go from one shade spot to the next shade spot and kind of make our way that way. drank a lot of water. you re going to need that water. the heat is expected to linger through the rest of this week. it was a deadly day for coalition troops in afghanistan. five u.s. soldiers were killed in three separate incidents. a british soldier was also killed in a roadside bombing. the news comes as senators john mccain, joe lieberman and lindsay graham continue their tour of the battlefield. mccain told troops he believes securing kandahar is the key to winning the war. a nationwide amber alert has been issued for a missouri girl. 4-year-old alyssa maier disappeared from louisiana, missouri around 8:00 last night. police say a young white man driving a black four door car snatched her from her front yard. she has brown eyes and brown hair. anyone with any information is urged to call police. the cash strapped postal service is announcing plans for rate increases today. the post office usua
i haven t seen one of these for a while. thank you so much. except at the smithsonian. oh, my goodness. e-mail us right now, it was so hot at your house. what happened yesterday or what could happen today? keep it clean. all right. it s going to be a very festive show for you this morning. we have your headlines. the heat is on in the northeast as steve just said. today, temperatures are predicted to hover around the triple digits from virginia to new england. these record-breaking temperatures are expected to last until saturday. heat warnings and advisories have been issued throughout most of the region. in new york city, 500 public cooling centers are being opened today to help people escape the heat. i ve had enough. got to cover up as much as we can. just got back from iraq. this is like nothing. it could not have come on a worst day. 600 amtrak passengers struck on a disabled train from boston to new york city without any air conditioning. it took two ho