des moines has thunderstorms rolling through, much of the state of iowa, and kansas, we have some storms there, trying to approach kansas city during the morning rush hour. indiana, a few thunderstorms popping up to the northwest of indianapolis. for today, severe threat, 31 million people in it. monday, we had 30 tornadoes. yesterday we had about 13 tornadoes. we had quite a two days. didn t have deaths or injuries yesterday. isolated tornadoes for more populated cities, chicago, st. louis, kansas city. here is the timing on this. this is at 8:00 a.m. numerous storms in northern indiana. going through the afternoon, storms bubble up. indiana will get a couple of rounds during the day. notice they re hit and miss. not everyone getting storms. by the time we get to thursday, we continue to watch that plow into the east. new storms in central new york, a few near cleveland, 8:00 p.m. thursday. friday, some storms make it towards the east and northeast
northern new england in the 50s. 60s many areas. cooler air settling to the south. you ll feel it today. the morning will be humid, this afternoon nicer from philadelphia to new york, boston, hartford, providence. the heat is on. upper 70s to start the morning. 80 in st. louis when you walk out the door. that s where the heat and humidity remains. 94 in st. louis, 94 in oklahoma city. you ll probably be happy to get afternoon thunderstorms to cool you off, chicago included in that, mississipnneapolis, too. midwest and northern portionings of wisconsin, 34 million at risk. it is hit and miss, not everyone getting hit. how about this story, heading to the upcoming weekend, already 19 million under excessive heat watches. the heat will build in california and desert southwest. temperatures this weekend, sacramento, 104 sunday. fresno, 105. this is nothing to the desert
welcome back. i am yasmin vossoughian with ayman mohyeldin and louis berg door of. let s start with the morning s top stories. following news out of london overnight and that massive fire that ripped through a towering apartment building. officials there say multiple fatalities have been confirmed, can t confirm the number, size, complexity of the building. more than 50 people taken to area hospitals. a live report from london on the latest in a couple minutes. a university of virginia graduate back home. otto warmbier arrived in ohio from north korea. he was convicted of attempting to steal a propaganda poster, sentenced to 15 years hard labor, was reportedly evacuated out of north korea in a coma. let s turn back to the big story that dominated headlines. jeff sessions answering questions ranging from the russia probe to firing of fbi director jim comey. over the course of the hearing