alternate routes until tuesday when the new bridge opens. impltsz it s a sad anniversary on the gulf coast. eight years ago today that hurricane katrina made landfall near new orleans. the city has come a long way since flooding seared the images into our collective memories. the mayor of new orleans says eight years later, the city s biggest challenge is blight. about 10,000 derelict properties removed from city since the storm. wow. let s take a look at the weather. hazy, hot, humid, gulf coast today. some strong storms will move along the midwest. showers along the east coast and the northwest. another late summer scorcher for the middle of the country. 104, dallas. 96, colorado springs. kansas city and boise for the second time this week, phoenix gets down to double digits if only just they could. 74 in boston. seattle. 83 in new york.
now it s time to check the weather on this opening day of college football season. strong storms rolled through big ten country. showers and downpours for those in the pac-12. showers also across a.c.c. territory. and another scorcher in big 12 land. upper 90s dominate the region. should be the 90s in north carolina when they visit south carolina tonight. plenty hot in nashville, for mississippi and vanderbilt. up to 91 in honolulu where hawaii plans to knock off southern california. that was a very well-written weather college football it was. i feel like i know what s going on in weather and college football now. who did that? was that jack? had to be jack. kudos to jack! round of applause. [ applause ] from all of us. while we re on the sports theme, let s go to the u.s. open where venus williams is out. she battled and battled again in a marathon match against her opponent from china. it went all the way to a third
used, but this isn t a closed case. syria s ambassador to the u.n. claims rebel forces are responsible for this and other chemical attacks in the country. and secretary-general ban ki-moon says after two days of investigating, inspectors on the ground in damascus still have two more days of work left to do. the u.n. urges the u.s. and allies to be patient. it is very clear, the security council has to be brought in. reporter: the state department claims the u.s. will not wait for authorization from the u.n. security council, and assad promises to forcefully respond to any military action. if bashar al assad didn t hesitate to use chemical weapons against his own sleeping civilians, what s to stop him from using them against sleeping turks, jordanians or israelis? now more than 100 house republicans and democrats have signed a letter urging president obama not to act until he has congressional approval. john and diana? marci, thank you.