we begin with a blistering and dangerous heat wave and a stranglehold across the western united states. millions of people are sweltering this weekend. more than 40 million are under heat alerts as temperatures soar 15 to 20 degrees above normal. for the fifth day in a wroe, electric companies in california are asking customers to turn off unnecessary lights and appliances in order to save electricity during the late afternoon and evening hours. cnn s chris winn reports from los angeles. reporter: across the west, the scorching heat is showing no signs of cooling off this holiday weekend. our ac at home can only do so much when we re in these triple digits. reporter: in glendale, california, residents are seeking refuge at the galleria shopping mall, taking advantage of the free air conditioning. getting out to the mall and just getting out of the house to get some sort of cool release is nice. reporter: california is in the midst of its longest heat wave of the yea
cnn speaks with asylum seekers in and out of the country. live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom, with kim brunhuber. we begin with scenes of utter devastation in northern california, where wildfires have burned through more than 9,000 acres. the mill fire has left hundreds of houses ablaze in the small town of weed. firefighters say they re making progress, but the fire is still only 25% contained and the nearby mountain fire is 5% contained. streets are littered with charred remains of cars and cinder blocks where houses once stood. officials say help is on the way, with fire strike teams ready across the state to respond when necessary. now, those wildfires are being fueled by a blistering and dangerous heat wave that continues its stranglehold across the western united states this weekend. more than 40 million people are under heat alerts as temperatures soar 15 to 20 degrees above normal for the fifth day in a row electric companies in california are telling cu
good evening everyone, i m kate bolduan in for erin burnett, ukraine s president zelenskyy declaring tonight as russia faces another setback, new video shows a russian battalion decimated as it tries to cross a series of bridges in northeast ukraine. you can see the riverbank just littered with russian artillery. artillery and tanks. u.s. official says attacks like this are quote-unquote, frustrating, russian efforts to move troops into the donbas region. and according to the pentagon, ukraine has essentially stalled putin s war plans. they have prevented the russians from achieving virtually any of their strategic objectives thus far in the war. we re also getting new images outside kharkiv where ukrainian forces have pushed back russian troops from ukraine s second largest city. check points and buildings once occupied by putin s forces now back in ukrainian control. meanwhile, in the south, told difficult negotiations are still under way to get out some of the seriou
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