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it can stretch over several states and last for days or even weeks at a time. the air is so hot it is like being inside an oven. that's exactly how folks in texas, mississippi, and louisiana are feeling right now. heat alerts are going beyond those states to include some 60 million americans. tens of thousands of folks are now without power. just being outside for a short time brutal. >> i'm sweating standing here. >> we used to walk everywhere. now we uber or drive because it's so hot and humid. >> lots of water, coolers packed all the way up. loaded with ice. everybody is watching ...

What is your take on all this? >> good morning. thanks for having me on. i wanted to clear up some confusion about coal. when people think about coal, they think of all this black smoke from the 1800s. all restaurants use a different type of coal. it is a very high carbon, low sulfur and low moisture coal. what it results in is almost a particulate free emission. for coal, i'm sure lawmakers have good intentions with this proposal but coal should not be part of this conversation due to the clean burning and it's really a non-starter as far as coal goes. >> sandra: i think about new york city b...

Fingers crossed. some breaking news, according to a spokesperson from the ukrainian president, the president of ukraine, volodymyr zelensky will be speaking later today with joe biden, the be speaking later today withjoe biden, the american president, this follows days and days of intense diplomatic efforts to reduce the tensions between russia and ukraine. russia has something like a troops at its borders with ukraine, and it has been running military drills with its neighbour and ally belarus, as well, and britain's defence secretary ben wallace says he believes that some sort of incursion b...

Numbers i have seen is that those 12 to 15 are very low, the number that's fully vaccinated. 16 and 17, low as well. would we be having a different conversation considering how few teenagers, adolescents are vaccinated, a conversation about masks? >> right now i think we would still be having the same conversation due to the circumstances around the delta variant and how contagious it is, but certainly the larger number of eligible kids who get vaccinated, the better. the less of a reservoir of illness, the better. we're going to see less formation of new variants if it can't spread as easily,...