to appeal the decision. we have live reports from the barge border in just a few minutes. for the january six committee, sitting down with one of the most high-profile witnesses yet, rudy giuliani. the former attorney met with the panel on friday after nine hours from when he was subpoenaed in january. you reported today, according to the emails obtained by the washington post, ginni thomas, a wife of supreme court justice, clarence thomas, pressed lawmakers after the 2020 election to set aside the joe biden popular vote victory. she wanted a clean slate of electors. we are going to talk to legal analyst melissa murray about. this first, reporting on today s top stories we go to mike in a sole, erin mclaughlin in ukraine, and sam in texas. big welcome to all of you. mike, we talk to you first. a very busy day for the president. he is not just making international air headlines, but he is taking care of business over there. what can you tell us? i ve traveled overseas with t
40 others. the twister hammering a small town where forecasters extreme winter uncommon. governor whitmer declared a state of emergency. millions of americans are under heat advisories right now, record temperatures are expected from texas to maine. with many places reaching the upper 90s. for some areas, the humidity is going to make it feel like triple digits. and san francisco archbishop, salvatore cord dion lee, denied house speaker nancy pelosi from receiving communion due to her support for abortion. rights across the entire archdiocese, must ve was which lies in her. jurisdiction he told people the motive was pastoral not. political let s go now to buffalo give you a live look at the top supermarket there, where soon the community will be honoring this man people killed in saturday s mass shooting. it is an emotional weekend, as you knows will be held for victims today, and over the next few. days but first was yesterday.
in speaking about how he actually practices his faith. so when he was asked the question about these moves to try to prevent him from receiving communion, the president taking a very private tone. that s a private matter and i don t think that s going to happen. thank you. reporter: this is not the first time that type of debate played out in the church. 2004 john kerry also catholic running for president and some officials were publicly saying he should not receive communion due to his support for abortion rights and president biden talked about abortion back in the 2012 vice presidential debate against paul ryan also a catholic. biden who is vice president at the time said while he supports the church s stance on abortion, he does not believe those views should be imposed on others who have other beliefs essentially laying out his pro-choice position, but this entire episode shows how frat religion
doesn t think it will happen. take a listen. that s a private matter, and i don t think that s going to happen. thank you. reporter: so very brief comments from president biden. this has not been the first time that this issue over abortion rights has really become a flash point within the catholic church. back in 2004 when john kerry, a democrat, was running for president, there were some officials, church officials who were saying he should not be receiving communion due to his support spoke abortion rights. president biden in the past has spoken about his own personal feelings about abortion. in fact in the 2012 vice presidential debate against paul ryan, both men were catholics, they were both asked about abortion. the president, then the vice president at the time, said while he personally supports the church s stance on abortion, he does not think that that should be imposed on other people who have different beliefs. that s basically summing up the