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pelley: good evening. wherever you are, chances are it s a scorcher. and we wondered what s behind it all. have a look at this. for the second day in more than half of the country the temperature reached 90 degrees or higher. baltimore and newark, new jersey set records when the mercury hit triple digits. in texas, more than 80% of the state is in a drought. in arizona, firefighters are in a losing battle against a huge wildfire. we check in first with bill whitaker on the fire line. reporter: this giant fire has scorched an area larger than phoenix and forced nearly 7,000 people from their homes. including sherry counts. she s taking shelter in her friend s r.v. and staying in touch with her family by cell phone and text. when you can see the plume of smoke from a distance it looks like a big-headed monster and it s just sitting there. so, yeah, we ran. reporter: counts moved here from oklahoma a little more than a year ago. i ve seen tornados and this is the scari

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