his legacy, birthday, and, of course, his music. it is sunday, july 8. good morning, everyone, i m randi kaye. we start with another day of record temperatures across the country. the triple-digit highs being blamed for at least 30 deaths across seven states. the extreme heat has also led to power problems. more than 300,000 people were without electricity and, more importantly, air conditioning. some relief may be on the way. a cold front is moving down from the great lakes, heading south. a warning the front could bring with it some strong storms with hail, lightning, and damaging winds. extreme heat and more possible storms, of course, seem to be on the way. meteorologist sarah dillinger joins me now. where and when is this cold front going to hit? well, the good news is, we ve seen this drop through chicago already. your temperatures are going to be back into the 80s today. as we looked at the map of the heat advisories, we re already seeing a big chunk of the count
frightening infection that kills within days. and later, it might be cool temperatures at wimbledon, but it s hot on the court. for the first time in 73 years, a brit will 74 years, a brit will play in the men s final. good morning, everyone. i m randi kaye. it is 7:00 on the east coast. 4:00 a.m. in the west. thanks for starting your morning with us. we start this morning with extreme weather. record temperatures being blamed for as many as 30 deaths across seven states. the heat has led to power problems. more than 300,000 people without power, without air conditioning. relief may be on the way. a cold front moving from the great lakes heading south. a warning, that front could bring with it strong storms with hail, lightning, and bad winds. extreme heat and more possible storms, of course. meteorologist sarah dillingham joins me. good morning. where and when is this cold front actually going to hit? good morning. well, we ve already seen this front push through chi
infects in cambodia. and it s a special day for us and for ringo starr. the beatles legend joins us this hour on his birthday to celebrate, of course, with us, and to talk about his new album and the motivation behind his continued success. slow and steady is proving to be a losing combination for hundreds of thousands of people across the mid-atlantic and northeast who have been without power now for a full week. and it will be getting even hotter in many cities today. the record-breaking temperatures are blamed for several deaths and catastrophes for many businesses. emily schmidt joins us from springfield, virginia, with much more on that. emily, tell us what the situation is there. reporter: hi, randi. the power back on in this neighborhood, but you can see the storm very still much top of mind here with the mess that remains. and in the washington area, there are thousands of people who are waking up after just enduring their eighth straight night with no power. to
emily, this hasn t been just a weather vaent. it has been an economic event. businesses haven t been able to operate. reporter: hi, gary. it has been such a long week for people. when you see trees like this that toppled and the power lines that came down more than a week ago, it set off a chain reaction so big that the experts, the government and even small businesses say they just haven t been able to add up the total costs yet. what is clear is that as the power comes back on, people are beginning to see just how much they lost. though it only takes an instant for the lights to go out in a storm, things can get darker for days. a chevy chase supermarket just outside washington. disaster hit three days after losing power. a refrigerated trailer compressor blew up and with it the family-owned supermarket s back-up plan. we lost everything in the trailer. then everything in the frozen food case here. basically we ve lost everything in the entire store. reporter: it mean
dealing with. this mystery illness causes a respiratory attack that kills children. federal agents busted a massive drug operation in tempe, arizona. they took in three tons of marijuana, 30 pounds of meth amphetamine and $2.4 million in cash. 20 people were arrested. libyan people voting freely and openly. it is the first real live democratic exercise in libya since the fall of gadhafi. near live 3 million waited in long lines to vote in polling stations across the station. we heard of a knew disruptions, but overall, observers say people were able to vote in peace. in southern russia, flash flooding killed more than 100 people. rising waters swept through houses as people slept. some people had to be rescued from roof tops and trees. the water submerged streets, ripped out traffic lights and tranlded vehicles. one town got two months of rain in 24 hours. now take a look at this. keep an eye on the street at the top of your screen. see that tractor trailer? there i