cities in the east yet again. washington can hit 100, all adding to the misery for millions. reporter: the signs are everywhere, from rivers running low to city highrises running out of water. from the cornfields to the kitchen sink. this sizzling summer is taking a toll across america. 80% of the country is unusually dry. this year s drought already the largest natural disaster in u.s. history keeps spreading and heat roars keep falling. in chicago where it hit 101, a transformer overheated on this 29-story building struggling with no a.c. or water and only one running elevator. 10% elderly live here and like 45% people have pets. reporter: in burlington, vermont, where the heat wave brought a 93 degree day, farmers scrambled to
outside in the sun on an 80 degree day. this whole thing has been blown out of proportion. i tan. she doesn t tan. it is called a tanning booth and a tanning room. so she says she has been visiting the salon for ten years and admits to tanning too much and the salon denies that the girl was ever even there. so what does your gut tell you? do you believe the mom s story that her child was sun burned playing outside and not in the tanning booth? go to facebook.com/newsnation to cast your vote. that does it for this addition of news nation. martin bashir is up next. riend t may seem like the stuff of fairy tales. but if you take away the faces on the trees. take away the pixie dust. take away the singing animals, and the storybook narrator. [ man ] you re left with more electric trucks. more recycled shipping materials. and a growing number of lower emissions planes.
swift, and it has been. for something that brutal you can imagine how they re feeling over there. much of downtown boston is in the dark this morning after an explosion in the busy bat bay section. plumes of thick black smoke spewed from an electrical transformer near the hilton hotel. fire officials are warning people to keep out of the area. though they ve determined the smoke is not toxic. they also say power may not be restored until later today. that means the morning commute could be a nightmare for a lot of folks in beantown. well, these record high temperatures are still soaring across the country. winter isn t officially over for another week, but many of us have ditched our hats and scarves while the warmth is making some businesses thrive, others have been driven into a slump. we get more from abc s chuck sivertsen. just enjoying the nice weather. the 70 degree day. a little breezy but it s pretty nice out. reporter: iowa in march never looked so good. in fact, for t
much much. much. here we go, hour two. captions by vitac www.vitac.com welcome back. i m brooke baldwin. news just in from the mitt romney regarding those iowa caucus results. this as rick santorum declares victory and newt gingrich cuts into romney s leads in south carolina. time to play in all political roulette here. cnn politics style. we ll begin with jim an costas following team romney this charleston, south carolina. jim, it looks like iowa is out of now romney s you know, win column. the newly certified tally shows santorum actually won the caucuses by 34 votes. what s romney saying? that s right. that s a good question, brooke. we re not really sure right now, to be quite honest with you. our paul steinhauser told me a few moments ago that he got a call or that he called hogan gidly with the santorum campaign and the santorum campaign says mitt romney called rick santorum to concede the iowa caucuses. now, candy crowley has said she has heard from the romney
showers and showers increase, but mainly dry and sticky in the southern plains. dallas with another 100 degree day. it will continue today, but on through most of the week and out across the midwest. the front coming through with a few showers in places like chicago. thanks for the comprehensive report. it was a flight that began in new york and ended in a miracle when the plane overshoots the runway and breaks apart. we will take a look. how can the evidence used to convict amanda knox be used to free her. straight hate, can bitter partisanship get ready to compromise. we will talk to howard dean on msnbc sunday.