rising taxes, would you consider moving to another country? go to cnn.com/caffertyfile, post a comment on my blog. wolf? sounds extreme, jack, to actually leave the united states, even if your taxes are going up. well, i mean, the jobs are leaving. why not some of the citizens, too? yeah. i hope they stay. i like these fellow americans. don t want them to go to bermuda. it is a nice place. visit, but don t live there. the problem with going to bermuda, you might have trouble duplicating that $250,000 a year income. yeah, that would be a problem. thank you, jack. stock markets, by the way, rallied to four-month highs today. the dow was up 145 points. the nasdaq and the s&p 500 reach up about 1.5%. investors may have been reacting to the news that recession here in the united states is officially over. actually, it ended in june of last year, but the call was made today by the national bureau of economic research. hindsight, yes, but simply put,
before we get started. at the top of the hour, for those waking up across the country, east coast, west coast, whatever the heck, we have heat. weird temperatures. california is freezing? yeah, it is. if you re tired of the heat out west, talking about temps record-breaking on the low side. woodland hills, 50 degrees. santa barbara, 51 degrees. sweater, jacket, down vest. cottonwood, arizona, 61 degrees. our fair share of chilly temperatures, and by comparison, these are the areas where we will see record-breaking highs today. we didn t see records fall yesterday but at the very least it will be miserable in st. louis and kansas city.
part of a cold front that brought heavier rain to the midwest earlier this week. now the rain is going to slide off to the east and bring about relief to the eat. highs today in the mid atlantic and northeast, 80. so much better than 102 degrees. it will still be very hot and unfortunately a little stormy for parts of the gulf coast. we had powerful thunderstorms roll through the atlanta area overnight. here s what s happening in new orleans. this is where our heat advisory is. biloxi will be feeling the heat as well. the heat index here, 104 to 109 degrees. that is how it will feel outside. and if you re wondering, is this more heat in the future? you can see the temperature the outlook shows you the next two weeks that we re still looking at temperatures above average. all of the way from the great lakes to the northeast down to the mid atlantic. we ve also talked about the heat and seattle and portland this week, temperatures there climb into the 90s. well, it s not going to last. b
triggers showers and thunderstorms in south texas. let s talk about the northeast because right now you re about to get hammered in new york city with powerful thunderstorms. look at this line. all of the way from new orleans down through richmond, virginia. working to the east. lit be a cooling mechanism. this front is actually going to bring relief from the heat. temperatures today are going to be much better than they have been for sure. here s a look at highs today. zoom in right here. 81 degrees in new york city and 82 in boston, 82 in washington. it wasn t too long ago where we had 102 and even 105 in baltimore. so to get back into the 80s, even though it s raining, that s a good thing. thanks. just a little bit. thank you so much. thanks, bonnie. and straight ahead, what americans think of arizona s new immigration law. we ll tell you what a new poll shows and what the white house is saying about the law. also, everybody it seems right now talking about mel gibson on
especially in parts of the northeast. take a look at what we have in store today. your heat index going from 98 to 101. this is what it s going to feel like in parts of the bronx. up by yankee stadium the temperature gauge got up to 110 degrees yesterday. no joke. we ll see that heat also around philadelphia, heat index around say 98 all the way to about 106. that should last through about wednesday. however, we should see it continue through places like say the nation s capital for about the entire week. in fact, highs today in d.c. going up to 100 degrees. and something more alarming if you take a look at d.c. at 100, cast your eyes to the gulf coast. mid to upper 80s, atlanta and new orleans. it s actually warmer in parts of the northeast than it is on the gulf coast. then you head out towards las vegas and phoenix. i know this is dry heat but hot is hot and that s really going to fit the bill in parts of the desert southwest. 68 degrees in kansas city. 72 in los angeles. we ve got