first, the g7, where seven of the world s most advanced economies are meeting injapan with america signalling it s willingness to back the supply of f 16 fighterjets, and the training of ukrainian pilots, in the war with russia. meanwhile moscow s closest ally in the middle east, syria s bashar al assad, received a warm welcome at a summit of arab leaders in saudi arabia, after years of international isolation. during syria s bloody civil war, it was only massive russian military support, that allowed assad, condemned by many as a war criminal, to cling onto power. the summit was also attented by the ukrainian president, volodymr zelensky, who is due tojoin the g7 group in hiroshima on sunday, where it s expected he ll address leaders and hold a meeting with us presidentjoe biden. details on that later in the programme, but first, the news of more military support for ukraine just a few hours ago, us national security advisor jake sullivan spoke about the us f16jets plan. jus
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.
the massive wildfire burning out of control in northern california. the mckinney fire is now the state s largest fire this year. more than 55,000 acres burned. more than 100 structures destroyed. at least two people killed, apparently trying to escape the flames. matt gutman on the fire line. ginger zee tonight on the red flag warnings in the west and the new flood watch issued for eastern kentucky. severe storms possible in the same area. the monkeypox outbreak spreading in the u.s. more than 5,200 cases reported. the biden administration is now under growing pressure to declare a national health emergency. new york city and illinois declaring public health emergencies today. and the cdc warning for children 8 and under. despite growing threats from china, house speaker nancy pelosi is expected to visit taiwan during her trip to asia this week. what the white house is now saying. nfl quarterback deshaun watson suspended six games following dozens of allegations of se
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trying to tell the american people that the economy is doing better and hoping they begin to associate president biden himself with those improvements. what you re starting to see one example of the things they re trying to do is they re putting these signs at infrastructure projects around the country letting people know these projects were funded by president biden s infrastructure bill. making sure his name is front and center, ensuring that people come to associate him with the jobs and with the improvements they re seeing. the white house says there will be potentially thousands of these signs across the country. they ll be hard to miss. but when you talk to white house officials, they do acknowledge this effort will take time. certainly this is the singular challenge for president biden as he gears up for next year s election, fred. all right, kevin, thank you so much. out of wilmington, de laware today. coming up, parkland shooting victims relive the traumatic attack. a re-e