the car. he was hiding under the car like a pet. basically it was just me and jeffrey, like, screaming. we found the 13-year-old rapist. we know he entered the country from ecuador through texas, through eagle pass, texas, back in june 25th of 2021. when he did come into the country, the federal government did take fingerprints and dna from him at the border, so that is still being worked on. sandra: brutal crime in new york city highlighting the unchecked prices at our southern border after a migrant who entered the country illegally is accused of raping a 13-year-old girl. hello and welcome, everyone. i m sandra smith in new york, and it s good have you today. gillian: i m gillian turner intro john roberts. this is america reports. the man charged with a disturbing crime is slated to be in court in the next hour. police say they held that girl in a 13-year-old boy at knifepoint, and then force them into a secluded area of the new york city park. he allegedly tied up
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minneapolis, 97 degrees with a heat index value of 104 later today. we go south to birmingham, heat index into the triple digits, too, and of course new york headed to 94 degrees today with that feels like temperature at 102. if you re looking for some relief, it doesn t happen tomorrow either. keep the temperatures through at least parts of the weekend into the north east, we ll get a little relief beyond that for the midwest and north east. but the southeast not much relief in sight even into early next week. and severe weather expected and 59 million people included in this and does include afternoon commutes for places like washington, d.c., boston, new york, have that hazard of the large hail and strong winds but also have heavy rain expected, jonathan, that could lead to flooding. angie, i m here in washington and just saw on your screen heat index tomorrow of 109. yep, i hope you ve got a personal fan you can carry around for all your gigs
the heat index value in tallahassee. but not just the southeast, it s also locations to the west, dangerous heat as well. the culprit right there, this big area of high pressure that is just locked in place. the strong ridge of high pressure not going anywhere any time soon. so that means it s sending the jet stream up to the north and it s not budging. and so we ll watch as the area of high pressure kind of traps the heat over places like southern california, the great basin, the desert southwest, we could be talking about extreme heat. temperatures well up into the triple digits. 110, 115, maybe 117° in phoenix by next week so get ready for it. we have excessive heat warnings that have been issued for places like phoenix and look how long they are going to last, all the way through thursday, next thursday. you also can see heat advisories
places like austin, the heat index value, at 111 degrees. brownsville, back into san antonio, doing the same thing, and upwards of roughly 120 degrees. that s what it is going to feel like. so let s avoid heat stroke and heat exhaustion. at all costs. one thing to remember. light-colored loose-fitting clothing. plenty of water. take extended breaks outdoors. extremely dangerous temperatures. alex? yes, great tips. just extraordinary figures there. all right, thank you very much. we will be certainly coming back as you track those storms. now one of the towns at risk of severe weather today is perryton texas where people are still cleaning up from a devastating tornado. the national weather service now says that the twister that struck there thursday evening was an ef-3. with peak winds of 140 miles an hour. at least three people, including a child, were killed, and dozens