entire professional career covering her as an olympian. that s an amazing story to cover. good morning to you. thank you for being with us. hi, everybody, nice to have you with us. we re bring you the news from a to z, it s 5:00 eastern. let s get right to it, shall we? this is unbelievable, unrelenting, unforgiving, it is a heat wave, and it is devastating from k.c. to d.c. and it s going to continue today too, tomorrow, as well. all the way through the july 4th holiday. in some places, it s going to feel like 115 degrees, particularly in parts of the midwest today. and for millions of people without power, sorry to report this, there is not a whole lot of relief coming your way. at least 19 people now have died in the last week after deadly storms swept through the nation. about 1.7 million people still haven t gotten any power. this is days after the storms went through. many expect possibly it s going to take until friday to get their power restored. take a look at th
16 people have already died since thursday when triple digit temperatures unleashed the deadly storms leaving millions without power. you see all of these states in yellow? these are the states suffering in ohio, 425,000 customers without power as of 10:00 last night. same story in virginia, same story in maryland, where hundreds of thousands of people are waiting, waiting for that electricity to flip back on. there is still really no let up in sight this morning. 20 states under heat advisories and there s a state of emergency in maryland, ohio, west virginia and virginia. athena jones is live this mother. what s the situation, it sounds dire. reporter: it is, we re standing at an intersection where a traffic signal just got the power back not too long ago. there are several i can see down the road that don t have power. that s a big issue as people head back to work on this monday morning. we did get an update. the utility companies say the workers are out in full force w
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and so none gets left behind, check out our affordable xuv 550s at johndeere.com/gator. heather: welcome back, a terrifying ordeal for a little boy as teenagers break into his home and florida police say the boy, who is not being identified, had been at home, watching tv, when the suspects broke in. they allegedly used a hammer to break through a window and that is when the brave little boy says he grabbed his dog and dove into a hiding spot and called 911. are you alone inside the house? heather: thankfully the little boy is not hurt.
and also a friend of his, a woman who has known him for years and says he s a saint, we ll actually talk to her. we ve got some tough questions for her to answer. we begin though tonight with raw politics. president obama heading home tonight from the g 20 sum et in mexico. where the economy is concerned, this summit could have a serious impact on jobs. here s some of what the president said tonight about the economy, about syria and political sniepg from the romney campaign. markets around the world have been asking if we re ready to do what is necessary to hold together. european leaders here in cabos had made it clear that they understand the stakes and pledge to take the actions needed to restore confidence, stability and growth. let me be a little more specific. first our friends in europe clearly grasp the seriousness of the situation and are moving forward with a heightened sense of urgency. he welcome the important steps that they have already taken to promote growt