the bill moved a step closer last night, passing through the house of representatives on wednesday, but the clock is ticking. and do you know your o s from your e s, your g s from yourj s? the pressure mounts in washington, as the final of the national annual spelling bee gets under way. i ll put our panel to the test. but first the legal challenge launched by the government. it s over demands from the covid public inquiry that ministers whatsapp messages from the pandemic are released. in a letter, the cabinet office said it was doing so with regret but that the request goes beyond the remit of the inquiry. a deadline for the government to submit the messages passed at 4pm this afternoon, but the inquiry says it instead received notice of legal action. in response, borisjohnson said he was happy to hand over unredacted material if asked. let s talk about it with the panel, and, jim, what do you make of this? because the government here is saying we are not going to ha
safeguards to prevent fraud. but critics say, others don t. how do you see people use technology the phishing scams we have all seen but it s going to sound like somebody you know. reporter: going forward because you hear it, doesn t mean you should delete it. gadi schwartz, nbc news. that wasn t me very cool and creepy. we have a lot to cover in our second hour. let s get right to it. at this hour, high-stakes standoff, russia steps up its assault in eastern ukraine, as volodymyr zelenskyy says the stakes couldn t be higher. president biden getting ready to sign an executive order to increase background checks. relief rally it s been a good day for your retirement account stocks are posting solid gaines after a new report on inflation and easing worries on the nation s banks just ahead, we talk to a key member of president biden s economic team. our nbc news reporters are covering all of the latest developments that s where we begin with nbc news business and dat
may be tempting just to tune out, just to watch football or hgtv or the great british baking show. you know, whatever floats your boat. but i m here to tell you, pittsburgh, that tuning out is not an option. sulking and moping, that s not an option. the only way to make everything fair is if we, all of us, fight for it. the only way to save democracy is if we, together, fight for it. and it starts with electing people who know you, who see you, who care about you, who ve stood in your shoes. you did that two years ago when you sent joe biden to the white house. he s fighting for you every day, he s got your back, doing everything he can to put more money in your pockets, to make our streets safer, to bring good-paying jobs here to pennsylvania. now you need to do it again. because while there may be a lot of issues at stake in this election, there is one basic question that you should be asking yourself right now, and that is who will fight for you? that s the choice in this
in the uk and around the world. i m tadhg enright. we start here in the uk where a summer of strikes could get even worse in the winter as two of britain s largest trade unions have put forward motions to co ordinate future walkouts in an effort to cause maximum impact. this the latest move to build pressure on the government and companies as workers demand higher wages in the face of soaring inflation and the cost of living crisis. the summer has seen industrial action from railway workers, to dock workers through to criminal barristers. and there could be more to come as nurses and local government workers are set to make decisions in the coming weeks. joining me now is gervais williams, head of equities at premier miton investors. whenever we talk about such things, we often reference the winter of discontent from the 1970s when there were widespread strikes in the face of high inflation. could this match it? iithink i i think it s very serious, when we look at the cost of
capitol riot. the focus of tonight s hearing, those critical 187 minutes during the riot when trump refused to take any action to call off that mob. more now from cnn s ryan nobles in washington. reporter: one text exchange is the sum total of what the secret service handed over to the january 6 committee leaving more questions about what the agency is up to. we re trying to determine where the texts are and whether they can be recovered. reporter: the secret service says their agents don t texas p job. messages that the dhs inspector general believes were deleted during a dwight upgrade program. there is a lot more questions to answer. but we have a responsibility to tell the truth and to chase the facts and that is what we man do in this regard as well as our general oversight over the executive department. reporter: meanwhile secret service has started complying with the committee subpoena handing over thousands of documents, including radio traffic and emails.