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year. so far across the south and the eastern part of the united states, we couple the heat and humidity, theres no escaping it. >> reporter: how hot is it? >> yesterday, the asphalt tripped at 160. >> reporter: temperatures that can scald in a meat of seconds. >> theres no shade. no place to hide. >> reporter: whether you work or play in the sun theres no escape. across much of the country, temperatures and heat indexes shot well into the triple digits. >> with the oil, you know its h...

hes in this country illegally and immigration agents know it. he tells us the story. going to the game? eat at your own risk. a stadium hot dog with a side of salmonella and icy cold soda with a splash of mold. oh, yeah. we are listing the worst offenders. im krya phillips. 9:00 a.m. on the east and 6:00 a.m. in the west. you are live in "the cnn newsroom." it is day 99 of the gulf oil crisis. bps chief executive tony hayward is on his way out. taking the lead of the oil giant now,...

And reinvesting in the team but the rumors have been once george steinbrenner passed away. several years later the team will be sold, because theres billions to be made. that should make the fans nervous, corporate ownership is not the same as family ownership. that competitiveness isnt the same way. >> that personal competitiveness. >> max, thank you. we approaeciate it. >> now the debate over burqas. is it victory of womens rights or violation of womens freedom? take that issue on next.

Never thought too much about the ownership. always a colorful character if youre a yankee fan. knew how much he was and how much he micromanaged the team to some extent. >> as we say fair well, lets get get this to work countries of nabl. red sox nation, yankees nation. george steinbrenner, passed away during the night for the all-star game. campbell brown takes it away right now. hi, everybody. major political battle brewing tonight. naacp versus the taef parting. condemning what they call ra...

Baseball hall of fame. the boss called the night one of the greatest experiences in his life. richard roth, cnn, new york. >> for more on the life and types of george steinbrenner, i want to bring in cnn contributor, max kellerman, you called him the most famous owner in sports. talk to him about the team but on the game itself. >> george steinbrenner was the michael jordan of owners in american sports. he was that way, because he had an effectively competitive personality. >> thats how i would ...

politics? well talk about that tonight. also, on day 85 of the disaster in the gulf. we have a new reason to keep a very close eye live in the underwater camera. any moment well find whether the newest cap will pass a critical test. that will tell us whether bp finally shuts off the flow of oil after all. the littest investigation, the drug scourge killing more americans every year, theyre not street drugs, they are prescription drugs, shockingly easy to get. we have a lot of ground to...

Celebrated his 80th birthday on july 4th, independence day. joining us now by phone is max kellerman, a cnn sports contributor. max, put this in perspective for us. how big of a deal is this in the sports world? >> steinbrenner is the most famous owner in sports, and really maybe in the history of american team sports. its a very big deal. culturally, you think of even the kind of references that have been made to him. he was an ongoing character on "seinfeld." you never saw his face. the creato...

dropped calls. now "consumer reports" is weighing in. the news is not good. day 85 of the gulf oil disaster and there is new hope this morning that today could mark the beginning of the end. could being the key word. you are looking live there. here is the latest. bp successfully placed a new contain many on the gushing well. the company says that tight-fitting cap may be able to contain all of the escaping oil. now today the company will begin critical tests on the caps effectivenes...

Then, this kind of snowballing of interest, or, at least perceived interest, in these kinds of things will only grow. >> max, i mean, seriously what is he going to say for an hour? >> you know what? there is like a lot of negative reaction in the press now to the whole event. i dont know. there is not a ton going on in sports right now. the baseball, all-star game. the united states is out of the world cup. what, what do people want to talk about? they have turned this entire process, lebron jam...

>> he plays with unbridled power, when he dunks he jumps with 700 pounds of force. and the speed of his slam? faster than a chinook helicopter blades. self described chosen one primed to choose his future home in a primetime special on espn. >> i would like to see him play for the knicks. >> when i want to the sleep. >> all signs at this point seem to be pointing to miami. >> in cleveland, lebron james is a hometown guy. >> he is the best basketball player on the planet. >> lebron, please stay. ...