we ll go to nbc s priscilla thompson, who s joining me now from outside the uvalde civic center. priscilla, welcome. first of, all have you seen the report? what do you know about it so far? and what are you hearing from parents? good afternoon, alex. we have not yet seen that report. we do expect, however but we do know, i should say, is not for the past several weeks the committee members have been speaking to witnesses, they have been speaking to law enforcement and even visiting the school. in order to compile this report that is supposed to shed light on what exactly went wrong on that day. and all morning, those family members of the victims have been coming here to pick up those reports. walking away with those very thick booklets of information. and they are reviewing that information. because, in just a few hours, they are going to be meeting with the committee members to go over that report. and so, they wanted them to have an opportunity to see it, look at it a
investments. plus, the latest in presidential politics as donald trump all but confirms that he is going to run for president again. what he says about the timing of his official announcement. and the u.s. secret service accused of deleting messages related to the january 6th attack on the capitol. we ll have the agency s explanation. good morning. welcome to way too early on this friday, july 15th. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for being here. former president donald trump s bid for the white house gain seems all but certain. in an interview, in my own mind, i have already made that decision. he says the only thing left to decide is whether to announce before or after this november s midterms. trump told the magazine that a benefit to announcing before november would be to potentially clear the republican field, saying quote, i think a lot of people would not even run if i did, because if you look at the polls, they don t even register. that of course, is actually not
and, russia makes a push to take a key ukrainian city. we are allies in kyiv with details. their first hearing was a smash hit, of sorts, which drew some 20 million viewers. the genuine sixth committee is about to reconvene in front of tv cameras once again, just hours from now. the focus will be on what former president trump knew about the election results, and when he knew it, even as he kept pushing the big lie that he was the victim of massive voter fraud. here is the preview now from marshall cohen. reporter: the second public hearing from the january 6th select committee is shaping up to be a block buster event. the witness list includes donald trump 2020 campaign manager bill stepney and. that was a bit of a surprise. he is appearing under subpoena. we will find out soon how helpful he is going to be. it is notable he is even showing up. the panel also hear from bj pack, the u.s. attorney in atlanta who was pressured by the trump white house to backup trumps false
girl in her prom dress, in the ruins of her school in kharkiv. live from our studio in singapore. this is bbc news. it s newsday. welcome to the programme. it s 7am in singapore, midnight in london, and 7pm in washington where lawmakers have been hearing searing testimony from the victims and families of those caught up in several recent mass shootings. among them was an 11 year old girl, mia cerrillo. a student at the robb elementary school in texas, she described how she smeared herself in blood and played dead to avoid being killed along with 19 other children and two teachers. the shooting, carried out by an 18 year old gunman, has provoked a nation wide debate about the sale of firearms. our north america editor sarah smith has more from washington we should warn you, her report contains some graphic testimony which some may find distressing. this is the last photograph of lexi rubio, getting a school prize just hours before she was shot dead, the last time her paren
adding 390,000 new jobs, the unemployment rate also holding steady the at 3.6%, the lowest since february 2020. however, the positive report is little comfort to many americans who are shelling out more money, well, for just about everything these days. president biden blaming the price spikes on vladimir putin and the war in ukraine. fighting inflation is my top economic priority. the two the challenges on the minds of most working families are prices at the pump and prices at the groce ifly store. grocery store. both of these challenges have been greatly exacerbated by putin s war in ukraine. eric: lucas tomlinson is on the north lawn of the white house with more. reporter: hi, eric. the good news here, the labor county says nearly 400,000 jobs were added in the month of may. the bad news is many people are leaving labor force altogether. president biden spoke from delaware yesterday where he s spending the weekend. i want to speak very briefly today the about our eco