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now, and we re looking at our tropical storm there you see tropical storm fred. i got to tell you, it s very disorganized right now. it s just to the west of santa domingo. it s going to be pushing over the island, so it never really gets its act together and becomes a major hurricane. it s a tropical storm, maybe saturday pushing into the florida keys. possibly late sunday into monday, maybe a landfall around the panhandle. the chances of this becoming a hurricane are low to slight chance, more likely a tropical storm. but we re going to keep an eye on everything. it s a rainmaker, nonetheless, regardless of what the winds are doing. major, it s all yours. garrett: keeping an eye on everything for us. lonnie quinn, thanks so much. as the u.s. and nato press ahead to leave afghanistan by the end of this month, the taliban s territorial blitz continues. the extremist group now controls about two-thirds of the country. the u.s. intelligence now fears that, in a worst-case scenario, th
garrett: jericka duncan, thank you. tonight, we are following severe storms that have battered the upper midwest, including a tornado spotted in northeast wisconsin. no reports of damage or injuries, but hundreds of thousands lost power in wisconsin and michigan. some could be in the dark for days. tonight, more than half of all americans are under heat alerts, and we are tracking tropical storm fred in the caribbean. cbs lonnie quinn has the latest on all of this. lonnie. all right, major, the heat you re referring to is on both sides of the country, at least certainly by the time you get to tomorrow. as far as the eastern half of the country is concerned, it s the heat and humidity combination that gives you these oppressive feels-like temperatures. today, it felt like 108 in norfolk, virginia, it felt like 111 in kansas city. tomorrow, more of the same. d.c. feels like 112, st. louis feels like 110. friday, another day of that type of heat. now, out west, the heat really kicks
forward to airline food. thank you for watching at 6:00, the news continues streaming on cbsn bay area and you can find it on the kpix 5 news hyp captioning sponsored by cbs garrett: tonight, the c.d.c. urges pregnant women to get vaccinated, as delta variant infections continue to spread. the new safety data and concern tonight that more than 75% of mothers-to-be are currently unvaccinated. we ll have the details. school mask anger. no more masks! no more masks! garrett: california orders all teachers to be vaccinated, or tested regularly. making history: new york s first female governor-in-waiting wastes no time distancing herself from andrew cuomo. i think it s very clear that the governor and i have not been close. garrett: summer danger. nearly 200 million americans under heat alerts. triple-digit temperatures across the country. plus, tracking tropical storm fred. will florida get a direct hit?
Tropical activity in the Atlantic is ramping up again. The National Hurricane Center is monitoring a tropical wave that has a 70 percent chance of development.