouth. allergy medicines open your nose over time, but add a breathe right strip and pow! it instantly opens your nose up to 38% more. so you can breathe and sleep. add breathe

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lastly, i leave you with the midwest versus the national gas prices.ne is the midwest, blue line is the national. we really took a ride here. we are on the way down only hope that gets even better. helps the economy going forward. ashley: very good year jeff flock, thank you very much. the bp refinery finally back open. hopefully that means lower gas prices. more ashley, our three coming up on the way. 's leader arrives on a state visit, scott walker wants the visit canceled. china attacks as insidersspace and persecute christians. the governor's right on all counts. very wrong in calling for a cancellation of the visit. the governor tries to out from from. he has seen his popularity slide in iowa where the early caucus takes place, he sees from on the rise. so he takes a leap out of from's book and takes aim at china. a to score political points. that may feel good but the diplomatic bombshell. a huge lead in the face for beijing. do we want to drop a bomb like that when the world is going through severe financial turmoil on financial fire. and the ga

breaking overnight, deadly storm storms tear through the midwest. om the ground outside chicago killing at least one, injuring more than a dozen. a popular music festival evacuated. thousands taking cover. people race from the beach. >> oh, my god. oh my god. >> six tornadoes reported and severe storms moving east this morning. >>> new charge morning, church bombing mystery. two churches just miles apart brohmed and the governor calling out the cowardly act. >>> take a look at this. a drag racer in a horrific accident. his car tumbles through the air, somersaults at least half a dozen times. is this reality star pushing it too

say although now i can read and speak a little with the iranian or german or politian i am from the midwest that is the only excuse and a bad one not knowing more languages. but i took for rios that were captured during the occupation that originally was part of the trove of archival material and then they returned to lithuania. so i knew the selling of the town where my grandfather was based then going through the german documents and as it turns out to over a period of two hours is a language that is easy as i began to understand what i was reading was distracted there was so much material i was taking notes on many different people nothing to do with my grandfather but fascinating and horrifying and after two and a half hours i was exhausted and felt foolish. what am i looking for? i didn't have any background of my grandfather's history and so i remember i said just ted more minutes i pledge in the last real i hit the fast but then i said no cheating like each document one added time turning the dial then all of a sudden here is my grandfather's name his handwriting, his report and anot

there is the main part of the storm system moving through the midwest with rain today. the rainfall will start moving in this evening. this evening you can see some scattered showers in delaware and south jersey and falling just short of philadelphia. those showers will be on and off during the evening hours and into early friday morning. by early friday morning, could see close to half an inch of rain at cape may and a possibility of more rain during the day on friday. but not to start with today. we will see nice sunny skies with some high clouds at 6:00, 9:00, and noon. the temperatures still going to be a warm one. 74 degrees at 9:00 but the humidity stays low with just light northwesterly breeze at noon time. 80 degrees. full seven-day forecast coming up in the next half hour. >>> let's take you ride to work and construction hopefully clearing out of the way and jessica boyington is keeping her eye on it for you. >> we are looking at 95 right now around girard avenue. you can see in the southbound side or the northbound side we currently have no problems. 13 minute

despite the jump in the midwest, much of the nation is seeing reolcord low prices with many states below the $2 a gallon mark. >>> former president george w. bush is once again a proud grandfather. he released this photo of himself and the former first lady holding poppy louise hagar. his daughter gave birth to the 7 pound 9 ounce healthy baby girl. in a statement, the president said he was, quote, overjoyed. she's name poppy after her great grandfather, president george h.w. bush. that was his nickname as a child. there you go. >> sweet. >> congratulations. >> she looks beautiful, too. that glow. so we want your help tomorrow. you've been hearing about this, clear the shelters. we want to help animals find a loving home and we hope you have one. >> storm team 4 meteorologist janice huff is at animal care centers in east harlem tonight. hey, janice. >> hey, rob, hey sibilia. i am surrounded by cats. this is like cat keng kingdom. what do they call this? >> cat castle. >> thank you, megan. she's holding oranges, one of many cats available for adoption this week, and not just cats. they ha

lots of clouds moving through the midwest and there's the rain.reaching into southern indiana right now. this is the storm that has a ways to go before it gets here but the first showers could be here evening. a sunny start and clouds increasing this afternoon. temperatures low to mid-80s today with the humidity staying low during the day and light winds today. but gusty winds tomorrow. rain and clouds. the clouds from philadelphia south. delaware and south jersey expecting to see the most rain. scattered showers during the day on friday. then it clears out for the weekend. partly sunny saturday and lots of sunshine sunday and up to 87 degrees sunday afternoon. another round of showers possible late monday and into tuesday. warm day wednesday with sunshine and just a slight chance of some late day storms. >>> nine minutes before 5:00. a check of the road. >> jessica boyington has a look at traffic. >> we are on the boulevard around roberts avenue. you can see not much in terms of traffic moving through the area. southbound or northbound is doing o

. >> and this as storms hit the midwest. >> you're watching wild fires. and we're talking about temperatures 10 to 15 degrees above what they typically in the summertime for a lot of these areas in the northwest. we're getting much needed moisture for the northwestsouthwest and is creeping into the northwest but not eenough of a good thing. and up toward the midwest, we have a pretty significant cold front that will bring damaging wind hail, and isolate idtornados sided tornados p. and watching that area very carefully through this evening and that cold front is going to move eastward so they need to beotential of severe weather. summertime weather for a lot of us but look at that cold front and the midwest pushing eventually into the midatlantic by thursday with temperatures in the upper 70s for new york. >> thank you very much. >> you got it. >>> the republican presidential debate is this thursday. will it break or make any of the candidates. and presidential hopefuls aren't just stumping for votes, they're going for cash. they get to make their case to

evidence of what has been slamming the midwest. illinois bearing the major front.ospitalized after large hail ripped through a festival. chicago's grant park forced a temporary evacuation of the lollapalooza muse sick fest

. >>> drivers across the midwest are dealing with a sudden surge in prices at the gas pump.hat surm is being blamed on a bp refinery in indiana operating at less than half of its usual capacity. stations have to get their gast from farther away, which costs more. those costs are being passed to drivers. earlier in week in chicago, gas prices jumped 30 cents a gallon overnight. >>> if you're looking to get the most from your home investment, buy a home near a trader joe's market. home owners sharing a zip code with a trader joe's saw their property values increase 40%. that's compared to 34% who bought near a whole foods store. >>> the breakfast of champions are branchinging out. they're introducing a new beer. general mills teamed up to make hefe wheaties. the beer will be sold for a limited time and only in minnesota. no word if famous athletes will grace the cans. >>> when we come back, three would-be robbers running scared. >>> forget deflate gate. now there's sketch gate. a courtroom drawing of tom brady going viral. ♪ hanes. a perfect fit for every body. now in colorful

. >> all part of an 11-year multi-phase to move more freight between the east coast ports and the midwest. they want to allow two trains at the same time, and bridges and tunnels to fit trains double the cargo. csx is betting the work will result in a conversion of more than 14 billion truck miles to rail. and help save 2 billion gallons of fuel in the process. >> intermodal has been a strong growth area for the railroad. it continues to be over the very long run when you think about the united states transportation infrastructure. the rails really are well positioned to continue to take market share off of the trucks and onto the rails. >> another freight rail sees dollar signs as well. last year union pacific completed a $400 million intermodal facility in new mexico, to move more containers between ports in the texas and the midwest. freight railroads pour money into this part of their business, they're already starting to see results. csx noticed a 5% increase in the latest earnings report. a bright spot in an otherwise lackluster second quarter. for "nightly business report," i'm mor

the good news we're seeing the wholesale market in the midwest to level off. maybe the rest of the nation will quit seeing prices go up. the pain is far from over in the midwest. maria: that is amazing looking at the price, phil. we'll keep checking back with you. thanks very much. jack otter, "baron's" magazine, said last week it was time to buy commodities. valuations for certain energy stocks are so much lower than some other valuations out there? >> i will advise a little bit of caution here thousand. i think if anything we may be guilty of the same thing the rest of the market is, really wanting to go long oil. maria: right. >> it has come down so far, the temptation is to say this has to be the bottom. capitulation in 2008 was $32 a barrel. we certainly could go lower. i don't get a earnings phil might have thoughts, that people have not thrown in the towel. i think everybody has, it's got to bounce. it's got to bounce. we're closer the bottom than the top. commodities are hated and really cheap. we think it's a time to start moving in. obviously china lo

and jeff flock hit it on the head, the refinery caused a major shortage in the midwest. we lost 8 million gallons of gasoline a day, and you can't replace that easily. but did see very great news in the wholesale market. we saw the wholesale price of gasoline trade for december at the lowest level since 2008, below $1 a gallon. that's right. i wish i had -- i could wholesale gasoline and get it below a dollar a gallon, we're paying $3 in chicago. liz: holy cow! that is 2008, that's financial crisis data right there, right? >> well, it is. that's the bad part of the story. part of it is incredible production story. part of it is the low cost of oil is reflecting the turmoil in the global economic markets. the continued slowdown potential in china. we're afraid that could affect us here at home. liz: we want to see low gas prices, a lot of people by christmastime, watch this, phil, i don't know if you caught this. aaa saying you're going to see gas probably below $2 a gallon nationwide by christmastime. what do you think of that estimate? >> you know any time you hear a pre

next cold front is still way out in the midwest, so again, a look at bus stop buddy we expect a high e later on today of 94 degrees. we will have the seven day forecast in a few minutes and tell you how long this heat wave will last whether it will be an extended heat wave or not. time to, again, get to traffic because bob kelly, took a day off today. so we will start off with a look at the 42 freeway heading in to philadelphia. volume has pick up quite a bit. bob kelly talks every monday in the summertime about the folks who stay at the shore until the very last minute and come in the office on monday morning. we think a lot of that may be happening on 42 at this point. so some volume, there. now that disable truck, is still out there, right lane is block, i-95 southbound at cottman in and around that construction zone. the worst possible place probably for that truck to break down but there it is, it is still sitting there a and everybody is going very lowly around it. our travel speeds after you get past the disabled truck we are at posted speed but it is very slow. only 11 miles a

all the way to christmas, leanne gregg explains why it is a far different story for drivers in the midwest. >> reporter: for millions of people heading out on late summer road trips, the price is right when it comes to gas, like in south carolina, where it's under $1.90 a gallon. >> i would never, ever dream gas would be 1.87. >> reporter: with crude at a six-year low, analysts expect on average greater drops on prices at the pump. >> i think it's awesome, gives everybody the opportunity to travel if they want to. >> reporter: a benefit, however, not being felt in the midwest, where a dramatic spike in gas prices this week is expected to continue. some area does see a temporary rise in prices up to $1 more per gallon from just a week earlier. >> it all comes down to the fact that refineries aren't working the way it should be. >> reporter: problems at a bp refinery in indiana, the largest in the midwest, forced the facility to cut production in half, driving up price and it could take weeks to restore full production. but overall, gas prices across the country are expected to remain low. >

tornadoes and powerful storms racing across the midwest. causing damage and knocking out power. where this is all heading right now. >>> e-mail investigation. hillary clinton dismissing questions about her private server. >> my personal e-mails are my personal business, right? >> the presidential candidate in the heated exchange. we're live in washington. >>> pink pill. the controversial viagra for women approved. when will it hit the market and will it cost more man the male version? >>> hard knocks on the campaign trail. presidential candidate marco rubio with a pigskin mishap. >>> well, good morning to you. i'm reena ninan. >> and i'm phillip mena. let's start with that severe weather rolling across the middle of the nation. at least two tornadoes were reported in the chicago area late yesterday. the areas they were spotted in are very rural. no initial reports of any damage from the tornadoes. >> take a look at this. the scene at wrigley field in chicago. a strong thunderstorm bringing the tigers/cubs game to a haul. the delay lasted more than two hours before the game could

i remember many times, growing up in the midwest, coming to colorado and know when you're almost there when you start to the distance.k in you can see it a hundred or more and it seems here, to pull you in as you're coming west. now, we are at crystal reservoir on the pike's peak highway. we are about 9500 feet in and perhaps one of the best views in the world. in 1770 nine, when thomas jefferson and others were declaring independence on the east coast, this area was , and inby the spanish 1770 nine, spanish colonial forces came within a few miles of where we are now, exploring the region and searching for american-indian people. was sentzebulon pike in, very similar to lewis and clark, who were set to the other part of the newly acquired louisiana territory. pike was sent to the southwest side, and from his perspective, when he came out here, he really walked off the map. he was the first official to carry word of american ownership of this region to american indian people out here, to create a map of the region, to identify resources that were here in the american west, and .o determ

because after the depression many people were just subsistence farmers or driven off their firms in the midwest. to have a steady paycheck was an attractive proposition. scientists who had fled the persecution of the nazi regime in europe. we benefited from the anti-semitism that hitler and his allies represented. we had the leading scientists and physics of the day. j robert oppenheimer, who was in charge of the research would be enough. at los alamos alone, there were 5000 people. they supplemented the senior people with kids who had just finished a year or two of college, may have had some chemistry, mathematics, or physics, and passed an aptitude exam that show they were intelligent and capable. these young people were 1943 and 1944 and were sent to work on the project as junior scientists. they were a very young population. >> and a very ethnically diverse population. cindy: there were. there were many african-americans who work at oak ridge, tennessee. there were hispanic laborers in new mexico and some people from the pueblos surrounding los alamos worked often as nannies or housekeepers

then, the temperature comparisons, all the way to the south, the midwest, the east coast, 94 in washington only matched by little rock and jackson, mississippi. this cloud and showers and thunderstorms to the south, if we go back to the high temperatures, down to the south they were under where we were today, only the upper 80's. that looks to be a great indication, tracking though showers and cloud cover tuesday and thursday -- tuesday through thursday. that is the latest update. the next two days, the heat and humidity is here, but the adjustment tuesday. the rain is coming closer to the area, edging in with the cloud cover. let's break this heat wave early, i thick i heard a lot of the yeses to that. it's restart the forecast coming closer view, same outlook, mid to upper 60's tomorrow. it will be one of those warm and humid starts, higher humidity. may have are a widely isolated shower or thunderstorm. one nearn, we even got south riding sunday, a shower that is. your is a 20% chance. low to mid 90's, factor in the heat and humidity, the heat index, it will feel like 100. let's go with

storms are forecast today from the southeast to the southwest and into the upper midwest. hot, hue mitd air will settle in from texas to louisiana. heat indexes could exceed 110 degrees. a possible tornado caused serious damage in alabama walmart and nearby sporting goods store. the storm ripped off part of the roof and littered the inside with debris. it flipped an 18-wheeler. one person was taken to the hospital. >>> parts of south carolina are cleaning up this morning. severe thunderstorms delivered heavy rain and wind across the northern half of the state. they brought down trees and damaged power lines in spartanburg. thousands of homes lost power. >>> storm damage forced the north carolina zoo to close today. severe thunderstorms ripped through ash borrow thursday afternoon thoking down trees. an exhibit's glass door was shattered. the zoo says no people or animals were injured. >>> crews are making gains fighting the california wildfires. the massive rocky fire is 45% contained. hundreds of evacuees were allowed to return. the the fires destroyed over 100 buildings i

now, storm team 4 radar not showing any storms nearby us getting downpours in the midwest. that will be arriving tomorrow. off to a dry start for now. here are the rainfall totals. thundershowers and showers this afternoon, not going to give us much rain. it's after that, if we get into the daylight hours on thursday, by 4:00 p.m., we begin to see showers and thundershowers popping up. the rainfall totals, there's the gauge there that shows you the amounts. over an inch, much of northern virginia. the metro area and in maryland by 10:00 p.m. on thursday. so most of the rain tomorrow could be heavy and could have some localized flooding. much of it is going to be between 6:00 p.m. to midnight. after that, lower humidity moves in. a beautiful weather pattern for friday into the weekend. just in time for the weekend, comfortable humidity. highs in the 80s. great beach and pool weather on friday, saturday, and sunday. no storms around either, does look like, first part of next week, more humid. highs in the 80s on monday and tuesday. new model run on the hour-by-hour shower and

the violent storm system spawning multiple tornadoes tossing vehicles and shredding homes in the upper midwest. in the southeast central florida is drenched this morning. >> it looked like a literal rushing creek running down here on us. >> reporter: hundreds of homes flooded. this mobile home park in palm harbor evacuated as rescuers moved in on boats and carried out those trapped. >> look how tall the water is. insanity. >> reporter: this woman astonished by the nerve of drivers still trying to get around after repeated warnings still in effect this morning as the waters rise. >> the situation is still dangerous. do not go in this high standing water. do not go out there if you do not need to be. >> reporter: bazi kanani, abc news, washington. >> incredible images. there are also extreme weather conditions heading for hawaii. a tropical storm watch in effect as former hurricane guillermo bears down. >> yeah, there could be heavy rainfall, strong winds, dangerous surf and mudslides. the worst expected tomorrow and thursday. >>> and weather also a factor in spreading california's huge rocky fi

he believes that the future of architecture was going to be in the midwest and west because the east coast was really hopeless. they were still so enamored with europe, they would never give up on it and continue to build european styles instead of american style. he was trying to get houses to follow the natural lay of the land, which was horizontal and also to have the -- along with his partners in crimes, like gens jensen, instead of having boutique gardens, and rare specments around the world, local plants and trees and flowers and -- that speak to your local area. he really wanted to be a truthful architect. he wanted the materials to tell the truth and he wanted the buildings to tell the truth. he wanted the materials and the landscape to be authentic. now, having said that, if you look around, you'll see that frank lloyd edited every square inch of his property. you can take yourself back in time, coming here now and imagine how it was when it was built because it's still beautiful with the hills and fields and just it and it's associated buildings here for the admiration peop

. >> severe windstorm in the midwest and carnival goers ran for their lives. organizers closed down the event and tried to evacuate but they ran out of time. our reporter has the story. >> this is horrible. >> the frightening moment that led to this at least 15 injured and one killed when a sudden storm moves through the rarery festival near chicago. winds sent the tent and the 30' pole flying. colds had to be cut in the tarp to free those inside. >> the thunderstorms moved across the upper midwest with rain exhale, and efforten some reported tornadoes. >> my god no. no. >> tense moments as the twit other approaches in michigan and this family races for shelter. >> the violent winds flung around trees in northern michigan. >> saw trees being uprooted before our eyes. >> a damaging storm system but outside of the festival in chicago, there were no other injuries reported. >> bobbi kristina brown will be buried today in westfield, new jersey. her body is expected to be placed next to her mother whitney houston. a private funeral was held over the weekend outside

we have to head out into sections of the midwest before we find more clouds and also our next system d in our direction. once again, most of the timing for the heavy rain looks to be monday night into tuesday. so, as we take a look tonight across the area, fairly quiet, some clouds, once again a couple sprinkles overnight and then tomorrow morning, we watch a little disturbance move in with more clouds. so, tomorrow is going to be kind of cloudy cooler and also once again, you can see by 3 o'clock, watching for a little bit of light rain across the area as a warm front advance overhead. not a washout. just have that umbrella heavy in case we see some rain. the heaviest of the rain doesn't arrive until overnight monday. here's 10 o'clock. we'll watch a wave of low pressure over the area. into monday, tuesday a very wet commute to start on your tuesday, on and off again showers perhaps even some thunderstorms to boot as we move into your tuesday as we watch that system progress through our area. will it kind of move slow so that's why i do anticipate some heavy rain across the area. how

another one developing over the midwest. right in the middle we have high pressure, it's trying to control our weather today but it's moving out and that will make way for this next storm which develops in this area. not much happening right now. it's fairly clear but this will intensify rapidly, become an area of low pressure. you get the front around that. so we're getting the warm air tomorrow and look at the timing of this, about 24 hours from now, much different story. a lot happening on the radar tomorrow morning. with this heavy rain coming down, even though the ground is so dry, that could lead to some flooding and some poor drainage areas. this rain will move out, if we get that bit of sunshine that could heat things up a bit and if that front moves through, we'll see showers and storms developing by tomorrow evening. a 1-2 punch there tomorrow. today down the shore you'll see the wind picking up at the southeast. 2:00 p.m. a moderate risk of rip currents. and that will really gust 10 to 20 miles an hour with higher