and good morning to you. boy, the temperatures, top story again. wow. sizzling heat, and most of the country right now is dealing with triple digits or at least feeling like triple digits. as we ve been saying, not just uncomfortable, dangerous and deadly. welcome. friday, july 22nd. let s get right to it. intensely hot against across a huge portion of the country. it started in the midwest, it s come heeft. washington, the high, 103 today but it s going to feel like 115 with the humidity. triple digit temperatures are expected across the mid-atlantic, up and down the east coast and into the ohio valley and as many as 2,000 related deaths now reported. utilities around the country are bracing, asking you to conserve energy as people crank the ac. in new york, the power company said that store owners who leave their doors open could be fined. wow. trying to stay cool. match fn you re a polar bear in this heat? animals in the detroit zoo were treated to popsicles with
you are right, there would normally be a lot more traffic at the moment. brilliant of you to ware red today. otherwise, we might not be seeing you. we will see you again we hope. brutal cold in parts of the country. this is a temperature sign from fairbanks, alaska. it is going to read 35 degrees below zero. you see the minus sign there. while frigid, it is not record-setting. in 1933, the temperature plunged to 52 below zero. let s go to bill karins. good saturday morning. good morning, everyone. in our last busy weekend trying to get your holiday errands done, the least thing you need is a stormy weather pattern. we have it in a few locations. a near miss for new england, two or three days ago. we are thinking possible big nor easter. that storm is going to be out to sea. another cold blast of air is going to filter down in the middle of the nation. on the west coast, that is the stormy spot, california,