Blankets nearly half the nation. Sweltering temperatures stretches from the midatlantic to new england, back through michigan. Parts of nearly every state hit the 90degree mark. Youre kidding, the whole area . In maryland residents will have no Running Water for up to five days. Officials are shut down a major water main after discoffering its beginning to fail. A u. S. Air strike has apparently killed the number two man for al qaeda in the arabian peninsula. Four of the six jurors in the George Zimmerman trial are now distanting themselves from the comments made by juror b37. Eric holder spoke out against stand your ground laws. These laws try to fix something that was never broken. One member of the royal family who maybe isnt so much on the baby bandwagon, the queens cousin. Are you excited about the baby . Not terribly. Crews battling this Massive Wildfire in the mountains near palm springs. It destroyed seven homes so far. A man going toe to fin in massachusetts. The major league allstar man in the bottom half of the eighth. A standing ovation. Greatest closer of all time. Mayoral candidate collapsed from the heat. I think its just and all that matters. Weve created graduate schools for criminality in locking people up in ways that are increasing their inability to function in society. A lot of people are, wow, who are you . Its rumored the new playstation controller will measure the degree to which youre sweating. Gamers asked, whats sweating . Welcome to cbs this morning. Good morning. It is hot. It is getting hot. As you wake up in the west the eastern United States is dealing with the fourth day of punishing heat. Tens of millions under threat from the hottest weather of the summer. A dome of High Pressure is sitting over a huge area. It stretches from the east coast to the ohio valley to the great lakes. Highs in the mid90s are expected in washington, d. C. And virginia with heat indexes in triple digits. Meteorologist kate bilo is keeping an eye on it. Good morning to viewers out west. Here in philadelphia and all along the east coast, were already starting to smoulder on what is day four of an extended heat wave that will only get worse before it gets better. Lets take a look at temperatures. Where weve been and where were headed this week. Temperatures have been in the mid90s. This is not atypical for this time of the year. Generally, this is the hottest week of the year. But what will be atypical the heat well feel thursday and friday. Not only are temperatures in the mid to upper 90s but when you factor in increased humidity its going to feel as hot as 110 degrees. Some dangerous heat especially for the elderly, Young Children and anyone with respiratory problems. So why is it so hot . Were centered under a dome of High Pressure. This ridge of High Pressure is usually over the Southern Plains this type of the the year. Theres a storm there that shoved the heat waves further to the north and east and its not going anywhere for the next several days. Meanwhile, moisture continues to pump in from the gulf. Thats going to make it feel worse and worse each day. Back here live, im in philadelphia with our cbs 3 mobile weather lab. Our weather tracker on wheels. We will track the heat and humidity conditions right through the rest of the week. Stay cool and stay safe if youre in the heat. Well send it back to charlie and norah. A major blow to al qaeda this morning. Tarter group says its number two man in yemen has been killed by an american drone. Our Senior Correspondent john millers a former assistance fbi director. He is said al shehri. Hes not the number two man in al qaeda but hes the number two man in al qaeda in yemen. Why is that a big deal . These are the saudi loyalists that bin laden trusted the most. Theyve been in yellmen. They have been the ones most effective about targeting america. Theyre the ones who developed and placed the underwear bomber in a plane over detroit. The three planes bound for the United States and great britain. Theyre the ones who publish inspire magazine which gave the recipe and by its name the inspiration for the Boston Marathon bombings and the bombs they used. How do we get him . This was part of a joint campaign with u. S. Special forces intelligence and the Yemeni Military to take on al qaeda of the arabian pa numbers insurance in peninsula because of the problems they make for not only the u. S. But yemen and its instability. Lets turn to the ship that was seized with weapons on board. What do we know about that . How sophisticated or unsophisticated was the stuff on board . This is another chapter in a different and very interesting spy game. Here is a rusty old freighter that comes through the panama canal, sticking this far out of the water, then literally goes off the radar. Its signal stops blipping. And the next thing they know, its coming back from the direction of cuba except its sitting way lower in the water. And they say, were shipping sugar. It turns out underneath the tons of sugar were all of these old weapons systems. Apparently bound back for korea, coming from cuba. Let me turn back to yemen, if i may. When they turn the number two man, are they easily replaceable, so that they hardly miss a beat . Not any more. I mean youve got a youve got a limited group there in yemen. What theyre looking for is talent that comes with the technical ability, the leadership skills. This isnt about fighting u. S. Forces in the field where theyre expandible. These are leaders of a complex terrorist organization. This is a significant blow. But the number one guy there is still alive. In california protests continued last night after the George Zimmerman verdict. This time, peaceful. In los angeles, police moved in after some of monday nights rallies turned violent leading to 14 arrests. Civil Rights Groups are calling for protests in 100 cities this weekend. One of the jurors who acquitted zimmerman is putting sm of some of the blame on Trayvon Martin. Speaking in silhouette appeared with 60 minutes correspondent Anderson Cooper last night on his cnn program. Do you think Trayvon Martin played a role in his own death . What happened to him, this is something he also i believe he played a huge role in his death. He could he could when george confronted him, and he could have walked away and gone home. He didnt have to do whatever he did and come back and be in a fight. And the other jurors felt that as well . They did. Four of the other five jurors put out a statement yesterday. The statement reads, in part we also wish to point out that the opinions of juror b37 expressed on the at donenderson cooner show were her own. Serving on this jury has been a highly emotional and physically draining experience for each of us. The death of a teenager weighed heavily on our hearts but in the end we did what the law required us to do. In a speech the Naacp Convention in orlando yesterday, attorney general eric holder sharply criticized the socalled stand your ground laws in california and other states. Holder says the law, in his words, senselessly expend the concept of selfdefense. Eliminating the common sense and ageold requirement that people that feel threatened have a duty to retreat outside their home if they can do so safely. By allowing and perhaps encouraging violence situations such laws undermine public safety. Unfortunately, has victimized too many who are innocent. We must stand our ground to ensure that our laws reduce violence and take a hard look at laws that contribute to more violence than they prevent. You know charlie, this was a remarkable speech. Eric holder the first africanamerican attorney general. He talked very personally about after Trayvon Martins death counseling his own 15yearold son if he is stopped by police. We heard for the first time eric holder talk about even when he was a young prosecutor running to catch a movie in georgetown, being stopped by police. Im heard that from other africanamerican fathers talking to their sons over the last few days. Absolutely. Well have more on that coming up later in the show. Tomorrow on cbs this morning, Trayvon Martins parents, tracy martin and Sabrina Fulton will join us here. Thats tomorrow right here on cbs this morning. Socalled Nuclear Option to avoid filibuster rules. Paving the way for confirmation votes on president obamas nominees held up by republicans. Today in the house, the gop could vote to delay two key parts of the president s Signature Health care law. Theyve done it before. Nancy cordes is on capitol hill. Nancy, good morning. Reporter good morning norah and charlie. Two mandates at the heart of law. One requires individuals to get insurance. The others required medium and large sized businesses to offer it to their fulltime employees. House republicans are saying today both mandates are flawed and should be delayed or killed while democrats say this is yet another attempt to derail the law of the land. The law isnt wonderful, its a train wreck. Reporter a pair of setbacks for the president s Signature Health care law gave republicans the opening they were looking for. First, the white house announced it was pushing the laws employer machine mandate back by a year because businesses complained it was too complex. Some Union Leaders who initially backed the law sent a letter to the president expressing deep concerns about that employer mandate. Saying it creates an incentive to keep Employee Work hour, below 30 hours a week. House majority leader eric canter. What youre saying now is individuals and groups from different camps, from both sides of the political aisle, saying wait a minute this thing is going to be a nightmare. Reporter the white house says the laws problems are being overblown and democrats are arguing bumps in the road should be expected with a plan of this size. If there are unintended consequences, the answer to that is to Work Together to solve them. The answer is not lets get rid of the entire Affordable Care act and throw the baby out with the bath water. Whats wrong with the white house saying look we had an ambitious time line measure not going to meet it so in order to implement obama care properly were going to push this deadline off . Its so striking that all a sudden the white house has actually come to a point where theyve had to admit that obama care doesnt work. And thats the way they didnt say it doesnt work, they just said they need more time. They clearly have a provision that the law will not work and they say its not ready now. We say it will never be ready. Reporter and he and other republicans argue, charlie and norah, its not fair to postpone the employer mandate but still require individuals to begin purchasing insurance in october. The fight goes on. Nancy cordes, thank you. The daughter of former Vice President dick cheney wants to follow in her fathers foot steps. Liz cheney says shes running for the u. S. Senate seat in wyoming but the move could split the Republican Party in that state. And jan crawford is in washington. Jan, good moraling. Reporter liz cheney made a name for herself as more than just her fathers daughter. And her decision to run for elected office was not unexpected, but whats surprising to many is the fact that shes going to be challenging a fellow republican. And solid conservative. Who also happens to be a friend of her familys. Today, i am launching my candidacy for the United States senate. Reporter cheney announced her plans in a fiveminute video. And criticized the man she will try to unseat in next years republican primary. Wyoming senior senator mike enzi. We cant continue business as usual in washington. Reporter cheney a 46yearold lawyer, was a state Department Official under president george w. Bush before leaving to help with the bush cheney reelection effort. Shes remained in the public eye. Working for the Republican Party. And as a commentator on fox news. This president is nowhere near the man or the leader that dick cheney is. Reporter liz cheney has been a staunch critic of president obama and shares her fathers views on limited government and a strong defense. In the past she signaled her political aspirations. I think that a life in politics, a career in politic, is really an honorable profession. I have a lot of respect for people who do throw their hat in the ring. Reporter her decision to take on a sitting republican senator means a hardfought campaign that now is dividing republicans. Its going to have senator against senator, its going to have a Senate Committee in charge of reelecting senators against the cheney family. An uncomfortable split within the Republican Party that could have and should have been avoided. Reporter ari fleisher was press secretary during the bush cheney years. He says now is not the time for liz cheney to run. The idea of taking on an incumbent, i just dont like the timing of it. I dont like the Republican Party fight. I wish shed picked another year. Reporter yesterday, senator enzi didnt sound happy about cheneys decision. He said of cheney i thought we were friends. More than 2,000 firefighters are batting ingtleing a wildfire west of palm springs, california this morning. The fire is only 10 contained. Were getting our first look at the devastation from a train disaster in canada. 50 people died after a runaway train of crude oil burned. It melted street lights. 11 days later, Officials Say the epicenter of the disaster covering half a square mile is still too dangerous to allow people back in. And back to the heat wave. It comes at a very bad time for up to 200,000 people in suburban washington. Theyre about to lose their water for days local Officials Say. They cannot wait any longer to replace an aging pipe. Chip reid is in Fort Washington maryland. Reporter behind me is the massive Gaylord Hotel. Later today, it will be shut down along with just about every other business in this area, because their water is being turned off. For the rest of the week this restaurants entire staff is on standby. I have no words. Reporter theyre closing down because their faucets are running dry. Beginning wednesday for 3 to 5 days at an estimated loss of up to 80,000. I cant tell you how many parents that work here employees with children that right now, you know, are going to go home with nothing for this week and, you know god knows maybe even next week. Reporter just down the street, the Gaylord Hotel plans to evacuate guests. Across Prince Georges County maryland, as many as 200,000 people will be affected. Behind the water cutoff a nearly 50yearold huge pipe so fragile it could explode at any moment. Thats what happened in 2008 in another washington suburb. A water main ruptured, flooding the road and trapping cars. People had to be rescued by boat and helicopter. You have piped under the street. Think about it. Reporter Patrick Natale leads the group of civil engineers. His prediction this will become a regular problem everywhere. We have 240,000 water main leaks a year in this country. What are we doing to maintaining . Are we staying on top of it . Reporter as Prince Georges County anticipates its shortage bottled water is scarce and tap water is being stockpiled. You filled the bathtub with water . Reporter sandra is storing water everywhere she can with temperatures in the 90s. Her main concern is her 79yearold father. Frustrated with this whole thing . Its like a nightmare. But well deal with it. Reporter officials here in Prince Georges County are comparing this to a natural disaster. Many people weve talked to are simply making plans to call family and friends and get out of town. Norah and charlie. Chip reid thank you. And the excitement is building as the world awaits the birth of the newest member of britains royal family. This is the scene at st. Marys hospital in london this morning. Kate is expected to give birth there at any time. Maybe this week. Royal family members are said to be waiting by the phone for news of the babys arrival. Its time now to show you some of this mornings headlines from around the globe. Inflation rose last month mainly because gas is more expensive. The Consumer Index gained a half a percentage point in june. That is the biggest inglaes fivecrease in five months. A 20 cut in the number of top brass and highlevel civilians at the pentagon by 2019. The New York Times says universities have been increasingly hit with fiber attacks. Theyre happening millions times each week. Most are believed to come from china. Campuses often dont learn about the hacking till much later. Usa today says an autopsy confirmed glee star Cory Monteith died of an overdose. Experts say people can be vulnerable to overdose because they can no starting out with a lot of clouds around the bay area this morning all the way into the bay and along the coastline and some of the valleys, too. But by the afternoon, more sunshine and some warmer weather is on the way. High pressure now building in out of the desert southwest. That is really going to crank up the temperatures away from the immediate coastline into the upper 80s inland toda