welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world, it is wednesday, june 15th and i m brianna keilar with john berman here in new york. if you don t believe in the climate emergency facing our nation just open your window or walk outside today, there will be evidence on display in every corner of america, no matter where you live count on extreme weather, heat warnings or severe flooding. in the span of 24 hours americans have grappled with all of these threats, violent storms left hundreds of thousands without power in the midwest, flooded communities in montana that don t have clean drinking water and there have even been tornadoes in chicago. meteorologist derek van dam is live in columbus, ohio, where the mayor has no power and he s urging residents to go to cooling centers and pools to stay safe. reporter: john, unfortunately the perfect storm has struck this area, the combination of no electricity and dangerous excessive heat, that is a recipe for dis
that includes 18 more howitzers on top of what the u.s. has sent in. more than 36,000 rounds of artillery ammunition, and ammunition for the himars system, approved earlier this month. four of those weapons systems, multiple launch rocket systems that can strike at a far greater range. that s about a third of the billion dollars. the other two-thirds is known as the ukraine security assistance initiative and that will go to purchase through direct contracts with weapons manufacturers more weapons for ukraine. that includes two harpoon coastal defense systems, thousands of night vision goggles, thousands of radios so that won t be as fast, but the u.s. s position is the fight in eastern ukraine is an incremental fight. russia, yes, is making gains, but there is still time to get the critical systems in. how will we find out and when will we see this? the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff said the training on that advanced himars system for the first group wrapped up today.
president. police were chasing o.j. simpson in a white bronco. this time it s the feds chasing something else. not o.j. on the run, but prices out of control. experts call it getting ahead of the inflation curve. investors like what they saw. will you? after all, your borrowing costs just went up and stand to go up more. the hope is that the tough medicine will work and this inflation fever he break. the only question, of course, is when. we ve got you covered regardless. connell mcshane at the nasdaq and why traders are buying. the guy they call the sarge on whether order is returning. ed lawrence with jerome powell and gerri willis says many are rejoicing. welcome. i m neil cavuto. this is a much more expensive your world. for today at least, rejoicing at the prospect that it won t last very long. at least the high prices. we go to connell mcshane with more. connell? investors more than anything like what they heard from the fed chair, jerome powell, after the decision
pence faced to refuse to count lawful electoral votes. earlier on morning joe, january 6th committee member adam schiff previewed the hearing and the seriousness of the committee s work. you can expect to see stuff you haven t seen before interwoven with things you have, but to tell the story in, i hope, a compelling way. our democracy today is more vulnerable than it was on january 6th because the lie that brought about that violence continues to to proliferate around the country. also on capitol hill, the gun deal framework just got a big en ment from republican leader, mitch mcconnell. ahead i will talk to democratic senator debbie stabenow whose own mental health legislation is now part of that framework deal. do you remember 1994? pulp fiction was in theaters. the sign by ace of base was the number one son. now, the fed is raising interest levels to rates not seen since that year. how that affects you and everything you buy, from gas to groceries in moments.
focus. the january 6th tour taking pictures of hallways, tunnels and staircases inside the capitol complex, clearly not normal tourist fare and there s more. the committee has also released video of that same man you saw there near the capitol on january 6th issuing violent threats against house speaker nancy pelosi. senate majority leader chuck shumer and other democratic members of congress. we re coming in like white on rice for pelosi, nadler, schumer, even you, aoc. we re coming to take you out and pull you out by your hairs. how about that, pelosi? we re coming to take you out. we ll pull you out by your hair. we made the decision to play the video to you at all, not to amplify the threats, but to present the powerful evidence in the hands of the committee that refutes congressman loudermilk s previous forceful denials that he was not involved with tours of any insurrectionist in the run-up to january 6th. today loudermilk doubled down denying once again that he was