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
warwickshire. in cambridge we have already seen more than 2.5 times the rainfall we d normally expect in a typical march. looking further north to orkney, up to 9am here we had only seen a surge of the rainfall we d normally expect that there rain gauges have had a top up today, this band of cloud pushing northwards across orkney and shetland, bringing outbreaks of rain, then a mixture of sunshine and showers that here comes the next rain bearing weather system pushing into northern ireland, parts of west wales and south west england by the end of the day, the breeze and strengthening too. hefty showers elsewhere, very mild, ii and strengthening too. hefty showers elsewhere, very mild, 11 degrees. in a way and perhaps 16 in hull, really mild for the time of year 11 degrees in stornoway. heavy rain over the hills in south west england, wales, north west england and western scotland where gales will develop by the end of the night, turning very when she windy for western
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
Seen in decades. the sag-aftra has scheduled picketing and other events across the country, including new york, miami, los angeles. lindsey, good morning. what does the strike meaning for working actors? reporter: hey, jose. it means right now they can t participate in productions or premiers. i mean, there are so many ripple effects to this. san diego comic-con july 20th would be impacted if an agreement isn t made. so this is the second day of picketing. there were no negotiations, no break-throughs over the weekend, and there s no schedule of negotiations. so we don t know how long this is going to go for, but they tell me here they are ready to go as long as it takes. so let s go over the sticking points, jose. we re talking about these actors, these workers wanting a livable wage. they want to address residuals, which they say have dwindled in the advent of streaming, and they want to address their
Effect. now, this isn t the first time that russia has withdrawn from this deal. there s still a lot of hope that diplomats could get everyone back to the table, that they could renegotiate. that would be important for diplomacy around this war in general. the grain deal, it had represented really the most important and only really diplomatic agreement between russia and ukraine up until now, jose. so without it, these two countries, they really only have battlefields between them. jose. matt bradley, and grain is food, food that is desperately needed. appreciate it, matt, good to see you. now to an update on the harsh conditions that migrants face coming to the u.s. southern border. mexico says that in just two days they have caught more than 500 migrants who were being taken to the united states by smugglers. take a look at the dire conditions we re talking about. on friday, authorities say they found more than 300 people, including children, packed into