cleanup crews get back to work. we ll have more on the heat in a moment but first on day 96 of the spill, here is the latest the drilling rig for the cruc relief well is back in place. b.p. could attempt a so-called static kill of the blown-out well within days, and protective booms are being removed from some beaches that haven t seen oil in weeks now. kelly cobiella is in grand isle, louisiana, tonight. kelly. reporter: good evening, jeff. this delay, this weather delay, has cost b.p. about five days but engineers are now preparing to pick up where they left off. one by one, the unmanned submarines were lowered back down to the ocean floor to monitor the containment cap. the storm never got bad enough to force all of the ships to leave. two stayed in place checking pressure readings throughout the night. the well is still in good shape, and for now, at least, they can get back to work. we re going to be playing a cat and mouse game for the remainder of the hurricane se
tonight. up and down the east coast another heat wave moves in, while in the gulf, tropical storm bonnie moves out letting cleanup crews get back to work. we ll have more on the heat in a moment but first on day 96 of the spill, here is the latest the drilling rig for the cruc relief well is back in place. b.p. could attempt a so-called static kill of the blown-out well within days, and protective booms are being removed from some beaches that haven t seen oil in weeks now. kelly cobiella is in grand isle, louisiana, tonight. kelly. reporter: good evening, jeff. this delay, this weather delay, has cost b.p. about five days but engineers are now preparing to pick up where they left off. one by one, the unmanned submarines were lowered back down to the ocean floor to monitor the containment cap. the storm never got bad enough to force all of the ships to leave. two stayed in place checking pressure readings throughout the night. the well is still in good shape, and for now,
hotter than usual, that may not be your mamgimagination. globally this past june scientists say this was the warmest ever on record and there s no relief in sight. on the heels of a heat wave earlier this month that set records in parts of the country, americans are bracing for round two of what s becoming an especially steamy summer. sweaty. sweaty out. there s not one person who is not sweating now. reporter: temperatures well over 90 will be the norm for the nation. factor in the humidity and in many spots it will feel like the 100s. in atlantic city all bets were off, as mechanical problems left some casinos without air conditioning. there s no ice in the building that we know of so we re going to go down and beg for ice. reporter: but along lake shore drive in chicago, fitness fanatics were undeterred by the sweltering heat with temperatures hitting above 90 degrees and humidity at nearly 90% this week. forecasters say the heat is so intense, even in the des
hotter than usual, that may not be your maimagination. globally this past june, scientists say this was the warmest ever on record and there s no relief in sight. on the heels of a heat wave earlier this month that set records in parts of the country, americans are bracing for round two of what s becoming an especially steamy summer. sweaty. sweaty out. there s not one person who is not sweating now. reporter: temperatures well over 90 will be the norm for the nation. factor in the humidity and in many spots it will feel like the 100s. in atlantic city all bets were off, as mechanical problems left some casinos without air conditioning. there s no ice in the building that we know of so we re going to go down and beg for ice. reporter: but along lake shore drive in chicago, fitness fanatics were undeterred by the sweltering heat with temperatures hitting above 90 degrees and humidity at nearly 90% this week. forecasters say the heat is so intense, even in the deser