only made minimum meanwhile, with low unoyment and growth, the fed staff norees with many business leaders and country may avoid a recession after all. lester. all right, tom, thank you. we ll turn now to the unrelenting heat impacting tens of millions across the country. heat alerts now up from california to maine and threatening americans lives and livelihoods. here s maggie vespa. reporter: tonight, a record-smashing summer of extremes coast to coast as that triple-digit heat wave statisticaling the south for nearly a month spreads into the upper midwest and east coast. i am walking into a sauna. reporter: 125 million americans under heat alerts from phoenix to minneapolis to d.c. where the heat indedex is set t to top ouout around 1 106 degrees. tens of millions also dealing with violent storms. a microburst blowing through brooklyn tuesday clocking winds up to 70 miles an hour. in the roasting
a shell of leaves. they re saying they don t know where this happened and the fda came out today and said they think it might have started in california. it s mimicking what happened a year ago when they had a con tamlatitam nation of e. coli a year ago. in economics we talk about things changing, the massive distribution of everything. anything can go into any port and get all over the place. ten years ago you generally have known if it came from this farm or this region. people in southern california or western ohio should not eat the lettuce. the big question is why are we getting so many outbreak notifications now? they re able to find them quicker because they can do genetic analysis. instead of being local where you didn t hear about something that happened in california, now you hear about it across the nation. it went from california to maine
feeling the next time he decides he should be attacking gay and lesbian families in order to score some political points. all right. we ll have to leave it there. wendy murphy and drew courtney thank you both for your time tonight. thanks for having us. coming up running from california to maine. this real life forrest gump is running coast to coast for charity. my conversation with him from somewhere in the middle of arizona is ahead. and the tragic killing of a young police officer and mother in nebraska. how her community is honoring her service. stay with us.
a tour of his central valley operation. he grows oranges, cherry, and cantaloupe. without the federal government help farmers like joe may have to leave a lot of land unproductive. there s going to be a lot of production and food lost and jobs lost. reporter: with more than 90% of drought conditions there could be a big impact on the grocery food line. in california, crops are grown more than any other place in the country. it produces half of fruits and vegetables. experts say this could raise your produce price 10% over the next few months. but mother nature could calm to the rescue. rain is in the forecast for california next week. and farmers say every drop will make a difference. will they capture that water? you know, and bring bring it to the storage, because if they don t, if they keep the pumps shot off, that water s going to
have been reported. thankfully. you know, the fact that we re talking about this story showing how dire it is. that drought in california, a lot of officials saying this is the worst in history ever. according to the department of agriculture, the entire state is battling these abnormally dry temperatures and the weather. so those crippling conditions are expected hurt the nation s food supply. as jennifer gray explains for farmers, it s about to get worse before it gets better. reporter: the drought that is plaguing california, and as a result, hurting the nation s flood supply could get a whole lot worse. friday, the federal government said it will not provide any irrigation water to central valley farmers. and only 50% of contracting water to surrounding urban areas. our rain is way, way behind so we expected zero. and this just confirms it. reporter: joe del bos is the farmer who gave president obama