good to be with you. i'm chris jansing here in new york and we begin with busy hour with the white house now executing a plan that was months in the making. how to turn president biden's covid diagnosis into a teachable moment. he is housing access to life saving vaccines and treatment and the white house doctor

saying his symptoms are improving. meanwhile, the latest january 6 hearing is still sending shock waves to capitol hill. where donald trump refused to declare the election over or condemn the rioters. we'll take a look at how this could play into november's narratives and beyond. also, nearly one-third of americans are under heat advisories. 210 million people will face scorching temperatures over 90 today. the heat wave expected to last well into the weekend. we start at the white house. dealing with president biden's positive covid diagnosis on two fronts. medical and political. less than two hours ago, the white house physician said the president's symptoms have improved. the white house eager to show this is not a crisis and the president is continuing to keep a busy schedule while getting treatment. they just sent out this picture showing the president speaking by phone with his national security team. this picture also sent out in a

tweet this morning showing the president signing the formula act into law yesterday. a measure that will help boost access to baby formula. vice president harris, who is identified as a close contact of the president, is also going about her business, but with extra precautions. speaking this hour at the national urban league in d.c. all part of a broader, carefully crafted white house strategy with a dual purpose. to demonstrate the purpose of vaccine and caution, but also to alleviate concerns about the 79-year-old president's health. a fact that's been a negative for him in the polls. >> this is a president who's fully vaccinated, double boosted so his immunity is about as strong as it can be for this virus. then he's getting treatment that we know has a dramatic impact on lowering risk of serious outcomes. by the way, this is not just, you know, kind of world class presidential treatment. this is a treatment available to

every american. >> let's bring in our nbc news reporters. peters alexander at the white house. also eugene daniels and dr. patel, msnbc medical contributor and former obama white house policy director. good to see you all on this friday. peter, it's a virtual schedule for the president today, but does it basically look like a schedule he might have on any other day when he's not isolating? almost i guess business as usual. >> yeah, it's not business as usual because he's doing it virtually, but it is business for the president. he has a series of meetings this afternoon he'll be a part of. he'll zoom in talking to his advisers about gas prices, specifically his economic team, and senior advisers about his legislative priorities later this afternoon. earlier, he took his intelligence briefing as you saw in one of the photos released today. masked in the residence. but here's the

newest information. hearing from the president's doctor saying that the president's symptoms have improved. he did have a temperature of about 99.4 degrees yesterday evening, but came back down to normal after he was treated with tylenol. symptoms, runny nose, fatigue, a dry cough that's more of a loose cough, which would be more productive generally in the eyes of doctors here. his voice is a bit deeper and one of the things we've been focusing on is the president taking paxlovid. the antiviral drug you take for the course of five days. because he started it so early, because he's fully vaccinated and double boosted, the covid response coordinator here said that should dramatically reduce the risk of any serious illness for this president. so if it keeps up, the white

house feels optimistic. they see no reason that won't be the case, but they're going to take all precautions to make sure he stays well. >> eugene, politico is reporting on this that it's quote, part of a larger political calculation the president's team has made to treat the pandemic as an unfortunate, but manageable part of life, one now impacting the president himself. talk to us about that strategy and what they want to accomplish. >> that's been going on for some weeks and months now. when they realized they weren't going to be able to get everyone vaccinated, get rid of covid like they wanted, that this would be a part of our lives, what they continued to say to us, most people are probably going to get covid in the united states and that included the president of the united states. i think you know they expected it and so now they're kind of shrugging when you talk to aides in the white house. people who work with senior staff saying they don't feel

like it's that big a deal because they feel like he has what he needs. he's quadruple vaccinated here. so what they want to continue to show, the president as you see there, is still working and that americans around the country, if you get vaccinated, if you get boosted when it's your time to get boosted, that you, too, if you are to get covid, can go about your lives if you're able to do so. i think that is the message they're trying to send. i will say some of the things we're trying to get information on is what are the president's oxygen numbers, for example. they say they're normal. we haven't heard the actual numbers and reporters have been, like myself, pushing the press secretary to get the president's physician out in front so we can talk to him and get more of these details. but overall, i think for them that also shows they don't feel the need to. they feel like this isn't that big a deal. that he's getting better and don't see a reason he won't

continue to do so. >> from a medical standpoint, dr. patel, what are the questions you would have? >> number one, i agree. i saw the doctor's readout which was helpful because it shows an improvement from the previous day, but his oxygen saturation or levels, i know they're measuring that. that's part of what any standard vital signs would be, especially for the president of the united states. i will say that i know he mentioned yesterday in the press briefing it takes a week to do the sequencing. you can see elements that can tell us if this is ba.5 quickly. i would want to press and understand and identify what the variant was. that would be helpful to know. the third is just any updates on any of the close contacts. we've heard from the prominent ones, dr. biden et cetera, that they are negative. it would be helpful to know that the people 48 hours prior to the president's onset of symptoms were positive.

i have to say this, i'm so glad he is better. so glad he is a role model in boosting, vaccinating, but i'm dealing with the real world. people who even with vaccinations, we're still seeing hospitalizations and deaths. we need to balance both communications that this is still very serious. people should take it seriously and that going out and just getting infected is not just something we should leave to an assumption. >> let me ask you about the real world because the president has some of the best medical care, if not the best medical care you can that get. are the folks you're seeing that are getting very, very sick and dying of covid, are they folks with underlying conditions? are they folks who have it before? what are the things you're seeing in them and are they different from what we see in the president despite the fact he's in the older age group? >> no, we are seeing people that

are over the age of 60 in general who are hospitalized who have been vaccinated and boosted. some even twice. many just once. but some who have been boosted twice who are still hospitalized. they do generally have more chronic conditions that the president does because the average 79-year-old does not just take two medications. the average 79-year-old is on anywhere from four medications. so he is healthier, but we see, and this is why we've been kind of you know, pushing the fda and cdc to consider allowing for boosters, second boosters, for all adults under the age of 50 because we are seeing younger people who have had no other health conditions boosted once and ending up in the hospital. it's a reason we are telling people not to get infected. there have been studies, one coming out of washington university, that points to higher mortality and higher complications with repeat infections. the president has not had that.

but it is something to consider as we are seeing so much ba.5 and so many reinfections in the community. >> that's the medical part of it, but this covid diagnosis comes after the president was about to start that big midterm push. he was heading to pennsylvania. that had to be canceled. what's the impact on those travels as well as his key agenda priorities on capitol hill? >> there's a couple of ways, chris. the first, this is a lost opportunity for president biden to get out there on the road where he often looks happier than he does in washington, and try to recover some of his lost popularity. his approval rating has dipped into the 30s which is a dangerous place for democratic candidates heading into the midterm elections. they need him to speak to voters, to make the case for his agenda and argue he has better than the alternative. many of these democratic candidates in competitive districts and states are going

to have a shot at rising above that rating. here in washington, it affects the agenda. not so much biden's covid diagnosis. he doesn't need to be here on capitol hill for democrats to move it, but the prevalence of covid matters for the simple reason that democrats are hoping to advance a filibuster approved bill to lower prescription drug prices and extend aca funding for two years to avoid a sharp hike this fall. democrats need all 50 members to be healthy and present in the senate in order to pass that bill. currently, there are two democrats down, sidelined with covid. tom harper and tina smith. this new prevalence of covid cases, could it maybe affect some of the lawmakers who traveled with president biden to massachusetts? they're on watch for that. there are fears among democrats that covid cases could force them to delay this element of the agenda. so it matters from a governing standpoint and democrats need the president to boost his approval rating if they are to

defy history and hold on to midterm elections. >> dr. patel, with the current sub variant, how long before those close contacts can be considered out of the woods? >> we say five days. that's when, if you have sequential negative rapid antigen tests, say three days in a row, the chances of you having anything after those five days are less than .01%. it's incredibly low. it's not zero. so that is reassuring. and this is such an infectious variant. we are seeing people show up positive in those five-day periods. >> dr. patel, saheel, peter, thank you so much. still ahead, the work done by the january 6 committee is nowhere near over. how it's powerful narrative could impact the november midterms and potentially reshape the race for president. plus, we'll take a look at the women leading the charge for accountability for the insurrection. you're watching chris jansing

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from the january 6th committee, what does it all mean for november as well as 2024? it's a question that's taken on new importance because as nbc news first report, many hearings are coming just weeks before the midterms as the committee continues to receive a flood of new witnesses and new information. as david rote in politico, quote, six weeks into the schedule, a consensus is forming in republican party circles including in trump's orbit that a significant portion of the rank and file may be tiring of the non-stop series of revelations about trump. as committee co-chair cheney said last night, these hearings are as much about our future as they are about our past. >> every american must consider this. can a president who is willing to make the choices donald trump

made during the violence of january 6th ever be trusted with any position of authority in our great nation again? >> i want to bring in nbc news capitol hill correspondent, ali. von hilliard is in arizona. brendan worked for two house speakers. good to see you all. so, liz cheney asked the question about trump, but i think it applies to supporters of the big lie who are running in november, many of whom have already won primaries. sadaris is suggesting they may face rejection not because of what trump did, but exhaustion from talking about. from hearing about it. what are you hearing? what are the conversations in washington about what the implications might be for the midterms? >> well perhaps unsurprisingly, most republicans are trying no t

to talk about this. because in part, there's fatigue about the fact that careers after the election, we are now in year two of president biden's term in office, the former president is still trying to push this lie that everyone here in washington knows isn't real by and large, but the fact that they are still tiptoeing around it, trying not to talk about it and certainly not denouncing it forcefully tells you a lot about where the party is at right now. the fact there is this very visible cross roads between the candidates that trump is endorsing and the candidates that people like pence are endorsing shows the problem for the party writ large. it's something we see play out here in d.c. all the time and i think the thing i'm struck by from hearing the vice chair last night is not just talking about what this means politically for the republican party going forward, though that's a consideration, but also this idea of something that goes back to when i first started covering trump in 2015 when he said he

could go into the middle of fifth avenue and shoot someone and still not lose the support of his loyal supporters. that's something that we saw played out in its most dangerous effect on january 6th. it's something the committee tried to use to show that trump knew the leverage that he had over the people who back him, but also show the reality that this is a group of people that even when trump was at his most unpopular, he always had that slightly more than one-third percent of the base supporting him. so even if there's murmuring within the party that they are fatigued by the conversation around january 6th or more than that, morally concerned about what it means for democracy in the party, they're not being loud about it and frankly, those supporters are probably not going anywhere, chris. >> exactly to your point. there's a major proxy war a lot of people are watching closely to see how this plays out, but particularly, pence versus trump. what can you tell us?

>> chris, this comes down to the american voter here. especially when talking about these republican primaries and the choice has not been any clearer than it is today in arizona. you have donald trump holding a rally for kerry lake, a fellow election denier, conspiracy theorist who has become a trump ak light. then you've got karen taylor robeson who's here with the current arizona governor as well as former vice president, mike pence. this is the most notable path in which both of these individuals, pence and trump, have taken in endorsing two opposing candidates in a major race like this. it comes down to the voters. yet at the same time, as the nation has watched these public hearings unfold, i want to bring in rusty bowers. the speaker of the arizona house of representatives who you'll recall just last month, you were

in front of that public hearing yourself there. you had become a target of this republican party. just this week, the arizona republican party censured you. donald trump has called for you to be ousted now. you have your own primary opponent who's trying to get you off office. where do the likes of you and other republicans who some in the party are trying to excommunicate. what do you do now? >> arizona's a battleground, but it will be all across the country and this is just prestaging for what will happen in other states. we're grateful the vice president is here. we're grateful he's got a great candidate to back. karen taylor robeson. she's an awesome lady. known her most of my life. i'm here kicking tires and checking the engine because i want options and mike pence is one fantastic option for me to kick that tire and see what the motor's like in this guy. >> you were here today with karen taylor robeson, doug, with mike pence here. is this a battle, is this a

battle for the soul of the republican party? >> whether it's the soul right now, but everybody's got to reassess. do we want to be a party that's looking into the past with some kind of grudge match all the time or do we want to start solving the problems of the biden administration that is just gone amuck with the country? to me, we've got a man who's got integrity. he's got moral values and clarity. and that's important to me and i think that's important to america. >> how long have you been serving in public office? >> over 17 years. >> are you going to win your election? >> we're going to kick it right to the end. we'll see what mr. trump has been able to do, but he's dropped a lot of bombs on our state and i guess that's important to get into races on the legislative level, but we're going to keep fighting. >> speaker bowers will be here with karen taylor robeson as well as the current governor and mike pence. they will be arriving here in just a bit from now.

>> it is going to be fascinating. i'm impressed that both of you are out there with a suit, jacket, and tie because i can't imagine what the temperature is. but vaughn, thank you for that. brendan, one of the things we saw last night was this big contrast, right? mark milley describing a stark difference between the way mike pence responded to the violence and the way trump responded. i want to play some of that. >> the commander in chief, got an assault going on on the capitol of the united states. and there's nothing. no call. nothing. zero. >> two or three calls with vice president pence. he was very animated and issued very explicit, very direct, unambiguous orders. get the military down there. get the guard down here. put down this situation. et cetera. >> so ten days ago, brendan, you

tweeted, would love to be wrong, but trump is going to be the nominee. i wonder if in these ten days, if in watching what we saw last night and over the course of all of these hearings, you think maybe some of trump's teflon is beginning to crack? is pence gaining any ground potentially? what are you seeing right now? >> yeah, i wish that the ground had shifted enough where i would change that prediction. no, look, i think that donald trump is still, i think he's going to be a candidate. he's going to get in. i think he's most likely going to be the nominee. i think one of the things that was unintentionally telling last night in the hearing was those comments from republican leaders who were attacking donald trump, blaming him for the insurrection. but it was really to me a reminder that it wasn't long after that that they stopped doing that. and they came back around. and the reason they did that is because republican voters just didn't end up leaving the president like a lot of people

expected him to. ali made some great points. ultimately, this comes down to republican-based voters. there's this perception that if we just tell them enough times that donald trump is a bad guy, his support will go away. people know he's a bad guy. republican voters know he's a bad guy. some deny that, but a lot of them understand that and they support him anyway. so i don't think you're really going to see a dramatic shift. now, is there enough baggage, enough question marks, legality, maybe he's charged with a crime that it encourages a mike pence to get in? i hope he does. we've seen so many times thinking maybe this is the time where donald trump's support slips away and i'm just going to be really skeptical until i see it. >> paul, i wonder, beyond trump, the people who tried to overturn the election, most notably, josh hawley, he's still trying to fund raise off of the fist bump, right? then yesterday, there's the fist bump to the fleeing crowds. then we saw the video of him

running from the rioters. the testimony suggested he helped to incite. we know he's not on the ballot, but in the first line of an editorial i saw this morning, it says josh hawley is a laughing stock. it's one thing to be a laughing stock. another thing all together to have some sort of liability in this. for the election deniers. for those who did a fist bump, is there any possible culpability there? >> there sure is, and we need to learn more about their activities. all of the public hearings so far have been laser focused on donald trump. the house committee clearly thinks a criminal prosecution would be the effective mechanism for accountability and deterrence, but there are other issues regarding the insurrection that we need more information about including the role of republican congressman like hawley and we should hear

more about the role of law enforcement. why aren't they better prepared to avert this tragedy? in that context, we think of the secret service and growing concerns about whether it's gone political in an attempt to cover up for donald trump. >> also, paul, we went into these hearings thinking the committee could potentially make the case trump could have criminal liability for what happened on january 6th, but if we look at last night and as stunning as the revelations were, is it a crime for the president to sit by while riots unfold? >> yes. there's a good reason for the laser focus on donald trump during these hearings. think of the potential crimes, seditious, incitement to riot, conspiracy to impede a congressional investigation, obstruction of justice. witness tampering. how much time do we have? some of those crimes sound like white collar prosecutions that would be proven with documents and text messages, but the house

committee has very effectively connected donald trump to the blood and violence of the insurrection. he didn't just encourage some abstract overthrow of democracy. the committee has evidence that suggests trump aided and abetted criminals who were on a murderous rampage to kill the vice president. >> thank you all very much. and still ahead, we keep a close eye on washington, d.c. where a jury is deliberating the fate of steve bannon at his contempt of congress trial. we'll get you caught up on what happened today, next. you're watching chris jansing reports only on msnbc. you're wa. eliquis reduces stroke risk better than warfarin. and has less major bleeding than warfarin. eliquis has both. don't stop taking eliquis reports only on msnbc. as this may increase your risk of stroke.

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that committee. ryan riley joins us from outside the federal courthouse in washington. ryan, what are we looking at? what's going on? i think a lot of people felt when there was no defense presented this might come lightning fast, but we're still waiting. >> reporter: yeah, i mean, you have to pick a form first. i wouldn't expect this to go for an extremely long time today just because like you said, it's a pretty spaghetti on the wall defense for bannon's team here. there's not a lot they were actually allowed to argument. they were not allowed to argue advice of counsel. that bannon was just following the advice of his lawyer. they compared it to parking tickets in d.c. which are notorious and said when you get a ticket, you can contest it or pay it and if you don't do either, it doubles. that's sort of the metaphor they

laid out here and tried to keep this as simple a case as possible. in the long-term, it was obvious bannon's defense team has been setting this up for an eventual appeal. but it's a pretty straightforward case that it seems like something that we could hear back from the jury as soon as today on, chris. >> and potentially, if he's convicted, bannon could go to jail? >> reporter: that's right. yes. there's actually a 30-day mandatory minimum in this case that could go up to a year, but even if he was just convicted on one of those charges, it's a 30-day minimum. so no flexibility for anything else. probation or anything in that category. so that's what he's looking down. he could exhaust those appeals. might be able to kick this out, but can't kick the can down the road fofr on this one. >> thank you. up next, the attacks against the women defending democracy at the january 6th hearings. you're watching chris jansing

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trump world continues in attack mode, going after witnesses, particularly women, who have testified before the january 6th committee. the former president last night slamming sarah matthews saying he didn't know her, but there was a photo of them together. on twitter, the house republican conference called matthews just another liar and pawn in pelosi's witch hunt. the backlash was swift and they took it down. turns out she still works for house republicans. it has become a predictable, nasty response to, as cheney points out, the womens' bravery and patriotism. >> we've seen bravery and honor in these hearings and miss matthews and mr. pottinger, both of you will be remembered for that, as will cassidy

hutchinson. she sat here alone, took the oath, and testified before millions of americans. she knew all along she would be attacked by president trump and by the 50, 60, and 70-year-old men who hide themselves behind executive privilege, but like our witnesses today, she has courage and she did it anyway. >> joining me now with more on this, nbc news capitol hill correspondent, ali is back with us. also author of an upcoming book. electable, why america hasn't put a woman in the white house yet. and susan is a republican strategist and msnbc political analyst. so it was amazing how fast that tweet about sarah matthews came down, but here's the bottom line. women have been leading the charge on accountability here. >> they have. facts are funny things when it comes to the sassy tweets that

don't bear out in reality. it's the strategy of the committee of letting republicans do the talking here as committee members from both parties set the narrative, but allow people from within the republican ranks to do the talking and do the damning frankly of the former president. but i think the contrast cheney made last night is such an important one when you look at the people who have gone so far as to stone wall the committee and land themselves in court, including steve bannon. most of those were men around the former president of a certain age and you contrast that with people who have come forward despite security threats and facing a particular gendered kind of backlash to their testimonies. these young women by and large. sarah matthews and cassidy hutchinson, but then you look at officer edwards. it's women who have been on the front lines of pushing this accountability and it's extended to the vice chair of the committee herself.

we know the political ramifications liz cheney is facing back home. it's hard not to think about the fact that because she's an outspoken woman in a space where not many republicans are willing to say the things she's saying, she's someone who's drawn the former president's eyre so much so she's basically his number one target to knock off in the election. it's also clear she's thinking about gender front of mind, too. i'm struck by something she said in talking about the hearings, she said these days for the most part, men are running the world and it is really not going that well. it's something that of course i write about in my book in relation to the presidency, but watching the ways women empower leverage gender and are using it to show accountability among men

is really important. >> that statement got a nod, a laugh, but a lot of knowing nods. how do you think women voters are taking this in? these attacks on women? >> i think it's very interesting, chris, that after four years of donald trump as president and the way he attacked women and frankly a lot of people believe he just hated women because of how despicable he has been, it was women who basically led the charge against donald trump in 2020 and now it's women who are fighting back for their integrity, for their truth, and it's women who are taking down donald trump one notch at a time. do i think women are looking at that? absolutely. add to the fact that we now have a right that's been taken away from half the people in this country, a right to our bodies, and you can bet women are paying attention and this will be a real issue at the ballot box. >> one of the things ali pointed out were the security concerns around liz cheney. trump has launched many attacks

against cheney. she got in a challenge to the 50, 60, 70-year-old men who as she put it, hide behind executive privilege, but you do wonder if they're listening. >> i think they are listening. a lot of people are paying attention carefully to what she is saying. she may be down in the poll, but i would never count a cheney out in wyoming and i would also look at her future and this promising person for women to follow in saying we will lead the way even if it means leaving our party behind. >> the reality is and you know this because you were on the campaign trail as well as i was for the last presidential, what i heard from a lot of those particularly suburban women was the reason they turned away from trump who voted for him previously, they were tired of the attacks. last night, one of the things he writes about sarah matthews is she's looking for her 15 minutes of fame.

someone who knows going into this that she's putting herself in a position to be attacked and potentially to have security threats against her. >> it's very likely she came forward to testify after seeing her colleague in the former white house testify before her in that emergency session. cassidy hutchinson. so the hutchinson testimony is really a moment where the committee hoped and it does seem like this has been born out, that people would see someone coming forward in spectacular fashion with these allegations then more people would come forward along side that. i would just double back to the conversation around gender and why it's so important. in republican politics, especially in trump world, there's such a push for masculinity. when you hear the former president say he called his vice president a wimp for not overturning election results. the fact that cheney is putting out this call saying these men are hiding behind executive privilege, that makes them sound

like wimps and cowards. very unmasculine. and in trump world, that's kind of the worst thing you can say about someone, even though of course in this moment, to be female is extremely powerful. >> thank you both for a great conversation. up next, this incessant heat wave is continuing. we're going to bring you live reports on its dangerous impact both at home and in europe. you're watching chris jansing reports only on msnbc. g chris j g chris j reports only on msnbc. (cool guy) $30...that's awesome. (dad) yeah, and it's from the most reliable 5g network in america. (woman) for $30 a line, i'm switching now! (mom) yeah, it's easy, you can keep yo (geek friend) we're already here! (vo) the network you want. the price you love. only from verizon.

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the blaze in that area not used to these kind of conditions. with us now, george solis in philadelphia, megan fitzgerald is in france. george, there's not much you can do to prepare for this but it looks like they're going to have to get ready for even more heat this weekend. >> that's right, chris. a lot of people are coming to area spray grounds like this one in front of philadelphia city hall in an effort to beat the heat. these jets shoot up about since feet in the air. a lot of children and their families are taking part in that. others are seeking shade, eating ice cream and drinking lots of water. this heat is difficult to escape, especially when it blankets you. it fees like it's sitting on the skin if you're out for a long time. the city is advising people to stay indoors, crank up the a.c. and stay indoors. parents are trying to beat that

later afternoon heat with their kids. there is concern for the people out here working. take a listen. >> i feel like every summer gets a little bit worse and a little bit like the duration of the humidity and hotness kind of lasts longer. >> staying cool is a must. staying hydrated is a must. i know it's a lot of people that have to work, like all of the people that may be on the pipeline laying pipes and the construction workers got to wear their hard hats. i would tell them to stay hydrated, too. >> reporter: the city taking this very serious live as well. they've extended their heat health emergency, making sure they don't shut off water utilities and opening up cooling centers for those who may mott not have cooling at home. >> i'm reading about tourists running for their lives, trying to get away from wildfires.

what is going on there? >> reporter: absolutely. a critical and very serious situation here, chris. we're looking a the more than 50,000 aches that are have burned here in the famous wine country region of france. some 2,000 firefighters are on the ground trying to fight this blaze. they're using these military style bulldozers to carve a perimeter around it. we've seen helicopters taking off, dropping fire retardant on the flames there. this is an all-hands approach, neighbors jumping in, farmers using water irrigation tanks to go to the front lines to fill up the fire engines so the firefighters have enough water to continue this fight. as you mentioned, thousands of people have evacuated here. there's a popular tourist attraction here, the sand dune, which is a camp site. people had to evacuate quickly

as the flames were rushing in. the fire at the moment is contained. they know they are at the mercy of this weather. it just takes a gust of wind and embers can jump that perimeter and again start a fire raging again, chris. >> i'm looking at the international temperatures. can you go all the way over to iran, a scorching 126 degrees but back in central portugal, 115. england, which we know is not built for this, 95% of people do not have air conditioning, it's pushing 105 in some areas today. what's the forecast? are there going to be any breaks in the heat there? >> reporter: you know, chris, that's the big concern here is we are seeing these severe temperatures from london, portugal, spain, italy. in the path of the extreme heat we're seeing the wildfires breaking out. so that's the biggest concern is

that the heat is drying the area and then just the smallest spark is sparking these fires. look at what we're seeing in italy right now where nine cities are under the severe weather alert, the severe temperature alerts. there's fires that are breaking out in the northern part of the country. not just that but they jumped the border into slovenia. this is a major issue happening all throughout europe and these firefighters are on the ground working around the clock fighting the blazing. >> and where you are in the wine country of france, that is a huge economic driver as it was in california. thanks to you both. that's going to do it for us this hour. i'll be back after a quick break with more news, including a conversation with andy slavitt, former white house covid response senior adviser on the president's condition and the potential impact to his political agenda. you're watching "chris jansing

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