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customers have mostly shrugged off the higher menu prices and the revenue has gone up. what's going on there? >> both of those companies, walmart and mcdonald's are facing higher costs as is practically every company right now. the difference however is mcdonald's has been able to pass on some of the higher costs. walmart can't do that as much because their whole brand is centered around being a low-cost retailer. it's having to eat some of the costs and that's why it's warning about profit. but jake, one thing i should flag, we talked about this recently in terms of the retail sales...

>> plus, wnba star brittney griner is set to take the stand in russia, while the family of another american also held by the kremlin, also on drug charges, calls for more attention to his case. >> welcome to "the lead." i'm jake tapper. we start today with our politics lead and merrick garland saying moments ago that the justice department will not hesitate to hold donald trump accountable for the events around january 6th even if trump is the republican nominee for president. if that's where the evidence leads them. listen to what else attorney general garland just told nbc's lester...

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...

reported, get this, a stunning 52% drop in first quarter profits, that was just a day after shares in the nation's largest retailer walmart had their worst day in 35 years. what is going on here? they have their fingers on the pulse of the american consumer and they say inflation was the problem, their customers are sticking to the basics when they come in, leaving with fewer items in their shopping carts. those purchasing decisions being driven by sticker shock of course. basics are getting much more expensive, gas up 44% the last year, car, food and shelter also way up. americans a...