prosecuted criminally for any of these cases. dan abrams, our thanks to you. we do move on now to other major news this wednesday night. the deadly heat wave on both coasts. 50 million people under heat alerts tonight. deaths rising from that historic heat wave in the pacific northwest. nearly four dozen people passing away in the portland, oregon, area alone. heat emergencies in d.c., philly and boston again tonight. boston firefighters battling a four-alarm fire in triple digit heat in boston in the past 24 hours. new york city sending out emergency alerts to conserve energy. a power line catching fire and traffic lights going dark. and as we head into the night, a severe thunderstorm watch for much of the northeast. abc s senior meteorologist rob marciano tracking it all for us. hey, rob. reporter: hi, linsey. sadly, we re seeing proof tonight in the northwest that heat is once again the number one weather-related killer and these dueling heat waves continue. let s take a look
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