the country is on fire, what can i do to reduce the heat? that picks up on everything we see from the donald, that s classic trump. the former president is not somebody that will reduce the heat simply because he can or should, as a leader, an elder statesman. instead, trump back channels a nefarious message that sounds like a threat and a transaction. he was saying, in effect, according to this report, i m going to make him an offer he can t refuse. only it seems that merrick garland did refuse trump s offer, and since thursday, he has done nothing to reduce the heat with predictable consequences. on thursday, unarmed trump supporter who attacked the fbi field office, in cincinnati ohio was killed after a six hour standoff. and just this morning, a man that crashed his car into a barricade outside of the u.s. capitol before firing shots into the air from his burning car, and then turning the gun on himself. he turned the gun on himself. and breaking tonight, a new joint inte
tonight, the nearly unprecedented move by the january 6th committee. issuing subpoenas now to five sitting republican lawmakers including house republican leader kevin mccarthy. tonight, his response. and jon karl is standing by. the major news in the war in ukraine. tonight, vladimir putin now warning of retaliation after finland decides to join nato. and what about sweden now? hat putin is saying. and ian pannell in ukraine. the abc news exclusive. diane sawyer tonight with ashley judd. for the first time, revealing her mother s final moments. and what she reveals about naomi judd s struggle and how to get help. we re also tracking severe storms across multiple states at this hour. record heat from texas to the northeast. and news tonight on the baby formula crisis. what major companies are now saying. good evening and it s great to have you with us here on a thursday night. and we begin tonight with the sobering milestone. a once unimaginable number. president bi
sitting republican lawmakers including house republican leader kevin mccarthy. tonight, his response. and jon karl is standing by. the major news in the war in ukraine. tonight, vladimir putin now warning of retaliation after finland decides to join nato. and what about sweden now? what putin is saying tonight. and ian pannell in ukraine. the abc news exclusive. diane sawyer tonight with ashley judd. for the first time, revealing her mother s final moments. and what she reveals about naomi judd s struggle and how to get help. we re also tracking severe storms across multiple states at this hour. record heat from texas to the northeast. and news tonight on the baby formula crisis. what major companies are now saying. good evening and it s great to have you with us here on a thursday night. and we begin tonight with the sobering milestone. a once unimaginable number. president biden now marking 1 million lives lost here in the u.s. to covid. behind every number is a l
Candidate Hillary Clinton spoke before donors and offered this blunt assessment, not of donald trump himself but of his supporters. Listen. To just be grossly generalistic, you can put half of Trump Supporters into what i call the basket of deplorables. Right . The racist, sexist, homophobic, islamaphobic, you name it. Unfortunately, there are people like that. And he has lifted them up. In the meantime, donald trump also went off script at a rally in florida. Heres what he said. She could walk into this arena right now and shoot somebody with 20,000 people watching right smack in the middle of the heart and she wouldnt be prosecuted. Cnns Scott Mcclain is joining us from washington. Well start with Hillary Clinton, the reaction youre hearing this morning to the deplorables comment. Yeah, the deplorables comment, christi, is going over like a lead balloon with donald Trump Supporters, as you might expected. It is a Trending Subject on twitter and it is causing genuine offense. In fact,