Good morning, it's Friday, July 12th. I'm Joseph Delaney and here's your local news from the Austin American-Statesman. Today will be sunny, with a high near 95 and a heat index as high as 100. It will be mostly clear at night with a low around 75. Our top story is: In a first taste of that perhaps bumpy path, the Washington publication Roll Call downgraded its rating of U.S. John Cornyn’s seat from “solid Republican” to “likely Republican” on Tuesday.