californians are under a flood watch as they are tonight, that s 10% of the whole u.s. population n this succession of extremely wet storms, the north central coast of california has been particularly hard hit cu already. but now with additional storms, still coming, there are all kinds of northern california rivers that don t usually flood that are looking now luke they are going to flood. these are places where there just are not a lot of flood mitigation systems because they re rivers that don t usually flood. there is not a lt of local inland flooding. so it is bad tonight in a lot of california with more rain and more storms set to arrive over the next few days. keeping eyes on that as everybody else in the country. in new mexico tonight, this is interesting story. albuquerque police just held a press conference tonightce to announce a development in the recent shootings that have targeted the homes and offices of at least a half dozen new mexicolf elected officials all
i think this incident is underneath the pile of the insane and number of scandals and legal peril. i recommend finding a persuasive account. yes, having it in front of a court and jury where it is factually litigated. i think one will say justice may finally the wheels of justice may actually be turning. i think we said that to each other multiple nights. it could be happening here. thank you, chris. thanks to you at home for joining us. the one, the only, trevor noel is joining me on set. i m glad he s here tonight. there is something happening in this final stretch of the mid terms that i want to talk to him about. something i think he can help us wrap our heads around. let s start with the great state of louisiana. so every ten years there is a census, right? the last census in 2020 showed the same trend in louisiana that was taking place across several southern states. over the last decade, the white population sh rank shrank. this is louisiana s congressional deleg
mar-a-lago. former president trump now hinting at fourth amendment violations will also threatening to release surveillance video of the search, which would have a white ranging impact. the life reporting, in just a moment. and does trump s argument hold any water legally? we are going to ask a former federal prosecutor about that and much more. plus, the balance of power in the senate. could democrats be poised to maintain control, or even gain seats, holding off the gop? search minority leader mitch mcconnell race a few eyebrows with his comments this week about candidate quality. we ll dive into a new report that has the senate as a toss-up. 80 days from election day. we are also keeping a close eye on the georgia election and investigation of rudy giuliani, and what we ve learned from his testimony this week, and where the probe goes from here. he is now considered a target of the investigation. and the next hour, we will dive deeper into right wing extremism and the thre
attempts. good morning. and welcome to way too early. on this thursday, july 21st. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for joining us. we begin with tonight s eighth hearing from the house january 6th committee investigating the attack on the capitol. it is set for 8:00 p.m. eastern and is expected to last about two hours. the committee says it is likely to be the final of this round of hearings. but more are likely to be scheduled around the release of two reports later this year. the committee chair bennie thompson will lead the hearing and he will do so remotely after testing positive for covid on tuesday. the hearing will focus on what the committee calls a former president trump s dereliction of duty. and a minute by minute account of what happened inside the white house between trump s rally at the ellipse and his tweet finally telling the capitol rioters to go home. the washington post is reporting this morning that the public could see outtakes from trump s january 7t
trump campaign, and the russian government. and whether there was any coordination between the campaign and russia s efforts. it would later be revealed that trump had demanded loyalty from comey, and repeatedly pressed him to end the investigation into trump s first national security adviser, michael flynn. after he refused to do so, trump fired comey in shocking fashion. in a remarkable oval office meeting the following day, the day after he fired him. trump told russian diplomats that by firing comey, the previous day, quote, i faced a great pressure, because of russia. that is taken off. around the same time, he all but admitted to lester holt that he had fired comey because of the, quote, made-up russia investigation. with comey gone, andy mccabe became the acting fbi writer director. in one of his first actions, the very next day, was to open up a counter intelligence investigation into the president, in his ties to russia out of fears that he too would be fired. and