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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...

obama has just summoned congressional democrats to aarr white house. to be clear, democrats only. were also hearing the top two house republicans, john boehner and eric cantor are to meet with mr. obama at 5:00 p.m. eastern time. so clearly a busy afternoon shaping up at the white house. tell you what, i want to take you now straight to senator coburn who is live for me. sir, good to have you on the program. let me just begin with this. we mentioned these meetings at the white house. m...

murdochs protege rebekah brooks to show up tomorrow to answer questions. despite her arrest over the weekend, her spokesman says she will be there. shes denying she knew her reporters hacked phones for scoops while she was the newspapers editor. rupert murdoch, chairman of news corp, and his son james are expected to testify alongside brooks tomorrow. they will appear before parliaments media committee. a heatwave hitting the middle of u.s. extremely high humidity makes it feel as ho...

foreclosures, and he had a winning streak on a game show. what is the consumer financial protection bureau? it aims to put a stop to predatory lending. it will keep an eye on credit card fees and student loans and keep an ear on consumer complaints. because a whole lot of centers dont like the bureau, the confirmation could be, dare i say, in jeopardy. dan, tell us first why this nomination is not going to elizabeth warren? >> reporter: well, certainly the white house saw her as somebo...

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...

>> exactly, theyll have to go through readjustment and being back on earth. and "atlantis," gina, can we see "atlantis" at this point, it rolled out of the vehicle assembly building there at kennedy space center. can you see it from where you are? >> i cannot see it. it is halfway to the launch pad. it got a late start out of the vehicle assembly building this morning. and the crawler doesnt go very fast. >> moves about a mile an hour. >> right. >> remarkably slow, actually. >> it was very poign...

embattled leader, moammar gadhafi. nasa begins a new countdown clock. next month, the 30-year-old shuttle program will end with a mission of another shuttle, the at lan hi atlantis. pressure is mounting on congressman anthony wiener to answer two questions posted on his twitter account. how hot is it getting? >> how about you do the questions, i do the answers and this jackass interrupts me. how about that as the new rule of the game? >> lets catch you up on this stoefrmt on friday...

>> jeanne meserve, thanks so much, in natchez, mississippi, appreciate that. mark your calendar, nasa has set july 8th for its final space shuttle mission. "atlantis" made its way to the launchpad earlier this week. it will deliver supplies and spare parts to the international space station. the mission will be number 135 for the space shuttle program. tennis superstar venus williams is sidelined right now but is anxious to get back on the court. you like to win? >> i love to win. not just l...

done. they say they have arrested a powerful drug kingpin. he was reportedly arrested at his own birthday party. he was taken into custody in mexico just across the border from texas. police say he is one of the leaders of the gulf cartel, one of two gangs battling for control of smuggling routes into the united states. the u.s. state department offered a $5 million reward for his capture. bob strang is a former special agent with the drug enforcement administration and the current ceo...

Lines, border lines, that is. netanyahu says that would leave israel indefensible. astronauts aboard the space station completed their first spacewalk today. it was cut short though because of a glitch in one of the spate suits. a carbon dioxide dioxide sensor. officials had no way to monitor carbon dioxide levels so they cut the spacewalk short. 30 years after the space shuttle program began the final space shuttle flight is now slated to take place on july 8th. the space shuttle "atlantis"...