Heat index yesterday 110 degrees. Today only feeling like a 100. What is a big improvement. I went outsidehis morning and wow, what a relief. Almost 80 in the morning. Not bad. No issues on the belt y right now so good. Take a looks thi in hamilton. Harmony church is shut down and the lanes ake bloc between 7 and 15. Multiple trees reported do you thrghout loudoun county. Melissa, thank you. That sound and look is very familiar to all of you who are outside yesterday ev it was brutal. Last nights fast moving storms left a trail of damage across the d. C. Area. They also knocked out power and forcing some families to get through the night without we che on theamage in Montgomery County. Lights flickered and came back own a kept happening and then it they went off. Reporter people in bethesda without power and families forced from their own and no power means its unbearably hot inside. It was like fury came down. 15 minute then it was all over. Reporter this family is trying to figure ou
Been exhumed for todays luncheon. We are pleased to have secretary of agriculture sonny perdue, we welcome him for the first time to the press club joining our distinguished century long roster of speakers. Remarks, iegin his would like you all to please put your phones on silent. Back in the day we would say turn them off, we want them on silent now so you can live tweet live npc is nbc live. We would also like to take a moment while you are silencing your phones and turning off other potentially a fiscal tory or distracting devices to introduce our head table. We would like you to hold your applause until after the full head table is introduced and then you can erupt in applause. Starting from my left and youre right, mark heller. He is an agricultural reporter. Marion, senior White House Correspondent at and lex white house watch. Tamara holleran, washington correspondent at the atlanta journalconstitution. Rich, the Deputy Communications director for secretary perdue. Stevens anste