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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 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 a scorch ....
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 more stories of course developing for you this hour. several new details in the multiple investigations into former president, donald trump. first, up trump is trying to shut down the georgia investigation into election interference. asking the state supreme court to actually disqualified ea fani willis. new reports suggest key trump aides and jared kushner both testified last month to a federal grand jury. investigating efforts to overturn the election. then on capitol hill, a showdown set for t ....
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. let s bring in beto o rourke, former texas congressman and former democratic presidential candidate, a busy guy holding 19 voting rights rallies in texas with another one tomorrow, and thank you for making the time for us, my goodness. let me ask you about what you think about the showdown set for tuesday. because if this bill is expected to fail, how can that possibly be interpreted as a win for democrats? i d love if you rephrase that, i don t know if the bill is going to fail, the vote might fail, but as we understand the senate, there are a number of procedural and other votes that take place before a bill can succeed, and i thi ....
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 it s 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 hall. set the stage for us. give us an idea about what we know where the candidates are today. reporter: good day to you. romney advisers acknowledge they thought the first defwibt most important. they know this one may be the ....
Returning to the u.s. what a moment for those families, oh. back here in new york, palestinian leader mahmoud abbas could ask the u.n. to recognize the palestinian state as early as tomorrow. but in a speech to the u.n. yesterday, president obama argued that only direct negotiations with israel can achieve that end. the u.s. has promised to veto the palestinian bid, but that has not swayed the palestinians. this is morally, politically and legally correct what we are trying to do, joining the united nations. i think the palestinians want to achieve a state through the international community. but they re not prepared yet to give peace to israel. the united states and others are now working behind the scenes for some kind of middle ground in all of this, but they are not likely to head off the preliminary showdown set for tomorrow at the u.n. lady gaga is promising to keep up the fight against bullying as another gay teenager takes his own life. 14-year-old jamey rodemeyer w ....