trump taping that video on january 6th and struggling to condemn the violence. and the blistering heat baking over 100 million people in the u.s., countless others abroad. and there is still no letup in sight. lead. joe biden testing positive for covid. the 79-year-old president who is fully vaccinated and received his second booster shot in march just released a video saying that he s doing fine. symptoms are mild, and i really appreciate your concerns. but i m doing well. white house covid coordinator dr. jha says he s breathing well and oxygen level is normal. he s isolating for the next five days in the white house and taking the covid anti-viral drug paxlovid, which is recommended for people such as joe biden who are at higher risk because of their age or underlying medical conditions. we re joined now live from the white house. the press secretary and the white house covid coordinator just wrapped up a press conference. what did they have to say? reporter: it is c
just a moment. right now, as well, millions of people across the country and around the world, really, continuing to experience this dangerously high temperatures. we re going to break down the latest on the sweltering heat wave and what can be done. also, to capitol hill. democrats in the house eyeing a measure to ban assault weapons, but the bill facing pretty strong opposition from republicans and slim odds of passing in the senate. we ll talk about that. we re going to speak with the highland park mayor who testified before the senate about her town s recent tragedy. that s coming up. hey, everybody. we re going to begin this hour in washington, where ten hours from now, the house january 6th committee is going to hold its latest hearing in prime-time, a season finale of sorts to this initial batch of hearings, with even more expected later on this year, possibly in the fall. tonight s hearing is going to dive into those crucial 187 minutes the committee says it took
anderson, thank you very much. does former vice president mike pence really mean it when he says it s willing to sit down with the january 6th committee to tell him what he knows? it sort of sounded like he meant it when he said this in new hampshire today. if there was an invitation to participate, i would consider it. it would be unprecedented in history for a vice president to be summoned to testify on capitol hill. but as i said, i don t want to prejudge. if a formal invitation were rendered to us, we would give it consideration. but wait, there s more. the chairman of the committee, bennie thompson, said nearly two months ago the panel did invite former vice president mike pence to come in and talk to them. we would love to have former vice president pence s testimony. we have sought it, we ve talked to his attorneys in the past. okay. and then what about the next part? mr. pence claimed it would be, quote, unprecedented for a former vice president to testify
who have died already. will reeve standing by in london. here in the u.s. that explosion and fire at the hoover dam. the images showing the flames and black plume of smoke, startling tourists. the immediate questions of course, was anyone hurt? and water? this mean for power - matt gutman with late reporting. what authorities are saying tonight. the primetime hearing before the american people this week. and tonight the two former trump aides who will now be testifying. jon karl on who they are and why their testimony could be key. the anger and frustration boiling over in uvalde, texas. we take you inside that school board meeting after that blistering report. 376 officers on the scene. 77 minutes that went by. and tonight you will hear the little girl and what she told the board. ukraine s first lady arriving at the white house, set to address lawmakers here in the u.s. and tonight u.s. intelligence and what it shows putin is now planning in eastern ukraine. ian pan
hurt its investigation. all of this as the former president s fight with the fbi could be on the verge of a new escalation. cnn learning that some trump allies are pushing him to publicly release surveillance video of that fbi search. i want to get to cnn s jessica snyder. the justice department has warned that make thing affidavit public would cause significant and irreparable damage to this ongoing criminal investigation. this is high stakes for the doj, alex. this hearing just started. we re seeing that the federal judge has just taken the bench. what we expect is the justice department prosecutors will be arguing to continue to keep this affidavit out of public view, keep it sealed. media organizations on the other hand, including cnn, are asking for the unsealing of this affidavit, saying in their filing it s in the public interest to get more details surrounding the mar-a-lago search. notably, they said it hasn t been since the nixon administration that government use