tonight thwhe story breaks down the criminal investigation of donald trump in orgia. just one of the investigations that the former president is facing. be shar to catch the new story of the whole story with anderson cooper tonight 8:00 p.m. right here on cnn. all right. dangerously high temperatures will continue to stifle large parts of the country today, but a bit of a cooldown is on the way. more than 7 # million people are under some kind of heat alert right now from california to the deep south. phoenix has now had 30 days in a row of deadly heat over 110 degrees but that heat streak could break for the first time in a month. high temperatures are expected to be under 110 degrees as we start a new week. and that heat has claimed another life. deputies believe a 25-year-old farmwo farmworker in yuma, arizona, died due to the extreme conditions. he collapsed while working in the field. it was 116 degrees. we are joined by cnn a
more than a year out from the general election. thank you. it will be another day of stifling heat for more than 100 million americans from california to massachusetts. more than 80 high temperature records could be broken across the weekend. scorching temperatures in the northeast will persist today. a cool off a bit tomorrow. no relief for the southwest though. phoenix, expected to see temperatures above 110 degrees for the 30th day in a row. the heat has been so bad there that the famous cactus are essentially suffocating. and in chicago, ten german shepards died while being transported to a training fult. police say the air-conditioning in the cargo area was out. miguel marquez shows us how people are adapting or trying to to this record heat streak.
phoenix expected to break this 18 day record-setting heat streak today. when will it end? they will continue to set record after record every day for the next week. you can see that the record is 18 consecutive days of temperatures above 110. and here is today s forecast. look at tomorrow and so on. if you are looking for relief, well, next week monday only 114. yeah, you can cut the knife with the sarcasm in this room. or you can cut the sarcasm with a knife, that is what i meant to say. but this is an incredible heat dome, right, that is causing this trapped amount of heat over the southwestern u.s. similar temperatures from phoenix to las vegas. look at that, 113 for the afternoon. and there is the 65 million americans under excessive heat al alerts. but also the other problem that we have are smoke alerts across much of the northeast including atlanta.
acres. here is cnn s mike valerio. reporter: temperatures throughout the southwest are soaring into the triple digits. in death valley, california, the high could top 130 degrees. the national parks service warning hikers not to hike after 10:00 a.m. and, quote, travel prepared to survive. it can be a little painful, and i personally sometimes when i feel that sun, i think about it and it feels like it s going straight through my skin and deep into my bones. reporter: austin, texas, misting tent deployed to try to keep people cool. this is, in fact, a dangerous time and that s why we want to get these warnings out. reporter: in pasadena, the head coach at the high school checks the turf to make sure it s not too hot for players to practice. this is our heat stress tracker. reporter: it s hut at least 110 degrees in phoenix, arizona, every day this month, and the heat streak is expected to
high could top 130 degrees. the national parks service warning hikers not to hiker after 10:00 a.m. and, quote, travel prepared to survive. it can be a little painful and i personally sometimes, when i feel that sun, i think about it, if it feels like it s going right through straight my skin and deep inside to my bones. reporter: in austin, texas, misting tents are being deployed to try to keep people cool. this is, in fact, a dangerous time, and that s why we want to get these warnings out. reporter: in pasadena, the head coach at the high school checks the turf to make sure it s not too hot for players to practice. this is our heat stress tracker. this helps us out daily. reporter: it s hit at least 110 degrees in phoenix, arizona, every day this month and the heat streak is expected to continue through at least wednesday. it s the hottest time of the year in the hottest places of the country, but even with that, these temperatures are 5, 10,