good to be with you, i m katy tur. the 118th congress is in a league of its own when it comes to legislating. i would call it little league but even toddlers get a lucky swing or two. this group of lawmakers is on track to become the most unproductive in history. in the year it has been in power, only 35 bills have been passed and signed into law. the fewest since the great depression. it s been particularly bad in the always somewhat unruly house, but the republicans with their divergent interests and painfully slim majority have been especially unproductive, and yet last night, the lawmakers in the lower chamber did something extraordinary. they passed a tax bill that benefits both families and businesses with a giant bipartisan majority. 357 to 70. more than 3/4 of the house. democrats and republicans, all of them together. expanding the child tax credit, and restoring a set of expired tax breaks for certain corporations. and yet the senate is now saying, nar, not the
in fact, sonoma county firefighters had to rescue someone trapped in their car that was surrounded by rushing waters. also right now, some supporters of a far right group that calls itself god s army heading to the texas border and calling for a civil war. what they say they ll do when they get there. plus, the eu reaching a critical $54 billion deal to fund ukraine. so, can president biden push congress to do the same? our nbc news reporters are following all of the latest developments. we begin with the looming question of when there might be u.s. military retaliation against iran. nbc s courtney kube is reporting on this from bahrain. courtney, what do we know at this hour? reporter: so we re still waiting to hear about what frankly the administration has really been telegraphing was an expected response or retaliation to those deadly attacks over the weekend, in which three u.s. soldiers were killed and at least 41 others were injured, including one who was seriousl
they played the national anthem. biden and king charles inspected the troops before going inside, having tea, and one of the larger conversations about climate change. it s a topic that s near and dear to king charles heart. this is something he has been campaigning and advocating for for more than five decades. earlier in the morning, before arriving at windsor castle, he met up with rishi sunak, the prime minister of the united kingdom at 10 downing street, where the majority of the conversation was about ukraine, continuing to give weapons in the hopes they beat russia. this comes on the backdrop when president biden agreed to send cluster munitions to ukraine, and look, it s controversial. the united kingdom is just one of more than a hundred nations that bans those cluster bombs because there s the potential that they could kill civilians. nevertheless, biden says it was a difficult decision, but one that he decided to make in the end, and then of course he flew off to
the weapons capable of causing massive damage are banned by more than 120 countries around the world because of their risk to civilians. president biden defending his decision. james longman in ukraine. new images coming in. the massive cargo ship fire now burning for nearly 48 hours at one of america s largest ports. two firefighters killed battling the smoke and flames. the blaze kicking up to more decks. the ship listing, raising concerns it might sink. the urgent manhunt at this hour for a murder suspect who escaped from jail in the northeast. the dangerous fugitive accused of multiple violent attacks last seen in the recreation yard. how he got free. where were the guards at the time? the earth reaching its hottest temperature for the fourth day in a row. temperatures well into triple digits in arizona and california. severe storms moving from colorado all the way east this weekend. rob marciano tracking it all. the walmart shooter getting 90 consecutive life sen
long. it s been a rough start to the summer season, and we re seeing the worst of it now shifting. a lot is going to go where you have a lot of friends, heading toward the west coast. so far most of the suffering has been throughout the south, texas, a hot fourth in areas of the northeast, and today the hottest has been in the areas of south florida, miami feels like 105 degrees. the problem with miami is it s been very humid too, and hasn t had time to cool off. last week at one point, up to 15, 16 million. we re down to 14 million. a few spots in florida, and now we re focusing the dangerous heat into the southwest. you re going to start to hear wild numbers coming out of the desert areas as we head through the week next week. it looks to peak somewhere around wednesday or thursday. today, 111 in phoenix, a little bit warmer than it should be. normally it should be 106 this time of year. they ve had six days in a row above 110. just in the back of your mind, the record in