Up with right now, it shows how empty their kit is. hillary clinton as secretary of state showed just what an active and dynamic personality she is and campaigner she will be. and, you know, if they re going to stick with that oh, she s just too old theme, and don t have anything else, they re going to get hammered. i agree. it s going to be a good race. we don t have anything else, we ll go for her age. david ignatius, thanks for joining us from washington. thanks guys. richard haas will be here, we ll be discussing those protests in egypt, those incredible pictures coming out of cairo, plus from the new republic, frank foer reveals what the magazine calls a second term recovery guide and later director dawn porter discusses her film on the criminal justice system. up next the top stories in the politico playbook. todd santos with a check on the deadly heat out west. we ve seen the ravages already. just some insane numbers.
Africa. there s president obama on robben island standing in the cell nelson mandela spent so many years in and going to tanzania where he may meet president bush as well. i m sorry, you shouldn t stand with a backdrop like that behind you. we have so little sympathy. one thing you should do, as a public service for you, we want point out given the time difference between where you are, pui went 4 for 5 and your dodgers beat the phillies. okay. buddy, not only that, the last place dodgers just four games back, the nationals are on a roll, so my son is fired up about that. suddenly the all-star break, you know, it s suddenly baseball s fun again in the todd household. we re excited. have a great time in tanzania. thanks very much. all right. joining us the editor of the new republic, frank foer. the magazine s cover says snap
Demanding answers right now. the president, he s coming back from this trip. how does he navigate these waters, lynn? what does he need to do? this one is tougher because it s allies. we have to come up with a plausible explanation. and what is the purpose of this spying, since again, these are our allies, not our enemies. lynn sweet, washington bureau chief. thank you. thank you. betty and todd santos here for the first buzz. we re going to tell you what stories caught our eye today. [ whispering ] uh! i had a nightmare!
Guide for president obama. editor frank foer is here with the latest issue. plus nbc s chuck todd joins us live from africa unless, of course, that is a green screen and not the ocean behind him. he s looking happy so we reckon he s right there by the ocean. first here s meteorologist todd santos with the latest weather. thanks so much. the fire fighting crews dealing with extreme heat around the yarnell hill fire, they will be dealing with temperatures around 109, 110. could see gusty winds if they manage to fire up thunderstorms by later in the afternoon. the heat itself one of the bigger issues. to the west of the area, we have excessive heat warnings, areas in orange, vegas, right now temperatures in the 90s. even at this early hour of the morning. could again be hitting an all-time high record, 97 right now there. that s the temperature outside at the moment. so again, up, the only way to go. into the northeast we have a few showers, some thunderstorms around the philly area. co
Highs. vegas, if we hit 117, that would tie the all-time record, not just for the month or the day. that s an all-time record in vegas. right now, 99 degrees there. make a cool plan for yourself. could see showers or thunderstorms across the southwest. a few across the northeast and the southeast. a number of airports today could see a chance for thunderstorms to slow things down. temperatures may get up to the mid-80s across a stretch of the east coast in major cities. it s like 100 degrees and it s 2:00 a.m. in las vegas. thanks, todd. a billion-dollar deal in the works. a headache for anyone with student loans. new information on just what that bundle of joy is going to cost you.