morning in mexico, bringing heavy rains and leaving at least three people dead. the governor of texas announced a disaster declaration there as gusting winds and rain from alberto lashed the coast, triggering a dangerous storm surge that has flooded neighborhoods with several feet of water. meantime, today marks the first day of summer, and a dangerous heat wave is gripping much of the country. right now, 65 million people from the midwest to maine are under heat alerts, with temperatures soaring as high as 20 degrees above average in some areas, and more record highs expected. out west, the sweltering heat is fueling 29 wildfires as firefighters work around the clock to battle the blazes. in mm new mexico, the fires killed two people and destroyed more than 1400 structures. joining us now sam brock in surfside beach. how are conditions there today? reporter: good morning. right now the offshore winds continue to blow in from the gulf. as you can tell by how i look now, and
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he s coming for your gas stove is coming for, your refrigerator. ac , and obviously you re goingoing to have to have built into your normal life a series of blackouts every season. nerg anthy time they decide you re using too much energy, they re going to take your energy away. way youfrom you . i think that s powerful even in california as an argument. it is definitely very powerful. and look, it s it goest is bac back to the reagan line of areth you better off than you were four years ago? and when you just lookwork f enr which biden made front and center the very first day, his first executive actionso puh were all to punish the fossil fuel industr y. and what s the result? right. the result has been highergher prices of all goods and services and food prices, thility gas prices. and so do we want more of that? and i don t think the american i people will . no, i don t think they will vote for it. now, that s the first thing president trump or ron desantis whoever when they a