1,200 years. much of the country, though, is scorching. more than 240 million people will face 90-degree temperatures or higher for the next week. and they ve felt those blistering conditions in atlanta today at this juneteenth celebration. the thermometers there blasting into triple-digit territory. meanwhile, severe storms in north carolina knocking out power for a huge part of the state. nearly 70,000 customers are still without electricity right now, and that s just one of seven states dealing with major outages tonight. and nowhere are the signs of the climate crisis more obvious right now than yellowstone national park. and along the yellowstone river. tonight, there is good news for the first time in days in that part of the country, the south portion of the park will reopen on wednesday on a limited basis. the runoff only added to the unflooded disaster, unprecedented rain causing severe damage to roads, water systems, and more. let s check in with cnn meteorologist g
and with tourism roaring back to life across europe, italy seeing a two-wheeled invasion that many want curbed. what rome plans to do about the influx of e scooters. well, donald trump lashing out at the january 6th committee hearings, accusing them of doctoring video testimonies that cast him in a very negative light. yet both taped and live witnesses over three hearings have consistently shown trump illegally tried to overturn the 2020 election, culminating of course in the capitol riot. the next hearing on tuesday is expected to include two prominent georgia election officials who were pressured by trump to, quote, find nonexistent votes after he lost. and there are growing questions over the potential role of ginni thomas, wife of clarence thomas. the select committee has requested an interview with her which she has indicated she is willing to do. for the latest on trump s continued defiance and what lies ahead, here is cnn s jessica schneider. never called mike penc
Abduction . And the new lord of the ring . Prince william climbs into the cockpit with a ride from peter jackson. The skyhigh welcome for the worlds most famous couple. And good morning, america. So much to get to this morning on that pennsylvania stabbing. I just had to speak with the stabbers attorney. His only interview this morning. He says his client is scared, confused and depressed. He had a lot to say. Well get to that in just a moment. First, lets get to the latest overnight developments in that story. Abcs Ron Claiborne starts us off from murrysville, pennsylvania, where hes at the high school where all of this unfolded yesterday. Good morning, ron. Reporter good morning, amy. That chilling attack almost exactly 24 hours ago. Investigators say this morning that they know what happened. The mayhem, methodical mayhem, over the course of 15 minutes. The heroic actions of students and teachers. But what they do not know is why. It was just after 7 00 a. M. The bell hadnt even run
Joined the fray. The particular comments of mr. Huckabee i think are just part of a general pattern that we see is would be considered ridiculous if it wasnt so sad. Weve heard sitting senators call john kerry a pontious pilot and suggest that im the leading state sponsor of terrorism. A reporter for cnn politics is joining me along with niamalika henderson. Welcome to both of you. Lets begin with Mike Huckabee. Hes standing by his remarks and why wouldnt he . This is a badge of honor when it comes to your base. Yes . Yeah. Well i think hes certainly getting what he hoped to get out of these comments which is hes grabbing headlines, drawing fire from the president head of the Democratic Party essentially and hes firing up his base at the same time. Listen this rhetoric may be considered inflammatory and controversial by many but for hike huckabee and for his base of supporters especially as we near the first republican primary debate his comments are doing exactly what he wants them to