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Northeast until thursday or friday. new york city is expecting 92. it will feel like 100, just shy ft of the record high. washington, d.c., record high is 98. it will feel like 101. just like every day, its 90 degrees. 90 degrees in dc. tomorrow, philadelphia will do it too. same in hartford. its like a 2, 3 day heat wave. it begins to break. the end of the week, next weekend looks gorgeous for areas of the great lakes and northeast. improvement is coming. >> thank you, bill. the fda has given...

New valve in the damaged one. the procedure takes less than an hour. >> theyre walking within 2 1/2 hours of the procedure, and the overwhelming majority of them go home the next day. >> now airs is back to enjoying his life. >> i feel really really fortunate. >> thank you to dr. john torrez for that report. dozens are dead following a bombing at a wedding in afghanistan, the very latest on who may be behind the attack. congressional democrats way action against israel following its decision...

Ally was diagnosed with diabetes at 12. >> how essential is it for a type one diabetic to use insulin? >> its the only option. >> the 25-year-old works three jobs and struggles to afford the medication she so desperately needs. shes covered under her parents insurance now, but that ends in five months. >> buying insulin here at this price is not an option >> reporter: thats why she rations hers to get the most out of what she has. >> right now its like a survival mode, like you ration because yo...

Countries where they often cost much less. dr. john torrez reports on your money, your life >> reporter: a disturbing trend in the u.s., the rising cost of medication >> drug companies are greeting the new year with price hikes. >> reporter: with few competitors, the price skyrocketed, a heated topic at last nights debate and making headlines today. >> were open for business >> reporter: as the trump administration laid out the foundation to allow the u.s. to legally import drugs from foreign co...

Abortion for any women in that state. dr. john torrez is there for us and will have more reaction coming up. still to come this hour, to impeach or not to impeach. that is the question im going to pose to democratic congresswoman debbie wasserman schultz. and speaking of the i word, could launching proceedings in the house be the best and only way to get americans to see and understand the mueller report? but first, the president unleashing new tariffs on mexico in an effort to stem illegal im...

Lets go back to that breaking news out of missouri where a judge has just issued a stay that will allow the states last remaining abortion clinic to remain open. at least temporarily. joining us now from st. louis is dr. john torrez, hes been on the ground there, and has been gathering reaction outside the clinic. what are you hearing there, dr. john? >> reporter: im hearing reaction from both sides, cheering on both sides when they got the word that the temporary restraining order was granted. ...

Telemundo on june 26th and 27th. now, we have an nbc news exclusive report. more than 1,000 immigrants apprehended for illegally crossing the southern border yesterday morning. its the largest group ever encountered by border patrol. our julia ainsley just broke this story and well go to her next. plus, planned parenthood in court today trying to stop missouris last abortion provider from closing its doors. our own dr. john torrez is in st. louis talking to the clinics medical director about w...

Repeatedly defended her father. she did so again overnight. she said trump wont let him rest in peace. i have to stand up for him. it makes my grief unbearable. >> we will dig deeper into this over the next hour. remember, the first half of that report, and robert mueller said it, was about russian interference in the election. we have got another election coming up. we are going to discuss more about what this president is or is not doing about that going forward. now we have to take you to lou...

The attorney said the reason they are in this situation is because the governor started the use medical requirements for license renewal that arent medically indicated. he is using those as a way to target abortions. >> if the state had a concern about the had, we provide the department of health has the prerogative to stop us were providing care that day. i am not sure why they are chosing to wait until our license laps or making it impossible for us to comply with the license renewal process. ...

Percentage of e cigarette users among high school students jumped from 1.5% to 20.8%. last year the surgeon general released an advisory that called teen vaping an epidemic. i want to talk about this with medical correspondent dr. john torrez. good to see you. this was thought of as really the advances in cutting smoking down was built around not having teens pick up smoking. that was thought to be the big game. taxes on cigarettes that made it expensive, rules about not selling single cigarette...