this morning on world news now, millions in misery. the giant heat dome that is trapping the eastern half of the country in a hellish air mass. it is taking its toll. the northeast, temperatures should hit the triple digits, an unprecedented danger. it is friday, july 22nd. from abc news, this is world news now. good morning, i m peggy bunker. i m rob nelson. happy friday, everybody. on top of the heat and humidity, even the air quality in many cities is in the danger zone. as people turn up the ac, power companies arartaking precautions to prevent blackouts. it is amazing the ripple effects with so much of the country in this oven for the last several days. it could go well into the weekend. it is incredible. i can t walk the dogs, i can t really take the babies out for a stroll.
this morning on world news now, record heat. it is not only oppressive, it is daerous and deadly. the giant dome of heat that is baking a huge portion of the country is now blamed for nearly two dozen deaths. it s thursday, july 21st. announcer: from abc news, this is world news now. good morning, everybody, i m rob nelson. and i m peggy bunker. chicago may be suffering the most in this intense heat. at one point, thousands ofof customers had no power at all. and that, of course, means no air conditioning. as demand for electricity went skyrocketing through the roof, now that hellish air mass is heading east to bake millions of people on our part of the coast. new york s going to be rough today. it is. maybe heat index 110 or something like that. it s not so bad when you get