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It is part of the reason the democrats are holding their convention there, right? >> well, that was the original intention, jon. look at the crystal ball here, we had north carolina leaning republican. we think that romney will carry it. it won't be by a landslide but it will be by enough. president obama won it by 14,000 votes. he clearly slipped in a lot of key places in north carolina from '08 to 12. jon: virginia real quickly, we have to mention the president up by a couple points in virginia as well. but those three states are going a long way determining which of these men win the presid...

24 people getting out are okay. the three children obviously didn't make it. jon: what a sad story. harris faulkner. thanks. jenna: now fox extreme weather alert. scorching heat gripping much of the country right now and it is expected to last well into the weekend and maybe early next week. we'll go to steve brown. he is live in chicago where an excessive heat warning is in effect from 6:00 p.m. eastern time. steve, you can report inside, we're okay with that, in air-conditioning if that is what you prefer? >> reporter: i appreciate the option. we may take you up on it a little later in the d...

Hail and damaging wind, the yellow on the screen, the slight risk stretching from the central and southern plains and as we head toward the northern plains, that red shaded area is where the ingredients will come together for large hail and poe mades throughout the evening and overnight. >>trace: further east you feel the start of a heat wave. how high? >>guest: hotter than phoenix, arizona, across the northeast. that is the heat and humidity: 76 in phoenix and 88 in new york city. 101 in raleigh and 93 in memphis and we have heat advisories for the mid-atlantic including philadelphia, baltimo...

To the midwest today including southern wisconsin which is still recovering from yesterday's flooding. there's also a potentially dangerous heat wave that's continuing to threaten the south. and up along the eastern seaboard. temperatures in new york city could reach triple digits. for the complete forecast, let's check in with bill karins. bill, when are we going to see relief? this has been a brutal july. >> i was going to ask you the same thing. xú meteorol bill. >> we only go out seven, eight days. that's about it. this summer is relentless. i don't see much relief in sight, especially if...

Themselves. >> everybody in the nation is looking at this city. and we should be embarrassed. >> reporter: california's attorney general making a run for governor is launching an investigation. >> how in the world can a city like this pay such large salaries? >> reporter: then there is the little city next door to bell, maywood, teetering on the brink of financial collapse. they got rid of all the municipal employees. now everything here from garbage collection to law enforcement is outsourced. l.a. county sheriff's deputies are the police force. >> people have come up to us and many have told...