many out of control. the heat-related death toll tonight surpassing 1,500 people who have died already. will reeve standing by in london. here in the u.s. that explosion and fire at the hoover dam. the images showing the flames and black plume of smoke, startling tourists. the immediate questions of course, was anyone hurt? what could this mean for power and water? matt gutman with late reporting. what authorities are saying tonight. the primetime hearing before the american people this week. and tonight the two former trump aides who will now be testifying. jon karl on who they are and why their testimony could be key. the anger and frustration boiling over in uvalde, texas. we take you inside that school board meeting after that blistering report. 376 officers on the scene. 77 minutes that went by. and tonight you will hear the little girl and what she told the board. mireya villarreal from uvalde again tonight. ukraine s first lady arriving at the white house, set
accounts on the platform despite multiple requests. all of this sets the stage for a potential major legal battle. a conference this afternoon musk avoided commenting on his decision or any potential legal fallout. christina coleman is live in los angeles with more on this, christina. john, elon musk was in front of an audience of tech ceos and investors at the allen and company conference today at less than 24 hours after he announced he was to back out of his deal twitter. but he did not talk about the deal at the event according to reuters for yesterday musk announced he wants to walk away from the merger agreement with twitter claiming the social media giant has not provided accurate data on how much of its user base is made up of fake accounts. his legal team says musk needed that for business planning and sec filing they said quote twitter has failed or refused to provide this information. sometimes twitter has ignored mr. musk s request. sometimes it has rejected the
democrat congressman tim ryan. only 54% of democrats approve of the president s handling of the economy as whispers of a recession grow much louder and inflation straps family budgets. let s bring in buckeye state republican congressman jim jordan. he s the top republican on the house judicially committee. congressman, great to have you on. this is the sixth time the president has visited your state. he clearly believes he s got a captive audience there. your thoughts. he might believe that. but what is it? nine out of ten fellow citizens think the country is on the wrong track. that s up 15 points from two months ago. that s how bad things are. i don t know that making a trip to ohio will change things. you mentioned the senate race. where is tim ryan? i don t think he will be with president biden today. the president makes the sixth visit to your state and you re running for senate and you won t show up? that tells you about this administration and how wrong the policy is
detective ted williams, a defense attorney in his own right. we re learning everything every hour today, ted. the most scary has to be that he was looking at a follow up attack in madison, wisconsin. we don t know for sure why hi cancelled that. but he was essentially there. yeah, that s very scary. because after he left the scene there in highland park or illinois, he headed to his mom s house, he picked up his mom s car and he headed to madison, wisconsin. from what we ve been told, he is talking to the authorities, neil. he s informed the authorities that he saw a crowd there in madison, wisconsin and he thought very strongly about shooting up that crowd. he thought about it. he then came back, of course, to illinois and quite naturally i m happy and elated to say that he was captured there in illinois. neil: ted, i want to go over the red flag laws in place in illinois that he was violating or at least authorities ignored or didn t have any idea going back to 2019. of
all 50 senate democrats supported the bill with vice president harris casting the tie-breaking vote. the bill will now head to the house to where democrats also hold a razor-in majority. what does this mean for the next steps? let s get right to chad pergram live on capitol hill with the details. reporter: arthel, a political high wire act. all 50 democrats sticking together and then leaning on vice president harris to break the tie to pass a touchstone of president biden s legislative agenda. the yeas are 50, the nays are 50. the senate being equally divided, the vice president votes in the affirmative, and the bill as amended is passed. [cheers and applause] reporter: the senate began voting at is 1:30 last night, finally approving bill after 16 hours and 38 consecutive roll call votes. it s been a long, tough and winding road, but at last, at last we have arrived. i know it s been a long day and a long night, but we ve gotten it done. today, after more than a year