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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 ....
united states senate. so they will all have the chance to talk to voters tonight. that is a good looking. someone did you very well. thank you. have a good night. stack at the end of this hour we have to say our final farewell to willie mays, who sadly died tonight at the age of 93. the stock market hit record highs again today. something that the religion called trumpism insists is impossible because in the last presidential campaign, donald trump promised this. if he is elected, the stock market will crash. trumpism depends on stupidity. it has to because donald trump is so profoundly stupid himself. it is impossible to get stupidity out of trumpism. there was once a time when i could tell you that every republican united states senator knew donald trump was lying when he said that china paid american tariffs. american tariffs for the entire history of the american government have been paid by the american people, that is how tariffs work. they are sales tax ....
it s good to be with you. i m katy tur in for chris jansing. the head of boeing is about to testify on capitol hill facing intense questioning about whether the jetmaker is safe. including brand-new safety allegations from yet another whistleblower just this morning. we ll go into the hearing when it starts. plus, donald trump heads to wisconsin after calling milwaukee a quote, horrible city. what do people in the crucial swing state think of those comments? and what happened when russian president putin went to north korea to meet with kim jong-un? and what promises were made between the two authoritarian leaders. let us begin in washington with boeing. the jetmaker is facing a quote, moment of reckoning, as its outgoing ceo will have to answer to lawmakers in a senate with the subcommittee on investigations. ceo david calhoun is expected to start with an apology and an admission of mistakes made. but will that be enough? especially as another whistleblower contend ....
until we finish this hearing and the investigation, the justice department is now doing its own inquiry. but i do think there s near overwhelming evidence that prosecution is important to send it in a message, a deterrent message, and also insisting on accountability. remember that the company paid comparatively very little in terms of criminal counter in connection with that deferred prosecution and the families of people who perished in those two plane crashes, 346 people lost their lives. still feel that justice has not been served and that feeling pretty understandable. so i think that there is mounting evidence perhaps overwhelming evidence now that prosecution should be pursued while that is a big statement from senator richard blumenthal there that prosecution maybe should be pursued. you have this hearing coming up today. we will all be watching to see what happens. all of us are part of the front in public and the public really wants to make sure that their ....
the decision not to bring charges against four retired detectives, who ran the first investigation into the murder of stephen lawrence. stephen was murdered in april 1993 in a racist attack in south london. the initial investigation failed to bring anyone to justice. two of the murderers were eventually convicted in 2012. our reporter daniel de simone broke this story, here s his report. we have had a statement from stephen s mother. she is saying that today s decision by the cps marks a new low in the way that the criminal justice system has treated her and her family. justice system has treated her and herfamily. herstatement justice system has treated her and her family. her statement says the decision of the cps not to prosecute the senior officers who were involved in the investigation of her son s cases unjustifiable. she goes on to say that institutional racism was at the heart of the first investigation and yet no consideration had been given to how it impacted ....