whom may be holding the party back. e holding th good morning. and welcome to way too early. on this tuesday, july 12th. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for joining us. the next hearing into the january 6 attack is this afternoon at 1:00. with a focus on the violent mob. the committee says it will examine how former president trump summoned his supporters to the capitol to threaten the certification of the election when he tweeted, big protest in dc on january 6th. be there, will be wild. the committee says that tweet was the quote siren call for extremist groups such as the proud boys and the oathkeepers whose top members have been charged by the justice department with seditious conspiracy for their roles in the riot. an aide on the committee says it will also present evidence of ties between these groups and trump associates like roger stone and michael flynn. as far as witnesses, a source close to the investigation says we will hear from former oathkeeper spokesman jason
storms today, the heat and the humidity and looking at storms from albany to scranton, state college, philadelphia, some stronger storms in new york city and down to dc and also charlottesville, looking at winds gusting to 60 miles an hour and a chance of hail. i have a couple of little league games tonight in new york city. let s hope they go. michelle grossman, appreciate it. still ahead on way too early, a federal judge has denied steve bannon s request to delay his contempt of congress trial. we ll have the latest on that legal fight and what the justice department is saying about bannon s new offer to testify before the house select committee investigating january 6. we ll be right back. g january g january 6. head nurse. heart on her sleeve. so, when leaks show up, our protection helps keep them dry. depend. the only thing stronger than us, is you.™ we ll be right back. when you can t sleep.
martha: a lot happening this hour. president biden on air force one just leaving joint base andrews headed to scranton. he s trying to drum up interest and support for the human infrastructure bill. he s said that that bill would transform the united states economy. the trip comes as his numbers are sliding, notably among independents, which is a key voting block as you look ahead to the mid-terms. he s got a favorablety rating among independents of 28%. that is down four points in the last two weeks. so independents say along with covid, immigration is a big issue for them. the second most urgent facing the country today. katie pavlich and will cane are here with me. first, we look at how the
80-mile-per-hour gust, roofs torn off of homes. the line of the storm is through dallas, paris, texas, even joplin has a warning south of town. this line of storms, again, text arcan that, you ll be next in the line. then you get a new line. enhanced risk of storms possible. dallas and ft. worth. it looks to be 6:00 to 9:00 p.m. it will be later on this evening. those storms will have drifted to areas of arkansas, to tupelo to nashville. how about the soggy weather that continues in areas of ohio and ohio valley. it will be a little better in the northeast. we still have flood watches from philadelphia to scranton. the heaviest areas will be in ohio and northern indiana. 28 million under flash flood
storms on sunday afternoon and evening. damaging wind is the primary threat. the low becomes a coastal system and impacts us sunday night into monday morning, making for a very difficult commute. the heaviest snow from worcester back to scranton. tom? we ll stay tracking both these storms through the weekend. ginger, thank you. now to the frightening scene in ft. lauderdale. a small plane crashing into a high-rise apartment building. authorities say the pilot was killed when the plane carrying a banner slammed into the 18-story building, hitting between the 16th and 17th floors. surveillance video showing the plane s final moments. t here thpilot yi to pullp. budinging partth abc s victor oquendo is us ton. reporter: tonight, the plane s crumpled wreckage still lying 160 feet below where it slammed into the side of this high-rise. the caller s advising that the plane crashed into his apartment. reporter: surveillance video