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frustrated. its 100 and some degrees heat index outside, and i can understand people getting worked up about this sort of thing. more on politics in a moment. i want to start with a street level view of what has to be considered an emergency. justin bruno heads up the office of emergency management. he is kind enough to step outside and tell us what he has been up today. thank you for making the time and braving the heat. is your city in emergency mode right now? >> we absolutely are...

thats more than were killed by hurricanes, lightning, tornadoes, and floods combined. cnn meteorologist chad meyers joins us. its more than the heat. >> its more than humidity. if you set your steam roam at a gym at 105. that feels like 200 degrees. even though its 105, it feels so much hotter because your body cannot perspire, and it cannot cool itself down. a sauna is 160 or 170, but it feels cooler because the air is dry. now, this is a 10-year average, 170 people die of heat-relate...

no agreement. nor is there an agreement on a house republican push for a much smaller plan made up of spending cuts alone. if all else fails, we may end up with an idea floated by the top senate republican, mitch mcconnell. we laid it out for you. three separate votes between now and the next elections to raise the nations debt by $2.5 trillion, and there would be $1 trillion in spending cuts and a special congressional panel to shore up entitlements, and the up side supposedly for rep...

the jewelry district, and its popularly known as the diamond district. its made up as narrow lanes and alley ways, and usually very, very crowded. especially at rush hour. and at the scene right now, there are lots of police personnel over here, and lots of journalis journalists, and curious on lookers. the police are trying to clear the area and get everybody away. we have seen shattered glass on the ground. and the police have covered some cars at the moment, and a few are addressing...

Sounds in the past few days. in bahrain, demonstrations had already a carnival like atmosphere for days. but things can change in the blink of an eye as youll hear in todays sound affect everybody abc correspondent miguel marquez. >> no, no, no. gentlemen, gentlemen! journalists, journalists. no, no, no! journalist, journalist, journalist! he said no! he said no! he said no! >> i just got beat. rather badly by a gang of thugs. im now in the marketplace near our hotel where people are cowering in...