wind gusts right now, that was a 37-mile-per-hour per hour gust in amarillo. 41 right now in dodd city. 94 in asheville. 95 in jackson, mississippi. it cooled down to 79 degrees in dallas last night. if you re traveling today, denver, 45-minute delays. not unusual for laguardia. by toronto picking up a little bit of a delay. high temperatures yesterday, mid land, texas, 107. dodd city, 106. this is the area that s dry and hot and windy, an not any better today. for the rest of the afternoon we will see severe weather from denver, texas, kansas, nebraska, south dakota, north dakota, maybe up even into parts of southern canada. severe weather today, wind and hail likely. couple of tornadoes but probably way out there where towns are few and far between. we hope. thank you, chad. american troops charging into battle, now wearing their
it s memorial day, may 30th, 2011. president obama is at arlington national sepl tore. live pictures paying tribute to those men and women who gave their lives to defend our country. shortly the president will speak at arlington s amphitheater. his address live, as well as remarks from mike mullen and defense secretary robert gates. arlington national cemetery, 624 acres of hallowed ground, the final resting place for fallen troops from all of america s wars, including the most recent. the war dead from iraq and afghanistan are laid to rest in an area that s known as section 60. our correspondent chris lawrence is there on this memorial day. chris, describe for us if you can the significance of this place that some call the saddest acre in america. reporter: well, suzanne, this is where most of the iraq and afghanistan war dead have been buried. so for a lot of these families the wounds are still very fresh. they have lost their loved ones in the last year, the last
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