this morning on world news now, millions in misery. the giant heat dome that is trapping the eastern half of the country in a hellish air mass. it is taking its toll. the northeast, temperatures should hit the triple digits, an unprecedented danger. it is friday, july 22nd. from abc news, this is world news now. good morning, i m peggy bunker. i m rob nelson. happy friday, everybody. on top of the heat and humidity, even the air quality in many cities is in the danger zone. as people turn up the ac, power companies arartaking precautions to prevent blackouts. it is amazing the ripple effects with so much of the country in this oven for the last several days. it could go well into the weekend. it is incredible. i can t walk the dogs, i can t really take the babies out for a stroll.
air conditioned clothing. to beat the heat many people cooled off by reading up on the latest celebrity news. among the breakouts this week, tim robbins and the musical debut of the oscar-winner s new album. searches of the actor and his band are up over 800% as the group heads out on tour. lots of buzz about maya rudolph s new baby boy. searches for the saturday night live alum are up 368%. fans also wanted to know more about rocker gwen stefani s new clothing line for babies. and also lots of interest in why tennis star caroline wozniacki was having dinner with golf champ rory mcilroy. just a day after the u.s. open winner split with hihilong-time girlfriend. a blogger snapped photos of the two looking cozy at a london cafe sunday and now lookups for caroline jumped more than 300% this week. stay cool this weekend, guys. back to you. that s right, stay cool. no matter how you can do it. if you can across the country. everything has definitely been steamy. here s a couple of thi
this has impacted people s day-to-day lives. it s just too hot to leave the ac. let s leave now, get a cold beer, call it a weekend. lawmakers on capitol hill are also feeling the heat over federal debt negotiations. they could be a step closer to a long-awaited deal. if you re not outraged by this, perhaps you have deal fatigue like a lot of people do. most americans are pretty upset. this seems ridiculous that the people we elect to be able to pull this off have not been able to do so until now. we keep saying august 2nd but they have to get a bill crafted and passed before august 2nd. they have to get it done several daze before then. we re in crunch time but at least a glimmer of hope. air conditioned movie theaters sound like a wondndful idea for your weekend. we ll preview two hits coming out. one, justin timberlake s film friends with benefits. we ve all been there. and look at the new captain america superhero picture in our insomniac theater . am i lying? did
rupert murdoch dominated searches as the media mogul anan his son faced a hearing before the british parliament. lookups for the word contrite shot up as did questions about murdoch s wife. who dramatically leapt to her husband s defense when a heckler accosted him with a shaving cream pie. across the web this week the news corp. scandal even overshadowed the budget troubles here at home. searches for murdoch are double those for president obama. this is the white house signal that would be open to a compromise that would temporarily raise the country s debt ceiling. but with the august 2nd deadline looming anxious americans, mostly women over age 65, consulted the yahoo! search engine to find out if their social security checks would still arrive on time or at all. the deadly heat wave that s claimed the lives of 22 people also commanded pex people s attention online this week. the scorching weather zeroing in on the east coast right now scored lots of lookups for how to handle the he
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