and we begin with the extreme weather that is affecting our entire country with flash flooding in the northeast killing at least five people in pennsylvania including a mother while two children remain missing. in one area of long island, five inches of rain fell in less than two hours. meanwhile, more than 70 million people from florida to the west coast are under heat alerts with records possible in seven states today. on sunday death valley, california, set a new daily high temperature. 128 degrees, while in el paso, they ve seen 32 consecutive days of triple digit temperatures. nbc s kathy park joins us from washington crossing pennsylvania, nbc s marissa parra is in phoenix, which has seen 17 straight days of temperatures above 110 plus degrees. so kathy, what s the latest there? reporter: jose, good morning to you. the conditions have improved dramatically. it is sunny, it is dry. so crews out here are taking advantage of this improved weather to continue their ongo
Iics company. it is facing an end of the month deadline to come to an agreement with the union representing 340,000 of its workers. it s u.p.s. and the teamsters union. those two sides have not reached an agreement. the talks have reportedly been stalled and at a standstill for quite some time, and negotiators on both sides have accused each other of walking away from the talks. meanwhile, the head of the teamsters union yesterday asked that the biden administration not again, not intervene if there is ultimately a strike, something that a lot of businesses and consumers are intently focused on because it could bring a notable chunk of the american economy to a halt because packages will be delayed all over the country. u.p.s. does say that one point of contention remains wage increases for part-time employees and it will start training non-union employees if a strike happens. dominic chu, thank you very much. up next, how the manhunt for a quadruple murder suspect in