Pacific northwest. Boy, have they taken a plunge from one extreme to the other, heat and now cool temps and the rain, 22, 14, gusts, 25. Its going to be mostly sunny. Low 50s, mid50s, upper 50s for some. 47 mill valley. Napa, calistoga. Eventual licks some of this is going to dip far enough south that we might have to usher in some rain on thursday. Until then, mostly sunny, windy to breezy, cooler, patchy low clouds, 60s and 70s, very unusual. Hey, sal, 7 01. What do you have for us. That viewer who tweeted you or emailed you scott . Yes. Who tweeted you. They usually use runway 1 for takeoff. Thats what he meant. Very unusual. Right. Instead of using four runways, they are down to two. That means delays. Well keep watching that. Thank you, steve. Well keep watching that at sfo to see if there are any delays at sfo. Lets take a look at some of the pictures that we have. You can see it is pretty backed there. East bay commute is getting crowded. Here at the colyseum, not too bad. If yo
leblgs and the massacre in newtown, connecticut. holiday sales are crucial as a sign for economic strength. they are looking forward to you coming in making returns not just making returns but using the gift cards buy ago few things for yourself. since it was a little slower this holiday season there may be deeper discounts you can take advantage of. on-line sales didn t suffer quite as much but know the rules before you head out to the store ifs you are planning on returning items you bought on-line. there are different rules for each store. some allow you to bring the purchases to the brick and mortar stores. others don t allow you to do that. before you wait in the long crazy lines know what you do for each retailer. thank you, tef stephanie. if you got gift cards stick around. we will tell you what you can do with them if you don t want the gift cards. 12 minutes after the hour.
right now. we have a record-breaking heat wave hanging on to much of the country again today, at least 46 people died over the past two weeks and stories from across the u.s. suggest a rise in the misery index as well. this has been a horror story. we ve been here 30 years, this is the worst set of days that we ve experienced. i woke up feeling sick to my stomach and cramps in my legs and those are signs of heat stress. we ve been expecting dry air along the line but this year it s worse than what everybody expected. outside washington, d.c., officials are investigating if the heat warped train tracks. passengers climbed out of the train to safety, nobody was hurt. tens of thousands are waking up to a seventh day without power in maryland and d.c. since last week s severe storms there. the utility companies are urging people to report their outages once again. and the drought is killing trees in arkansas. the leaves are turning brown and falling to the ground. stephan
here s a look at our current heat indexes across the board, mainly into the 80s, some people still hanging into the 70s, triple digit readings, st. louis, into louisville. chicago, 96 degrees on saturday. on sunday, down to 84 degrees. so we will see a big change there for the windy city. otherwise across the country, seattle even getting in on that heat. 82 degrees for our forecast on saturday. everything is relative, isn t it? you can see the heat along the east coast as well. washington, d.c., 103. new york, you re still into the upper 90s, boston, 81 degrees. then for the second half of the weekend, again, we re still going to be on the warm side but some cooler spots around the great lakes. alex, back to you. stef, thank you so much for that. we ll have a live report from new york central park on how people are coping with the deadly heat coming up in five minutes or so from now. let s go to front page politics and president obama fresh from a bus tour signing into law