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freezing rain and whiteout conditions this morning. good morning, everyone. robin is off today. glad to have elizabeth vargas back. but some tough news this morning on the economy. the numbers paint a really bleak picture. >> makes you wonder what's happening with the recovery and if we're going back to the double-digit recession that so many fear. >> we did hear at that feds said the recovery is not as strong as they hoped. the dow down more than 250 points. retail sales stagnated. and economists predicted 1 million americans will lose their homes to foreclosure this year. and tak...

morning." i'm lisa robinson. >> and i'm jennifer franciotti. >> it is going to be another triple-digit day outside. >> well, it has never cooled off. that's what everybody is talking about. we'll continue right through the weekend. today will be the worst of it. >> people are saying it is too hot to even go into the pool right now. >> i suspect a lot of the pools, especially those little waiter pools in the back yard, they are really warm, bath warm. let's take a look at how warm it is this morning. i mean that literally. it hasn't even dropped into the 70's. current temperature 84 d...

a 13-hour standoff in baltimore county might have uncovered a cult. >> we have the assault of an 18-year-old woman started the ordeal. >> reporter: that's right, an 18-year-old woman was asauld. at there hhur, she is hospitalized. listed in serious but stable condition. and it was that strange pttack that brought police to the address behind me. take a look at that house. it launched what might be an investigation into potential cult-like activities. >> reporter: for hours, it was scary. >> reporter: police are on standsby, outside a home on michelle way in pikesville. >> it looks li...

>> reporter: but a former teacher tells wjz, administrators did not want to get on the state's list of dangerous schools and tried to cover up the violence. >> i ended up walking out of school and quitting. i couldn't stand to watch what was happening at gilmor elementary anymore. the administration was not only sweeping it under the rug, they were aggressively keeping teachers from saying anything. >> reporter: administrators said they do not tolerate attacks and are working extensively with gilmor. two years ago, two cities also drew attention for violence when this video surfaced ...

>> yeah. no question that there is enough money. >> right. >> or, i'll take that back. i don't know how much money they need. but certainly a lot of money. >> right. >> and the remarkable thing is, you know, that text haiti on your cell phone thing which results in a $10 donation has raised $20 million. >> that's incredible. >> that means 2 million phone calls have been made to do that. remarkable. telepharmaceuticals leading the way giving away $7 million. jeffries group giving away $6.5 million. that is another interesting story, teva, the first doctors to arrive in haiti were isra...