fulton county election interference case against former donald trump is on pause while he appeals to try to get the da fani willis kicked off the case. and in the case of accused gilgo beach serial killer, the man suspected of killing at least four women in long island is now being charged with murdering two more. plus, confusion and concern. the reality at the u.s./mexico border right now for those tasked with enforcing president biden s new asylum executive action. our nbc news reporters are following all of the latest developments. we begin with the deadly israeli air strike on an u.n.-operated school in central gaza. nbc s josh lederman is following that story for us. the idf says this was a precise strike on a hamas compound. what do we know? reporter: chris, the israeli military clearly knows the amount of criticism they re getting for this strike, coming a week after that other strike in rafah near that unrwa facility that killed dozens of people. the idf is clea
record-breaking global heat with no end in sight and there is a new study out that warns weather-related power outages have nearly doubled this decade, compared to the last one. and in dangerously hot temperatures blackouts can be deadly. it all raises the risk of what one expert calls a heat wave scenario that keeps climate scientists up at night. joining me now msnbc political analyst basil smikle. full disclosure here, i don t know if it s the heat out west, a couple of the other people we were hoping to have on this panel we have not been able to get their signals together, but i do want to ask you about the politics of this. i was just thinking because we re doing this ceremony at d-day that when i was covering the white house and at the end of president obama s term there was a great feeling of accomplishment, the paris climate accords had been agreed upon. not a solution, but a huge step forward that now we ve gone away
how do we contend with this? how do we make sure we have public infrastructure that s ready for what s happening in the southwest? that s one. and then, two, also the impact of heat on food. we now know 500 million people across the world will be at risk of starvation because of heat-related issues. so this is not just heat exhaustion, the impact of heat on the body, it s also what happens to our food supply. so let me go back, if i can, jeff, because in the lead in i said that one expert called this a heat wave said there was a heat wave scenario that keeps climate scientists up at night. you were the person who said that. what that we haven t touched on right now, real world, keeps you up at night? well, i think just the understanding of what s causing these heat waves. i mean, you know, these heat waves are being caused by our continuing to burn fossil fuels, putting c02 into the atmosphere.
East and West Burdwan saw the highest number of heat wave occurrences and Kolkata experienced “115 disastrous heat wave days” from 1969 to 2019, says the survey.