joe fryer, nbc news. >>> still ahead for us tonight, in the wake of this summer's deadly heatwaves, the growing outrage over the lack of life-saving air conditioning for so many homelessness, housing, taxes, water, electricity, crime, wildfires. [sfx: bear roar] gavin, you've failed. we have to immediately cut taxes twenty-five percent. fix housing and homelessness. and make life in california affordable again. i'm a businessman, the only cpa running. shouldn't we choose ability this time? we must have a competent governor with management experience and outsider integrity. [sfx: bear roar] that describes only john cox. >>> july was the hottest month ever recorded on earth. those scorching temperatures killing hundreds in the u.s., and it's raising new questions about why access to life-saving air conditioning is out of reach for so many americans miguel almaguer has more >> reporter: the oppressive heatwaves now gripping our nation are not only hotter but also deadly even in the cool pacific northwest, temperatures soared up to 116 degrees in portland this summer hundreds lost their liv

joe fryer, nbc news. >>> still ahead for us tonight, in the wake of this summer's deadly heatwaves, the growing outrage over the lack of life-saving air conditioning for so many >>> july was the hottest month ever recorded on earth. those scorching temperatures killing hundreds in the u.s., and it's raising new questions about why access to life-saving air conditioning is out of reach for so many americans miguel almaguer has more >> reporter: the oppressive heatwaves now gripping our nation are not only hotter but also deadly even in the cool pacific northwest, temperatures soared up to 116 degrees in portland this summer hundreds lost their lives. and according to one report, most died alone in homes with no working air conditioning or fans >> i'm just sweating and crying and whispering to myself i don't know what to do. >> reporter: shane brown says it was 108 degrees when he found his mother jollene inside her low-income housing unit she used her social security to pay rent on an apartment that offered no ac. she is one of oregon's 96 confirmed fatalities >> there should be ways to

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i'm joe fryer.x is off. here is what is happening at 2:00 p.m. eastern, 11:00 a.m. pa civic. we begin with the latest on the coronavirus pandemic and a live look at south dakota where bikers are garthering by the thousands for the annual sturgis motorcycle rally. bikers are coming from all around the u.s., and officials fear it has the potential to become a superspreader event for the highly transmissible delta variant. >>> the new warning in texas. modelling by the university of texas shows the austin, travis county area, could exceed icu bed capacity by tomorrow. the rising number of cases led officials to close an emergency room last night. the number of infections across the country has been trending upward since the beginning of july. florida set another new record in the last 24 hours, adding more than 23,000 new cases, the highest number there in a single day. >>> political disputes over mask mandates rage on as students prepare to go back to school. >> governor desantis has done is purposely

joe fryer, along with tim cheney, a tv critic for "the vulture."ttention, and the confusion and delay this is causing. i know i have a lot of work to do to regain your trust and confidence. joe, how did we get here? >> this has been building up in the past two weeks. after it became clear that richards was going to be name the new host, first, a lot of people questioned how did the executive producer of the show end up becoming the host, but then they were some old lawsuits filed against "the price of right" his former employer, where he had been mentioned, a discrimination lawsuit. he denied any wrongdoing, they settled out of court, but the ringer put out a report, an in-depth record looking at richards. they found clips from old podcasts back in 2013, 2014, and according to "the ringer" it had sexist jokes along with disparage comments. the antidefamation league said this is no laughing matter and says it warrants an investigation. in response to all of this, richards finally put out that note to staff this morning, basically saying he was stepp

joe fryer continues our coverage. ♪ ♪ >>> good day from msnbc world headquarters in new york.andemic and a live look at south dakota where bikers are garthering by the thousands for the annual sturgis motorcycle rally. bikers are coming from all around the u.s., and officials fear it has the potential to become a superspreader event for the highly transmissible delta variant. >>> the new warning in texas. modelling by the university of texas shows the austin, travis county area, could exceed icu bed capacity by tomorrow. the rising number of cases led officials to close an emergency room last night. the number of infections

. ♪ ♪ >>> good afternoon, i'm joe fryer in for yas man vossoughian.ay three majors stories we are following. massive earthquake hits haiti, which never fully recovered from a quake a decade ago. >>> the united states scrambles to get our personnel and allies out of harm's way in a race against time in afghanistan. >>> we are following new developments in the dangerous ride in covid cases across the country. hospitals are overwhelmed in the hardest hit states leading to a chilling warning from texas. >> if your child has a heart, congenital heart defect or something, needs an icu bed, more than likely if they have covid and need an icu bed, we don't have one. your child will wait for another child to die. >> a message like that coming at the same time as the republican governors in texas, florida and other states try to force schools not to mandate masks for their students. we'll have more on that ahead. ♪ ♪ >>> we start with that breaking news in the caribbean where officials say at least 29 people have died in haiti after a magnitude 7.2 earthquake.

my friend joe fryer continues our coverage. ♪ ♪ >>> good afternoon, i'm joe fryer in for yas man vossoughians we are following. massive earthquake hits haiti, which never fully recovered from a quake a decade ago. >>> the united states scrambles to get our personnel and allies out of harm's way in a race against time in afghanistan. >>> we are following new developments in the dangerous ride in covid cases across the country. hospitals are overwhelmed in the hardest hit states leading to a chilling warning from texas. >> if your child has a heart, congenital heart defect or something, needs an icu bed, more than likely if they have covid and need an ic

i'm joe fryer. my friend, yasmin vossoughian, picks up our coverage from here. ♪ ♪ >>> good afternoon, everybody. i'm yasmin vossoughian. it is a very busy saturday with breaking news happening right now on several fronts across the country. for a second stat in a row, the u.s. senate is in session, having already passed one procedural vote a few hours ago. plenty of pitfalls still lie ahead. we're live on capitol hill as the two sides try and avoid a political derailment. >>> the number of covid cases are exploding, and, unfortunately, breaking records, as if this country doesn't have a vaccine. now fears of an outbreak have moved from summer festivals to schools where unvaccinated kids are set to start next week. then you go to california, the third largest wildfire in the state's history is burning out of control. as fire season is just getting started, we are live on the ground in the golden state as the dixie fire shows no signs of slowing down. in fact, we want to begin this hour with breaking

i'm joe fryer. thanks for watching.nd al sharpton starts right now. >>> good evening and welcome to "politicsnation." we begin with some breaking news as nbc news has confirmed the last major northern city in afghanistan has fallen to taliban control. meanwhile, hundreds of afghan civilians are heading to the airport in kabul in an attempt to flee the country. president biden just announcing that 5,000 u.s. troops will be deployed to keep afghanistan from sliding into utter chaos as the taliban nears a complete takeover of the country. we'll keep you posted throughout the hour with the developments. >>> also, we keep an eye on haiti, rocked by a massive earthquake earlier this morning that has left at least

want to highlight >> it is worth pausing t highlight the shows of kindness permeating these games joe fryer this year it's not just when athletes are given a medal. it's when athletes give us a moment to cherish. >> reporter: the olympic spirit is often likened to a flame, not because it burns but because it shines illuminating not just the podium, but those moments that might otherwise seem dark. >> oh. >> oh, down goes isaiah and he got caught up with nigel those two are down and out >> reporter: for those two runners, their fall was quickly eclipsed by their rise a selfless act of sportsmanship as they hoisted each other to their feet before crossing the finish line together such simple gestures, a helping hand lifting someone up or comforting them when they're down in the water, a german kayaker cared for his czech competitor who was feeling unwell after a tough race on the field after usa's heartbreaking loss to canada, solace in sportsmanship. and who can forget that moment on the track when the two high jumpers were tied for first and took an unexpected leap. >> you can't continue wi

joe fryer has more on the new pro boxer who has the sports world buzzing.impressive young man, to see the least nico ali walsh faced a lot of pressure but the 21-year-old college student lived up to expectations and the ali family name as he made his pro boxing debut. like grandfather, like grandson. with nico ali walsh's saturday night debut, the third generation of muhammad ali's family joined the ranks of pro boxing, giving the hard rock crowd in oklahoma a chance to chant this - >> ali ali! >> with ali-walsh defeating his opponent in the first round by technical knockout >> tko victory for the grandson of the g.o.a.t >> it absolutely -- it's like a euphoric feeling right now >> reporter: nico's grandfather, or papi, as he called him, debuted in 1960 launching his legendary career >> i am the greatest >> reporter: and muhammad ali's daughter leila is considered one of the greatest female boxers. >> the pressure was immense. i'm glad everything worked out the way it did the greatest night of my life. >> reporter: he wore his grandfather's trunks in the ri

looking for a new host after the new host stepped down amid a series of scandals nbc news anchor joe fryere go again. >> here we go again. jeopardy started filming the new season with mike richards as host last thursday within 24 hours of taping his first episodes, richards stepped down and production was canceled richards will remain the show's executive producer and says "jeopardy!" is now going on bring back guest hosts so they can restart production as the game show tries to get back on track. >> reporter: this morning, a game show known for tough questions is facing perhaps the most challenging one yet who is the host. guest hosts will once again step behind the electric turn >> our final category today -- >> reporter: it's unclear if that will include fan favorite levar burton, scoring endorsements on twitter from the likes of ryan reynolds and seth mcfarlane. leslie jones ken jennings told the "new york times," jeopardy is one of the last pure things in a troubled age and i hate something pure strange like that has to be sullied by back-stage drama >> it made et feel like they didn'

furious about the process that landed him that role and now past comments of his that have surfaced >> joe fryerod morning to you guys. so mike richards is back on defense this morning, this time apologizing for a number o offensive comments he reportedly made on his podcast seven years ago. one high profile group is calling for an investigation for "jeopardy" fans who were critical of his replacing alex trebek, this newest controversy is adding fuel to the fire >> with filming of the new season kicking off thursday, some are wondering if the show's big wager on mike richards is paying off an indepth report unearthe comments made by richards in 2013 and 2014. >> she is not attractive and she does not have the good body. >> the original recordings were pulled off line this week, but according to clips and apparent archived recordings, the archives included sexist comments about women's bodies and disparaging remarks about little people. people from haiti and jewish people richards reportedly mocks a co-host for giving money to an unhoused person. >> everyone is going to wear one pieces and look f

joe fryer is here with more on her life good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning. screen but her talent and kindness behind the scenes markie post was a beloved performer, most famously in nbc's "night court." >> my client plead innocent, your honor >> on what grounds >> they claim to be victims of a mind meld. >> she played christine sullivan passionally represented off-beat characters in trouble with the law. i can't help it, sir i love this job. helping the downtrodden, serving justice, it gives me goose bumps. >> yeah. makes my skin crawl too. >> she starred on the long running show for 7 years it was part of a career that spanned four decades among her other best known roles, bail bondswoman carrie michaels in "the fall guy," cameron diaz's mom in the 1998 comedy "there's something about mary." she also had appearances in "cheers. >> you are a very attractive man, but for me to give up my friendship with diane, you'd have to be rich, too >> and "scrubs." >> when she gets depressed she goes for the diamonds at the bottom >> reporter: after a nearly four-year fi

. >> joe fryer joins us with more. >> good morning.t-runner for the permanent job is getting quizzed about some allegations at his previous game show gig and it comes as the countdown to replace alex trebek is ticking down to the final seconds. >> who is the next host of "jeopardy" >> this is "jeopardy." >> the man who may be the answer to that question is now pushing back on a daily double dose of controversy. on monday, mike richards, "jeopardy's" executive producer who also had a stint guest hosting earlier this year, confirmed he is one of a few people in behind the scenes consideration to become just the second permanent host in the show's history but it's his time on "the price is right" that is causing a showdown >> come on down. >> during his more than ten-year tenure at the cbs staple, the show faced multiple lawsuits alleging discrimination and harassment, claims made by former models on the show. one of those, a 2010 lawsuit claimed richards criticized models who became pregnant richards denied any wrongdoing at the time. bo