23 minutes after the top of the hour. time for your news by the numbers. first $30,000. that s how much it will cost you for an invitation to president obama s birthday bash in chicago. 30,000. private party requires the donation be made to the democratic national committee first off. next, 26. that s how many miles per gallon you will get in the brand new 2011 ford explorer. that s an improvement of at least 25% over the current model and finally, 120,000. that s how many balloons were tossed at brigham young university this weekend to break the world s record for the largest water balloon fight ever. soggy. gretch, over to you. thanks, steve. georgia was once known for having the toughest sex offender laws on the book but now the state is easing up on those
executive tony hayward is losing his job and will replace. no word on who will replace hayward but it could be bob dudley who is overseeing the spill response. earlier this hour, admiral thad allen said that some of the oil that had not previously been skimmed has moved north towards the mississippi sound and toward eastern, louisiana. we are told the last bit of pipe will be put into a relief well, this week and the hole should start being plugged with ecement by the first week of august. about 4,000 people showed up at brigham young university. trying to break a world record for the largest water balloon fight in history. they had roughly 120,000 water balloons locked and loaded. the peeveout record at the university of kentucky with 3900 people and 100,000 balloons. we will keep you updated if
reduction in humidity as early as monday. the high temperature, though, is 92 at that time. so washington, d.c., one of the many cities under heat advisories right now. we also have them as far south as the carolinas. northward into new england including connecticut, parts of vermont and massachusetts and then back out towards pennsylvania, ohio, these are all places where we re expecting it to feel like it s up to 110 degrees. the little brighter pink spots you see on the map indicate excessive heat warnings. this is a dangerous and serious situation. if you don t have to be outside today, find an air-conditioned spot, even a shopping mall if you have to just walk around to get some relief from the heat. we have a powerful area of severe thunderstorms with a severe thunderstorm watch ahead in effect right now. i m monitoring that. that will be one of the ingredients that will break the heat. so it will get better, just takes a day or two. patience, patience. thanks so much, bonnie.
program not opt out, but in this case not to have a say as a parent. give me a break. bill: look. the young kids here, hoover, just cause, you know, they want to cause trouble or be cool, you know, what i m talking about. it opens a lot of doors i don t know if you want to open. you re raising a good point, a water balloon fight. 11 year old is not going to start having sex. bill: you don t know. and the foremost important words in politics, up to a point. this crosses the come on sense threshold. nobody agrees although i would say in high schools i think it s a grate policy. i think you should be able to go and get condoms in high school. bill: you opt in for it, you don t opt out for it. we have been talking a lot on the show about epidemic and teenage pregnancy and motherhood. bill: we don t want to intrade on the family, if the parents don t want their
. bill: i m bill o reilly. in the culture warrior segment it s hard to believe in massachusetts they ll give condoms to students who ask for them. even elementary school kids. parents have no say in the matter. wow. margaret hoover, fox and friends co-anchor gretchen carlson. number one, the age of the children, i guess if you re eight, i want a condom or have a water balloon fight or whatever he wants to do with it, go to the nurse. if the parent writes a note and says please don t give my kid a condom, no, the school is going to do it. this is the most outrageous thing in my life. we live in a p.c. policy now. usually the parent can opt out. bill: sure, opt out. i totally disagree. the parent should be able to opt into the controversial