74 million people are under heat alerts. we re talking temperatures up to 25 degrees above average in some places. and right now, texas is bracing for what was just named the first tropical storm of the season, tropical storm alberto, heading toward the gulf coast. and fast. meantime, out west, those deadly wildfires rage on with firefighters battling that relentless heat, and we have team coverage this morning with nbc s sam brock in galveston, texas, nbc s maya egoland in coney island and we have your meteorologist standing by with your forecast. storm prep is already under way there. this is now tropical storm alberto. what is the latest, sam? reporter: sam, we re having a hard time with your mic. let s work on getting that. let s turn to maya who is here in new york, one of the places experiencing these extreme temperatures. how are people coping, maya? reporter: hey, ana, as you can see behind me, some people are coping by taking a dip in the water, but it is ext
tonight, the campaign battle over immigration heating up as the president moves to shield half 1 million undocumented migrants from deportation. also, donald trump doubles down on his anti-immigrant attacks while trying to walk back his comments fleming milwaukee. then, the dictator summit. putin, kim jong-un, 2 l trump praised, meet one-on-one in north korea as the 11th hour gets underway on this tuesday night. good evening. once again, i am stephanie ruhle and we are now 140 days away from the election. that means there are just 20 weeks until americans head to the ballot boxes to decide who will be the next president. today, the incumbent joe biden was making big moves at the white house. he announced an executive action to shield undocumented spouses of u.s. citizens from deportation. he called out donald trump for his comments about immigration. we can both secure the border and provide legal pathways to citizenship. we have to acknowledge that the patience and goodw