our house and coming our way really quickly. forced to flee. thousands of acres burn outside yosemite park. firefighters try to beat back the flames. and deadly heat continues to punish the country. 90 million people are suffering in scorching temperatures. many areas hitting the triple digits. newsroom starts now. hello, everyone. thank you so much for joining me this sunday. i m fredricka whitfield. we begin this hour with new developments in the january 6 investigation. today republican liz cheney, the vice chair for the committee, not only put ginni thomas, the wife of u.s. supreme court justice clarence thomas, on notice that she could be subpoenaed to testify but cheney also accused former president trump of serious misconduct and dereliction of duty and says the committee is not ruling out recommending criminal charges against him. do you believe that your committee has successfully made the case that donald trump committed crimes and, if so, which ones? we
headquarters here in. new york welcome everybody to alex witt reports. this, our new insights today into the future of the january six committee s investigations into the attack on the capitol. committee members discussing how new evidence and witnesses keep pouring in as they push ahead two more hearings in september. earlier today, multiple committee members also discussed was missing secret service tax. and the prospect of talking to abc officials mention in cassidy hutchinson s testimony. the committee is more than welcome, if they will testify under oath to put the door is wide open for them. it is not a decision that they have so far. we have already heard testimony from them. i expect that we will again. mr. ornado has retained private criminal defense counsel. and we have seen that, also, with respect to one other secret service agent. i think that is significant. meanwhile, concern is growing today of a new report detailing a radical plan for trump s second ter
politicsnation. tonight s lead, the heat is on. jim only where six select committee has wrapped up its summer session, leaving us with a picture of a former president who pushed our democracy to the brink. only blinking when it was clear his desperate power play would not work. even the trump friendly new york post now admits his silence that day was but now we must shift focus from trump to the toxic legacy he has left behind. the political climate where tensions are at a boiling point. washington post reports many trump endorsed candidates are framing the midterms in civil war like terms, telling supporters democrats hate them personally, and will use riots and a police state to silence them. the ideas fueling the ultra maga movement on the far fringe, but the candidates, they are seeking major running for governor in pennsylvania and maryland, arizona, ohio among others. all over the map. the republican party is falling into line behind them. if elected, many make no
digits fahrenheit. new york city could soon see its longest streak of 90-degree days since 2013. officials there have shortened their triathalon course for tomorrow. and in boston their triathalon has postponed altogether. one woman describes how the unbearable heat feels. what s it like in your apartment? hell. it s like hell? horrible. it s horrible. i sat outside here from ten to 4:00 this morning. as europe s heat wave moves eastward, wildfires have forced tens of thousands of people from their homes. you can see here parts of greece and slovenia are blanketed with flames and smoke. just terrifying scenes there. according to the w.h.o., the heat wave has caused more than 1,700 deaths in spain and in portugal. these heat waves are dangerous. we got a look at the impacts of this extreme heat here in the u.s. and of course overseas and how much longer it will last. let s begin now with polo sandoval in new york. hi there, polo. so we know new york is under a
him, all of it caught on cellphone video obtained by cnn from calloway s girlfriend. we want to warn you that what you are about to see is disturbing. [ screaming ] stop! stop! brandon, brandon, brandon! stop hitting him! stop hitting him! stop it! stop it! stop it! stop it! stop! stop! stop it! stop! why are you taking him and hitting him? he has no weapon! he has no weapon! why are you taking him? he s beating him and taking him, he has no weapon, sir, he has no weapon, they re being aggressive. i m getting this on video. no, don t put your harndnds on . do not put your hands on me. bring your iphone, i need to call my mom. i need to call his mom. get on the ground! i didn t do nothing! get on the ground! ow! look how they re doing him. i m bleeding! stop hitting him! stop resisting, brandon, stop resisting, just stop. just stop. no. just get on the ground. get on the ground, brandon. get on the ground. get off of his neck! all right, this happening in o