temperatures across the northern hemisphere. details and a live report from rome. plus the forecast from the cnn weather center. we begin in ukraine which says its food export agreement is still on despite a russian missile strike on its port city of odesa. now these strikes came just one day after ukraine and russia signed an agreement in istanbul which would allow ukraine to resume grain exports which much of the world desperately needs through its ports. condemnation of the attack has been swift with britain saying russia s word can t be taken at face value. listen to this. it is absolutely appalling that only a day after striking this deal, vladimir putin has launched a completely unwanted attack on odesa. it shows that not a word he says can be trusted, and we need to urgently work with our international partners to find a better way of getting the grain out of ukraine that doesn t involve russia and their broken promises. the u.s. secretary of state echoed the sen
possibly break a 90-year-old record set in 1933. they re not the only ones in total. nearly two dozen cities in the northeast will likely see daily record high temperatures. we re also getting a better sense of how dangerous these weather conditions are. at least one person has died in new york from heat exposure. governor kathy hochul has now issued the first set of interim recommendations as part of a comprehensive extreme heat action plan. many residents say they re doing anything possible to try to stay cool. buying drinks at mcdonald s to sit in the store for a little bit of time to be in the ac. that s really it. i don t like going outside in this heat. i stay inside. beach. coney island. boardwalk, then jump in the water to cool off. cnn s polo sandoval is in new york with more on the impact this scorching heat is having. reporter: good morning to you. today will bring another challenge for new yorkers to try to find any way to keep cool. that s especially
of covid isolation. the predominant symptom is a sore throat. this is a president who has at this moment a mild respiratory illness. this is really good news. i m pamela brown in washington. you re live in the cnn newsroom. dangerous heat and a state of emergency. the oak fire explodes near yosemite national park in california. in fact it has devoured more than 14,000 acres and is zero percent contained since it erupted friday. at least ten buildings are destroyed and thousands more are in danger tonight. the wildfire rages as much of the country deals with extreme heat including triple digits in part of california. more than 90 million people are under heat alerts. new york has registered at least one heat-related death. some cities such as boston and newark, new jersey, have seen the mercury exceed 100 degrees. we have reporters and meteorologists nationwide covering the heat wave and the changing climate. cnn s pole o sandoval is in new york. reporter: new yorker
right now more than 85 million americans are under excessive heat warnings and advisories and in the northeast, the heat forced organizers of the boston triathalon to postpone the event. new york city s triathalon will go forward as scheduled tomorrow but there will be changes to ensure safety of participants. cnn sdoval is in new york with more on how the city is trying to keep people cool. reporter: you may say it is july, it is supposed to be hot. but meteorologists are saying by the time we finally get some relief here in new york possibly next week, new yorkers will have experienced temperatures above 90 degrees for seven straight days. the last time that was experienced was back in 2013. the national weather service predicting the dangerous july heat wave is far from subsiding. after blistering parts of the nation s south this week, forecasters expect temperatures in the northeast will soar above normal for this time of year. i sat outside here until ten to 4:00 thi
you can see in this video right here, held out a key chain with two sharp point ts on it. cnn s evan perez is following all of this for us. he s here with me now. evan, what more are we learning about this man? that video, again, we ve shown it a number of times. very alarming. it s a very disturbing thing to happen, obviously. li lee zeldin, a congressman was on stage when this attack happened. the suspect s name is david j jakabonis. he s charged with assaulting a member of congress with a deadly weapon. you can see that he s carrying this object, he has this object in his hand as he approaches the congressman. now, according to the federal criminal complaint, these are federal charges that he is now facing. he told the fbi that he had consumed whiskey on the day of this attack and that he, quote, must have checked out as he walked on stage and asked if zeldin was disrespecting veterans. we should note that according to the army, jakabonis had served in the army. he s a v