Yes, it's summer, yes, it's supposed to be hot, but it has never been like this.

The lead starts right now.

Extreme heat alerts in 21 countries in Europe and more than 100 million people in the U.S.

Also endanger zones, disasters sparked by the climate crisis, now threatening your travel,

your food supply, and quite literally even your life.

Plus, while moving to ban abortion outright, one state is leaving

lower income-pregnant women with few resources, little support, and almost nowhere to turn.

And a theme park apology after a costumed character appeared to snub two little black girls.

Mother's response right here on CNN as the park calls the incident a misunderstanding.

Welcome to the lead, I'm Jake Tapper, and we start in our Earth Matters series Half

of Humanity is in a climate danger zone.

That is the message today from the very top of the United Nations and the record temperatures

many of you are feeling right now are just a symptom.

Multiple heat waves across the globe are creating a series of crises.

Just look at this video from London, a row of houses on fire, officials say because of

the heat.

The London Fire Brigade says they have never seen weather-related incidents quote

on this scale before, in Spain, in France, in Italy, wildfires spreading rapidly the flames

on top of an extreme drought in Italy destroying crops which could cut off a source of food

this fall.

In major cities, travel disrupted, trains and flights canceled over and over due to the

heat and causing a global ripple effect.

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