minneapolis, 75 and fargo, 66. a sizzling 105 in phoenix and 100 in sacramento. >>> coming up after this, an mtv star killed in a car crash. >>> then in america's money, a legal victory for walmart in its fight against female employees. a giant case said to impact even more also, here we >>> also, here we go again. an airline's newest fee. you won't believe this one. >>> large-scale sex discrimination cases are facing a tougher challenge today. in a setback to workers, the u.s. supreme court sided with walmart yesterday in the biggest sex discrimination case in u.s. history. the court voted 5-4 and it said that the company did not have a policy that promoted discrimination against all women. several other large companies including costco, toshiba and cigna are also facing similar suits. >>> the asian markets are posting gains today. tokyo's nikkei average rose 105 points today. hong kong's hang seng is up in late trading. in london, the ftse opened higher. meanwhile, on wall street the dow gained 76 points yesterda

. >> yesterday, it was 103 in minneapolis, st. paul. one of the hottest temperatures you've ever seen, period, and the second hottest you've ever seen in june. i think it was in 1937 or so you were 104. that was how incredible this heat wave is. 103. chicago was 96. everywhere in the red was in the 90s. roughly half the country had a temperature of 90 degrees or hotter. how do we look today? ever so slowly, this heat continues to push to the east. that means the heat is now expanding into areas of the midwest and new england and with it the humidity. we're getting cooler. our jet stream will sink a little bit. the northern rockies and noerch plains will be the first to return to normal. there's not a lot of rain to cool anyone off. how hot are we going to be on this wednesday? we're going to see 98 in d.c., 96 in new york city and no relief in chicago. you get the picture. the heat wave continues. that's a look at your national forecast. now here is a look at the weather outside your window. temperatures in the 90s through the carolinas

we're easily in the 90s past chicago and minneapolis. we're start to go warm it up near 90 today in new york, philly and d.c. that's a look at your national forecast. now here is a look at the weather outside your window. 96 in nashville, tennessee. and dallas, texas, we have a shot at 100 today. denver, colorado, same as yesterday, around 90. indianapolis, steamy at 92. we will see the record braking heat spreadling to the east coast wednesday and thursday. and thursday looks like it will probably be one of the hottest days we've seen in a long time in the mid-atlantic. d.c. has a chance of hitting 100. >> and that can be dangerous. people need to watch out. >>> stocks stumble, am unveils sxb what would you pay for launch with the oracle. your early morning business headlines are straight ahead. >>> plus, yet another honor and yet another cause for lady gaga. >>> the boston bruins make a statement. an nfl start gets a new lease on life and more bad news for one of college football's biggest programs. you're watching "early today." >>> g

minneapolis, minnesota, 100 to right now. winds out of the west for the next few days and that's will -- and that is going to have our way. >> in an unrelated matter, we have a notice for parents and students. school is closing two hours early tomorrow because of the anticipated heat. that is in baltimore county. skyteam 11 was over this scene at garrison boulevard and grant lee road less than an hour ago. several different fires broke out. so far, no injuries. >> a battle is shaping up over the city's property-tax rate. it is emerging as the key issue in the mayor's race. and it does appear it gives voters something to choose from. jayne miller is live. >> we were just talking to a line -- young lawyer in the city who said she would like to buy property here, but the property tax are just too high. she will get no challenges from those in the mayor's race was a fixing that is a top priority. -- who say fixing that is a top priority. >> one more pledged to address the city's property-tax rate. the're all running against incum

minneapolis, 103. that's just doesn't happen that often. incredible heat. everybody to the right here was above 100 degrees. the exceptions, northern new england. and much of the west is much cooler. this cool air will slowly begin to give relief to areas like minnesotaed to. the heat ridge builds to the east, over the top -- right around the smokey mountains. that hot air is going to pump right around it. minneapolis, you'll cool off as that cold front slides through today and some of the hottest air of the season will be arriving in areas of the mid-atlantic. the 24-hour temperature change, temperature right now compared to yesterday at this time, is about 10 degrees cooler in billings. we're already warming it up. temperature in new york city, 7 degrees warmer right now than when you left the house this time yesterday. there's not much rain out there. so the forecast for today, we'll call 98 in d.c., where yesterday were in the low 90s. the only saving grace, the difference between this heat wave now and what we get in july and august is lot more humid.

this is what's moving in our direction. 102 in minneapolis, 95 in chicago. when you factor in the humidity, it's highier than that in many locations. here's the warm front that's ushering in all of the air. that's passing us by and here's the air behind it. to the going to be hot and muggy. you want to be careful. look out for the neighbors and the kids and the pets and elderly. they need an extra hand. by thursday, a cold front approaches us. a chance for an afternoon thunderstorm. the chances go up and the front stalls out on top of us. not all day rain events. we'll see the temperatures going down and the thunderstorm chances go up. winds out of the south west tomorrow continuing to bring up the hot air. tonight, down to 65 degrees. not bad yet. tomorrow, look at this. we'll jump up to 98 tomorrow. if this happens, it will be the record. the record tomorrow is 97 degrees. the next three days, we'll talk records or potential records. we'll be close to them. >> in minneapolis, i bet they're in that fancy mall. >> riding that big roller coaster. >>> don't mi

and 93 in albuquerque. 80s from minneapolis to kansas city and dallas climbs up to 97. new orleans, 92. it is 78 degrees here in new york. >>> all right. coming up another multibillion dollar banking merger. >>> and then repairing the damage to a city's streets and also its image after violent protests broke out in vancouver. >>> and from phones to chandeliers, it's all got to go. buying a piece of sin city's heyday. >>> the global economy shows no signs of lifting. fears that greece will default on its debt is bringing markets down again. tokyo's nikkei average was off 60 points today. hong kong's hang seng was also down, and in london the ftse opened lower. on wall street the dow gained 64 points yesterday. the nasdaq index lost nearly 8. >>> well, one nontraditional bank is buying another. >>> capital one best known as a credit cart issuer is acquiring ing direct a major on many line bank and brokerage for about $9 billion. that will make capital one the nation's fifth largest bank. >>> tokyo expects to resume -- toyota, i should say, expects to resume full north ame

you notice the heat going to minneapolis. now, as we go throughout this week, the pattern is going to change a little bit. we're going to see some of the heat shifting a little bit to the east, and the jet stream kind of flatens itself out, and this will take the heat and shouldn't it through the mid-atlantic wednesday into thursday. if you're on the east coast, you're going to get a taste of it. here's the extended forecast. dallas, you're in 98 range. then as the ridge breaks down a little bit, your temperatures go back to normal into the low 90s. areas like st. louis, same for you. the hottest period for you in the next two to three days, and then in st. louis you go back down closer to normal with some showers and storms thursday or friday. as the heat slides to the east, be prepared. new york city, philadelphia, even washington d.c., wednesday and thursday, 96 in d.c. wednesday. thursday, 97. that's the same forecast for philadelphia. even new york city has the chance of being up around 96 and 98 degrees. especially on t

minneapolis, omaha and kansas city hover around the 90-degree mark. near 70 degrees in seattle. 64 in salt lake city. >>> coming up, the deadly e. coli outbreak in europe has now sickened people here in the u.s. >>> and the new details of jaycee dugard's 18-year kidnapping nightmare, including the day she was tasered and taken away. >>> and the nation's new superspeller. her incredible preparation to become the champ. >>> overseas markets are holding steady, while they await the new u.s. job numbers this morning. tokyo's nikkei average fell almost 63 points today. hong kong's hang seng was down 183. and in london, the ftse opened slightly higher. on wall street, the dow fell . 41. 1/2 points. the nasdaq index was up four. >>> when the deal is approved, the bailout will have cost taxpayers $1.3 billion. but treasury secretary, timothy geithner, said the administration made the right choice. >>> a new york prosecutor has subpoenaed goldman sachs. the investment bank bet that the mortgage market would collapse. yet selled bundles of bad mortgages to its

in case you're wondering, folks in minneapolis and denver exercise the most. and i think that explains a lot about me since my whole family's from kentucky, and i'm from indiana. that's why i don't like to exercise. >> but you're in new york so you've got to do a lot of walking. >> it's hard to take it out of you. >> it is. all right, ashley, thank you so much. >>> just ahead on the "morning news," moammar gadhafi's reaction to being accused of killing civilians. >>> plus, the supreme court makes a controversial ruling on violent video games, angering many parents. >>> first, though, scott pelley has a preview of tonight's "cbs evening news." >>> nearly every military family that loses a son or a daughter in the service to the country gets a personal letter from the president of the united states. but we were surprised to find out that according to government policy, a few families don't. we'll tell you why tonight on the "cbs evening news." vening news." every day you live with the pain of moderate to severe rheumatoid arthritis could be another day you're li

that's your traffic and weather. >> but they do play minneapolis. minnesota. >> right. [ laughter ] >> right. >> don't get me confused. >> it's an american league team playing a national league team which kind of throws you off. >>> no matter which way you eat them potatoes are one of the main culprits of adding inches to the waistline. >> there is a new study published by the new england journal of medicine that says a daily serving of spuds can be worse for you than a sugary can of soda. harvard researchers found that fried, baked, mashed or even boiled, any way you slice it, potatoes can add nearly a pound a year to your overall weight. the biggest problem, a high number of calories in a single serving of the vegetable. >> are you a potato junkie? >> i love potatoes. >> chips. >> chips. any way you slice it. >> baked is okay unless you don't put a ton of butter ton. >> sow cream. >> that's where you go wayward. >> speaking of gaining weight. >>> not just doughnuts anymore. fans of krispy kreme will soon have some healthier options at their doughn

jamie yuccas of minneapolis station wcco reports. >> reporter: she saw the flood in '69 but it doesn't compare. >> not anything like this. this is unbelievable. >> reporter: ruth schmidt usually walks around oak park in minot. it's closed. she brought her camera to the broadway bridge. >> they really worked hard. >> reporter: on highway 352, just east of minot, traffic cannot get through, except for trucks hauling sand and local authorities. they're checking out what's been lost and what soon will be gone. >> yes, it's heartbreaking. >> reporter: markers near the broadway bridge -- >> their roofs are going to be covered. >> reporter: it what surprises locals the most. >> kind of makes a big lump in your throat. >> reporter: water will likely not just flood homes but soon cover them. >> that was jamie yuccas of minneapolis station wcco reporting. >>> in washington it appears talks to reach a deal on raising the debt limit have stalled. republican lawmakers walked out of the talks yesterday. joel brown is in the capitol with more on that this morning. good morning, joel. >> manny, good m

and look at this road in minneapolis. buckling under the excessive heat. >> take a look at that temperature here in st. paul. we haven't seen numbers like this in years. >> reporter: in pennsylvania, it's so hot that classes in easton-area schools will be dismissed early all week. imagine what it feels like for police, who have to wear heavy bullet-proof vests. cops are hooking their cars to their vest. to their car's air-conditioning. it's called a cool cop. >> you put it into your vest, it cools you off and puts you in a better state of mind. >> reporter: northern cities like chicago could see their highest temperature since 2006. just a few months ago, we were buried knee deep in a historic blizzard. this morning, a different picture. and that 103-degree reading in minneapolis, the warmest they've seen in 23 years. here's a look at the country today. when we say more than two-thirds at 90 or above, we mean it. look at this -- chicagoland, 94. washington, 96. new york city, 95. i think it will be 97. that's going to con

steve hartman, cbs news, minneapolis. ♪ for all you've done for me... >> pelley: and that's the "cbs evening news" for tonight. i'm scott pelley. for all of us at cbs news all around the world, good night. captioning sponsored by cbs captioned by media access group >>> this is 9news now. >> good evening tonight in your only local news at 7:00, we are in washington, d.c. where the questions are swirling around the dc city council. prince georges county where police think they nabbed those robbers targeting local graves and in frederick, where two years after a plane took off, it is making its final approach. >> in frederick, a brief flash of history. the miracle on the hudson plane rolls through here and scores of people cheered on. >> so cool. >> the crowd seemingly on every overpass. >> is our hero on there? >> between baltimore and the west virginia state line. >> we came to see the plane go into e

rain also drenches i-80 and i-94 from minneapolis to detroit. wet on i-10 along the gulf coast and on i-90 in the rockies. >>> if you're heading to the airport today, you could have some delays in boston, new york, philadelphia, d.c., atlanta, memphis, also houston. >>> and a southwest airline pilot speaking out is back on the job after a profanity-laced rant about flight attendants, complaining about their sexual orientation, age and also attractiveness. well, the tirade lasted 2 1/2 minutes and every offensive word was broadcast across u.s. airspace. more now from ryan owens. >> reporter: as the 737 cruised from austin to san diego, its pilot had a lot more on his mind than his passengers' safety. >> 11 [ bleep ] over the top [ bleep ] homosexuals and a granny. >> reporter: with his cockpit mike stuck open, he complained to his co-pilot about the flight attendants. >> after that, it was just a continuous stream of gays and grannies and grandes -- >> reporter: he goes on to detail how it's increasingly difficult to find co-workers he wants to s

. >> reporter: in a small apartment biulding in north minneapolis, a 59-year-old teacher's aide sings praise to god for no seemingly apparent reason. indeed, if anyone was to have issues with the lord, it would be mary johnson. >> ♪ for all you've done for me... he never had a chance. >> reporter: in february 1993, mary's son, laramiun byrd, was shot to death at an argument at a party. he was 20 and mary's only child. >> my son was gone. >> reporter: the killer was a 16-year-old kid named o'shea israel. >> i wanted justice. he was an animal. he deserved to be caged. >> reporter: and he was. tried as an adult and sentenced to 25.5 years, o'shea served 17 before being recently released. he now lives back in the old neighborhood, close to mary. this close. he lives next door? >> next door. >> reporter: how a convicted murderer ended up living a door jam away from his victim's mother is a story not of horrible misfortune, as you might expect, but of remarkable mercy. a few years ago, mary asked if she could meet o'shea here at minnesota's stillwater state prison. as a devout christian,

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minneapolis only climbs to 65. chicago, 75. 90s from dallas to baltimore. and it hits 85 degrees here in new york. >> ready for it to cool down. >> me, too. >>> up next, the government comes down on megabanks with a new punishment. >>> and ford is out with a brand-new hybrid. we'll show it to you. >>> and then, we're looking at a big night in the big "d." dallas on the verge of an nba title, taking the lead in the series. we'll have all of the highlights of an incredible game last night, coming up with espn. >>> the government is penalizing three of the nation's biggest banks. it says that wells fargo, bank of america and chase did not do enough to get homeowners into the foreclosure prevention program. last month, the banks received $24 million in incentives. but won't get anymore until they do a better job. >>> home equity is close to a record low. the percentages of homes that americans own averages about 38%, compared to 61% a decade ago. the federal reserve also says, almost one-fourth of the homeowners owe more than their loans than their homes are wo

it is 90 degrees in minneapolis, 86 degrees in omaha. this he is letting east war. -- this heat is sliding eastward. foray is the better choice showers and thunderstorms as a approaches the afternoon and in the evening. we also have a chance of showers and storms. 88 midday. when you get the high range, the temperatures, and down it will go a bit. see it somewhere near a high of 98 tomorrow. there are the next seven days. we will get more regular june whether. we will get more regul[ male announcer ] washington, d.c. a landmark of liberty and opportunity. at bank of america, we live and work here, with thousands of employees and hundreds of branches and atms. every day, we're working to help set opportunity in motion... from supporting the arts and howard university to helping revitalize anacostia and downtown d.c. because when you're giving, lending, and investing in more communities across the country, more opportunities happen. ♪ >> coming up tonight on is tough ande controversial. you will hear about the softer of an coulter. that

i grew up in minneapolis. all the trees were maintained by the park board. all the street trees. the cardboard had their own tax levy liked the school district does. they could levy property taxes in order to pay for this things, but that is not an option in california. supervisor avalos: ok, thank you. appreciate that. >> the tree maintenance plan, the plan is to relinquish 3700 healthy, recently approved, or established trees to property owners over seven years. 3400 trees are ready to relinquish in the first part of this fiscal year. that is from now to december. the day after december, 6000 trees a year would be made ready for relinquishment with necessary maintenance. so before we can turn over a tree to a property owner, we do have to make sure the tree is in good health and that the tree is actually prove healthy and the sidewalks are actually in good condition. supervisor avalos: how what a property owner know that their tree is not already in their responsibility, and which ones are actually the responsibility of the city that will be transferred in the city, and which o

see that whole area of yellow taking in dallas kansas city, minneapolis st. louis, chicago and detroit. cincinnati, charlotte. yeah. expect delays there today. we have delays in chicago o'hare and midway airport. the flight tracker is tracking those for you at abc7news.com. >>> more news. >> nato says one of the terror strikes in the libyan capital of tripoli went astray and may have killed civilians. the military alliance said the airstrike sunday may have been due to weapons system failure. libyan officials say nine civilians were killed, including two children. they took reporters to the building hit. children's toys teacup and dust-covered mattresses could be seen amid the rubble. nato commander says it regrets the loss of innocent civilian lives. >>> extreme fire conditions in seven states from utah to texas, colorado to oklahoma. high winds forced authorities to order more evacuations as crews battle wildfires in arizona, and on the new mexico border. we're not even halfway through the year and the acres burned from forest fires so far is equal isto all

over the weekend i turn to the progressive net roots nation conference in minneapolis minnesota and thanks to lucy in fact for filling in for me while i was gone just down the street from net roots another about was being held the conservative right on line conference so needless to say with progress is in right wingers commingling there was potential for some explosive confrontations and that's exactly what happened when a group of muslim women were in his jobs flash mob to the right on line conference the women showed up to protest an incident that had happened the previous evening outside a local bar the place right happened to be at the time when a group of muslim women in traditional dress were harassed by a group of men with ties to the right on line conference. here's how one of the women described the incident. my camera to them and harass them for even listening constantly wearing the dots and then they said don't go back to your country how i'm going to go back to my country i was born here and my marriage was but the interesting part of the stories of these men who were arrested

look at air temperatures. 102 in minneapolis-st. paul at the airport. north of that, it cools off quickly. that warm air is headed eastbound. expect mid to upper 90 parks even in the mountains. the upper 90's all across the metro area. this will keep areas west of the metro cooler today with extensive amount -- cloud coverage. not much in the way of relief from rain. we will drop into the low 60's tonight and then we will climb into the upper 90 park seed tomorrow. code orange air quality and a heat advisory going into effect at noon for areas west of the bay, east of the mountains. friday saturday, sunday, and scattered a storm pattern and temperatures will get closer to average for this time of year. we will talk more next hour. >> the u.s. open at congressional but tiger is not showing up? >> are you surprised? >> and little. they know this is really close to his heart. >> tiger woods is still not healthy enough to go ahead and performer in this tournament. on his twittered page today, he said he is very disappointed, but this is a short-term frustra

agents and one minneapolis police are there and she said we're looking for evidence material support for terrorism in your house will you help us find it it's my responses you know and then they ransacked my house i did negotiate with the f.b.i. they wouldn't wake up my daughter was still asleep because they wanted to be simply hold me in my own living room and now allow me to leave and i was like well this isn't going to work out very well after i was your wakes up she's not really going to read to the whole being held in one room you know when you're eighteen months he learned how why he did about it and the whole idea of not being able to walk in you know play with his new skate or walking i was there was some but she slept for about another half hour i called my partner left to work and then we were able to get out and our of the f.b.i. coming but i was held in my living room where they searched through my home we were moving in two days so they opened up every box that we had already cracked for moving here and of entia lee a lawyer from the national lawyers guild came to my hou

it's 92 in minneapolis and 97 in memphis and the air is move anything our direction. it's coming behind a warm front. today, high pressure in control, not much going on. tomorrow, the warm front starts coming our way. we'll see nothing huge is with that. some will come through the day tomorrow. it's behind the warm front what we'll notice. the temperatures start to climb tomorrow. they'll really jump into wednesday and thursday. they'll jump even into friday. we could be challenging record highs. that's all coming up later and some highs will be at the record and very, very muggy. the forecast is light tomorrow. the winds are light. the bay temperature, 74 degrees. tonight, comfortable. 61 degrees. then, tomorrow, we'll start rising. up close to 90, high clouds from the warm front coming by. after this, wait until you see these numbers. we're up into the 97 range once again. when you factor in the mugginess, it will feel like the low 100s. >> okay, i guess. >>> don't miss the cbs evening news. scott takes over tonight. watch tonight at 7:00 after wjz- 13 eyewitness ne

we've been breaking records right and left. 89 in minneapolis and 88 in chicago. that's all moving in our direction. you can see the band of showers and storms from the north right now. that's continuing to move away. we'll get into the intense heat. the temperatures are rising and they'll keep on rising. wednesday and thursday are the hottest days. we'll get a chance of a shower and thunderstorm. start west, the biggest chance you have. by tomorrow, up to 98 degrees. if it happens, it will break the record. the record is 98 degrees. we'll be in the record territory once again. >> toasty, thank you, bern. >>> still to come, another reason to never pick up a cigarette. women smokers have more to worry about. >>> here are the top stories on wjz-13 at this hour. for instant updates for all of the day's news, go to wjz.com. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, >>> in today's health watch, if you're a woman and you smoke, you're 10 times more likely to suffer narrowing of the arteries. it affects the lower extremities and leads to significant leg pain. it increases the risk of having a

. >> this month, it felt like an astroid landing in minneapolis. they got a huge hole in their house. a crane was used to install a, and whole thing tipped over in an instant. watch this. >>> timber! electrician happened to be filming at the time. top of chimney was sliced. the company says, oops, there was a computer rer to blame -- error. >> they are paying for the damages and installation should be completed soon. >>> he said he wanted no gimmicks to balance the state budget but governor brown made mai be changing heart. one time solution he is considering to is close a $10 billion budget gap. >> presidential candidates were in the same room but they didn't attack each other. i'm john-dron and i'll have more on that coming up. >> michelle obama is ready to raise money for her husband in the east bay this morning. coming up in a live report, where she is headed and why some republicans are criticizing the visit. >> nearly 50 degrees difference between boston and 56 in phoenix at lot of 70s and 80s along the gulf coast. looks like summer. delays a

bringing the hot stuff in the middle of the country which will move our way. 90's in this hour from minneapolis-st. paul. here is the big picture and you see how much of a big push of hot, humid air is out there and coming our way. to mark about 90 degrees and into the upper 90's wednesday and thursday. we did have a few late day thunderstorms on friday. not a whole lot to see and the influence of the high-pressure keeping us high and dry. most of the continental u.s. is dry. unfortunately, arizona is staying dry. this is there a monsoon but this will start to be the rainy season later. let's hope they get some rain before too much longer. sunshine drop the day tomorrow and near 90 degrees. hot and humid the mini-heat wave returns. possibly thunder stars -- thunderstorms before next week. >>> the toyota sports desk, brought to you by your local toyota dealers. moving you forward. >> this nba finals series has been interesting. >> i submit that the heat have dominated most of the first three games, and all but the last six minutes of game two. they now lead two games to one. dwyane wade was sensati

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and minneapolis where it was 103 degrees, air conditioner repair shops cannot believe the sudden surge in business. and the police officer, very interesting, how they hook up the contraption. to keep them cool with the bulletproof vests. and very innovative. >> i would look to sign up for a personal air conditioning -- unit to follow me around. >> you could use in your car, hook it in. >> i will do whatever it takes. >>> an embarrassment facing congressman anthony weiner after he admitted sending lewd pictures to several women, the question is, we have asked you on our facebook page, was what he did really cheating? folks make excuses saying it was only online. he made a big point saying he never physically met any of the women. you have to ask a divorce lawyer, i guess if it is officially cheating? >> we were talking about this. if it is something you wouldn't do maybe with his wife, huma watching, then perhaps it should be considered cheating. >> if i am on my computer and you are looking at me, is that right? awe thought might get annoying. later this half-hour, blah, blah, blah, bl

here is the heat coming from the northwest. 102 degrees in minneapolis right now. 96 in chicago. on the edge of the key right now, that is where we are getting these thunderstorms popping up. high pressure off the carolina coast will be pumping in the high heat and humidity. it will feel like 100, 101 in the afternoon tomorrow. southwest winds on the bay, but not much breeze on the open waters. that will keep waters less than a foot with a water temperatures ranging through the low to mid 70's. around the bay from san marcos over to george island -- st. michael's over to george allen, a nice bayberries. away from that, a scorcher. inland towards ellsbury, of to 94 or so. -- toward salsbury, up to 94 or so. thank tilikum i did not look like a storm is ready to form, only eight -- thankfully, it does not look like a storm is ready to form. only about a 10% chance. the heat and humidity will bring as a slight chance for thunderstorms thursday night and scattered storms on friday. the temperatures will drop back with a couple of showers saturday and sunday. >> the orioles continue wi

tomorrow it will be a whole lot warmer. 84 in gaithersburg, 86 in frederick. 102 degrees right now in minneapolis, minn., but if you go north only 54 degrees. a really radical change. this air mass is headed our way. over 90's tomorrow with moisture that has creeped up. the latest deals, it will be at or above 100 degrees. this move to route the mountains and that is why some of you in the mountains had cooler temperatures which had the cloud cover which is moving away in a hurry. the next system to move in, this will act by pushing up the heat and humidity over the next couple of days. maybe an isolated storms on thursday, but the best chance will come on friday. tomorrow and not the start and a very hot day with highs around -- a muggy start and highs around 98. drop down over ther weekend. the chance for thunderstorms late friday saturday, and sunday. >> the toyota sports desk. brought to you by your local toyota dealers. moving you forward. >>> those of you who were planning on rating that need to see tiger play. >> he said on twitter today that he will not be playing in the u.s. open. i thin

cnn political producer shannon travis joins us now from minneapolis. what is going on there, shannon? >> reporter: well, what's going on, fred, is i'm running down my sneakers trying to shuttle back and forth between the two conferences. they are literally just a few blocks away from each other. let's explain to our viewers what is going on. on the one hand, in one corner, you have a liberal conference of bloggers, internet savvy folks, called the net roots nation. they're in one hotel. and as i mentioned a few blocks away, you have another conference of conservative bloggers, and other people are internet savvy called right online, sponsored by americans for prosperity, big backer of a lot of tea party groups. at stake is literally battles -- internet supremacy for the 2012 election for the presidential race, for the congressional races. so both of these groups are trying to basically spark up enthusiasm, raise money, raise awareness. democrats have traditionally been viewed as having the edge of -- in terms of doing those kinds of things on the inter

minneapolis was 103 degrees today. wichita, kansas, 102, and that is the kind of heat that is being tapped. not the really excessive heat, but you can see this area of high pressure down to the south and east is going to be rotating through all of that heat and bringing it toward dc, and we're going to be closer to record territory tomorrow and you combine that with the humidity, it's going to be a lot hotter. we have a heat warning tomorrow. it will make it feel like 100 to 105 degrees and it will last a couple of days. >> we've got to let everyone know that today was probably the last comfortable day for the rest of the week. we get some relief late in the week but i think we need to be prepared to take a lot of breaks tomorrow. if you're going to be outside, don't let the heat take you over. make sure you take breaks from the heat and protect yourself. >> and also keep an eye on the loved ones and the elderly around because it could be a dangerous situation. >> thank you very much, sue. speaking of a dangerous situa

these were afternoon high temperatures today. 93 chicago. 97 in minneapolis. some of that will be sliding east. the high pressure system moves away and the heat in the country, 101 in omaha. that will move in through the end of a week. any weather disturbance could trigger an isolated spots -- a thunderstorm. wednesday is dry and thursday a strong ver front coming down from the north and thursday a chance for a storm. we called it but most of the day kind of partly cloudy and more humid. the water temperatures in the mid-70's. the 30% chance of there. lesser chances around the bay down to -- highs in the upper 80's. mostly dry conditions. a lot of sunshine and warm. a nice sea breeze on the beach. 87 to near 90. there will send an air force reconnaissance plane into tomorrow. trying to become the first tropical storm of the season. here comes the heat wave. 96 wednesday and 95 on wednesday. lo 90's on friday. >> the orioles go after another pitcher with their latest first- round pick. a list of first next in sports. >> tonight's jackpot has an estimated annuit

minneapolis at a high of 1 03. we sent her baking it 87 with high humidity. it is a monday night around chicago. the local be in the low eighties tonight. the highs today for it with 100 in geneva. tonight continue above 90 highland park and close to 90 in all these other sites. irradiated midway 87 at long beach look at a high temperatures and minnesota today. here is the air mass that follows a doll. producing rains in livingston montana. these temperatures by comparison in north dakota. that's was on the way. look at the big temperature drops court on out the west. double digit declines. with moderate back out of a mold spores there is an unhealthy air quality advisory out. hypersensitive folk tomorrow. moderate tree pollen. at the southwest winds letter from the 25 mi. our gusts is still fairly brisk out there. the beginning of the end of this is in the form of the thunderstorms collecting along the u.s.- canadian border all the way from lecture ron with the tower of to 30,000 street of by duluth. the storms are erupting in north dakota. that's the beginn

look at that temperatures in minneapolis. it was hotter there than it was anywhere in arizona. weird anomoly. the weather pattern is going to flatten itself out. by that we'll see the warmer air being pushed to the south. the cool conditions will mild up on the coast. yesterday it was cool. 60s, 74 in la. we don't have stormy weather out there. only one upper level low spinning up here in areas of eastern washington state. we're dry everywhere else. the jet stream has this big buckle in it. that is going to bring us to a more typical june weather pattern. getting warmer in phoenix and la 71 near the coast for you. temperatures are a little bit below average in the northwest. arizona 81 and ew gene 69. slow improvement in the west. >> better than what we did. >> thank you so much. coming up big ben bumps up the street. a big when for nbc and a woman whose facebook friends are more than ever. >> prizes are in store later this morning as "today" says farewell to meredith. >> game four comes down to the final shot. you are watching "early today." >>> good morning, and welcome back

for example, minneapolis climbed to 103. smashing the record high there. the difference on our wednesday here. we watch the heat surge in the northeast. widespread 90s expected. be it 95 in new york city. climb to 92, pittsburgh. 90 on the nose. buffalo, syracuse. good news is, there is relief on the way eventually. it will take its time getting hire. working the northern plains wednesday. cold front will bring severe weather perhaps as far south as chicago. staying steamy out ahead of it. once again, 94 in chicago. peggy, daniel. back to you. >> thank you, jim. in missouri inmates joined the battle to keep floodwaters from the small town of craig. they filled hundreds of sandbags and also heavy machines were broughten to build a second temporary levee. flooding expected to last for weeks perhaps even months as the army corps of engineers releases water farther upstream. >>> libya, a defiant moammar gadhafi vows never to surrender even after most punishing air strikdz to date. 40 thunderous day light attacks sent plumes of smoke above the libyan leader com

talking high temp disk from 95 to 100 as far north as minneapolis, chicago almost in detroit. they are on the edge. we will be in the low 90's today but this horrible heat and humidity is pushing east and it will be overhead tomorrow. we could break a few records tomorrow afternoon. 98 is the record and reagan national baird -- reagan national. warm and muggy tonight. increase in humidity first thing as a step out tomorrow. then a lot of sunshine tomorrow but very hot and humid repeat of last week with highs anywhere from the mid- to the upper 90s. we could see 100 degrees, which could possibly hit the century mark for the first time of this year so far. it friday and into the weekend we actually cool down as a whole -- cold front is overhead. the timing of the storms of the weekend -- we could use it. >> a lot of orange on that map. ok, thanks. >>> remember the dance protest at the jefferson memorial over the weekend? now d.c. delegate eleanor know -- eleanor holmes norton said she reached out to the producers of "so you think you can dance" for a national dance day on the ma

he joins us on the line from minneapolis. ayman al-zawahiri is not as charismatic as osama bin laden, but he is said to be very intelligent. this does not come as a surprise as he has been appointed as the leader of al qaeda. >> it is not a surprise. he was the number 2 next to osama bin laden. he is someone that has been committed to violent extremism since he was a young boy. he is very dedicated to this. he is a dangerous man. nevertheless, he is inheriting an all qaeda that is very fragmented and is much weaker and much diminished from what it was before. >> it took six weeks to appoint him. is that an indication that al qaeda is not operating as efficiently as it once was? >> that is right. it is decentralized. the decision making is decentralized. they cannot group together very much. these are part of the pressures that the united states and allies have been put on al qaeda to make it difficult for them to operate. >> do you think we could see the same kind of capture of ayman al-zawahiri as we did of osama bin laden?

it continues east of the rockies and east of minneapolis. 97 in phoenix. mid to upper 50s around seattle and portland. all the major airports are running on time this morning. if it changing to flight tracker at abc7news.com. >> kristen: we're learning this morning that a small conservative group is warning women about anthony wiener's, he admitted on monday he sent inappropriate photos to women online. a group called born free say they monitoring twitter three months ago and urged women to stay away from him. >>> i know congressman wiener. i wish there was some way i can defend him but i can't. >> i think it's unto congressman wiener and constituents to make decision. i think he should resign. >> house democratic leader nancy pelosi is questioning an ethics or questioning an ethics investigation. the leader of the born free crew discovered the photo and help expose it. >> arizona firefighters worked overnight to get an upper hand on the wildfire. they ordered another 2,000 residents in the town of eager to evacuate. a total of 7,000 residents evacuated. t

. >>> here is the high temperatures across the country. 72 in portland, upper 70s fargo and minneapolis, boston and new york, you want the heat, southward. low to mid 90s and 105 in phoenix. good news, most of the airports running on time. we do have flight departure delays out of j.f.k. and severe weather in the heart land. possible delays later today. look for the flight tracker any time you travel. >> it's 4:49. first phase of 9/11 memorial to honor those killed on flight 93 is now nearing completion. it will be dedicating on the tenth anniversary of the attacks. it's designed the public to get close to the crash site. a marble ball will bear those killed in the crash. they fought with the hijackers preventing it from striking the white house or the u.s. capitol. >> democrats are trying to move forward and put the weiner scandle behind them. he stepped down and democrats breathed a sigh of relief. >> he announced his resignation thursday afternoon following the sexting scandal. >> i'm announcing my resignation from congress. >> so my colleagues can get back to work, my neighbors can

heat wave continues from minneapolis at 95. 98 in chicago. dallas 98. that has a lot of humidity with it. seattle and portland, 50 degrees boston 76. we do have a flight arrival delays into philadelphia. all our other major airports are running on time. flight tracker is there at abc7news.com any time you need it. >> kristen: 4:47. anthony wiener says he'll cooperate with the house ethics investigation. he said he lied in an inappropriate relationship through social networking. he insists he won't quit his job. we hear for a woman that admits to sexting. here is john hendron with more. >> just a week for anthony wiener to go from this -- >> if this is a twitter prank. >> to this. >> to be clear the picture of me and i sent. >> it he delivered an apology and to his constituents and to media in blunt lands. >> i took it's down i said i had been hacked. >> and he said i had been hacked. >> i had explicit messages with sex women. >> one that traded messages that called one of his speeches hot. >> it stood for something and was passionate for something. >> s