blazing temps could expand train tracks. the rail line is warning commuters to expect delays between philadelphia and new york. if it feels like extreme weather is getting worse every year, that s because it is jennifer francis with the woodwell climate research center says heat waves are occurring more often. the headlines are going to be filled with heat wave news every summer, and they are going to get worse, and it is going to get stickier. reporter: face the nation moderator margaret brennan asked mayor miami francis suarez about the effects of climate change on his city. can you afford what s coming? first of all, margaret, it s not theoretical for us in the city of miami. it s real. reporter: francis agrees. we re seeing the effects of the problem around us every day. there is no date in the future where we can say, okay, after that date it s hopeless. everything we can do starting right now is going to make these impacts of climate change less bad.
reporter: now, francis warns because the oceans are also getting warmer, there s more water evaporation in the air, which makes the air feel a lot stickier, and those heat indexes a lot higher. jericka. wow, it s almost like there s not much we can do but try and do better. elise preston, thank you. tonight, california s mariposa county is under a state of emergency as a massive fast-moving wildfire there burns out of control, forcing thousands of people to evacuate. joy benedict has more. reporter: california s largest wildfire this year still rages out of control near yosemite national park. the oak fire s explosive growth continued overnight, threatening homes and forcing thousands to flee. just sad. reporter: the wildfire, which started friday afternoon, has burned more than 14,000 acres, destroyed 10 structures, and threatens more than 2,600 buildings. this is the first time ever in my life being evacuated. so this is kind of different. a lot of anxiety.
does it spread differently in spanish then in english? it spreads the same. sometimes in spanish it s a little stickier. for example, the socialist messaging, that is one of the most sticky things out there. all democrats are socialists, and all democrats want to turn the u.s. into venezuela or cuba. so in a way, they re weaponizing this communism message. towards these different culture wars. if anyone wants to have anything against any of these bills the don t say gay bill or maybe something else, they re going to say oh they re socialist. they re trying to turn this into cuba. it s always socialism, socialism, show a salute, and it s repeated throughout any issue. i think all of this is unfortunate. and it makes people that were once not extreme extreme.
crt, all that stuff. does it spread differently in spanish then in english? it spreads the same. sometimes in spanish it s a little stickier. for example, the socialist messaging, that is one of the most sticky things out there. all democrats are socialists, and all democrats want to turn the u.s. into venezuela or cuba. so in a way, they re weaponizing this communism message. towards these different culture wars. if anyone wants to have anything against any of these bills the don t say gay bill or 80 something else, they re going to say oh they re socialist. they re trying to turn this into cuba. it s always socialism, socialism, show a salute, and it s repeated throughout any issue. i think all of this is unfortunate. and it makes people that were once not extreme extreme.
there is desire on our part to get out there, vacation, get back to normal. bad news, we are paying more for that privilege. todd: do you expect that trend to continue for the remainder of the summer? i do. wish i could give you better news, i expect through to the fall, we ll be seeing high prices stick around. prices go up pretty quick. it is much stickier when they are up there to come down. takes longer and more effort. we ll see that effort with respect to the federal reserve raising interest rates, we ll see how successful that effort is. it will not happen overnight, it will take time. todd: it doesn t seem to be stopping anybody. are people saying, i ve been stuck in my house for two plus years, i m tired of this, to heck with high gas, high flat, high hotel prices, i ll get memorial day and summer on.