. >> joining us to talk about climate change and extreme weather events is andrew friedman. he's a senior climate reporter for axios. >> thanks for having me. >> so hurricane beryl, the earliest such storm in recorded history, you say in in an article that this is just a warning of what's to come so what is to come? >> so talking to scientists, really what they are telling me is this formed in an area where you would not expect a strong storm to form at this time of year. is usually pretty hostile to hurricanes. east of the islands that make up of the lesser antilles in the windward islands it's usually relatively cool, you have dust in the air, dry air this time of year. hurricanes don't really thrive in that environment. however, this season is not like any other that we have seen. there is record warm water temperatures throughout the north atlantic ocean that includes the caribbean and their is a lightning event that's developing in the tropical pacific which further enhances the chances for an above normal -- and hurricane beryl really drove home in the number of record

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. >> if you grew up reading milton friedman, you have nowhere to go home. >> i'll join your party. >> right. i wish you all the best. steve liesman, stephanie, andrew, appreciate your time today. >>> speaking of the election, a growing number of democratic donors say they'll withheld support for the party until joe biden drops out. megan is here with the names and numbers to know ahead of the president's tv interview tonight. >> it's a small but growing group of democratic donors calling on biden to step aside. netflix founder is one of the first to come out and say biden needs to resign. no checks for any democrats until biden is gone. whitney tilson is warning that biden will lose to trump, possibly in a landslide. just before i came out here, "the new york times" is reporting that a coalition of 168 business leaders are calling on bide on the step aside, as well. so it's drip, drip, drip and we're see thing grow. these are the folks who were speaking publicly. but i'm hearing donors who are worried, frustrated, a little angry. the feeling is how did we get here and how do we get pa