but first, let s go to weather channel meteorologist todd santos for a check on the forecast. todd? hey there, mika, very good morning to you. we have 340 days to go till the election, let s start with sunshine. all the way into the southeast, does make for a cool morning for many of us. a lot of areas, upper 30s to low 40s, back down towards d.c. at this hour. there s a look at it for this afternoon. cool down into portions of florida. 55 in miami right now. and i should mention the southwest if you re flying in that direction, we could see gusts in los angeles upwards of 40 plus miles per hour today that will elevate the fire danger, bigger winds in the high-wind warnings into the daytime on fray. we ll check in again with the winds and the forecast of the rest of the country coming up. you re watching morning joe. we re america s natural gas
charged with public intoxication, disorderly conduct, resisting arrest. take a look at this. near los angeles, one shopper actually pepper sprayed the people in line ahead of her at a walmart to get the year s hot video game console and it worked. sandra endohas developments. what more have you learned about the attack? it s almost impossible to believe that this actually happens during the holiday shopping season, but yet here we go again. reporter: yeah, absolutely, jim. that video is so amazing, and incredible to see the crowd as they go after these discounted items in walmart. and police say they are looking for a woman in her 30s who pepper sprayed the crowd as that deal went on sale. a large number of people were surrounding the area where xboxs were diswouldncounted and ten p were treated at scene last night. one person affected by the pepper spray and recorded the frenzy on tape. tell me about this woman. did you see her before? line waiting for this deal to open up
looking like. postman, pool boy, who knows. good morning, everyone, take you through a nice october morning. over the weekend, we saw the rain hit and miss. it s going to stay that way for the next two days. i ve got good news for everyone in new england as they go wednesday onward. cool morning, turn the heater on in the car probably, 48 degrees, rain showers around pittsburgh and d.c. do carry the umbrella, you ll only need it for five or ten minutes just like over the weekend. as i mentioned, the weather will get better a as the week goes on. all the gorgeous weather in the middle of the country. 80s from minneapolis down through kansas city and dallas, that is what s going to head to the east coast as we go throughout the middle to end of this week. looks like overall, it s a quiet weather pattern and going to stay that way through much of this week. you re watching morning joe, of course, brewed by starbucks. i want healthy skin for life.
also the debt and obama s popularity. first, an update on the heat with bill karinss. august means football practice. the heat wave needs to go away soon. yesterday 114 degrees in little rock. the hottest all-time temperature they have recorded. 97 in atlanta. 109 the forecast in dallas. we are going to see a little bit of cooling off from denver to kansas city. a lot of people had a cool night, a cool morning. temperatures in the 80s. leave your umbrella at home. it should be a dry day. we are watching tropical storm emily. you have to feel bad for people living there. it s going to be a rough 24 hours for them. this storm brushes the bahamas,
the bad weather. if you re in south carolina, tennessee, kentucky, you could see strong storms. wind damage, maybe some isolated hail. not many tornadoes. also up through minneapolis we could see additional strong storms late today. this looks like one of the best spring weeks we ll see from areas of d.c. to new york. temperatures again today in the 70s. it s a cool morning. gorgeous afternoon. atlanta, a bit on the hot side for you at 90. chicago, enjoy a dry day. temperatures there around 80. tomorrow we watch a lot of severe storms in the middle of the country. if we see a day this week with tornado tornadoes, it will probably be tomorrow morning. back to you. all right. who is buying skype? who is leading in the chase for dollar thrifty? and why rome may be a guest town next week. your early morning business headlines are straight ahead. coming up a pair of overtime