HEAT AND HAZE: New Yorkers react to scorching temps...

>> THAT'S IT. >> Jesse: WE WILL SEE YOU. LATER, THANK YOU. NEW YORK SMOKY, STICKY AND HOT. SO WE SENT JOHNNY TO. CENTRAL PARK TO SEE HOW YOU ARE. HANDLING THE HEAT DOME. ♪ ♪. >> HOW HOT ARE YOU RIGHT NOW? >> IT'S ACTUALLY GENUINELY. INSUFFERABLE. >> I'M SWEATING TOP TO BOTTOM. FROM EVERYWHERE. >> THAT'S A LITTLE TOO MUCH.

INFORMATION. >> IT'S BETTER THAN KOREA HERE. >> BETTER IN AMERICA THAN KOREA? OKAY. DEMOCRATS DON'T AGREE. >> DEMOCRAT? >> REALLY HOPING PEOPLE ARE. WEARING A LOT OF DEODORANT. >> LIFT UP YOUR ARMS. OH, MY GOD. OH, MY GOD! >> HE'S LYING RIGHT NOW. >> FAKE NEWS, DON'T TALK TO ME. >> DID YOU TAKE OFF WORK TODAY? >> I'M NOT WORKING FOR ANOTHER. MONTH. >> YOU TOOK THE WHOLE SUMMER. OFF. CAN'T WORK ON A DAY LIKE THIS. HOW DO YOU BEAT THE HEAT?

>> I SUCCUMB TO IT. >> WEARING A BIKINI, DRINKING. >> I SLEEP IN THE BASEMENT IN. THE SUMMER. >> THEY KEEP YOU IN THE. BASEMENT? >> I CHOOSE TO BE THERE. >> WE TAKE OFF OUR CLOTHES AND. FEEL THE WIND. >> SHOULD I TAKE OFF MY CLOTHES? >> SURE. [LAUGHTER]. >> BEHAVE YOURSELVES! ♪ ♪. >> THEY ARE CALLING THIS A. HEAT DOME. WHAT IS A HEAT DOME? >> HEAT DOME?

>> LIKE IS IT A DOME AROUND US? >> DO YOU SEE A DOME AROUND US? >> NOT REALLY. >> YOU FEEL TRAPPED IN THE HEAT. THERE'S NOWHERE FOR IT TO GO. >> GOT A NICE BREEZE RIGHT NOW. HOW DID THE BREEZE SEEP INTO THE. HEAT DOME? >> IN THE WINTER THEY CALL THE. TEMPERATURES A BOMB CYCLONE AND. NOW THEY ARE CALLING IT A. HEAT DOME. ARE THEY JUST MAKING STUFF UP? >> PEOPLE ARE REALLY BORED THESE. DAYS. >> THEY ARE GOOD AT COMING UP.

WITH WORDS BUT WE CAME UP WITH A. GOOD WORD TOO. >> WHY IS IT SO HOT OUT? >> THERE WAS AN ICE AGE SO I. GUESS WE ARE IN THE NEXT ONE. >> DOESN'T SEEM LIKE A NICE AGE. TO ME. >> THAT'S TRUE. >> THE EARTH IS SICK RIGHT NOW. >> WHEN IS IT GOING TO GET. BETTER? >> I DON'T KNOW, THEY MAURO. >> DON'T YOU HAVE A WEATHERMAN. WHERE YOU ARE? >> ON THE BIG MAP. WHERE'S MY MAP? >> GLOBAL WARMING. >> WOULD YOU RATHER BE IN THE. COLD? >> BEACHES ARE KIND OF FAR AWAY. >> EVER BEEN TO THE.

JERSEY SHORE? >> I DON'T TRUST PEOPLE FROM NEW. JERSEY. >> WE BELIEVE IN CLIMATE CHANGE. >> BUT IT'S COLD IN THE WINTER. AND HOT IN THE SUMMER. ISN'T THAT WHAT'S SUPPOSED TO. HAPPEN? >> I WOULD LIKE MY KIDS AND. THEIR KIDS TO HAVE AN EARTH TO. LIVE ON THAT'S NOT 130 DEGREES. >> EARTH IS GOING TO GET TO. 130 DEGREES? INHABITABLE. >> INHABITABLE. >> WHEN DO YOU THINK THIS IS. GOING TO HAPPEN? >> I DON'T KNOW. >> WE HAVE THE RIGHT METHODS, NOT THE FACTS. >> IT'S JUST A MATTER OF TIME. >> WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO WITH. YOUR TIME LEFT?

MAKE THE MOST OF IT HOW ARE YOU. FIGHTING CLIMATE CHANGE? >> READING BOOKS. >> THERE YOU GO. >> I NEED WATER, HELP ME, I NEED. WATER, HELP. ♪ ♪. >> MAYOR MAMDANI SAYS YOUR AIR. CONDITIONING HAS TO BE PUT TO 7. >> WHAT? NO. >> MINE IS LIKE 63 RIGHT NOW. >> YOU ARE CONCERNED ABOUT.

CLIMATE CHANGE BUT YOU ARE. KEEPING YOUR AIR CONDITIONING AT. 60. >> I'M A FLAWED HUMAN BEING. >> APOLOGIZE TO THE EARTH RIGHT. NOW. >> I'M SO SORRY. >> SIXTY-EIGHT IS MY IDEAL. TEMPERATURE. ♪ ♪. >> WHAT DO YOU WANT TO TELL. JESSE WATERS? YOU ARE ON HIS SHOW BUT HE'S. FROM NEW JERSEY. >> I GUESS, LIKE, HIM AND I HAVE. BEEF. >> DO YOU KNOW WHO I AM? >> NO.

>> HERE'S JOHNNY!