hitting him?! reporter: disturbing video showing the violent arrest of a young black man following a failed traffic stop. they re using force. they re using a taser. they re wrestling him. they re using a baton. i m definitely having nightmares. reporter: and new russian air strikes on a ukrainian port, just one day after both nations approve a grain export deal. i m pamela brown in washington. you are in the cnn newsroom on this saturday. summer swelter. some 85 million americans have spent the day under heat warnings and advisories. blistering temperatures are baking much of the nation, from its midsection to the northeast, many are seeing triple-digit highs. extreme heat is helping fuel a wildfire near yosemite national park in california. the oak fire has raced across 6,500 acres in two days. there is zero containment and some rural community have said evacuated. and the northeast is taking the brunt of the oppressive heat. tomorrow s boston triathlon has be
it certainly goes further than a lot of republicans would like it to go. but there is no doubt this bill is going to save thousands of lives. ahead not next 15 minutes i ll speak with the democratic senator chris coons of delaware, a voice that worked on the deal and one of president biden s top allies. and relief at the pump, that s president biden s goal this afternoon, asking congress to pass a three month federal gas tax holiday, but it s already facing stiff resistance from democrats and republicans. why is that? we ll break it down coming up. and this hour on the hill, roger goodell is testifying virtually before a house committee. what he is telling lawmakers about the league s handling of work place misconduct allegations in the washington commanders franchise. what we are learning about the next hearing for the january 6th committee and the new revelations from the latest one. ali vitali is on capitol hill. and i want to bring in reporter kyle cheney and cha
every legal recommend dip is exhausted, a tone different than she reported in her interview before the january 6th panel. and the temperature yesterday underscored how ugly and scary it was to be an elections worker or public official who either came under donald trump s scrutiny or refused to bow to his pressure to overturn the results. arizona house speaker republican rusty bowers described the hoards of people, some with weapon, who would show up at his home. and pole workers shea moss and her mother ruby freeman gave gut wrenching accounts of the threats so unrelenting that they were forced into hiding. yes, a lot of threats wishing death upon me, telling me that i ll be in jail with my mother and saying things like be glad it s 2020 and not 1920. there is no where i feel safe, nowhere. do you know how it feels to have the president of the united states to target you, the president of the united states is supposed to represent every american, not to target one. wi
president biden on the world stage. we hear accomplished at the summit of the americas. when john kirby, a member of the presidents national security team joins us live from the white house. let s begin this hour on capitol hill. today s news of a bipartisan deal on gun reform. it s the latest sign that public pressure is working, and this time it s different. the framework reached and enhanced background checks for 18 to 21-year-olds. incentivizes for states to implement red flag laws. new funding for school safety, mental health and tele-health. clarification of who receives f else. and penalties for struck here s what s not in the deal. they would not ban semi automatic weapons or high capacity magazines. it would not raise the age to buy assault weapons. it would not apply universal background checks. make no mistake, this would be a historic achievement. a deal is a deal. sometimes politics is the art of the possible. president biden released a statement today saying i
begin on capitol hill. the committee will hold the first session at 8:00 eastern tonight. committee members are promising never before seen footage and testimony and that includes video from a documentary film maker named nick kwequested th abc news obtained. i m not allowed to say what s going to happen today because everyone will have to watch for themselves. but it s going to happen. something is going to happen. one way or the other. that film maker will be one of the witnesses to testify tonight. he had unique access to the far right group, the proud boys and he captured video of the rioters inside the capitol as they screamed for speaker pelosi. a member of his film crew capturing the scene outside nancy pelosi s office. the vast majority of the footage tonight has not yet been seen publicly. the goal is to make the case to all americans former president trump was at the center of the coordinated multi step effort they say to overturn the 2020 election. c nrk