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How dry the fuels are. we are at 100% chance of it starting wildfire. >> reporter: a climate in peril, fighting the already fire-weary west. >> these fires keep burning faster and hotter. it is devastating to see. thank you so much for tuning in to msnbc reports. i'm lindsay riser. >> and i'm kendis gibson. "velshi" starts right now. today on velshi, unmasking the trump insurrection still happening day by day. an increasingly alarming picture of how in peril american democracy was and still is. the very latest on the mounting evidence against the former president and his cronies and a road...

Several states and now the nation's second largest reservoir, lake powell, is at its lowest level since it was filled in the 1960s. the lake sits on the arizona-utah border. it's currently at 32% capacity and scientists say it could drop by another two feet in just a couple of days. nbc's lindsay riser is in page, arizona. lindsay, how are officials responding to this crisis? what does that mean for folks who live in the surrounding areas? >> jose, great to be with you. thank you for having me. they're taking emergency measures because it's never been this bad, and this is a crucial resource h...

Battery, it's still not going to give it a full charge. this is what the manager of the dam told me about the situation they're looking at right now. >> this is a national critical infrastructure and some of the power we generate is in the southwest and the west depends on that. i knew the drought was very much a concern, but you know, everybody has always hoped that the hydrology would turn around and the lake would start coming back up, but it hasn't and here we are. >> so, jose, they're also going to be releasing less water from lake powell to the largest reservoir, lake meade which is also...

Occurred january 6th, or some of the images, they just dig in deeper. just dig i deeper >> you can see the videos. they're walking inside the velvet rope looking around, holding up their cameras. these are not violent people. most of them -- >> they're knocking police unconscious. punching. but gassing. >> yeah. >> there are a few dozen defendants from the january 6th insurrection being held pretrial in custody. many of them there at the d.c. jail. that's why the protesters were there. but it's indications of continue, lindsay and aaron, that the big lie still has a big impact and big reach. >...

United states is back. we started with phase one, which was rejoining a lot of these international accords, including the pillars climate accord. the world health organization. and now to do that in person with these global leaders. a lot of agenda items on the agenda here. including of course, the covid pandemic. the climate crisis. then the president is meeting with president vladimir putin, where the issue of the escalating attacks of ransomware by russian gangs. here in the united states, attacking our critical infrastructure will be in the forefront. >> now schools, tv stations, transport...