teachers to walk off the job. and not even the teachers unions are immune from being struck against. 48 field employees with the national education association voted this week to authorize a strike. over at the other major teachers union, american federation of teachers president posted on x, formerly twitter, article with the headline what s behind the increase in home schooling. she says it s because of gun violence, bullying and a lack of services for special needs students. but a lot of people in the comments pointed out also because of powerful teachers unions pushing for school closures during the pandemic and pushing for progressive curriculum. so, i guess school s out for november over there in portland. sandra: oh, man, we ll be watching that. thank you. right now by the way, as we top a brand-new hour here, president biden sitting down with xi jinping the first time in a year, and a lot of catching up to go. live shot of the balloon going down. it has been
morning in mexico, bringing heavy rains and leaving at least three people dead. the governor of texas announced a disaster declaration there as gusting winds and rain from alberto lashed the coast, triggering a dangerous storm surge that has flooded neighborhoods with several feet of water. meantime, today marks the first day of summer, and a dangerous heat wave is gripping much of the country. right now, 65 million people from the midwest to maine are under heat alerts, with temperatures soaring as high as 20 degrees above average in some areas, and more record highs expected. out west, the sweltering heat is fueling 29 wildfires as firefighters work around the clock to battle the blazes. in mm new mexico, the fires killed two people and destroyed more than 1400 structures. joining us now sam brock in surfside beach. how are conditions there today? reporter: good morning. right now the offshore winds continue to blow in from the gulf. as you can tell by how i look now, and
it comes as brutal heat refuses to let up. 65 million on alert. and in new mexico the massive dust storms and deadly wildfires burning out of control. also tonight the manhunt for a suspect wanted for multiple murders in two states. where he was caught today. the close call for a southwest plane triggering urgent warnings after descending at just 500 feet over a suburb. why was it so low? the train chaos in the north east. why amtrak service was suspended from philadelphia to connecticut. the first debate just one week away. new details on the biden-trump showdown, where they ll be positioned on stage, and who will get the last word. remembering donald sutherland whose acting career spanned six decades. from mash to thehuer games. the warning about popular weight loss drugs, the dangerous counter-foots on the market. and saving the whale. the nearly 3,000-mile mission to rescue two majestic belugas from ukraine s war zone. announcer: this is nbc nightly news
and i m not sure it and done it in service of advancing some of these really hateful, really disgusting, really awful accounts. he spent a lot of money buy it. all right. thank you. panel for joining me this morning and thank you for joining us. i m on a raja cnn news central starts like now the final countdown exactly one week tool, presidents sure be like no other right here on cnn. and we have our first glimpse of how the candidates are preparing fires. and now floods millions are now under flood threats as the first tropical storm of the year makes landfall and batters southern texas also a historic decision, louisiana now require three all public school classrooms to display the ten commandments opponents, wout challenge this new law have all those stories and more for kate bolduan out today, i m sarah side and with john berman, this is cnn news central this morning game on. but of course it is no gain. it is the earliest general election debate the presidential ca
with us. our biggest hour of cnn news central starts right now all right. new york times, maggie haberman says donald trump is prepared to go after president biden on hunter. biden cnn s historic debate. now, just a week away, new details on the final preparations. that s ahead. plus were standing thing by for a possible a huge supreme court decision. many decisions major questions involving trump s immunity and of course, abortion rights unlinked the line and repeatedly reckless with guns, how prosecutor planning to go after alec baldwin, kate bolduan, out today. i m sarah sided with john berman. this says cnn news central just one week to go until the first presidential debate here on cnn no general election debate has ever been this early or potentially this important. and we re you are getting details on how the candidates are getting ready. president biden is headed to camp david. we re told that donald trump is talking to his vice presidential hopefuls, outside alli