mass demonstrations. plus voting is underway in japan the country reels from the assassination of his longest- serving leader. a brutal summer hot spell continues with 39 million americans on alert. the sri lankan president and prime minister say they will resign after tens of thousands of protesters stormed the residences of both leaders as the seemingly endless economic crisis boils over. a short time ago four cabinet members also resigned.[ clip playing ] demonstrators broke through police barricades to reach the presidential palace calling for the president to leave office. they also set fire to the prime minister s private residence. his office says he was moved earlier to a secure location. here is a look inside of the presidents home as protesters pushed their way in. meanwhile, the prime minister endorsed the establishment and appealed for calm after speaking to the president. translator: he informed me to tell the country he will resign on wednesday to ensure
ridge of high pressure parked across the region. today in shreveport the daytime high temperature max out at 106 degrees. that a ridge of high pressure will shift toward the west. as it does that is when we crank up the heat again. in the desert southwest hot this time of year, but exceptionally hot as we go into the next several days. the only relief will come if there is months moisture. here we go with the heat advisories and the excessive heat warnings out that includes san antonio, houston, dallas, even over toward shreveport and into lafayette, louisiana. across the deep south heat and humidity makes it miserable when you have triple digit readings. heat advisories from kansas and nebraska and into south dakota. they did see pretty good storms rumbling across the northern tier and states in the last 24 hours or so.
containment. but you know there are still smoldering embers within these larger fires, even though they have gained some ground containment. there are critical fire conditions throughout the coastal and central areas of california today because the winds have now shifted. they are moving from a north to northeasterly direction and they are picking up. the wind forecast here today is not looking good for fire fighting efforts, making fire fighting sporadic because the embers will float from one section to another section quite easily, especially when we re talking background winds over 25, 35 miles per hour gusting even higher at some times. it looks as though mother nature is taking away all the available moisture from the atmosphere. we re getting single digit readings in terms of the relative humidity. that makes all the vegetation the in that area bone drive and as you can imagine, more fuel for the spread of wildfires. just quickly an update on hurricane ophelia that continues to c
megyn: duck boat tours in several cities have been canceled today after a barge and duck boat collided. tipping over the boat yesterday on philadelphia s delaware river. new people are missing from that incident. federal safety investigators looking into it. a little relief in the northeast, temperatures dropping to the upper 80s. oh delightful and low 90s after four days of record breaking trip i will digit readings. the folks in arizona don t know what we are complaining about. the humidity level will be stifling out here. accused wife killer drew peterson will stay behind bars why an appeal is heard. he has been named the suspect in the disappearance of his fourth wife, stacy peterson. arizona as of this week is now facing a federal lawsuit over its immigration law. it turns out the nation s smallest state, rhode island has an executive order in place that