president biden pay respects in the wake of the assassination of former japanese prime minister shinzo abe. also, search and rescue efforts are under way in ukraine after a russian missile hit a residential building, killing at least a dozen civilians. we ll get a live report. n civil. we l welcome to way too early, on this monday, july 11th. i m jonathan lemire, thanks for joining us. the next hearing into the january 6 capitol attack is tomorrow and it will focus on what the committee has called the marshaling of the mob. this will reportedly include evidence of coordination between trump world and the extremist groups that led the attack on the capitol such as the proud boys and the oathkeepers. a source tells the nbc news that former oathkeepers spokesman jason will testify. he left the group back in 2017 but he will speak about how it spreads propaganda and how it became radical over the years. he has met with the committee twice before. former produce white house
244,000 people seeking unemployment insurance last week. as americans struggle with the rising costs of everyday goods. new details about former president trump allegedly trying to call a witness involved in the january 6th committee s investigation. we begin this morning with what appears to be a stark difference between the president of the united states and israel over how to deal with iran. during a joint news conference with israeli s prime minister in jerusalem, president biden defended his efforts to restart an international agreement aimed at preventing iran from building a nuclear weapon. this is a vital security to both israel and the united states. and i would add for the rest of the world as well. i continue to believe that diplomacy is the best way to achieve this outcome. and we ll continue to work with israel to counter other threats from iran throughout the region. but the israeli leader said diplomacy will not work and that the international community
that includes a runny nose, some fatigue, and the occasional dry cough. again, this is according to president biden s doctor. and he is being prescribed paxlovid. this is the antiviral medication that is said to be more effective if you take it as soon as you test positive. again, this is a medication that the president is going to be on. we, obviously, also know that he is going to be isolating for the time being. that means that he is not going to be seen in public. we ve certainly not seen him today. but earlier today, we did see the first lady, dr. jill biden, and this is what she said about his her husband s condition right now. my husband tested positive for covid. i talked to him just a few minutes ago. he s doing fine. he s feeling good. i tested negative this morning. i am going to keep my schedule. i am, according to cdc guidelines, i am keeping masked. and so, i would like to go in and see the program here, learning loss as an educator means a lot to me. so, th
joining us at the white house. we have dr. sanjay gupta joining us to break it down for us. what more do you know about the president s condition? president biden tested positive for coronavirus this morning. we re told that the president went to bed last night, largely feeling fine, but he woke up this morning having not slept very well, tested, according to the white house s routine screening procedures, that s according to the white house doctor, dr. kevin o connor, who says that the president is now experiencing mild symptoms, which include a runny nose, fatigue, and an occasional dry cough. the president s physician recommended that he begin a course of paxlovid, that antiviral that is considered the gold standard of care for coronavirus, particularly early on in the onset of the disease. and, we re told by the white house that the president has, indeed, begun that course of paxlovid. now, i also spoke separately with dr. ashish jha, the white house s coronavirus coord
jansen. there is news that donald trump has decided whether to run for president. he still mulling whether to announce it before or after the midterms? if his answer is yes he did not say that out right. he s merely meant to distract as to what is the hottest topic in washington. who was he trying to get in touch with when he reached out to one of the january 6th witnesses. what was he planning to tell them? what they call mark to evidence as witness tampering? it s been confirmed it was a white horse support staff member. white horse support staff according to cnn, it was not someone routinely in touch with the former president. the justice department is not in possession of that information. one of several threads they are following. the fact that they are coming to the committee for information, has led to a lot of frustration. even from committee members themselves. two they have got potent tools to get information. they can enforce their own subpoenas in a way we can.