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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 ...

boosted. let's get back over to the white house to get an update from cnn's jeremy diamond. jeremy, what is the latest you're hearing? >> reporter: we just received a letter from joe biden's physician, dr. kevin o connor, confirming the news that the white house put out, saying that joe biden has tested positive for covid. he writes that the president tested positive this morning as part of our routine screening program. he says he tested positive on an antigen test that was confirmed via pcr testing. he confirmed what we reported on air just last hour, which is that the president is...

Hundreds of thousands of Texans are without power due to ice accumulation on power lines and tree limbs. These power outages are not caused by issues with the state power grid.

Because democrats, if you start to look at the map then, west virginia, montana, ohio, so any pad they can get going into '24, they want. >> absolutely right. steve kornacki, thanks so much. and make sure to check out steve's new bonus episode, steve's podcast, the revolution, as he sits down the newt gingrich to discuss the 1994 takeover of congress. you've got to hear it because it's the best. and we're also following concerning story tens of thousands of north carolinans after a targeted attack on state power grid by vandals that may keep communities there in the dark through most of the we...

Everything has been able to hold on relatively well for now. but it seems like every day, the state power grid here essentially urging people to conserve as much power as possible. there's also a great deal of concern with wildfires in the state, as well. and kate, this is what passes as good news these days. there's been cloud cover here over much of the dallas-ft. worth area. that's kept temperatures under 90. that's what's considered a break at this point. >> ed, thank you so much for that update. i really appreciate it. and thank you all so much for being here. our breaking news coverage o...