only 83 out in oakland. now, we do have, for at least the next few hours in the city, that excessive heat warning. for the rest of us, west of the bay, most areas there under a that s the heat advisory. and on the eastern shore, an excessive heat watch for tonight. and again through tomorrow. into saturday as well. because these temperatures are not going to really cool down until the second half of the weekend. tim has a look at just how hot it s been recently. tim? well, we were just experiencing a nice little break with the sun going behind some clouds. but as soon as it came back out, started to feel the heat jump up again. temperatures have fluctuated in the upper 90s. we went up as high as 99 degrees today. we ve down to 97. so i mean, you know you can still feel that difference. it s still about 105 to 107 degrees will feels-like temperature on your skin, when the sun is out. and that s what we expect to see on friday into saturday. and just a little bit of a bre
so the 99 with the dew point of 70, feels like 107, last hour. 107, easton. cool spots, relatively cool, oakland, only 83. because of these extreme temperatures and conditions, for the city until 8:00 tonight, we have an excessive heat warning. eastern shore counties. there you see them to the east of us. and southern jersey as well. under an excessive heat watch for tonight. and again, pretty much all day tomorrow and likely particularly saturday as we may get into a number of other locations. tim helgren with a look at how hot it has been. definitely, we are looking at this stretch condition. shows in the numbers. today, we have hit that high number. tomorrow, we expect much of the same forecast to hold true. could be a little warmer. looking at a forecast high of 103. with a heat index of 110. sunday will be the last day we hope of these 90-degree temperatures before we start to see a break. with temperatures getting close or a little below our normal high. as far as our
now with more. peg? reporter: well, i tell you what, this neighborhood is lucky they just got their power back on. power crews from ontario left about 45 minutes ago and everybody around here had a big smile. let me tell you it s been a rough six days. a cluster of homes here on kenmore street in clarendon have had to do without. they ve been using coolers and ice to keep a small amount of food cold. they ve been shutting cartons during the day and opening windows at night. this woman was prepared with her battery powered radio and she borrowed electricity from a neighbor who had it to run her fan. outside crews from ontario, canada worked all day today replacing two poles that had crashed down. they were behind the homes and it took a while to get back there and replace those things. one resident used her smartphone for food. i had like $9 in cash and i used all of that for gasoline because that was cash only. then i discovered my favorite starbucks over here at virginia
reporter: the same witness reported seeing sanchez get out of the car and walk away. what happened next remains unclear. the chp, fire crews and deputies found his ford ranger, similar to this one, smashed up. but no sign of sanchez, in the dense, heavy brush. i m confident there was a diligent job done out there. reporter: the crash turned into a missing persons case. seven days after the accident, san jose police returned to the scene. they found something even better. they found the 25-year-old, still alive. i don t know if the person was in better condition initially. and over the week-long, deteriorated. police say sanchez was unconscious when they found him. i know the investigators were elated to find someone they actually rescued. reporter: detectives have not talked to him yet. they hope to interview him tomorrow. we re live at regional medical center in san jose. thank you, george. we did check with doctors on how long someone could survive a trauma
later in the show. the next 30 minutes will be your cram session for this wednesday, april 25th. a lot going on today, including president obama explaining the extent of his personal relationship with mitt romney to jimmie fallon. that ought to be interesting. plus, you get one moment in life with the president of the united states and you dump croyo on his pants. a humiliating story to tell your children for a lifetime. that s later in the show. first let s get to the news live at 5:30 a.m. live at 30 rock. mitt romney has been declaring what s been known for weeks, he is the republican nominee for president of the united states. with decisive wins in five states, he put the primary process behind him for all intents and purposes. he swept the votes by double 133 ts last night in five delegates. it put him 333 shy of the 1144 he ll need officially to become the party s nominee. he won t hit that mark until next month at the earliest. he is wasting no time to roll out h