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suffocating the northeast. sizzling triple digit temperatures shattered records in several states yesterday. it's the kind of heat that can actually hurt and it's not letting up any time soon. >> it was 103 degrees in central park yesterday. but that wasn't the only history making high. record temperatures also recorded in connecticut, maryland, virginia, and pennsylvania. in fact, in philadelphia 92-year-old woman was found dead in her apartment by a neighbor. she did not have air conditioning and only had a few windows only. >> rob marciano be is tracking the heat wave from the extreme weather center in atlanta in a moment and will let us know what to expect today and for the rest of the week. let's begin with jason carol on the streets of new york where they are feeling the heat. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. you were out here yesterday. you know how hot it was. bracing for more heat today. at 6:01 a.m., already 86 degrees. yesterday, john, it was the hottest july 6th ever. 103 degrees here in central park but some good news, relief is on the way. those on the east coast didn't need to see triple digit temperatures to know how hot it was. they felt it. >> i'm melting. >> this is very hot. we're not used to this. >> so hot in new jersey a state of emergency is declared. while in new york city, concern customers will crank up the air in their homes and strain the system. >> i do expect for isolated outages. >> reporter: for those living without air conditioning -- >> i don't know what i would do without an air conditioner. >> reporter: alfred lives without it in a walkup six floor apartment. we have heat and we have to walk six flights up to your apartment? >> yes. >> reporter: city officials don't keep records on how many people there are like alfred without air conditioners suffering in the heat. >> you can come in. >> reporter: they know when temperatures hit the hundreds living in apartments like this can be dangerous. how difficult is it for you? >> it's terrible. most of the time my heart is bumping like it needs air because of the heat. >> reporter: alfred and his wife keep lights off, fans on, windows open. it helps but not much. how hot would you say it is in here? >> i don't know. probably 98 degrees. >> reporter: buying an air conditioner not an option. the extra money is needed to buy supplies for their college bound daughter. >> i have to make a decision. i prefer to take the heat and provide to her. >> reporter: the city's mayor encouraging people like alfred and his wife to spend their days, if possible, in libraries, theaters, or cooling centers like this one. 480 now operating in new york city. similar sites set up in philadelphia and washington d.c. but there's always those who sweat it out. >> i had a pair of pants made out of talcom powder. >> i remember snow on the ground and it doesn't bother me that much. >> reporter: good to have humor when it gets at outside. this week we're told the temperatures should be better. a few degrees cooler. as for cooler centers, at least the ones here in new york, john, will start opening in about an hour. they open from about 7:00 a.m. until about 8:00 p.m. we're also being told that those cooling centers will stay open until at least thursday. emergency crews here will check in with the national weather service to see if it warrants staying open after that. again, we're hearing that by this weekend we'll check in with rob but by this weekend it should be a few degrees cooler in the northeast. john? >> even a few degrees when the temperature is that hot makes a difference. jason carroll, thanks. >> for the latest on the forecast and when the heat is going to end, rob marciano in the extreme weather center this morning. we're breaking records all over the place yesterday. >> we are. we're seeing temperatures that we haven't seen in over ten years in some cases. historic heat wave for sure and temperatures just remarkable. 104 in trenton. 103 in central park. these records either back in 2001 or in 1999 was the last time we touched numbers similar to this. as far as where they are right now, 84 in new york. 82 degrees in d.c. that's the temperature at 6:00 in the morning as measured in the shade it we obviously have a good launching point to where these numbers could skyrocket very much in the northward direction. forecast high for today in new york is 99. record high is 98. we'll probably break that. 101 in philadelphia. 98 is the record. 101 is the forecast in d.c. 99 degrees the record there. richmond, 102 is the forecast. 103 is the record there. the heat is shifting farther to the south. we'll see a bit of relief in places like connecticut and boston. temperatures maybe 2 to 3 degrees cooler today and more substantial cooldown maybe only topping out at 91 or 92 tomorrow in the big apple. we'll continue to sweat it out and talk more about the more substantial cooling later into the weekend and beginning of next week. that's coming up later in the program. back up to you. >> thank so much. it was too late for tears but there were tears any way. lindsay lohan going to prison. a judge sentencing the actress to 90 days behind bars and 90 in rehab stemming from two drunk driving arrests in 2007 and for playing games with the court in three years since those arrests. >> lohan is expected to do a quarter of the 90 days and she'll be kept from the general population in prison as well. overcrowding california means for female inmates nonviolent offenders get out after serving 25% of their time. she still tried to avoid it any way asking for mercy and then breaking down when reality hit. >> i did do everything i was told to do and did the best i could to, you know, balance jobs and showing up. i'm sorry. >> the defendant is ordered to spend 30 days in jail on the reckless driving case. 30 days in jail on the first dui case consecutive and 30 days in jail on the second dui case consecutive. that's 90 days in jail. >> if you take a close look here, she was crying begging for forgiveness saying she changed her ways but she had a subtle paint job on her fingernail that said fu on her middle finger the whole time in court. >> she was surprised the judge sent her to jail. >> she's had problems with substance abuse in the past and she's also being ordered 90 days of rehab of in-patient rehab after that. maybe that will help her. >> we'll see. hasn't so far. a foul ball nearly turned into disaster for a fan in texas last night as he fell 30 feet during the rangers, indians game. the fall was not captured on video but you can see the players and umpire were shaken by what happened. the game was stopped as a fan was treated and taken to a local hospital. she was conscience and moving and reports say he only suffered a broken ankle. president obama versus arizona. a huge immigration showdown coming to a courtroom but is it wise to pick this political fight right now? we're live at the white house with reaction from all sides. it's 8 1/2 minutes past the hour. announcer: if we all lived here we wouldn't have to worry about what's in our water. but most of us live here. so we need the brita pitcher. for healthier, clean tasting water. wrench? wrench. basic. preferred. okay. at meineke i have options, and 50% off brake pads and shoes. my money. my choice. my meineke. welcome back to the most news in the morning. it's president obama versus arizona. the administration taking a bold political stand in a big political year suing the state over its new tough and very controversial immigration law. the court filing accuses arizona of overstepping the constitution saying a state may not establish its own immigration policy or enforce state laws in a man they're interferes with the federal immigration laws. >> there are plenty of vocal critics of the law that say it is by nature a racist law but our latest cnn opinion research corporation poll shows there are more people that disappear. suzanne malveaux has fallout live from the white house this morning. the president at odds with the bulk of public opinion, suzanne? >> reporter: that's absolutely right. he is. when you look at those polls that show most americans believe the arizona law is the right direction but the president, you have to realize, has been under tremendous political pressure to try to move toward comprehensive immigration reform. a promise he said he would bring forth the first year that he was not able to fulfill but there are a number of latino advocates and activists who believe the president is on the right side of the issue and that he does need to come forward and that he does need to make his views known and that this is not something that he supports. the president has said very recently that comprehensive immigration reform is important and that the arizona law is counter to that. take a listen to what he said. >> states like arizona have decided to take matters into their own hands. given the levels of frustration across the country, this is understandable. but it is also ill conceived. it's not just that the law arizona passed is devisive although it fanned controversial debate. it puts huge pressure on local law enforcement to enforce laws that are ultimately unenforceable. it puts pressure on already hard strapped state and local budgets. >> reporter: arizona's governor is not backing down from this fight. she was here at the white house and visited with president obama recently. she was given assurances by the president that top officials would be visiting arizona including the homeland security secretary janet napolitano who came to arizona and all of them talking about the importance of securing the border of additional federal resources to help arizona do that. well, the governor is not satisfied. she says all of that is inadequate and released a statement yesterday essentially calling for the administration to bring it. she's going to fight back. she says that it is wrong that our own federal government is suing the people of arizona for helping to enforce federal immigration laws. a direct result of failed and inconsistent federal enforcement arizona is under attack from violent mexican drug and immigrant smuggling cartels. arizona is under attack in federal court from president obama and his department of justice. it should be noted that this lawsuit that's filed does not talk about that this is a discriminatory type of law but focuses on state versus federal responsibility saying it's the federal government's responsibility for border security and that cannot be used by any particular state. >> the latest poll we have shows 57% of americans approve of arizona's law. 30% oppose it. when you have a majority of americans supporting is law is the white house concerned about the politics of this decision? >> you know, the politics are certainly going to play out in the midterm elections. we'll see how hispanic end up voting when it comes to the democrats. they know that democrats realize they'll lose a number of seats but it could very well -- you bring up a good point, work against the obama administration. they hope they have in their favor they put a stop to the arizona law because there are other laws popping up in other states but the other thing is what i mentioned before which is that there really has been a vocal push and an underground quiet push from a number of people in the latino community for comprehensive immigration reform and something the president has been pushing, something former president bush pushed as well that this is a part of that policy and that that's what he's hoping to move forward. it's not going to happen this year and it may in fact work against the administration. >> all right. suzanne malveaux from the white house this morning. thanks. >> from politics to legal aspects. jeffrey toobin will join us to break down the lawsuit and talk about how strong the federal government's case really is. >> it's all the buzz in the sports world right now. where the heck is king james going to land? lebron is set to announce which team he'll play for and you won't believe or maybe you will, how he'll tell the world. >> christine romans sits down with venus williams to talk business and she's here with a preview. >> i asked her about lebron james and that big paycheck everyone thinks he's going to get and has a surprising answer about king james and where he'll land and how much money he'll get. we talked about business and failure on the court and off the court and how that makes you better and how you can use that leverage in your own life. we'll have that after the break. ancan stream livdeo to t web. firshaan hdmi out.♪ rst shar wi-fi with 8 devic at ce. rst is notteen fur firshaan hdmi out.♪ pledunder in al hous firswh will do firsthing. with e, e rs4g? firshaan hdmi out.♪ ly fm rint,thnone deafhaand opitspee dit access www.sprinty for you to get a home loan. we've got a way for you to check the status of your loan online. securely, any time, anywhere. our e signature technology lets you sign... your documents from home, at your convenience. we've helped over three-quarters of a million families... refinance or purchase their home. it's how we've done things at quicken loans for 25 years now. - that's why i love... - i love... i love being a home loan expert. ♪ ♪ wait a minute, mr. postman >> it's 20 minutes after the hour. new this hour, the u.s. postal service wants to increase the price of a stamp by two more pennies to 46 cents. if approved, the change would go into effect on the 2nd of january. the postal service of course desperate to dig itself out of a huge financial hole facing a $7 billion budget deficit for the next fiscal year. competition from e-mail and package services like u.p.s. and fed ex. >> texting and e-mail their volume is down to levels they have not seen. >> don't get me started about the value of a handwritten note again. >> it's wonderful to do. go buy forever stamps. >> people don't want to hear it. >> we want to know where the heck lebron james will play. many in this city hoping he'll stay here. some say he'll stay in cleveland. we don't know yet. he'll make his big announcement. espn says he'll reveal his team tomorrow night. thursday night. 9:00 eastern. it will be a live tv event. lebron wants to sell ad time for the espn special and the proceeds will go to the boys and girls club of america. pretty savvy. >> christine romans here minding your business. you talked to venus williams. >> i asked her about lebron. what do you think about this controversy about where he's going to go? so many people out of work in this country and we're talking about huge numbers for him. as an athlete when you value an athlete and someone's talent and someone who can show their talent and entertain people, great. she can't wait to see where he ends up too. >> he could bring a billion dollars to whatever city he comes to. >> that's right or take it away from wherever he's leaving. venus is pushing a book called "come to win" where she profiles business leaders. i asked her, why focus on business for the book? she said it's about failure and learning from failure and from competition. you don't have to scratch deeply at a lot of successful people to find sports beneath the surface and that's something that was something that directed them and drove them. i asked her about wimbledon in particular. her tournament. she didn't make it. and this must have been a big a disappointment for her. the book is "come to win" and she failed at that. >> it was a good year but not what i'm used to. >> what happened do you think? >> i didn't win a match. it's just that simple. just like in my book, when you don't win, you re-evaluate and go back and come back better. that's a part of sports. you don't always win. i wanted to. it doesn't. i'll be ready for the next match. >> of course she's 30 years old, which is young. when more than half of your life you have been a professional athlete, a lot of people wonder how many more years she'll do this. she has other hobbies and irons in the fire in terms of a design company and the book and other things and people say what is she building for the future. she has a lot of years outside of tennis after tennis and is building that groundwork right now. in the book magic johnson talks about when he first started -- he's a successful businessman. as he came out and was trying to get established in business he was having meetings realizing people just took meetings to get his autograph and venus wants to be established as a businesswoman so there will be a long career -- a career longer than tennis for her after tennis. i said when will that start? when will you be done with tennis? i said one year, two years, she said no. i eat this too much to be done just yet. >> it's not a bad thing to get a call to get someone to take a meeting because they want to get to know you. it could lead to something as it did for magic johnson. >> absolutely. she said that it's very interesting that she wants to be established as a businesswoman before she's done with tennis so she has that credibility. >> it's been said the best ceos are people who have known failure to avoid it in the future as long as they're not people who have failed again and again. >> it taxpayer money let's point out. you don't have to go far to find sports under there. >> thank you so much. >> you can see more of the christine's interview with venus williams this weekend on "your $$$$$" and everything you need to know about your house and job and savings. >> coming up, a california teenager cut loose from the foster care system but because of budget cuts there's no more state help for her. we follow her difficult journey toward an uncertain future. ♪ people say i'm forgetful. maybe that's why we go to so many memorable places. love the road you're on. the subaru outback. motor trend's 2010 sport/utility of the year. that's why neutrogena® created new spectrum plus with helioplex 360. for the most best lotion protection against skin burning, aging, and deeper damage called oxidative damage. spectrum plus. neutrogena®. coming up on 28 minutes after the hour. we're back with the most news in the morning. it's time for an a.m. original. california's massive budget cuts have taken a toll on its most needy kids. yesterday we introduced to karla. where does she go from here in thelma gutierrez has her story. >> reporter: when we first met karla, she was in foster care. she had just turned 18 and was about to age out of california's child welfare system. scared, anxious and alone. >> what am i going to do? how am i going to support myself? how am i going to know what to do? how to do it? where and when and all these things? >> reporter: karla has no job, no apartment, no family. she told me she has never met her father. her mother is mentally ill and homeless. seems like you have a lot of hurt inside. >> yeah. >> reporter: what do you want for your future? >> get to have what i didn't have in my childhood. >> reporter: like what? >> birthday parties, have my own place. >> reporter: 4,000 teenagers like carla leave california's foster system every year. 65% have no place to go and deep budget cuts may mean even less help in the years ahead. where do they go when they have no place to go? >> unfortunately this is it right here. they live on the street. >> reporter: lori burns, founder of the teen project, was once in foster care herself. she survived on the street as a teen prostitute. she says what's happening to foster youth is a crime. >> young adults leaving prison get $200 when they leave. foster kids get nothing. not even $10. just a good luck and they're out. >> the day of my move out is so soon i just realized that i'm just really, really scared. >> reporter: before she can begin the next phase of her life, she must say good-bye to the past. her foster mother and father who have been her family for the last two years. this is d day for carla. in just a few minutes the judge will terminate carla from the child welfare system. the judge has provided over hundreds of termination hearings. she worries what happens when they leave the system. >> they're facing poverty. they're facing premature pregnancies. homelessness. we have to help a child see that they have a future story. that they can graduate from high school. that they can go onto college. >> reporter: carla tells the judge that's exact he wily her . >> dependent child proceedings are terminated. congratulations. >> reporter: in this five-bedroom home lori burns tries to save foster teens like carla from the sort of life she led on the streets. in three years she raised money, started an organization, and with the help of volunteers built the teen project home. and this is where carla and four other young women will live under supervision of a house mother while they go to college. carla has a full scholarship where she will prepare for life on her own. >> my wish would be to find success and happiness. >> reporter: that she says would be a first in her life. thelma gutierrez, cnn, orange county, california. >> she's so fortunate that there was somebody there with a safety net for her because the state is not doing anything for her. >> that's amazing. hopefully she's getting a scholarship to koz school. >> how about hundreds of other people in her same straits that don't have that? a real problem. >> we have our top stories this morning at 32 minutes past the hour. feeling the heat across the northeast. we certainly are here in the big apple. history making heat wave featuring triple digit temperatures shattering records from new york to virnia. utility companies are warning the intensity of this heat wave is testing the limits. power grid. so when will we see relief? rob marciano is tracking the dangerous system. hawaii's governor has vetoed a bill that would have legalized same-sex civil unions. the state house of representatives passed the measure in april. the governor used her veto pen on the last day that would have granted gay and lesbian couples the same rights as married couples. bp should collect 53,000 barrels of oil every day. the vessel is partially hooked up but work has been delayed because of the rough waters. officials are now eyeing another system near mexico's yucatan peninsula. day 79 of this disaster, a new report out from national geographic is raising more red flags about the impact that it's having on threatened and endangered birds. cleanup crews working in sensitive areas are causing adult birds to abandon their young and eggs and chicks are accidentally being trampled on. >> 60% of the birds collected are already dead and crews are working to save the ones still alive. our john zarrella is live with more on the rescue mission. a true labor of love for volunteers spending countless hours and in some cases we're talking about unfortunately it's not working out. >> reporter: that's just the reality of it, kiran. it's not working out in all cases. at this oil bird rehabilitation center here in pensacola, they had for a while been getting five to ten oiled birds a day coming in. the numbers recently have dropped. they're hoping that's a good sign but they're not counting on it. this bird struggles with its caretakers. if it only knew how lucky it was to be in their hands. cleaning is just part of the treatment. >> it will be provided fluids orally and i.v. like what would happen in a hospital setting or icu. >> reporter: this is a rehabilitation facility for oiled birds here in pensacola, florida. today there are 52 birds here. those closest to being released back into the wild hang out in swimming pools. the others, not quite so far along in rehab, sit in pens where they can be watched more closely. they have treated about 100 birds since this facility opened in early may. the past couple of days they haven't gotten any birds and that is a good sign. >> it's wonderful for the wildlife. >> reporter: it doesn't necessarily mean the worst is over, does it or does it? >> the geographic magnitude of this spill makes it difficult to really predict what's going to happen a week from now. >> reporter: the lull gives the rescuers and caretakers a chance to catch a breath and just catch up. the numbers they've been dealing with in the four-state area are overwhelming. 157 sea turtles rescued. 444 found dead. 53 of 58 mammals including dolphins and whales found dead. about 1,000 birds have been rescued. 410 released. nearly 1,400 found dead. no one knows how many have died, their remains never found. at least this bird will live to fly another day. washing its oil from its feathers is a meticulous process. each and every one of his feathers must be cleaned. >> it's like shingles on a roof. if one is damaged, there's water that will penetrate to the skin of the bird. >> reporter: so many is rinsed and with tender care in a couple weeks it should be free to fly. now, there are a couple reasons why they may not be seeing as many animals right now. the turtle rescue teams could not get out for several days because the weather was so bad. beautiful here today. first good day we've had in a while. it may be that rescuers haven't been able to get out to find animals. the other reason we were told that this time of year in the case of the birds, they feed close to shore. the chances for them to get oiled the most is when the oil then moves close to shore and right now it's kind of offshore a little bit more at least around here. those are a couple reasons why they may not be seeing as many oiled birds and other animals right now. john, kiran? >> we'll see what they come up when they head back out on the waters. john zarrella in pensacola. thanks a lot. great report this morning. >> break your heart every time you see it. volunteers spend hours on each bird and there's so many more that can't be saved. >> i remember seeing some standing there on the island with no idea of what's happened to them and no idea what to do about it. >> i know. it tugs at your heartstrings. they're animals but you feel for them. still ahead, drug smugglers with the navy. the dea finding the first true narco subin a swamp in ecuador now saying could this just be the first of many and who the heck is able to build this thing? fully submersible. the drug war goes under water. we'll talk to the regional director of the dea about a whole new class of weapon in the drug war. 38 minutes past the hour. this is unlike any car you've ever seen before. this is power with efficiency. this is an interior that exceeds even the promise of the exterior. this is the all-new jaguar xj. the stunning result of taking a very different road. to chart a greener path in the air and in our factories. ♪ to find cleaner, more efficient ways to power flight. ♪ and harness our technology for new energy solutions. [ female announcer ] around the globe, the people of boeing are working together, to build a better tomorrow. that's why we're here. ♪ welcome back to the most news in the morning. they have used planes and speed boats and human mules but if you haven't seen it yet, check out the newest web for drug smugglers. dea agents say they found the first completely submersible drug submarine in a swamp in ecuador capable of carrying tons of cocaine. four have only peeked above the surface. low to the water but not fully submersible. many say it's a sign that traffickers are taking this deeper. we're joined this morning via skype and we have you on the phone to ensure the connection. thanks for being with us. >> thank you. good morning. >> we're looking at where this submarine was found. a pretty remote location in the ecuadorian swamp south of the border. how did they find it and who do they think built it? >> it was found through intelligence. i won't go any further than that. i have to extend my compliments to the ecuadorian police and they discovered intelligence and went to town. triple canopy jungle hidden in marshland. you have a triple canopy jungle but you have marshland. you could put the empire state building sideways underneath that triple canopy jungle and not find it. >> they obviously had intelligence. who do they think was behind it? >> well, it cost $4 million to manufacture. that's just the cost. the complex where it was built, which is is a dry dock complex housed at least 50 people. so this organization without going into specific details has the where with all and the resources to invest in maritime drug trafficking. >> you say it would be highly unlikely this would be the first one built. it happens to be the first one caught. how many do you think there are like this out there? >> well, i can't give you a guesstimate. the response is that this is the first one we've found and it is statistically almost impossible to say the first one built is found. we're good at what we do but that's giving us too much credit. >> give us a sense of the quantity of drugs that could be smuggled had this been successful? >> the pay load, cargo area in this submarine is forward. the feet or cubic meters is not fully determined but the estimates from ecuadorian national police are between 6 and 10 metric tons of cocaine. >> explain why smugglers had to go deep? how successful have you guys been at intercepting maritime pay loads? >> that's exactly right. the fact that traffickers now need to invest $4 million and spend eight months building a submarine speaks to the stresses we're put on the business model for maritime drug traffickers whether it is intelligence being generated or coast guard and naval force have driven traffickers under ocean waves. >> if this isn't the first one, how do you fight this? >> you fight it the same way we did. intelligence. best way to go after these is before they are adamant objects and while they're still being built and the second phase is, you know, is anti-submarine warfare. the naval forces throwing their modern technology at this threat combined with old fashioned police work. >> pretty amazing that this was discovered. jay bergman coming to us from colombia this morning. thank you so much. >> thank you. >> that really is incredible. you never thought you would hear anti-submarine warfare associated with drug interdiction. >> the other question is if the drug cartels can do this, can terrorists get their hand on it as well? >> i suspect there aren't as many shipyards that can build a submarine. >> it was an industrial complex over there. just amazing. >> incredible. record breaking heat on the east coast. rob will have more on what to expect today along with this morning's travel forecast right after the break. stay with us. 46 minutes after the hour. world cup soccer not just for humans. we'll take you to the robo championship. good morning. new york city. there's the cnn billboard. 84 degrees. it's 6:48 in the morning. it's going to be 95 later on today. hot. but not as hot as it was yesterday by about 7 degrees. that's a nice bit of relief this morning. >> all of us will feel like blisters in the sun today. 49 minutes past the hour. let's get a check of the morning headlines. rob marciano in the extreme weather center. always an upside down world. we're way hotter than you guys are down south. >> sometimes that happens and you get a west or northwest wind across new york and philly areas and downsloping effect will cook you more. that's where the core is of the high pressure. that's where the hot air is. pleasant across the south. 105 a record in baltimore. these are measured in the shade and do not include humidity. that gives you an idea of how smoking hot it was and some of the records well over a decade old. today we'll see similar numbers though some of the heat will shift farther to the south. boston, hartford, parts of the northern new england may feel relief but folks in new york, philly and d.c. it's going to be the same deal you saw yesterday. maybe some relief as we get toward tomorrow. a lot of red on the map with temperatures in the 90s. 96 in atlanta. we're trying to catch up to you folks in new york. what's going on across the south? yucatan peninsula watching this area of disturbed weather. it will get into the gulf of mexico. we are seeing a flare-up of thunderstorms right here as this system emerges into the gulf and as that happened, the potential for seeing some sort of tropical development is in the forecast. here's the oil slick. that's obviously concern. what's going to happen with this thing, these are computer models. expanse of them taking a similar track to ike. the track should be similar but not as strong. it shouldn't have too much effect on the oil slick is what it looks like right now. we'll monitor the situation. two things we're watching. heat across the north and down across the south we are now getting into the heart of hurricane season. john and kiran, back up to you. >> thanks so much. good to have you back. we see you found your razor. >> now i need to find my barber. >> you did great reporting down there and we did enjoy your scruffy. >> he's not looking like bear grills anymore like that rugged outdoorsman look. showdown in the desert. president obama against the state of arizona. can the federal government squash a tough new immigration law. jeff toobin joins us this morning. >> big stars and big giving. today it is lady gaga. what she's doing to save lives. why is breaking soup hard to do? 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how about like r2d2. at robocup teams compete in soccer matches using robots. >> people look at these games and they often ask why robots present a challenge that go to fundamental of robotic. it's friendly competition that drives research forward. >> reporter: how do robots pl soccer? they create software to make them think. robots see between two cameras on the field. images feed on an external computer to decide the next move. they can deliver a flat kick and even a chip kick. >> robots soccer you have to have physics of the world. you don't know what your opponent will do. >> reporter: another set of students create humanoid robots. >> it will send a message to tell the teammates i saw a ball here. >> reporter: at robocup you create a team of robots that can beat a human team by the year 2050. deborah feyerick, cnn. >> there it is. next thing we'll hear about is skynet and we're all doomed. top stories coming your way after the break. stay with us. glad you're with us. it's wednesday, july 7th on this "american morning." i'm kiran chetry. >> good morning. i'm john roberts. thank you for being with us today. a lot to talk about this morning. let's get right to it. a dangerous heat wave hanging over the northeast today. sweltering triple digit temperatures shattering records from new york all of the way down to virginia. power companies pleading with people to conserve energy or face outages. the heat will not be breaking any time soon. >> also the heat is on in arizona but not the mercury. we're talking about the obama administration now suing the state over its new controversial immigration law that critics say admits to racial profiling but public opinion seems to be on the side of arizona. is that going to be a political hot potato for the white house? >> grammy awards. number one hits. a following that's global to many lady gaga is an icon but she's teaming up with a serious fight. how lady gaga and cyndi lauper are teaming up to battle waves. a record breaking heat wave suffocating the northeast. triple digit temperatures setting historic highs in several states yesterday. the kind of heat that makes it hard to breathe and unfortunately it's not letting up any time soon. >> it was 103 degrees in central park yesterday. record it temperatures also recorded in states like connecticut, maryland, virginia, pennsylvania and philadelphia a 92-year-old woman was found dead in her apartment by a neighbor. she didn't have any air conditioning. >> rob marciano has been tracking the heat wave from the cnn extreme weather center and will let us know what to expect today and for the rest of the week in just a moment. we begin with jason carroll on the outskirts of new york's central park. hey there, jason. >> reporter: we're expecting more heat today. 99 degrees as a high in new york city. yesterday, 103 degrees. the hottest july 6th ever in the city but there's a little bit of good news, the heat is not going to last. those on the east coast didn't need to see triple digit temperatures to know how hot it was. they felt it. >> i'm melting. >> this is very hot. we're not used to this. >> reporter: so hot in new jersey a state of emergency is declared. while in new york city, con edison concerned the customers will crank up air in their homes and stress the system. for those living without air conditioning, alfred lives without it in a six-floor walkup apartment. >> the elevator doesn't work. >> reporter: we have the heat and now we have to walk six flights up to your apartment. >> reporter: city officials don't keep records on how many people there are like alfred without air conditioners suffering in the heat. >> you can come in. >> reporter: they do know when the temperatures hit the hundreds living in apartments like this can be dangerous. how difficult is it for you? >> it's terrible. most of the time my heart is bumping like need air because of the heat. >> reporter: alfred and his wife keep lights off, fans on, windows open. it helps but not much. how hot would you say it is in here? >> i don't know. probably 98 degrees. >> reporter: buying an air conditioner not an option. instead the extra money is needed to buy supplies for their college bound daughter. >> i need something for my daughter. she needs a book or something. i need to make the decision. i prefer to take the heat and provide to her. >> reporter: the city's mayor encouraging people like alfred and his wife to spend their days if possible in libraries, theaters, or cooling centers like this one. 480 operating in new york city. similar sites set up in philadelphia and washington d.c. there's always those who sweat it out. >> i had a pair of pants made out of talcum powder. >> i don't mind it. i just remember what it is like when the snow is on the ground and it doesn't bother me that much. >> reporter: kiran and john, by this weekend we're expecting things to cool off by a few degrees. as both of you guys know, every degree helps when it gets this hot. kiran, john? >> you feel for them. couldn't he and his wife go to one of the cooling centers? we talked about how there's nearly 500 around the city or go to the mall or some place where there's a little bit of air conditioning. >> reporter: the problem for alfred is that his wife can't make it down those six flights. and so he doesn't want to leave her at home by herself so it's very, very difficult for him to head out and leave her there alone. going to a cooling center isn't really an option for both of them, at least not right now. >> there has to be something we can do to get them some help. can you post their story on our blog and maybe somebody can reach out? >> reporter: absolutely. >> thanks, jason. for the latest forecast and when this dangerous heat will break, rob marciano is in the extreme weather center for us. how long will the really, really high temperatures last? >> another day maybe two depending on where you live. there will be power outages as well. we've seen a handful of those over the past day and a half. that will be the case again today. we're already starting today in the 80s in places like d.c. and new york city. so certainly a high jumping point and we'll get to probably some of the similar numbers that we saw yesterday. 105 in baltimore. a lot of the record high temperatures exceed records that we've seen in over a decade. historic numbers here and this coming after a historic winter as you know. the core of the high pressure sinking air and not a lot of wind and just baking this area. heat indices will be 100 to 105 degrees what do we expect for the forecast? one or two degrees cooler than yesterday. probably will break a record. philly, 101. 101 in d.c. and 102 expected in richmond. core of the heat will begin to slide farther to the south where it should be and we'll see some slow recovering over the next day or two across northern new england but it will be slow. we'll talk more about that and the tropics in half an hour. back to you. >> rob marciano for us. thanks so much. too late for tears. lindsay lohan is going to prison. a judge sentenced the actress to 90 days behind bars and 90 days in rehab after that. she asked for mercy and then broke down sobbing when reality hit. all of it stems from two drunk driving arrests in 2007 and then for playing games with the court in the three years since those arrests. lohan is expected to only do a quarter of 90 days in jail and she will be kept from general population in prison. >> reminds you of robert downey jr. situation. extraordinarily talented actor, actress, just couldn't get it together but finally did. maybe this will be the thing that shocks her back on the straight and narrow. terrifying sight but strategy was averted at a game last night. a fan reaching for a foul ball fell 30 feet from the second deck to the field level. the incident itself wasn't captured on video. you can see players and umpire were adviceably upset by it. look at that. goodness. game was stopped as the fan was treated and taken to a local hospital. the fan so lucky reportedly only suffered a broken ankle. a couple people in field seats were injured but minor injuries. could have been so much worse than that. >> he got lucky for sure. >> still ahead, president obama versus the state of arizona. a huge immigration showdown coming to a courtroom. does the federal government have a case? could it cost the white house down the line? we'll speak with jeffrey toobin. 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>> there's not a direct precedent on this case. the fact that the federal government is not doing its job is not really a complete answer to this lawsuit. there are certain areas of the constitution that are simply reserved to the federal government whether it does a good job or not for example. if mexico were violating the border sending troops across, arizona could not declare war in mexico. declaring war is something only the federal government can do, smart, dumb, right, wrong, that's reserved to the federal government. that's the argument here. you may not like the federal government is behaving here but this is an area that you simply can't have 50 states litigating in. >> we talk about how it is controversial. the latest cnn opinion research corporation poll shows nearly 60% of people favor arizona versus 37 who oppose it. there is something about the federal government coming down on the side of not enforcing law regardless of all of the issues at stake. >> that's an interesting point. i'm skeptical of that poll. i don't know how much people know out there in the world follow the arizona law in and of itself. that poll strikes me as people just sort of voicing general -- >> this isn't the first one where people said -- our other poll in may people want immigration policy to focus on enforcement and deportation versus a path to citizenship. that seems to be the mood of the country. >> another way of looking at this politically is hispanic are the biggest growing minority in this country. the republican party has sided with enforcement over immigration reform. this is an attempt by the obama administration to remind hispanic frustrated by the lack of immigration reform bill that we're on their side. democratic party cares about hispanic. that may be in the long run more important than whatever is said about this particular poll. i don't think the politics of this are obvious one way or another. >> do you expect this will make its way all of the way to the supreme court given the makeup of the court? >> this is a really tough case. there are different crosscurrents. conservatives generally believe in strong federal power. but conservatives also believe in narrow conception of what constitutes discrimination. there are immigration groups, hispanic groups who are filing lawsuits against this law on the grounds of racial profiling. the law doesn't even go into effect until july 29th. another problem with the federal government's lawsuit is that a lot of judges prefer to say, hey, let's let -- >> they can't show injury. >> let's let the law go into effect and wait until you want to make an applied challenge versus facial challenge so there are crosscurrents and legal strategizing going on. i suspect it will go up to the circuit court of appeals and probably the supreme court. what's so interesting about it is that it is as much a political issue as it is ajeffr your take as always. the internet and social networking may redefine how we do business. it may redefine you and your reputation. christine romans minding your business next. 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[ female announcer ] ask your rheumatologist about simponi™. just one dose, once a month. 19 minutes past the hour. christine romans is minding your business this morning. we're talking about how the internet is changing the way people do business but also your online reputation. >> we've had other studies that have shown that we're becoming more shallow and not having deeper relationships but you've heard of this. >> come on. >> we're jumping around and multitasking. the study is really fascinating finding that mostly people think it's good. the internet is making our life better. it's a positive force. 85% say it's a positive force for reasons like the ease of communication, no geography, no time constraints, lowers the cost of communication. 14% say it's a negative force. we know the internet is something that's changing at least by this survey for the better our lives but one of the interesting side notes is this concern of what it will do for our reputation? what is the reputational risk of all of the ease of this information? one of the comments in this report was fascinating. as information shrinks our world it will become easier for one's misdeeds to return to them or for outburst of regrettable behavior to be reported and shared. it makes citizenry the own big brother and some feel oppressed. another commentator said people like to live in a little town, some like to live in a big city, the internet makes everything a big city. some will be uncomfortable. we're just learning about all of this shared information and this availability of information and how longer term effects will be. >> oversharing? young kids we talk about it. if we had pictures and twitter chronicling everything we did in high school and college, may not be a good thing for some of us. >> we remind young people don't let anybody take a nude photograph of you. it's going end up on the internet if not the front page of the newspaper. >> 79% is my roman numeral. >> 79% of employers google before they hire you. >> look to see what kind of blog posts you've put up. 79% of recruiters check online information available about you. >> this has made a new business out there. have you heard about reputation defender and other ways to clean up your reputation online. they'll move articles down and expunge pictures. >> if you google your name -- i know you have never done this before. if you google your name things come up in a certain order. it will take things you don't like and move them down to the bottom. >> like your halloween costume from 2000. >> do tell. >> you know. >> christine, food for thought today. >> topping the charts but also teaming up for an important fight. coming up in our series big stars big giving, we talk to lady gaga about her mission to spread aids awareness. that's coming up. here at the ford model year end sales event, joel's daughter has fallen in love, with ford focus. and really, who can blame her. focus is good looking and very smart. that sync technology is like a giant brain. and now ford focus is highest ranked in initial quality. very attractive. as for joel, he's not losing a daughter, he's gaining a focus. hurry in to the ford model year end sales event. and get a focus for 0% financing for 60 months. what're you waiting for? drive one. 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>> you're right. >> reporter: gaga as she likes to be called is the master of performance art on music and fashion phenomenon at age 24. two grammys, six number one hits, more than 15 million records sold. a bona fide talent but this is what gets everyone's attention. how do you decide what to wear? >> for me it's important to always keep that connection with my fans. no matter what i'm wearing high fashion on the runway last week or it's a leather jacket i found at a vintage shop, i need to create things and wear things that they can always replicate. >> reporter: the truth is that most people in the world can't do this. >> that's not exactly true. the last thing you want to do as an artist is create something that feels like you can't touch it or you don't deserve it or i can't have that. you can make a hair bow for $2. >> reporter: gaga fans she calls little monsters try to relepicate. >> reporter: what's the biggest misconception about you? >> i'm what you perceive me to be. >> reporter: today she has the house of gaga. advisers that consult on her look. when asked who inspires her, she says her mother. it's another mentor, cyndi lauper, who gaga is teaming up with to promote aids awareness through sales of lipsticks made by mac cosmetics. >> she does a little stuff like me and a little stuff like madonna and a bit of elton john. that's what it is. >> reporter: gaga sang for free at this black tie affair benefiting the foundation for aids research. her outfit made of crushed pearls is meant to blend and be won wi one with the piano. >> it's not about money or prestige or class. it's about having an identity. and the trick is through pop music through makeup through femeninity. >> you can't say she's not passionate. listen to this. just this week she became the first living person on the planet to get 11 billion fans on facebook. that even beats president obama who has 9.9 million fans. also, that lady gaga and cyndi lauper from our lips campaign has been the most successful campaign in that company's history. sales of gaga and lauper lipstick surpassed $5 million globally. that's a lot of lipsticks. the great part about it is all of that money goes to the mac aids fund and that goes towards aids research. it's incredible stuff. she's giving back. >> that's good she's giving back. >> at such an early age. she's 24 years old. to sort of have that -- >> kids love her. >> her concerts are sold out. she's playing three shows in new york this week. >> was it strange to interview her with that get up on? >> she's fascinating. i was just as excited to meet cyndi lauper. i grew up policening to sinnlis lauper. >> i have a picture of me with cyndi lauper that hasn't hit the air. >> what color was her hair and how long was yours? the mullets were in back then. >> even bono had one. i reminded him of that when he came in a year and a half ago. you used to have a mullet too. >> time for your top stories this morning. they are feeling the heat. we all are across the northeast today and it's continuing. triple digit temperatures. shattered records yesterday from new york to virginia. 103 degrees yesterday in central park. when will we get relief? waiting for the verdict on climate gate. an independent report is due out this morning whether scientist were manipulating data on climate change after e-mails in england were hacked and leaked online. back in april a separate independent panel found than scientists weren't sketchy just disorganized. the. in the gulf crews are working to connect the vessel heto the oil well. it should collect 53,000 barrels of oil every day once it is hooked up. only partially put up yesterday because rough seas has been delaying the work there. officials are also eyeing another storm that could cause problems. this one near mexico's yucatan peninsula. also developing this morning, a new report from national geographic raising more red flags about the impact that it is having, the oil spill, on threatened and endangered birds. cleanup crews working in sensitive areas could cause adult birds to abandon their young and in some cases chicks and eggs being accidentally stepped on. so far the feds say more than 2,300 birds have been collected. 60% were already dead. crews are working to save the ones they found alive. john zarrella is live in pensacola, florida, with more on the rescue mission going on right now. a true labor of love for these volunteer workers, john. >> reporter: no question. the wildlife rescue teams work 24/7 as does the rehabilitation center that we visited yesterday. the weather has been terrible here so the animal rescue teams haven't been able to get on the water for several days. in the meantime the numbers of birds that they see at this facility coming in has gone down and they are hoping that's a good sign. this bird struggles with its caretakers. if it only knew how luck you why it was to be in their hands. cleaning is just part of the treatment. >> it would be provided fluids orally and i.v. much like would happen in a hospital setting or icu. >> reporter: this is a rehabilitation facility for oiled birds here in pensacola. it's one of four such centers across the gulf. today there are 52 birds here. those closest to being released back into the wild hang out in swimming pools. the others not quite so far along in rehab sit in pens where they can be watched more closely. they've treated about 100 birds since this facility opened in early may and now the past couple of days they haven't gotten any birds and that is a good sign. >> it's wonderful for the wildlife. >> reporter: it doesn't necessarily mean the worst is over, does it or does it? >> you know, the geographic magnitude of this spill makes it difficult to really predict what's going to happen a week from now. >> reporter: the lull right now gives the rescuers and caretakers to catch a breath and just catch up. numbers they've been dealing with in the four-state area are overwhelming. 157 sea turtles rescued. 444 found dead. 53 of 58 mammals including dolphins and whales found dead. about 1,000 birds have been rescued. 410 released. nearly 1,400 found dead. no one knows how many have died their remains never found. at least this bird will live to fly another day. washing oil from feathers is a meticulous process. to be waterproof, each feather must be cleaned. >> it's like shingles on a roof. if one feather is damaged, water will penetrate to the skin of the bird. >> soap is rinsed from his wings and body with tender care in just a couple weeks, it should be free to fly. you know, that washing process is just fascinating. when you watch those people do it and how careful they have to be washing that bird's entire body holding it down. kiran and john, they only wash the bird one time. that's it. they have to get all that oil once. they have to hit every single feather because as i mentioned in the piece, if they don't a little spot of oil left there will mean that the bird is no longer waterproof and it wouldn't survive in the wild. john? kiran? >> they can only wash the bird one time because they don't to put it through the stress again. >> reporter: right. the stress. exactly. >> that bird looked stress when it was being cleaned. john zarrella, thanks so much for that. the relief wells for the well that's been leaking into the gulf of mexico for almost 80 days now. we hear they are within feet of the well bore. why will it take another couple weeks to get that relief well in place? we'll talk to a professor of petroleum engineering and lay it out for you and explain what bp is doing to try to kill these wells. we'll give you information this morning that you can take with us. 36 minutes after the hour. after 70 days in an estimated 190 million gallons of oil gushing into the gulf of mexico, bp says it is ahead of schedule and may have the first relief well drilled by the end of the month and believed to be the company's best hope to stop the world's largest oil spill. now there's talk of backups to the backup plan. here to walk us through the process of killing the well is jean beck. thank you for joining us. we heard from bp that they're within 20 feet of the well bore that they're having the problem with but it will be another couple of weeks or longer before they can get that kill well drilled. can you explain for folks at home who have no concept of this process why it's taking that long to go a few feet? >> well, you know, the 20 feet that they are talking about is lateral feet from the well bore so going sideways into the well bore they still want to drill vertically into the well several hundred more feet but the real key is not the distance right now but the fact that at this stage of the well they're going to take their time and make sure that everything is absolutely safe for the crews drilling the well and for the rig and to make sure that this well bore maintains its integrity through the kill operation. this is not a one-shot -- this is not a one-shot process. we hope it works in one shot but the relief well will give them access to try numerous methods for killing the well. numerous fluids to pump in. >> some of the graphics shown over the past six to eight weeks have been misleading in terms of what this kill well will do. many of the graphics had it coming in from a 90-degree angle. we have one in to show folks. when they drill down and this sort of compresses the scale but they drill down and over at an angle and go down straight again parallel with that well bore so they may be within 20 feet but it would be maybe several hundred more feet before they intercept the well. why do they do it at an angle opposed to coming in from the sides? >> if you come in vertically and you parallel the well, you have a much greater opportunity to gently nudge the well a few inches or a few feet at a time to get close to the blowing out well bore. if you come at it horizontally you have to go around and come back. they are giving themselves a long runway to land this well to get it very close to the blew out well bore. coming in parallel to it if they make an attempt to drill into the well bore and miss, they're just going to be able to continue forward and nudge it in the opposite direction and try to bump into the well. this gives them -- >> once they bump into the well is when they start pouring in heavy fluids down that relief well bore. how does that kill the well? >> okay. when they do drill into the blowing out well, probably the first thing they're going to see is they'll start losing fluid or drilling mud from the relief well and they'll be prepared to do that and that mud will start entering the blowing out well bore and what it will do is seek the same path that the oil is flowing. if they can get close to the formation where the oil is and start adding mud to the oil at that point, the mud is heavier. it's more dense. it generates more pressure than the oil does. as you start mixing the mud in with the oil, that mud will follow the same path up the well bore and out to the sea floor or up production systems and as it does that, it begins to generate extra pressure and that pressure is what balances the pressure in the formation and as it overwhelms that pressure in the formation, you will slowly begin to slowly the rate of oil flow down and increase the rate of mud flow. >> is this a for sure thing? is this 100%? >> i never say 100% in the drilling industry. that doesn't exist in anything that we do. everything is risk related. i think that the well plan is set up to give them multiple opportunities and not just short it term. long-term opportunities to kill the well. i have been saying -- this is purely intuitive. i would say 80% chance that the relief well alone will work and i think fairly quickly once they establish communication with the blowing out well. >> all right. >> once that happens -- gene beck, thank you for joining us this morning with that. i think you have given people a better understanding of how all of this works. >> thank you. you guys have a good day. >> thanks. you too. appreciate it. >> more triple digit temperatures across the northeast and up and down the east coast actually. rob marciano is going to tell you when we'll get to see a break from this heat wave next. 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some of these numbers we haven't seen in over a decade. what's going on? high pressure aloft just sinking that air and creating not a lot of wind. humidity will crank in today just a little bit more. more of a southerly component to the wind. instead of it being that dry heat with over 100 degrees it will be more moist and humid. that means heat indexes will be very dangerous from philly to new york and also air quality will be a big deal. we're also starting to see this expand to detroit and down across parts of the ohio river valley. this is becoming a larger event even though we're starting to see more relief and that temperature will be 2 to 3 degrees cooler today than yesterday but more significant cooldown for places like boston, new york and slowly making its way south as we get through the next couple of days. speaking of south, here's the gulf of mexico yucatan peninsula and the northwestern caribbean. heavy rain into the yucatan into the gulf of mexico. this will probably gather strength and could become a tropical depression or tropical storm the track of which heads towards the brownsville and northern mexico direction. we'll watch this very carefully as we go through the next few hours and days. stay cool up there in new york. back to you. >> we'll do our best. thanks. this morning's top stories just a few minutes away. when you ask most people who have kids they'll ask what bring you the most joy, they'll say kids. why are so many parents miserable? 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>> many parts. the most important part, i think, is a long pathway associated with profound cocaine addiction. also, an area associated with nicotine addiction. it is an addiction. wonderful addiction when things are going well. perfectly horrible addiction when things are going poorly. >> when robert palmer sings you are addicted to love, it actually is. >> absolutely. not only that, another part of the brain that becomes active, you are intensely in love with this person, craving them. other areas associated with pain, physical pain, and the distress of the pain and deep attachment to this person. you know, i mean, you are in a bind. >> this really is -- a breakup is no different than if you were to go cold turkey off of a bad cocaine addiction or bad heroin addiction. >> this is why you have to face it as an addiction. throw out the cards and letters. don't call, don't write. don't try to be friends for at least three years. go out and do something exciting with friends that drives up dopamine and makes you feel better. anything that -- instead of sitting there and thinking over and over and over about all your pain. >> this idea of distracting yourself, that's a good one. >> absolutely. we found that when you -- think hard about what went wrong, what you can learn, what you could do differently, you don't actually get terribly depressed because you are working and learning and learning about this experience. so it doesn't happen next time. >> you took 15 subjects. college aged men and women that have gone through bad breakup. >> i would have taken older people but that was the population i had. it will happen at any age. >> put them in a functional mri machine. you can see the brain working and in real-time. how did you stimulate the response snst. >> i asked them to bring in two photographs? one of the person who had just rejected them. >> this was the photograph they are supposed to get rid of. >> yes. and yeah. some of them would say here's the jerk or -- they were suffering. everybody suffers in love. anyway, we also had the neutral photographs. they would look at the positive and look at the neutral and we would put all of those scans together and cancel out what they have in common. you are left with the rejected brain. >> what did you find out about the rejected brain in terms of where it lit up? these functional mris can light up like a christmas tree. >> all parts of the brain. pathways that evolved millions of years ago associated with wanting, craving, and with obsession. also, areas in the cortex associated with decision making and trying to decide what to do about this. >> you mentioned this right at the very top. does this explain why -- some people deal with bad breakups and get sad a while and get better. others just go off the deep end and stalking or it is even murder. homicide/suicide. who are the people particularly at risk for that? this is an addiction, could you say somebody with an addictive personality or gene for addiction might be susceptible? >> that's what we have to find out next. now we are beginning to understand what these pathways are, we don't know whether people who are addicted to drugs are hijacking the system and less sensitive to it or stimulating the system and more addicted to it. we don't know your childhood the role that plays. your sense of self-esteem. your other opportunities. now that we are beginning to know some of the pathways are, we can start in that long process of understanding this profoundly basic human problem. >> what about treatment, too? if you understand that love is an addiction and breaking up is like going off of a bad cocaine addiction, as you said, could that give therapists more ammunition to deal with somebody with -- could it even be pharmaceutical? you take a drug that might help get you off of a bad addiction and that will act as a valium and help you through. >> it i think both could work. one of the problems with things like sayer tonin boosters, it is people stay on them too long. that blends the emotions so eventually they can't find somebody new. but short-term chemical therapy could probably work. i think that what we really found in our study is that talking therapy really can work. because when these people were working, looking at the photograph and working out what could i have done wrong, what -- how could i have done this differently, when they are learning about the experience, they do tend to feel better. and if that came out of our machine feeling better because they had done something, done a job of trying to get better. >> ellen fisher, it is fascinating stuff. thanks for coming in. we will look forward to your next ventures. >> thanks, john. we will take a quick break. top stories, including we are going to be speaking with a representative from con-edison. talking about the possibility of blackouts in the northeast because of the heat wave and high usage of air conditioners. tdd# 1-800-345-2550. at schwab, traders have always gotten more. tdd# 1-800-345-2550. now they get it for less - tdd# 1-800-345-2550. every online equity trade is just $8.95. tdd# 1-800-345-2550. flat. tdd# 1-800-345-2550. make one trade - or a hundred. tdd# 1-800-345-2550. $8.95. tdd# 1-800-345-2550. trade ten shares - or ten thousand. tdd# 1-800-345-2550. $8.95. tdd# 1-800-345-2550. put everything schwab has to work for you - tdd# 1-800-345-2550. extensive research, live access to active trading specialists, tdd# 1-800-345-2550. and our 24-hour support. tdd# 1-800-345-2550. you get it all, and you get it all for $8.95 a trade. tdd# 1-800-345-2550. then trade with some serious tools tdd# 1-800-345-2550. from our advanced charting to trailing stops tdd# 1-800-345-2550. and everything in between. tdd# 1-800-345-2550. you can even help give your trading an edge tdd# 1-800-345-2550. with free seminars on topics like risk management, tdd# 1-800-345-2550. etf strategies, and much more. tdd# 1-800-345-2550. every bit of it is still just $8.95. tdd# 1-800-345-2550. every online equity trade. tdd# 1-800-345-2550. every trader. tdd# 1-800-345-2550. every day. tdd# 1-800-345-2550. switch to schwab today and get one more thing tdd# 1-800-345-2550. that sets schwab apart - tdd# 1-800-345-2550. 150 free trades. tdd# 1-800-345-2550. so start getting more. tdd# 1-800-345-2550. for less. tdd# 1-800-345-2550. visit schwab.com/activetrader tdd# 1-800-345-2550. or call 1-800-790-3808 today. good morning to you. it is 8:00 in new york on this wednesday. another scorcher, july 7th. i'm kiran chetry. >> i'm john roberts. we have a lot to talk about this morning. let's get right to it. dangerous heat wave engulfing the northeast. sweltering triple-digit temperatures, shattering records new york to virginia. the heat will not be letting up any time soon. >> a frightening fall. someone trying to reach out and catch a foul ball, the texas rangers game. heepded up falling 30 feet from the second deck to the field-level seats. the reactions from the players. there you see it. the fans and umpire who saw it and heard it says it all. incredibly, though, the man escaped without serious injuries. go directly to jail for 90 days. that's what lindsay lohan got. the actress sonning in court while hearing the news she's doing time. how much of that 90 days she will do remains to be seen? >> it is a heat wave for the history books and it is hanging dangerously over the northeast for a third straight day. sizzling triple-digit temperatures shattering records in several states yesterday and today this heat wave continues. >> it was 103 degrees in central park yesterday. record temperatures were also recorded in connecticut, maryland, virginia, and pennsylvania. in philadelphia, a 92-year-old woman was discovered dead in her apartment. she did not have any air conditioning. for the latest forecast and when this heat wave is going to end, rob marciano is in the extreme weather center. extreme is the word of the day. no question about it. >> the records that fell yesterday, my town, over 20 of them in some of the bigger towns and cities. some of the records have been held for over a decade. including balance more 10shgs 5. atlantic city, 102. these are temperatures that are measured in the shade and they don't include humidity. what it feels like in the sun is a lot hotter than that. heat index today, 100 to 105. anywhere from connecticut down through the mid atlantic. heat advisories and heat warnings in effect. philadelphia, you are going to be under the gun again today. we will actually see temperatures creep maybe moderate a couple of degrees in new york city. might only get to 99 or 100. a bit more of a southerly component that will bring in humidity levels just a little bit higher and that will make it feel about as hot as it was yesterday. not a lot of relief today. these are the records and the highs in the forecast. 101 expected in philadelphia. record high is 98. 101 expected in d.c. record is 99. the forecast for richmond, virginia, is 102 degrees. another day of triple digit heat. we will start to see some moderation. in the meantime, we are starting to see this expand as well. detroit, back to ohio river valley. some of the heat is beginning to sneak down to the south where it should be. this is typically the hottest time of year, next couple of weeks. we are certain to be feeling it after one of the coldest and snowiest winters we have seen in quite a while. 2010 shaping up to be a year of extremes. >> stay inside where it is air conditioned or stay in the shade if you are outside. thanks. this heat wave is testing the limits of the power grade in the northeast. as we know on, air condition sing the place to be. everyone is running it nonsop. new york, near 100 degrees today. the power company is pleading with people to try to conserve energy any way they can. on the phone with us now is michael of con-edison. thanks for joining us this morning. >> good to be here. thank you very much. >> give us the status update. how are things looking today? >> we serve 3.2 million customers in new york and we have about 6,000 experiencing power outages right now. they are scattered throughout our service area. we have done reductions in the neighborhoods where we are working on equipment. it is the kind of thing we -- expect in heat waves like this. and we are working very hard to try to minimize the impact and prevent it from getting better. >> what are you asking people to do right now to do their part, i guess to make sure that we don't experience more widespread blackouts or brownouts? >> we want people to just conserve as much as possible. we have been encouraging them to set their air conditioners at 78 degrees. not run it, obviously, when they are not home. set it to a timer so it only goes on when you get home. other things, too, you know, just general conservation tips and ways to keep your home cool like pulling the blinds and shades down. not running washers and dryers and things like that until nighttime. appliances generate a lot of heat. our customers have been doing -- we think a great job of that, too. we expect it to reach an all-time peak yesterday and we didn't. i think our customers deserve a fair share of credit for that. >> do you think you guys dodge ad bull net terms of havinging to deal with widespread outages? today it is supposed to be cooler. we broke a record yesterday. >> yes. well, so far i would say we -- dodged major bullets. i think there's still a big shoot-out going on. >> i understand. look, we have gone through three major blackouts in the new york city area in the last 50 years. of course, we remember what happened four years ago, long island city, tens of thousands of people in queens left without power for more than a week. are we able to test this surge in demand? mine, not we know that the power system can handle it? >> well, so far we don't have the kind of problems in a local network like we did four years ago in long island city. we are staying on top of things. we are -- any equipment problems come up, getting on top of them right away to try to repair them and get them back in service. so so far we are handling it. it is a very, very tough challenge. working around the clock. we know we have another tough day ahead of us today. that's for sure. >> we know people are going to be running the a.c. but if you can turn off other nonessential appliances and try to wait on the dish washing and washing of dishes until the evening hours. that's the best you can do right now. >> absolutely. thank you. the thing is, again, not use anything you don't absolutely need. you know, that helps you and helps your wallet certainly. helps your neighbor, help protect the grid. >> good advice. thanks so much. >> thank you. >> walk around the streets of new york yesterday. there are several stores that have their doors open as you walk along. 100 degrees on the sidewalk. you feel the cold blast of air. of course, it is to entice people to come into the store. think that -- environmentally makes sense to do that? no. shut the doors. emergency officials resuming the search this morning for a missing 13-year-old boy who was pull flood a creek after dangerous flash flooding in oklahoma city. they say several people were left stranded in their cars. others in a mobile home had to be rescued. high winds forced peter frampton and the band yes to cancel a concert in the town of el reno, west of oklahoma city. the a giant ten for the concert collapsed at the lucky star casino. two workers were hurt in that. they will have to reschedule that concert. lebron james says he will announce the team he's signing with tomorrow night during a live one-hour tv event on espn. lebron's people reportedly wanted to sell ad time for the special. they are going to donate the proceeds to boys and girls clubs of america. >> good idea. there are new polls out showing independent voters are leaning decisively towards republicans in the this year's midterm elections. in some cases a 12-point margin. we will be joined by our own independent analyst to talk about whether or not democrats need to be worried about these new numbers. eight minutes past the hour. ion? 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>> harry reid's case, he got a gift. extremes are always their own sides, their worst enemy. by running against sharon angle, has opinions that may not translate so well to independent voters. harry reid, in a very vulnerable position, looking stronger and stronger. in house seats, swing house seats, democrats should be afraid and be very conservative concerned. a wakeup call. >> again, all politician -- >> when you drill down a little bit more in our own polling at cnn, it shows that even though people are upset about the economy right now, they blame republicans more for it. who is more responsible for current economic problems? republicans 4shgs 1%. democrats, 28%. both, 26%. so when it comes to the economy, i know you said that independents don't like the spending. they are almost saying it was the prior administrations that got news this. >> one of the most fascinating findings. it is one glimmer of hope for democrats. have you independents angry at both parties. when it comes to economy, the poll shows independents blame republicans more than democrats. it is a slight silver lining that may be democrats can try to use to turn this tide. it is a serious swing. >> when it comes to the actual election, midterm election, there is going to be intensity on both democratic and the republican side to vote for their candidates. do independents share that same intensity? may we see them not come out in numbers that they would typically out in a midterm? >> independents are typically low turnout but this year the intensity is not only on the republican side but among independents who are swinging towards republicans. independents registered frustrated with president obama while all of a sudden feel a decisive shift towards the republicans. the democrats have to make up that intensity gap. there is larger dynamic here as well. last 70 years, two cycles where the party out of power didn't make significant gains. americans like checks and balances. >> all right. may be up to the independents. >> it is. >> thanks so much. great to see. >> did you good to see you this morning. we are going to continue our big stars, big giving series today. alina cho catches up with somebody who is a new star but already decided she is going to give back. hey, it's great to see you're back after that accident. well...i couldn't have gotten by without aflac! is that different from health insurance? 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>> she loves fashion design and interior design. she has a team of adviser. she and her sister both do. they are -- they seem to be -- interviewed both of them and seem to be quite savvy about their name as a brand and how they can use that going forward. and other sports stars try to do that and can't do it well. some do it very well. tiger woods, until recently, have done that very, very well. they are really looking to the future. they don't want to retire and then try to star in the business world because then you are just trying to play our name. getting the ball rolling early, yes. also, what i -- fascinating about her, push thing book. every answer she managed to bring it back to the book and put the name of the book in it which is classic. that's like your classic pushing. she's -- she savvy and knows what she is doing. >> other question about that, are they branching out on their own or coming together? people love the -- the williams sisters. convenient us and serena. >> right. they managed to keep their own identity in business because she is doing the fashion stuff on her own and interior design on her own. she went to school and has a degree. she is doing that in florida. at the same time, they are also minority partners in the miami dolphins together as a team. they own a home together and live together in florida. together in that real estate venture. they are together. they also have very independent business ventures. >> she is not leaving tennis any time soon. >> i don't think so. people speculate and she laughs and says no, i love this way fooch. i'm still good at it. >> she definitely is. christine, thanks so much. you can see more of christine's interview with venus williams this weekend on "your money." everything you need to know about your house, your job, your savings. 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her music, fashion choices, yes, a philanthropic partnership with mac cosmetics. ♪ ♪ i'm your biggest fan ♪ love me >> reporter: the paparazzi is gaga over lady gaga. what do you say to your critics that say this is about shock value? >> you are right. >> reporter: gaga, as she likes to be called, is the master of performance art. a music and fashion phenomenon at age 24. two grammys, six number one hits, and more than 15 million records sold. a bona fide talented. but this is what gets everyone's attention. how do you decide what to wear? >> for me, it is important to always keep that connection with my fans. no matter what i'm wearing, whether it is high fashion and it was on the runway last week or it is a leather jacket i found at a vij taj shop, i need to create things and wear things they can always replicate. >> reporter: the truth is most people in the world can't do this. right? >> that's not exactly true. the last thing you want to do as an artist is create something that feels like you can't touch it or you don't deserve it or i can't have that. my hair bow, you can make it for $2. >> reporter: gaga fans, she calls them little monsters, do try to replicate her look. whether it is that bow made entirely of hair or this red latex dress which she wore to meet the queen. lady gaga's fashion choices always inspire. even make headlines around the world. what do you think the biggest misconception is about you? >> i don't feel there is any misconceptions about me. i am whatever you perceive me to be. >> reporter: today she has the house of gaga. consultants on her look. when asked who inspires her, she says her mother. it is another mentor, cyndi lauper, gaga is teaming up with to fight aids. >> does she do stuff like me and little stuff like madonna and little stuff like david bowie and a little bit of elton john, that's what it is. >> reporter: gaga sang for free at this black-tie affair benefiting amfar. her outfit made of crushed pearls is meant to blend one with the piano. >> it is not about money. it is not about prestige. it is not about class. it is about having an identity. and the trick is through the pop music, through makeup, through memorandum ninty, you sort of encourage young people no matter who you are, where you come from, harness your identity. >> you can't say she is not passionate. if there was any doubt about lady gaga's influence, listen to this. just this week she became the first living person on the planet to get 11 million fans on facebook. that beats president obama who has 9.9 million fans. lady gaga and cyndi lauper from our lips campaign with mac cosmetics has been the most successful in the company's history. unbelievable. they have sold $5 million worth of lipsticks. all of that money goes towards aids research. you know, the as great thing. 24 for her to think about philanthropy is incredible because she has so much money and it is great she is giving back. >> it is cool. you said living fan because michael jackson -- >> michael jackson has the most at 14 million. that's right. >> love to come anywhere near her success. >> great to see her getting involved in philanthropy. as long as the money, it is a life long pursuit. >> a lot of people sort of think about it later on in life and have that epiphany they think i have to give back because i reached a certain point in my career. it is great she is doing it at 24. >> good for her. keep those crazy outfits coming. she hasn't answered how she decides what to wear. it is time for this morning's top stories. really feeling the heat across the northeast today. the heat wave is one for the ages. featuring triple digit temperatures. shattering records from new york to virginia. relief, not on the horizon. at least not any time soon. rob marciano tracking the dangerous system in the extreme weather center for us today. >> waiting for a verdict on climate-gate. a report examining whether scientists were hiding and manipulating data on climate change. it happened after e-mails after a you don't know tonight england were hacked and leaked online. back in april, separate independent panel found the scientists were just, quote, disorganized. >> this just in. former panamanian dictator more yag a was sentenced to seven years in jail by a french court. the charges, money laundering. he was fined $2.7 million. am accused of laundering through french banks. he will be behind bars until he is 83 years old. developing story this morning. president obama versus the state of arizona. the administration taking a bold political stand in a big political year with the midterm elections coming up. it is suing the state over the new very tough and very controversial immigration law. the court filing basically accuses arizona of overstepping the constitution. writing, quote a state may not establish its own immigration policy or enforce state laws in a manner that interferes with the federal immigration laws. our suzanne malveaux has the fallout live from the white house this morning. they are gearing up for a fight. >> reporter: they are. i want to apologize for the background noise you may be hearing to make it difficult to hear us. a lot of construction going on here at the white house. clearly, there is a battle that's moving forward. one of the things behind the scenes that's happening is an incredible pressure on the president to push forward on comprehensive immigration reform to do something along those lines. he promised it happened in the first year. so he's not been able to deliver on that promise. there are a lot of -- hispanic groups looking to the president and say which side are you on. are you on the right side of this issue. here's how president obama explains it. >> states like arizona decided to take matters into their own hands. given the levels of frustration across the country, this is understandable. but it is also ill-conceived. it is not just that the law arizona passed is divisive, although it has fanned the flames of an already contentious debate, laws like arizona put huge pressures on local law enforcement to enforce rules that ultimately are unenforceable. it puts pressure on already hard-strapped state and local budgets. >> reporter: the arizona governor, jan brewer, she was here at the white house before she visited with president obama. they were trying to figure out a way to move forward here after a lot of comments back and forth over this new arizona law. one of the things that she said is that she was pleased she was getting a reassurance from the president that white house officials will be visiting arizona, trying to figure out a way to help secure the border. we saw that the homeland secretary -- secretary security, janet napolitano, went to arizona. there has been a lot of discussion with the arizona governor. but it has been inadequate in her view and put out this statement regarding the lawsuit saying that it is wrong that our own federal government is suing the people of arizona for helping them enforce federal immigration law. as a direct result of failed and inconsistent federal enforcement. arizona is under attack from violent mexican drug and immigrant smuggling cartels. now arizona is under attack in federal court from president obama and his department of justice. it should be noted that what the president and federal government are saying is that this is not an issue of civil rights, violation of civil rights, but say this is about states' rights, responsibilities versus that of the federal government and they say border security ultimately is up to the federal government. it cannot be usurped by the state. >> it could go all the way to the supreme court. suzanne malveaux for us this morning. thanks so much. still ahead, we are going to be talking to the author of a fascinating study. it is controversial. an article in "new york" magazine and says all joy, no fun. it is the premise that parents, people that have kids, are less happy than their childless peers. >> considering that most people say oh, the kids bring such joy in a my life, that's a strange find. >> we are going to explore some of the reasons and theories behind that when jennifer senior from new york joins us. 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are you happy, how do they define that? >> that's a crucial stage. that's the other people ask immediately. what's happy? the answer, it turns out, in most of them, is moment-to-moment happiness. it is a gauge of moods. yeah. you know, as you are going about your every day life and hanging out your kid is throwing the tantr tantrum, in the middle of a public place and lie down on the floor did go limp, that's not fun necessarily. it does not measure something larger like what they mean to you. >> the purpose, your -- feeling of satisfaction, purpose with your life in general. is that increased with children? >> it is harder to measure that. it is not like academics have great standards for figuring out larger questions to people. there are studies, for instance, that try to separate like -- are you having fun? do you find this rewarding? on the study -- in the studies that try to make the distinction, you know, whether parents having fun on whether they are finding it gratifying, parents say they find child rearing immensely gratifying. not so fun. >> i was teasing you before the break. are some people just more wired towards liking kids? i joked around that -- i find having walking into chucky cheese without getting dirty looks. some people just don't like to do kid things. others do. they don't necessarily love their children any less. >> it varies from stage to stage. you can particularly see this, i think, you know, just -- anecdotally but with fathers -- all the fathers that say yeah, i don't go to the playground. i like the older stuff when they are more interactive. i mean, we are -- you hear all sorts of people, you know, delighting in different stages of parent. >> the interesting thing is -- you are in the trenches. have you a 2 1/2-year-old. does this change as kids get older and not in the diapers and temper tantrum phase. >> yes. custodial and administrative. yes. most of the -- when the kids are young, satisfaction levels are down here somewhere below missile silo. then go up. during 6 and 12, things ease up. you are not as happy as you were before having a baby. >> part of that, the inning this, part of this -- they sort of compare these things as -- gets in the way of your first love, your -- relationship, the reason you got married in first place, your spouse. this suffers, the relationship, the marital relationship suffers when have you children. >> that is one of the most depressing consistent points that children really compromise marital satisfaction. my favorite factoid i unearthed is 40% -- at least -- this was in one very well designed study. 40% of arguments among married couples, about their kids. with children. the others -- money and religion. all the other things, personal habits that annoy. that was a distant second. really like -- i didn't even come close to that. and also, it was explicitly about kids. not about the money. think about how many money arguments indirect. >> i let me ask you one quick question. what changed from now, from our generation now, and prior generations when it comes to this? before -- i-didn't seem like we analyzed back in the day. >> first of all, feeding the other obsession. starting with the boomers and perfected by xors came alorngs i think that also -- something crucial, we are having kids later. we are getting married later and having children later. and the -- longer you defer this, the more -- the contrast, i think, feels that much more pronounced, you know you can really compare a before and after. if you spent ten years of your adult life without children, enjoying the free-wheeling rhythms and doing what you want and then suddenly tethered to this schedule on and this person, as we were joking during the break, never thanks you, things like this, right. then there is a collapse in gratitude. >> there is a special joy, you are right. fascinating provocative article. i'm glad you came here and broke it down for us. great to talk to you. 42 minutes past the hour. 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fidelity investments. turn here. ♪ welcome back to the most news of the morning. i'm rob marciano. it is 45 minutes past the hour. here is a look at the weather map east of the mississippi. another scorching day. we will see records drop in the central part of the country where we saw flooding rains yesterday, flood watches up for most of oklahoma. oklahoma city just got hammered yesterday with heavy, heavy rain. wind and rain across the gulf coast as well. there's a little something brewing down there that we will speak of. 105 is the high temperature in baltimore, maryland. that's a record. central park, 103. philly, 102. 102 in atlantic city. some of the records over a decade old in some cases. today not going to be a whole lot better. we may see some of the heat sink farther to the south. maybe a little moderation in some cases. generally speaking, the heat indexes are what it feels like will be up and over 100 degrees. that is as measured in the shade. heat warnings and advisories out from new york back through philly and d.c. it is also expanded back to detroit and into the ohio river valley. we will see temperatures a couple of degrees cooler today but humidity levels up. what it feels sxlik does to your body will be pretty much the same thing. dangerous heat for sure. forecast for new york city is 99 degrees. that should break a record. 101 is the forecast going for in philadelphia. 101 as well is what we expect this afternoon in d.c. 102 degrees as measured in the shade. richmond, virginia. let's talk about what's going on across the tropics. we have a disturbance rolling across the peninsula. it could become our next tropical depression. the general forecast track of this thing is to take it towards the brownsville area. much like alex. how strong will it get? we will have to wait and see. it will spread showers and thunderstorms and maybe some breezy conditions across and near the gulf coast. we will have to watch this very, very carefully. ten minutes to the top of the hour. back with the most news of the morning. an" a.m." original. for a young person life can be uncertain enough if you have loving parents and strong family support system. imagine being a foster child who is about to be put out on your own and just barely finishing high school? that's the situation because of california's massive budget cuts. taking a heavy toll on some of its most needed kids. yesterday we introduced you to carla, foster teen, about to be emancipated from foster child protective services. where does she go from here? thelma gutierrez has the followup to the story. >> reporter: when we first met carla, she was in foster care. she had just turned 18 and was about to age out of california's child welfare system. scared, anxious, and alone. >> what am i going to do? how am i going to support myself? how am i going to know what to do? how to do it? where and when? all those things. >> reporter: carla has no job, no apartment, and no family. she told me she has never met her father. her mother is mentally ill. and homeless. seems like you have a lot of hurt inside. >> yeah. >> reporter: what do you want for your future? >> to have what i didn't have in my childhood. >> reporter: like what? >> have my own place. >> reporter: 4,000 teenagers leave california's foster care system every year. 65% have no place to go. and deep budget cuts may mean even less help in the years ahead. where do they go when they have no place to go? >> unfortunately, this is it right here. >> reporter: on the street? >> living on the street. >> reporter: lori, founder of the teen project, was once in foster care herself. she survived on the street as a teen prostitute. she says what's happening to foster youth is a crime. >> young adults leaving prison, they get $200 when they leave. foster kids get nothing. not even $10. just a good luck and they are out. >> since the day i -- the day i move out is so soon, i think just realized i'm just -- really, really scared. >> reporter: before she can begin the next things of her life she must say good-bye to the past. her foster mother and father who have been her family for the last two years. >> this is d-day for carla. we are here in court for an emancipation hearing. in a few minutes the judge will terminate carla from the system. judge kirkwood has presided over hundreds of termination cases. >> they are facing poverty. they are facing premature pregnancies. they are facing homelessness. we have to help a child see that they have a future story. that they can graduate from high school, that they can go on to college. >> reporter: carla tells judge kooshg wo kirkwood that's her plan. >> congratulations. >> reporter: in this five-bedroom home, lori tries to save foster teens like carla from the sort of life she led on the streets. in three years, she raised money, started an organization, and with the help of volunteers, built the teen project home. and this is where carla and four other young women will live under the supervision of a house mother while they go to college. carla even has a full scholarship to the paw mitchell school where she will study cosmetology and prepare for life on her own. >> my wish would be to find success and and that, she says, would be a first in her life. thelma gutierrez, cnn, orange county, california. >> so at the moment it is a great way forward for carla but imagine the thousands of other kids who don't have that same opportunity and how tough it is for them. >> i can't imagine. this provides yet another safety net hopefully that this will be, you know, beginning of things to come for her, being able to be out on her own and be independent. there are so many others who aren't lucky enough to have that situation. >> lot of 18-year-olds that go off to college and start to build a life for themselves but have the support system back home. frightening doing that with no safety net. >> we are going to take a quick break and will be back in a couple of minutes. countless laid off blue collar workers are scrambling to find jobs and for some the solution is to go back to school. >> it can be risky to start a new career late in life unless your school is offering a money-back guarantee. dan simon brings us this morning's "building up america" report. >> to the ground. >> reporter: eric gibbs worked as a roofer. >> bring it down. >> reporter: george, assembly line worker at gm. both now unemployed in the state of michigan. >> when i got laid off from my roofing company job, i searched for six months straight nonstop, eight to ten hours a day. applyinging anywhere i could, driving anywhere i could. even going mcdonald's. >> reporter: equally bad luck for george who at 56 has it harder with employers. >> the jobs i wanted weren't out there. the skill set i currently have. i need ad different skill set for the work i want to do. >> reporter: then came along an offer that sounded almost too good to be true. and it came from the most unusual of places. >> we need to be able to cut that out. >> reporter: lansing community college is hoping to attract even more students with this tempting offer. >> get a skill, get a job, or your money back. >> reporter: sounds like something from a late-night infomercial. lansing says if you enroll in its school and do not find a job lit give you back your tuition money. school president brent knight came up with the idea. >> this is in an effort to try to help people who are very discouraged. michigan has had high unemployment. there are thousands of people here who are discouraged and don't think that they can get a job no matter what they do. >> reporter: george sees it as a win-win. learn theed new skills and if they don't find a job, there's nothing lost. >> there's no way you can lose what -- you don't get a job in 12 months they give you your money back. the same boat you are when you started. >> fairly confident. i think there will be job offers. >> reporter: job or 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