Reading about 77 degrees now, but its going to feel a lot hotter as the day progresses. People here in the city bracing for another day of intense heat. Offensively hot. It offenders my sensibilities that it is this hot. I feel like im walking in a hot bath, an unpleasant hot bath. The humidity and heat index potentially dangerous. Its very draining and its hard to breathe. Which is why staying hydrated is crucial. We keep refilling our bottles every 10 minutes. We rest every 30 minutes or so. Thursday the weather system brought heavy rain to parts of our area, lightning setting off this fire in new jersey, a bolt hitting electrical wires. Center when a crane struck and cracked this window. As the hot weather continues into the weekend, officials are urging residents to do their best to conserve and limit use of high energy appliances. Lets just say the air is on. I just dont have the lights on. Reporter officials also urging you to check in on your neighbors to make sure they are okay
In a neck brace. Major washout. Flash flood from arizona to pennsylvania drowning homes and roads leaving thousands without power. Now the dangerous rain is moving east. While the lifethreatening threatening heat wave moves in as well. And the amazing rescue. Finally we heard just a tiny little voice. Three College Students stranded in a cave lost for nearly 30 hours. Inside, the race to find them. Announcer square and rio de janeiro, this is good morning america. It is a great morning, a great friday, a huge crowd in central park. Look at that. All there for mr. Keith urban. Cant wait for that. And, of course, so much excitement in rio, as well. Unbelievable. Those two simones. Stealing the show. Simone biles, best allaround gymnast and Simone Manuel africanamerican woman to win in swimming. Michael phelps, a full body ahead of the competition while winning his 22nd gold medal breaking a record more than 2,000 years old. Counting them. For most individual olympic titles and won by alm
Jetblue flight heading from boston to sacramento landed in south dakota. 22 passengers and two crew members injured. Donald trump doubled down. I call president obama and Hillary Clinton the founders of isis. Isis will hand her the most valuable player award. Her only competition is barack obama. Hillary clinton giving a speech that attacked Donald Trumps economic plan. Outlandish trumpian ideas that even republicans and more than 20 injured in a series of blasts in thailand. Police are saying its an act of local sabotage. Another child in the hospital after falling from an Amusement Park ride in pennsylvania. While he was being treat onsite. Two people found dead following a huge explosion. Maryland rescuers are filtering that got into a garage. Alex rodriguez plays his final game for the yankees tonight in the bronx. But boston fans let him know how they feel about him last night. The reason we want arod to play in boston is because he would get bood. All that matters. He is the foun
Schumer taking aim at the white house, slamming the president s proposal to cut funding for counterterrorism for new york and other cities, gutting the current 600 million budget. Its been slashed nearly in half to 330 330 million and this couldnt come at a worse time. As terror threats are increasing, as the danger from isis increases, as we hear about loan wolves from one end of the country to the other. Reporter schumer will be joined by the mayor and police and fire commissioners later this morning, calling on the white house to reconsider the proposal for 2017. They say the urban Area Initiative helps with training attacks for police and firefighters. It also helps fund extra patrols. They say the money is neithered to ensure the same needed to ensure the same level of security is maintained. The president in general and were here to tell the bher bureaucrats in washington this will not stand. Go back to the drawing board. Reporter the meeting with city leaders and senator schumer
Fight against isis inpyred inspired terror is every nations fight. The death of those two new yorkers showed thats the case. The loves oned ed s feared they were among the dead in brussels. Alex and sasha telling their mother they arrived at the airport when there was the sound of a blast and then silence. The identification of their bodies finally confirmed today. The siblings lived here in new york city, dutch citizens who loved america. Sweet kids said friends today. One girlfriend of sasha called her an awesome chick. Alex was engaged to be married. For the loved ones of those who have been cruelly taken from us, including americans. Reporter the secretary of state had come to belgium to offer u. S. Help to prevent more attacks. Their efforts in neighborhoods where isis is recruiting. After the isis inspired massacres in california and in paris and now brussels, 175 dead in those three attacks, kerry had a message for isis followers. We will not be deterred and we will come back wi