firefighters that are fighting this blaze and then, of course, battling this heat. we re talking about a country that is not prepared for heat like this. the infrastructure is breaking down in certain locations, we re seeing that, where there s damage to runways at airports, seeing train tracks buckling. remember a lot of people in this country live without air conditioning which is why there s been such a concern for the public s health and safety. you can see people here doing everything they can to try and escape the heat, going to lakes, going to ponds, buying fans. but we know that not everybody is able to afford that and to do that which is why we saw top government officials meeting over the weekend for an emergency meeting to make sure ducks were in a row to care for schools, for example, that are still in session and without air conditioning. the elderly, nursing homes. but this is an issue that we re seeing all across southern europe, this heat wave that is just gri
that blue state. we begin with the january 6 committee and nbc capitol hill correspondent ali vitali. brendon buck and kimberly atkin-store and sam stein. ali, is it possible that chairman thompson s absence could push this hearing or are they determined to keep this schedule? reporter: they are determined to keep this schedule, chris. especially because what s clear yesterday after my conversation with chairman thompson, who i would note was wearing a mask when he was talking to us yesterday, he seemed to leave the door open as all of the committee members have to the idea there are more hearings to come, specifically the idea that at some point in the last few days, the committee seems to have decided that their final report will come in the early fall still but that there will be some kind of scaled back report prior to that. in part, it s because they keep getting new information and they want to make sure that the final report is reflective of everything that they kn
firefighters that are fighting this blaze and then, of course, battling this heat. we re talking about a country that is not prepared for heat like this. the infrastructure is breaking down in certain locations, we re seeing that, where there s damage to runways at airports, seeing train tracks buckling. remember a lot of people in this country live without air conditioning which is why there s been such a concern for the public s health and safety. you can see people here doing everything they can to try and escape the heat, going to lakes, going to ponds, buying fans. but we know that not everybody is able to afford that and to do that which is why we saw top government officials meeting over the weekend for an emergency meeting to make sure ducks were in a row to care for schools, for example, that are still in session and without air conditioning. the elderly, nursing homes. but this is an issue that we re seeing all across southern europe, this heat wave that is just gripping the
from now people will look at us and think we are filthy. and with bill, they would be correct. you stink. from distaste to waste. they spent $600,000 to get some fans. according to a state inspector s report they blew through $630,000 of campaign money to get more facebook likes. the campaign increased the likes belonging to something called the bureau of international information programs that went from 100,000 likes to two million. so money well spent. not so fast because as the inspector general points out, many in the bureau criticize the advertising campaigns as buying fans who may have once click owed an add or liked a photo, but have no real interest in the topic. i call that the opposite of money well spent and good luck getting it back.
from now people will look at us and think we are filthy. and with bill, they would be correct. you stink. from distaste to waste. they spent $600,000 to get some fans. according to a state inspector s report they blew through $630,000 of campaign money to get more facebook likes. the campaign increased the likes belonging to something called the bureau of international information programs that went from 100,000 likes to two million. so money well spent. not so fast because as the inspector general points out, many in the bureau criticize the advertising campaigns as buying fans who may have once click owed an add or liked a photo, but have no real interest in the topic. i call that the opposite of money well spent and good luck getting it back.