water cool ties? i m taking the dog up for ac and shoes. reporter: bringing supplies to the city s most vulnerable. it s all right, honey, we got you. reporter: and their pets don t bite me trust me, i m doing this for your own good. reporter: emergency crews there responding to calls with heat always on the mind have you been drinking plenty of water? it s one of the hottest summers that we ve had in recent years. and so, yeah, definitely taken a toll on the community for sure. marissa is with us now. 17 days, marissa when is this expected to end in phoenix? well, not any time soon temperatures here forecast above 110 until at least next saturday kate okay, marissa, thank you. there is breaking news tonight in georgia where a mass shooting suspect was shot and killed by police while they tried to take him into custody. at this press conference late today, the sheriff said the suspect, andre longmore was fatally shot this morning. longmore was accused
But also with law enforcement. such a scary situation. really sad, thank you very much kathy park. let s head to marissa now. in phoenix, no stranger to extreme heat. now moving on to the third week of 110-degree days. how big of a challenge is it now for first responders there? reporter: this is something weave had a chance to see firsthand. we ve been with the phoenix fire department as well as go into an er. we ve seen the impact this has had. it s not just the heat. we re talking about an area this is arizona. they know the dry desert heat. they know just how hot it gets in the summers, so they re no stranger to that alone. it s just this stretch, this marathon. that s what s really weighing and wearing down a lot of folks around here. when we went into the er, we saw hallways lined with people on stretchers, hooked up to ivs. we spoke with a physician who told us he s been there for
Tragedy there. unspeakable. thank you. marissa in arizona, people woke up to 100 degree heat this morning. that s morning temps, not even the afternoon. how are they adapting? this is the new norm? yeah. i mean, the thing to remember here is, phoenix, arizona, they are used to heat. seeing a day of high degrees is not a surprise to people here, but i think what is sort of shocking to people is how long it has lasted. the consecutive days of temperatures over 110 degrees, i mean it is impacting people around here. i had a chance to go inside of a local er and they showed the strain, the impacts of this. they have over kroidsing. they said they re an overflow and they ve had to extend to different parts of the hospital they don t normally use to treat these patients to accommodate for everyone that has heat exhaustion, the most serious, heat stroke, people come in with
All i ve been experiencing is the incredible heat. the glory and magic and beauty of this coupry. charles? you re in great places. keep cool, robert. thanks very much. so i mean, how long is this sweltering heat going to last? this is a question everybody is asking. let s go to marissa torres on what we should expect. give us a layout, marissa. hi, charles. unfortunately, not a lot of good news. we ve been locked in this pattern and robert ray to the west of el paso in southern new mexico. no matter which way he goes, he s stuck in the heat alerts. 85 million americans stuck in the heat alerts from southern california to nevada a cross the desert southwest. in to the mississippi valley. it is locked in this heat.
Outside, inside they prepare for more people needing a life or death cool down. you want to bury the patient in ice this could save their lives absolutely. as quick as you can get their temperatures down, the b better. reporter:r: the pace of calls and temperature show no signs of cooling yet. death valley, national parark ranger getting ready for what could be a world heat record this weekend this could potentially be the third time in the last four years we hit 130 this heat can be deadly. and it s not something to trifle with marissa is in phoenix you spent time in the hospital behind you today what else did you learn? reporter: jose, we saw people lined up in the hallways on stretchers roughly a quarter are people without homes. thank you yr we are following breaking news tonight about another mass shooting this time officials say at least four people were killed in a small community outside atlanta
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We could break that mark today. nbc s marissa partisan phoenix for us with more on this. yeah, it is sweltering here in phoenix. we re seeing 17 days now consecutively of temperatures over 110 degrees. you can tell the phoenix fire department, the reason we re here is we ve gotten a sense of how busy they are, especially the fact they ve been going nonstop for the last 17 days. with he calls, all kinds of calls, ranging from people who need to be cool down, people who are dehydrated. what i found really interesting, first of all, it s not just here in phoenix, coast to coast. we are seeing these temperatures in miami, of course, a little lower, but they have the humidity to deal with over there, seeing temperatures in las vegas, and then over in death valley, but looking at potential 128 to 130-degree temperatures today. 130 would break world record. what s interesting is there s people, tourists who are flocking over there to get a sense of what that would feel like. the difference is there an air conditioned cars. they have a safe place to go
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 they re coping with this incredible heat? yes listen it is no secret phoenix is used to soaring temperatures but even people who live there are struggling to find relief amid what could only be described as a heat marathon. millions of americans waking up to yet another day of extreme weather. water logged for ahmaud bracing for more rain after catastrophic flooding. down, south extreme heat breaking more records coast to coast. from miami, until death valley, or the hottest place on earth is about to get even hotter. predicted this weekend to reach
From places like best buy. so, yasmin, these big box retailers that are really feeling the pinch, obviously trying to market these big sales when and where they can. yeah, maybe it s time to capitalize on those back to school sales ahead of the end of summer. this is your time, this is your week. yeah, marissa, thank you so much, appreciate it. all, right so, for those who tuned in yesterday. you see him back in this chair, right? it s all because i didn t win the powerball lottery ticket last night. as it turns out, no one else did either. what was an estimated half a billion dollar jackpot is expected to jump up to at least 650 million for monday night straw. so, we have another chance. a statement for powerball officials saying that prices already ranking as the night largest jackpot on record. if you don t get that, you also have the mega millions, by the way, a couple different chances, drawing on tuesday. that is up to 400 and $80 million.
200,000 new jobs in june. it was the first time in 15 months that job growth fell short of expectations. consumer spending also showing signs of slowing, indicating the high interest rates in effect are working as planned. however, that could change in a couple days with some of the biggest shopping deals of the year. we want to nbc s marissa standing by for us with more on this. what should shoppers be looking forward to in this black friday in the middle of summer? yeah, well, black friday in july. it is already here. if you look down to amazon anytime lately, finally seen them very loudly advertising amazon prime days. that starts on tuesday. target sales went live today, the bigger picture, looking at data from an april survey by the new york fed, americans have overwhelmingly been scaling back on spending. ovewe re gonna hear but as the median expect to change a household spending, it s a stark difference from what looked like a peak last april,