gripping a huge part of the country right now. hot and hotter. that s what the national weather service says that we can expect for the next several days, and you need it know this. at least 16 states under heat advisories or warnings today. adding to the misery, nearly 2 million people without electricity in the d.c. area and surrounding states. deadly storms battered that area over the weekend killing at least 16 people. our brian todd is outside in that heat in the d.c. suburb of wheaton, maryland. brian, what s the biggest problems you re seeing right now? reporter: right now the rush hour is officially over, but really it s not over. one of the biggest problems in this area is traffic snarl. hundreds of traffic lights are out. there s one over here on randolph road just a couple hundred yards up from us now where they are trying to get people through that light. people say treat this like a four-way stop. every stop around here treat it like a four-way stop. this one j
does too. he has a speech to write, hasn t he? perhaps he is sitting at home at chair wrens house clarence house working on his speech as his wife checks on west men sister abbie westminister abbey. we will bring you anymore developments there as they happen. meanwhile, the village of bucklbury home to the middletons have been preparing for their own preparations. katie is there and what exactly are they planning to celebrate the big day? they are calling this the village extravaganza, and it is an event called tee in the park. tea in the park. they will have bands. just to show you, this is the go cart track that has become a royal go cart track. these are our colleagues from the bbc setting up here.