74 million people are under heat alerts. we re talking temperatures up to 25 degrees above average in some places. and right now, texas is bracing for what was just named the first tropical storm of the season, tropical storm alberto, heading toward the gulf coast. and fast. meantime, out west, those deadly wildfires rage on with firefighters battling that relentless heat, and we have team coverage this morning with nbc s sam brock in galveston, texas, nbc s maya egoland in coney island and we have your meteorologist standing by with your forecast. storm prep is already under way there. this is now tropical storm alberto. what is the latest, sam? reporter: sam, we re having a hard time with your mic. let s work on getting that. let s turn to maya who is here in new york, one of the places experiencing these extreme temperatures. how are people coping, maya? reporter: hey, ana, as you can see behind me, some people are coping by taking a dip in the water, but it is ext
and good day. i m andrea mitchell in washington continuing right now on msnbc, reports, a powerful reminder of our nation s painful history as americans across the nation celebrate juneteenth, commemorating the end of slavery in america. we ll take a look at the history of this holiday and how president biden is making a new push to engage black voters this year. a critical part of his base with a campaign co-chair south carolina congressman james clyburn. plus, a primary nail biter in virginia today, can the chair of the house freedom caucus hold onto his seat or will his trump-backed republican opponent emerge victorious? right now the results are too close to call. and we re on a severe watch across the eastern part and midwest of the country, the first tropical storm headed for texas as more than 7 million people from michigan to maine are sweltering under extreme temperatures. we ve got the latest on the forecast. we begin with the biden campaign s push to engage
andrea mitchell picks up coverage right now. right now on andrea mitchell reports, a landmark deal between russia and north korea. what that could mean for vladimir putin s illegal war in ukraine. kim jong-un s illegal nuclear program. the threat they pose to the rest of the world. donald trump doing damage control in wisconsin, insisting he loves milwaukee and never actually called it a horrible city. are voters going to boy that? israel claiming it s punishing offensive in rafah is coming to an end. that doesn t mean an end to the war in gaza. no progress on negotiations to release the remaining hostages. the american parents of one of the young men kidnapped on october 7th will join me today. good day, everyone. happy juneteenth. we start with that historic partnership between russia and north korea, a bold show of anti-western defiance that s rattling the u.s. and its allies worldwide. this was the scene earlier today. russian president vladimir putin giving
unfounded allegations of corruption in his 2020 election loss to joe biden. for many months now he s been spreading baseless lies about an election that hasn t happened yet. yesterday the twice impeached and recently convicted ex-president took this grievance campaign to detroit, a city that was crucial to president biden s victory in and 2020. and the city where trompe l oeil is made baseless claims of election fraud. lanes that have credited, what have disenfranchised city voters, many of whom are black. that is all in the past apparently. in a span of just a few hours, trump attended a pair of events in the motor city. first, he participated in a roundtable discussion at a predominantly black church during which his campaign formally launched black americans for trump. and outreach group that seeks to cut into biden s lead among that demographic. then, he appeared at an event hosted by the right-wing organization turning point usai. and yvette largely attended by hard-line