everyone including vladimir putin to see. you re in the cnn newsroom. extreme heat roasting most of the united states this weekend, and get ready because next week you re going to see the heat really crank up. right now more than 15 million americans are under heat alerts stretching from the dakotas to the gulf coast. a heat dome as weather experts call it, is blanketing much of the country talking triple digit high temperatures in some places and all of this, of course, coming on the heels of a record-breaking heat wave just last week and it is not just hot, it is dangerous. heat is the number one cause of weather-related deaths in the united states. and with that i want to go to our meteorologist in the cnn weather center. what do folks need to know so they can prepare and can stay safe? pamela, what they really need to do is take these heat alerts seriously. don t just think, oh, it s just hot. remember, the combination of temperature and humidity is what can really
am while he. polls are now close in the seven states that actually had elections today. many results are still too early to call, but here are some of the primary races we are following closely at this hour. and california, we are awaiting a call in the mayoral race in los angeles, congresswoman karen bass running against rick caruso. a lifetime of businessman. turned democrat, a special recall election in san francisco lost his job as additional guitar any of that. city in south dakota nbc news projects that accompany republican governor christine all has one parent mary for governor. over and iowa democratic michael franken excuse me there, difference crane that from what we are seeing, defeated former congresswoman abby finkenauer. frank you will now look to updating and convince senator chuck grassley, come november. and in montana, ryan thank, you donald trump secretary of the interior, is leaning in his campaign for congress in close race though that we are watching
excuses are made, evidence just disappears. and the media makes sure the controversy goes away. they look out for their own. and if you aren t on their side, you get dumped in the basket of deplorables. with all the other racists and mass shooters. hillary clinton pioneered this tactic way back in 2016. remember that? it almost worked. and joe biden is doing the same thing right now. demonizing millions of responsible republicans who own firearms. they are deplorable. but not his son hunter. he voted for dad. so it s totally cool that he committed a felony by lying on a federal gun background check. think about that. a drug addict breaks the law, buys a gun, and uses it in some weird fantasy with hookers in a seedy hotel room. and then he loses it. he gets a pass. the press looks the other way. that s liberal privilege. do you think don jr. would get away with that? i don t think so. how about the bush twins? what if they went on a crack bender and tossed a hot gun in a dumps
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he met with after the mass shooting and the victims of another preventable tragedy, this time in his hometown. watch. uvalde, texas, is where i was born. it s where my mom taught kindergarten less than a mile from robb elementary. uvalde is where i learned to master a disy bb gun. took two years before i graduated to a 410 shotgun. uvalde is where i was taught to revere the power and the capability of the tool that we call a gun. uvalde is where i learned responsible gun ownership. wore green high top converse with a heart she had drawn on the right toe because they represented her love of nature, camilla s got these shoes. can you show these shoes, please? wore these every day, green converse with a heart on the right toe. these are the same green converse on her feet that turned out to be the only clear evidence that could identify her after the shooting. how about that? you know what every one of these parents wanted what they asked for, what every parent separately expr