Wave thats gripping the nation as some 130 million americans continue to bake in some of the hottest temperatures of the year. While the heat wave may be more than half over, misery, yeah, has plenty of company on wednesday. Nbcs tom costello starts us off. Reporter tis the season but boy, is it hot outside. Add in the humidity and the heat indices are at or near 100. From the lakeshores of chicago to minneapolis. From the carolinas to new england. I come out thinking im going to run as far as i usually do, but then i hit the heat and think, let me scale that down a little bit. Reporter in new york two children and nine firefighters were taken to area hospitals after a fire in suffocating temperatures last night. It has vapor barriers that keep the heat in so we have to relieve quite often and make sure we hydrate them. We have this dome of High Pressure which means this air is sinking. Reporter 45 states experiencing temperatures in the 90s or above, many cities five to ten degrees ab
2013. Good morning, everyone. Welcome to today 7 00 a. M. On the west coast on a thursday. Im Savannah Guthrie. And im matt lauer. Tamron hall and al roker are here. I think a lot of people will have something to say especially in los angeles where there have been a lot of violent protests. But we want to get to the socalled mountain fire. It is raging in Southern California. Right now emergency officials ordering mandatory evacuation for the resort town of idlewild. Miguel, good morning to you. Reporter savannah, good morning. 6,000 people have been ordered out of this area, some 2200 homes are threatened. This is a fastmoving fire fueled by those explosive dry conditions. Its moving in the direction towards homes. Yesterday afternoon the winds had shifted, light winds pushing it toward the desert. Today we have the winds shifted pushing these flames towards home. We know at least 35 square miles have been charred. This area is a tinderbox. Many of these mountainsides have not burned
Taken of crimes being committed in oakland on the three nights of protests. These three men Face Criminal Charges after being arrested during protests on monday. They say lamar called well and doa both broke store windows. And they say another man, jeffrey clark, threw a rock at him. Earlier today oaklands police chief heard complaint about the lax response to the violent protests. Sky 7hd shows what upset so many merchants. This after George Zimmerman was acquitted of murder on saturday. A series of rallies will take place across the nation this coming saturday. Organizers want federal authorities to prosecute zimmerman for Trayvon Martins death. They will be ready for whatever happens on saturday. We are able to put higher numbers of Police Officers out and we are more successful of Violent Crime and vandalism. Punish the ones that commit these crimes, graffiti and breaking windows. He plans to can sell days off so officers can respond to protests on saturday. One of the businesses t
Then we cant survive from wendys to the white house. America debates inequality, growth, and fairness. We tackle it with two key senators, plus James Carville and mary matalin join our powerhouse round table. Right here, this sunday morning. From abc news, this week with George Stephanopoulos starts right now. Hello, again. In south africa today, preparations for the most massive Memorial Service in memory. Pope francis, four american president s, the dalai lama and dozens of World Leaders will be there tuesday to pay tribute to a giant of our time. Well reflect on Nelson Mandela this morning. First, lets go to chief Foreign Correspondent terry moran. Just outside mandelas former home in soweto. Good morning, terry. I see the rain has started all around you. Reporter thats right, george. Right now, the rain is just opened up on this scene here. But it hasnt dampened the spirits here in soweto, just up the street, as you say, from Nelson Mandelas home. You might call it the humble mt. V
They say hot and dry winds have shifted pushing the wildfire south and east of los angeles. Reporter the raging fire is prompting new evacuations. The blaze has already burned at least 22 square miles and destroyed several homes. Officials called for the evacuation of hundreds more along with a camp serving children with cancer. My daughters home burned down. It burned down flat with eering she had in it. Residents say they feel helpless. This is hard because its so big. Theres not anything people can do about it. You just have to sit and look at it. We have active burning in the north and northeast. Right in the center is sort of like a detour around the center from an old burn about seven or eight years ago where the fuels are a lot farcer. Reporter more than 2,200 firefighters are battling the blaze on the ground. Were trying to take out any heat in the black area, the already burned area so that doesnt cross our line and get back into the green. Reporter fire officials are optimist