plus inflation surged to a new four-decade high last month as rising prices continue to squeeze household budgets for every day americans. we re going to get a live report from the white house on the administration s reaction and what they plan to do. and outrage in uvalde, as families condemn the release of surveillance video from robb elementary school where their children were massacred. we ll get the latest from texas. willie. a busy hour ahead. but we begin with the latest on the january 6 investigation. and the revelation from the committee that former president trump tried to make contact with a witness. a source telling nbc news that the person is a member of the white house support staff. liz cheney said trump called the witness sometime after the bombshell june 28th testimony of former white house aide cassidy hutchinson. cheney said the person declined the call and then reported it to his or her attorney. the lawyer then alerted committee which in turn alerted th
behind. still, u.s. officials have maintained there is intelligence hamas was acting from within the complex. one big question is what does the operation do for hostage negotiations? a number of outlets are reporting a deal could be close at hand to release dozens of women and children. joining us now from tel aviv is nbc news foreign correspondent raf sanchez. raf, it s good to have you. let me ask you about al shifa hospital, the israelis have said they believe hamas is operating below the hospital. they have intelligence pointing to that. the u.s. says they have intelligence pointing to that as well. has the evidence they have produced so far backed that up? reporter: katy, literally in the last couple of minutes, the israeli military has released what it says is a video showing a tunnel shaft opening on the grounds of al shifa hospital. now, nbc news has not independently verified that. but israel is pointing to what it says is a tunnel opening as proof of its broader c
it is good to be back with you in this second hour of chris jansing reports. we start with that breaking news out of fulton county, georgia, a major admission from the lawyer for one of donald trump s codefendants in that sweeping rico case. nbc s blayne alexander is following that. for folks who weren t here, setting the stage, fani willis, the d.a. went to the judge after some videos were linked of people who had turned evidence and said, i need a protective order. but we didn t know who might have leaked those videos. what just happened in court? reporter: well, we now know at least one of the people who leaked the videos. it was an attorney for one of the 15 remains codefendants. jonathan miller, he represents misty hanson, one of the 15 codefendants, just said during this open hearing, during this virtual hearing in open court that he did leak the videos to at least one media outlet, and so he kind of gave a small preamble said that in order to make sure he can sleep
up first, though, the largest economies, china and the u.s. meeting face to face for the first time in a year. fierce rivals who find the relationship between the two countries at the lowest in decades. president xi saying, quote, turning our backs on each other is not an option. president biden in a strong position, thanks in part to a healthy u.s. economy. in stark contrast to china s sluggish post pandemic recovery. china s weakened currency and high unemployment rate likely giving biden the upper hand today as competition between china and the u.s. is expected to be the center of the conversation. but with two wars raging overseas, and china s ongoing relationship with russia and iran, this meeting could provide an opening for biden to influence two major conflicts. joining us from san francisco, nbc news white house correspondent, monica alba, and janis mackey frayer as well. give us the top priorities for the biden administration and how confident the white house is for