and out of control, a wildfire in new york to more than 100 million people under heat alerts in the u.s.. where was donald trump, and what was he doing before 187 minutes as rioters stormed the u.s. capitol, forced the 2020 election certification to stop, and hunted for vice president mike pence? well, that was the question the january six committee took great pains to answer in thursday night s primetime hearing, according to sworn testimony by numerous insiders, trump had become irate when the secret service refused to and go to the capital. he then spent most of the next three hours as a private dining room watching the chaotic scenes on tv, and refusing pleas from everyone around him to end the violence. his closest advisers testified they never saw or heard trump summon help from any federal agency, listen to this. are you aware of any phone call by the president of united states to the secretary of defense that day? not that i m aware of, no. are you aware of any
but germany says, it still can t depend on russia even though it will honor its export commitments. so, berlin is now announcing new energy security measures, including reactivation of some of its coal power plants. heat emergencies are cropping up around the u.s., as record-breaking temperatures take hold. we ll look at some of the hotspots in how communities are coping. stay with us.
that europe could face some sort of retaliatory measures, diplomatic energy security measures in the meantime, should those type of draconian sanctions be put on the table by the united states. but essentially, the problem here is that both sides have to keep talking. otherwise, what they can t afford, at least from the west s perspective, is for these talks to end up being a failure, and if that being a pretext to vladimir putin to take action in a place like ukraine. as you said, the backdrop to all of this that has been unexpected in the last couple of weeks is the strife in kazakhstan, and there is the specter of russian military intervention there. and some of the question marks that will be around the table in the back of diplomats minds will be can vladimir putin afford to have armies on both sides of eurasia involved in conflicts at this time. kristie? they have to keep that channel of communication open, even with that question mark over kazakhstan. nina desantos reporting