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More than 20n americans io0 llm. look at mbnue fos er the heat index, feel like -- 111 in d.c. 110 in philadelphia. 108 in new york .tycieeing numbers that high. tonight, the former pro football player who died of heat stroke leading thousands without power. ansesubway lines shut down just moments ago here in new york city. gio benitez leading us off. >> reporter: tonight, the life-threatening heat has first responders on high alert. who at risk? >> anyone is at t risk.isos m >> reporter: we spe...

Is a swwide spraelspread proble. this is 98 in oklahoma city and dallas and 100 for the high in washington, d.c. this is different are the high pressure systems that are triggering the intense temperatures. this is going to be coming with high humidity levels, too, and the heat index of the feels-like temperature is going to be higher. it is going to feel like it is 108 for places like washington, d.c., and kansas city, and 106 is what the temperature will feel like this afternoon in chicago. th...

As bad as the warning states are. take a look at minneapolis. are you ready for 60s and 70s? im not forecasting that for the mideast, but eventually thats going to move through. 106, 108 tomorrow. look at new york and boston brutal stuff for the next couple of days. but a front is on the move here thats going to potential for severe weather. level 2 of 5 there with damaging wind, large hail and isolated tornadoes. look what happens, columbus goes from 90s to 70s. chicago, 90s to 70s. thats the c...

In the areas back more rural areas outside of the location. heres the thing, this is going to be a pretty widespread area. were talking from new mexico all the way up to maine. youre talking over 80% of the country is expected to be seeing these temperature that are going to be 90 degrees or higher. heres a look at the forecast high. 96 today in chicago, 97 for st. louis and kansas city, 99, almost triple-digit temperatures in d.c. that doesnt even factor in the humidity. when you do factor that...

Alex perez, thanks to you. the heat wave is just getting started. lets get back to ginger zee tonight, shes tracking it all. ginger? >> reporter: good evening to you, david. we start, hartford, connecticut, washington, d.c., places that have not seen 100 plus degrees in three years. philadelphia, new york city. its been seven years. i think all four and dozens of others will see that century mark this weekend. look at the map there, a ridge of high pressure. the jet stream that acts as a fence t...

Like 102 in charleston, south carolina and feels like 103 in charlotte and 111 for kansas city and minneapolis. that is the temperature combined with the humidity that is out there. and that added humidity is also helping to fire up some storms. we have a moderate risk here of severe weather across portions of the -- of the midwest as well as the northeast. were talking damaging winds, the potential for hail and even some tornados. the good news for a city like chicago is youre finally going to ...

Sweat that it produces. thats the true problem. its going to feel like 115 degrees in downtown chicago today. if you take a look at ohare, probably 108. get near the buildings, thats where the heat will be. omaha will be 116 this afternoon. and the heat thats in chicago will be farther to the east by saturday and sunday. new york city will feel like 109 in manhattan. easily could feel like 115. in the do not try this at home category for today, the weather service in omaha, nebraska, put biscuit...

Building on fire? not quite the right video there, but one man decided to scale down a 19 story building. we will show you that coming up. first, welcome to our viewers in the united states and all around the world. this is "early start." im jessica dean in for christine romans. >> it is friday, july 19th. im dave briggs. it will be 108 degrees tomorrow afternoon. we will get to the heat in a minute. start with politics. get ready for round two. the lineups are set for the cnn democratic primary...

Forecast. >> no question. its important to remember, john, the temperatures i show you are going to be in the shade. so if your dog is outside in the sun feeling these temperatures its going to feel 10 or 15 degrees warmer. please take care of the elderly and pets today. excessive heat warnings all across and up and down the east coast. temperatures are going to feel 115 degrees. thats warmer than it will feel in death valley. i know a dry heat and wet heat is completely different. but still you...

Now from cnn meteorologist allison chinchar. it looks like this dangerous heat is going to last through the weekend. >> it is. and what separates this heat wave from perhaps the majority of them we usually see, usually when you get these domes of high pressure it comes with dryer air. thats not the case with this one. youre getting the high temperatures and also very humid, very muggy conditions. and that makes it very hard for your body to cool back down. look at all of these people under eithe...