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>> reporter: its the kind of heat you cannot escape. >> its like a lockdown but were not going to solve it by putting on a mask or getting a vaccine. its just sort of perpetual. its scary. >> reporter: record-breaking temperatures in portland, three of the hottest days ever recorded three days in a row. the all-time high monday, 116 degrees. in seattle, 108. >> we saw the forecast and started mobilizing immediately, realizing that this was going to be a life-threatening heat event. >> reporter: ...

And left�*s face it — its bad enough in shorts, imagine what it must be like covered in thick black fur. well, desperate times call for desperate measures. so, heres a bear and her two cubs taking dip in a private pool in british columbia much to the surprise of the owner. "are you getting in. its quite nice in here. watch my front crawl. no, no, dont play with the pool cover. that never ends well. whats mum up to? no, no, it doesnt taste very good, this water, not quite like what we are use...

We had another all-time record in portland, 115 degrees. 116 in salem. this is a climate change-amplified heat wave that will moderate some tomorrow, but this blocking pattern has heat waves on both coasts. the one in the northeast is going to stay with us. temperatures are going to feel like up and over 100 degrees. so, we have excessive heat warnings and heat advisories for all the big cities. tropical storm danny off the south carolina coast, just 30 miles away from charleston. 45 mile about ...

Temperatures they ever recorded. phoenix top on the list, and then las vegas. and now look who is number three, portland, oregon at 116 degrees yesterday. almost was as hot as vegas has ever been. thats insane. sacramento 115, st. louis 115. our friends in seattle, seattle moved up to 16th on the list when they hit 108 degrees yesterday. now new york city is 106. seattle passed baltimore, seattle passed washington d.c., which is also 106. so seattle and portland are now almost considered one of ...

All-time records yesterday. we will talk about that in just a second. heat index later on today, yeah, its going to feel like 100 degrees in new york city and thats going to arrest through wednesday. we are feeling it heat advisories are in effect for the northeast. some of those big cities as well. including philadelphia, boston and new york. and then out west, another day of heat, especially for the interior sections but portland we were up to, i think, 116 yesterday. insanity and seattle as w...

Thats the hottest ever in all of canadas history. fans and air conditioners are flying off the shelves. seattle is the least air conditioned metro area in the metro area in only 44% of the households. >> my house is already hot and with the added heat over the next few days ive got kids i have to make sure they dont get too hot as well. >> one thing, of course, in the northwest that does help is a lot of water. people flocked to it yesterday with every beach packed. seattle also opened more than...

Relations. will the iranians press the militias to change their behavior? erica? >> barbara starr with the latest for us. thank you. blistering heat in the pacific northwest is shattering records. portland set an all-time record high of 112 degrees on sunday. now that eclipse the prior record of 108 which was set on saturday. and the dangerous heat is not letting up. lets get to meteorologist chad myers. chad, its awful, especially in an area that is not used to it. >> not used to it, erica, a...

There and covering it for us. >> thats right. a record-breaking heat wave is smothering the pacific northwest. the city of portland setting an all-time record high of 112 degrees. seattle tieing its all-time mark at 103 degrees. even in canada, a record 116 degrees was set for all of british columbia on sunday. power is out for tens of thousands in oregon and washington state. this is adding to experts concerns the region is just not prepared for this kind of heat and this is far from over. ca...

Policing. we all remember those awful images of the buffalo police officers who pushed over the elderly man peacefully protesting. the assault charges against the officers were dropped. but also there is the issue of rising violent crime on the other hand according to buffalo police. shootings are up 116% year on year. how do you as mayor plan to walk that fine line between reigning in the police and keeping violent crime under control? its a tough challenge. >> thank you for that question. its ...

Break one yet again today. seattle, same story here. all time record high broken yesterday. 104 degrees could set another high temperature record again today. temperatures have soared well above that century mark. just look at these numbers. 104 seattle all the way up to 112 in vancouver, washington. portland, oregon, 112 as mentioned. 18 all time heat records were broken or tied on sunday and more expected today. even in canada, warmest temperatures. this is for the entire country all time reco...