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
fights criminal contempt charges. and summer sand and shark infested waters. enhanced technology is on the hunt where sharks have been on the attack. welcome to the lead. i m jake tapper. we start today with breaking news in our politics lead. president biden s approval rating hitting a new low in cnn polling. take a look. only 38% of people approve of the way joe biden is handling his job as president. 62% disapprove. this dismal number comes as president biden returns from his middle east trip. the white house touting the trip a success, saying the president renewed support for the region and set expectations that gas prices could steady in the coming weeks. but those successes in some quarters being overshadowed by this moment, biden fist bumping saudi crown prince mohammed bin salman, who the u.s. says is to blame for the slaughter of washington post journalist jamal khashoggi in 2018. biden trying to brush it off from reporters upon his return to the white house.
to lower the inflation rates, the recession will there is no way out. todd: happy monday, everyone there is no way out. you are watching fox & friends first on this effort mentioned monday. i m todd piro. carley: causing panic inside the democratic party ahead of the elections. todd: in new polling shows republicans a three-point edge on congressional ballot but both sides are equally motivated to vote. alexandria hoff motivated to do this and live in washington with all the details. alexandria, happy monday. happy monday todd, carley and must contend with frustrations from the american people and own party. the effort to resurrect the build back better plan which has been knocked and once again, joe manchin said last week he would not support that. progressives are fuming. [overlapping voices] the president s agenda, people like joe joe manchin, the president s agenda. i don t know why senate majority leader chuck schumer still allows for joe manchin to be
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
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