citizens where the president took part in a naturalization ceremony for members of the military, and homeland secretary janet napolitano swore them in, and tonight there will be a celebration on the north lawn at the white house. and no power. that is the extremely uncomfortable position that people find themselves in after weekend storms knocked out power from il toile the nation s capital, and the most outages five days after the storms hit, west virginia. 5,000 homes are without air conditioning in the middle of a brutal heat wave. cnn s brian todd is there. fredricka, temperatures are spiking here in west virginia where it is to get up to 95, and well on the way to that right now. power is out for roughly one quarter to a third of the customers in west virginia, but some people in the more rural areas won t get it until the weekend and a key reason for that is right behind me, and this scene played out all throughout west virginia and downed trees are a huge problem f
efforts to save children. i m really looking forward to this piece tonight. thanks so much. a reminder to our viewers that your special runs tonight. it s cnn presents cruise to disaster. 8:00 eastern time. some exclusive new images and details. make sure you tune in. top of the hour now. i m ashleigh banfield. i m standing in for brooke baldwin. this is one of the hottest 4th of julys on record. it is steaming out there. extreme heat paralyzing much of the midwest and all the way up to the dakotas too. the heat index racing up into the 115s. the death toll from the heat and related storms now reaching 20. the virginias, in particular, having a terrible time. in some cases police are having to hand out ice. hundreds of thousands of people who have not had power since friday since a wave of violent storms hit pretty much at their wits end. lizzie has been following this story. there s a critical problem. west virginia hit the worst and they are talking about water now. wat
bloomberg unplugged at the nathan s hot dog wagon. seems he couldn t stomach the puns, like let me be frank. it s going to be a dog fight. and i ll relish it. it s bloomberg like we ve never seen him. also you can see the sparks flying all over the place. it was raining fire down on us. on the frontlines, colorado firefighters taking cnn with them as they fight the fires home by home. the fire chief telling the denver post this morning he knew the fire would happen, that it was a monster ready to awaken and kill. and on this independence day, what s your definition of a hero? our men and women in the military? your mom, your dad? think about it. it s our talk back question of the day. newsroom begins right now. i m carol costello. happy, happy fourth of july. good morning to you. right now, crowds are gathering and parades are gearing up in small towns and big cities across the country. but millions of americans will be missing one holiday tradition this year, fir
again here. at least the reuniting part. we ll give you an incredible story how one dog not only was a survivor once, but twice. that s all coming up in just a moment. it is nice to hear some good news coming out of there. thank you. meantime, chardon high school students heading back to class for the first time since monday s shootings. the day after the accused shooter was charged with murder. the scene of the massacre, we understand, will have a different look as the students enter the school. take a look at this, a plane had to abort a landing and fly in circles because of that. an alleged drunk driver who decided to take a ride on the runway. we ll have much more on that coming up. up first here, back to school in chardon, ohio, has never been like this. classes resume this morning at chardon high, just days after a school shooting that shattered that entire community. three students were killed there. the shooting suspect, 17-year-old t.j. lane, has been charged w
a sad story out of chardon, ohio, we re expecting probably about an hour and a half or so because of of course, an hour behind us, students are going to start returning to classes there. dons tons of grief to deal with and post traumatic stress. first time since monday s shooting that those students will all be coming together. alleged shooter, t.j. lane, now charged with three counts of aggravated murder. he s charged as a juvenile but they re expecting that he will be prosecuted as an adult. the football coach, frank hall, he is the guy who chased the gunman out of the school. we heard from him for the first time isn t the shooting yesterday. here s what he said. the families of danny, demetrius, and russell, i want you to know that i was with them. i prayed with them, i wiped their tears, i know god was with them. i don t know why this happened. i only wish i could have done more. i m not a hero. i m just a football coach and study hall teacher. the law enforcement, firs