the world. this is a live earth cam shot of dallas, texas, where temperatures are expected to hit 100 degrees later on today. more than 85 million people are under heat alerts from florida to california. a heat dome is encasing the western u.s., leading to record breaking temperatures in so many areas. phoenix is in the midst of a likely record streak of days topping a dangerous 110 degrees now 15 straight days. cnn s raphael romo is in las vegas and mike valerio is in valencia, california. mike to you first in southern california. you re at a water park. when do the people arrive? reporter: a half hour from now. they are already at the front gates waiting to get in, because we are awaiting our high temperature of 106 degrees today. we have about 20 more degrees to go, a half hour ago. after that half hour, these patp pa paths, these water slides will be packed. down this path where we re going to have a profusion of families running around, walking, not running, no running
that is oppressive, stifling and even life-threatening. more than 85 million americans are under a heat alert as the stubborn heat dome persists in the southwest. cities like phoenix are roasting. high temperatures there hit at least 110 degrees some 16 days in a row now and are expected to continue that streak until at least wednesday. and death valley, california, living up to its name. it could top 130 degrees tomorrow. on its website. the national park service warns, death valley visitors to carry plenty of water and not to hike after 10:00 a.m. we have team coverage covering all of this right now. we have a reporter in valencia, california. mike, let s start with you. in the double digits where you are right now, but temperatures in southern california are actually expected to get much worse in the next couple days. what can you tell us? reporter: that s right. where we are standing in the santa clarita valley, it is 99 degrees. we are approaching the high predicted fo
inhumane attacks against ukraine, against the women and children, military. unfortunately, russia has shown thus far no interest in the diplomatic outcome. putin still wrongly believes that he can outlast ukraine. he can t believe it is their land, their country, and their future, and even after all this time, putin still doubts our staying power. he is still making a bad bet that the conviction and the unity among the united states and our allies and partners will break down. he still doesn t understand our commitment, our vows, our freedom, it is something we can never, ever, ever walk away from. it is who we are. i mean it. it is who we are. it is who we are. throughout this horrific war, the people of lithuania together with our baltic brethren have been among the most fierce champions of a future of their own choosing. one that is free. you live so long with freedom denied. many of you who are older know better than anyone how precious the right to determine your own fut
time when prosecutors for jack smith were really, really active in interviewing witnesses around trump s mindset, appeared to be trying to get at just that. they were trying to determine whether trump knowingly based his actions on a lie in claiming widespread fraud that impacted the outcome of the november 2020 election. now, as we understand it, kushner has insisted that it was his impression that trump genuinely believed the election was stolen, according to a person familiar with what took place. this is a line of questioning the prosecutors have asked several witnesses, who are trying to figure out as they try to figure out exactly what trump s intent was because one of the things necessary depending on the charges the prosecutors might bring would be to establish corrupt intent. maggie, how does this information fit into the larger investigation by jack smith, the special counsel, into the efforts of trump and others to overturn the free and fair 2020 election? a
closing out his high-stakes trip to europe with a show of force from russia s backyard. he is meeting with leaders of finland after a crucial summit where he made a vow that the united states and allies will not waiver in their support for ukraine. president biden said nato has, quote, never been stronger, as sweden also prepares to join the alliance. he is set to take questions this morning at a news conference. defense secretary lloyd austin sat down for an exclusive interview with wolf blitzer where they talked about ukraine s future and nato. from a military standpoint, mr. secretary, how close is ukraine to meeting nato s standards? well, there are a number of things that will have to be done, as you know. a big part of their inventory is legacy equipment, and so in terms of training and equipping, there is work to be done, but we are doing that work as we are helping them as they fight this war. and so things have been done up to this point. there is more that wil