just a moment. right now, as well, millions of people across the country and around the world, really, continuing to experience this dangerously high temperatures. we re going to break down the latest on the sweltering heat wave and what can be done. also, to capitol hill. democrats in the house eyeing a measure to ban assault weapons, but the bill facing pretty strong opposition from republicans and slim odds of passing in the senate. we ll talk about that. we re going to speak with the highland park mayor who testified before the senate about her town s recent tragedy. that s coming up. hey, everybody. we re going to begin this hour in washington, where ten hours from now, the house january 6th committee is going to hold its latest hearing in prime-time, a season finale of sorts to this initial batch of hearings, with even more expected later on this year, possibly in the fall. tonight s hearing is going to dive into those crucial 187 minutes the committee says it took
well now, things can change very quickly. that messaging will be critically important for us. and we re also learning now that white house press secretary karine jean-pierre, along with the coronavirus response coordinator will be holding a press conference later today to give us an update on the president s status. we ll be bringing that to you wherever it is that that happens. let s talk also about the decision to take paxlovid. not everybody that takes positive for covid in fact takes that treatment. why do you think in this instance, his doctors, the folks that are making this decision for him, guiding him, chose to give him this treatment? so when you actually look at the package center, the criteria that encompasses high risk is quite wide. age is one of them, but also, orr chronic diseases or being immunosuppressed and so that is the first step to making sure that president biden does well,