interestingly, arizona, the reason arizona looks like it does today with the reason why it's to the west of new mexico and not to the south is because during the war lincoln and his government realized that to allow arizona to retain that that territorial configuration would just invite trouble so they they split it in half. and so the concentration of you know rebels down there. yeah could be more easily corralled and they were all so just beaten back by an overwhelming. military presence by i think about 1864 1865. maybe there were about 24,000 us troops in in the american southwest which is actually 50% larger than the entire us pre-war military and they were there first to beat back this confederate invasion, but they were really there to put down native resistance in the area. and so the civil war is this time where the southwest really comes over firm under firm us control for the first time before then, you know, the apaches and the navajos really held the balance of power in the region. and one more question from nails. he says if southern leaders had successfully seized control

the arizona house of representatives. mr. bowers was elected to the state legislature in 1993. he served as speaker since 2019. welcome, speaker bowers. brad raffensperger is the 29th secretary of state of georgia serving in the role since 2019. as an elected official and a republican, secretary brad raffensperger is responsible for supervising elections in georgia and maintaining the states public records. welcome mister secretary. gabriel sterling is a chief operating officer in the georgia office. mr. sterling was the statewide implementation manager for the 2020 election in georgia, responsible for leading the secretary of state's response to the covid pandemic and rolling out modernized voting equipment. i will swear in our witnesses. witnesses will please stand and raise the right hand do you swear upon the penalty of perjury that the testimony you are about to give is the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth so help you god? thank you, please be seated. let the record reflect that the witnesses answere

dawn: fox news is on and they announce trump lost arizona. arizona's been called. how could they call arizona? they hadn't even gotten the votes from our location. stephanie: news organizations don't tally paper ballots to project election winners, but to dawn, e early call was enough to sow doubt. doubt that the former president, and those who still support him have exploited ever since. how successful that misinformation campaign is will be put to the test in arizona on tuesday. republican candidates for some of the highest offices in the state -- governor, u.s. senator, and secretary of state -- have not only repeatedly talk about election fraud, they've made it a keystone of their campaigns. moderator: you've called joe biden an illegitimate president, what does that mean? kari: he lost the election and he shouldn't be in the white house, we had a corrupt election. i'd like to ask everyone on the stage if they would agree we had a corrupt stolen election. raise your hand. stephanie: kari lake is running for governor. her campaign posters show her side by side w

arizona's primary is on tuesday. two days from now. and some of the republican candidates running to replace you are election deniers. what do voters need to know about what is happening in arizona and its elections, for the last couple of years? >> first and foremost, and arizona's elections are fair and secure. and nothing has changed that. i think that is very important for people to know, no matter what these elections lawyers will say and continue to say. but the second thing is that no matter what office you are voting, for democracy is on the ballot in 2022. these trump loyalists that he is working to install and offices across the country are part of his plan to change the rules, and overturn the will of the voters in the next election. if he does not like the outcome. >> and secretary griswold, keep talking on this theme. the secretary of state position has become extremely polarized over the past couple of years. talk about what's danger that poses for democracy. >> well, first of jonathan, thank you for having me it is alway

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should abortion be banned in arizona? >> well, listen, dana, i know you know that i'm proudly pro-life. arizona is considered the number one most pro-life state in the nation. i was supportive of the supreme court's actions. i believe that roe versus wade was wrongly decided. and now it comes back to the states. the law that i signed was the 15-week abortion law. and the legal authority inside the state in terms of opinions is our attorney general. this will be left to the courts to decide, but ultimately it should come back to the le legislatures and the people to make the decision. >> so, do you support a total ban or do you not? what do you personally believe as governor? >> what i ran on in 2014 is that i am pro-life with exceptions for life of the mother, rape and incest. that's what i remain. >> you signed a new school voucher program into law. and it lets any student in your state use publicly funded vo vouchers to help pay for school. critics say it will funnel state dollars to wealthy families who can already aff

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well, arizona, we are trying to do something. and, jon, i wrote the first opinion in the entire country that basically says what is happening right now at our southern border constitutes an invasion. and i'm working with folks like representative arrington in texas to make sure that we're doing everything we can so the states can use the tools in their toolboxes including apprehending and expelling people that are violating, essential hi, the invasion clause of the constitution. but take a step back here. the big problem is, is that it's a matter of policy. we can have all the fences and all the drones, but if joe biden is incentivizing and monetizing people breaking the law and now he's decriminalizing it by refusing to deport people, he wants dhs to grant asylum basically to people that have broken the law are. so when you have federal government, when you have a federal government having policies that incentivizes decriminalizing, if people are coming here illegal will hi and being rewarded for it, you're going to continue to

tell us what you're seeing in arizona. and a border patrol agent told me the biggest situation we're seeing with gotaways is the gotaways to to arizona. they're finding solace in tucson. >> and it's the not just tucson. i mean, you can go all the way up to our northern arizona cities, they're seeing the effects there as well. i mean, as a mother i'm most appalled by the drugs pouring many because we're watching as our young people are being poison by this fentanyl. and the government has handed operational control of our borders over to the car the tells, and we need a strong gol. our current governor has done nothing. maria: kari lake, thanks very much. that'll do it for us on "sunday morning futures." have a great rest of the day s and i'll see you next week on fox business. ♪ ♪ ...the tower cam for a - hey! folks, we seem to have a visitor. it looks like - looks like you paid too much for your glasses. ...who? anyone who isn't shopping at america's best - where two pairs and a free exam start at just $79.95. book an

but also can arizona duck doozy. and in this mano a mano battle, it's gonna be ultimately republican voters in the state of arizona which decide which path -- which path we want to take. >> bonnie, even very embedded in arizona. i know you also spoke with arizona house speaker, rusty bowers, who our viewers may remember from january 6th hearings. what did he tell you ahead of his race against david farnsworth? >> this is a man who has surface some teen years in public office. he is there is on the house speaker. he testified in june, in for the january 6th elect committee as he was obligated to do under the law. that was to appear publicly and testify about what happened to him. and he contended that there are trump allies who pressured him to send a fake slate of electors on behalf of donald trump despite him losing the joe biden here in arizona to be -- january six. of course, he did not do that. and yet has a result, he's facing a trump back challenge for the likes of david barnes worth. there's a decent likelihoo

tell us what you're seeing in arizona. and border patrol agents told me that the biggest situation we're seeing with gotaway withs is the gotaways go to arizona. they're -- the gotaways are finding solace in tucson. >> it's not just tucson. i mean, you can go all the way up to our northern arizona cities. they're seeing the effects there as well. i mean, as a mother, i'm most appalled by the drugs pouring in because we're watching as our young people are being poisoned by this fentanyl. and the government has handed our border and operational control of our borders over to the cartels, and we need a strong governor. our current governor's done nothing. maria: yeah. >> he's done nothing. maria: kari lake, it's great to have you. joining us from arizona. that'll do it for us on "sunday morning futures." have a great rest of the day, and i'll see you next week on fox [♪♪♪] hello, folks, welcome to "kudlow," i'm larry kudlow. joe biden unveiled his so-called executive action on climate. >> climate change is an existentia

heating up in america's governors —-dash arizona's governors race. following that primary action in arizona. let's begin with hillary vaughn. hey, hilary. >> hi, eric. this missouri republican primary cracking down on china has been one of the biggest issues that candidates here are campaigning on. trying to one up each other on who will be tougher. running to replace retiring senator from siri flexing their america first record. six term congresswoman tells me she is so tough on china that she got sanctions. >> i'm the only only candidate that is sanctioned by china. trying to get 430, $400 million of our state tax dollars to companies and to have a china come here to missouri in the former china hub. >> critics front runner eric schmidt has also been criticized for voting for a bill that allows foreign businesses to own limited amounts of missouri farmland. >> do you regret supporting those two things? >> i have clearly fought for more exports, i fought for more american jobs. those are desperate attacks by my opponents. suing communist china for r

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in arizona? >> it is front and center, the number one issue in arizona. 72% of republicans and the independents who vote in the primary and general say this is the number one issue. it manifests itself all across our state. front and center here with his 50,000 per week invasion of our country. as ex-military, as a business guy who gets things done, came from recurve building large-scale power plants, i intend to do everything i can in my power to shut down business in the u.s. senate until we get this resolved. get back to the remain in mexico policy and make sure that it's the law of the land. this invasion of arizona, it's unbelievable. i served in the military to stop invasions of other countries and it's happening here. >> sean: you want to replace senator kelly. fairway for the national polling with the hispanic vote. they have a approval rating of 24% for joe biden. are you seeing that movement with hispanics in texas that and say listen i'm sick of these policies, i don't want open border

>> arizona has the lowest flat tax in the nation. we just passed the largest tax decrease in the history of our state. meanwhile president biden is flying to the middle east and fist bumping with murderers and despots, asking for more supplies. what he could do is open up the key stone pipeline. i thought he would work with me on american energy leaders and supply more supply or fossil fuels, clean energy, and solve this crisis. he's going to have to make that decision. he's not going to be able to do anything. we're going to to have good policy here, and joe biden can lead from the white house well. >> governor, you signed a 15-week abortion ban. your state is trying to reinstate a 19-year-old law which is to ban abortion except to save the life of a mother. would you support that? >> listen, dana. i know you know i'm proudly pro-life. arizona is considered the number one most pro-life state in the nation. i was supportive of the supreme court's actions. i believe roe versus wade was wrongly decided, and now it comes pack to the sta

the biggest battle probably is going to be in arizona. donald trump and mike pence on opposite sides of the republican primary for governor there. trump's candidate falsely claiming that the election was stolen. working against arizona house speaker january 6th hearing a couple of weeks back. here's something really interesting, there were only ten republicans to vote for donald trump's impeachment at that second trial after january 6th. four of them decided to retire. one of them lost pretty badly. only one out of the ten have advanced to the general election. just this week, on tuesday, we're going to see primaries featuring three of the remaining four, two in washington state, one in michigan, all running against more trump-friendly republicans. they'll learn their fates ahead of liz cheney's. >> of course, democrats are playing in that michigan race in the most unusual way, working against one of those ten who voted to impeach trump. >> yeah, and we're seeing a trend develop here. you're seeing democrats spend money to attack a republ

le pen bond is in arizona. it's looking more and more that carry lake will win the republican nomination in arizona. the democrats think she's going to be a formidable opponent? what are you hearing? >> shaq and eyes what we've been testing about. these two races. in a lot of ways these governors races are going to be telling, especially when you're talking about the potential of these trump endorsed candidates running again these democrats here in states that you could contend are more purple or in the case of michigan, blue, but arizona, i would say this is more of a conservative state. that is where in talking with not only democratic but republican strategists, those that are working on these political races right now, a view carrie lake is a serious general election candidate contender here. this is an individual who is a local news anchor for more than 20 years. she, in many ways, is the face of election denialism and conspiracy theory propagation, entering the mainstream. she quit her job as a local news

the arizona subpoenas, they actually want communication from these officials in arizona, with anyone who is part of the trump orbit. and some of the names include, giuliani, john eastman, various members of trump's inner circle that were part of this alleged scheme. >> ayman, it also shows that this is no longer just limited to january 6th. this is now investigation of the entire conspiracy to take down the results of the election, to interfere with democracy. it is the first time that we see real evidence of that, and it's something that i've said from the very beginning, it's that i was worried the justice was not involved, because we weren't hearing things like this week. we didn't hear about subpoenas being issued. now, we have the spin as. and now, we can see how high up it is aiming, and to the scope, so that it isn't just the violence, it's the fake elector scheme. and then, we will start seeing all the other elements of the campaign that was underway to, basically, keep donald trump in office, despite having lost a fair election, where there was no fraud, and knew there was n

. >>> coming up, it is a trump/pence showdown in arizona. how the republican primary for governor is turning into a proxy fight between the two former allies, straight ahead. ndeed. indeed you do. when you sponsor a job,, you immediately get your shortlist of quality candidates, whose resusumes on indeed match your job criteria. visit indeed.com/hire and get started todaday. [whistling] when you have technology that's easier to control... that can scale across all your clouds... we got that right? yeah, we got that. it's easier to be an innovator. so you can do more incredible things. [whistling] (vo) get business internet from verizon, the network businesses rely on. ditch cable and switch to verizon business internet, with fast, reliable solutions, nationwide. find the perfect solution for your business. from the network businesses rely on. >>> a republican face-off in arizona could foreshadow the 2024 presidential race. the state's upcoming republican primary for governor has quickly morphed into a bitter battle between former president t

arizona, seems like there's a lot of backing for the former president. >> i think that his picks in arizona are probably the favorites heading into that primary. but in georgia, i think a lot of georgia republicans had been burned. they lost the state in 2020. then they lost both senate seats in 2021. there was a sense of, okay, we can't keep looking backwards are we have to look forward. that's why you have governor kemp in win reelection and his secretary of state winning by a huge margin in the latest poll. so it will be a tale of two approaches to all of this. we'll see if both succeed for the republicans or if one or the other does. >> gillian, the border a huge issue. immigration is a huge issue. but when you have the white house this week confirming that they are going to close some of the gaps in, if you want to call it trump's border walsh continuing building in those gaps. saying it's about safety and not about blocking people. semantics aside, how does the democratic party see that in that effort? >> well, first of all, we have to point out here, there's semantics and then there'

that the residents of arizona are stoking up. how concerned are you? >> i continue to be concerned about the misinformation about elections. certainly the doubts from 2020 are playing into 2022. in my office we are continuing to do everything we can to get out ahead of the misinformation and ensure that the voters in arizona are fair an secure. every voter in arizona can rest assured that is the case and we are continuing to do our jobs and make sure that the 2020 elections are as secure as the 2020 election but it is concerning that the leading candidates are promoting the big lie and sow the doubts and try to create disruption in the systems that we have. >> bottom line is these candidates have been effective. donald trump as the leader in it to push the election lies and people buying into that. giving that backdrop and the scrutiny how can you assure voters that the arizona election will be safe and fair? >> right. first of all, i took an oath of office to uphold the constitution of the united states and the constitution and laws of arizona. in 202

arizona republican party should be doing. they should be staying out of primary elections, and then whoever wins that primary, supporting them. but kelly ward and her team, they're getting involved in the middle of these primary elections. it's wrong, and it needs to stop. >> last quick one for you, we learned from the wisconsin speaker of the assembly there that just -- and within the last week, former president trump reached out to urge him to de-certify the 2020 election, have you, anyone on the board, anyone you know there in the state been pressured by the former president or his allies recently? >> well, yeah, not recently, no. back in late 2020, you know, president trump tried to contact our chairman of the board then, clint hickman, rudy giuliani called me on christmas eve trying to get help with basically getting the materials, you know, the ballots and the tabulation machines because they wanted them for january 6th. >> yeah. of course we remember that recount that went on for so long across the state. bill gates, g

arizona only hazards. it doesn't have a curriculum. >> so i want to talk specifically to the lgbtq+ issues here that i hear the clubs and the clubs sound great. i also know that many of the politicians in arizona are trying to do things like, for example, if you want to join a gsa type club you, have to get permission from your parents. >> that is a dangerous, dangerous thing because we've already had a student outed to parents in our pride club. and there was almost a physical altercation. school is sometimes the only safe place for students. at home is dangerous, and they can be out at school with their friends. the book bans that have been happening, the number one banned book in 2020 was "george," a book about a transgendered person. eight of the top ten banned books in 2019 were about lgbtq+ people. it is starting to shift the world around us, and soon enough it's going to come in on us. >> if you could figure out things that i would change this for the next generation so it would be better, what woul

>> you know, this election is about arizona and the future of arizona, and i'm just proud to have the endorsement of people like vice president mike pence and a long lineup now of governors and former governors, they know specifically what it takes to lead a state. i'm just honored to have their support and endorsement. >> policywise, what sets you apart from kari lake? >>. >> the biggest difference is i have a 30-year of accomplishment in the private sector, building budgets, running teams, signing both sides of paychecks. i have a long, long history and record of supporting republican candidates and conservative causes. that's why i'm in this race, to move arizona forward and bring a conservative vision to our state. >> which is really a difference of experience that you're bringing to the job, right? on policies, let's talk about immigration, for instance. you're both in favor of building the wall. you're in favor of surging the national guard. are there differences there? >> last week we obtained the endorsement of the border patrol council. they know i can get it done because of

results out of arizona tonight. >> in the past few years, arizona has changed-ish. for only the second time since 1952, arizona turned blue in 2020. i mean if you believe in numbers and math and stuff. if you are a freaking nerd. like all blue states, the blue is concentrated in the urban areas. also, i wouldn't say that arizona is blue or a deep blue. it is like a purple blue. like a bruised blue. and the bruised color is perfect because arizona is a battleground state. heavy on the battle part. don't take my word for it, asked a local. -- what is this like in his occasional blue state? >> it is a beautiful state but i have learned to pick and choose who i engage with. and what i engage about. >> this is dr. tara armstrong. the teacher, gamer, and former litchfield elementary school board member and a black woman. that last part is key to the story. -- do you feel that battleground when you walk in the state? >> it tends to be, right now, the battleground. -- >> we know who we are. we know who we are. >> if the fight over wokeness is our new civil war, or critical

now a notable coalition standing with him today including current arizona house speaker rusty bowers, who testified last month on the pressure he faced by trump allies to overturn biden's 2020 win in the state. >> is this a battle for the soul of the republican party >> well, whether it's the soul right now, but everybody's got to reassess do we want to be a party that's looking into the past with some kind of grudge match all the time? >> reporter: current governor doug ducey also endorsing taylor robson >> more and more conservative voices lending their names and their time and their energy to me >> reporter: lake now calls the media aht she once worked for the right hand of the devil. >> the question is, though -- >> i've already done an interview i know - >> reporter: trump has suggested that he will run for president again, but a few in the gop are flirting with pence as a possible alternative >> the vice president is a real moral force in our party he's a real true leader >> reporter: mail-in voting is already under way for this august 2nd primary in what could be a key indicato

the arizona governor's office in republican hands. they know i am best position to defeat katie hobbs in the election. >> laura: you have governor ducey came out and endorsed to you, he's very popular in the state of arizona. i know some conservatives don't think he's conservative enough, i get it but that was a big deal for you to get that endorsement. how did you convince him? or did you convince him, he just decided to pick you? >> he is joined a chorus of leading conservative voices from bill bennett, steve moore, newt gingrich yesterday endorsed me, governor mike huckabee. both the previous governors of arizona, jan brewer, both conservative republicans were joined today by governor doug ducey. they howl have known me for many years, they understand who i am, my conservative credentials. they understand what i have done in business. they know i'm ready to lead day 1, i'm able to tackle the issues that matter to arizona voters and as i crisscross this state i can tell you that voters are hurting. the disastrous policies of joe bid

some of it from a congressman in arizona who joined this hour. hour. andy biggs and now bill melugin. bill? >> good morning to you. some breaking news to report, just not one of the largest single groups of migrants who have ever seen cross illegally here in eagle pass, texas. we pull up our live drone right now, border patrol tells us it is a group of approximately 450 to 500 migrants who have all crossed over in this one single group. i am told they are predominately from cuba, venezuela, and nicaragua. some of the migrants have been loaded into the buses, so the numbers you are seeing aren't as big, but this is a massive single group. this right here is what drastically overwhelms border patrol resources. agents have to show up with multiple buses, do all this paperwork for probably the next couple of hours, and what does this do? this pulls agents off the front lines elsewhere. they will not be able to stop drug runners coming across or runners trying to sneak into the country. they instead have to deal with this almost 500 family units, the mixtur

here to explain more as the arizona attorney general and u.s. senate candidates, mark brnovich. mr. attorney general, thank you for joining us. this should be such simple stuff, show your i.d., what is wrong with that? >> thank you for having me on, my friend. this is really the height of hypocrisy absurdity that it's curious that arizona passes a law that says you have to prove you are a citizen to vote in a presidential election or vote by mail and at the same time the biden administration is going to sue us while they are allowing millions of people to illegally enter the country. so i guess in addition to giving people flights and hotel rooms they now want to give them the right to vote even though they are not citizens. >> jason: there are those of us that wonder, why would the democrats want millions of people to just flow in and you had places like new york and california where they were trying to give those people who were not u.s. citizens the right to vote. i mean, is that the end game? what are they after relay here? >> i think people can draw their own conclusions but we

in arizona, today, was the deadline. the group spearheading the effort, arizonans for reproductive freedom, needed 356,000 signatures today, to put abortion access on the ballot, and to make it part of the state constitution. ultimately, they fall short of the goal for this year. but they did collect more than 175,000 signatures in an incredible feat considering the campaign started 61 days ago. and now, with their sights set on 2024, they say not to count them out just yet. campaign treasurer, shasta mcmanus had this to say on the matter. quote, i am confident that we will succeed in bringing this to voters in 2024. this campaign will not stop until abortions are once again legal and accessible across arizona. joining us now is shasta mcmanus -- and cofounder up arizonans for reproductive freedom. miss mcmanus thank you for joining us tonight. >> thank you so much for having me. we really appreciate it. >> what are you feeling right now? a remarkable effort 61 days in excess of 175,000 signatures, but falling short of w

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for governor in arizona. she spoke on friday night. >> i know for a fact we won't accept rigged elections. who's with me on that? we have a wide open border. the cartels are in control. we have an illegitimate president biden allowing it to happen. fake news wants us to think that that guy got 81 million votes. okay. all righty. >> again, no evidence of widespread election fraud proven the challenges rejected by the courts. >> the president's own attorney general. >> there could be a governor lake that won't certify election votes. also in pennsylvania, michigan. >> again, no one in the table knows how that will shake out. there's things that the senate and house can do. there's a strengthen of the institutions to some extent. seems like this ms. lake is leading in the polls. we'll find out in the arizona race what pro trump ideas get you. more interesting is washington state with two republicans on the same day that voted to impreach donald trump. that's the one that i look at. if they get through we see tha

that is an indication of where the gop is in arizona. and it doesn't matter how electorally damaging it is to the gop there. this devotion, i think, to like you said, it might not be the one man, it is trumpism, that is clearly what people are on the ground for. >> david, kari lake seems likely to persevere in this primary and so will be a general candidate, how is she going to fair in a general election. is this another example of a trump backed maga candidate who is going to face tough odds when it comes down to a general election? >> that is interesting. i don't think that democrats look at this race as, for example, the dga has not been pouring money in kari lake's campaign. one, because they don't need to. but it is not a case like maryland where the state is so democratic, that it made sense for the dga to put a lot of money behind the election conspiracy theorist who won there. that race may be instructive for what happens in the primary in arizona and in the end it turns out that the trumpist candidate just, you know, carried it

prescott, arizona, mr. trump set to speak there at any moment he's there backing kari lake, a republican candidate for governor in the state. this rally just hours after mr. pence spoke 95 miles away in peoria he was stumping for lake's rival, karen taylor robson mr. pence slammed kari lake for her past support of democrats. >> i'm always happy to welcome converts to the republican cause, but arizona republicans don't need a governor that supported barack obama and hillary clinton. >> the race is really a face-off between the republican establishment and a trump candidate who's all in on the big lie. we're seeing similar races playing out all across the country, and we could eventually see the former vice president take on mr. trump for the republican presidential nomination for 2024. of course the rallies come after yesterday's january 6th hearing on capitol hill. former white house aide sarah matthews told the committee that president trump's tweet condemning mike pence was akin to pouring gasoline on the

arizona officials report at least 29 people died from heat-related issues since march. dallas recorded its first heat-associated death of the year. a 66-year-old woman with underlying health conditions. all across the country, authorities asking people to take caution, staying indoors and hydrated, limiting sun exposure, and checking on the most vulnerable. >> don't think you're invincible because of your age. don't think you're invincible because of your fitness level. everybody could succumb to the heat. there is nobody who is immune. >> reporter: the heat has only compounded drought conditions out west. new nasa satellite imagery showing lake mead at its lowest level since 1937. it's a source of water to millions across several states. compared to the image in 2000, the recent photograph from this year shows what may be the worst drought in 12 centuries. the extreme heat in the u.s. continues to be matched by deadly summer conditions overseas. authorities in spain estimated more than 510 heat wave-related deaths this week. scorching temperatures melted the roof of a

dam supplies power to california, nevada and arizona. west of dallas, this intense heat-fuelled wildfire burned a number of homes as temperatures reached 111. currently 85 large fires are burning, scorching more than 3 million acres in 13 states. this ups driver collapsed in scottsdale, arizona, 110. he's recovering. 24 days in triple digits is also taking toll on texas infrastructure, drought conditions causing ground to shift, breaking water lines. of the nearly 500 breaks in fort worth this year, almost 40% come in the last month. what does it feel like working in it? >> literally makes you want to jump in the pool. texas heat is bad. >> reporter: fragile texas power grid is keeping pace with demand as pleas for customers to conserve continues. meteorologists say the weather pattern is stuck, driving warmer and drier conditions north, creating drought, prompting more hot temperatures, parts of california, arizona and central plains stifling under heat dome. is this climate change impacting weather pattern? >> we're seeing more extreme

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