Im janelle wang. Im raj mathai. Went on the defensive. Steve bannon insists hes the target of a political attack. This is day two of his trial for refusing to testify before the january 6th house committee. Nbc Susan Mcguinness reports from washington, dc. Reporter bannon with a message for january 6th Committee Chairman benny thompson. Hes made it a crime, made it a crime, not a civil charge of wanting my testimony, but a crime, and he didnt have the courage or guts to show up here. Reporter thompson likely not appearing at the Committee Thursday hearing after testing positive for covid. The panel will not receive an expected trove of Text Messages from the secret service from january 5 and 6. The Washington Post reports the agency determined it has no new texts to provide congress and texts exchanged around the time of the insurrection were punched blaming a technical upgrade or migration. They refuse four requests from congressional committees on january 16th to preserve records and they had this planned migration for the 25th. Reporter the National Archives asking the agency to investigate the potentially unauthorized deletions of january 6th texts. Thursdays hearing expected to focus on three plus hours of the Capitol Attack during which the Committee Says donald trump did little. Two west wing staffers will help narrate the 187 minutes including sara matthews, former White House Deputy press secretary and Trump Deputy National security adviser Matthew Pottinger who spoke to the committee about trumps tweet saying Vice President pence didnt have courage. I read that tweet and made a decision at that moment to resign. Reporter the committee hoping to lay out what they call trumps dereliction of duty january 6. Theres a lot coming your way. You can watch thursday nights hearing right here on nbc bay area. Our live coverage begins at 5 00. Well also have a special edition of nbc bay area news immediately following this hearing. The house of representatives today took a preemptive swipe at the Supreme Court as members overwhelmingly approved a bill to protect same sex and interracial marriages. It was a direct response to the Supreme Court conservative majority that overturned roe v. Wide and signaled other rights may be in jeopardy. The respect for marriage rights easily passed and the Senate Republicans will likely try and block it and the house will vote on a bill protecting americans access to birth control. A scary scene at the hoover down after a transformer caught fire and exploded. This is about 45 minutes from las vegas. Look at the smoke from the video. You can see this posted on social media. It shows the transformer bursting into flames near the base of the dam. Thankfully, no one was hurt. Crews onsite that worked there were able to extinguish the fire. No powerlines were effected. The cause is under investigation. It took 15 seconds for an Armed Civilian to take down the gunman who opened fire in a Shopping Mall over the weekend. Investigators say 22yearold eli dicken was carrying weapon under the states constitutional carry law and he the shooting happened sunday at mall near indianapolis. Police say the gunman started shooting at the food court inside the mall. Three people were killed. Two others wounded. Thats when dicken, the good samaritan, fired his gun and shot the gunman killing him. A dangerous heat wave continues to tighten its grip across the u. S. Tonight. More than half of the country at or near record highs today with more severe conditions expected through the rest of the week. Nbc jay gray has more tonight from one of the hottest spots, dallas, texas. Reporter the summer burn continues across much of the country right now. 141 million dealing with temperatures in the 90s. 51 million suffering through triple digits. The situation so severe President Biden is reportedly considering a Climate Emergency declaration. Some of the worst of it in texas. Crews today rushing to save homes from a wildfire fueled by the dry conditions. States power grid being pushed to its limits as so many families try to stay cool while those without air worry about just how long they can last. Without a doubt it is a life and death situation. Reporter water is also a real concern. Dried out shifting ground leading to water main breaks across north texas and the forecast here doesnt hold much hope for things getting any better anytime soon over the next 10 days only one will see a high under 102 degrees with concern in the Lone Star State and across country that the hottest days of summer are still to come. Jay gray nbc news, dallas. Hot in the u. S. And across the pond over in england. A historic heat wave there sparked fires across the city of london. The citys fire agency declared a Major Incident as it scrambled to put out the flames. A huge chunk of england is under the countrys first red warning for extreme heat. That means even Healthy People risk death from too much exposure. Britain hit a record 104 degrees today. They typically have much cooler weather. They are not alone. Much of europe is struggling with these dangerously high temperatures this week. Joining us is chief meteorologist jeff ranieri. A lot of people there dont have air conditioning and they are really suffering and sweltering. Whats causing the heat . The number is only about 5 of people there have air conditioning. Yeah, a lot of people are really dealing with this and just trying to keep every way to stay cool. Let me show you my weather graphics here. Well talk about whats causing this heat. Just like here in the United States over towards the uk and europe, they get areas of hot, High Pressure. They are seeing one move right on top of them thats producing dangerous heat. They had that alltime record today of 104 degrees. There is some cooling out here and thats really whats going to change things up and get them some relief. Lets show you that in our forecast. Well take a closer look at what we can expect. Youll be able to see as we move through the next seven days all of that heat gets erased, gets pushed out. Were down to 81 degrees tomorrow. Eventually by thursday, 76 friday, 74 and that will be close to your average of 72 out towards london. If you are traveling there, better news with temperatures trailing off. Not only hot weather here, but from a separate area of hot, High Pressure, were seeing those temperatures surge through parts of the central u. S. 100 to 110 degrees over texas and other areas producing records up to the northeast anywhere from 90s to 100 with humidity factored in. That will be very dangerous. Out here towards california, we are looking at 102 to 108. These warmer temperatures is nothing new. As we continue our climate coverage here, what i want to show you is the temperatures versus the average in this data. We do usually tend historically to get some extreme cold events and extreme heat. The way things have been shifting especially over the past 20 years , you will be able to see how there is more extreme heat events. Heat waves starting in late spring even lasting into early fall. Hotter temperatures in areas that havent ever been seen before. Check this out. Last year in seattle as hot as 108 alltime record temperature. British columbia, 121 last year. Of course the uk temperature alltime record setting heat at 104 degrees. We have more on all of our climate coverage. Head to nbcbayarea. Com. Thank you so much, jeff. Weve dedicated a page to our climate in crisis series on our web site. Go to nbcbayarea. Com and click on the climate in crisis tab. A disturbing trend when it comes to covid. Hospitalizations are on the rise and the cdc says it will get worse. The number of people hospitalized because of covid has quadrupled. In april just under 1,000 people were hospitalized here in california. This month there are 4,400. Doctors say most of the people hospitalized are not vaccinated or boosting and the new omicron ba. 5 variant is evading immunity created by vaccines and prior infections. The front guards, the antibodies dont recognize ba. 5 so well. These inside immune cells, the b cells and t cells that worked so hard are reminding the immune system about the virus is going to kick the enemy out of the body if it enters. Last week the cdc predicted hospitalization rates will continue to rise through the summer. The most famous doctor in the country is leaving. Dr. Anthony fauci revealed just a little bit about his future plans. We learned yesterday that dr. Fauci is stepping down from his role which includes being an adviser to the white house. Today he appeared at the future of Health Care Summit in washington, dc. He was there to talk about covid, but everyone wanted to know what he is going to do next. I have other things that i want to do in a professional way that i want to have the capability while i still have the energy and the passion to do them. So, i picked i dont want to go beyond january 2025. Hes got energy. Hes got passion. The 81yearold fauci has been the director of the National Institute of allergy and Infectious Diseases since 1984. Hes going to step down before the next president ial inauguration. The set for the show law order turned into a real life Murder Investigation after someone shot and killed a Parking Enforcement worker on the set in brooklyn, new york. Nypd says the man was hired as an outside agent to clear Parking Spaces for trucks associated with the tv show. 45 minutes before they were scheduled to begin film on the block, police say a gunman abruptly opened the parking attendants car door and shot him in the face and neck. The gunman got away and it is unclear if he knew the parking attendant. Talk about a disappearing act. A giant sinkhole gave way in the bronx last night taking this fullsize white van with it. The van began to lean before the pavement just buckled. The whole van disappearing below the surface. Those who live on the street say this isnt the first time. They say a previous sinkhole took nearly a year to repair. Almost looks fake there. That boomerang effect was weird. Skipping the line at baggage check. A Vacation Rental host might get away with putting a wanna help kids get their homework done . Well, an Internet Connections a good start. But kids also need computers. And sometimes the hardest thing about homework is finding a place to do it. So why not Hook Community centers up with wifi . For kids like us, and all the Amazing Things were gonna learn. Through project up, comcast is committing 1 billion dollars so millions more students can continue to get the tools they need to build a future of unlimited possibilities. A lot of people have vacation plans this summer and keep this in mind. When you stay in a Vacation Rental, there is a possibility the host is watching you. Yeah, even inside your house or condo. You can take steps to know if your rental has spying eyes. Consumer investigator shows us how. Reporter if you think cameras are totally forbidden from Vacation Rentals, im afraid youre wrong. Your host might be able to have a camera outside the house and inside some parts of the house. Lets look at the ground rules. Vrbo permits cameras outside. It says surveillance devices such as Security Cameras and smart door belles are allowed, but not inside. Airbnb has another policy. We prohibit any Security Cameras and other recording devices that are in or that observe the interior of private spaces such as bedrooms and bathrooms. Airbnb says we require hosts to disclose all Security Cameras and other recording devices in their listings and thats the first place you should look for a camera in the listing. Look under house rules. Say theres no camera listed there. Message the host anyway with the question like this where do you use Security Cameras. If you get a cagey answer, let the booking company know about it. If the host says there is a Security Camera that is not disclosed in the booking, airbnb says you get your money back. What about smart speakers like google home or apple alexa. Are they allowed . They both said yes provided they are disclosed in the listing. If you are not happy about that, ask about unplugging them during your stay. Once you arrive at the property, take a couple steps to cam for cameras and look for nanny cams and Baby Monitors that might be watching you. Many surveillance cameras connect to the internet using home wifi. You can download an app like fing to see all the devices connected to the home wifi and it might help you identify whats what and what is streaming to the internet. Fing is free to load, but you could possibly see inapp purchases. Find the rueter and unplug it. First ask the host because sometimes Security Systems and home phones require internet access. You can also buy a handheld camera detector from 25 to 100 and claim to sniff out a camera by Walking Around the room. Before you buy one, read reviews and make sure the model does what you expect. Say you find a camera thats not supposed to be there, what should you date of birth . Airbnb and vrbo said contact them immediately to investigate and make things right and you can contact a lawyer and Law Enforcement especially if you think a cameras was intentionally concealed to invade your privacy. Thanks for the tips, chris. Theres a new push in congress to help protect smaller businesses from the effects of major retailers like amazon. The American Innovation and choice act would ban businesses like google and amazon to protect them like similar rival items on their platform. Not everyone is sure the legislation will help Small Businesses. Some say creating new regulations could lead to higher costs for businesses across the board. We surveyed Small Businesses nationwide and found that rural sellers use several different sales methods to sale their projects. What is interesting from this new research that we just came out with is that online sales methods are disproportionately more important to rural sellers than retail sellers. They prefer an online first approach when selling their products. One study showed california Small Businesses make 41 of their revenue from online sales. Congress could vote on the proposed bill any day now. Alaska airlines Hopes New Technology will lead to shorter lines at the airport. Electronic bag tags, Alaska Airlines sent us this video. They scan the bag tag and once it is activated, you can simply drop your tagged bag at the checkin counter. The goal is not only to cut down on time when you are waiting to check in, but also to cut down on paper use by making the process all electronic. Alaska Airlines Says it is testing the idea now including at sjc, but hopes to make it widely available next year. I love that. That could be something. Convenient. Yeah, i always have to take up all the paper tags every time you get to the destination. That will help. Theres never a pen. Yes. Anyone, anyone have a pen . Lets talk about the weather. We have avoided triple digit heat for awhile now. I love it. Yeah, its been hot, but still kind of in that manageable cat fore. I do think well stay with that trend as we head through the next seven days and get into cooling eventually. Lets bring you to the microclimate forecast and well take a look at the radar. We were tracking some thunderstorms off to the south and the east yesterday. I wanted to show you on the Doppler Radar that today we are all clear. Nothing is showing up. It did feel a little touch of humidity earlier this morning, but all that activity you can see now is moving off towards the east. That was developing right over the sierra, so, again, were looking all good tonight and as always anything gets close to us, we will bring that to you. Monday is out of the way. All right. Tuesday is almost out of the way. Lets move into that wednesday forecast. Midweek, its really just kind of a good day all around. Were going to be basically sandwiched inbetween two different systems. Weve got low pressure out in the pacific, High Pressure to the south of us, High Pressure. Thats whats bringing in the isolated heat inland. This area of low pressure is continuing to keep the fog at the coastline and thats whats really setting us up with microclimate extremes. Temperatures from 50s to upper 90s in the forecast. Lets get you to the fog tomorrow morning if you are up around 5 00, 6 00 or 7 00, i wanted you to see we have low clouds over the north bay, east bay. Patchy cloud cover for the east bay even at 7 00. Well clear out from this fast even about 10 30 and 11 00 in the morning, most of us under sun and through the afternoon. Sunny skies for 99 of the bay area except if you are headed to the beaches. You can expect a litt