water, electricity, crime, wildfires. [sfx: bear roar] gavin, you've failed. we have to immediately cut taxes twenty-five percent. fix housing and homelessness. and make life in california affordable again. i'm a businessman, the only cpa running. shouldn't we choose ability this time? we must have a competent governor with management experience and outsider integrity. [sfx: bear roar] that describes only john cox. july was the hottest month ever recorded on earth. those scorching temperatures killing hundreds in the u.s., and it's raising new questions about why access to life-saving air conditioning is out of reach for so many americans miguel almaguer has more >> reporter: the oppressive heatwaves now gripping our nation are not only hotter but also deadly even in the cool pacific northwest, temperatures soared up to 116 degrees in portland this summer