viewers. i m max foster. bianca is off for the day. but just ahead this is the first time we re seeing this scare happening in washington. the white house and both sides of pennsylvania avenue going to grasp the consequence of what is happening right now. stop playing games, stop blaming somebody else. we got 30 daysys to do it. and a simple request that turned in to a violent situation. and we don t know where he is and we don t have any tips. writers in hollywood are underpaid. there is a tremendous amount of content, but they are not getting the compensation that they want. at some point they have to take a stand. live from london, this is cnn newsroom with max foster and bianca nobilo. and it is tuesday, may 2, 9:00 a.m. in london, 4:00 a.m. in washington where u.s. secretary janet yellen is asking congress to overt what could become a global catastrophe. and she warns that the u.s. could default by june 1. and she says that the impact could rob not
digits fahrenheit. new york city could soon see its longest streak of 90-degree days since 2013. officials there have shortened their triathalon course for tomorrow. and in boston their triathalon has postponed altogether. one woman describes how the unbearable heat feels. what s it like in your apartment? hell. it s like hell? horrible. it s horrible. i sat outside here from ten to 4:00 this morning. as europe s heat wave moves eastward, wildfires have forced tens of thousands of people from their homes. you can see here parts of greece and slovenia are blanketed with flames and smoke. just terrifying scenes there. according to the w.h.o., the heat wave has caused more than 1,700 deaths in spain and in portugal. these heat waves are dangerous. we got a look at the impacts of this extreme heat here in the u.s. and of course overseas and how much longer it will last. let s begin now with polo sandoval in new york. hi there, polo. so we know new york is under a
for me the for the people that came to help, it was really just all in a day s work situations like this really show everyone and certainly showed us in this instance just how much all of us out in the world depend on all of you and again, i want to thank the crew from medic 24 firefighter hayden campbell, firefighter, paramedic, atom iq, and fire inspector paramedic, kimberly booser, who helped bring gray into the world. i got to be reunited with them over the weekend and i also learned when i spoke to adam and his crew, they were just as happy as i was to have a friendly female face on that crew. thank you. to kim for taking charge because man, she did. we also do want to just take a moment to thank all of the first responders here in the district of columbia, but across the country that all of us trust with our lives every day, because you really have no idea when you might need to make that call and having those people on the other end of the line makes all the difference