with lester holt good evening americans feeling the heat tonight in ways and places they maybe never have where they live as high temperature records are expected to fall across much of the country. it is where we begin tonight. 38 million people across 20 states from california to the mississippi river right now living under heat alerts. record highs in the forecast today from cheyenne, wyoming where the forecast high is 99 to dallas/ft. worth airport which could reach 109. between now and wednesday nearly three dozen new record highs could be set the heat wave working its way to the east tonight, leaving the most vulnerable in its path at considerable risk experts are warning it is not summer as usual but rather another global gut check moment from a changing climate just as we face new obstacles in dealing with it. we ll get to that and the forecast from our team standing by in just a moment. let s start with miguel almaguer. reporter: shattering records and threatenin
lately he has a good voice. des moines, iowa, i don t know if you watched fox nation i watched speech in des moines. ainsley: what is the red. steve: he i think it s lighting. ainsley: what did you see? steve: red long light. ainsley: in the middle of the post. steve: the way they lit. ainsley: see, right there on the right. what is that, brian? brian: let me get into that. ainsley: is it a crane? steve: it s just the way the light is. ainsley: on the side of that building, i see. brian: looks like they are working on something and took the weekend off and they are not up yet. so, again, there is no water and no there is no sunrise. but i do get the sense that iowa is going to matter very soon. after november, on november 9th it s all going to be about iowa. steve: i used to work in downtown des moines when i worked for woi the abc affiliate. then owned by iowa state university even though it was a commercial thing it was kind of complicated. i worke
today and the concert series brought to us by our friends. welcome to the center square today. good morning to both of you. i m pumped up and ready to go! and you are heading to west point after this. i am headed to west point. you haven t had any free food on friday, have you? there s never food on your set! this the first time. on a our summer concert series,we ves boisterous son, out on the veranda. what are you making for the crowd today? we are making you guys some skirt steak street corn tacos, and john has salsa going on there. if you re from the south, we call it chimchurra, but it s really chimichurri. this is mixed in with corn bread and eggs, we will dial it up from barbecue sauce with our buddies at leas. a bacon wrap because we no you live everything bacon wrapped. and that s what you call a fatty, it s a big burrito where the tortilla is baked. you can roll it out and stuff it, roll it up, bacon-weave it, cut it up and eat it. and we ve g
no justice no peace! police expected to release body cam footage in the shooting jalen walker this afternoon. the public has legitimate questions, i have questions. the 25 year old was killed by police last monday following a car and foot chase. police say that walker shot at officers during the chase, later finding a gun in his car. the family attorney says that seen the v and there s no evidence for those claims. but reloads and full clip and all him within six seconds. coachella says that officers fired more than 90 shot, striking walker more than 60 times. walker s cousin has also seen the footage. i broke down after that. it was just, it was just shocking. police said walker posed a deadly threat starting with the refusal to comply with the traffic stop. the pursuit ending in a parking lot where walker was handcuffed. he s talking a shot, as we get shot he falls on the ground. he is not cuffed in till after the gunfire abates. is there any chance
life in america. a dream that came to a tragic end with dozens of others in the back of a sweltering tractor-trailer. announcer: live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom with michael holmes. and we begin in ukraine, where a u.s.-supplied advanced weapon is reportedly starting to gain some traction on the battlefield. a senior u.s. defense official says ukraine has used the himaz multiple rocket launchers to take out russian rockets and other target. four of those are in use in ukraine, four more on their way. meanwhile, president zelenskyy accusing russia of terrorism following friday s missile strikes on a residential area near odesa. at least 21 people were killed, 40 others wounded. this as the u.s. announces a new batch of military aid for ukraine including those anti-aircraft missile systems. mr. zelenskyy saying the equipment will give ukraine a much much-needed boost. translator: i am especially grateful to the united states of america and personally to biden