but, no, their power is still out for a major part of this island and not only does it hamper people s ability to live and to move and to get to where they need to be to be safe, but also the rescue workers and the ems workers and people that are trying to get into these zones to save people s lives or to find what s left. andrea? steve patterson, thank you so very much. good luck out there. i know it must be heartbreaking to cover. thanks, andrea. coming up next, we are expecting a statement from merrick garland at the justice department, you can see the room is being prepared, you see the podium, the u.s. and justice department flags. we will be going there momentarily after a very short break and we understand that this is a big announcement. stand by. stay with us. we will be right back. you re watching andrea mitchell reports on msnbc. watching anl reports on msnbc.
southern tier of the country. we will keep you up to date. all right, steve, ainsley and brian over to you. ainsley: you made it through, janice, good job. steve: during the commercial come in and explain that guy. ainsley: i told brian i would pay him if he took a mannequin and go through times square. brian: they wouldn t even turn around. steve: when i drove through times square this morning somebody was down on his knee proposing to somebody. there was a camera right there. it was 4:22 in morning. brian: or they lois a contact. steve: they will always remember that. ainsley: s means they were drinking last night. might be regretting in a few hours. prone. brian: don t make me throw up. steve: as students head back to class, more will be switching to a four-day school week. so, what are parents who work five days a week supposed to do? we are going to talk about that. ainsley: but, first, more e.m.s. workers attacked on the job. brian: unbelievable. ainsley
reporter: apparently so, jose. i mean, it s a good day and a good time to be outside by the beach, in the water, but a really bad time to be outside particularly working outside. we ve done a lot of interviews with first responders, ems workers, and as well as medical staff at ers, physicians both in phoenix, and we ve talked to people that do the same here in south florida, and really, what we re seeing across the board is just how dangerous this is for people who either don t have the ability or the privilege to be inside of air-conditioning, right? and we re talking about people without homes, just how dangerous that can be. we re also talking about situation where is people are working outside. they might be migrants. we know there are farm workers, laborers. and then of course first responders. we had a chance to speak with the chief fire officer, and they re telling us the precautions they are taking for their men and women as they re taking to the streets! we re definitely see
june. where real feel temps have already reached 120 in a lot of places. health officials say at least 13 texans have died due to heat-related illnesses. distress calls have also skyrocketed as e.m.s. workers have been responding to more and more cases of people suffering heat stroke and exsocrates. it has not been this hot for this long for a while. we have been busting records left and right and e.m.s. is no exception. it s really important for everybody to take care of themselves, check on your neighbors make sure everybody is staying as cool as they can. first time in half decade neengs topped 110 degrees or more 25 consecutive days. the whole month of july so far. overnight lows have not dipped below 90 in more than two weeks. parts of southern central and northern california they too have been out. temperatures in los angeles