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Gripping the mid atlantic for the fifth straight day that the temperatures are at triple digits or near triple digits. more than a million people are still without power. no a/c for some people. hi steve, happy fourth of july. reporter: happy fourth of july. two big concerns down here on the national mall. one is heat and the other is security. lets start with security. here is the main security checkpoint. there are going to be eight of these with magnetometers, people are going to have to be c...

Boston, new york, philly, d.c. rain rapid city to kansas city. showers in the northwest. scorching heat, denver to dallas. >> triple digits in phoenix. colorado springs and dallas. 80s in the middle of the country. 70s in the northeast. all right. high temperatures creating a dangerous threat in the west, feeding a major wildfire near colorado springs that has already forced more than 11,000 people from their homes. the blaze erupted saturday and grew to more than 3 square miles yesterday. the...

Window, from the side window, a big bang or roar. >> hes so close to the explosion that his heavily armored suburban is launched into the air. >> and it landed back on the four wheels. the thing about it is, you automatically knew it was a car bomb. i thought, i cant believe it. this is a car bomb. this is crazy. >> its about to get even crazier. >> i thought the coast was clear, we were safe, wed gotten away from this car bomb. i said, my gosh, somehow we escaped miraculously. >> but the huge e...

an event that enraged the catholic church was interrupted by an abortion protester. it was a speech by health and human services secretary kathleen sebelius at georgetown university. lets listen. >> having spent my entire life in public service -- i spent my entire life in public service -- [ cheers and applause ] >> cheers of support there from the graduates. the church had blasted georgetown for inviting sebelius not because of the obama administrations position on abortion, but chur...

Elections there, party leaders have been unable to agree on power sharing among themselves. another round of meetings is set for today. the governments standoff could impact the countrys financial system and cause credit problems that will be felt around the world. and theres another round of layoffs at a south dakota plant that produces a meat byproduct known as pink slime. 86 employees from the corporate office of beef products incorporated have now lost their jobs. the company blames the jo...

Power sharing among themselves. another round of meetings is set for today. the governments standoff could impact the countrys financial system and cause credit problems that will be felt around the world. and theres another round of layoffs at a south dakota plant that produces a meat byproduct known as pink slime. 86 employees from the corporate office of beef products incorporated have now lost their jobs. the company blames the job losses on poor sales and the misinformation campaign about...

Jamie: right now there are heightened concerns about terrorists turning their bodies into bombs, and the feds have stepped up security not only here in the u.s., but also overseas. the fear right now is these body bombers could target u.s. planes and other forms of transportation because its one year to the day of usama bin ladens death. rick folbaum has more on that. >> reporter: its important to note that the fbi and the nypd say there are no known threats centered on new york city today, but ...

End? >>guest: a confederate of his and his 16-year-old all three born in the united states of america. and it says when the president does that, without the authority of the congress, without a warrant from a judge, a judge could not issue a warrant to kill anyone, you have to have a trial. when that happens it shows all three branches of the government are willing to look the other way in the face of profound violations of the constitution. >>shepard: and it is as if it never happened. no one i...

his life today. and the first secret service agents being forced out over a prostitution scandal in colombia. now one of the escorts is talking about a fight over her cash money. thats what she called it. the reason this whole story left the hotel. >> and rocker ted nugent has a date with the secret service to explain inflammatory comments he made about the president. and airport naked guy is now speaking. why he says that he doesnt regret taking off all his clothes at a security che...

Venture -- business venture. the suspicus water bottle filled with flash powder and commercial-grade m-80 fireworks. other items not yet identified are now undergoing testing, and in an abundance of caution the security checkpoint was closed for about 20 minutes while officials established a safe perimeter, but there were no flight disruptions. authorities say it is not uncommon for passengers to forget they have banned items in carry-on luggage, but thats no excuse for breaking the law. >> he i...