share 20 transcripts from his witnesses with justice department investigators. the committee also seems to be zeroing in on former trump cabinet officials. of particular interest, conversations among those officials about possibly invoking the 25th amendment to remove trump from office. joining us now is johnwood, a former senior investigator for the january 6th select committee. he is running as an independent in missouri for the senate there. john, thank you so much for being with us. so, it was cnn s exclusive reporting, the department of justice is preparing to make a case to get around executive privilege, to basically force the testimony, to be prepared to force the testimony of key trump advisers. what does this tell you about where they are? where this federal investigation is? yeah, this is a really big step. up until a few days ago, there were very few public signs that the justice department was really focused on people in trump s immediate inner circle, as opp
from the floods a bit later today. what we know right now hundreds of people have lost their homes, countless businesses destroyed, and rescuers are working to reach those who are still stranded by these high floodwaters. the extreme weather is impacting several states this morning. overnight in las vegas, heavy rains leaving multiple casinos and parts of the famous strip completely under water. we ll have more on that in a moment. we do want to begin with cnn s joe johns who is live in eastern kentucky, joining us with more on that historic flooding there. joe, good morning. reporter: good morning. grim business here in eastern kentucky. i talked to a family just a little while ago who described a heartbreaking situation. in the first place, they live up high, and as you talk to people around here, for many people the difference between losing a house and having a home, the difference between life or death simply had to do with how high up your house sat here in eastern
now a jury has ordered conspiracy theorist alex jones to pay up to the parents of a sandy hook shooting victim. hi, everyone. it is saturday, august 6th, and thank you so much for waking up with us, especially you, phil. i m glad your alarm clock went off. yeah. my big question right now looking at my phone, are my kids awake yet? has the circus fully started in my household? did yours? mine almost did when my alarm clock went off at 3:00 not 3:00, 2:00. my son started crying. i got to take him out of bed and stick him with my husband and leave the circus. you deal with it. yeah, exactly, exactly. there s plenty going on at home, but we re going to be r gin a crucial test. voting is set today on the major economic and climate bill. the bill has the support of arizona senator kyrsten sinema who demanded several changes to the tax provisions, which she got. support is essential as senators pushed for passage under what we call a convoluted procedural passage. here
the bill includes $369 billion to combat climate change, largest in u.s. history. it gives medicare the power to negotiate some drug prices. it caps medicare out-of-pocket expenses at $2,000 and extended affordable care act subsidies for three years. white house reporter kevin livtak looks at what it means. jess, i want to start with you because we have news breaking in the last five to ten minutes, which i think is a good harbinger for your next few days at the capitol, where do things stand for the key elements for this to move forward? reporter: phil, democrats getting good news from the senate parliamentarian. to give you the big picture, they are using as you both noted this complex budget process that requires the support of all 50 democrats. doesn t need any republican support, but in order to do that the parliamentarian has to rule it passes and musters up to all of these rules surrounding it. we just found out really in the last ten minutes that the parliamenta
case. and the long overdue honor for a 102-year-old world war ii veteran. announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt good evening, everyone after holding the attention of millions of tv viewers this summer, the recent pause to the january 6th hearings into the attack on the capitol have turned attention now to the department of justice and attorney general merrick garland to provide what could be the next act in this american, legal, political, and constitutional drama with outside pressure mounting for indictments of mr. trum and some of his inner circle, i sat down with the attorney general today for an exclusive interview. the ag dismissing accusations his office hasn t moved swiftly enough to build cases against those at the top of the ladder and telling me concerns over further tearing the country apart would not deter his office from holding those criminally responsible accountable. let s start off and talk about january 6th. we just watched weeks of s