Thanks britley ritz for that. Sorry, our lights are a little bright right there. Its almost like being outside, very bright. Im fredricka whitfield, good to see you. We begin this hour with the overseas kidnapping of an american nurse and her child. Alex was reportedly abducted thursday morning while serving in their Community Ministry in haiti. The two were taken from the organizations campus near portauprince. She is married to the director of the christian humanitarian aid group. Pa Paula Hancock is following the story for us. Reporter the charity did confirm the abduction and the details are quite disturbing. Remember, this was a nurse from New Hampshire, working for the charity. She was abducted along with her child and this was actually on what they call is the campus of this charity close to p portauprince. They said shes a deeply passionate person who considers haiti as her home and her passion. She works tirelessly to bring relief as she loves to serve the people of haiti in t
boston. many of us right about where we should be, in the low to mid 80s and upper 70s. but the southwest still dealing with the brutal heat for now. just as you heard isabelle say, give it a day and it will be a little bit better, closer to normal. places like phoenix hit 111 degrees today, still adding to the days above 110. here we are monday and tuesday finally getting to cool down. but it doesn t last long, it will ramp up. the sun shines and we re back up to about 115 degrees in phoenix as we get into your upcoming weekend. so the southeast, yes. this is where it gets really rough. our temperatures are topping out in the triple digits, factor in dew points, it feels much hotter. and that s what matters, fred. our temperatures, what it feels like, your heat index values pushing nearly 107 degrees in new orleans. that s brutal.