asking them to start jobs earlier, when it is not as hot. change schedules, provide hydration stations, provide them more breaks. make sure there s access to shade. because people cannot work as long and hard during a heat wave, or during a hot day, and we need to protect those workers. or else companies are liable for their health and safety. we urge companies to take extra precaution, and protect their workers. particularly outdoor workers. in your workers are also at risk if they re working in a warehouse without a lot of air conditioning. we definitely encourage folks to drink water, not soda, or caffeine like i said earlier. because those dehydrate your body. so just, we want to make sure that people are informed. employers are informed. but in california, we have a occupation safety and health administration. they have rules, and regulations that the city can help convey communicate to employers. but they are the enforcement
thing. so there is deep concern among public officials here about those who are most vulnerable, with the mayor telling me they turned nine areas, community rec centers into cooling stations and hydration stations that they re taking people there and creating that opportunity. their deepest concern now are those who are unhoused, in parts of the city that are the warmest. and in new orleans right now is utilizing technology to figure out exactly where those hottest areas are within the city and reach the people living there. you walk around the streets of the french quarter and there is so much virancy of always, a ca cacophony of sounds, just the typical activities you would see within a city. i m talking to the folks and visitors from out of town, one woman from ohio, another from mississippi, they re standing in line to get on the steamboat, which is typical tourist attraction here, and trying to figure out how they re going to stay cool in this heat. here is a sampling of what they
last. training and certifying new controllers takes two to three years. and united has its own staffing problems. a union email says flight attendants are waiting on the phone for hours to reach crew scheduling. airports nationwide reporting record passenger levels at or exceeding 2.7 million passengers every day, eclipsing 2019 numbers. reporter: just as the tsa predicts, friday could be the monster travel day, 2.8 million travelers. tom costello, nbc news, washington. i m sam brock in new orleans french quarter, where long lines packed this steamboat dock as unrelenting heat is steaming the entire city. it s really hot out here. reporter: new orleans could set record highs the next four days with the heat index approaching 120 degrees. i saw someone about two weeks ago had a heatstroke, a lady out here. so it s very hot. reporter: is that scary to see firsthand? yes, it was. reporter: the city s top priority, caring for the most vulnerable, opening at least nine cooli
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million people are under a severe storm threat across the south and triple digit temperatures have around 35 million from southeastern new mexico to southern mississippi under heat alerts. in new orleans the good times roll, but the temperatures are rising. the city has opened three emergency cooling centers to help residents deal with the brutal heatwave. officials say heat index values were forecast to hit 115 degrees fahrenheit or 46 degrees celsius. city and fire department officials have also set up four hydration stations which will provide water and sunscreen. coming up here on cnn newsroom, the kremlin s most prominent opposition figure is facing new political charges that could extend his prison sentence by decades. plus more than 300 pakistani nationals are among the dead after a ship carrying migrants sank off the coast of