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Northern plains. the central plains is where the bulls eye of the heat is today. colombia, missouri. 108 degrees today. we think its hot here, clayton at 100 today. 99. could be at 108 in colombia. >> clayton: stay inside. thank you so much, rick. >> alisyn: the u.s. giving message to afghanistan that the country will be supported as the war winds down. secretary of state hillary clinton announcing this morning while visiting kabul that afghanistan has been declared the newest major non-nato all...

Be the tenth straight day of temperatures at or above 95 degrees. already a new record in baltimore. temperatures are forecast to reach up to 108 degrees today. yes, 108 and possibly higher. folks in maryland, d.c. and virginia arent just suffering from the heat, they are also still recovering from damage caused by last fridays surprise storm, which was made even worse by the steamy weather. as of this morning, a total of 12 people have died in maryland from causes related to the storms and the ...

Reports 56% of the continental united states is in drought condition. the widest area in its 12-year history. most of that due to the scorching heat wave hitting much of the country. people desperate for relief heading into the weekend. lets see if we get some. fox meteorologist rick reichmuth out here. >> not just yet. we have got to get through the weekend and then we have some relief going. still some brutal conditions out there. right now it feels like 108 in chicago. 6:30 at night there so ...

>> heather? >> its now 9 minutes after the hour. lets head to janice dean. shes been a busy lady lately. she has more on the extreme heat in effect in many parts of the country. hi there, janice. weve been talking about these drought conditions. >> yes and the drought conditions is actually making the temperatures even worse. if you can believe it. theres really no moisture in the ground so the heat -- the earth heats up quicker so theres a quick explanation on how the drought is actually lendin...

Well see that the next couple days. look where we are temperature-wise. it feels like 108 degree in chicago. 105 degree? in st. louis. thats why we have the worst of our heat advisories. that red color, those are heat warnings. 25 states dealing with some sort of heat advisory warning, watch or advisory. you see this beginning to build here across the mid-atlantic. this air mass will move in today and tomorrow. well deal with this a couple more days. you see where the heat is. its stretched acro...

Tomorrow you are looking like this. still warm, the warmest day well have across the east coast is going to be tomorrow. it will feel like 108 degree in washington, d.c. 101 in new york. then well move forward sunday. up notice the color all calms down a little bit. not quite as bright of red. 94 in kansas city. 83 in chicago. 90 in new york. it looks like well get a much needed break this coming week. then well start to warm things up across the west. shannon: i still have neighbors without pow...

>> its so nice to be here. nice to sit next to you. >> this is the news from a to b. >> i love it. im brooke baldwin. its bright and early. >> we do appreciate it, brooke. 5:00 a.m. in the east. lets start with this one, shall we? hitting the road today. up first, the obama bus tour ready to roll this morning and heading for the white house. betting on america tour kicks off with four campaign stops in ohio today, and then its on to pennsylvania for an appearance in the steel city tomo...

Plus the humidity, what t feels like, 103 degrees in chicago. 103 in st. louis. 103 in d.c. where folks are still suffering. a lot of people without power. this is oppressive and really dangerous. 103 in d.c. 100 in raleigh. 107 in st. louis. incredible heat. 108 in louisville. its not going anywhere, unfortunately, harris. >> harris: some of those places i want to draw attention to dont always get this hot during the summertime. some of them do but not everybody. what about severe weather. >> w...

It was just amazing, and were going to see more of it. were absolutely going to see more of it. >> a new poll from the washington post shows most people dont think climate change is the top environmental problem. 29% say its water and air pollution. have americans lost focus? that same poll shows 78% believe global warming is a serious problem. i mean, this has got to be a wakep call. but if you have legislators in denial, where do we go? >> continue the education, and unfortunately, more events...

Washington has never seen. it has never seen this kind of storms with hurricane force winds. it was just amazing, and were going to see more of it. were absolutely going to see more of it. >> a new poll from the washington post shows most people dont think climate change is the top environmental problem. 29% say its water and air pollution. have americans lost focus? that same poll shows 78% believe global warming is a serious problem. i mean, this has got to be a wakep call. but if you have leg...