using former top gun pilots to train the next generation. announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt good evening, everyone, this is what scientists have been telling us the future looks like, except it is now temperatures far above what was once considered the summer norm, inflicting misery and creating a health danger for millions living under record heat from california to western europe as well as parts of asia and africa in this country, the torrid conditions setting more new records. dallas hitting 109, as did oklahoma city. dodge city, kansas, setting a new record at 107 across the pond, the usually temperate uk hitting an all-time record high, 104 degrees, bending and breaking train rails that s how hot it was. fires near london prompting a tweet from the mayor, warning fire units are under immense pressure, please be safe our team in place at home and abroad to cover it all first, sam brock from dallas reporter: canvassing the country tonight, an
turning a july 4th parade into a mad dash for survival. police say the fgunman fired frm a rooftop. witnesses describe the confusion and chaos. i thought for a second maybe it was fire crackers. you ve heard before people aren t sure what it is, but it was too fast and too quick, and my son said no, that s gunfire. we turned and ran and i pushed my son s wheelchair, and the wheelchair collapsed on the pavement. he toppled over and i fell. it happened again. and then my young son picks up my older son and ran. we ran for our lives. six were killed. dozens more wounded. the video shows police apprehending a man described as a suspect and a person of interest. we re getting details this hour including about the weapon. what authorities call a high-powered rifle. the highland park mayor says the shooter bought the gun legally. that s despite a growing body of online evidence of disturbing posts from this man fantasizing about carnage and carrying out attacks and even suicide
case, dr. caitlin bernard, the indianapolis-based physician who took care of the young girl, she s been the target of threats and smears including from indiana s republican attorney general, who said he ll be investigating her. none of this is new to dr. bernard, or to many other abortion providers. they ve been the targets of threats for years, back in 2020, doctor bernard stopped offering her services to a clinic after the fbi alerted her employers that a kidnapping threat had been made against her daughter. there is in fact a long history of violence against abortion providers in this country. according to the national abortion federation, there have been 11 murders, nearly 500 assaults, 42 bombings, and 196 artisans directed at abortion clinics and at volunteers since 1977. the threat of violence has been increasing for years. last week, tammy coleman oscar, the director of north dakota s last remaining abortion clinic spoke of the threats that her clinics have recently e
keeping a lot of this under wraps. the committee just announced a surprise hearing for tomorrow with very few details. it s set to begin at 1:00 and the committee is saying they will present what they re calling recently obtained evidence and saying they ll hear more witness testimony. no word yet on what the evidence is or who may be testifying, not even an indication on how many people will be testifying. but there has been this sense that the committee was getting inundated with new information and it was just last week that the committee remember jamie raskin talked after one of the hearings about this deluge of information that the committee had been receiving, including via the tip line they have, and even chairman benny thompson has been calling for more people to come forward. he s done it repeatedly after some of the hearings. we saw last week, that was hearing five, this would be hearing six, and last week showcased some compelling testimony. we saw three former top
cancer campaigner dame deborah james, host of the bbc podcast, you, me and the big c, has died at the age of a0. and, the seven time wimbledon champion serena williams suffers a shock first round defeat. she was playing herfirst singles match in a year. live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news. it s newsday. hello and welcome to the program. the inquiry into the riot at the us capitol last year has been hearing dramatic testimony from a former white house aide. cassidy hutchinson said donald trump knew supporters had weapons when he urged them to march to congress. she also said senior officials had warned repeatedly that mr trump s rally on that day to try to overturnjoe biden s victory could spiral out of control. our north america editor sarah smith has more. a surprise witness. her appearance, kept secret until today, delivered explosive testimony. describing how trump had been informed that many in the crowd on the 6th of january were carrying weapons. yet he