we ll show you video of the accident. and fast food pay super sized, the big change in california. will it cost you more at the drive through? our nbc news reporters are following all of the latest developments. we begin with the monster storms wreaking havoc across the country. jesse kirsch is in cincinnati, ohio. what are we seeing so far? reporter: there were inches and inches of snow that dumped in areas, parts of the pacific coast highway that crumbled and there were, according to officials, hundreds of people stranded, at least two people taken to hospitals. moving forward as you alluded to, there are tens of millions in the pathway of potential severe weather. i want to talk about cities and timing, oklahoma city, dallas, st. louis, indianapolis are cities in the pathway, and the bulk of the threat is tonight into the overnight hours. when we talk about tornadoes, of course nocturnal tornadoes, overnight tornadoes can be especially dangerous. that is something to b
today on inside politics, the united states investigator vus donald trump. the grand jury meets again and the nation is on pins and needles. plus a new national poll shows donald trump and joe biden running even and as of now, criminal indictments have not tanked trump s chances of become ing the once and future president if he s on the ballot. and it s the vice president on the line. a former business partner tells congress that hunter biden put his father on speakerphone 20 times. democrats say it was part of an illusion. republicans see it as a biden lie. i m dana bash. let s go behind the headlines and inside politics. up first, we are closely watching for any indicators that a federal indictment against the former president is coming. the grand jury that will make that decision whether or not to charge donald trump with january 6 related crimes is back in today. cnn s katelyn polantz is live outside the federal courthouse here in washington. what are you seeing t
the legal front. david, nice to see you, good morning. if you thought the tension on capitol hill was palpable regarding republicans and their efforts to get information from the white house and white house counsel s office or d.o.j. regarding hunter biden, you should check it out today. it is more intense. republicans are constantly being stonewalled when it comes to getting information regarding their investigation. their separate congressional invest into the president s son, hunter biden. expect his legal team to be at it once again this week working with the department of justice, u.s. attorney david weiss in delaware on a revised plea deal or one that provides more information to federal judge mary ellen the judge who refused to they ignore request for information. some republicans say they want transparency but that also requires cooperation. i believe based on what i m seeing, these appointees are running interference and essentially protecting not only hunter
two-party system. this is what they are telling me. that message is not voting for reelection of president biden is and to suffer through four years of donald trump. yasmin vossoughian, thank you so much. that s going to do it for me. deadline: white house starts right now. hi, everyone. it s 4:00 here in new york. a ambassador who lived his life out of the public eye with no photos, is at the center of a political fire storm as the justice department and attorneys for former fbi informant alexander smirnov spar over keeping him in custody. calling him a serious flight risk. top republicans are facing questions today about just how the claims of someone with ties to russian intelligence became the basis for an impeachment inquiry into the president. the new york times says, for more than a decade, he played a double game, giving the fbi tantalizing visibility into a cast of oligarchs and public officials while offering himself as a consultant with a skill set. some of
the world. this is a live earth cam shot of dallas, texas, where temperatures are expected to hit 100 degrees later on today. more than 85 million people are under heat alerts from florida to california. a heat dome is encasing the western u.s., leading to record breaking temperatures in so many areas. phoenix is in the midst of a likely record streak of days topping a dangerous 110 degrees now 15 straight days. cnn s raphael romo is in las vegas and mike valerio is in valencia, california. mike to you first in southern california. you re at a water park. when do the people arrive? reporter: a half hour from now. they are already at the front gates waiting to get in, because we are awaiting our high temperature of 106 degrees today. we have about 20 more degrees to go, a half hour ago. after that half hour, these patp pa paths, these water slides will be packed. down this path where we re going to have a profusion of families running around, walking, not running, no running