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quit. more than 60 million americans are under heat alerts, with temperatures expected to once again soar into the 90s and heat indexes receiving 100 degrees. newark, new jersey, hit 102, and boston hit 100 degrees yesterday. relief may be on the way for the northeast, but temperatures are now expected to build throughout the week in the pacific northwest and central plains. in california, a wildfire is raging outside yosemite national park. the oak fire its called, which exploded over...

plausible deniability and frankly a legal defense that he can now use. >> former fbi agent asha and neal, thank you. that does it for us this morning. jose diaz-balart picks up the coverage right now. good morning. im jose diaz-balart. right now we are awaiting decisions from the supreme court. just four cases to go for this session. including one on immigration that will decide whether a controversial trump era rule will stay in effect. and bombshell testimony. we are taking a deep ...

of the former president donald trump on monday. the search warrant shows hes being investigated over possible violations of the espionage act. the 82—year—old who reaches new heights. nick gardner scales the final peak to complete his mission to climb all of scotlands 282 munros. good afternoon. the agent for sir salman rushdie says he remains on a ventilator and may lose an eye, after he was stabbed repeatedly on stage at an event in new york state yesterday. sir salman, whos 75, ...

over pay and conditions. documents in the us show fbi agents seized papers marked "top secret" when they searched the florida home of the former president donald trump on monday. the search warrant shows hes being investigated over possible violations of the espionage act. the 82—year—old who reaches new heights. nick gardner scales the final peak to complete his mission to climb all of scotlands 282 munro mountains. the man suspected of stabbing sir salman rushdie has been arreste...

it is the top of the hour. so glad youre with me today. im poppy harlow. were following several major stories. growing worries among republicans over the january 6th committees damning revelations about former president trump has many openly cheering for other republicans to jump in the 2024 race for the white house. thats even if trump announces he will run. also, anxiety building in the party in circles about the committees new hearings in september, and what impact they could have o...

trump in the midterms. the panel is preparing to get new witnesses on the record, including former trump cabinet members but the committees next hearings in september will take place during the final stretch of the high stakes midterm campaigns. and any minute, we will get a white house update on president bidens health as he deals with covid. so lets begin with that fight over reproductive rights underway in indiana. right now, lawmakers are holding a special session to consider a n...

witness. our congressional correspondent ryan nobles is joining us from capitol hill. ryan, as far as we know, former pence chief of staff mark short is the highest profile witness to tv in the criminal investigation. what can you tell us? >> thats exactly right, wolf. mark short is among the people that has the most insight into what was happening on january 6th and in the time leading up to january 6th and specifically the pressure campaign on his former boss vice president mike penc...

stolen, and a live stream captured the crime going down. welcome to "the lead." im kasie hunt in for jake tapper. we start with our politics lead and the january 6th committee releasing new evidence in its case against donald trump as it narrows its focus for the coming weeks. on the agenda, trying to compel testimony from ginni thomas, a conservative activist and wife of supreme court justice clarence thomas, over her role in advocating to overturn the 2020 election. committee vice ...

rioters with the story we heard on tuesday. >> i informs the vicinity and they said something to the fact like i dont care that they have weapons, theyre not here to hurt me, let me people in, they can march to the capital from here. >> president trump was aware that a number of the individuals in the crowd had weapons and were wearing body armor. and here is what president trump instructed the crowd to do. >> were going to walk down, ill be there with you. were going to walk down to t...

over pay and conditions. the 82—year—old who reaches new heights. nick gardner scales the final peak to complete his mission to climb all of scotlands 282 munro mountains. new york police say the man suspected of attacking the author sir salman rushdie is to be charged with attempted murder and assault. hadi matar has been remanded in custody without bail. sir salman remains on a ventilator in a pennsylvania hospital with severe stab wounds after yesterdays assault at a literary ev...