the war. we re live in kyiv. plus, dangerous heat waves across the u.s. and western europe. we ll go to the cnn weather center on when people can see relief. announcer: live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom with kim brunhuber. the new york times is reporting that the u.s. justice department could begin receiving interview transcripts from the january 6th committee as early as next month. earlier, federal prosecutors believed they would not get them until september and delay some trials of capitol rioters. former u.s. president donald trump remains defiant despite growing mountain of testimony and other evidence against him. he spoke out on friday for the first time since the hearings began calling former vice president mike pence weak now for not blocking the 2020 certification. several former officials everyone around trump told him repeatedly he lost the election and a scheme to stay in office was illegal. cnn s jessica schneider has more on trump s reactio
visited the church occasionally and is believed to have act aid loan. among the horrified community members, former u.s. senator doug jones who says this attack should serve as a wakeup call for lawmakers. here he is. birmingham community area is known as the city of churches. there s a church everywhere. we have such affinity for our faith and houses of worship, regardless of your religion, something happens there, you expect that to be the safest place you can be. goes to show that no community is immune from this kind of gun violence that we see playing out across the country. no one is immune. but in the weeks following the mass shootings in buffalo and uvalde, there s still no gun reform deal in washington. senate negotiators are stuck on how to structure federal funding for state red flag laws and how to close the so-called boyfriend loophole that refers to the fact that laws ban the purchase of guns by people convicted of domestic violence against
given the president already acted with executive action and act aid loan. act aid loan map needs to happen? we need so see democrats being open it talking to republicans. easier said than done. we know in order to reach a comprise, both sides have to give a little. one of the issues that has been the most difficult is whether you grant citizenship. so there s a difference between granting citizenship or legal status. so here we re going to see whether or not democrats are going to be open to just a pathway to legalization and not necessarily citizenship. i think this is where the 2016 immigration debate leads us. there s the factor here. in the newly npr interview the president was asked if the country is more racially divided than when he took office six years ago, let s take a listen to that. i actually think that it s probably in its day-to-day interactions less racially