soaring to nearly 120 degrees. the dangerous temperatures only expected to get worse over the next few days. and the record heat is fueling several new brush fires here in southern california. they are erupting in size and they are forcing evacuations. nbc news meteorologist michelle grossman is tracking the numbers for us but we will begin with nbc marissa power instilling, phoenix. marissa, just how are people they re coping with this incredible heat? yes listen it is no secret phoenix is used to soaring temperatures but even people who live there are struggling to find relief amid what could only be described as a heat marathon. millions of americans waking up to yet another day of extreme weather. water logged for ahmaud bracing for more rain after catastrophic flooding. down, south extreme heat breaking more records coast to coast. from miami, until death valley, or the hottest place on earth is about to get even hotter. predicted this weekend to reach a scorching 13
if you re sticking with, us we re thankful for that. the u.s. military becoming a political football for the house gop as they unleashed their anti-abortion rights, anti-trans, anti-woke agenda on a spending bill flooding americas fighting forces. instead of focusing on killing people employee stuff up, and having we are focused on dividing people up by race. i don t want someone who doesn t know if they are a man or a woman with their hand on a missile button. i couldn t help but pull out my pocket constitution, i couldn t seem to find anywhere in here where it says we need to fund programs for humanitarian aid for women and children in afghanistan. and one house republican in particular under fire for a shocking racial comment. we are going to dive into that this hour as well. plus, a defying president biden finding a new way to forgive the student loan debt for nearly 1 million people in this country. and as actors hit the picket line i m gonna be talking to thei
flood waters beginning to recede in vermont leaving disaster behind. while the west and the south suffer through record breaking heat that shows no signs of letting up. this summer is worse than all of the past surveillance. i came to the park prepared because i knew without it i d die out here. and more breaking news out of iowa where republicans have passed a six-week abortion ban. we re live in des moines with reaction. it is 10:00 eastern, i m ana cabrera reporting from new york. we begin with the breaking news overseas on this final day of the nato summit. president biden just about to meet with ukraine s zelenskyy in lithuania any minute now. you can see them in the room. they just sat down. let s listen. i m going to support you, and i hope we finally have put to bed the notion about whether or not ukraine is welcome in nato. it s going to happen, we re moving in the right direction. i think it s just a matter of getting by the next few months here. so thank yo
american voices. i don t get to tonight, including breaking news out of bucks county, pennsylvania. we learned a short time ago that a fifth person has died in flash flooding. officials say the victim is an adult woman. the news coming from state police about an hour ago, as the death search continues right now for two releasing, children a toddler in an infant. we do have some rates for you, at our second briefing we informed you that the search team were able to locate fan additional adult female. shortly after that briefing we initiated, we have found the second adult female. approximately 100 yards from where we found the first one. unfortunately, they are deceased. we continue to look for the two children. we are not gonna give up regardless, the weather is a factor, but at this point we are gonna continue the operations and said things in motion for tomorrow as well. the toddler an infant currently missing were in a car overtaken by flash flooding, we are gonna have
as both sides debated the defense bill that has become a maga agenda political football. i hope all of these measures stay in there because the military should not be paying for abortion tourism or they should be buying weapons we need to defend our nation and to support our troops. my hope is that we will, in fact, be able to pass a clean nda that really meets the needs of our department of defense, families, and people. later on this hour i will be speaking with democratic congressman, stansbury, about that. all of that plus a mother s rage. we are asking. we are begging you if you will not support our queer kids, we leave them alone. shame on you. you better, all of you! i will be joined by lindsay patrick wright who went to war with the local school board to protect her lgbtq daughter, that interview as a head as well. we begin this hour, once again, in bucks county, pennsylvania. just north of philadelphia, about an hour from now, we are expected to get an up