aide said after an abrupt end to his closed door testimony. and the united kingdom generally known to be prim and proper, but this time it seems like it could be a drag-out fight to be the uk s next prime minister. welcome to the lead. i m jake tapper. we start in the politics lead on capitol hill. members of the january 6th committee are preparing for tomorrow s primetime hearing. the hearing is expected to cover the actions or lack thereof of former president trump during the three-plus hours that rioters were storming the capitol and the president s activities were unknown. but as committee members try to get to the bottom of the past attempt to teal the election, our democracy remains under attack by the same forces. let s start in wisconsin. cnn affiliate wism reports that donald trump called the top lawmaker in the wisconsin state assembly, republican robin voss, and asked him to overturn the 2020 election results. when did that call happen? that call happened las
these words into formal official government actions through the appropriate proclamations and executive orders and regulatory power that a president possesses. so the president there just walking right up to the edge of that national climate emergency. you may ask, what is the difference? is it simply semantics or more? it actually is more. declaring a former emergency would open the door to more funding and essentially clear away some of the bureaucratic red tape and allow the white house to do much more addressing climate. it would also send a signal to the rest of the world that the u.s. is still focused on climate change. there are questions, of course, after the lack of action in congress. so clearly, the white house saying this is the first step of many. the question is, will anything in congress ever move? we re now three and a half months before the midterm elections. jeff zeleny in massachusetts, thanks. let s bring in former obama senior adviser, david axelrod.
senator joe manchin, and as a punishing heat wave is gripping much of the united states and europe, but as cnn s jeff zeleny reports, the president is not jet declaring a national climate emergency, which is a step many democrats and environmental activists say is desperately needed. this is an emergency. an emergency. and i will look at it that way. president biden taking new steps today to address the climate crisis. turning to his executive authority after congress stymied his far more ambitious plans to try to combat global warming. i ll say it again loud and clear. as president i ll use my executive powers to combat climate crisis in the absence of congressional action. standing beneath the blistering sun, the president stopped short of declaring a national climate emergency. for now at least. as he visited a massachusetts plant that helps connect offshore wind farms to the power grid. the plant stands outside the town of somerset, once the largest coal powered electricity
workforce by 22%. over 2,000 jobs are on the chopping block. the company reporting disappointing second quarter earnings partly because of toys r us shops closing. and you may need to find another way to say i love you on valentine s day. uh-oh. the fakeer of those famous sweetheart conversation hearts and necco waivers announcing its selling the company and shutting down massachusetts plant. it s not clear if the new owners were resume candy production. how far will we say i love you on valentine s day without the hearts. brian: maybe with the words. ainsley: that s what i m wondering. brian: oh words, come on, bribe. steve: necco waivers. deputy attorney general rod rosenstein is one step closer to being impeached and it could happen as soon as today. steve: something could happen. filing articles of impeachment he has held up investigation into the anti-trump agents. brian: here to weigh in fox news senior judicial an list