 Welcome to America This Week, the weekly feature magazine from Westwood One. I'm John Trouts, and coming up... Beryl has been downgraded to a tropical storm after sweeping into Texas as a Category 1 hurricane. Cut the house in half. I'm Julie Walker. A deadly heat wave continues to scorch the western U.S. I don't know how anything can survive out here. I'm Jim Rupp in Los Angeles.