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>> and nick schifrin at the big international conference going on in kabul. thanks, nick. in the gulf of mexico this morning, bp's ruptured well is leaking oil and gas. but for now, the containment cap will stay in place. while engineers monitor for any signs that the disaster could get even worse. john hendren is in buras, louisiana, with the latest on the ongoing well watch. hi, john. >> reporter: good morning, vinita and rob. it was supposed to be a two-day test, we are now in day five and bp is considering an intriguing new way to clog that well. these troubling bubbles near the new cap ...

Heat wave continues for about the southern half of the country. yesterday everywhere in red was in the 90s and we're going to do it again today. already temperatures in the 80s back through texas and look at phoenix, waking up to 88 degrees. now, as far as the forecast today goes 90s and 100s the southern half of the country and little cooler by chicago and st. louis. we're dealing with showers and thunderstorms. one of the other big werlth stories that will develop, hurricane center now saying a 40% chance for this tropical wave near puerto rico will become our next tropical depression. all i...

Des moines, chicago, cincinnati at risk for not only high winds but also damaging hail and isolated tornados. and it will be rainy from south texas to louisiana. >> temperatures in southern california will cool off after a warm weekend. denver will be near 100, 10 degrees hotter than usual. a state of emergency has been declared in eastern kentucky after flash flooding killed at least two people over the weekend. one woman died when she was swept away by high water. the other victim was leaning off a bridge and fell in. the storm badly damaged a water plant, leaving about 7,000 people withou...

We're concerned about what's going on in the gulf right now. did i read this correctly, a tropical depression is forming there? >> overnight and about to make land fall here in texas. let's talk about where it is, very close to brownsville, about 15, 20 miles away. it is far enough away from the oil slick to where it's not really having much of an impact. earlier there were strong winds pushing oil on shore with coastal flooding but now it hasn't strengthened, and make landfall close to brownsville, we are not concerned. conditions in the gulf will improve for the oil cleanup there. this thing...

I'm don lemon. happy fourth of july to you. here are your headline this is hour. the owners of a ship built as the world's largest skimmer, they're waiting for the okay to join the oil cleanup in the gulf. the ship is called the a whale. undergoing testing in an area north of the gusher. initial results are due tomorrow. owners claim the ship can skim about 21 million gallons of oil a day. terminal one at the jfk airport in new york city was evacuated tonight due to a bomb scare. hazmat trucks were sent to the scene. it turned out to be a false alarm. some 300 passengers were evacuated after...