in this case, it is quite jam packed. we re covering what s gown on in saudi arabia, all of that and vladimir putin going to that neck of woods, iran next week. let s talk about what happened this week with the president s trip, wrapped up now in the royal kingdom. peter doocy in jeddah, saudi arabia, with more. peter. reporter: neil, the president is aboard air force one. we expect him to take off for joint base andrews in maryland any minute. he came to the middle east looking for gulf leaders to boost oil production capacity because he thinks that might help lower gas prices back at home. but he just got some bad news from the saki crown prince saudi crown prince who basically said they can t really increase their oil production capacity much more. finish translator: the kingdom will play its role in this era to increase the level of maximum sustainable production capacity to more than 13 million barrels. beyond that, the king.com will not have any kingdom will n
fainting during competition. anita alvarez thankfully is doing all right but it was certainly a big scare. we will tell you what her coach is saying. is saying. good morning. welcome to way too early, on this thursday, june 23rd. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for joining us. the january 6th committee is set to hold its fifth hearing this afternoon, and it will be the final one this month. it will focus on donald trump s efforts to get the justice department to help them overturn the 2020 election. it has been reported that when then acting attorney general jeffrey rosen resisted trump s pressure, the former president came close to replacing him with mid-level d.o.j. official jeffrey clark, who had repeatedly pushed to help advance the big lie. today, we re going to hear testimony from the former acting a. g., as well as his deputy at that time, richard donahue, and assistant a. g. to the office of legal counsel steve engel. the three witnesses were all part of an extraordin
Great have you with us. How did they finally seal the deal . Yes. Great have you with us. How did they finally seal the deal . Finally seal the deal . Yes, this has been a nearly finally seal the deal . Yes, this has been a nearly twoyear finally seal the deal . Yes, this has been a nearly twoyear long been a nearly two year Long Acquisition Process which has been fierce with a lot of pushback. Cma is the last major hurdle they create. The major issue the cma had with the Activision Blizzard deal was odd to most others in the industry, their issue with the cloud Gaming Market. It is currently about i Gaming Market. It is currently about 1 of the total Global Gaming market which is 188 billion, cloud Gaming Market is about 127 billion, and the concern they had was Activision Blizzard was have a monopoly or unfair advantage with this acquisition and this is something that was a Head Scratcher for us. We are glad this has got through, Activision Blizzard got this route by making what we t
Cannoli. and let s go beyond me, maybe on earth itself, the images out of the webb telescope from billions of light years away. these are stunning, it really is a game changer, isn t it? exactly. so, think of holding a grain of sand at arm s length and then focusing a telescope on an area of space the size of that grain of sand at arm s length and dwelling there for a period of hours or days and then seeing what the images come back and yes, you re right. what we re seeing are images from 13 billion light years away. think about how fast light travels in one second. now think about how far it travels in one second. now think ow far it travels in a minute. how far does light travel in a year and now we re thinking about, we re seeing images from 13.2 billion light years away. that is it s astonishing and in this
Business model that will not allow them to support any legislation. one of the 14 senate republicans backing the bill, senate minority leader mitch mcconnell but the bill will have stiffer opposition in the house. republican leadership in the lower chamber has formally come out against the bill and is encouraging caucus members to oppose it. in the house, the democrats can pass the bill without any republican support. meanwhile, the congressional budget office has released its estimate of the price of the bill. the cbo says it will cost $13.2 billion, senators say that cost is fully paid for. joining us now, white house correspondent for politico, co-author of the play book, msnbc contributor, and my friend, eugene, great to see you this morning. this bipartisan gun bill, as was mentioned did pick up the backing of the minority leader mcconnell. right now the tally stands at 14. 14 republicans are in favor of