back here at home, four current and former police officers facing federal charges in connection with the shooting death of breonna taylor. attorney general merrick garland accusing the officers of lying to obtain the search warrant for her home and lying again to investigators after the shooting. breaking news in the alex jones trial. a jury in texas ordering the conspiracy theorist to pay more than $4 million to parents who lost their 6-year-old boy in newtown, for calling the sandy hook massacre a hoax. extreme heat from montana to texas to maine. 70 million under heat alerts as we come on the air. the texas power grid pushed to the brink. record-breaking temperatures nearing 100 degrees in the northeast. and now the threat of flooding rain. rob marciano timing it out. overseas tonight, china conducting intense military exercises all around taiwan, responding to house speaker nancy pelosi s recent visit. china test-firing 11 ballistic missiles in less than two hours.
happening now. new evidence connecting the capitol riot directly to former-president trump and his pressure campaign against his vice president. insiders swearing under oath that trump knew his scheme to get mike pence to overturn the presidential election was illegal but trump plowed ihead, anyway. the january 6th select committee also documenting pence s escape from that mob that was threatening his life with rioters at one point only 40 feet away. we are breaking down all the testimony, and where the insurrection investigation goes from here. we want to welcome our viewers here in the united states, and around the world. i m wolf blitzer, you re in the situation room . let s get right to the new testimony and evidence presented by the january-6th select committee during today s hearing. it ended just a couple hours or so ago. our congressional correspondent, ryan nobles, has been following it all up on capitol hill. mike pence is going to have to come through for us.
Do you support additional aid to you asked your question. Go away. Were not doing policy tonight. Any other questions . House republicans keeping it classy on capitol hill after they selected yet another nominee for speaker. Well explain how the new guy, mike johnson, won the nomination. Also it appears Donald Trumps former Chief Of Staff has flipped on him. Well go through new reporting on a possible Immunity Deal from mark meadows. Plus the latest from The Middle East where israel continues to launch air strikes from gaza after rejecting a ceasefire call from the United Nations. Good morning and welcome to Way Too Early on this wednesday, october 25th. Im jonathan lemire. And thanks for starting your day with us. We have a busy morning ahead, and lets begin here. Donald trumps final white house Chief Of Staff, mark meadows, has reportedly been granted immunity in the federal election interference case against the former president. Sources familiar with the matter are telling abc news
Capitol hill and this is cnn hello, everyone. I thank you so much for joining this sunday. Im fredricka source tells cnn that President Joe Biden and israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu spoke earlier today, Fueling Fresh Hope for an end to the israeli hostage crisis. And the resulting six month war in gaza. Meantime, us Secretary Of State Antony Blinken is headed back to the middle east right now for a new round of talks aimed at ending the deadlock between israel and Hamas Blinken plans to meet with regional partners in saudi arabia journalists Elliott Gotkine is joining me right now with the very latest elliot. Great to see you. What do you know about this call . Fredreka we understand this cool is about the ongoing hostage negotiations, negotiations to try to get a ceasefire between israel and hamas in the gaza strip that would see a number of hostages released. They were abducted, of course, as part of the hamas Terrorist Attacks of october 7, theyd been in captivity do you k
Shot at him. Catastrophic floods in libya. Thousands feared dead. A State Of Emergency in massachusetts. Heavy rains washing out roads. Cars swallowed by sink holes. The new threat on the way. Who should get the new covid shots . The surprising guidance just out from the cdc. The Fda Review Finding A Key ingredient in po popular Cold Medicines doesnt work which drugs are affected and Aaron Rodgers, out for the season after a devastating injury in his New York Jets debut. Will he ever play again . Announcer this is nbc nightly news with lester holt, reporting tonight from inside iran. Good evening from tehran, the capital of iran, a country economically isolated from much of the western world, and considered a military and geopolitical rival, some would even say enemy of the United States. I sat down with the countrys president for an exclusive and extremely rare interview today, and what he told me is already sending shockwaves through washington, d. C. Well get to that in a moment. Bu