Portland, oregon, today. Breaking Yesterdays Record of 112 degrees. To state the obvious, it should not be 115 degrees in portland. Normal high temperatures at this time of the year in the city are in the lowtomid 70s. This is not just happening in portland. Oregons Capital City Of Salem also reached 114 degrees. Seattle, washington, Hit A recordbreaking 107 degrees today. The weather across the Pacific Northwest of the United States is down right dystopian right now. Like something out of a climate Science Fiction Knowledge but a peak into the future that is made present. All this is happening because of the Heat Dome where High Pressure in the atmosphere traps hot Ocean Air Kind of like a lid. Heat domes are not uncommon in the summer. But this one incredibly intense and vast. The kind of extreme Weather Event that Climate Change is making more and more common. The national Weather Service in seattle put out this straightforward warning last night. Quote, with morning lows already st
originating. we begin with the latest from atlanta and correspondent jonathaner isry. the world health organization identified the threat and gave it the name omicron and identified ate as variant of concern. what we do know is this has a large number of mutations and the concern is that when you have so many mutations, it can have an impact on how the virus behaves. both mutations include multiple changes to the spike protein, the part of the virus that penetrates human cells. researchers are still determining the threat, omicron s threat through southern africa concerns the british health minister. the indication we have is it may be more transmiss than the delta variant and the vaccines that we had may be less effective against it. officials are redoubling the efforts to get most of the world vaccinated. they face challenges, increasing supply in the poor countries and encouraging demand in rich ones. nevertheless, health experts say vaccination is key to control
and they were much better than expected. the new boss of bp, murray auchin closs, has had a mountain to climb since he took over from bernard looney, who was forced out after a scandal over workplace relationships. bps share price has languished while rivals such as exxonmobil have soared, some investors are uneasy about its huge and costly investments in green technology. some analysts say it is a potential takeover target. cornelia meyer is ceo of meyer resources, an energy consultancy. she was a former senior executive at bp. always good to have you with us. talk to me about that new dilemma that the new bus finds himself in. he has a debate where the new investment will come. continue to put money into green investments that are costly and won t pay off straightaway, or go down the route of fossil fuels which investors like but is not deemed to be the root of the future. . ~ but is not deemed to be the root of the future. ., ~ , ., ., ., the future. thank you for having m
off to, me welcome everyone. i m yasmin vossoughian. zelenskyy in japan for the g7 summit. he is getting major news on his arrival about what the u.s. and its allies are willing to provide his country. president biden is balancing global diplomacy with the debt ceiling standoff back home. frustrations are growing as the possibility of a default is looming. we should not give it to a ransom note. already, without defaulting, which is where the freedom caucus would like us to go, clearly, without defaulting we have already sent a signal to the world that we cannot be counted on to pay bills. that s incredibly alarming. the house passed a strong bill. it has great savings in it. and it s responsible, it puts us on the path. but they need to have reasonable conversations about how we can actually move forward, we re not gonna sit here and talk to them. you information about what the dea will reveal. a charging decision in the investigation that donald trump in georgia. plus,