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Some level of drought conditions. and this high is partly to blame. so what's going to happen the next eight to 14 days? new information from climate prediction center -- i am showing you the graphic now -- below average precipitation in the area you are seeing. in the great lakes, in the nation's heartland, the places that need it most for the corn and soy beans. then down to the southeast they will have above average. remember the area that might not need it after tropical storm debbie brought some 30 inches to parts of north florida. finally, the big question -- everybody wants to know -- w...

good morning and welcome to "early start." i'm ali velshi. zoraida is off today. >> i like these hours. >> i'm eating a hot dog this morning. >> i love that about you, ali velshi. i'm ashleigh banfield. it is 5:01. it's the holiday but this fourth of july is less about celebration and more about patience for many americans. and in some cases, even survival. because for six days now there have been many of your fellow countrymen with no power in this extraordinary heat wave. at least 20 people have now died since thursday when deadly storms slammed the east, slammed the midwest. and a...

Them. overnight they told me the locals are saying it didn't feel comfortable until 4:00 a.m. the low temperatures are going down to the upper 70s. without air moving, you don't get a fresh breeze to blowout the hot air. forget about going up stairs. forget about that. >> mire sister is in montgomery county and without power for the last 72 hours. it's about 90 on the top two floors of her house and 75 in the basement where they have to sleep at night. hopefully she won't hear about waiting until friday. mike slidell in washington, d.c. for us. more on the top story, the mixed messagining mond...

vote. first the stifling heat wave that's creating dangerous conditions in the midwest, south and northeast. take a look at the predicted highs for today. 103 where i'm sitting in atlanta. 20 states are under heat warnings or advisories right now. the sizzling temperatures aren't just uncomfortable, they can be life threatening, especially people who don't have air conditioning. that's the unfortunate reality in a lot of northeast right now after storms knocked out power to millions of homes. athena jones joins us from a cooling center in burke, virginia. give me a sense of what of...

start." nice to have you with us. i'm ashleigh banfield >> and i'm zoraida sambolin. it's 5:00 a.m. here in the east. let's get started. attorney eric holder to be held in contempt in congress. yesterday the members of the government oversight and reform committee voted along party lines to recommend citing him for contempt for failing to turn over subpoenaed documents from the botched fast and furious gun operation, documents that are now off limits to republicans, and everyone else, because the president has invoked executive privilege to keep all of those documents now under wra...