Here in Trafalgar Square.
Some people are pulling themselves off in the fountain behind me.
The UK has just broken its record high temperature today of 102°F.
>> In a country where not even an estimated 5% of
homes have air conditioning.
Many residents and visitors are finding practical ways to stay cool.
>> So that is in the UK.
And obviously across Europe there is a brutal heatwave earlier today.
As the reporter said, UK broke a record for the highest temperature ever.
However, there may be a silver lining if you are a ginger.
That's right, but hang on for that.
There's some fun stuff here.
But for now, let's look at what's going on.
So, the UK met office weather agency registered a provisional reading a 40.3
degrees Celsius, 104.5 degrees Fahrenheit at Coningsby in eastern England.
Breaking the record set just hours before.
Before Tuesday, the highest temperature recorded in Britain was 38.7°C or
101.7°F set in 2019.
By later afternoon, 29 places in the UK had broken the record.
The sweltering weather has disrupted travel, healthcare schools and
a country not prepared for such extremes.
A huge chunk of England remained under the country's first red warning for
extreme heat Tuesday, meaning there's a danger of even death for healthy people.
And people have actually been drowning in some of the places where they're
trying to get cooling.
Six people were reported to have drowned across the UK.
It's very scary, trains which weren't built to handle the heat have been
suspended and of course we have climate change to thank for this.
Climate experts warned that global warming has increased the frequency of extreme
weather events.
With studies showing that the likelihood of temperatures in the UK reaching
40 degrees or 104F is now 10 times higher than in the pre industrial area.
So, it is insane and it's crazy.
And there's also massive fires and heat related deaths in Portugal, in Spain.
But there is good news for gingers.
So apparently, one cinema showcase cinemas is giving out
free movie tickets to redheads because of the heat wave, that's right.
You see it there, free tickets for
redheads on the hottest days ever, Monday the 18th and
Tuesday July 19th at showcase cinemas, which is very funny.
Thinking about it now, let's be real, unlike the United States,
many locations and homes in Britain do not have air conditioning.
Most cinemas, however, do have air conditioning.
Since redheads are often more vulnerable than most to the sun's rays, were giving
them shelter from the sun inside are fully air conditioning cinema screens,
showcase said in a statement.
So, redheads are cashing in despite climate change.
That's [LAUGH] fun.
>> So, first of all, I'd like that, we don't know who, it's a company,
It's not really progressive,
but it's a progressive way of thinking that we look out for each other, right?
And so, I like that they're looking out for really pale white people.
Because in that case, they're the ones who are more endangered.
So the progressive ideologies protect those who are the most endangered, right?
So, white people come inside, watch a movie, okay?
Don't endanger yourself.
Climate change is real.
So seriously guys, the planet is melting 99% of the world's scientists say it.
When the historians look back, if there are historians, if there is a planet,
they'll say, well every scientist on the planet said it was happening.
Then they saw it happening and then they saw fires consume whole
towns at a time in California, in Australia, now all over Europe and
they didn't do anything about it, why didn't they do anything about it?
Because a couple of billionaires in America,
we're gonna make a couple more bucks cuz they run fossil fuel companies.
So, they were gonna make a little bit more money.
And then the historians will ask yes, but did they need more money?
No, no, they were among the richest people in the world.
But then, didn't everybody die anyway?
Yeah, yeah they did.
Why?
And the answer will be greed, insatiable, endless greed.
And so, honestly the whole world should put up
pictures of Joe Manchin saying this is the villain that is killing us.
Hundreds of people have died in this heat wave, whose fault is it?
It's the fault of people who take no action on climate change.
Who has unilaterally stopped all action on climate change.
It just happened this week.
It's Joe Manchin.
He's a Democrat from West Virginia and he owns a coal company.
So, he made over five, STYT investigates,
showed he's made over $5 million from killing you in the last 10 years.
So, he thinks, yeah, maybe you're dying from climate change.
Maybe in England, maybe in Australia, maybe somewhere else.
What do I care?
I'm getting rich and fellow Democrats that are lying
down like dogs in front of him because he calls himself a Democrat.
So they're like, we can't attack, we can't say with the truth, Republicans love it.
Republicans are monsters.
They're like, more people are gonna die,
let's tell them where the pro life party, [LAUGH] where's the oil money?
Okay, that's Republicans.
So, they should put up pictures of American Republicans in Joe Manchin and
Christmas cinema all across the world and say,
these are the bad guys in the movie of our lives.
>> Don't get the redheads mad either, ginger's their fiery.
Give them free anyways sic him on Joe Manchin and Kyrsten cinema,
I did wanna say, the record temperatures are happening in the US to Oklahoma city
is gonna reach 111 Fahrenheit on this week, the hottest day there in a decade.
Houston's gonna hit 100 degrees on Wednesday and
Thursday that sounds like okay, it's Houston.
But usually,
both of those cities are averaging around 94 degrees at this time of the year.
Biden is not necessarily sitting idly by.
We might see later this week.
He's thinking about declaring a state of emergency for
the United States when it comes to climate change and the climate emergency.
What would that do?
That would unlock sweeping presidential powers, redirect federal funding
to clean energy construction, steer aid to communities on the frontlines of
climate change and even curb the export of fossil fuels driving global warming.
So, it's something in the wake of Joe Manchin being like, no,
I'm really president, I don't wanna do anything.
Yeah, he should declare an emergency.
He should declare an emergency around abortion rights as well,
unlock all the funds.
And let's let's get the defense production act up when it comes to climate change,
which actually is currently still killing us.
>> Yeah, Biden's a loser.
It'd be shocking if he did anything substantive.
Usually if he does something it's theatrics.
So, he'll find a way to, even if he does an executive order,
he'll find a way to gut his own executive order so that it's meaningless.
Just read a story out of politico saying
that Joe Biden is secretly mad at Joe Manchin for
killing the climate agenda and the entirety of the rest of his agenda.
But he doesn't wanna say, and he doesn't wanna do the executive order yet,
because he doesn't wanna anger Joe Manchin, who apparently is his daddy.
So Joe Biden, you're supposed to have a lot of power,
you're supposed to say to senators like Joe Manchin, you'll do that.
If you do the right thing, I'll give you good stuff, right?
If you do the wrong thing, I'm gonna punish you.
I know for Joe Biden it's unthinkable.
Unthinkable unless you're progressive, in which case he'll have all of his
lobbyist friends come and try to destroy your career, but for mansion.
So, Joe Biden will spend the rest of his term
kissing Joe Manchin's ass right in the middle, okay?
And so England.
>> And in this heat, that is not a good place to kiss anyone.
>> Yeah, I see England, I see France, Joe Biden sees Joe Manchin's underpants.