Good evening. Thank you for joining us. Im cecelia vega, in for david muir. We begin with america on high alert this fourth of july. Police ratcheting up security across the country. Officers out in full force. At tourist attractions, checkpoints set up. And in boston the commissioner saying a lone wolf attack is their worst nightmare. Heres gio benitez. Reporter tonight, a nation on alert. In washington, d. C. U. S. Park police are on horseback at the national mall. We are aware of the chatter and we take those into account. Reporter authorities worried about lone wolves. And in Boston Police are deploysdeploy deploying special teams. Memories of the boston bombing still fresh, preparations up to a half Million People could attend. Reporter in chicago, huge events. Alex perez is there. It will be a busy one. Big crowds expected everywhere. The cubs and white sox at home three huge grateful dead reporter and in los angeles, 300,000 people expected at events. Authorities asking people t
Good evening. Thank you for joining us. Im cecelia vega, in for david muir. We begin with america on high alert this fourth of july. Police ratcheting up security across the country. Officers out in full force. At tourist attractions, checkpoints set up. And in boston the commissioner saying a lone wolf attack is their worst nightmare. Heres gio benitez. Reporter tonight, a nation on alert. In washington, d. C. U. S. Park police are on horseback at the national mall. We are aware of the chatter and we take those into account. Reporter authorities worried about lone wolves. And in Boston Police are deploysdeploy deploying special teams. Memories of the boston bombing still fresh, preparations up to a half Million People could attend. Reporter in chicago, huge events. Alex perez is there. It will be a busy one. Big crowds expected everywhere. The cubs and white sox at home three huge grateful dead converts. Reporter and in los angeles, 300,000 people expected at events. Authorities askin
From abc news World Headquarters this is abc world news tonight with david muir. Good evening. Thank you for joining us. As we head into this Holiday Weekend. Im cecelia vega, in for david muir. We begin tonight with america on high alert this fourth of july. Police ratcheting up security across the country. Officers out in full force. Authorities in l. A. Saying this is the highest terror alert since 9 11. At tourist attractions, heavily armed guards metal detectors, dogs out on patrol. Checkpoints set up. And in boston, the commissioner saying a lone wolf attack is the citys worst nightmare. Abcs gio benitez telling us no one is taking any chances. Reporter tonight, a nation on alert. Major cities ramping up security. Here in new york and across the country. In washington, d. C. , u. S. Park police are on horseback at the national mall. Were aware of whats the discussion and chatter is around the fourth of july events and all those threats. And we take those into account. Reporter au
Heat and it is hitting home tonight and we mean millions of homes across the country. Take a look, the warnings are going out to cities like boston, milwaukee, dc. Now on the east coast thousands of americans struggling with water. Imagine in this heat being handed two gallons to get you through the day. Abcs weather editor sam champion starts us off. Reporter from maine to the great lakes and into the deep south, nearly one half of this country is feeling the blistering heat. Ever been close to death . Its about two steps closer. Reporter its a combination of high daytime temperatures, high nighttime temperatures and pulse pumping humidity that never gives your body the chance to feel cooler. Near washington d. C. Where it felt like 100 degrees, nearly 150,000 residents told to stockpile water for as long as five days because the main water pipe that supplies the area will be shut down tonight over fears it may fail. Buy bottled water to drink, have about two gallons on hand in your h