it is the top of the hour. so glad you re with me today. i m poppy harlow. we re following several major stories. growing worries among republicans over the january 6th committee s damning revelations about former president trump has many openly cheering for other republicans to jump in the 2024 race for the white house. that s even if trump announces he will run. also, anxiety building in the party in circles about the committee s new hearings in september, and what impact they could have on the midterming. more on that in a moment. meanwhile, liz cheney says a subpoena for ginni thomas, the wife of supreme court justice clarence thomas, is not off the table. all of this as today, the governor of georgia is scheduled to testify by video before the fulton county grand jury investigating whether trump tried to interfere in the 2020 general election there. let s begin with my colleague on capitol hill. you have new reporting, melanie, on republicans pushing for other republican
trump in the midterms. the panel is preparing to get new witnesses on the record, including former trump cabinet members but the committee s 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 biden s health as he deals with covid. so let s begin with that fight over reproductive rights underway in indiana. right now, lawmakers are holding a special session to consider a new law banning abortion with very narrow exceptions. vice president harris flew to indianapolis today to meet with lawmakers, offer support from the white house as well. i m here to support the legislatures who are here, and to support the folks doing the work on the ground in terms of service providers and to let them know we stand with the women of indiana. we trust the women of indiana to make decisions about their own lives without requiring their government to tell them what to do wi
inflation. doug luzader joins us live in washington. good morning, doug. doug: the fed meets tomorrow to talk interest rates, a lot going on, and the white house is laying the groundwork. we may find on thursday gdp has fallen, according to the white house economic advisors, some maintain two consecutive quarters of falling real gdp constitute a recession, that is neither the full definition or how economists evaluate the business state. former obama administration says recession is likely. there is high likelihood of recession when we ve been in this kind of situation before, recession has followed when inflation has been high and unemployment has been low. doug: the fed starts their meeting tomorrow, expected to raise interest rates to reign in that 9.1% inflation rate. inflation is way too high, the fed is charged with putting in place policies that will bring inflation down and i expect them to be successful. republicans meantime, say the administration is makin
tactics. so-called eco-warriors armed with typically went after priceless works of art this weekend in italy. i say leave them there. other protesters blocked rush-hour traffic. the i-95 beltway in maryland, we showed it to you when it happened. other climate activists deflated tires on suvs in cities all across the nation. in recent months, far left activists have also scaled buildings, lit themselves on fire, and threaten to disrupt a congressional baseball game. now former vice president al gore seems to take things to a more extreme level, making this stunning comparison between climate deniers, as he calls them, and botched police responders in eve all day s school shooting. let s watch. climate deniers are in some ways similar to all of those almost 400 law enforcement officers in uvalde, texas, who were waiting outside an unlocked door while the children were being massacred. they heard the screams, they heard the gunshots, and nobody stepped forward. confronted wi
involved have been charged with federal civil rights violations. join me now to discuss this is our nbc news justice corresponded. charles coleman, and reverend al sharpton, founder of the national action network. reverend, you know the family. as you know she was an aspiring nurse, she was working as an emt when she was killed. police were looking for a former boyfriend who wasn t even there. as someone who fought for the family to get justice what is your take on this decision? i think it is an important step in the right direction. clearly you look at the indictments, four of the officers have been indicted because they actively tried to cover up what they did. they conspired to violate her rights. the other went around the house and shot through what they called the curtains set where you could not see, shot in and ended up with a bullet going into a neighbors house, clearly a violation of civil rights. i think what is important is she was still pushing as were so many