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Battle for control of congress. voters go to the polls in 108 days, but a great number of them may approach the election with skepticism. in a new national poll just 51% of americans believe elections are fair and open. there was a wide gap along party lines with 68% of republicans expressing confidence in a fair election. only 43% of democrats share that same opinion. meanwhile, new questions about the so-called manhattan madam subpoenaed in the mueller investigation. her real name is kristen d...

Harvey. >> i consider my family jake and andrea and welcoming a baby in the next couple of months. congratulations, jake, you are a true patriot. working with team rubicon and helping in disaster areas, this was after hurricane harvey. i had a wonderful time with them last year. i plan to do the same this year. they are part of our family here at "fox & friends." congratulations, jake, you looked amazing. you did great, my buddy. take a look at your forecast highs. it is hot thought texas with o...

Especially the southern plains, people are like, well its hot typically in texas and oklahoma, dangerous heat with temperature over 110-degrees, heat advisory for millions in the next couple of days, parts of texas, dallas, 108, 108 and not letting up unfortunately. forecast heat index, people are urged to stay inside, its down right dangerous. not a lot of relief in terms of radar and rainfall, we could see potential for storms across the central u.s., northern part of the northern plains, but ...

There today. their record is 107, so either matching or breaking it. then by friday, this will be the worst of it before we start to improve a little bit day by day. so dallas tomorrow, 108. amarillo, 103. san angelo, 107. this is going to fuel some storms to the north, so we have severe weather predicted for today in parts of the midwest, and that will scoot to the mid east throughout friday as well. we could see large rain and hail and gusty thunderstorms throughout friday. we are looking at a...

Were with all of this, its slightly cooler. washington from 94 to 81. boston, 91 to 82. new york city a couple notches cooler and certainly felt across parts of the midwest like places in cleveland, morgantown temps a few degrees cooler. your weather risk has shifted well back into the plains. omaha one of the areas of concern. isolated tornadoes in the forecast. big-time heat still the story. parts of texas and parts of the south begin to warm up. among the warmest temps weve seen in years. dal...

Its economy is roughly the size of new york state. russias gross domestic product was $1.6 trillion in 2017. by comparison, the gdp for just new york state was $1.5 trillion. russia has been in a financial crisis since 2014, thanks in part to the u.s. economic sanctions and slump in oil prices. crude oil exports are the lifeblood of the russian economy. for every $1 decline in crude oil prices, the russian economy loses billions of dollars. from september of 2013 to february 2016, the price of c...

Russia is not our peer. while president trump says, vladimir putin isnt my enemy, hes my competitor, no, mr. preside president, he wishes he was your competitor. the russian economy is the size of new york state. they have been in a recession since 2014. in part, because of the sanctions the powerful united states and the eu imposed on russia after the annexation of crimea. couple that with russias dep d dependency on commodities and falling crude prices. every dollar the crude prices drop, the ...

A massive heat wave leaves thousands of people without electricity. the l.a. department of watt eastern power says fridays record setting heat put unprecedented demands on the electrical grid and caused power outages throughout the city. 34,000 customers are affected as of this morning. the vast majority of them are still in the dark. downtown l.a. reached a high of 108 degrees friday shattering the previous record of 94 set in 1992. coming up, the presidents lawyer, rudy giuliani seems to con...

Hurricane harvey last year, so you can imagine what its like when you see several inches of rain in a very short period of time across the houston area yesterday. fourth of july. they had to san sell a lot of the celebrations and look at the water coming in from one of the city buses. so that is a big concern. fortunately for this area, even though they received several inches of rain in a short period of time things are going to improve. holy moly its a trying time across texas and the gulf coa...

Degrees for what should be a nice weekend. this number keeps fluctuating because it is the time of morning they change all of our advisories and warning, but roughly 50 million people still. some spotty spots in areas of interior new england, and then we have a large area through the mississippi river and along the ohio river and excessive heat warning around the memphis area. as far as the summer heat wave goes for the highs today, the reason we will watch the excessive heat warning in memphis,...