1,200 years. much of the country, though, is scorching. more than 240 million people will face 90-degree temperatures or higher for the next week. and they ve felt those blistering conditions in atlanta today at this juneteenth celebration. the thermometers there blasting into triple-digit territory. meanwhile, severe storms in north carolina knocking out power for a huge part of the state. nearly 70,000 customers are still without electricity right now, and that s just one of seven states dealing with major outages tonight. and nowhere are the signs of the climate crisis more obvious right now than yellowstone national park. and along the yellowstone river. tonight, there is good news for the first time in days in that part of the country, the south portion of the park will reopen on wednesday on a limited basis. the runoff only added to the unflooded disaster, unprecedented rain causing severe damage to roads, water systems, and more. let s check in with cnn meteorologist g
president right now but he s too old for the next election. cnn s julian zelizer, it s great to see you. you just published an op-ed on cnn.com saying the democrats should not be so quick to throw president biden overboard. walk us through that, tell us why. i think there are several reasons. one is that president biden has a pretty significant record of accomplishment, from the american rescue plan to how he s handled the russian war, which offers him something pretty formidable to run on despite the times he s in right now. second, many presidents have had very tough second years and bad midterms. ronald reagan in 1982, barack obama in 2010, just as examples. and they go on to win reelection. third, it s unclear who is better positioned in the democratic party than an incumbent president right now. unless democrats have a clear answer, i think that s a risk. and finally, in recent times, when presidents haven t run for