june. the key battleground states, five out of nine had increases. ohio is the sole swing state to see its number improve by fa falling .01%. could see heat records broken today in several parts of country. bill karins is here with the forecast. good morning, bill. a good saturday morning to you, alex. the big weather story continues to be some of the drought and the amazing heat in the middle of this country. today we have excessive heat warnings for the st. louis area, des moines, omaha, lincoln, through topeka and st. louis through the tail end of the weekend check out highs. 107 in wichita. 105 in dallas. 102 in kansas city and into sunday, the heat, if anything, begins to expand a little. st. louis jumps up to 104. kansas city, 106. talking a phoenix-type desert heat through the middle of the nation paper mazing stuff in
in 50 states to try to raise money for orphans in the u.s. and around the world. they are hoping to raise $1 million. so sister mary beth is some 62 years old, and she s on this trek. they hope to do it maybe with a two-month period, but sister mary beth is just somebody we thought you should know about this morning. i just checked the website to be clear. we re talking 50 miles per state. 50 miles per state. and they said that s been done. people have run marathon distances in all 50 states. the first time two people have done it at the same time paper mazing. she s 62, folks. amaze. also amazing, the weather popping up not just this morning, through the rest of the day. keeping our eye on the severe weather. we re talking tornados today with bonnie schneider. and talking a lot about illegal immigration and that debate heating up in arizona and also around the country. casey wian, though, is in arizona for us this morning. good morning to you.