CNN: Extreme Heat Affects July 4th Celebrations Across U.S.

RUSH EXCERPT:

CHINCHAR: "It is. And for many people, this isn‘t a surprise. They‘ve been dealing with this heat for the last few days. Really, it‘s just a very prolonged event. We look at some of the current temperatures. These are air temperatures. This is not mixed in with the humidity. It is 94 degrees in Washington, D.C. now, if you were to add in the humidity, that number is going to go up. Same for Boston, which is currently sitting at 88. Same thing for Raleigh. It is 82 in Atlanta with a little bit of extra cloud cover there. But again, these temperatures are just going to keep going up. That‘s why you have all of these areas here under those extreme heat alerts. If you‘re not under an alert, it doesn‘t mean it‘s not going to be hot.