in the northeast, heatwaves, coastal flooding and more storm surges can be expected if global warming continues the pace. in the southeast, decreased ability, and hurricanes, and in the southwest, drought and wildfire. the global temperature on average has increased between 1.3 and 1.9% ever since the late 19th century, but that change has accelerated in the last 44 years, since 197080% of that has occurred. the president is on a public relations push, and as a result of that, he invited well moan meteorologists across the country for special access, and this is what he had to say. >> what we have here is an opportunity not only to help local communities to adapt and prepare for rising temperatures, but we also have a chance to turn back these rising temperatures if we take bold actions now. >> now, the president is going to be continuing this public relations push later in the week. on friday, he travels to the san diego area, where he's going to talk about a public-private partnership to try to reduce greenhouse emissions, john. >> so what kind of actions can we expect from the gove

the downside is heatwaves, droughts and floods are like i to increase. too little precipitation falls in the vast seat between the two area, the great plains. it's stressing communities causes billions in damages, and climate change will make it worse. already pamped the south-west is expected to get hotter, and the southern part - never rains in southern california, that's true, because it will get drier. urban areas, pound an ranges and the north-west - many native american res vasions face earlier snow coming off the mountains, reducing the supply of water causing ecological and social economic consequences. let's move to the other two. alaska warmed twice as fast than the rest of the country, according to the report, and higher temperatures, rising see levels and storms threaten the globally important and diverse ecosystems of hawaii. this is a question for you as a politico-type person. why is the white house releasing this? >> it's an election year, but they are required by congress to release it every four years. >> they want to galvanise the base

yes, we will talk bay major heatwave along the bay area. we warmed up 10 degrees, now, air quality, high pressure, going to suffer the unhealthful levels out in the east bay. it posted for monday, other areas have moderate leveling of air quality in the forecast. the wind speeds, strong, not as strong as yesterday. if general they will ease up a little bit. northwesterly of the winds bay wide. we are looking at gusts at 25 miles an hour. north bay now, not so bad. after sunset, they relaxed and then they will come out of the east. much drier direction than that. bad for fire. coast, 57 degrees heading out tonight. 8:00, clear skies, lows in the 60s, tomorrow afternoon, increasing another 5-10 degrees, low 90s inland tomorrow. in the middle 80s, taking them to the beach tomorrow. swing that, not bad. sunny, mild, 75 degrees, even the beach will be in the middle 80s by tuesday. and it is all because of the high pressure that is sitting up in the bay area. the high builds in, the low pressure that was over denver -- denver had snow today, snow

it's going to be hot. >> reporter: san francisco, los angeles and long beach all in the midst of a heatwave that could shatter records. it's the wind that can be a firefighter's worst enemy. and that wind not cooperating. this gauge telling me these numbers quickly climbing reaching up to 50 miles an hour in some places. red flag warnings in effect for more than 15 million people. the potential for fire so high, firefighters in south california closing some roads to traffic to make way for trucks. it's just not california, hundreds of people in texas are still evacuated after a wildfire burned more than 90 homes. these crews called in from hundreds of miles away. ready to jump into action at a moment's notice. what they need most here and around the west, diane, is rain. >> and we will be hoping for that rain, too. thank you. >>> now next we turn to a kind of public dual tonight between the nba's most controversial owner and one of its greatest stars. donald sterling compounded his racist comments with a random assault on magic johnson. and johnson is firing back. here's abc's ryan smith. >

people who were freezing a few weeks ago now sweltering in an unprecedented heatwave. parts of the country in triple digits. records shattering. abc's clayton sandell reports on what he's seen firsthand tonight. >> reporter: tonight spring is turning severe. sizzling across the south with temperatures that are as much as 20 degrees above normal. concordia, kansas hit 96 degrees, breaking a record set 127 years ago. snow was falling in wichita, kansas as late as april 14th. just 20 days later, the city recorded its earliest 100 degree day, ever. wichita falls, texas is so desperate for water, they've hired a plane for cloud proceeding, pumping chemicals into the clouds to help it rain. >> where you see dirt, that would all be water. >> reporter: the heat wave follows powerful tornadoes that pummeled southern states. the destructive chaos captured in a new video from tupelo, mississippi, thrashing this preschool playground. today, the president toured damage in vilonia, arkansas. >> we're going to support you every step of the way. >> reporter: as for those heatwaves, th

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we are in a heatwave currently. it's very different what's going on over the western parts of europe. we have all the clouds at the moment. it was sunny here until a couple of days ago when this low pressure rolled across us. now it will stick around through the next few days. if you're in the western parts of europe, do expect things to be pretty wet at times. that low pressure is going nowhere in a great hurry. all it's doing is pushing further towards the east, so more of us see that unsettled weather through the next few days. as it works its way eastward, we have thundery downpours over the central parts of germany on friday. they'll be heavy with lots of lightning. >>> recommend stands accused of unlawfully killing two palestinian youth. the united nations and the united states are both demanding an investigation into the shootings, which were caught on video. a warning that some images in the report are disturbing. >> reporter: a take of widespread anti-israeli protests. it's the annual occasion marking the f

i have a look at the next seven days ahead and hen the heatwave will break. >> thank you, spencer. >>> six people were rushed to the hospital and more were injured when two vehicles scratched in san francisco. it happened at harrison and seventh streets. one driver ran a red light and ran into another vehicle. the collision drove the car through two trees, and into a building. there were up to 16 people in the vehicles. several had minor injuries though were not taken to the hospital. police have not said if the driver will face charges. >>> the pilot of a single-engine plane was detained after making an emergency landing in a high security area. it happened about 3:30 this afternoon at the sandia national laboratories property near south basco road, about five miles east of livermore municipal airport. cell phone video shows officers taking away the pilot near the field he landed on. the lab is a subsidiary of lockheed martin. scientists there develop nuclear weapons systems. neighbors told us security is tight. they heard the plane sputtering shortly before it landed. >> but i just

a heatwave midweek. it will be hot. the temperatures on average, even just tomorrow, as much as 12-15 degrees above average. it will be even warmer on tuesday. heading out of the bay area, mostly sunny skies, staying in the bay area, 88 degrees in san bruno. down in the south bay, 87 degrees at redwood city and 85 in palo alto. 90 at cooper tino. the numbers in the east bay will be in the low 90s for the most part. and from there, they just go up. expect a warmer day tomorrow and even warmer day as we get towards the weekend or toward the middle of the week. wednesday and thursday will be near the century mark inland. we don't get a break from this. finally a few low clouds to the shoreline will cool us as the beach but in the meantime we will be in the middle 90s by tuesday and warmest spots even around the bay will be warm. the city itself will be in the 80s by tuesday. expect hot times ahead for the bay area, ann, den stpheus. >> thank you very much. >> all right. we have not said this yet in the newscast. happy moth

we have to shut off the influence of the entire pacific ocean to get a heatwave around here. that's what this ridge of high pressure will do. it began today but really takes hold tomorrow and wednesday where much of the bay area surgeon a heat advisory including the south -- is under a heat advisory including the south bay and oakland, san francisco, inland temperatures hitting triple digits, especially on wednesday, widespread 80s in san francisco starting tomorrow. this will be 15 to 25 degrees above average. we likely will see record highs wednesday, but this really isn't that uncommon for may. as a matter of fact, last may we hit 90 degrees six different times away from the water. we may do it two or three time this week. we'll talk about hot how -- how hot we're going to get and how long it will last. >>> tonight we're hearing even more from l.a. clippers owner donald sterling. >> i'm not a racist. i've never been a racist. i'll never be a racist. >> then he kept talking and he's not doing much to help his case. >> no, he's not. in an interview that turns bizarre and ram

the new dangers concerns as heatwave continues. a big rig slams into a san francisco funeral home. what police are pieci together from the mayhem. we're in a drought - but we discover why this bay area . and thousands like him.. cae as much water as he wants - free. join us for kpix 5 news this morning... beginning at 4:3 good morning. it's thursday, may 15th. i'm michelle,,,, >>> here's a look at today's forecast in some cities around the country. >>> legendary radio star casey kasem has been found in washington state early this morning. kasem was reported missing this by his children this week. according to court papers, case. 's wife had blocked the children from seeing him and moved him from a california nursing home. the 82-year-old suffers from a form of dementia. >>> cat people everywhere are saying, i told you so. a cat in california saved a boy from a dog attack. 4-year-old jeremy was riding his bike in front of his bakersfield house tuesday when out of nowhere a neighbor's dog attacked. luckily for jeremy a family cat nam

zip down and for us it will be warmer this week and today we will have more waves and excessive heatwaves and heating up, the fire danger, sunny and warmer near 90s inland. afternoon temperatures, a lot of upper 80s, here is sal. >>> good morning, we are looking at a commute that is affected by a crash by walnut creek, and it is not as serious as they first thought it was, one lane is still blocked and traffic is very light and we don't have a big deal when it comes to the traffic jam just yet, just be aware it's there. just beware the traffic drives time was about 68 and will take advantage of the commute. when you get to the toll plaza, it is about an 8 minute drive across the entire bridge into san francisco and this is 280 northbound and 208 insane -- 280 in north san jose and we just came across a car fire north 101 at the interchange and the fire department is on the way and that one just crossed. 5:02 let's go back to the desk. >>> firefighters are cleaning up a homeless encampment. this is just one of several fires the department has dent with -- dealt with in the last 24 hours, j

they are keeping a close eye on the heatwave close call. >>> it is not only people in their homes gettingpeople working on construction sites and people in commute traffic, with their windows down they are just going at think have more than a million back on. >>> it is not clear if the large out and was heat related but the power outage should hold up during this hot spell and they are asking this this way and they are setting it 5 to 10 degrees warmer on their gain. you can have more information on cooling centers or you can beat the heat just look for the web ring is your general after traffic was packed up for miles on the road. you know about 5:30 yesterday afternoon and those downed power lines sparked this grass power line as the least briefly and police say they opened the road. >> and it went up on telephone polls throughout thep part part of a new mission to be walking on the streets and we will ten with more. >>> a popular san francisco landmark has been closed for six months because of renovations and is reonly. k. tv where we were and they will unveil the new koy tower, how do

you can see the heatwave. brighter skies coming in those central parts. this will extend a good part of france. the tennis open takes place on sunday, 22 degrees, good tennis weather. london at around 18 degrees. of course, it is a holiday which means back in the u.k. we'll see rain coming into england. in parts of france expect interruption in tennis going through monday. >> i wonder if the weather is going to interrupt the cannes film festival to find out who wins the prize. wasatch front reportwe have repe festival. >> reporter: it is female heavy this year, a first the question troubling a lot of critics, what gender will the winner be? >> they are up against 16 men. "winter sleep," the critics have give it their time because the director is somewhat of a cannes regular. this is his fifth film here. "grace of monaco" did set the tone because bio pics are huge this year. and mr. turner, a mike lee look at the life of a british artist. cannes is described as one of the more mainstream festivals not that it's any easier. >> you can predict the oscars eve

now the government blamed the low turn out over the past couple of days on a heatwave, and the transportationo people can get to the polls easily. the government reminded people that they would be fined up to $70 if they don't vote. people said they would boycott the elections, and some have been mocking them, tweeting pictures wit like this one sayig congratulations for emma watson for graduating. this one writing in, aria stark, character from "game of thrones," and this candidate, defender for real madrid. >> thank you. >>> at the height of the afghan war there were more than 800,000 disabled people in afghanistan. many of them were victims of decades of violence within their borders. as the u.s. war winds down there is hope for the disabled to find other outlets for their talents we have reports from kabul. >> high speeds and hard falls. this is afghanistan's only wheelchair basketball team. they train at this purpose built facility in kabul. players have come here from all over the country. some have spinal injuries from car accidents or problems from birth but many have injuries from de

that could mean two harvests each year, and they could expect a rising carbon dioxide levels, heatwavesdrought and floods. and much of the great plains. the report says some communities suffer more of that, causing billions in damages and water shortages. >> the south-west - expect to get hotter and drier. water shortages. earlier snow melt reducing the water supply, wreaking havoc on ecosystems. alaska - it's warmed twice as rapidly as the rest of the u.s. in the past 60 years, and hawaii - higher temperatures, rising sea levels and increased storms, leading to a rising cost of living in some places and the cost of basic necessities like water could rise as well. there's the need to have regional solutions. national solutions that the white house proposed. cutting carbon pollutions, investing in clean energy. adapting transportation, health care to prepare for the impact on climate change, and working with other countries to address climate change globally. the white house says if we don't act we'll have a multibillion tab, and many problems will be irreversible. >> thank you. talk of

. >> in southern california also going through a heatwave right now. jennifer london live in los angeles, thank you. >>> tursending rescue personnelo help rescue nearly 300 girls abducted from school. it's reported that boko haram abducted eight more girls in a raid. >> we've always identified them as one of the worst local or regional terrorist organizations there is out there. but i can only imagine what parents are going through. we're going to do everything we can to provide assistance to them. [♪ singing ] >> dozens of nigerian-americans gather outside of the consolate in new york to voice their support of the missing girls. thousands took to the streets as well. >> reporter: concerned my jeer rans have come out to put pressure on nigerian security services to find the hundreds of missing girls from the northeast. their anger is fueled by the fact that the liter of boko haram has released a new tape saying that he abducted the girls and plans to sell them on the open market. they're emboldened by the international community. what boko haram said t

now the government blamed the low turn out over the last two days on a heatwave.es on public transportation was suspended, and they hav voty will be fined for not voting. this one is writing, stark from "the game of thrones" and ramos has been written in as a candidate. >> thank you. google has had the biggest hurdles to developing automated cars are human. the cars that do not have steering wheels, pedals or gears. >> everything about cars involves faith. i have faith right now as i cross the intersection that none of these guys are going to hit the gas and plow right through me. everyone around us at the giants game today is assuming that no one is going to jump the curb. well, google has extended that faith even more deeply, and arrived at a design that does away with any sort of break or accelerator or that icon of control the steering wheel itself, and it has just gone with a simple start button and emergency stop button. the design stems from employees who had been commuting from work via the original self car design weren't ready to take control of the whee

election officials blamed it on a heatwave, extending it for a third day. there are 50 million voters. more than 40% of people voted. the opposition alliance, including the muslim brotherhood insists that less than 10% of voters showed up. al jazeera can't the confirm this. abdul fatah al-sisi led the coup against the first democratically elected president and wanted millions to vote for him. he needs a high turn out to legitimize his takeover the elections highlight a boycott by the young people that led the revolution that deposed hosni mubarak. the result was never in doubt, people considered abdul fatah al-sisi a president in waiting. people in egypt remain divided. that could be a recipe for more unrest. >>> for more, omar is a senior lecturer in politics at the university of exeter. thank you for coming on the show. many read the la turn out -- low turn out. particularly abdul fatah al-sisi's critics as lack of support. does that mean that it's a foregone conclusion, why should people cast ballots, even supporters. >> that's part of it. but there's a

election officials blame it on a heatwave and extended it a third day. there are around 50 million registers voters. an official says more than 40% of people voted. the opposition alliance including the outlawed muslim brotherhood insist that less than 10% of voters showed up. aljazeera cannot confirm this. sisi led the coupe against egypt's first elected president and wanted millions of people to vote for him. critics say he needs a high turnout to legitimize his military takeover. this heights a boycott by the young people who led the resolution that deposed must be rick. the election was never in doubt. many consider sisi a president in waiting. people remain divided. that could be a recipe for more unrest. >> let me start by asking you about the low voter turnout and what does it say to you, if anything? >> it says a couple of things. the first obviously is that this ends up looking much less like the coronation that see eand supporters hoped it would. if you analyze the patterns of voter turnout, we see that you can almost sigh this was a refer demo

even more difficult >>: fattal use ankle during this heatwave of its going to be even hotter today.s we can tell you kron4's will tran is alive and one of the warmest areas and at the dublin extension green water park. so you can call office as the open high will treat the >>darya: as soon as they opened yes then there's a delay was because a lot of people come here want to off and then a few hours of the problem is of course california is facing a drought. don't really thinking about that when they're getting up. let's face it a lot of people had a miserable night because it was so cold. right now 57 degrees and the bloods it did little bit silly, but erica, tells me this place where it heats up will get to a high of 101 degrees. we're talking 44 degrees heat up over the next several hours speaking of the drought we're facing historic drought. in 90 years. we haven't seen it this bad in nine decades lot of people come here and enjoy it but there are that concern that if a little water be used efficiently because of the water park and now there's an indication places not getting wat

. >> farmlands parched by doubt, heatwaves, temperatures that could intensify.hat's the warning from the national climate assessment. an 840 page call to action to mitigate greenhouse gases and adapt out modded u.s. infrastructures to meet the climate change. a less costly alternative to doing nothing. >> hurricane sandy caused lots of damage in new york, and ruined the subway cars. it would be cheaper and better to plan ahead and build walls that protect shields against these kinds of storms. >> analyzing eight geographical regions and seven sectors, the report notes that while rising temperatures have some economic benefits, such as longer growing and shipping seasons, the impact on society and the economy are far greater. the question is, how great? because the national climate assessment does not tell us exactly how much climate changes cost in the u.s. economy or the price tag for maintaining and countering it's negative affects. >> there's no past appearance on which to base these estimates. i think that the reason people don'don't like to put a number t i

are trying to stay cool in the summer like conditions kron4 has the team coverage on the bay area heatwave. tonight we begin with a look at just how does it make whether has been. kron4 chief meteorologist jack land that is moderately the high temperatures jacqueline? >> jacqueline: sea breeze when is thirty to kick in at the coast line. talking about record temperatures, not rob houris staying cool out there. >> reporter: i am very 15 from the breeze. benefitting >> reporter: as you see they have a big crowd here today. people that have blankets i'll hear is almost the only thing is missing is the beach. here are some of what they had to say earlier. >> hot a very fun. >> we got a good experience. >> it was still very very hot. >> >> reporter: how is it going so far? >> so far so good. >> it was fun. >> reporter: i can tell you that about 30 minutes ago or sell it read about 96 degrees in my car did take a couple of degrees. it's very warm and indeed. a fire there is a breeze picking up. looks like maybe the worst is over. rob fladeboe kron 4 news. >> pam: continuing our team coverage on

a heatwave - passing the 90s, and tripple digit in the area. the heat expanding up the coast over the next few days. san francisco starting to feel the heat. as we get through the next couple of days, 73 degrees, enjoy it while you can. conditions for you, los angeles 81. mid 80s around phoenix. over the next few days, los angeles, we'll be closer to 90 degrees, hitting the mid 90s. textures climbing. by thursday it will be close to the century mark. well above average and the north-east - a face warm wrap-up to the weekend. a beautiful mother's day, keeping us dry, a few spotty showers, and it looks like we'll see temperatures climbing to 80 degrees. 84-78 in pittsburgh. here is a look at the nation, keeping it cool across areas where we see snow. 39 degrees in denver. >> today marks the 100th anniversariy. today was marked to give mothers a day to mourn their sons. a mother is emerging as a gun control advocate after her son was shot and killed. a woman that said she will always be jordan's mum. >> it's too hard and too much, you know, effort