for you. good morning to you, welcome to early start on this monday morning. i m zoraida sambolin. and i m ashlee. it s the kind of heat that makes it hard to breathe and it is still threatening millions of americans all the way from the midwest to the northeast this morning. about 16 people have now died from this heat since thursday when triple-digit temperatures unleashed killer storms that have now left millions of people without power this morning. it s incredible, but look how many states are now dealing with miserable conditions in ohio, 425,000 people are now without power. that s as of 10:00 p.m. last night. it s the same story in virginia and maryland, where hundreds of thousands of people are just waiting for the power to come back on. just a whiff of ac in these extraordinary temperatures. the problem there doesn t seem to be much of a let-up in sight. 20 states are under heat advisory warnings. and now a state of emergency has been declared by the gove
help battling the biggest wildfire in colorado state history. eight air force fire fighting planes and 150 national guard soldiers heading to the waldo canyon fire. huge walls of flames killing at least two people and engulfing nearly 350 homes there. the fires are so fierce, huge plumes of smoke could be seen from the international space station. while some people have lost everything, others are starting to return home. our heartaches for people that lost their lives and/or people that lost property. we re relieved we got to go home. we know tonight there is many, many that can t and won t be for a long, long time. heather: alicia is streaming live from colorado springs with the very latest. hi, alicia. hi. as this fire continues to burn, the 1300 firefighters working on the lines here say they have now reached 30% containment.