probe into january 6th is tying the various strings of evidence about what happened that day into a narrative about a coordinated assault on our democracy. after dual hearings this week, by the house select committee investigating the insurrection, we continue to learn more about the shocking efforts of private minute trump supporters to undermine the 2020 election results. under increasing scrutiny is conservative activist ginni thomas, wife of supreme court justice clarence thomas, who has signaled that she will testify before the house select committee investigating january 6th. after the committee revealed, it had obtained text messages from that day, between mrs. thomas and former trump lawyer john eastman. who himself is now at the center of the investigation. as further details emerged this week of just how hard he leaned on vice president mike pence to resist certifying the 2020 election, exhausting every option to keep trump in power while requesting a presidential p
war. this is a time for war. norah: prime minister netanyahu stands firm in his mission to destroy hamas as the situation in gaza grows desperate. despite the near constant heavy bombardment of gaza, hamas has shown itself capable of firing back. this just happened this morning. residence hearsay a rocket came through the window from the direction of gaza, caused all this destruction. to. to be on anti-semitic incidents on the rise around the world. hundreds storm a russian airport looking for israeli passengers. back here at home, online threats against jewish students at cornell. the alarming spike. details in the maine mass shooting. why police were sent to the gunman s house for a health and welfare check before the massacre that killed so many. the makeshift memorial to the 18 victims are growing as this community starts to heal. norah: tonight, tributes for matthew perry are pouring in, plus why i could take weeks to find out the cause of the sitcom stars sudden
this mid term. my political battle joins me to discuss, would strategy the party continue to overcome. later on politics nation, we will be discussing all of that. but first, my colleague richard louis with today s top news stories. returned. wrap a very good saturday to you. i m gonna start with some breaking news for you. the cdc unanimously voting to allow pfizer and moderna shots for children as young as six months old. as early as next week. now that means 19 million children in the u.s. will now be eligible for a vaccine against covid-19. 28 million americans are under heat alerts this weekend. dangerous temperature spike from the northern plains to the southeast, as high as triple digits. temperatures are 20 to 30 degrees above average. the seat wave will stay with us in the upcoming week with alerts in place through monday. and extreme flooding has hit yellowstone national park in wyoming. high waters wiping out numerous bridges, washing out roads as
a rap a rapidly deteriorating situation in iraq, where this week, the al qaeda-affiliated terror group known as isis, the islamic state of iraq and syria, seized control of the cities of mosul and tikrit and continued its march toward baghdad. so, just who are these insurgents and how were they able to advance so quickly? and what threat do they pose to the region and to the united states? wall street journal foreign affairs columnist bret stephens and editorial board member matt kaminski join us with more. so, let s get to that last question first. what are we talking about in terms of the outlook here, because they are now on the o outskirts of baghdad. well, it potentially poses significant threats, not just to the region but to the rest of the world. an old reason, why do we care about the middle east? well, because of all the oil that s there. and iraq was a significant source of oil. the price of oil is already going up.