following this hour. extreme heat and storms threatening holiday celebrations from california to the east coast as more than 1,000 flight delays frustrate travelers trying to reach friends and family by the fourth of july. also this hour, vladimir putin looking to strengthen ties with china after the public embarrassment of last week s armed rebellion as president zelenskyy argues the pace of ukraine s counteroffensive is not meeting its hopes. more troops occupying the west bank as president netanyahu faces criticism from the united nations. we begin this hour with what s become a record setting run-up to independence day. from busy skies to hectic highways, nearly 51 million americans are expected to travel for july 4th. friday broke records as the single busiest day in tsa history. extreme weather could slow everything down with millions under severe weather alerts an concerns over strong thunderstorms in the mid-atlantic states and portions of the northern great pla
the only thing that will stop iran is knowing that, if they continue to develop their nuclear program, the free world will use force. i continue to believe that diplomacy is the best way to achieve this outcome and will continue to work with israel to counter other threats from iran throughout the region. all of this ahead of the president s controversial trip to saudi arabia next, a visit opposed by human rights groups, but aimed at fostering closer ties between the saudis and israel. here at home, nbc news has learned a member of the trump white house support staff is the key witness referenced in vice chair liz cheney s warning about possible witness tampering by the former president himself. that comes as the january 6th committee is preparing for a primetime hearing next week, a week from today, graphically illustrating president trump s refusal to take action during the riot and in fact goading the mob on with a tweet slamming his own vice president. when he tweet
boris johnson resigned as british prime minister. what happened next is as clear as mud. welcome to the lead. we start today with ow national lead. the father of the suspected gunman of the highland park attack said he consented to his son buying guns in 2019 thinking the son would use the weapons at a shooting range. instead the guns were used in monday s mass shooting that killed seven people. the night before the attack the father said his son mentioned the mass shooting in denmark. the father himself could face charges linked to the rampage. reporter: in the mayhem of the shooting at the fourth of july parade new details emerge from a witness that provided key surveillance video. see m running. he is walking. reporter: a sur rail lance camera connected to a building that recorded that crucial moment with the alleyway used to reach the roof top and fired off more than 80 rounds. started to look at the camera here. shows on the film at 10:07 into the alley and 1
powell. taming inflation, powell warns, will require some painful let s get straight to the business correspondent. powell s warning really led to a jolt on wall street. that s a pretty significant drop. really spooking wall street and main street in terms of the messaging we heard here. we haven t seen a day like this in the market since mid june. every sector in the s&p closed lower today. it was a broad-based sell-off as investors parse through what the federal reserve chairman was trying on get across. he talked about the fed will not stop raising interest rates until they are confident. he said we will keep at it until we re confident the job is done. the job being lowering inflation. the the concern in the markets is that when it is all said and done, we will likely be in a very different place economically in terms of consumer spending, the labor market, and the fear is that we are much more likely heading toward a recession. every time the fed has to be more aggress
descent into assism. and a major effort to free brittney griner and paul whelan from captivity in red sox and i ll be joined by olivia juliana, an amazing young woman who turned a disgusting attack by matt gaetz into an opportunity to raise money for abortion services across the country. we begin with the new signs that the justice department is moving the ball in its investigation into the january 6th news. the house january 6th committee has spent the summer laying out its laser-focused investigation into the former president s actions leading up to the attack on the capitol, and while these hearings have been block birth and widely watched, if you found yourself frustrated asking where is the accountability you were not alone, but it s important to just keep in your mind alongside your work worries or where your kids socks are or what date your credit card is due and all the real things rattling around there, the state of democracy and whether or not the state owns your b