speaker. we do know house republicans joined a conference call to talk about a possible new deal on the table. but multiple people on the call tell nbc news, kevin mccarthy acknowledges he still does not have enough votes to become speaker after 11 rounds. we spoke with kevin mccarthy ahead of that call and this is what he this is all leaving one-third of our government functionally paralyzed just as the nation marks the second anniversary of the january 6th attack on the capitol. politico making the note that, quote, a handful of republicans who remained in the january 6th sights throughout its investigations are now leading the effort to deny mccarthy the speakership. one officer who defended lawmakers on january 6th pointed out the irony of what s happening on the hill right now. no matter what anybody s thoughts about which way it s going, the right that think the fact that they have the right to be able to do that in a safe environment is kind of what we provided
worst part of the day. since we last met, donald trump responded to that development in the form of a meandering, unhinged 14 paige letter addressed to bennie thompson. we ll spare you the much debunked claims, the kicking and screaming, random sentences, inexplicably in all caps except to say nowhere did trump commit to complying with the subpoena and even reporting trump may want to make that interview with the committee a live one. we ll talk to a committee member to find out if that is on the table. as a matter of fact, though, trump s kwaurl with the january 6th committee is one of a number of separate avenues of legal peril for the twice impeached ex-president. all of these stories every one of them broke within hours of one another. we ll run down the rest. there is this seditious conspiracy trial of far right oath keepers related to the capitol attack an trump is very much present in all of those proceedings. evidence presented in court shows that militia group s memb
we will look at the security response from the taliban. hong kong with china s worst heat wave in more than 60 years. live, from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom, with rosemary church. good to have you with us. so, get ready to have you listen to the next chapter in the story of donald trump versus the fbi. the former president is said to be considering releasing surveillance video of the search of his mar-a-lago home. some want to included in campaign style adds to fire up trump s face. others say it could backfire, when the public sees the sheer volume of materials eased. here is trump s son, eric, on fox news. you still have the surveillance tape, is that correct? will you are you allowed to share that with the country? absolutely, sean, at the right time. we get more now, from cnn s gabby, from washington. reporter: we are learning tonight that former president, donald trump, is facing pressure from some of his allies who wants him to release the cctv foota
the next insurrection hearing as a top committee member tests positive for covid. ultimatum from the families in uvalde to school officials. that is what we are watching at this hour. thank you very much for being here. i m kate baldwin. the stream heat affecting people around the world. the united kingdom recorded its highest temperature mp surpassing 104 degrees and temperatures are reaching triple digits across europe. the heat fueling wildfires from france, spain, portportugal. some cities in texas in the united states will see temperatures above 100 degrees the next ten days. we have multiple reporters covering all of this for us. let s begin with nina in london. how is london handling this? reporter: it s really sweltering. remember, this is a city that is more used to complaining about rainy cold summers and they have never seen anything like it. the mercury topping 40.2 de degredegrees and it might be as high as 42 celsius later on in the day. i m outside of kings
a curb and ran into a number of people in midtown manhattan. athena jones is here with us. what can eye tell us? victor, this is just breaking, 12:59 p.m., a taxi jumped a curb and struck three people. three of them critically injured. they were sent to a local hospital according to the nypd. it appears this is just an accident. this is being investigated by the detectives on the scene and the taxicab driver remained on the scene. four people struck, three people critically injured and taken to the hospital after a taxicab jumped the curb and hit the people walking on the sidewalk. we don t know the condition of the driver, although we know the driver is still on the scene. this happened around broadway and 29th street. for people who have any sense of manhattan, this is a few hours south of the empire state building. you can imagine how many people were on the sidewalk on a day like today, when it happened just before 1:00 p.m. as of right now, it s being investigated as a