"ALL IN" STARTS RIGHT NOW.
GOOD EVENING FROM NEW YORK.
IM CHRIS HAYES.
IT WAS 115 DEGREES FAHRENHEIT IN
PORTLAND, OREGON, TODAY.
BREAKING YESTERDAYS RECORD OF
112 DEGREES.
TO STATE THE OBVIOUS, IT SHOULD
NOT BE 115 DEGREES IN PORTLAND.
NORMAL HIGH TEMPERATURES AT THIS
TIME OF THE YEAR IN THE CITY ARE
IN THE LOW-TO-MID 70s.
THIS IS NOT JUST HAPPENING IN
PORTLAND.
OREGONS CAPITAL CITY OF SALEM
ALSO REACHED 114 DEGREES.
SEATTLE, WASHINGTON, HIT A
RECORD-BREAKING 107 DEGREES
TODAY.
THE WEATHER ACROSS THE PACIFIC
NORTHWEST OF THE UNITED STATES
IS DOWN RIGHT DYSTOPIAN RIGHT
NOW.
LIKE SOMETHING OUT OF A CLIMATE
SCIENCE FICTION KNOWLEDGE BUT A
PEAK INTO THE FUTURE THAT IS
MADE PRESENT.
ALL THIS IS HAPPENING BECAUSE OF
THE HEAT DOME WHERE HIGH
PRESSURE IN THE ATMOSPHERE TRAPS
HOT OCEAN AIR KIND OF LIKE A
LID.
THE
HEAT DOMES ARE NOT UNCOMMON IN
THE SUMMER.
BUT THIS ONE INCREDIBLY INTENSE
AND VAST.
THE KIND OF EXTREME WEATHER
EVENT THAT CLIMATE CHANGE IS
MAKING MORE AND MORE COMMON.
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN
SEATTLE PUT OUT THIS
STRAIGHTFORWARD WARNING LAST
NIGHT.
QUOTE, WITH MORNING LOWS ALREADY
STARTING IN ALL-TIME RECORD
TERRITORY TEMPERATURES WILL
SKYROCKET THE SUNRISE.
ARIZONA THERE IS NO PREVIOUS
OCCURRENCE OF THE EVENT WE ARE
EXPERIENCING IN THE LOCAL
CLIMATOLOGICAL RECORD ITS
SOMEWHAT DISCONCERTING TO HAVE
NO ANALOGY TO WORK WITH.
TEMPERATURE RECORDS WILL FALL IN
IMPRESSIVE FASHION.
NO ANALOGY FOR THIS IN THE
ENTIRE CLIMATOLOGICAL RECORD.
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE,
INKREPD PART OF OUR GOVERNMENT,
CIVIL SERVANTS, WEATHER FORECAST
OFFICES NATIONWIDE, ITS THEIR
JOB TO ESSENTIALLY BE OUR
CLIMATE WATCH MEN AND WOMEN AND
HERE THEY ARE, YOU KNOW,
STANDING SENTRY ON THE WALL,
WAVING A RED FLAG, WARNING US OF
APPROACHING DANGER.
SOME HAVE APPROACHED THIS WITH A
HUMOR.
LAS VEGAS TWEETING YESTERDAY,
LOOKS LIKE THE ODDS OF PORTLAND
TYING LAS VEGAS ALL-TIME RECORD
117 DEGREES TOMORROW IS 17%.
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN
PORTLAND, DO WE NEED TO REMIND
YOU THE HEAT IS OUR THING?
THE AUSTIN, TEXAS, OFFICE,
PORTLANDS ALL-TIME RECORD OF
112 YESTERDAY IS ALSO THE HIGH
IN THEIR CITY, IN AUSTIN.
THIS METEOROLOGIST POINTED OUT
PORTLAND WAS EXPECTED TO BE
HOTTER THAN 99.8% OF EARTH
YESTERDAY WITH SOME THE SAHARA
DESERT, PERSIAN GULF AND
CALIFORNIAS DESERTS REACHING
HIGHER TEMPERATURES.
SO THOSE ARE THE NUMBERS.
AND THEY ARE ALL KIND OF MIND
BLOWING.
BUT THE EFFECTS ARE EVEN MORE
BRUTAL.
PUT SIMPLY, HUMANS CANNOT
FUNCTION VERY WELL IN THIS KIND
OF HEAT.
WE HAVE NOT EVOLVED TO DEAL WITH
112 DEGREES.
THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST WHERE
SUMMERS ARE USUALLY TEMPERATE
AND MANY PEOPLE DO NOT HAVE AIR
CONDITIONING, IT SURE AS HECK IS
NOT DESIGNED FOR IT.
>> YOU DIDNT HAVE TO GO FAR IN
PORTLAND TO FIND PEOPLE IMPACTED
BY THE RECORD-BREAKING HEAT.
WENDY CHECKING IN THE HOTEL
DOWNTOWN.
>> WE DONT HAVE AIR
CONDITIONING AND ITS SO HOT AND
WE WANTED TO GIVE OUR DOG A
CHANCE TO COOL OFF.
>> Reporter: SHE SAID PAYING FOR
A TWO-NIGHT SFA IT WAS WAY LESS
COSTLY THAN AN AC UNIT.
>> A SEARCH FOR A HOTEL IN
SEATTLE THIS WEEKEND THROUGH
MONDAY SHOWS ROOM AFTER ROOM
SOLD OUT.
ON THAT SAME BLOCK ZEUS CAFE HAD
TO CLOSE EARLY.
>> MAINLY FOR THE SAFETY OF MY
STAFF.
SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE
HAVE MINIMAL EQUIPMENT RUNNING.
>> Reporter: OTHER PLACES HAD TO
CLOSE, TOO.
THE OREGON ZOO SHUT DOWN AT
12:30 SUNDAY BECAUSE ITS TOO
HOT FOR THE ANIMALS AND
CUSTOMERS.
IT WILL CLOSE EARLY MONDAY, TOO.
>> SUSPENDED ALL MAX SERVICES TO
TOMORROW MORNING BECAUSE OF THE
HEAT.
>> WE KNOW THAT THE PORTLAND
STREETCAR IS GOING TO BE OUT OF
COMMISSION TO TUESDAY AS WELL.
YOU CAN SEE THIS PICTURE AND THE
CABLE MELTED FROM THE
RECORD-BREAKING HEAT ON SUNDAY
AND WILL CONTINUE TO HAVE TODAY.
>> THE MIDST OF THIS, EVERYTHING
SHUTTING DOWN, REMEMBER WE ARE
JUST 25 DAYS FROM THE START OF
THE ALREADY POSTPONED TOKYO
OLYMPICS, HAPPENING IN 2021, AND
IT HAPPENS THAT UNIVERSITY OF
OREGON EUGENE JUST HOSTED
OUTDOOR OLYMPIC TRIALS
YESTERDAY.
THESE FINAL COMPETITIONS WERE
HELD TO DETERMINE WHICH ATHLETES
REPRESENT THE UNITED STATES IN
THE TRACK AND FIELD EVENTS.
TEMPERATURES IN U BETWEEN WERE
WELL OVER 100 AGREES WHEN AN
ATHLETE IN THE HEPTATHLON
COMPETITION FAINTED BEFORE THE
JAVELIN THROW, HAD TO BE WHEELED
OFF THE FIELD.
THE TRIALS WERE DELAYED BY FIVE
HOURS, RESUMING AFTER THE WORST
OF THE AFTERNOON HEAT HAD
PASSED.
AGAIN, THE HUMAN BODY IS NOT
DESIGNED FOR ANY KIND OF
EXERTION AT THESE TEMPERATURES.
EVEN ELITE OLYMPIC-LEVEL
ATHLETES CANT DO IT.
IT DOESNT WORK.
AND MORE OF THE WORLD WILL BE
CATAPULTED INTO THAT RED ZONE OF
PHYSIOLOGICAL DANGER WEEK BY
WEEK, YEAR BY YEAR.
SO THAT IS ONE STORY FROM THIS
WEEKEND.
AND THE OTHER BIG STORY THAT WAS
PLAYING OUT IN WASHINGTON, D.C.,
WHICH YOU MAY HAVE FOLLOWED, MAY
HAVE SEEN NEWS ABOUT, THE
BIPARTISAN INFRASTRUCTURE DEAL.
REMEMBER IT WAS NEGOTIATED BY A
GROUP OF MODERATE REPUBLICANS,
SO-CALLED, AND DEMOCRATS, AND
THE BIPARTISAN BILL IS SMALLER,
CONSIDERABLY, THAN WHAT JOE
BIDEN INITIALLY PROPOSED, BUT
THE IDEA THAT WAS ANNOUNCED LAST
WEEK BECAUSE THAT WOULD PASS AN
ADDITIONAL LARGER SPENDING BILL
THAT WOULD NEED DEMOCRATIC
VOTES.
REPUBLICAN LEADERSHIP IS COMING
OUT IN STAUNCH OPPOSITION TO
PRECISELY THAT PLAN.
MITCH McCONNELL PUSHING BACK,
CLAIMING DEMOCRATS WANT TO HOLD
THE BIPARTISAN BILL HOSTAGE OVER
A SEPARATE PROCESS.
THIS MAY SEEM LIKE THE NORMAL
LEGISLATIVE COMPROMISE.
BUT THIS WHOLE DEBATE IS
PRESIDENT BIDENS ORIGINAL
INFRASTRUCTURE PROPOSAL INCLUDED
MORE THAN $300 BILLION IN
CLIMATE CHANGE-SPECIFIC
INVESTMENTS.
THAT HAS NOW ALL BEEN PULLED OUT
OF THE BIPARTISAN DEAL AND MOVED
INTO THE ADDITIONAL BILL THE
DEMOCRATS WOULD PASS BY
RECONCILIATION.
THINK ABOUT THIS.
WE ARE TALKING ABOUT A
BIPARTISAN INFRASTRUCTURE BILL
FOR 21st CENTURY AMERICA.
WHAT DO YOU THINK ARE THE MOST
IMPRESSING INFRASTRUCTURE
QUESTIONS WE FACE?
THE WAY WE GENERATE ENERGY, THE
WAY WE USE ENERGY AREND THE WAY
HARDEN OURSELVES AGAINST CLIMATE
DISASTERS SO, I DONT KNOW,
STREETCAR CABLES DONT MELT.
THOSE ARE AT THE CENTER
INFRASTRUCTURE.
AS INVESTIGATORS SIFT THROUGH
WHAT HAPPENED IN THE BUILDING IN
MIAMI, THAT CATASTROPHIC FAILURE
IS A REMINDER OF OUR INCREDIBLE
CIVILIZATION AL ACHIEVEMENTS
THROUGH TECHNOLOGY AND
REGULATION AND LAWS AND
BUREAUCRACY AND INSPECTIONS,
RIGHT.
WE HAVE BUILT THIS IMPRESSIVE
STRUCTURES THAT ALMOST NEVER
FALL DOWN.
THATS THE NORM WE ARE
ACCUSTOMED TO.
AND THIS DISASTER WARNS US OF
THE CATASTROPHE THAT LOOMS IF
THAT STARTS TO GO AWAY.
AND WE ARE NOW ENTERING AN ERA
IN WHICH THE PRECIOUS ON EVERY
BUILT STRUCTURE WILL BE
INCREASED BY THE DRIVING STORY
OF THE CENTURY MUCHOF THE WARMIN
PLANET.
THINK OF THE UTTER MADNESS OF
SURVEYING THIS WORLD WE LIVE IN
AND THINKING ABOUT WHAT KIND OF
INFRASTRUCTURE THE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT SHOULD INVEST IN,
SHOULD BUILD, DEVELOP, INVEST,
AND DECIDING, YOU KNOW WHAT?
LETS GET RID OF THE CLIMATE
STUFF.
THATS WHAT THE REPUBLICANS AND
THE DEMOCRATS WHO CUT THE DEAL
DID.
AND THE QUESTION NOW IS, WILL
DEMOCRATS ACTUALLY BE ABLE TO
PASS ANOTHER BILL THAT INCLUDES
THE CLIMATE STUFF.
IF THEY COULD NOT, NONE OF IT IS
WORTH DOING.