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the historic heat wave and an obama biden reunion, why the former president and first lady are returning to the white house this afternoon. we begin with new developments in the investigations into donald trump and his allies. people familiar with the matter tell the washington post the documents seized by the fbi during a search of trump s mar-a-lago estate last month included information about a foreign government s nuclear capabilities. nbc news has not independently confirmed this reporting. the justice department declined to comment. as the post wrote in its piece, quote, some of the seized documents detail top secret u.s. operations so closely guarded that many senior national security officials are kept in the dark about them. and that quote, documents about such highly classified operations require special clearances on a need to know basis, not just top secret clearance but a trump spokesperson tweeted the washington post continues to serve as the propaga ....
Continue to do that over the coming days. 50 million americans under a heat alert, that includes sacramento, los angeles, san diego, phoenix and las vegas. looking at temperatures well into the 100s today. 100 degrees in medford. these day time highs are 10, 20, 30 degrees above average for this time of year. salt lake city today 22 degrees above what is typical for this time of year, 105. 109 in sacramento. you were at 116 yesterday. you ll be warmer again tomorrow. looking at tomorrow, thursday, friday we see the brutal temperatures continuing sacramento, 111 tomorrow, 109 on friday. and then some gradual relief, still warm in sacramento, near 100 degrees but not as dangerous. fresno, 99 on saturday. las vegas into the low 90s. this heat does continue and will continue to break records. we re also concerned about fire danger out west. we have the combination of gusty winds, low humidity and also ....
Today about emergency drought conditions. we have cold fronts making their way through. here s where a series of cold fronts are going to make their way through. blizzard conditions in minnesota yesterday, but more snow expected in through the ohio valley today and into the northeast for the weekend. if you add all the systems together, right around minneapolis, you can see about 4 to 6 irnches. rain, sleet and snow as each system kind of passes through. coldest air still going to be to the upper midwest. then the record break heat once you go out west. so the colder the air is, the higher the fire danger out west. that s what s going on. thanks, indra. let s get to john berman. it is a done deal in congress and president obama could sign a measure funding the government through the end of september as ....
Of a semi pro 27-year-old football player whose body was foupsd nearby. paula deen is hanging on to some of her endorsements at least for now. deen was dropped by the food network and smithfield foods. but her deals with target and the drug mafrer nova nordisk continue. deen is still expected to appear on cooking shows in washington, d.c., houston and dallas this fall. authorities in colorado may have a lead on one of the most destructive fires in history. sheriff investigators are searching a home in el paso, colorado, for evidence. it s near where the fire started. the blaze killed two people and destroyed more than 500 homes. the fire danger out west remains high, particularly due to extreme heat. extreme even by arizona standards. crews have managed to gain control over the stubborn fire ....
Four to six inches of rainfall. right now we have flood warnings in place across parts of louisiana as well as into mississippi and into that florida panhandle. and we ll continue to see those as we go through the day. on a wider view, that frontal system is coming through with the snow to the north. of course, it s bringing in a n. that cooler air. for areas like los angeles, they ll get close to that 100-degree mark. and this means that s why we have that fire danger out west, the combination with the dry conditions and with those winds up to 40 to 50 miles per hour. poor folks. always tough that they re going to lose their homes and having to evacuate. we ll check in with you, jennifer delgado. new this morning, an investigation under way after two planes collided at newark international airport. take a look at the damage to the top left tail of a united express jet. look closely there. it was clipped by the wing of a scandinavian airlines jet. both planes were taxiing for depar ....