gripping a huge part of the country right now. hot and hotter. that s what the national weather service says that we can expect for the next several days, and you need it know this. at least 16 states under heat advisories or warnings today. adding to the misery, nearly 2 million people without electricity in the d.c. area and surrounding states. deadly storms battered that area over the weekend killing at least 16 people. our brian todd is outside in that heat in the d.c. suburb of wheaton, maryland. brian, what s the biggest problems you re seeing right now? reporter: right now the rush hour is officially over, but really it s not over. one of the biggest problems in this area is traffic snarl. hundreds of traffic lights are out. there s one over here on randolph road just a couple hundred yards up from us now where they are trying to get people through that light. people say treat this like a four-way stop. every stop around here treat it like a four-way stop. this one j
jon: a fox news alert. another i.c.e agent, immigrations and customs agent shot in california. this one was fatal. it happened last night and developments this morning are that his 14-year-old son has been arrested in connection with his shooting. again, an unidentified i.c.e agent in carson, california was shot dead in their home last night. the 14-year-old home at the time. we re told that 14-year-old son of that i.c.e. agent has been arrested. as we get more information, we ll bring it to you happening now. . harris: right now there are some brand new presidentialal polls out of three closely watched swing states and they show the race tightening in florida and ohio between president obama and mitt romney.
$120,000 which by the way i do not make, nor does anybody he work with. and my question is, how are you going to cut the federal deficit without cutting federal jobs. let me start by pointing out, to be fair to everybody, you know, we talk about federal employees. but we d like to control the border. you talk about federal employees, but we re really proud young men and women in uniform serving this country and the people in our intelligence community and many state department people who risk their lives. so, i think we need to think a little about the customs agent who helps us down at the port make sure that the trade goes in and out of south carolina is a federal employee. the agricultural agent who helps bring new products and ideas to the farmer is a federal employee. intelligent conservative wants those and get rid of those who are wasteful or ideologically
customs agent who like you said would be about 100 miles away. and then if the custom agent approves, gate will lift and they can come in the big ben national park. why not walk through. if the gate is that secure? why bother with papers? light now it s illegal to walk through. the law abiding citizens on the mexican side don t want to get involved in a cuss testimonies operation. or custom and border protection. for them, it s more preferable to come across with papers even unmanned port of entry. greta: it is going to inflame a lot of people to hear unmanned honor system port of entry in the united states and mexico. can you tell me what the argument in favor of it is? those what want this? i would share their outrage if this was a port of entry coming from juarez to el paso or renosa to mcallen, texas.
customs agent who like you said would be about 100 miles away. and then if the custom agent approves, gate will lift and they can come in the big ben national park. why not walk through. if the gate is that secure? why bother with papers? light now it s illegal to walk through. the law abiding citizens on the mexican side don t want to get involved in a cuss testimonies operation. or custom and border protection. for them, it s more preferable to come across with papers even unmanned port of entry. greta: it is going to inflame a lot of people to hear unmanned honor system port of entry in the united states and mexico. can you tell me what the argument in favor of it is? those what want this? i would share their outrage if this was a port of entry coming from juarez to el paso or renosa to mcallen, texas.