pottinger resigned in the immediate aftermath of the january 6th attack on the capitol. he will appear alongside former trump white house aide sarah matthews. also today, opening statements are expected in the federal trial of former trump adviser steve bannon for his refusal to cooperate with the january 6 committee. he s charged with two counts of contempt of congress for flouting subpoenas from the committee. the trial is expected to move quickly. and the government s case might even take one day. let s go to cnn s senior crime and justice reporter katelyn polantz. thank you for joining us. let s start with matthew pottinger and these details. obviously he was a pretty big figure in the west wing. he is considered to be have influence in the west wing. that s right, potting was the deputy national security adviser. that s a high-ranking position, he s alongside another person the former white house press secretary sarah matthews. they re both going to be live witnesses
texas power grid operator to warn people to cut back on the ac or face possible blackouts. extreme heat also roasting southern europe with wildfires raging in france and spain and a worsening drought in italy and portugal. and in the uk, monday was the third hottest day on record and today promises to be even hotter. even china is experiencing a massive heatwave with dozens of cities announcing heat alerts. we have live reports from north america, asia and europe and our coverage begins with melissa bell in france. reporter: southern europe in flames. vast swathes of the mediterranean engulfed by wildfires driven by the sweltering temperatures of europe s second heatwave this summer. from portugal through spain, italy and france, where one of two massive fires near the city ten to rage and spread. down here on the ground, you get a real sense of what the firefighters are facing. these parched conditions, the earth already dry for so many months of high temperatures and hose
whom may be holding the party back. e holding th good morning. and welcome to way too early. on this tuesday, july 12th. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for joining us. the next hearing into the january 6 attack is this afternoon at 1:00. with a focus on the violent mob. the committee says it will examine how former president trump summoned his supporters to the capitol to threaten the certification of the election when he tweeted, big protest in dc on january 6th. be there, will be wild. the committee says that tweet was the quote siren call for extremist groups such as the proud boys and the oathkeepers whose top members have been charged by the justice department with seditious conspiracy for their roles in the riot. an aide on the committee says it will also present evidence of ties between these groups and trump associates like roger stone and michael flynn. as far as witnesses, a source close to the investigation says we will hear from former oathkeeper spokesman jason
arises to take the top spot. carley: griff jenkins joins us. griff: when prices go up, it has nothing to do with president biden, when it comes down, he deserves credit. white house economic advisor doesn t like you to put it that way. i very much disagree with that framing. what is happening here is a president who is working tirelessly to address the largest, toughest constraint facing american households, the budgetary impact of elevated prices and we re showing you here today real results partially derive from concrete efforts he s taken. griff: this after kate bedingfield expressed frustration over not getting credit for deshrining gas prices saying the drop is one of the fastest in gas prices in over a decade, just this sunday we witnessed largest single day decline in national gas prices 2008. voters are not happy. new cnn poll 38% approve of his performance and 7-10 americans say biden hasn t paid enough attention to the nation s most pressing problems. govern
dr. anthony fauci says he plans to retire. i anticipate i will be in this job at the end of the first term of president biden. keeps going long, 2022 home run derby champion. sunrise, sun burn, sun set repeat moon light, all night crashing in the sea. steve: good morning, rhode island, they have those lovely beaches there, i can t tell if that s somebody in the water or a buoy as we look towards the sunrise. right now it s 71 degrees. going for a daytime high of 88. the relative humidity is a killer right now 91% as the northeast braces on this july 19th, a tuesday, 2022, it s going to start getting really hot up here in the northeast. ainsley: when you are on a beach like that in a bathing suit, you don t care. steve: you are dressed for the weather and today it s hot. dress appropriately. ainsley: brian, what do you think steve got a sun set. brian: land locked yesterday watching some weird building with a light on top of it. that was barack obama s vi