really it's a total tragedy jake tapper loves k-pop and the leads starts right now is, this extreme weather our new normal believes starts right now at least 27 large wildfires are burning out west fueled by insanely high temperatures. >> and 70 million americans from indiana domain are under an alert burt from that same heat. now, first tropical storm of the season is here. we're going to dive into the reasons as to why and how to keep your family safe and what one of the most excruciating hearings in heat years had the ceo of boeing facing brutal questions from democrats and republicans, lawmakers demanding answers. and serious changes because after months of safety concerns and frankly, some pretty scary stories from passengers, i'm going to talk to one us senator who told the ceo that he is the problem. plus latin reports putin says he and kim jong-un have taken the relationship to a new level. what they're now promising each other and what that might mean for the free world welcome to believe i'm jake tapper, the extreme weather, gripping the united states right now is anything but normal and it's putting a strain on our bodies heat-related emergency room visits are surging in new york, in maine, temperatures are running 20 degrees above normal. there's been at least 38 record-breaking heat temperatures across the us and just the last three days. and at the same time, there are fast spreading wildfires burning out of control in the western united states. a former female administer trader puts it bluntly, saying this extreme weather is occurring at a frequency. we've never seen and climate change playing a part in all of it. california's leading the country right now with six major wildfires stretching from both ends of the state, burning nearly 40,000 acres. there are also major wildfires tearing through tribal lands and villages in new mexico, killing at least one person 60-year-old patrick pearson, his daughter says he was ready to evacuate, but he had recently broken his leg and does not drive the south fork fire burning near ruidoso, new mexico already destroyed about 1,400 structures and forced 8,000 people flee their home. cnn's headline and dara talks with some residents scrambling to get out of danger west of highway 48 from white mountain to highway 37 immediately evacuate to copy john michael scott escaped for you. >> so new mexico, just in time through thick smoke and an orange glow as a massive wildfire consumed his mountain neighborhood. >> my trick was being here with chunks of ash. i could feel them hidden or hood and the gray, it was almost like big gray rain hitting my truck. >> scott and his wife and his mother for able to make it out with a few belongings and they're three dogs. we met them at a motel 50 miles away where all they can do is nurse the shock that everything they own might be lost. that not knowing is a numbing feeling. he says are incredibly helpless feeling. there's literally no i think you can do it really is and for the past 24 hours, we've been in this little motel and i think well, we don't have anything left now, where did we go because i'm pretty confident we're not going to go back to grow ago. >> so that's not going to be an option too massive fires around ruidoso are burning across 20,000 acres. emergency officials say wildfires have destroyed 1,400 homes and structures. we reach some of those neighborhoods and saw the charred remains of dozens of homes even found de making their way through the scarred hillsides yeah, i can see the fire right outside this window. >> kurt delgado evacuated his home to the edge of town where he set up his puppy to love food truck and started feeding firefighters and emergency crews from the window of your food truck? yeah. >> you can see the smoke and the canyon where your houses? yeah. morehouse is literally right there. were that smoke is. >> delgado says he'll stay here as long as he can making meals and keeping one eye on the fires and ready to hook up the truck and race out my parents are in that airstrike. might there and with my brother, matthew and their dogs we're ready to go. we're going to do what we can to just stay vigilant about 8,000 people have evacuated the rio dso areas since monday, the mountain village is an eerie, smoke-filled ghost town. there are a few people left though, like jordan who we found spraying water on his home and trees. >> i imagined a moment like this is pretty nerve wracking yeah. yeah, i thought i didn't think he was going to come this close to us, next. >> you haven't so fast. >> our conversation was interrupted by police urging residents to evacuate immediately we managed to find our way into michael scott's neighborhood in rio. do so, many of the homes were burned to the ground but. somehow michael's home is still standing slice of good news, surrounded by devastation and sadness and jake, we were able to get a picture of michael scott's home to him. this afternoon. he told us he had tears of joy is seeing that, but we also must point out that he and thousands of others are not in the clear yet you can see some of the rainstorm in the distance that is starting to move over. the biggest fire here in this area michael scott holmes and others that have lost so much back in that canyon area. so here we have the wins really picking up. you have the rainstorms coming in. there's a flash flood warning on top of all of this that has just gone off as well. so the situation here still incredibly dynamic incredibly dangerous, especially for those firefighters still work out there in those conditions, jake 11 there in new mexico for us. >> thank you so much. on top of the fires causing hazardous air quality in the west, there is a dangerous heat wave striking, striking much of the northeastern united states right now, meteorologist chad myers is tracking, of course chad, where is it the hottest right now? where is it the worst with this heat dome situation? >> believe it or not boston. 107 for a heat index. right now that cannot feel good even near the water because the wind is blowing away from land and onto the water you're not getting that cooling effect. >> it is the heat dome we talked about this now a couple of days his roll up your windows, park the car in the sunshine and find out what happens. >> please don't leave pester. people or kids in there, but that's what's happening. it's a dome holding in the heat. so even right now, syracuse, she heat index is 102. so most of the biggest threat right now is great lakes tomorrow, a little bit farther to the northeast. >> but by the way, he can things get a whole lot better. >> it was 96 degrees and caribou today in maine with the highest heat index they have ever seen. but look what happens to boston by the weekend, 71. >> that's pretty good, right? not for you, jake 99. so you don't get the cold front at all? >> no soup for you meanwhile, tropical storm alberto is causing major flooding in the coastal parts of texas yes. absolutely. >> this is not a monster storm, not a rapidly intensifying hurricane. it is a rainmaker. >> and, a rainmaker in places that really need the rain obviously, we could push this all the way back to new mexico as well in a few showers will get there. but here's where the heaviest rain will be across parts of texas he. just. had a couple of stories this week about the water wars between texas and mexico now, we have flood watches and likely later on tonight, flood warnings, there's water pushing up on shore. we have very high tides into serve side beach, texas where water is completely over that rock wall that you have there in into the neighborhoods. so yes, this isn't going to be on land very long. again, be on water very long. it will die off rather quickly but we'll take the rain when we can get it. but there are indications, jake, that some spots across the mountains they're of northern mexico, could pick up ten inches to 12 inches of rain over the next 48 hours. so again, you go from an absolute drought where you have nothing to grow to a place where you have water running off so fast, you have to get out of the way it's all right. >> chad myers. thank you so much. appreciate it. let's bring in cnn's chief climate correspondent bill. we are right now, bill. >> so extreme heat kills on average more than twice as many people every year as do hurricanes and tornadoes combined on climate change is obviously ensuring these wild temperatures we're seeing and feeling are now just going to be a daily reality it's going to get longer and longer these dome events. yeah. you just look at the natural trend is we're going, this is of course, all caused by heat heat-trapping pollution in the atmosphere and the sea as well. but the more blanket we put on top of ourselves, metaphorically, the hotter it is going to get, right now. and as chad was saying, it's 104 heat index near the canadian border in maine this is these are places that were not built for this world. their infrastructure, their, their cooling were not built for these sorts of temperatures. there as well. and so we have to think about heat. the way we do think about impending hurricanes that those who are the most prepared will suffer the least our bodies take a while to cool down when it's so hot outside, so give us a little news. >> they could people watching can use, how can people keep themselves, especially children? and seniors and the homeless and other vulnerable populations? how can we keep them safe and prevent the literally thousands of deaths in the united states due to heat absolutely, it's all about, it's all about shade, it's all about hydration. >> this is a silent killer that really preys on older folks in older structures that aren't properly insulated, don't have proper air conditioning. some folks don't turn it on out of fear that they can't afford the electricity bill there as well. they they think that we already know it's the deadliest killer. some experts say that we undercount heat this by maybe a factor of five. so this is something that emergency managers are just getting their heads around. advocacy groups, one female to use it as a disaster declaration which could happen if a heat dome sat over a state long enough to wipe out, maybe a grid or overwhelmed hospitals. we could see our first ever national declaration of a heat disaster somewhere. but that's where we're moving and it's not going to change until humanity turns down the thermostat with fossil fuel use. >> and bill explain how climate change specifically plays a role in the wildfires such as it's the ones we're seeing in california. and new mexico right now because obviously wildfires happen regardless of climate change. but they're playing a role in how many and how intense they are, right exactly. >> because the water cycles have changed jake, right. so you get parched earth. it's very hot, but we did have a very wet winter because of those atmospheric rivers and those rain bombs that came in which led to a lot of growth, a lot of plant life springs up. >> but then it dies and turns to fuel and a hot, dry summer, the transpiration the way though, the speed in which water moves up through plant life is getting faster along with dehydration of the earth. >> so it's just, we're not living on really the most flammable earth in human history, given the rising heat and the fuel loads and a lot of these places near population centers. all right, bill, where thanks so much. really appreciate it coming up a cliff hanger in virginia, right now, only 342 votes are separating a sitting congressmen and the trump-backed candidate trying to replace him in the republican primary. why so much attention on this one house seat and what it might means if it goes to a recount and a growing movement to ban kids from being able to use their phones while at school. california governor gavin newsom's now on board and he's just the latest official 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congressman bob good is trying to hang on to his house seat and this week's primary, but former president donald trump endorsed congressman goods challenger virginia state senator john maguire. >> voters went to the polls yesterday. maguire is currently narrowly ahead of good by roughly 313 votes, while malin and provisional ballots are still being counted, that did not stop john maguire from declaring victory last night. >> ladies and gentlemen the voltage are in and the people have spoken it is an honor to be your republican nominee, but bob good. >> the congressman did not concede. however, he posted on x, also known as twitter, quote. we are in a period where the law provides a process for evaluating the accuracy of all the vote totals from election de to ensure everyone can have full confidence in the certified results. good. went on to say, quote, we believe we can still will prevail unquote. so that's the latest from election night. we have so much political news to cover though. let's bring in republican senator kevin cramer from north dakota, who joins us now. thanks for joining us senator. let's start with trump's vip stakes because you're governor doug burgum is on the shortlist to be vice president. do you think he'd be a good place? what does he bring to the table i think you'd be a good pick now it's interesting, jake, because he's clearly not from a larger swing skate with a diverse population. >> however he certainly handles himself well in the stump. he defends the president. well, he advocates with president. well, but i think more than anything when he brings to the table foreign body of voters as he brings a level of stability, particularly, i think on economic matters, but a pretty much across the board. >> he his eloquence and articulation on important issues to people. >> i think gives them some confidence and rightfully so what about your colleagues in the senate? >> senator tim scott, senator jd vance, senator marco rubio obviously 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