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Official day of the season, but across much of the country, it already feels like the middle of a long, hot summer. nbc's jay grey has more. >> reporter: a heat wave continues to sweep across much of the country right now. >> it's sticky how i describe it. >> reporter: sticky, stifling and likely to stay around for a while. >> mostly sunny, windy and hot again this afternoon. >> reporter: so hot, even forecasters are looking for a little relief. the more traditional dunk in detroit is at community swimming pools, and charlotte water parks are packed, while outside of boston, hundreds are hopin...

Day. >> reporter: in philadelphia, free ice cream is helping to keep things cool, but in the end, on the first day of summer, these kids seem to have figured out the best way to beat the heat. jay grey, nbc news. >> enjoy it. nbc meteorologist bill karins is going to have much more on this heat wave. eric holder is cited for contempt, this after obama invoked executive privilege. the committee was voting on the operation that aloud mexican gangs to get guns. despite holder giving republicans over 7,000 related documents and offering a partial release of the rest, that wasn't enough to stop t...

The way they were before the storm. knowing it will never be normal again, dylan. >> understood. again, keep us up to speed. we hope not only the insurance companies and the government are able to provide basic funding, but the community is able to find each other to restore what has been lost. thank you, jay. next up here in times of great challenge, which is surely where we find ourselves and great change and great risk, we also have tremendous opportunity. after this, the innovator and author who says we have a world of abundance that's as big as the scariest thing you have ever thought of....

[ male announcer ] help your family stay afloat at aflac.com. plegh! residents of towns in the midwest are picking up the pieces after the weekend of sdaedly storms. 39 people killed this weekend. nearly 80 tornadoes broke out. survivors in those communities were also hit by snow in indiana and in kentucky in the overnight. today's cold temperatures are making an already difficult recovery for these individuals and these towns more difficult. jay grey is in henryville, indiana, with the latest on what the greatest stresses are. what do they need the most is the question, jay? >> reporter: they...

Marking the anniversary of the shooting. >> i'm getting better. >> it's already been an incredible recovery. but giffords insists she's not done and promises we will hear that voice for years to come. >> i will return. >> jay grey, nbc news. >> and here is your first look at some of the other news going on around america today. it's a muddy mess near seattle. a wall of mud, it came pouring into three homes in bellview sunday, lifting one car high enough to press it into the roof of a garage. a water main break may be to blame. well, near chicago, an illinois man is recovering after accidenta...