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soaring to nearly 120 degrees. the dangerous temperatures only expected to get worse over the next few days. and the record heat is fueling several new brush fires here in southern california. they are erupting in size and they are forcing evacuations. nbc news meteorologist michelle grossman is tracking the numbers for us but we will begin with nbc marissa power instilling, phoenix. marissa, just how are people theyre coping with this incredible heat? >> yes listen it is no secret pho...

Storms later on today. as much in the ohio valley, interior parts of the northeast, also parts of the tennessee valley into the appalachians. we will watch that closely as well and alex, i do want to end here because we will see a lot of rainfall tomorrow and the northeast. that will impact abortions ahead of flooding, earlier this week so we will watch that story to very very closely. back to you. >> i tell, you one extreme to the other. all right thank you so much michelle for, that we have mo...

Certainly fail as we said, alex, but it is putting renewed pressure on that 60 vote threshold. whether or not the filibuster should continue on. there are at least two democratic senators not yet on board including senator manchin so the hopes to move forward are very bleak for making any changes there, alex. >> thank you for the update from the capitol. lets bring in beto orourke, former texas congressman and former democratic presidential candidate, a busy guy holding 19 voting rights rallie...

But new pam leaves up to 99% less residue. new pam helps you keep it off. so we are just hours away from the final florida face off between president obama and former massachusetts governor mitt romney. the stage for that showdown set at lynn university in boca raton. each side doing intense prep work as you can imagine knowing its the last chance to hit hard and also score with undecided voters across the country. nbc news correspondent peter alexander joins me live from outside that debate h...

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Significant distraction if theres a bunch of suits that follow. for the time being this is just sort of an odd outlier. the judge has already said lets talk about settlement or whatever else so this may not get very far. lets get right to it now with the supreme court nomination vote of judge gorsuch. gaby, to you first. if this makes it out of committee tomorrow which it will, there will be a huge senate showdown set for friday, filibuster entirely possible, republicans threatening the nuclear ...