above normal in the heart of the country and below normal for most of the southern plains. below normal for the southern plains. raising cattle, there's much more than beef in the lone-star state. in fact, look close enough and you can find camels dotting >> water or grazing cattle, there is much more than the lone star state. in fact, but close enough and you can find camel spotting the texas landscape. as mrs. smith tells us in this report from the texas farm bureau, dry weather and make these voters feel right at home. >> car is often slow down when it passed the family farm but not to get a look at crops or cattle, they rubberneck to see the camels to call the place home. though the lawn along with his wife trish raises camels and operate the texas camel corps. doug and his family traveled the state and present educational presentations to schoolchildren, fairs and expositions. he was first exposed to camels while working part-time at a zoo in nashville. >> i was interested in working with an eloquence that i didn't have that opportunity. so camels were the next best thi

big heat in the southern plains and beautiful along the west coast. no problems there. story for many in the central southern plains, drought is continuing. big time heat with 107 in oklahoma city. 104 in little rock. 104 in san anglo, texas, this afternoon. more of the same as we kick off the upcoming work week and drought a big ory. an update to that on thursday morning. looks a like a little bit of relief for the midwest and across the plains staying dry for the foreseeable future. >> yikes. i wish you were going to say they had rain coming. thank you so much. appreciate the live report. live coverage continues at 7:00 a.m. eastern, that being the olympics coverage to watchmen's volleyball as russia takes on germany and the networks of nbc universe ral the home of the olympics. we air in total more than 5,000 hours of coverage for you so pull up a chair. to watch the games live as they happen, go to nbcolympics.com. >>> mitt romney has made his way from london to israel for the second stop on his overseas trip. the presumptive republican nominee touched down in tel av

we will not begin on the 105 degree craziness occurring out in the southern plains. er tomorrow with an easterly wind. war for the day on wednesday. we will have a fair amount of sunshine and warmer temperatures thursday and friday, into the lower 90's by the end of the work week. we will call for a hazy evening with temperatures in the lower 7's. 74 when you get up early and then 84 by high noon. warmer temperatures, near 90 with showers and storms more likely wednesday. typical early august whether. >> the toyota sports desk, brought to you by your local toyota dealers, moving forward. >> checking up on the redskins. >> great to see you back this week. it is like a reality show out here. every day the fans go crazy. they are chanting rg iii. he just goes straight to practice and focuses on the task at hand. with this season nobler in new orleans now just 41 days a date -- days away, what part of the game does he feel like he has to work on the most? >> working on everything. i am not want to say i am back at that. i just do not look at myself that way -- i am not on

still a pocket of very hot air throughout portions of the heartland, the southern plains, we'll see readingsinto the triple digits. on saturday, a few showers for the northern plains, northeast dealing with showers, possibly florida and southern alabama and georgia with showers. heat building back in. we see more pink on the map here for saturday. this means more frip il digits for oak oeshgs almost wiklahoma state roasting, same for kansas and parts of arkansas. 103 in dallas on saturday, northeast a little cooler, 70s to 80 degrees. then on sunday, not nearly as much rain. we'll have temperatures still extremely hot right here in the middle, and in the southeast still seeing these readings into the 90s, mid-90s, there will also be a few storms in the southeast come monday. 103 in dallas, the heat just continues for the southern plains, remaining ridiculously hot. chicago a bit of a break, 85. that will be your high. and then on tuesday the best chance for some showers and thunderstorms will be in the southeast with highs into the 80s and lower 90s, a few showers in the southwest, orlando o

heat warnings are in place for the southern plains and southwest. you. >> good morning. if it's hot and you're riding on a roller coaster, the wind chill would cool you off right there. >> it's great but you're stuck up there. you're stuck. >> you would be baking for a while, for sure. >> good morning, we have heat advisories out for a number of states across the southern plains and even heat warnings in the shaded pink areas where temperatures could feel like they are 110, 115 with the humidity levels, something we've been talking about for a good no and a half and although the numbers would be surprising last year, this year they are pretty regular. 109 actual temperature, no humidity measured in joplin and springfield seeing 106. these will last for the next three or four days. extended heat wave for parts of the south. severe thunderstorms across dixie and across parts of wisconsin. pop-up thunderstorms across the northeast and that cloud cover will keep temperatures at least a little more comfortable than they've been. 79 expected in new york ci

look at the temperatures well into the 90s. 101 toward the southern plains. so everybody dealing with the heat. hot, humid tomorrow. that southerly wind coming in. here comes the front the humidity. showers and storms, some of which could be drenching storms. we'll headline the idea of a little flash flooding. forecast for the rest of the overnight temperatures taking you through the 90s this evening on the way to the 70 mark. 77 for the outskirts. i think the city limits will stay into the 80s. tomorrow your two-degree guarantee of 99 with evening storms. tomorrow night that's expecting the worst of the storms to move. scattered gusty storms wednesday evening into thursday. there's a chance of a shower into thursday. right now indications are maybe friday could have a couple showers and storms. notice the temperatures, not norkts 85, weekend drier, cooler relatively speaking, 85 to 88. >> thanks a lot. >>> now to -- democracy 2012 news we're looking at things that could reshape washington. we're looking at a critical decision that mitt romney is facing. tory

we have one every two to four years, they are more common in the southern plains, but the dah it hit, it was 105 degrees. the warmest we have ever been in dc is 106.is let's hope we don't see anythint like that again.th other atstorms will bring morebr ipower outages, and hopefully when way has been learned inl this report, maybe the services will be restored a little fastet lenext time.. >> i hope so. i know everybody without power hopes so. >>> other utility companies will have to turn in similar reports. maryland state senator led theth report, he said he's not impressed. he says they simply had not buried enough power lines and did not have enough local trained workers ready to restore power. >>> developing tonight, a to possible link between a deadly jewelry store robbery inrob arlington and another in downtown dc. p surveillance images showsh similarity. >> reporter: two recalled ar: robberies, one happened thispene past friday in arlington, andn, left the owner of a jewelry store dead. the other happened june 9 at aa dc jewelry store. the owner contacted the media to get his su

extreme heat is making life miserable for folks in the southern plains. heat advisories and heat warnings blanket parts of oklahoma and arkansas. temperatures spiking, listen to this, from 105 to 113 degrees. and that's the forecast through thursday. >>> there he is, getting the vip treatment almost presidential treatment in jerusalem. the presumed republican nominee, mitt romney, today, he weighed in on the status of jerusalem. he tells cnn he considers jerusalem the capital of israel and believes the american embassy should be there, not tel aviv. he also mentioned iran on the regional defense. >> we recognize israel's right to defend itself and its right to america to stand with you. >> also today in gentlemjerusal romney and his wife visited the western wall. you can see him putting a little piece of paper in there. one of the oldest in the old city. you can see him there making a prayer. one of the men running president obama's re-election efforts says mitt romney is not doing himself or anyone a favor. listen to robert gibbs. >> mitt romney wondered

not only are we dealing with the heat but it's well into the 90s and into the southern plains. it's another sizzling sunshine afternoon, keeping us hot and humid. things change. we showed you the cold front. that will cross into our area wednesday afternoon, wednesday evening. we'll keep an eye on it. i'll share some information with you. 95 to 98 degrees tomorrow afternoon through the 5:00 hour. then we'll move the time line going into wednesday. there's that imand of showers and storms, a very hot day as we go into wednesday with temperatures nearing 100 degrees. the overnight 74 degrees. muggy, mild. tomorrow a pair of -- not a pair of -- 98 degrees tomorrow. here's the seven-day forecast. 98, 97 on wednesday. there's those gusty storms as we head wednesday night into thursday. the problem is that front gets hung up on thursday. so that could maybe give us more showers and storms. it's beneficial rain. the temperature around 90. all indications say by the weekend we clear out, dry out and we're looking at just decent sunshine. >> maybe the rain is not just at one time. >> no,

another cold front, some severe from the upper ohio and mid mississippi valleys into the southern plainssouth will remain hot and humid. the west will stay mostly dry and hot. >>> in sports this morning, it's good -- popular in philadelphia, he'll be staying there a while. the 28-year-old left-hander could have become a free agent this fall. wednesday he signed a $144 million six-year contract with the phils. they'll have three starters making at least $20 million a season. so christmas came early for the phillies who hosted the brewers. in the tenth jimmy rollins, the walk-off rbi single to center. the phils in last place in the national league east won their fourth straight game, 7-6. in st. louis, the dodgers had a new third baseman acquired from the marlins. his first at-bat, ramirez smacked the triple off the center field wall and later hit an rbi single that tied the score at 2 taking the game all wait to the 13th inning. the cards, raphael furcal ended with an rbi single to give st. louis a 3-2 victory. >>> red sox second baseman pedroia hit a home run. but the rangers took back t

the northern plains. some severe. isolated thunderstorms will range across much of the southeast while texas and the southern plains wille triple digit highs. the northeast and the west coast will be sunny. >>> in sports this morning, you could say that lin-sanity is back. jeremy lin, an overnight sensation is reported to have agreed to a four-year, $19.5 million contract offer from the houston rockets. this could get complicated. the free agent point guard can sign the offer sheet with houston next wednesday after which the knicks have three days to match it. if they do, lin has to stay in new york. >>> serena williams heading to the women's finals at wimbledon. for the seventh time. the four-time champion made short work of her competitor. she overpowered the number two seed with 24 -- 24 aces. to win it 6-3, 6-6. on saturday, she will face poland for the championship. >>> to baseball. orioles at the angels. baltimore took a lead on the second inning on back-to-back homers by reynolds and flaherty. two innings later,' three run shot made it 7-3 orioles. they took the lead when morales smacked a single to left. the fin

heavy rain across the areas from the northeastern states, the lower great lakes region, and the southern plainsas the rain comes in, temperatures will drop dramatically on your friday. still a little bit on the hotter side in chicago. 32 degrees expected on your thursday, but it will get back to normal as we head into friday. heat advisories and warnings are still in place to the south of the front. 37 in oklahoma city and getting up to 36 degrees on your thursday across washington, d.c. all right, finally, let's go over to europe. ongoing thundershowers and gusty winds are starting to ease across the northern balkan peninsula and southern poland, but unstable weather here will likely continue throughout the day. out towards the west, scattered showers are expected across the northern and western portions of the iberian peninsula. however, the rainfall will not be enough to put out the fires. up towards the north, some showers are expected in the central and northern locations of the british isles today. all right, temperatures are shaping up like this. many areas are running above average temp

the west coast and the southern plains will be dry. the heat will be on from kansas to north texas.lower mississippi valley highs will be in the high 90s and 100s. >>> a solid showing for team usa in basketball. kevin durant led the way with 22 points, lebron james had a victory. tomorrow in swimming, dana vollmer set a new world record while taking the gold in the women's 100 meter butterfly. but the french winning the gold as the americans settle for silver. that silver is the 17th for michael phelps' career. here the the medal count. china leading the way with 12 total, including 6 gold. the u.s. in second with 11 total. italy, south korea and france round out the top five. in doing so, she set a con sective medal record back in 1996 when she was still a teenager. >> reporter: she wore a smile and a new gold medal after accomplishing what no american never had. she's the first to win medals in five consecutive olympic games in a non-team sport. >> it's just overwhelming. it's just something like you're pinching yourself. is this real? it's just incredible. it just seems like a dr

and we are seeing another cluster down across the southern plains. ell, we do have that slight risk the storm prediction center has it in it. southern maryland is in that. and also, the ohio valley also the tennessee valley could be getting in on some of the severe weather as we go throughout the day. biggest threats will be gusty -- gusty winds and hail large hail at that. now we look at temperatures this morning 71 degrees in northville consider northville. -- northville. 70 across the board but going into the afternoon the temperatures will build. look at what i am going for on this friday. 95 degrees but we like that downward scale. that's what's happening as we go through time. more on that coming up. but right now let's check the abc2 timesaver traffic with mike masco. >> reporter: good morning. we are talking a lot of construction this morning. it's 895 make are way into harbor tunnel. so we will bring you to the board to show you what's going on. this will tie yap during the course of the morning -- tie you up during the course of the morning.

easily 105 to 110, all through the southern plains, dallas to oklahoma city, little rock to st. same. mike, you will stay dry today. cloudy and cool. no problem. >> 111 degrees. >> in arkansas yesterday. >> man, remind me to take a swing around that state. thanks, bill. no time to fool around. we have to go back over to london. willie over there. and, willie, what's going on? what are the events we'll see on nbc all throughout the day? >> michael, i'll give you some of those. first, i want to tell you about some of the stuff that happened yesterday. missy franklin, 17-year-old sensation, about to be a senior in high school in aurora, colorado, won the first olympic gold. taking the 100-meter backstroke, she is only 17 years old. mark the fourth time in the past five games nah the united states has won the gold medal in the 100 backstroke. she wins big. she won a bronze on sunday in the team relay. more events to go for u.s. men, matt grevers and nick thoman finish one two. grevers says this is something i wanted since i was 10 years old. ryan lochte, disappointing secoin the 400

the southern monsoonal flow. meanwhile, a vicious storm is still impacting from the southern plains up into new england states producing severe thunderstorms, large hail, damaging winds, and even a come of of tornados for new york. over the next 24 hours, the system will slowly make its way towards the southeast. and the risk of severe weather can be found across the ohio, tennessee valley, as well as the the mid-atlantic coast on your friday. similar conditions can be found in the black hills, tornados are not out of the question, because of the separate low-pressure system. okay, temperatures are looking like this. to the south of the front, dangerous heat is still continuing. 37 in oklahoma city. 36 in washington, d.c. but to the north of the front, cooling down to 28 degrees in chicago. that is about 10 degrees lower than early this week. and 24 degrees expected in toronto on your friday. okay. finally, let's go over to europe. the opening ceremony for the olympic games will be held this evening in london. it has the been on the hot and dry side over the past several days. but we are going to see some changes as th

still building across the lower great lakes -- across the lower great lakes region down towards the southern plains40 degrees expected, and 34 degrees in houston. all right. finally, let's take a look at what's happening across europe. a large low pressure system in front are affecting northern europe. the heaviest rain can be found in northern ireland as well as central norway, and, unfortunately, wet weather will likely continue for the next couple of days. down towards the south, a stationary low pressure system will bring thunder showers and heavy rain in italy and the western balgan peninsula. staying dry in the london area, temperatures should be getting up to 29 degrees on your tuesday and 30 degrees expected in -- here's your extended forecast. >> that concludes this edition of "newsline." thanks for joining us. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com captioning sponsored by macneil/lehrer productions >> ifill: the suspect in the colorado shootings appeared in court today, his hair dyed orange and his eyes drooping shut. so far, authorities say he's refused to cooperate. good evening. i'm gwe

the western plains below normal except along the coastline. we expect that to see about above normal pictures. now precipitation, above normal for the great lakes. near-normal for the southerngreat lakes and above normal for most of the southeastern parts of the country. below normal precipitation for the plains states from nebraska through texas and we continue to see the monsoon moisture which is not technically a monsoon but nonetheless afternoon for the desert southwest and corner region. >>> above normal for the southwestern great lakes and most areas down into the tennessee valley, oklahoma and northern texas, back into the plains and the northwest. you can see a large part of the lower 48 with a lower temperatures. unfortunately i'm still going below normal for central mississippi valley. and mid-atlantic states, on into the northeast. but that doesn't bode well. >> we will hope for the best and we appreciate that information, especially the graphic about the deficit we are starting to run. >> well because out we are starting to worry about next year. >> spirit of the heartland is next. winter wheat harvest has a nearly wrapped up across the u-s. for months harvester

the country. we are expecting theegz hot temperatures to continue in place across areas like the plains the southern plains the southeast and even parts of the mid atlantic through at least friday. we are going to continue to see these hot temperatures into the 90s and even triple digits for some. stay safe out there stay hydrated. if you don't have any power like kelly mentioned for some communities try to head out to a cooling center. 77 right now in the city of memphis. kansas city is heading out the door at 83 degrees. we are going to continue to warm up out there. triple digits for kansas city. 97 in minneapolis. new york city expected 90 degrees. two cool spots bb new england and highs in the 70s across the northwest. seattle 63 degrees. a number of heat advisories and excessive heat across parts of the midwest. once you factor in the humidity 110 heat index will be possible across this region. we have heavy thundershowers along the green bay area. >> maria the only place that will be cool is seattle and maine. we will talk with you later this morning. let's take a look at who is talking today

right now, the storm is stretching from the southern plains into new england states producing severe r and tornado warnings are still posted in parts of new york, as well as pennsylvania. over the next 24 hours, the system will slowly make its way towards the southeast. as it does, temperatures will cool down significantly, getting up to 28 degrees in chicago and 24 in toronto, but to the south of the front, dangerous heat is still persisting, 37 degrees in oklahoma city, and 36 in washington, d.c. okay, finally let's go over to europe. the opening ceremony for the olympic games will be held this evening in london, so it's been on a hot and dry side over the past several days but things are going to change from today because this cold front is going to swing through this location. so as the system moves in, we may see some showers during the morning and afternoon hours, but we don't think it's going to bother the opening ceremony because it's going to be held in the evening hours. as for temperatures, with the arrival of the front, temperatures will drop significantly, so 26 degrees o

the southern plains will remain dry and hot with highs reaching triple digits. ast will be dry, but inland thunderstorms will develop from northern new york to the virginias. the west will be mostly dry with isolated thunderstorms from interior california to the four corners and in wyoming. >>> in sports this morning, a goal for team usa. monday was an exhausting day in the pool for 17-year-old missy franklin. she advanced out of the 200-meter freestyle semifinals, then came back 14 minutes later to win gold in the 100-meter backstroke. her teammate, matt grevers, set an olympic record in the men's 100-meter backstroke. in men's gymnastics, china won its second straight team gold medal, and for the first time in 100 years, britain's men's gymnastics team won a medal, taking home the bronze. that set off a hometown celebration with princes william and harry joining in the standee "o." >>> here is the medal count so far. u.s. and china tied at 17. china has nine gold medals to usa's 5. japan is third. >>> talk about power. the angels' kendry morales got it from bot

cooler air comes in a risk of strong storms stretching all the way from the great lakes off into the southern plains, northern plains, i should say, into the mid-atlantic states. could be rain out of the system >> good morning. another hot day today. temperatures in the mid 90 bus. but iran today, we could see some >> and that's your latest weather. natalie. >> thank you, al. now for a look into what will be aimee copeland's new home. the 24-year-old georgia grad student almost lost her life to a rare flesh-eating bacteria but she's battling back with amazing courage. nbc's thanh truong has the story. >> she does push-ups with her elbows, like 100 push ups at a time. >> reporter: a rare flesh-eating bacteria forced amputations to her left leg, right foot and both hands. she continues to amaze doctors and family with her physical rehab. aimee's father describes how she's now able to move herself in and out of her wheelchair without assistance. >> i think that's a huge step. really, when you start thinking about being able to assert your independence, what that means is being able to get out of bed an

the country and you know if you live there, extreme heat making life miserable for folks in the southern plainsnings blanket parts of oklahoma and arkansas. temperatures are spiking from 105 to 113 degrees. that is the forecast going through thursday. >>> and take a look in texas, a memorial service held today for 15 victims of a rollover crash. that truck was filled with undocumented immigrants. customs enforcements agents say they were from guatemala, honduras and mexico. the cause of the accident, well, a damaged front right tire is being blamed. >>> and an image that has become too familiar. movie theatre turned into a murder scene. the colorado suspect linked to the mass shooting spree is going to be in court tomorrow. james holmes expected to be formally charged with 12 counts of first degree murder among other charges. police say holmes killed 12 people at the theatre. 58 others were injured when he opened fire. court documents show he was a patient of a psychiatrist at the university of colorado, where he was attending school, had been attending school, before the attack. >>> well, befo

all the cloud cover, 107 in dallas, very hot through the middle of the country and down into the southern plains new york city. looking like a comfortable day at 82, here's that 105 in kansas city, 105 in dallas, beautiful weather across california's coastline. and on monday we're still looking unsettled here in the east. that seems to be the trend. we keep getting stormy weather on the east side of the country, and we can't get any rain right into the nation's corn belt and the grain belt, all of these areas where we continue with a worsening drought. 96 in denver, still hot on tuesday. you can "wake up with al" for your latest forecast weekday mornings on the weather channel at 6:00 a.m. ups? [dumbfounded] well, we... doesn't last long does it? listen. 5-hour energy lasts a whole lot of hours. so you can get a lot done without refills. it's packed with b-vitamins and nutrients to make it last. so don't just stand there holding your lattes, boys. make your move. we'll take the 5-hour energy. smart move. 5-hour energy. hours and hours of energy. >>> so you went on vacation and took a ton of amaz

>> what we have seen this year was a carryover of some of the drought conditions hitting the southern plains last year. in texas and oklahoma, many of the cattle ranchers down there needed forage and so a lot of hay and forge this year and the market on hay and forge for those cattle producers are getting to the point where they are calling their herd and selling the animals off because it becomes cost prohibitive to maintain those herds at t current stocking right because of the drought. >> suarez: is there any give in the world food system than there used to be. some food experts are referring to a post surplus world where the number of mouths more closely matches the amount of food we're making. does this kind of event, this unusual drought worst than 56 years put more people in risk than we even realize. >> the system has changed in that world's population is currently wonderfully a lot of people are getting out of poverty around the world so they are eating more food. and there's going to be a growing demand for food. there already is all over the world. so that change has taken place.

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highs in the central and southern plains will again top 100. ered thunderstorms are likely from the dakotas to kentucky. along the eastern seaboard and gulf coast and from the southern rockies to montana. and in sports this morning. after 12 seasons with seattle, ichiro suzuki is now a new york yankee. hoping to get a shot at the world series. mariners traded him to the yanks on monday. a ten-time all-star and gold glove leader, at age 38 his average has slipped a bit. with the yankees and seattle last night, ichiro switched dugouts, uniforms and numbers from 51 to 31. he bowed to a standing ovation from mariners fans and then delivered a hit up the middle in his first at bat. 16th stolen base this season in the eighth inning. a-rod hit a single home run and in the ninth ichiro caught the final out in a 4-1 victory for new york. >>> in st. louis, cardinals up one. cruz with a three-run homer to left. a little bit of a surprise. the ball bounced on top of the left field wall, came back and popped holliday right in the head. seventh inning, mark e