through new england. all the great weather in the middle of the country. minneapolis, chicago, st. louis. the heat that s been in the west is going to head east. thursday we start to warm up. by the weekend, expect a heat wave. still expecting chicago to have a heat wave, d.c., as far north as philadelphia. get ready in the great lakes and northeast. the heat is coming this weekend. slow improvement until then. crazy to think could be a 30 degree jump between now and end of the week. 50s to 90s. thanks for that, bill. the candidates in georgia special congressional election faced off last night. prime time televised debate that brought some tense moments. race between the democrat and the republican karen handle watched as potential referendum on president trump s policies. one exchange during the debate on wsb tv over raising minimum wage getting a lot of attention this morning, particularly from the left. the minimum wage should be a living wage.