no matter where you are chances are you re dealing with heat, storms, wildfires, maybe all three. as we speak, new record temperatures are being set across the northeast. down south texas is taking the brunt of tropical depression alberto. we ll have the very latest coming up. plus, we ve been talking about it for months, now it may be happening. a new poll showing a significant number of independents abandoning trump after his conviction, and now supporting president biden. and say good-bye to something we have all gotten used to deal with. those little plastic pillows that come in your amazon box. the company is ditching them as it tries to cut down on the roughly 200 million pounds of plastic it generated just a few years ago. right now, virtually the whole country is impacted by a triple threat of deadly extreme weather. the start of record-breaking summer heat, the beginning blazes of wildfire season, and 2024 s first tropical storm. now the majority of the nation
leaning. the other question is that i-4 corridor that we have been talking about. 1.2 million people have already voted in that area and right now democrats have a five percentage point advantage. the big question is, though, as we get closer to election day, will that advantage last? remember, president obama had a 100,000 vote lead going into election day and that went down to 70,000. right now split between democrats and republicans in florida is at about 30,000 votes. okay. thanks so much, boris. let s check in with miguel marquez in pittsburgh. what are you seeing, miguel? well, we are seeing pennsylvanians ready to vote. there is no early voting here. so, all the action happens tomorrow 7:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. here across pennsylvania. both clinton and trump have made a huge play for this state. it is a blue leaning state. a republican hasn t won here since 1988. clinton was here on friday. she was then in philly on
this is all over the city. united nations, ground zero, central park, mass at madison square garden at 6:00 in the evening. then after he wraps up that part of the visit, it s saturday and sunday in philadelphia. now, you re going to be covering along the way, right? are you going to washington and philly in. i will be in new york for the u.n. on friday, i ll be in philly on saturday, and on sunday martha will be in washington. on thursday if i ve got it right, shepard is at the white house an wednesday. he even knows everyone else s schedule. not just his own. that s cool. thanks. you bet. donald trump reacting now to the latest polls as his numbers drop and his rivals are gaining steam. should he start to panic? our political panel will weigh in on that. plus, we ll hear from another candidate live. there he is, senator lindsey graham ahead this hour with his reaction to today s top headlines, including dr. ben