smith. this is america reports. a house panel voted yesterday to release testimony given by the two irs agents last month and both of these claim the president s son received preferential treatment during the department s investigation. but it s a whatsapp message in the hands of house lawmakers now that s raising some eyebrows and new questions today. john: members of the ways and committee say the 2017 text hunter biden appears to invoke his father s name while pressuring a chinese business associate for payment. it seems to contradict president biden s claims he s never been involved in his son s business dealings. aishah: jonathan turley will join us in a few minutes. john: jacqui heinrich is live on the white house lawn. all we know about it comes from house ways and means republicans who saw this presented to them by the whistleblower. we have not heard from anyone else about the authenticity of the text. the president, though, has long maintained as you said,
marjorie taylor greene. maybe i can be the peacemaker because they will inherit the earth. we will see. we will hear from house ways and means committee chairman jason smith. earlier today his committee released a bombshell testimony from not one but two irs whistleblowers. based on the serious allegations, get this, pay close attention. it appears the department of justice is even more corrupt. this is a corrupt organization. they went to great lengths to protect joe and hunter biden from ever, ever facing criminal charges despite what is a mountain of evidence. according to these whistleblowers the irs recommended felony tax charges against hunter after they uncovered, get this, $8.3 million they took in that was mysteriously excluded from hunter biden s tax returns. that income came from foreign entities in ukraine, romania and china. that is only three countries but what about russia and kazakhstan and mexico and a dozen other countries? in fact, hunter reportedly receive
we begin with a blistering and dangerous heat wave and a stranglehold across the western united states. millions of people are sweltering this weekend. more than 40 million are under heat alerts as temperatures soar 15 to 20 degrees above normal. for the fifth day in a wroe, electric companies in california are asking customers to turn off unnecessary lights and appliances in order to save electricity during the late afternoon and evening hours. cnn s chris winn reports from los angeles. reporter: across the west, the scorching heat is showing no signs of cooling off this holiday weekend. our ac at home can only do so much when we re in these triple digits. reporter: in glendale, california, residents are seeking refuge at the galleria shopping mall, taking advantage of the free air conditioning. getting out to the mall and just getting out of the house to get some sort of cool release is nice. reporter: california is in the midst of its longest heat wave of the yea
cnn speaks with asylum seekers in and out of the country. live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom, with kim brunhuber. we begin with scenes of utter devastation in northern california, where wildfires have burned through more than 9,000 acres. the mill fire has left hundreds of houses ablaze in the small town of weed. firefighters say they re making progress, but the fire is still only 25% contained and the nearby mountain fire is 5% contained. streets are littered with charred remains of cars and cinder blocks where houses once stood. officials say help is on the way, with fire strike teams ready across the state to respond when necessary. now, those wildfires are being fueled by a blistering and dangerous heat wave that continues its stranglehold across the western united states this weekend. more than 40 million people are under heat alerts as temperatures soar 15 to 20 degrees above normal for the fifth day in a row electric companies in california are telling cu