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Break records with temperatures close to 100. phoenix cooler than usual at 97. phoenix and other cities in arizona and new mexico are bracing for the annual monsoon season. outside albuquerque, they placed sandbags in and around homes as a precaution. and the national guard is there as well. just in case. there is a big risk of flash floods after recent wildfires burned off all of the vegetation. and now we turn to some holiday outings that turned to tragic freak accidents. a 10-year-old boy swimming in an eastern tennessee marina was electrocuted in the water, and another boy, he nearly d...

Everything else, insanely expensive. it would prevent, trees falling and knock the power out for days. makes sense. >> it makes sense. happened in my neighborhood where we had a freak storm the we had power outages. when we came back, they were burying the cables underground. and we haven't had problems then. >> the technology reached that point. why go through this every bad storm? power is out. tree crashed on the wires. >> hundreds of thousands of people. elderly, children, people, sick, dying. you have got to invest the money. >> speaking of deaths -- 26 people have died across the eastern...

Son's birth. a bridge over i-40 outside albuquerque collapsed yesterday. a construction worker was hurt but not seriously. crews were trying to disimagine the bridge at the time. sony had to take part of its playstation network off line again to fix a possible security problem. it affected users trying to log in via the web. lady gaga tops this year's "forbes" magazine list of the world's most pow areful celebrities. she earned 90 million. oprah winfrey tropped to number two. teen sensation justin bieber is in the third spot. our question of the day. what do you waste your money on and...

good morning. welcome. it's thursday morning, may 19th. we have a lot of news this morning including some breaking news. let's begin with that breaking news. the resignation of dominique strauss-kahn as head of the international monetary fund. this move comes just before a bail hearing today in new york. we're seeing this mug shot for first time. the former imf chief is facing sexual assault charges for allegedly attacking a maid in his manhattan hotel room. he says he is not guilty. resigning from the imf so he can defend himself fully. >> here is part of a statement he released. ...