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One week from today, house members will be able to skip town for a month of summer recess. house lawmakers are scheduled to meet for 126 days this year. thats a slight increase from 2012 when they were scheduled for 107 days. but that was for campaign days, because 2012 was a campaign year. they call district workweeks to hold town halls and spend time with local officialsp in a recent study by the management foundation found that members do spend most of their time at homeworking with constitue...

Trading now at 4.34. thats apple. you can forget sticker shock at schools. get ready for even more at the pump. thats the warning from aaa after an incredible two-week run-up in gas prices. scott is with us. all right. tell me, how bad is this going to get? >> i think it could get worse before it gets better. that market, the crude market, which gasoline is traded off of, is looking to shock to the upside. we have had inventory problems and weve had geopolitical problems. those two things have...

Capital. six flags over texas take on its own investigation to look into the death of a woman who fell out of a roller coaster last week. rosy questioned the restraint before the ride took off. the ride is closed until the investigation is over. flash flooding surging through a dry central arizona sunday. thunderstorms caused heavy rainfall and sweeping through what you see there. those are roads throughout phoenix. crews had to air lift stranded residents from houses and stuck in their cars...

Typically youre in new york and mentioning earlier how hot it is in new york. of course, when you get into the subways. but here in atlanta, were a little cooler than new york. right now were looking at excessive heat warnings in place from anywhere you can see from washington, d.c., all the way up to areas including massachusetts. that means were going to see heat index values around 107 degrees. still today alone. the good news is today is the last day of this heat wave. now as i show you the ...

Right now its still rather hot outside. wolf, youre lucky youre indoors because it feels like 107 degrees in washington, d.c. atlantic city, 104. and 103 in new york. its only going to get hotter as we go through the afternoon. now, there going to be some relief on the way. and its going to arrive in parts of the midwest today. tonight. because we do have that frontal system that emily was talking about. thats going to drop temperatures down for areas like chicago as well as grand rapids then th...

On the line to save our community. ive watched friends breaking down this morning about their property that they are losing and i just think the community is overwhelming and pulling together and helping each other. >> reporter: so far this fire has burned almost 25,000 acres. the biggest challenge for fire the steep rugged terrain. also the conditions. its dry, its hot and wonindy. they are trying to figure out what started this fire. they tell us they believe its human cause and dont know that...

You need dusty terrain. we have that in the southwest. you also need thunderstorms and with a thunderstorm within it, theres an updraft component. but theres also a downdraft component, and with the downdraft component, the winds press down and out, and when they do, they form a gust front, and that kicks up all the dirt. thats what creates that wall of sand which really you could barely see through at all. quite scary and ominous looking at it. today around phoenix no threat for thunderstorms. ...

>> between egyptian unrest and pipeline protests, our drivers facing a real pain in the gas this summer. gas prices jumping three pennies overnight. to former shell oil president, and money watcher, scott martins. lets start right off the top. i saw oil 107 -- i cant believe that were back above $100 a barrel. whats going on in the oil market? >> well, its been almost a year and a half since we hit the price. what is going on is a couple of things. you hit the one. the political volume volatilit...

In them. and one of the things i think youre seeing this administration understanding now is because of the cost and because of the expertise that the federal government does not have either of, that theyre looking for ways to get around the law thats written. what do you really expect from a piece legislation that the vast majority of the members of congress didnt read before they voted on? this administration is just kind of making it up as they go. >> steve: and regarding making it up, did th...

Senators -- klobachar and al franken who are against the tax on medical devices. why do they care so much about it? there are 45,000 to 50,000 people employed in minnesota in those types of companies. minnesota is known for these types of companies. i find it interesting that two senators who no doubt voted for obamacare are going out on the road with orrin hatch and another democratic senator who is escaping me right now to try and repeal that part of obamacare. >>steve: senator hatch has writt...