sales plunging as mortgage rates rise. what it means for buyers and sellers. announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt good evening, everyone as the heat tightens its scorching grip, in some places, it s one eye on the thermometer and the other on the electricity meter. texas in particular seeing nearly unprecedented power usage as triple-digit temperatures continue to drive people indoors, testing the power grid nationwide electric bills are already expected to climb 20% over last year, to a average of $540. roughly a third of americans right now under heat alert yesterday saw a dozen record highs broken. more expected today. parts of the desert southwest could see a dangerous 115 degrees. and th heat now pumping into the east and south washington, d.c., bracing for a possible high of 100 by sunday. philadelphia under a heat advisory through the weekend. ou team in place tonight with the very latest and we begin with sam brock reporter: the blistering heat
shopping mall. we will have details. police body cam footage sheds light on a death of an unarmed man in ohio. you will hear from the community demanding justice. and ukrainian troops are forced to withdraw from a key city as europe posts a conference on rebuilding the country. we are live in kyiv with the latest. announcer: live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom with rosemary church. good to have you with us. we begin in ukraine where officials are already turning an eye towards rebuilding even as their troops suffer a major setback on the battle field. in the hours ahead, ukrainian officials will arrive in switzerland for talks about how to rebuild the country once the fighting ends. but for now the war rages on with russian forces claiming control of a critical city in the east. on sunday, ukraine s military said it was forced to withdraw from a key target in russia s push to take control of the donbas. the loss likely means russian forces now effectively c
to answer more questions after previously sitting for an interview behind closed doors. that was this april. the committee saying it s continued to obtain evidence that he s uniquely positioned to testify but he has declined to cooperate. further leaving the panel with no choice but to issue the sub subpoena. we have heard some of what the evidence was for ourselves . sglb i remember pat saying to him something to the effect of, the rye ioters have gotten to t capitol. mark looked up and said he doesn t want to do anything pat. pat said something to the effect of and very clearly, said this to mark, something to the effect of, mark something needs to be done or people are going to die and the blood will be on your eff ing hands. this is getting out of control. i m going down there. i remember saying that letter this guy wants to send that letter is a murder/suicide pact. it will damage every one that touches it. we should have nothing to do with that letter. pat said he i
subpoenas pat cipolline. the witness talked about him. every one has been talking about that. pat cipollone is the former president s white house counsel, a key witness to what was going on inside the white house the days before, the time during and after the attack on the united states capitol. we have been trying to get him to answer they have been trying i should say to get him to answer more questions after previously sitting behind closed doors in april. the committee has been saying it s trying to obtain evidence that cipollone is, quote, uniquely positioned to testify but he has declined to cooperate further leaving the panel no choice but to issue the subpoena. and we have heard some of what the evidence was for ourselves. pat cipollone s name coming up again and again and again as i said in testimony before the committee. watch. mr. cipollone said something to the effect of please make sure we don t go up to the capitol, cassidy, keep in touch with me. we re goin
president. telling cnn, quote, this testimony will lead to dime. her bombshell testimony including trump knowing some of his supporters were armed in the hours before the capitol attack. he wanted to join them there despite a warning from former white house counsel pat cipollone that trump and others could face criminal charges if they did. today one of the two republican lawmakers vice chair liz cheney is calling on cipollone to testify. as we heard yesterday, white house council pat cipollone had significant concerns about january 6th activity. it s time for mr. cipollone to testify on the record. any concerns he has about the institutional interests of his prior office are outweighed by the need for his testimony, she writes. meantime, both trump and the secret service are denying hutchinson s second-hand account that trump flew into a rage when he was told not to go to to capitol. she said she was told he lunged at the steering wheel of the limo and at the secret service