as the fight goes on in ukraine, the result is already decided. there is no possibility of him winning the war in ukraine. he s already lost that war. and putin getting sharp new criticism from inside his own military ranks. i ll talk to former defense secretary william cohen whether all of this gets us any closer to a possible end game. and a third secretary of state says she s been interviewed by jack smith s investigators about donald trump s efforts to overturn the 2020 election. that official, michigan s jocelyn benson joining her counterparts in arizona and georgia as key figures in the federal probe. so what s next? but we begin with the brutal weather scorching the earth right now, records shattering across the globe with temperatures hotter than we have ever seen, and forecasts say there s no end in sight. as the washington post put it, it s as if every alarm bell on earth is ringing for a planet on the brink. in the u.s., more than 82 million people are cu
the brink. in the u.s., more than 82 million people are currently under heat alerts. phoenix is really sweltering. homeless encampments are being cleared out, the city offering cooling shelters as it braces for what s expected to be the single longest streak of days over 110 degrees in recorded history. so hot a 13-year-old in phoenix told the new york times she doesn t even go outside anymore. as she put it, she s just trying to survive. officials say arizona s grand canyon is a canary in the coal mine for the dangerous climate, right now seeing reduced visibility, extreme drought and wildfires. then there are the severe unprecedented recent storms as vermont begins recovering from devastating floods, a rare tornado system formed in mere minutes over chicago yesterday. look at this. it prompted city wide sirens