making sure that our families are taken care of. making sure that the families in our communities are taken care of. and what we ve seen in this chamber is tough. it s tough to watch. it s tough to imagine what would happen in this chamber today if we were debating social security and medicare. what would happen? what would the votes be? where would people stand? that s why it s important that hakeem jeffries leads this body. on behalf of the democratic caucus, i am nominating the leader of the governing party in this chamber, hakeem jeffries from new york. [ cheers and applause ] for what purpose does the gentlewoman from florida rise? madam speaker, i would like to rise to nominate byron donalds for speaker of the house. the gentlewoman is recognized. i ve known byron for roughly about four years now. and being that he s from the state of florida i can tell you that i ve come to know him on both the campaign trail and personally. but i want to clarify something real
also tonight, one of former president trump s long time allies steve bannon found guilty on two counts of contempt of congress for refusing to comply with the subpoena from the january 6th committee. pierre thomas with late reporting. the bannon verdict coming less than 24 hour after that dramatic public hearing. the january 6th committee sharing testimony from former top trump officials showing how the former president failed to act. the dramatic secret service recordings from agents protecting then vice president mike pence. the testimony that some feared for their lives, calling to say good-bye to their families. and the outtakes of the former president refusing to say the election was over 24 hours after the mob stormed the capitol. jonathan karl standing by. the dangerous and deadly heat wave sweeping from coast to coast. 94 million americans in 28 states under heat alerts. rob marciano timing it all out. new video just coming in. the moment a small plane crashed i
around the clock to find families who still may be trapped, some residents losing everything. animals are without people. homes are destroyed. we need as much help, please, i m begging anyone who sees this, help my town, help my people. cnn s joe johns is live for us in hazard, kentucky. and the debris field is tremendous, joe, and we heard the governor there say they continue to look for people because so many remain unaccounted for. what are you finding? reporter: that s right, and they say it s possible this could go on for weeks, not days. so they say a picture is worth a thousand words, fred. and i just wanted to show you where we are. we are in hazard, kentucky. you look behind me here, there s the foundation of a house. believe it or not, before the flood there was a house there, a woman inside told us she started feeling the house moving around 1:00, 2:00 in the morning. she gets out, and then the rushing water essentially d demolishes the house and sends the de
welcome to the programme. since donald trump left office, he has been in a seemingly endless web of investigations and legal cases. alongside the investigations into his role in the january 6th riots and attempts to overturn the election, there is also an ongoing criminal probe into the trump organization for tax and bank fraud allegations. and today, the heat was turned up in that case. the company s former chief financial officer allen weisselberg plead guilty to conspiring with the company in a years long tax fraud scheme. he will now go to jail forfive months. the concern for donald trump is that as part of a plea deal, the as part of a plea deal, concern for donald trump as of the concern for donald trump as part of this plea deal allen weisselberg has agreed to testify in the upcoming trial against the trump organisation. let s go through some of what is going on here. our correspondent nada tawfik is following things in new york. allen weisselberg has agreed this plea
the economy. the new report out just today driving new recession fears tonight. and what president biden said about this today. and the american families from new jersey to kentucky, across this nation, who say no matter what you call it, we re feeling it. rebecca jarvis reporting. tonight, the big push. democrats racing to pass that surprise breakthrough deal on climate. it would be the most ambitious climate undertaking in u.s. history. the bill also lowers prescription drug costs, health care costs, taxing the very rich and corporations. so, do they have the votes? with joe manchin now onboard. rachel scott standing by live on the hill. also news tonight, this phone call between president biden and china s president xi. the candid and direct call lasting more than two hours. president xi with a warning to the u.s. and will house speaker nancy pelosi and a congressional delegation visit taiwan amid these tensions? mary bruce with late reporting. russia now responding