everyone including vladimir putin to see. you re in the cnn newsroom. extreme heat roasting most of the united states this weekend, and get ready because next week you re going to see the heat really crank up. right now more than 15 million americans are under heat alerts stretching from the dakotas to the gulf coast. a heat dome as weather experts call it, is blanketing much of the country talking triple digit high temperatures in some places and all of this, of course, coming on the heels of a record-breaking heat wave just last week and it is not just hot, it is dangerous. heat is the number one cause of weather-related deaths in the united states. and with that i want to go to our meteorologist in the cnn weather center. what do folks need to know so they can prepare and can stay safe? pamela, what they really need to do is take these heat alerts seriously. don t just think, oh, it s just hot. remember, the combination of temperature and humidity is what can really
forward to pressure vice president pence anyway. the committee outlining how close to imminent mortal danger the vice president was on january 6th, 2021. our investigation found that immediately after the president s 2:24 p.m. tweet, the crowds both outside the capitol and inside the capitol surged. mike pence has betrayed the united states of america! mike pence has betrayed this president and he has betrayed the people of the united states and we will never, ever forget! i m telling you, if pence came, we re going to drag the [ bleep ] through the streets. real simple, pence betrayed us, which apparently everybody knew he was going to, and the president mentioned it, like five times when he talked, you can go back and watch the president s video. make no mistake about the fact that the vice president s life was in danger. a recent court filing by the department of justice explains that confidential informant from the proud boys told the fbi the proud boys would ha
about how the president tried to force it to an end. did you hear any part of the phone calls? yeah, i remember hearing the word wind. and i remember he said, you are our wind. new information today on the danger of the vice president faced as a result of the threats to his life, and the president know that that s what he s done. i am betrayed the united states of america. new evidence today showing that people working with the president to enact the scheme. they knew what they were doing was illegal. doctor eastman s emails stated, quote, i ve decided that i should be on the departments list, if that still in the works. and a crucial warning about the enduring threat to the country. donald trump and his allies and supporters are a clear and present danger to american democracy. tonight, the member of the investigation who like today s hearings, congressman pete aguilar. plus, nicole wallace, joy reid, chris hayes, lawrence o donnell, ari melber, stephanie r
duty that day under the constitution and the laws of country. one lawman said if given the chance, members of the proud boys were willing to kill pence on january 6th. in just a few minutes we re expected to hear from former president trump speaking to the faith and freedom coalition in nashville, tennis is. earlier he released a statement that said in part i never suggested to vice president pence that he overturn the election. all this coming, as we said, the latest hearing that provided vivid new details about the former president s pressure campaign on pence to overturn the election and pence s consistent refusal to go along with that. luke is a congressional reporter, elise jordan worked in the george bush administration, and barbara mcquade is a former u.s. attorney and law professor and vaughn hillyard is with me. he will be watching the former president s remarks. he s about an hour late in is the faith and freedom coalition, the ralph reed-led organization that
staircases. scenes not usually photographed by typical tourists. one of the men seen the next day walking from the president s rally. there s no escape, pelosi. schumer. nadler. we re coming for you. we re coming in like white on rice for pelosi, nadler, schumer, even you, aoc, we re coming to take you out. there is a lot more. we will have a report from capitol hill on the latest. the federal reserve today back in the spotlight with the expected announcement of the first big interest rate boost since 1994 to try to combat historic levels of inflation, which shows no sign of leveling off. president biden pressuring oil companies as prices at the pump soar, sending letters to seven refiners asking them to increase supply and explain their big profit margins and a meeting with the energy secretary about to happen. on capitol hill, more optimism about bipartisan support for a compromise gun safety bill. if it leads to a piece of legislation, i intend to support it. i t