schumer. also, senator kirsten gillibrand. we re going to ask her what it was like to actually hang out with ted froos and her push to crack down on military sex assaults is gaining momentum from the other side of the aisle because of people like ted cruz and rand paul. and we re going to talk to nfl star larry fitzgerald and best-selling author and friend of morning joe. i think he was the first person to watch morning joe. we ve had three more since then. look at that collar, daniel silva, he learned that from me. first, bill karins with a check of the forecast. bill, when is it going to cool down? is not until the upcoming weekend, joe. the heat wave is expanding. we already watched it moving back to chicago. now it s just gripping much of the country. look at boise. even the intermountain west was amazingly hot. this was the peak of the heat wave. from here we ll watch it slowly retreating, especially in the northern half of the country.