aide said after an abrupt end to his closed door testimony. and the united kingdom generally known to be prim and proper, but this time it seems like it could be a drag-out fight to be the uk s next prime minister. welcome to the lead. i m jake tapper. we start in the politics lead on capitol hill. members of the january 6th committee are preparing for tomorrow s primetime hearing. the hearing is expected to cover the actions or lack thereof of former president trump during the three-plus hours that rioters were storming the capitol and the president s activities were unknown. but as committee members try to get to the bottom of the past attempt to teal the election, our democracy remains under attack by the same forces. let s start in wisconsin. cnn affiliate wism reports that donald trump called the top lawmaker in the wisconsin state assembly, republican robin voss, and asked him to overturn the 2020 election results. when did that call happen? that call happened las
marketplace fairness act. it s just an internet sales tax which big companies like amazon support. why? because it helps amazon priced out smaller competitors and according to congress, that s marketplace fairness. so we should all be very, very, very concerned that congress just passed something called the inflation reduction act. it mandates hundreds of billions of new dollars in spending that will increase the money supply in thisal country and that will in turnue devalue the currency and that in turn cause more inflation. that s basic supply and demand.a butti before we get to the specifics of the legislation, keep in mindhi life is already so expensive ins this country that we literally have bread lines in major cities foxes. jeff flock to spoke toke volunteers at one food bank in camden, new jersey, who say that many people cannot afford rice and beans. nd look at all these people. this is a line that runs almosta around the block herelm. y yeah, thingsou cost more . an
white house officials zeroing in on efforts to overturn the 2020 election. and with us now, state attorney from palm beach county, dave air renburg. as we learn that the talks are happening, executive privilege featuring prominently here, remind us what would not be covered protected by executive privilege? executive privilege is designed to protect the republic, not the president. and so it should not apply to a former president, but there is it some ambiguity. but it is not to cover up a crime. especially a crime involving the attempted overthrow of the united states government. but you will see that some people in trump world will invoke it and trump will certainly invoke it because he wants to delay things. he can essentially win by losing in the courts if he can delay matters long enough. and so that is why the department of justice is being proactive and aggressive to try to get out front and try to limit the ability of trump world to claim this executive privilege.
right now more than 85 million americans are under excessive heat warnings and advisories and in the northeast, the heat forced organizers of the boston triathalon to postpone the event. new york city s triathalon will go forward as scheduled tomorrow but there will be changes to ensure safety of participants. cnn sdoval is in new york with more on how the city is trying to keep people cool. reporter: you may say it is july, it is supposed to be hot. but meteorologists are saying by the time we finally get some relief here in new york possibly next week, new yorkers will have experienced temperatures above 90 degrees for seven straight days. the last time that was experienced was back in 2013. the national weather service predicting the dangerous july heat wave is far from subsiding. after blistering parts of the nation s south this week, forecasters expect temperatures in the northeast will soar above normal for this time of year. i sat outside here until ten to 4:00 thi
queen s platinum jubilee. we re live from buckingham palace on all pageantry for today. announcer: live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom with kim brunhuber. and we begin with america s gun violence epidemic only growing worse. in the last few hours we learned at least three people were killed and 11 more wounded in a mass shooting in philadelphia. police tell cnn wpvi, they believe there were multiple shooters firing into a crowd. two guns were recovered at the scene. a philadelphia police officer was within about 10 to 15 yards of one of the shooters at the time. the officer opened fire. it is not clear if the suspect was hit. the district where this happened has a number of popular bars and restaurants which draw large weekend crowds. police said there have been no arrests. in wisconsin an investigation is underway after a former judge was shot and killed inside his own home in what officials are calling a targeted attack. and now we are learning that the suspe