degrees in dallas and 63 degrees in new york. do want to touch on the big international headline. this is meghi slamming into the philippines late last night, downgraded to the equivalent of a cat four hurricane, and now it reemerging into the south china sea. for the most part, and there's your forecast track heading off towards the west. we are also watching something down in the southwestern caribbean. still hurricane season here, and of course, it's always a worry for folks who live in new orleans. and the other reason, the main reason we are here, john and kiran, coming up on wednesday, that's the six month day from when that explosion happened there out at the well. and we're doing a little gulf of mexico oil spill update. take a little report card on what's going on down here. and we'll have reports throughout the week. the first one coming up in a few minutes. >> we look forward to checking in, rob, and seeing if life has returned to normal in any way, shape, or form for those living