yesterday s hearing. why is he more willing to fight the case in the court of public opinion than in actual court of law? plus, the former chief financial executive in the trump organization could have him testifying against the company in another trial that is expected to run up against the november elections. and speaking of the midterms, mitch mcconnell downplays now republican chances of retaking the senate, blaming the, quote, quality of his party s candidates. we ll have the new polling and reporting that shows mcconnell s concerns may be well-founded. joe, some more polls in the critical senate races across the country show why mcconnell may be concerned in august. word is they ve already given up on pennsylvania. they ve already given up on dr. oz. they re probably going to focus more in ohio and j.d. vance, hoping that he has a chance. but we have polls showing that this area, this stretch of critical swing states in the upper midwest all breaking against the r
states. with nearly 110 million people under alert. we re tracking the extreme temperatures and the dangerous conditions in this country and in europe. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. tonight, the leaders of the january 6th select committee are expressing concerns about the u.s. secret service s handling of cell phone data after the agency turned over only one of the text messages requested by the panel. let s go straight to our congressional correspondent, ryan nobles. he s up on capitol hill for us. ryan, tell us more about the statement released by the committee just a little while ago. wolf, there s no doubt the committee is very concerned about the physical data that may be lost as it relates to the secret service and what they knew on january 5th and january 6th. but now their concerns are expanding. they are also just concerned broadly about the way the agency handled this ma
reportedly discussing among themselves about using their own constitutional power to stop the president. what those who talked already have said to the committee and what others might say, we just don t know, but what they could say given the positions they held and what they were privy to is formidable. they include secretary of state mike pompeo, who we first reported last night is expected to sit down with the house select committee, perhaps as soon as this week. also former treasury secretary steven mnuchin, who we learned today has already been interviewed by the committee. negotiations are underway with the former director of national intelligence, john ratcliffe, for a sitdown with him. and finally there s former acting white house chief of staff mick mulvaney, who we spoke with earlier this week on the program. he was spotted on his way out, after speaking with the committee today. mulvaney, as you know, was serving as envoy to northern ireland when the attack happene
well, his statement was voluntary. he was questioned in the highland park police department. he was read his miranda warnings, offered attorneys, et cetera. he went into details about what he had done. he admitted to what he had done. the prosecutor also says the suspect was considering another mass shooting. after fleeing the scene in highland park at yet another fourth of july celebration, this one in madison, wisconsin. investigators did develop some information that it appears when he drove to madison, he was driving around. however, he did see a celebration that was occurring in madison, and he seriously contemplated using the firearm he had in his vehicle to commit another shooting in madison. cnn s josh campbell was at that news conference. one of the most maddening things is once again there were all sorts of red flags about this suspect that we re learning about well before monday s attack including a threat to kill other people, and yet he was able to buy gu
those mode. biden s image has struggled as much as his policies from shaking hands with no one on stage, you can t forget it, to pulling off of a bike as he was about to speak to reporters to struggling to put on his jacket and dropping his sunglasses on the tarmac. the white house first tried to launch the tough take no names dark bran and the purpose, let s go brandon failed and widely mocked. so, now the media stepping in and trying to paint him as some sort of superhero. the new york times referencing the same aviator he dropped him this news piece titled the return of aviator joe. president biden is back after covid vacation and victories and so are his shades. emily, i read this piece in the fashion section, and i could not believe the so-called paper records deem this as a publication because it read like a child s book. i think i will subject viewers to the introduction. we do something else, aviator joe was back just in time to forget the glowing eyes of dark b