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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...

hotels and other sites killed almost 7,000 people. mallika kapur joins us live from mumbai. first of all, tell us, i know there was a lot of people during rush hour. what do we know about this? what are you seeing? >> reporter: the explosions took place in three areas, three very, very busy commercial areas. they took place a little over an hour ago, three of them within 15 minutes of each other. we have heard from the prime minister just a few minutes ago, and he has confirmed there were three improvised devices used, and those are the ones that set off the blasts. before that was, ...

Protect their property, homes and lives. there's a lot of business being impacted on that river right now. >> reporter: that's right, this particular business obviously has its offices flooded. karla jenkins doesn't think she'll assess the damage until mid-june. on the river her company is hoping to get more calls for assists to help other boats up the river through this area but she's really worried about the longer term. here's one reason why. a lot of her income comes from hauling grain in barges up and down the river. the farmers here are flooded out, so it's a real question when the grain...

also i want you to look at something playing out hundreds of miles out above us right now. this is remarkable we can get a live picture in space. this is happening right now, drew foystle and mike fink are doing a second space walk, two "endeavour" astronauts. it looks like a lot is going on up there. they have some maintenance work on the space station. we'll get more about that. that is a live picture. fascinating to watch them do this work and they were able to get the live pictures. from the cnn center -- hey -- it's me and reynolds. >> hey! >> good morning to you all. i'm t.j....

Paper said, quote, without question, increased fund flow into commodities has boosted prices. 2009, even republican senator tom coburn admits the speculation, quote, helped to inflate futures prices and there by disconnect futures from cash prices impairing farmers' and gren grain elevators' ability to hedge price risk. even coburn said there was so much wall street money distorting prices that farmers and other guys who actually need commodity futures couldn't use them to keep their companies stable anymore. we don't notice price hikes so much because most of our food prices come from marketi...