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>> jenna: i am savoring these kind words about annapolis when your son is at west point. it's a friendly rivalry. jon: do our viewers understand, jenna has someone special in her life who is a naval academy grad! jenna: can't mess that up, my fiance, absolutely, and i had all these questions about what we call the hat toss, in which he directed -- corrected me, they call covers, jon. covers. jon: it's properly known as the hat toss! but each academy does the hat toss, and it actually started -- there's actually sort of a historical reason this thing started, when these cadets graduate and take...

Urge you, folks, if you want to, you can attend one of these graduations in the case of west point, some of the seating areas are reserved for underclassmen, some are reserved for families and friends, but there's always enough seating for the public to be able to come in and witness one of these service academy graduations, and if you want to feel better about america and your place in it, go see one of these ceremonies, because they are absolutely touching when you hear from these cadets, when you see the pride, the way they carry themselves, the cadets, the mid shipmen -- forgive me, jenna....

These guys, 1006 graduate the, got to shake hands with secretary of defense robert gates and he gave a great speech before. we are going to talk about that in a second. we think that the hat toss is literally just seconds away. we think maybe about 30 seconds away, according to my producer, shayla. but there is just a lot of anticipation, and all built up to this. jon, as you mentioned, it's the visual and symbolic end to the four years at the academy. jon: i know that one of the reasons they toss the hats at west point, too, in the case of this past weekend's commencement, it was the chairman...

Because you are most likely going to need iv fluids and you have to bring that core temperature down. >> up on the screen, we have the heat exhaustion symptoms. it shows water or sports drinks. is one better for you than the other? >> the problem is, you sweat a lot. you want to replenish it with water but the problem is you can dilute your body that way. you are better off to drink the water and sports drinks and remember hydrate before you go out. >> again, the news out of anapsis, maryland. four mid-shipmen suffered from heat. we go to ron allen in times square. ron, we know that there ha...

Four mid shipmen who are now being treated for heat exhaustion. and the extreme temperatures are even keeping trains from running on time. there have been equipment lockdowns and a.c. failures, staaling service on amtrak's northeast corridor. temperatures in the hundreds and upper 90s are spreading across the country. take a look at this weather map. and you get a sense of just how uncomfortable it is out there. let's head over to new york's times square. how does it feel out there, peter? >> you know, chris, some people's mixed fortune are other people's marketing opportunity. maybe it's not ...