don t want to encourage this. the fan hits the brakes. dekalb tries to hit the brakes. it doesn t end well. who got the best of this one? i m sure after the cameras were off, he got his justice. you had a little rain yesterday, i heard? a lot of rain. a lot of people from d.c. northward, it was a washout of a thursday and friday is looking better, floomy in a little areas. flooding concerns in new england over the next few days. i m looking for pictures from western new york. my radar is showing it is 39 degrees in rochester chester, maybe mixed with snow. if you have snow pictures, send it to me, because i can t believe it s snowing as we head into memorial day weekend in new york. northern new england, it is pouring rain north of boston up by i-95. showers still in the forecast.
all the pomp but none of the pressure. want to know the best job in the country? we ll have one comedian s take. good morning, everyone. i m randi kaye. thank you for starting your morning with us. we begin in syria where rebels are braces for what could be a final showdown with the government military. the government troops are advancing on the city of aleppo. warplanes and tanks have been pounding the commercial hub relentlessly. opposition fighters say they have surrounded aleppo s highest point, where regime forces are already holed up. senior international correspondent ben wideman is in syria. reporter: clearly, the syrians far outgun the rebels. and the concern is that we are really on the verge of a major government counteroffensive to win back control of aleppo, syria s biggest city, and its commercial hub. of course the concern among syrian officials in damascus is that if aleppo falls, that s really the end of the game the fighting is forcing a surprise move
efforts to save children. i m really looking forward to this piece tonight. thanks so much. a reminder to our viewers that your special runs tonight. it s cnn presents cruise to disaster. 8:00 eastern time. some exclusive new images and details. make sure you tune in. top of the hour now. i m ashleigh banfield. i m standing in for brooke baldwin. this is one of the hottest 4th of julys on record. it is steaming out there. extreme heat paralyzing much of the midwest and all the way up to the dakotas too. the heat index racing up into the 115s. the death toll from the heat and related storms now reaching 20. the virginias, in particular, having a terrible time. in some cases police are having to hand out ice. hundreds of thousands of people who have not had power since friday since a wave of violent storms hit pretty much at their wits end. lizzie has been following this story. there s a critical problem. west virginia hit the worst and they are talking about water now. wat
for you. we re warmer in d.c., so you could have a slight chance of mixing in thunderstorms, too. we have a lot of rain right now coming down through ohio, west virginia, to the mountainous areas of west virginia, even raleigh, north carolina has had some rain. eventually, all the cloud cover moves into new england. you ll start with sunshine in new york city and hartford, and as the day progresses, the clouds will move in and it will be a cloudy finish. and eventually, the rain showers push in also. so, here s the forecast today. the best chance of significant airport delays, definitely around washington, d.c., and richmond and raleigh, too, with showers and thunderstorms. as far as new england goes, most of those rain showers will be later this afternoon towards this evening. i mentioned the southeast, how gorgeous you re going to be today. still hot in texas. whole middle of the country actually looks nice. a little chilly in chicago today. we re also seeing a chance of thunderstorm
holding up. there have been some sand boils but they ve been able to cope with those. the system has maintained its integrity thus far and although water is rising in some points along the river and other locations, it is going down. if you look at the building behind me, you can see at the water level that you can now see a yellow mark. that signifies where the water was and how the water has dropped but they re saying it will be mid-june or so before it gets back to normal levels and they can really assess the sort of damage that s been done fully. t.j., back to you. jeanne meserve, we appreciate having you on cnn sunday. reynolds wolf is back with us here on cnn sunday morning. the forecast over the next couple of days in the flood zone, there was a little rain yesterday. how are they over the next few days? i think they ll be okay. obviously the flooding situation but in terms of the additional rainfall over the next several