war but that is the danger we have got because we have got belligerent parties cannot just israel and iran but america does not enjoy relations with iran so this is a hard conversation for everybody to tamp down on because all the parties don t talk directly to each other. that is tlright, but this is another thing that has been unusual ever since his april ua 1st strike in damascus we have really seen some unusual diplomatic movements and one oft those was on that same day the u.s. reached out to iran directly, the u.s. was not involved in that strike in damascus but that just underscores how important it was for the u.s. to know that they didn t have anything to do with that and how concerned they were about that strike and implications it had for the region. courtney, excellent reporting, as always we will stay close to you through the course of the night. joining us knows nbc news white house correspondent, mike mellie. i heard something interesting from you which is unusually
humid. it s going to feel even hotter. the heat index may exceed 105. that feels like temperature by 3:00 or 4:00. and then after that, we could get some severe storms. right now though, no storms around. we just have haze and humidity and mild temperatures, all those areas in yellow are in the 70s. and that includes all of virginia and most of maryland. parts of west virginia, those patches of green are down in the 60s this morning. that includes western maryland. those areas in orange, they re right around 80 degrees. in fact, the low 80s around the bay, along the potomac and on much of the eastern shore. reagan national is at 82 degrees. we have a heat advisory from 11:00 this morning to 9:00 this evening. all of these counties in orange. from the blue ridge east, all of these areas is going to feel like 105 to 110 by mid afternoon as temperatures soar to near 100 degrees once again. then after that, around 5:00, 6:00, we could have some strong thunderstorms developing. so