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Readings, well over 100 and spreading. 107 in d.c. tomorrow. 105 in philly. 107 in chicago. it will last into the weekend. it will be warmer by saturday. tonight, authorities are warning this combination of heat and humidity could be life threatening. abcs alex perez in chicago. >> reporter: tonight, that heat wave has more than half the country sweltering after lightning-packed deadly storms rocked the northeast. torrential downpours turning new yorks subways into waterfalls and sending thousan...

Lasts through the we could. humidity levels competitive excessively high. even though we see heat index values at 105 to 110 its the overnight lows in the urban areas. many cities may not drop below 80 degrees. the time where we need to replenish and recuperate. 86% of the lower 48 you mentioned at 90 or higher. 50% of the country at 95. currently 108 kansas city, 103 in st. louis down a bit. you can see the rain hits cincinnati, nashville, atlanta. 80s. 73 in new york. but the heat builds eastw...

Omaha, thats where its going to be the worst today. its not enjoyable in d.c. this morning, after the thunderstorms last night its even more humid, 81 degrees and the air is super sticky. how bad will it feel and how dangerous will it be? some of the worst heat indices will be this afternoon in kansas city. these numbers are taken in the shade this afternoon. 109 in kansas city. d.c. today is the coolest of the next four days, same for new york and philadelphia and boston, too. on friday richmon...

There still will be some hot places along the mid-atlantic states this afternoon. its a big bubble of high pressure. its just a summer type high that has a lot of humidity inside. i got out of my car today and my phone fogged up. thats how much humidity is in the air. the heat is here. the humidity is there. youre going to need to take breaks. make sure the pets and kids have plenty of water and shade. because the temperatures you see on the map are in the shade. in the sun it will feel even war...

Through, say, hartford, connecticut, and even parts of the cape. see damaging winds and flash flooding, one to two-inch rainfall rates per hour. not just for the quad cities, but here in the northeast. very heavy rains going into tonight. lets focus on that heat. really the core of it tomorrow, st. louis, can kansas city feeling like 108. but saturday, i think we could break records from wilmington, delaware, up to worcester, massachusetts. the overnight temperatures will not be relief, either, ...

Next tonight, much of the country bracing for extreme heat. the heat index rising to 108 in washington. it is expected to feel like 106 in new york, as well. where they are also concerned about the possibility of another blackout. this as the remnants of hurricane barry dumped more than a foot of rain in southwest arkansas. and triggered a possible tornado in victoria, mississippi. and tonight, 15 states are under heat alerts, right up through the northeast. lets get right to meteorologist rob m...

93 million people, 1 in 3 americans, under some heat advisory. everywhere in the bright eye pink is excessive heat warning. and it gets into dangerous category for people being in apartments without air conditioning, especially the elderly. so, you get it. its the peak heating of summer. its almost like what you get at the end of january with big cold waves, well, this is the opposite. 108 it feels like in oklahoma city. 108 in arkansas. those are 100 to 110 across the board from the midwest thr...

To 110. marching east. the worst of it will be friday, saturday and sunday. look at the numbers. 250 million americans will see temperatures at 90 degrees or higher. 85% of the population. 60% of the population will feel temperatures 95 or higher. could ref we have record highs maybe more than 20. but its the overnight lows we could see 100 temperatures broken because the temperature wont drop below the 80s at night. feels like 105 oklahoma at the. kansas city, 108. st. louis 108. chicago up to ...

From the government and open source mapping, as well. >> wow. >> now we know. tonight, the firestorm. president trump and race. the president declaring today, i dont have a racist bone in my body. the effort to condemn the president in congress. how far will it go? and our correspondent tonight asking lawmakers on the hill to go on the record about what the president tweeted about those four congresswomen. and youll see as many try to avoid the question. outrage in new york city tonight. the...

All the hot air building in the middle of the country. st. louis with 106 and 102 heads to the east. look at d.c. saturday could look like 112, new york city could feel like 108. the actual temperature could hit 100 in d.c. and new york. boston will see the peek of the heat wave. >> you will see me from the briefing room, not outside. 112 in the shade? thats insane. >> that is a dangerous category. if you have a broken air conditioner, get it fixed now. >> still ahead, senator and 2020 candidate...