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Severe weather tomorrow morning, and then goes to tomorrow evening, big storms from boston, through new york and d.c., still feeling warm, but by the time we get in towards the day on sunday, the front goes through d.c. and we'll be feeling into the 80s, even 70s for some people. but overall, one more day to get through. it's saturday. stay inside, go to the mall, do something. >> go to the mall. >> sunday is better. >> 70s seems frigid. thanks for the good advice. >> as temperatures rise power companies are asking people to turn it down. electricity usage is soaring so americans will be deali...

Accumulative effect of all this heat, even though it is in new york city, for example, about 0 degrees cooler than it was two days ago. it's 0 today, 100 a couple days ago. 100 yesterday in some places. it's much better and the humidity is still kicking. it's a stifling condition. >> there's a burden here on the electrical grid as well. what are some of the concerns? >> reporter: there is. we are approaching record demand. so far, the system has held up. the power companies so far are able to meet the demand. they've been juggling the demand. in new york, for example, there are places where po...