we begin with a blistering and dangerous heat wave and a stranglehold across the western united states. millions of people are sweltering this weekend. more than 40 million are under heat alerts as temperatures soar 15 to 20 degrees above normal. for the fifth day in a wroe, electric companies in california are asking customers to turn off unnecessary lights and appliances in order to save electricity during the late afternoon and evening hours. cnn s chris winn reports from los angeles. reporter: across the west, the scorching heat is showing no signs of cooling off this holiday weekend. our ac at home can only do so much when we re in these triple digits. reporter: in glendale, california, residents are seeking refuge at the galleria shopping mall, taking advantage of the free air conditioning. getting out to the mall and just getting out of the house to get some sort of cool release is nice. reporter: california is in the midst of its longest heat wave of the yea
cnn speaks with asylum seekers in and out of the country. live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom, with kim brunhuber. we begin with scenes of utter devastation in northern california, where wildfires have burned through more than 9,000 acres. the mill fire has left hundreds of houses ablaze in the small town of weed. firefighters say they re making progress, but the fire is still only 25% contained and the nearby mountain fire is 5% contained. streets are littered with charred remains of cars and cinder blocks where houses once stood. officials say help is on the way, with fire strike teams ready across the state to respond when necessary. now, those wildfires are being fueled by a blistering and dangerous heat wave that continues its stranglehold across the western united states this weekend. more than 40 million people are under heat alerts as temperatures soar 15 to 20 degrees above normal for the fifth day in a row electric companies in california are telling cu
this is bbc news, with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. president biden tells mohammed bin salman, saudi arabia s de facto ruler, he holds him personally responsible for the murder of a dissidentjournalist. he basically said he was not personally responsible for it, and he took action. record temperatures, health alerts and fires burning out of control, europe struggles to cope with an unprecedented heatwave. children were among the civilians killed by a missile strike hundreds of miles from the front line in the fighting against russian forces. sri lanka swears in a new acting president, but will it be enough to end the unrest triggered by crippling economic crisis? president biden has told the de facto ruler of saudi arabia that he holds him personally responsible for the murder of the journalist jamal khashoggi. his comments came during a vist tojeddah, the latest stop on his tour of the region. the american leader fist bumped with mohammed
other politicians and officials. what is causing the spike of violent attacks targeting government officials? going one-on-one with an entire retired fbi special agents to administer the trend. and the bill passed by some ohio republicans will try to keep trans athletes out of women s sports by sending them to a doctor for a gentle inspection. on this first weekend of pride month we will analyze the gop s growing attacks on the lgbtq community. with my guests to the president and ceo of glaad. all of that and more is coming up. good sunday morning to. olivia i m katie fang. we will take into this questions with our experts later. but first, report on the ground to bring you the latest news. we begin with the january 6th hearings kicking off this thursday in primetime. nbc s dairy gronk is on capitol hill. gary, it is always a pressure to see you. americans finally are getting a look at what the committee does kind of looking behind the curtain. what should we expect to
it sounds a lot like the filth you would most certainly encounter in the bowels of the interweb, places like 4 chan where the racist domestic terrorist who drove 200 miles to a grocery store in a predominantly black neighborhood in buffalo to slaughter black people says that he was radicalized while he was sitting at home bored during the pandemic. this vile person killed ten people, all black and injured three more. he spelled out his ideology in a manifesto he allegedly wrote filled with racist and anti-semitic memes citing the great replacement theory of white supremacists, the false idea that began in the early 30s in france that claims that white people in europe and in the united states are being systematically replaced with non-white people as part of a jewish conspiracy. it s the camp of the saints that you might have heard from former bebright boss and consignificant-year steve bannon and might seem like the crud that s relegated to the darkest corners of the intraw