the world. this is a live earth cam shot of dallas, texas, where temperatures are expected to hit 100 degrees later on today. more than 85 million people are under heat alerts from florida to california. a heat dome is encasing the western u.s., leading to record breaking temperatures in so many areas. phoenix is in the midst of a likely record streak of days topping a dangerous 110 degrees now 15 straight days. cnn s raphael romo is in las vegas and mike valerio is in valencia, california. mike to you first in southern california. you re at a water park. when do the people arrive? reporter: a half hour from now. they are already at the front gates waiting to get in, because we are awaiting our high temperature of 106 degrees today. we have about 20 more degrees to go, a half hour ago. after that half hour, these patp pa paths, these water slides will be packed. down this path where we re going to have a profusion of families running around, walking, not running, no running
, welcome to a Holiday Edition of the last word. 1934 congressional elections, because 2022 was the First Time Since 1934 that first term president saw every senator in his party reelected. Every senator who is running. In 1934, first term democratic president Franklin Roosevelt sought every democratic Senator Running for ev election get reelected. President biden saw the same thing this year. And the democrats added a seat to their control of the senate when John Fetterman won in pennsylvania. A very difficult state for democrats to win. As is arizona and georgia. But, Democratic Senate candidates won in those states to. From my race in arizona, i had wide support by republicans. Republican mares and county supervisors, business leaders, law enforcement. You know, theyve come up to me frequently. But also, endorsed me. Republican mayors. Because, you know, theyre tired of what theyve seen over the last, well, six years now. And they just want to get things done, and you know, they jus
and a half hours. border force staff at several ports, including calais, are on the second day of a 4 day strike about pay. you re watching bbc news. now, its time for sportsday england s women edge a tough match against india. on theirjourney to securing a spot in the semi finals of the t20 world cup. stuart broad s on fire for england in new zealand, as they look set to clinch the first test match. and arsenal are back on top after a thiller at aston villa with two late goal. also coming up in the programme. the ownership race hots up for manchester united. sirjim ratcliffe s officially in the running, along with a bid from qatar. and a moment to remember for st helens with a famous victory in australia, to claim rugby league s world club challenge. hello there, and welcome along to the programme. a busy day of football on the way. but we start with cricket first and it was billed as a crucial group encounter, between england and india at the women s t20 world cup. an
tornadoes kill at least two dozen people in the southeast, and the severe storm threat isn t over yet. and nukes next door, vladimir putin now says he ll put tactical nuclear weapons right on ukraine s doorstep in belarus. all right. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. i m christine romans. we begin with the crisis in israel , where the country s main airport just halted all takeoffs . it s part of a general strike called for just a short time ago by israel s largest labor union . the aim is to stop benjamin netanyahu s government from pushing through a highly controversial judicial overhaul what one labor leader called quote this craziness. right street. protests against that plan have intensified huge crowds filling the streets of tele viv after netanyahu fired his defense minister. for opposing the overhaul. cnn s had asked. gold is live in jerusalem this morning. what are we hearing from prime minister netanyahu this morning had asked nothing
keeping temperatures up. ahead of that we could have a frost again in scotland. clear skies in southern england and south wales and it will be chilly here. we have got the rain grinding to a halt in southern and central scotland and northern ireland and there will be some showers and a little bit of sunshine, but we could see wetter weather arriving in the far south of england and south wales. temperatures are deepening out a bit, but they are below par. ahead of that rain in scotland the temperatures could reach 16 degrees. on the second half of the weekend, broadly speaking, it is a mess. sunshine and showers in the east, we have got a north wind setting in across scotland, so that is why it is getting much colder here. it could still reach 13 or 1a in southern cold air all the way from the arctic on that northerly wind will be swooping down across the whole of the country and temperatures will be lower everywhere. and that is today s bbc news at six. you can keep up with a