across arizona, new mexico, up to 100% as far as drought coverage. and the beneficial rainfall certainly has been helpful as well for areas for firefighter efforts. the largest and second largest fires in that state beginning to see some improvement as far as conditions especially in the hermit s peak area because 93% containment in place with the beneficial rains that we have seen. now, there is some hot weather left in place for about 10 million americans across the central and southern california, heat is on here at least the next couple of days. los angeles up to 86. las vegas, about 109 degrees. but gradually cooling back down to 105 while the pacific northwest has already cooled off into the 60s and 70s. a glance at the tropics, one area of interest will mainly be a rainmaker around northern mexico and areas of southern texas while back around eastern atlantic, 20% chance of formation in the next five days. also watching a potential
portland and seattle as well. 20 degrees above seasonal values in a area that struggled to get to 80 up until a couple of days ago and now searching past that. you will notice areas into las vegas in the 100s, you will notice the historic temperatures have been observed in northwest and oregon, 92 was observed on sunday afternoon, the previous record was 85. from monday into tuesday, a significant drop in temperatures. marine push brings temperatures back down to reality. mid 60s eventually by wednesday, rain showers possible and eventually we settled back down approaching the holiday weekend. temperatures climb back up to 80 across the region. a 100% or 98% across arizona, that is the drought coverage we have been in place. wildfire activity has been sick
conditions is what we expect in the way of rainfall the next 6 to 10 days. we don t expect much at all across the southwestern united states and that includes portions just next door into new mexico as well. and look at this perspective, back on october 19, upwards of 87% of the state of california had drought. in december and into january, we saw conditions improve quite a bit, rainfall came down in abundance in that period and then it very much quieted back down january into february. and right now, we have increased the extreme drought coverage to 40% with drought being experienced in all of california to some extent. and that is really what is concerning right now across this region. yeah, that is what the firefighter was describing as well, the new norm as he described it. thank you very much, pedram javaheri. in washington u.s. senate democrats have failed to pass a bill that would protect access to abortion nationwide. the women s health protection act failed with a 49-51 vo
portugal into greece. you take a look at conditions across portugal, we can show you what we re dealing with because we know that that is in particular the tinderbox of europe. coops of like where california is for the united states where you have the excessive fires in place there, the elements can advance. and over 10,000 hectares of land consumed every year across places like portugal. and there are the maps. you can see the comparison especially when you take it into portugal and compare to spain. 80% less forest area, but more area of land consumed. when it comes to europe as a whole, here is the drought coverage across the balakins. and so warnings as a result. and we have a massive dome of
the situation room . we begin with the state of unemployment in america, just three months before election day. both democrats and republicans have something to seize on in the newest jobs report. employers say they added 163,000 jobs to the u.s. economy in july. that s better than economists expected, and something for the obama camp to hang its hat on. but the romney camp is pointing to this figure, the overall unemployment rate unexpectedly rose to 8.3%, because american households report losing 195,000 jobs. we want to bring in our white house correspondent, dan lothian. so sounds like kind of a wash, politically, dan. it does. and what the president is trying to do is highlight the positive, as you pointed out. yes, the unemployment rate did tick up to 8.3%, but what they re focused on is the fact that jobs were created, more jobs than expected. the experts out there, economists had expected that some 95,000 jobs would have been created last month, but as you pointe