heartbreaking stories emerging from the shooting, the 2-year-old boy who lost both of his parents, rescued by strangers. his father killed shielding his son from the gunfire. stephanie ramos is standing by. the january 6th committee hears from a major witness this week. former president trump s white house counsel pat cipollone set to testify under subpoena, appearing behind closed doors on friday. cipollone was a witness inside the west wing as the attack was unfolding at the u.s. capitol. overseas toight, new weapons in ukraine s arsenal are now being deployed. our team has a rare first-hand look at ukrainian forces armed with u.s. long-range rockets capable of hitting russian targets more than 40 miles away. receiving a hand-written letter from wnba star brittney griner, the white house says the president and vice president spoke with her wife today. their message to griner tonight. a scathing new report says authorities in uvalde, texas, had several chances to stop
post. the latest missing records are from two officials inside of the trump administration acting homeland security secretary chad wulf, and acting deputy secretary ken cuccinelli, we will get to all of those stories and more throughout the course of this hour, but we start with the latest efforts of the united states to win the release of wnba star brittney griner from a russian jail. russia s foreign minister now says he is open to talking to secretary of state anthony blinken about the u.s. proposal for russia to belize griner and former marine paul whelan in exchange for the release of a russian arms dealer named victor boot. russia gave no indication of whether they would agree to that offer or for the timing of when the foreign minister might be able to talk to anthony blinken. griner s trial on charges of having to vape cartridges of hashish oil in her luggage is expected to wrap up next week with a verdict, according to her lawyers, they say that griner s had a doctor
steve giffords. but first u.k. prime minister boris johnson is out or at least he s about to be. the scandal-plagued leader says his party doesn t believe in him anymore. themes the breaks, he said in front of 10 downing this morning. i tried to persuade my colleagues it would be eccentric to change governments when we re delivering so much and have such a vast mandate. but as we ve seen at westminster, the herd instinct is powerful. when the herd moves, it moves. my friends in politics, no one is remotely indispensable. johnson was touting his successes on brexit, the pandemic and support for ukraine. ultimately it was one too many scandals that did him him, accused of harassment and groping to a key leadership position and then denying he ever knew about that lawmaker s history of similar allegations. more than 50 ministers in his government resigned over johnson s shifting explanations, a mass exodus in the party intended to finally force the pm out. johnson blamed a
late word tonight that elon musk is ending his bid to buy twitter. the $44 billion deal collapsing. why the world s richest man decided to walk away and what happens now. two weeks after the supreme court s bombshell decision to overturn roe v. wade, president biden today signing an executive order aimed at protecting access to reproductive health-care services. the president blasting the majority decision, calling the supreme court out of control. with nearly all abortions now ceased in 14 states, the white house is under growing pressure to protect abortion rights. a day of mourning in highland park, illinois. the first memorial services held for three of the seven people killed during the mass shooting at the fourth of july parade. a major witness appearing before the january 6th committee. former president trump s white house counsel pat cipollone testifying for hours behind closed doors. what happened inside the west wing as the attack on the u.s. capitol was unfol
they say disturbing posts and videos were discovered on social media. there are questions tonight about why no red flags were raised, possibly stopping him from legally buying at least five guns. alex perez and pierre thomas are standing by. we re also learning more about the seven people killed. their names made public late today. the 78-year-old grandfather, the beloved wife and mother, dedicated to helping her community. and the financial adviser who at 88 was still taking the train to work in chicago every day. the dead and wounded range in age from 8 to 85. president biden ordering flags lowered to half staff. also tonight, more than 40 million under threat of severe storms from montana to the east. damaging winds, very large hail and a new flood watch just issued. news tonight about wnba star brittney griner s hand-written letter to president biden. pleading for hlp while on trial near moscow. the white house is now out with a response. overseas tonight, russia