normally is. there s no doubt that the clean-up effort here will take a very long time and it will require the help of many people. alina machado in texas for us. a dangerous situation. will it get worse in texas and oklahoma? let s get to meteorologist pedram javaheri for an early look at your weather. good morning, christine. great working with you. texas finally on the dry side but it is over portions of louisiana and eventually to mississippi. also western and central kansas where we have thunderstorms this morning. things over the next couple hours expected to change. flash flood watches from oklahoma city and points south. here are the models. they have done a wonderful job with accuracy in recent days. dallas and oklahoma city and east of austin tremendous rainfall over this region. a couple more inches of rainfall not out of the question. you see places in texas picking
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from the cdc, the epa, and all many cities across the united states that say this is safe, this is the right decision to take. the texas department of state health services just announced there are 552 state confirmed cases of west nile so far this year action including 21 related deaths. other cases of west nile have popped up across nearby states, including oklahoma and louisiana. experts say the dry weather may have created a breeding ground for the species that spread the disease. he is a four star general accused of running up major expenses on the taxpayer account, including an overnight stay in a fancy $750 hotel room. he s defending himself, but now investigators have just released a full report with all sorts of accusations inside. we ll have it for you next. plus, police say they went to a car crash victim s home after he died in a head on collision and what they found inside that house forced them to
money to give to edwards in 2003 for him. this case doesn t have anything to do with john edwards own legal problems. the former presidential candidate faces a handful of federal campaign finance charges. searing temperatures topping 110 degrees. they are cooking states in the south including oklahoma and texas, rolling power outages may begin. taun trong is live in atlanta. some folks are doing something about that weather, aren t they? well, it looks fun, but it s also a precaution, richard. you know here at centennial park, a lot of kids come here. a lot of parents and schools, especially on field trips right now, are anticipating that this heat s going to stick around for quite some time. they re trying to do what they can to keep kids cool and hydrated. this heat wave isn t just causing discomfort, it s down right deadly. listen to some of the numbers of some of the affects states.
temperatures smashing records, reaching 100 degrees and higher in some spots and julie banderas is live in new york city, baring it all under the pressure of the heat. 94 degrees and certainly improvement from yesterday, but right now, millions of people really being tormented by the excessive and oppressive heat across the country in the midwest and much of the northeast today. 94 as i said. an improvement, but yet, very, very hot for many people, causing deaths and power outages in the last few days and heat clearly not taking the weekend off. if you take a look now at other parts of the country, they are certainly bearing the worst conditions and the national weather service, with temps in the 90 s, much of the west and northeast today. including oklahoma, indiana, new york, new jersey and connecticut. on friday, take a look at the temperatures. the mercury in newark, new jersey reached 108. that s the highest temperature ever recorded there.