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>> and nick schifrin at the big international conference going on in kabul. thanks, nick. in the gulf of mexico this morning, bps ruptured well is leaking oil and gas. but for now, the containment cap will stay in place. while engineers monitor for any signs that the disaster could get even worse. john hendren is in buras, louisiana, with the latest on the ongoing well watch. hi, john. >> reporter: good morning, vinita and rob. it was supposed to be a two-day test, we are now in day five and b...

Heat wave continues for about the southern half of the country. yesterday everywhere in red was in the 90s and were going to do it again today. already temperatures in the 80s back through texas and look at phoenix, waking up to 88 degrees. now, as far as the forecast today goes 90s and 100s the southern half of the country and little cooler by chicago and st. louis. were dealing with showers and thunderstorms. one of the other big werlth stories that will develop, hurricane center now saying a ...

Des moines, chicago, cincinnati at risk for not only high winds but also damaging hail and isolated tornados. and it will be rainy from south texas to louisiana. >> temperatures in southern california will cool off after a warm weekend. denver will be near 100, 10 degrees hotter than usual. a state of emergency has been declared in eastern kentucky after flash flooding killed at least two people over the weekend. one woman died when she was swept away by high water. the other victim was leanin...

Were concerned about whats going on in the gulf right now. did i read this correctly, a tropical depression is forming there? >> overnight and about to make land fall here in texas. lets talk about where it is, very close to brownsville, about 15, 20 miles away. it is far enough away from the oil slick to where its not really having much of an impact. earlier there were strong winds pushing oil on shore with coastal flooding but now it hasnt strengthened, and make landfall close to brownsville, ...

Im don lemon. happy fourth of july to you. here are your headline this is hour. the owners of a ship built as the worlds largest skimmer, theyre waiting for the okay to join the oil cleanup in the gulf. the ship is called the a whale. undergoing testing in an area north of the gusher. initial results are due tomorrow. owners claim the ship can skim about 21 million gallons of oil a day. terminal one at the jfk airport in new york city was evacuated tonight due to a bomb scare. hazmat trucks we...

Forecasters now predict bad weather to get worse over the course of the week hampering the oil cleanup off the coast. craig boswell is live in pensacola beach, florida with more. good morning, craig. >> good morning to you. i believe those forecasters were actually right, guys. just started storming here. its been blustery all morning. its going to be hampering efforts to get those skimming boats back out on this water get them back to work this morning. hoping to get those out. thats to be dete...

Looks like the one son at least is getting to the age where he will want his first smart phone. >> he is already asking. >> as soon as he gets that she has lost him. >> my daughter said put down that blueberry. >> she doesnt say that, you are never on that. >> yeah, right. >> continuing the conversation on todays story go to cnn.com/fix. >> the news continues. "cnn newsroom" with kyra phillips starts right now. good morning, everybody. im kyra phillips. here is what we are working on this morn...

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Its thursday july 1st. >> its an american morning, but its canada day. happy birthday. im john roberts. good to have you with us this morning. lots to talk about as well. lets get right to it. south texas still being pounded by hurricane alex this morning. the storm now deadly over the border. a new worry this morning that this violent hurricane will cause even more destruction with flooding, mud slides and tornadoes and disrupt oil cleanup for days to come. >> well, the offshore drilling ban wa...

At his reaction. i want to get you to steve harrigan who is in south padre island, texas following the hurricane. we thought it could hit the gulf and cause major problems there. that does not turn out to be the case. >> reporter: certainly. this hurricane could have been major damage, first of all with the oil cleanup it slowed things down there but really didnt make a direct hit. second here on the border between texas and mexico they certainly feared the worse. two years ago they had a hurric...