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right now more than 85 million americans are under excessive heat warnings and advisories and in the northeast, the heat forced organizers of the boston triathalon to postpone the event. new york city's triathalon will go forward as scheduled tomorrow but there will be changes to ensure safety of participants. cnn'sdoval is in new york with more on how the city is trying to keep people cool. >> reporter: you may say it is july, it is supposed to be hot. but meteorologists are saying by the time we finally get some relief here in new york possibly next week, new yorkers will have expe...

assault charges, video of the incident there. the 43-year-old man is charged congress with a dangerous weapon. cnn's evan perez is following this and other developments for us. evan, what do you know about the suspect? >> reporter: jim, we know he was facing, first, a state charge. he was released almost immediately after he was charged with a second-degree assault at the state level and now federal prosecutors have decided to charge him on a federal charge. that charge is for assaulting a member of congress. of course he is running for governor in the state of new york. obviously th...

and then after shots ring out you can hear men will cheer. human rights activists and officials are expressing horror today after what some are calling an honor killing. i want to bring in our pentagon correspondent. what are you learning about this video of the woman who was executed and the circumstances? >> well, very disturbing to watch but many officials believe it under scores the real brutality of the taliban. this woman apparently was killed, executed by the taliban because they believe that two taliban men were somehow having some dispute over her all according to the govern...

these items. the payroll tax cut before the holidays. party leaders in the senate now say they're trying to come up with terms -- come to terms with something and that may be more likely now that democrats have given up trying to pass a new tax on millionaires. but wait, there is more. in less than 36 hours, much of the federal government will run out of money. the latest as seven budgetary stop gaps runs ot out at midnight tomorrow night. while lawmakers scramble to come up with a plan, nobody's voted on anything. we'll certainly keep you posted. in baghdad today, the end became...