dry heat in arizona. even for arizona, when it gets up to 115 degrees, that is scorching. another heat advisory. this is an excessive heat warning for the phoenix area. this is day two of this heat. it is going to be really difficult and challenging for those of you in arizona if you have to do anything outdoors. we have over 5,000 planes in the air. busy saturday in july. no doubt about it. notice the thunderstorms from virginia up into new england. this is wreaking a lot of havoc on air travel. you have to see these delays. they have gone up since our last report. we now have 2 1/2-hour delays. the delays are at least an hour in all area airports. philadelphia, 45 minutes on the increase. a tough go of it in the northeast. first shall the heat. now, the travel delays and thunderstorms. so we are almost done. i think by tomorrow, things will be looking a lot brighter. did you say two hours at laguardia? i sure did. that s a good day for them. just teasing, laguardia.
the volcano has been actively erupting for eight days but the ash cloud moved away from area airports. now shifting winds have forced the airports to shut down. the volcano is still steadily erupting more than a week after an enormous smoke and ash plume made its way to europe, canceling nearly 100,000 flights. authorities in mississippi say a white supremacist lawyer found dead in his house had been found stabbed, beaten, and his body set on fire. a neighbor has been charged with the murder. the body of lawyer richard barrett was found yesterday morning in his home in a rural area outside jackson, mississippi. 22-year-old vincent mckee has been charged with barrett s murder. he is an african-american man who lived near bin had done yard work for barrett in the past. moments ago a utah judge signed an execution warrant setting the stage for a convicted killer to die by firing squad. all of this happening on june 18th.
last week. the volcano has been actively erupting for eight days but the ash cloud moved away from area airports. two major airports there are closed. the volcano still steadily erupting a week after a smoke and ash plume made its way over europe. we ve been reporting on this. canceled more than 100,000 flights. the president proposes new regulations for wall street. what does it mean for main street. former investment banker and democratic congresswoman sanchez from california as we continue. plus weather alert in the west. tornadoes and warnings of more severe weather on the horizon. the latest coming up in just a moment. later, new e-mails just released reveal the sordid details about the ex- survivor producer suspected of killing his wife. you re watching msnbc on friday morning. because you re tasty with toasty whole grain. [ crunch ] wheat thins. toasted. whole grain. crunch.
welcome back to msnbc half past the hour now. breaking news coming in to us from manhattan. there s been an explosion in a manhattan building. apparently, as you can see, the windows now broken, the front of this building is blackened. the police spokesman says it looks like a fire and an electrical transformer on top of this burlington coat factory store caused the explosion this morning. this building is in the chelsea area of manhattan. so far, no injuries reported, but firefighters are searching through the building, looking for people who may have been hurt when this transformer exploded. they are digging deep, deep, deep in the heart of texas. here is the scene in dallas and surrounding areas, where snow and ice have made travel treacherous. some areas could get up to six inches of snow. back on the east coast, all three washington, d.c. area airports are open for business again after being paralyzed by
that s going to be a major job for the next couple of days, clearing out this city, clearing the streets out so people can get to where they need to go and clearing out the side streets especially so people can get out of their driveways and to work. today hardly anyone is working, the federal government is closed, as you can see, about 2 feet of snow on the ground, schools are closed, the house does not have anything in session, the senate not in session. kind of a quiet day in washington as they try to get organized and dug out from this massive snowstorm and try to get back to business as usual. martha: i m curious, how tough is it? if you wanted to get to the capitol today to go to work, could you get there? reporter: yeah, you could. and i did. some of the roads are clear, but as i said, the side streets have not been plowed he out, they may not be for a couple of days, power is out to some 70,000 homes in this area. area airports are opening up. now, dulles airport, outside was