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Hit a hundred 100 degree days. today the drought continues. it doesn't look like the pattern will change. hopefully this upcoming spring will get you more wet weather in texas. right now hot is the only word that describes it. the cool air is arriving to the north. joining us on the east coast, today will be just like yesterday. a touch of humid tity and it wi be 80 to 85. this is our 24-hour temperature change map. this shows you where the cooler air is, from now compared to yesterday at this time. it's ten degrees cooler already in minneapolis. that's a sign of things to come. today's high t...

security checks but veterans benefits, other -- >> right. >> that's a scary process. >> starts to get mathematical. we have to figure out what gets paid and what doesn't get paid. another big story right now, a massive and dangerous heat wave is gripping much of the nation. here's how it looks and feels across the country. take a look at the red quarter. temperatures expected to reach 104 degrees in parts of texas today, in the southeast, temperatures are expected to reach the upper 90s and more than just uncomfortable, it's dangerous. heat has already claimed the life of at least on...

Happens. roughly 6:00 eastern. meantime let's talk about the weather. and this named storm called alex that we continue to watch there threatening the gulf of mexico. our meteorologist jackie jaris in the weather center. >> we've had a lot of questions about what kind of an impact that alex could have as to the gulf oil spill area and which direction potentially the storm could be going. we've got a new update from the national hurricane center on the projected path. and that has shifted slightly to the right. the further north the storm takes, the longer it will take to get to shore. it c...

Alabama, the weather, it's okay. but, of course, what may be happening tomorrow is the storm comes through. whether you see an oil or weather slick. >> thanks so much. we'll check back with you momentarily. jackie jerras is in the severe weather center. jacque, weather can hamper the oil spill. >> the storm system there, there was a tornado watch in effect earlier this morning. that has since expired. we're going to continue to see some scattered showers and thundershowers across the area, you get those erratic winds and that can help make the seas choppier. we can see the washup on the shor...

Widespread flooding. it's the same system that's causing the problems in the gulf and bringing those choppy conditions in the waters, up to nine foot seas today. look at the thunderstorm. they've been intensifying here across parts of the northern gulf. you can see them moving up towards biloxi. winds could reach 60-plus miles per hour, we think, in some of these thunderstorms as they push on through. the forecast originally was that maybe we'd get some of this oil towards the shore of mississippi by today. that didn't happen. so we're looking at earliest by tomorrow. keep in mind, when you lo...