has tripled. i can t buy clothes. can t buy for my grandchildren. you can t buy anything. plus, the january 6th committee maps out its next stage, and it releases new video showing the depth of donald trump s hesitation to condemn the capitol rioters. a pair of new warnings about china. beijing is growing more aggressive. the white house, though, worried about how beijing will react if the speaker of the house, nancy pelosi, goes ahead with a planned visit to taiwan. up first for us, a huge week for the american economy. the biden white house forcefully disputing those who believe we are tipping into recession. by week s end, we will have a better sense, a much better sense, of who is right and just what that means for your budget and the president s political standing. several key indicators out this week. tomorrow, the latest consumer confidence index. the june report was dour. wednesday, the federal reserve is to raise interest rates to tame inflation. thursday, a gl
trump in the midterms. the panel is preparing to get new witnesses on the record, including former trump cabinet members but the committee s next hearings in september will take place during the final stretch of the high stakes midterm campaigns. and any minute, we will get a white house update on president biden s health as he deals with covid. so let s begin with that fight over reproductive rights underway in indiana. right now, lawmakers are holding a special session to consider a new law banning abortion with very narrow exceptions. vice president harris flew to indianapolis today to meet with lawmakers, offer support from the white house as well. i m here to support the legislatures who are here, and to support the folks doing the work on the ground in terms of service providers and to let them know we stand with the women of indiana. we trust the women of indiana to make decisions about their own lives without requiring their government to tell them what to do wi
Have been hit the hardest. This is the first earthquake of such magnitude to hit the area in more than 100 years. Lets go right to nbc news Foreign Correspondent matt bradley. What do we know about the efforts that are underway . Yes so far we are seeing local authorities and the military trying to bring people out of the wreckage. As you, said the death toll is now at 8000. It was only a couple hours ago the death toll is at 800. A couple hours before it was at 600. As you know from the earthquake that happened in turkey back in february, they have a way of climbing very high after Rescue Workers are able to get in and extracting dead bodies. Thats when we start to see these numbers going up and up. As you mentioned this is a 6. 8 magnitude earthquake according to the geological survey. That is the strongest earthquake to strike this country and 123 years. As you mentioned, this was in the high atlas mountains. About 50 miles away from the historic city america. There was some damage
now, she is disqualified, as is her office, from investigating jones, from subpoenaing him for records, if referring to him as a target, as she had. the judge said her investigation can continue and she can collect evidence. it s just if there is to be a care that involves jones, it s something that will be decided by another district attorney that will be appointed by the attorney general. jones cannot be included in the report that the special grand jury is going to produce. a real setback for willis on that front. but the judge said that for all the other fake electors, many of whom are expected to appear before the grand jury this week, those appearances can continue. the investigation at large is unaffected by this. for jones, he gets a slight win because the judge is saying willis is too conflicted to continue her investigation into him. as we wait to see what the next move then when it comes to senator jones, today a pretty dramatic development. sitting governor brian kemp giv
district attorney from probing a state senator who was one of the 16 fake trump electors in that state. joining us now to explain all of this is cnn s kara scannell, and criminal defense attorney page pate. this came down to the issue of conflicts of interest, the georgia state senator, burt jones, who is the person at issue here. he asked the judge to disqualify the district attorney, fauny willis. he s returning for lieutenant governor of the state. willis, who is the district attorney, has held a fundraiser for jones rival, his political opponent in that race. the judge said that is an untenable conflict of interest. he has disqualified lewis and her office from investigating jones. she can t question him. she can t call him a target, and he can t be included in the report that will be produced by the special grand jury.