capital. we re going to get his reaction to the hearings in just a few moments. and the w.h.o. just declared the monkeypox outbreak a global emergency. with more than 16,000 cases reported around the world, we re going to get into what you need to know about the response, here, in the states. plus president biden has tested positive for covid as some say we could be headed for a surge in the fall, y all, so how could this impact the administration? we re going to get into it. i m symone sanders and i have something to say. the january six committee presented a pretty damning conclusion in their final scheduled hearing on thursday. and they re focused on the 187 minutes the former president stepped by and did nothing to stop the attack on the capitol. here s republican congressman adam the mob was accomplishing president trump s purpose. of course he didn t intervene. here s what will be clear by the end of this hearing. president trump did not fail to act during the 187 m
spur the justice department to launch a criminal case. nobody wants an organized crime prosecution where the d.o.j. lawyers or prosecutors go after foot soldiers and lieutenants but don t go after the people that are ordering the crimes and putting all of the criminal events into motion. so, i agree with that. you know, i think that as a matter of justice it is just wrong to punish the people that are seduced by a criminal mastermind but not the mastermind himself or herself. the hearing provided this jaw-dropping account of just how much danger vice president s secret service detail thought that they were in. members of the v.p. detail were starting to fear for their own lives. there was a lot of yelling. there was a lot of very personal calls over the radio. it was disturbing. i don t like to talk about it. there were calls to say good-bye to family members, so on and so forth. for whatever the reason was on the ground, the v.p. detail thought it was about to get very
saying his symptoms are improving. meanwhile, the latest january 6 hearing is still sending shock waves to capitol hill. where donald trump refused to declare the election over or condemn the rioters. we ll take a look at how this could play into november s narratives and beyond. also, nearly one-third of americans are under heat advisories. 210 million people will face scorching temperatures over 90 today. the heat wave expected to last well into the weekend. we start at the white house. dealing with president biden s positive covid diagnosis on two fronts. medical and political. less than two hours ago, the white house physician said the president s symptoms have improved. the white house eager to show this is not a crisis and the president is continuing to keep a busy schedule while getting treatment. they just sent out this picture showing the president speaking by phone with his national security team. this picture also sent out in a tweet this morning showing the
detail. it will be an important document that the u.s. and israeli government will co-sponsor obviously and it will underscore the u.s. commitment. by the way we re showing our viewers of president biden meeting with yair lapid. this is an interim prime minister. there is a new israeli parliamentary election now scheduled for november 1. and that will be very, very significant. in addition to meeting with prime minister lapid, he will be meeting with the israeli president herzog and also the former prime minister benjamin netanyahu. so he has a very busy schedule. and as you know, the president will have a joint news conference which will have live coverage of here in jerusalem with yair lapid, there will be questions from israeli and american journalists at the news conference. we ll see what they have to say. but clearly there is a lot of issues on the agenda right now. and they will go into substantive detail in the course of their statements. there certainly is a lot on
government circles, to overturn the election. one witness we are expecting to hear from is a former spokesman for the oathkeepers. that is the group that we now know brought explosives to the dc area ahead of january 6th, according to the justice department. one person we won t hear from tomorrow, trump allies steve bannon. days before he goes on trial for stonewalling the select committee, bannon now says he will testify. prosecutors say this last minute 180 won t get him out of next week s trial. we will have the latest on that case in just a moment. first, let s go to ryan nobles on capitol hill. how is the committee planning to show links between trans allies and the 60 myst groups tomorrow? that is a great bastion. it will probably come through closed-door witness testimony which we have already seen the committee display over the past few weeks in these public hearings. we know the committee has spoken to a lot of people inside and outside the white house who knew a