The intense heat is finally breaking.  Temps are back to normal in the low 90's today with minimal chances for afternoon rain/storms. 

Today's interview lineup:

At 6:23 we heard from reporter Richard Sangster on the Jersey Shore, where the death toll stands and six and transit is still crippled.

At 6:53 hear Washington bureau chief Jamie Dupree's update on FEMA's need to spend more on disaster relief.

At 8:23 hear Jamie Dupree explain why Mitt Romney's visit to Texas is noteworthy with 62 weeks until the election.  

At 8:53 hear Fox's Mike Majchrowitz on whether the President will eventually tour the communities hardest hit by Hurricane Irene.

We could have another hurricane on the map this week.  Tropical Storm Katia has formed far out in the Atlantic and its track is still more than a week away from us. Track what's brewing in the tropics at our hurricane guide on WOKV.COM. 

Our Top Local Story:  Your right to control when and how you learn about traffic delays or crime in your neighborhood is changing this week.  This morning, Part 2 of a WOKV News investigation about the control of information by government.  WOKV's Kevin Rincon reports the control of information can divide the people who work closely with police.

The mother of a Jacksonville woman missing for over two weeks says police have confirmed that one of the two bodies found near downtown last week is that of her daughter. 36-year-old Jeanette Hawkins disappeared with her husband, 31-year-old Ricardo Morgan.  Last week, two bodies were found on South Myrtle Avenue and Harper Street.

A proposal to tax bottled water in Florida.  Senator Eveyln Lynn, a Republican from Ormond Beach, wants to see a 6 percent surcharge on bottled water less than 1 gallon in size.   According to the Times Union, the revenue from the tax would pay for environmental cleanup efforts.

Governor Scott and Mayor Brown may be from different political parties but they agree on growing jobs in Jacksonville.  The two met yesterday to talk about dredging of Jaxport and the completion of the Mile Point project.  Scott and Brown are planning a trip to Brazil later this year to foster relationships with business people there who might be considering an expansion into Florida.

The weekend shooting of 11 people in Brooklyn marks  another senseless crime in Jacksonville.  Donald Foy with Mad Dads says we should never accept this kind of violence as the norm in Jacksonville.  He says "it's time for the cowards to be turned in" and that all of Jacksonville should be outraged for the senseless crime. Cops have interviewed more than 40 people who were at the party.  So far no arrests have been announced. 

Updating breaking news from last night.  A 65-year-old boater who was pulled from the St. Johns River was last known to be in critical condition.  There was concern that a second person was in the water but it turned out to be false.

Three children and 31 pets are removed from a Palm Coast woman's home after they were found living in deplorable conditions.  Deputies in Flagler County noticed a pungent odor coming from the home of 33-year-old Theresa Martone.  Inside, they found her three children surrounded by trash and animal feces.

Our Top National Story:  The damage from Hurricane Irene is expected to be in the billions of dollars.  But FEMA has less than $800 million available for federal disaster assistance.

FEMA is moving money from midwest tornado relief to Hurricane Irene cleanup.  Congress will have to add more money to disaster relief accounts. Some Republicans are pushing for budget cuts to offset the extra disaster aid.  The GOP tried the same thing in 1995, but Jamie Dupree reminds us that President Clinton vetoed it.  Read more in Jamie's blog at WOKV.COM.

At least 40 people throughout the Northeast have been killed.

After seeing headshaking photos of flooding in Vermont, FEMA director Craig Fugate surveys the scene today.  Fugate says FEMA is doing a better job of disasters, six  years after Hurricane Katrina.

President Obama is putting together a September jobs package, but budget cuts and a tight debt ceiling leave him with limited tools to boost the economy and create jobs.  Obama is expected to ask Congress to extend payroll tax cuts and jobless benefits, spend money for new construction projects and offer incentives to businesses to hire more workers.  Republicans wants more budget cuts, not more spending.

August has been the deadliest month for U.S. troops in Afghanistan since the war began. 66 U.S. troops have died, most coming when a helicopter was shot down earlier this month.