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president obama, congressional leaders from both parties finally hammered out a deal yesterday one they think can win votes from lawmakers in the house and senate. lets get more now jay dow in washington, good morning to you. >> good morning to you, terrell. theres no getting around the fact these debt negotiations were messy. neither side got everything they wanted and you could argue thats the sign of an effective compromise. lawmakers from both sides are faced with the challenge of ...

yesterday one they think can win votes from lawmakers in the house and senate. lets get more now jay dow in washington, good morning to you. >> good morning to you, terrell. theres no getting around the fact these debt negotiations were messy. neither side got everything they wanted and you could argue thats the sign of an effective compromise. lawmakers from both sides are faced with the challenge of convincing their members this deal doesnt stray too far from their core principles. c...

the front-runner. supervisor and mayoral candidate david chu doesnt like it. >> i have heard that he is having second thoughts. >> reporter: do you feel betrayed by that? >> you know, at the end of the day, ed lee committed to all of san francisco. he made a promise to the city and to elected officials that he was not going to run. i hope that he is going to be a man of his word and stand by the promise. >> reporter: lee is popular at city hall. the bureaucrat everyone loves. but if he...

stalemate before its too late. >> the time for putting party first is over. the time for compromise on behalf of the american people is now. >> reporter: congress will spend the weekend trying to craft a consensus that will end the crisis. it democrats intend to bring up their own debt plan for a vote in the senate this weekend and republicans will block t at the same time, house republicans are planning to tank that very same democratic debt plan bill this weekend and vote it down. th...

the dew point is down from where it was last week. down to 67, which means the 99 feels like 104. last week, that dew point was 77. and our heat index was 117. yes, its extreme. but nothing like you saw last week. and yes, theres some relief on the way. well talk about that coming up in just a few minutes. kai? >> all right, bob. thank you. stay with wjz and first warning weather coverage. for the latest on heat advisories and the updated forecast, log onto wjz.com. getting on board....

of it. >> reporter: after more attempts to wake him, baez finally woke up and the pilot told him because of his condition, he had to get off the plane. but according to the police report, as he was being escorted out, his brother luis joined him, yelling at the pilot, quote, if you come to san juan, i will have you killed. the report lists both men from puerto rico. >> they are saying they are arguing with the captain. they did not want to leave and they did not want to get off the pla...

he has more information. j. c., just in the past hour the heat advisory was issued and it goes until 9:00 tonight. talking about a heat index 105 to 110, maybe even a little bit higher than this. now last week remember how hot it was on friday? we had excessive heat warning and while its really hot and humid, its not as bad as it was week ago and we had a little bit of time to get used to the higher temperatures but still take it easy outside. one thing thats causing all the heat, hi...

wjz.com. a man working to build the arundel mills slots parlor is killed on the job. tonight, police are releasing new information about the deadly construction accident. wjz is live at arundel mills. meghan mccorkell is live to explain what happened. >> reporter: that accident happened around 10:00 this morning. now, workers used this massive crane to lift that fallen wall but for one worker, it was just too late. >> reporter: rescue workers rushed to the scene after this wall came ...

it? >> probably not. although interestingly enough its the same seaweed we would eat in miso soup. >> reporter: it put the state in foul water. >> fouls, fishing gear, pro poler, its a fast growing intrusive species. >> reporter: the state raising a red flag on the weed worry is no surprise. >> we have already been working with environmental stakeholders and even reaching out to places like the smithsonian institution to figure out best practice. >> reporter: its not like the vase goin...

to tell me what was going on. >> reporter: the feds say the pimps would charge $50 to $60 a trick. the women wouldnt get a cent of it. theyd also swap the women out every few weeks. the ring stretched into pennsylvania, new york, and new jersey. >> there was a gal named cass. nisee her again. >> but she saw a lot of johns. >> i didnt see any like 16- year-olds. it was mostly older men. it sickened me to think, this is someones father, grandfather, husband. >> there was only one girl th...