the humidity is creating oppressive conditions. today, chicago could see its highest temperature in five years. abc's karen traver as more on the spending east. >> reporter: they tossed two tons of ice into the water to try to cool things down. this heat wave is krgripping th middle of the nation. for 17 states. texas to minnesota. east to ohio. in five states, temperatures dropped thee century mark. the system is expected to hover across the midwest for five more sweltering days before heading east. >> not moving at all. unpacking its bags. this high pressure for many days to come as it continues to intensify and grow in overall size. >> reporter: for beach goers the soaring temperatures means fun in the sun. but for some people, especially the elderly this extreme heat can be extremely dangerous. >> they'll complain of dizziness, weakness. being light headed. >> reporter: experts say to drink plenty of water, stay out of the sun. >> the goal was ten. i don't think i'm g gng to make it that far. >> no everyone is heeding the warning. despite the blazing sun, these hard-core athletes participated in an iron man triat thletetria. >> it's hot. >> reporter: karen travers, abc. more dangerous weather in the bahamas when the second named storm of the atlantic hurricane season. tropical storm is bret is packing 40 mile an hour winds. forecasters say it will strengthen over the next few days. bringing heavy rain and high sur of the northern bahamas. it's not expected to pose a threat to the u.s. another big story of this morning, the ladies world cup. >> elation turned to disappointment yesterday as the team from japan tied the final match and then won it on penalty kicks. >> the welcome bit of good sign for japan. >> reporter: team japan's victory over the united states capped an emotional runun for t underdogs. japanese upset local favorite germany and swede on the reach the finals, all the while playing to heal a wounded nation. back home, nervous fans stayed up to root on their loved team. the game started at 3:ha on a monday morning. fans desperate to cheer again, got the victory they waited so long for. this team's never give up attitude is just what the country needs. homare sawa's hometown, elation. her elementary schoolteacher saying, i have no word. inspired a country still reeling from the disaster. it's been four weeks since a earthquake killed 25,000 people inspect this final game, they lifted the nation once again. >> they'll be able to see how far japan can go, even with everything -- with the odds against them. >> after so much heart ache, finally a reason to celebrate. >> big celebrations there more on the game coming up later in this half-hour. in washington, talks on the debt crisis go behind closed doors today. it stands no chance of a passage in the senate. plan b is still being discussed giving president obama to increase the amount of money the government can borrow. brand-new bomb shells this morning as a scandal sinks a media empire. top police official has resigned in the wake of the investigation. >> reporter: rebekkah brooks was her prodigy. sunday she went to scotland yard to answer about the phone hacking scandal that occurred when she was editor of news of the world. she insisted that she knew nonoing. >> there's no way that a reporter can come in salacious, page one stories that the news of the world was running without an editor saying, how did you get that story? who was your source. >> reporter: later in the day, another bombshell the head of the scotland yard resigning. he said that he had no involvement in his force's failure to investigate of murdoch's journalists. >> i have no knowledge of the exat the present time of this disgraceful practice. >> reporter: tuesday murdochened his son james are scheduled to appear for british house of xhons. it remains to be seen if rupert murdoch can continue t t lead hs company or even keep it together. now for this morning's weather from around the nation. on top of that scorching heat, gusty winds, hail and flash flooding from minneapolis to new york down to d.c. pop-up showers in south florida around houston. little rock. a wet day in the pacific northwest. rain from new mexico to wyoming. >> phoenix,ing, things are hooting up to 108. 91 here in new york. 88 in miami. 89 in new orleans as well. >> some of that rain is looking pretty good right now. >> yeah. >> i could get caught in a storm today. coming up -- harry potter's half-billion dollar weekend. new duties for duke and duchess. and a collapse at rock 'n roll concert, sending people running for their lives. !!!xhc=? ford ceo says that there an economic recovery in your future. he said that the improving economy is the result of decreasing oil prices and moving beyond the japanese earthquake. he also says that manufacturing is the foundation of thaha recovery and job growth. worries about europe's banking woes and the debt talks here are keeping overseas markets unsettled. tokyo nikkei's average picked up 38 points today. in london, the ftse opened lower. on wall street, the dow lost 177 points last week. it's appearing more likely that the second largest nation's bookstore chain, borders, still has about 400 stores and employs almost 11,000 people. days after their whirlwind trip to canada and california, it's time for the duke and duchess to get down to business. they'll be britain's business ambassadors. they did some of that during their visit to los angeles. they'll continue t ts more. another trip is already in the works. and harry potter keeps working its magic. after taking nearly half worldwide that weekend. the final harry potter film took in $169 million domestically. the best opening weekend ever. in second, another sequel, transformers with 21 million and horrible bosses was third, with $13 million. i want to see horrible bosses. i have no stories that relate. i love my bosses. >> we'll tape that for proer thety. what is casey anthony's next move? 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