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federal government. plus, in the next 30 minutes, president biden takes his political fight to florida, home to his biggest potential rivals. and devastation in syria and turkey, almost unimaginable as the death toll closes in on 20,000. were live in turkey where one of our reporters just witnessed an incredible rescue. but we start with some explosive moments in those hearings we just mentioned, both democratic and republican lawmakers going hard at the biden administration and ...

it was dismissed in less than six months. practically actually laughed out of court. now the ruling by u.s. district judge donald middlebrooks ordering trump and his attorney to cover the legal costs of the defendants in that suit is one for the ages. it is a stinging rebuke of donald trump the man and of donald trumps lies and his tried and true now legal strategy of jamming and gumming up the courts with lawsuits. it starts off like this, quote, this case never should have been broug...

just maybe things in this country would snap back into something resembling a pre-trump normal. dangerous elements of the far right would crawl back into their dark caves and corners that want harm done to the foundations of our most prized institutions, relentlessly maligned for years under donald trump would repair themselves. maybe even overnight. simply because trump is no longer the person sitting behind the resolute desk. sadly it appears that any of those hopes were in vain. mor...

whos at the center plot to overturn the election. the man whose lies about the results pose a threat to democracy to this day. the ex-president himself, donald trump. that subpoena promises to add to his mountain of legal trouble and peril. the ones he already faces. multiple investigations into his handling of government records, family businesses and his attempt to overturn his defeat. it sets the stage for a number of big decisions for the january 6 select committee. abc news is rep...

>> i rise today to nominate the gentleman from california, kevin mccarthy, as speaker of the house. >> i rise to nominee kevin mccarthy for speaker of the house. >> i rise to nominate kevin mccarthy. >> i rise to nominate the gentleman from california. >> madam speaker, i rise to nominate kevin mccarthy as speaker of the house. >> i rise to nominate kevin mccarthy. >> i rise to nominate kevin mccarthy as speaker of the house. >> i rise to nominate kevin mccarthy as speaker of the house...

making sure that our families are taken care of. making sure that the families in our communities are taken care of. and what weve seen in this chamber is tough. its tough to watch. its tough to imagine what would happen in this chamber today if we were debating social security and medicare. what would happen? what would the votes be? where would people stand? thats why its important that hakeem jeffries leads this body. on behalf of the democratic caucus, i am nominating the leader of...

this midterm election cycle has been unlike any other. historically the party of the sitting president intends to lose seats during midterm elections. and that would appear to be bad news for democrats. who only have a slim majority in congress. but the relative factors at play this year and that has made the outcome of this election cycle very difficult to protect as the supreme courts aggressive decision to overturn roe v. wade for months ago created a sudden radical intangible chang...

country where more than 95% of buildings dont have air conditioning. forecasters have now been forced to improvise as they deal with the kind of heat they never thought theyd see. >> a number of people have been saying maps in the past never looked this dark, they havent because we have never seen temperatures as high as this in the uk before. this color scale was designed to not show temperatures like this for the uk. >> even the maps are not prepared for this. lots to talk about. tim...

after he left the white house. inside of those boxes, were things like the letter that former president, barack obama left for trump when he took office. the quote love letters using the former presidents exact words, that north korean leader kim jong-un stand him. as well as documents marked classified and top secret. however that was not all of the trump that he left with. nbc news learn that somebody familiar with the documents inside of mar-a-lago told investigators that there may ...

abortion rights for all women in america in the aftermath of roe versus wade being overturned is a warning sign to all americans right now of what they envision for all women including the most vulnerable among us. on capitol hill, republicans are willing to infringe on a persons right to travel in order to hold up their draconian bans on abortion in republican-led states. >> on thursday, senate republicans blocked a bill that would make it illegal for governments to punish residents w...