 And it sparked growing concerns among Democrats, including calls from a handful of House lawmakers for him to step out of the presidential race. Correspondent Bernie Bennett. Also at SRNNews.com, no relief yet from a heat wave that's making the South and the West. It's gotten as high as 128 degrees Fahrenheit recently in California's Death Valley National Park. But the tourists come anyway, like Drew Belt of Tupelo, Mississippi. Usually a breeze.