security checks but veterans benefits, other right. that s a scary process. starts to get mathematical. we have to figure out what gets paid and what doesn t get paid. another big story right now, a massive and dangerous heat wave is gripping much of the nation. here s how it looks and feels across the country. take a look at the red quarter. temperatures expected to reach 104 degrees in parts of texas today, in the southeast, temperatures are expected to reach the upper 90s and more than just uncomfortable, it s dangerous. heat has already claimed the life of at least one person in illinois and adding to that, the heat is causing drought conditions in the deep south to intensify. also this morning, hundreds of thousands still without power in the chicago area after strong thunderstorms rolled through. officials warn the power there might not be back on until saturday. let s go live to rob marciano outdoors this morning, silly rob, in atlanta s piedmont park. sun stil
the interview will air in july around the time that dugard s new memoir a stolen life is released. networks have a way of getting money to a certain person. they can hide it under the entertainment division or something like that, right? an olympic swimmer, this is an amazing story. he was nearly buried alive. this is 19-year-old jacob maly not sure the pronunciation, members of the austrian swim team, he s one of them. they dug a hole in the sand in the beach in florida and he got stuck in the hole. it collapsed on top of him. he was stuck for two hours with the sand crushing his body. it took 60 rescuers to dig him out. the austrian swimmer was taken to the hospital and released in good condition. they were concerned he had internal organ damage from the crushing i don t know if it was quicksand or what it was but a good lesson to not dig a seven foot hole on the beach. that does seem odd. meanwhile, let s take a look and find out what we got ahead weatherwise. look at this.
drug smuggling tunnel discovered under the u.s./mexico border. they reportedly found this tunnel in arizona 15 feet underground. it s a 250 foot long passage. it s outfitted with lights, running water, even ventilation. eight other drug passages have reportedly been discovered in the same area in the last few months. and jaycee dugard was held captive for 18 years and she s set to publish her memoir. she s set to release the book a stolen life. she s also narrated the audio version. and silicon valley giant microsoft says it has agreed to buy the internet phone service skype. the price tag $8.5 billion. it s the largest deal the software company has ever brokered. skype users made 207 billion minutes of voice and video calls just last year. not bad. and develops news right now,
leader on charges of sourcery. jaycee dugard is penning a memoir about being held captive for two decades. her book called a stolen life will be in stores in july. dugard was abducted outside her lake tahoe, california, home in 1991 when she was just 11 years old. apparently even royalty needs apps on britain s queen elizabeth wish list, an ipad 2. both grandsons, princes william and harry gave their grandmother a crash course in using it. the 85-year-old monarch already has her own facebook page and two, not just one, but two ipods. she s certainly keeping up with the times. good for her. thanks very much, lisa for that. all of us remember it. the iconic photograph that