washington today, and many same republican politicians who are running up that hill still came out to kiss his ring. plus, the pain that alex jones inflicted on the families of the sandy hook massacre victims as he stands trial for defamation. and dr. anthony fauci will be my guest on white house plans to get the monkeypox outbreak under control. not a sentence i thought i d ever say. good evening, everyone, jason johnson in tonight for joy reid. we begin the reidout with signs that the justice department is widening its investigation into january 6th and the efforts to overturn the election. in an exclusive interview today with nbc s lester holt, attorney general merrick garland said that the department s investigation is moving at an unprecedented speed, and he refuses to rule out prosecuting the twice-impeached former president for his actions. you said in no uncertain terms the other day that no one is above the law. yeah. that said, the indictment of a former
but wherever you are you are going to be seeing some hot weather through the weekend, implications to heat related health problems and potential for travel delays too. in that sunshine, temperatures reaching about 36 in the warmest spots towards the south east but even further north we are looking at the high 20s, for much of scotland and northern isles. a little bit cooler where you have got the cloud across the far north of scotland, one or two showers for the northern isles. overnight, little bit of mist and low cloud just lifting into the far north of scotland and england, but clear skies elsewhere and overnight, temperatures 11 18, fairly uncomfortable for sleeping once again i m afraid. through the day tomorrow, lots of sunshine again, some heavy showers from northern ireland and scotland, they could be thundery with some large hail but still dry in the south east, hot, up to about 36 once again. hello this is bbc news. the headlines: the acclaimed author, sir salman ru
federal offenses, obviously the state did not and that explains how determination in this case. we re also on veterdict watc in texas. jurors are deliberating how much alex jones should pay the 6-year-old sandy hook victim for pushing his lies after the massacre of 20 first graders and six adults did not happen. the judge in the case denied jones request for a mistrial after it was revealed that his lawyer mistakenly sent two years of jones cell phone records and text messages to the parents legal team. the parents lawyer said multiple lawmaker groups are seeking those texts including the january 6 committee. i am under request from various federal agencies and lawmaker to provide that. absent a ruling from you saying can you not do that, mr. banks, i intend to do so immediately following this hearing. i believe there is nothing, nothing that he has done to fulfill his obligations to prevent his client from preventing him there doing that. who are you turning it ove
on what came of this meeting and whether the president did all he said he would do. jacqui heinrich in jeddah with more. jacqui? hi, neil. this controversial fist bump has drawn condemnation from across the political spectrum, across the media, the washington post publishers condemning it and saying it gave mbs basically the approval that he had so desperately been seeking from biden s visit. the president holding that press conference and affirming that he did bring up jamal khaishoggi s name in his meeting with the count prince. listen to what he said. i raised it at the top of the meeting making it clear what i thought at the time and what i think of it now. exactly it s straightforward and direct in discussing it. i made my crew crystal clear. i said straightforwardly, for an american to be silent on an issue of human rights is inconsist tint with who we are and who i am. i ll always stand up for our values. the president says that mbs responded saying that he w
legally legally with an ar-15 rifle, all done one day after he turned 18. he shot his grandmother, as we reported last night. crashed his truck near the school, as you see there. greg abbott, governor of texas did try to confront the shooter but he did not engage and the shooter was able to enter the school you see here. he also barricaded himself in his classroom. he distributed part of his plan to kill in what we are told was a private facebook message about 15 minutes before this shooting. he also reportedly sent text messages to a 15-year-old located in germany. the gunman was 18 years old and reportedly a high school dropout. reportedly there has been no criminal history identified yet. there is no known mental health history of the gunman. he used one weapon which was an ar-15, using two 23 rounds. that s additional information we re learning there, courtesy of the governor of the state, greg abbott. he is the chief executive of texas, he is law enforcement, he