hail, and tornadoes. this could be a long, long summer. allison chinchar in the cnn weather center, thank you so much. the extreme heat has some cities taking a major step when it comes to tackling this climate crisis. later on we ll hear from the director of a group that is helping to appoint chief heat officers around the world. an important conversation in light of what s going on. when the january 6th committee resumes its hearings in september, some possible key evidence will likely be missing. text messages from secret service agents at the time of the insurrection. those missing text messages have put the agency under fierce scrutiny. it began when the department of homeland security s inspector general asked for the text records last year, only to be told that they had been deleted. cnn s senior justice correspondent evan perez joins us now. evan, it s not just a congressional subpoena that we ve seen, it s also a criminal investigation. reporter: that s right, alex.
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this morning, more than 85 million people are under heat alerts as record breaking temperatures are expected across the northeast united states throughout the weekend. many of us have noticed that these recent heat waves have been more dangerous and happening more frequently. but to raise public awareness and protect lives, cities like los angeles, phoenix, and miami have appointed chief heat officers to address the threat of rising temperatures. here with me now is kathy mccloud, the director of the rockefeller resilience center which is the group leading the appointment of chief heat officers around the world. welcome to you, thank you so much for joining us. i want to talk more about what exactly the role is of a chief heat officer. but let s talk first about this fact. heat already kills more americans than any other weather-related disaster. our elected officials, do you feel, taking this crisis seriously enough?
we got one text message. secret service has maintained that they have been fully c comp compliant. netflix is being heralded as good news. we re seeing the end of the era of infinite content. hello and welcome, it is wednesday, july 20th, 9:00 a.m. here in london, 3:00 a.m. in the central u.s. a global heatwave is scorching the northern hemisphere with hundreds of millions of people enjoying record breaking temperatures. and while world leaders debate on what do about climate change, the hot spell is harming public health, buckling infrastructure and fueling deadly wildfires. in the u.s. at least several cities have appointed so-called heat officers to help people
practices so you find that they go together and that s why chief heat officers can prioritize those most vulnerable areas and invest in those interventions, short term and long term to protect those communities first. anything that can be done to mitigate the problem, we re seeing what s going on with this heat wave underlines how important this is. thank you. thank you for having me. election officials from key battleground states are set to testify when the january 6th hearings resume this week, why the select committee wants to hear from those conversations with donald trump.