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quit. more than 60 million americans are under heat alerts, with temperatures expected to once again soar into the 90s and heat indexes receiving 100 degrees. newark, new jersey, hit 102, and boston hit 100 degrees yesterday. relief may be on the way for the northeast, but temperatures are now expected to build throughout the week in the pacific northwest and central plains. in california, a wildfire is raging outside yosemite national park. the oak fire it's called, which exploded over the weekend has burned more than 16,000 acres and forced evacuations of multiple towns. it's just ...

and the pope offers an apology. the pontiff in canada with a message of contrition to indigenous people who suffered abuse. his historic words just ahead. we start with some breaking news, though. one of the biggest investigations into former president trump's 2020 election fraud scheme. district attorney fani willis in fulton county, georgia, is leading an investigation into trump's efforts to reverse that state's 2020 result. a judge has just ruled that willis cannot question one of the so-called fake electors who took part in the scheme. the reason? willis recently hosted a fund...

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 th...

witness. our congressional correspondent ryan nobles is joining us from capitol hill. ryan, as far as we know, former pence chief of staff mark short is the highest profile witness to tv in the criminal investigation. what can you tell us? >> that's exactly right, wolf. mark short is among the people that has the most insight into what was happening on january 6th and in the time leading up to january 6th and specifically the pressure campaign on his former boss vice president mike pence and what this all shows is that that criminal investigation won by the department of justice is e...

stolen, and a live stream captured the crime going down. welcome to "the lead." i'm kasie hunt in for jake tapper. we start with our politics lead and the january 6th committee releasing new evidence in its case against donald trump as it narrows its focus for the coming weeks. on the agenda, trying to compel testimony from ginni thomas, a conservative activist and wife of supreme court justice clarence thomas, over her role in advocating to overturn the 2020 election. committee vice chair congresswoman liz cheney telling cnn they will consider a subpoena if thomas doesn't cooperat...