Good evening, I'm Amman Abbas.

And I'm Jeff Bennett on the NewsHour tonight, climate scientists, declared this summer the hottest

in the Northern Hemisphere in history, the impact being felt across the globe.

After all, 19 defendants in the Georgia election subversion case plead not guilty, the judge

weighs questions of when and how a trial will proceed.

And the head of the World Food Program in Afghanistan details the increasingly dire

plight of millions facing severe hunger.

We're having to choose between families that are hungry and those who are starving.

How do you tell a mother who's asking us for assistance in holding a hungry child that

her child may not be hungry enough?

Welcome to the NewsHour.

Extreme weather is hitting Europe with catastrophic consequences.

At least eight people have died there after severe storms.

In Brazil, at least 31 more people died from flooding.

And here in the U.S., more than 80 million Americans are living through blazing temperatures

and yet another heat alert.

It all comes as the planet reached an alarming milestone this summer, William Brangham has

the story.

In southeastern Europe, torrential rains brought havoc.

Flash flooding in central Greece has destroyed entire streets, flooded homes, and destroyed

cars.

In some Greek towns, over 20 inches of rain fell in just 10 hours.

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