whenever yet we spoke to ralph gonzalez as the prime minister of st. vincent and the grenadines, he criticized the international community for not doing enough to tackle climate change. overall, this is a core or if it's a hurricane it's, it's, it is call, it does cause. we haven't done the calculation yet, but it would be hundreds of millions of dollars worth of damage on the loss. so how is, is public infrastructure? was a having facilities. we have 75 shelters established. and the persons who haven't been into the show that as i've gone into a friends rooms, we're without electricity. what is in some pads and not to another pads, the global community. i pay a lot of lip service to the consequences of climate change. and then, but they're not taking the issue very seriously, not, not by their responses in terms of resources and the like they have cause in this guy made change. the other one is what benefited through the emissions. because business times of a tied to a particular global economy and you caused the problems and then you leave us on the frontlines. we pay the price. that's not f

vincent, ralph gonzalez announced 90% of homes on the island were either damaged or destroyed much ofconcentrated on the southern grenadine, at least one person killed their. power and water are resources that are still scarce today. airports have been badly damaged on several islands. officials say they welcome emergency aircraft with any sort of resources they can bring in despite the impacts we've seen so far. david: oil inching down after hitting a 2-month high on summer demand for gas and hurricane beryl. let's get to senior analyst phil flynn. it's inching down but it is 83. when i woke up, $84 a barrel. how soon before that translates into higher gasoline prices? >> i would go to the station soon because i think it will happen almost immediately. we see prices go up as a holiday demand season kicks into high gear. in the futures market, prices are going to go higher over the next couple months. definitely the hurricane has had some impact on prices even though the track of the storm is missing some of the major production platforms. it is still going to slow down important expo

up with boasted up here, of course, as you would imagine, the prime minister, the honourable ralph gonzalez and vincent quite earlier about how things have been going there. the automobile motley here in barbados. she's been definitely prepared in case that there is anything major. so i speak with confidence that if something was to hit and happen, that the plan and the emergency that curation is well on the way we have been hit before, this is now almost three years that elsa hurricane in lsa would have touched down in barbados. that would have been july 2 in 2021. that would have been the last major hurricane that would have touched in what vedas and the plans, then we're pretty well for evacuation and they remain intact if that was to be the cause. but as i said, the system well, we're feeling much more wind. there is a lot of gst and a bit more rain. the system is not touching down as much. so therefore, there's a little bit of ease intention as to how this system might affect barbados and the windward islands, right? >> well, this is good news, but we will keep a very close eye and of

and i would just say to, so we're hoping to be speaking with ralph gonzalez, who's the prime minister of saint vincent and the grenadines in this news hour and just a few moments. so do stay tuned for that. we'll get an update from him about the situation. meanwhile, what's happening in the states is that the us president joe biden has proposed new rules and hopes of protecting workers who are having to deal with excessive heat caused by climate change. tens of millions of americans are currently dealing with extreme heat advisories. as temperature, sor, throughout the country. summer has discharged. already already tens of millions of americans are under heat warranties, from record shattering temperatures. last month here in dc temperature $100.00 degrees. in phoenix, arizona, $112.00 degrees and las vegas, a $111.00 degrees above normal temperature is also expected for much of the country july, especially in central and eastern united states. extreme. hey, this is, i think you're not surprised. a lot of people, not you all are extreme. heat is a number one, weather related killer i