Turns them into hot spots literally. Not a good look at the rising temperatures in the us cities welcome to tomorrow today the science show on t. W. The Northern Hemisphere is 2nd hottest summer since records began is just coming to an end. In the last 140 years theres only been one summer hasa than this 12016 thats here august was particularly roasting the fall of hottest some is all in the last 5 years Climate Change is catching up with us its particularly evident in cities because they become heat islands. Have been heating is the name given to the socalled heat island effect temperatures and towns and cities rise more sharply than in the surrounding areas. Because of the density of streets and buildings and the many people cars and trains all of which produce heat. Spread over the year the mean air temperature in areas is around 1. 00 to 3. 00 degrees celsius warmer than areas outside them only spaces within them. On top of this town and city center has often cooled down far less a
Myself from one family or heating it. This is another increase. Theres another burden governments with live worldwide. Its R T International in moscow with me Rural Research from the entire new team. Here it is good to have you with us. Well, i lavish Opening Ceremony has just drawn to a close in beijing for that of a 2022 Winter Olympics. But rather than celebrating a global sporting event, certain western commentators seem to have war and politics on their mind. Oh dear. Oh dear, lets learn more. Jessica taylor in the studio. Now. Saskia, sports and politics were, you know, theres supposed to be totally separate entities here, but in beijing is that what were saying . What if you thought that some things are beyond politicization, you would in fact be wrong at the Winter Olympics in beijing have officially kicked off and re so far they have been a sight to behold. Weve seen some pretty dazzling mesmerizing bold, colorful displays and performances, which of course matches the mood. Th
Fires and others evacuated from other hospitals that had to close. Katie utehs with more. Reporter within the last half hour saw a couple of fire trucks pull up, unloaded injured firefighter, looked like had bandaged hand. Had to clear out many of their own patients to make room for the firerelated injuries. See some of the nurses manning the gate for the ambulances coming in and out. Latest that we have from the hospital, they have about 60 firerelated patients. Some from sutter and kaiser facilities that were evacuated. Saw that video earlier. Smoke inhalation and actual injuries. 14 with moderate, 45 with minor injuries and two critical burn victims here. Hospital staff asking people displaced by fire go to one of the many shelters, need to focus efforts on treating people who are physically injured. At this point they are wellstaffed, trying to deploy employees across shifts but could use medical professionals to help out. Heres how. Asked people to call in to the labor pool here a
Sector. We got if one name our traders think will be the big winner. First, we start off with the big news of the day t. Trump administration unveiling details for quote unquote massive tax cuts. Eamon javers is standing live. Reporter a lot of details. It was a packed Briefing Room at 1 30 when the president s team unveiled this package. They handed out a onepageer detail of where they want to go. Here are some of the highlights, including a 15 Corporate Tax rate a. 35 top individual tax rate. Repeals of the state and local Tax Deduction and the estate tax or as they call it here the death tax. The tax brackets will be reduced from 7 to 3. It would double the standard deduction. It would repeal the minimum tax. They say its unnecessary and duplicative and protecting homeownership and Charitable Giving donations and protects retirement tax benefits. Gary cohn the National Economic director talked a little about Capital Gains. Which is always a hot topic on wall street. Heres what he sa
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