a major climate package on the verge of clearing the senate. the biggest investment in fighting climate change ever. what it could mean for lowering some prescription drug prices. republicans blasting the bill, accusing the democrats of ramming through billions in tax hikes and reckless spending. we re live on capitol hill. the new abortion ban in indiana. the first state in the nation to enact a new law of this kind since the supreme court overturned roe v. wade. the near total ban on abortion services does have some exceptions. reaction pouring in from both sides of the issue. the investigation into a fiery crash in l.a. a representative for anne heche confirms the actor was behind the wheel. tonight, in stable condition, what we re learning. overseas, massive explosions sparking renewed fears of a major escalation in the middle east as fighting between israel and islamic jihad intensifies. the death toll climbing tonight. the devastating lightning strike sparking a
bat told the select committee that she was scared and nervous about what could happen on january 6th when her former boss, mark meadows, acknowledged that things could get bad on that day. key moments from this hearing. hutchison said the president was upset, that the elapse where he was about to speak on january 6th wasn t completely full and that he did not want the secret service because he said the people some of whom were armed are not there to harm him. she also testified that the president desperately wanted to go to the capitol and that she said kevin mccarthy at one point called her up and told him not to come. when the president was told by the secret service that he was not going, she was told that he had a very dramatic response inside the beast. listen. it had very strong, very angry response to that. tony described him as being irate. the president said something to the effect of, i m the f-ing president. take me to the capitol now. to which bobby reresponde
heavy rain and flash flooding now along the gulf coast. rob marciano tracking it all. news tonight about a deadly police shootout in kentucky. two officers and a k-9 shot and killed. several officers wounded. police serving a warrant when the gunman opened fire at his home. pierre thomas standing by. summer shark warnings for the holiday weekend. authorities patrolling the shores. a 17-year-old girl now speaking out from her hospital bed after being attacked by a shark in florida. doctors trying to save her leg. overseas tonight, the deadly russian missile strike near odesa, ukraine. at least 21 people killed, 39 wounded. russia hitting a residential building and recreational center. after being detained for 134 days, the trial of wnba star brittney griner getting under way in moscow. president biden meeting today with ten democratic governors trying to protect abortion rights following the supreme court s overturning of roe v. wade. the president telling them, the fi
aides in the trump administration including former chief of staff mark meadows. a spokesman for trump did not immediately respond to request for comment. attorney general garland sat down for a rare and exclusive interview with nbc s lester holt and defended the justice department against criticism it is working slower than the house select committee s investigation into january 6th. look, the justice department has been doing the most wide-ranging investigation in its history, and the committee is doing an enormously wide-ranging investigation as well. it is inevitable that there will be things that they found before we have found them, and it s inevitable that there will be things we find that they haven t found. the justice department has from the beginning been moving urgently to learn everything we can about this period and to bring to justice everybody who is criminally responsible for interfering with the peaceful transfer of power. you said in no uncertain terms t
i am jonathan capehart. exactly seven years ago today, june 26 2015, the supreme court handed down the historic ruling in which gave same-sex couples a constitutional right to marry. an amazing leap for equality five decades after the stonewall riots upheld the modern gay rights movement, just a half hour from the i-seven. later this evening, in unprecedented display of acceptance, the white house was emblazoned with rainbow colors of lgbtq pride. but if this is a high-water mark of its nation living up to its ideals, what do we call it happened on friday, when the supreme court s conservative supermajority overturned roe v. wade? as a result, abortion will soon be illegal in as many as 26 states. in louisiana, abortion is illegal after federalization. and kentucky, it is now a felony to perform, or attempt to, perform an abortion. and in one clinic, abortion serves as immediately, stranding woman in rating rooms. what does the of roe, have to do with lgbtq rights? ever