takes control. and as brazil endorses a maga style rioter of their own, it s just coming for donald trump in fulton county. if you are donald trump right now, you have to be really concerned about what s going to happen in georgia. tonight, what the end of a criminal investigation in georgia means for the disgraced ex president? then, the secret document organizing the maga takeover of the house, with congressman jim mcgovern. plus, former congresswoman elaine luria, on the republican plans to investigate the january 6th committee. and yet another bizarre turn in that saga of congressman george santos. a little personal space [inaudible] congressman, you seem to be dodging questions. when all in starts right now. good evening from new york. i m chris hayes. at this hour, the 118th house of representatives is holding its first votes under the newly elected speaker kevin mccarthy. in fact, they just passed the rules package, that is the governing rules for
good morning to viewers here in the u.s. and around the world, it s thursday, july 14th and i m brianna keilar with john berman. this morning new clues surrounding the pending january 6th witness who donald trump tried to contact. it s an allegation that has been referred to the justice department, not formally, but it s been sent up the chain there. first on cnn, sources say trump tried to call a member of the white house support staff who was in talks with the january 6th committee. that is new. the exact identity still unknown at this point. the witness, though, did not pick up when trump called. this was not someone that trump would routinely communicate with. and this came after cassidy hutchinson s explosive testimony. the alarmed witness contacted an attorney. this is january 6th committee member elaine luria the congresswoman speaking to cnn. we take seriously the safety of any witnesses, anyone who comes forward to the committee and like weiise their privacy. in
capitol under siege. also tonight, deadly heat across the globe and in america 100 million people under heat alerts in more than two dozen states. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. tonight, president biden s covid diagnosis and what comes next. his top covid official the president himself sent out a brief video message about how he s doing, and let s go to jeff zeleny joining us from the white house. how is the president feeling tonight. wolf, officials tell me tonight that president biden is feeling quite well. he s been working remotely, if you will from the residence of the white house throughout the day making telephone calls holding meetings virtually and this comes, thof course, as the first time he s tested positive for covid-19 and he s in the first year and a half of his presidency trying to dodge this, and today he did test positive and he was just on his way to travelin
his office after meeting with perry in the weeks after the election. and perry himself was among the republicans asking for pardon, after the coup failed. and now, he can be part of a kind of sprawling counter january 6th committee, attempting to push the fbi away from its own investigation of perry s involvement in trump s efforts to overturn the 2020 election. elaine luria was a member of the actual january 6th committee. she served as a democratic congresswoman of virginia up until losing her reelection bid to republican jen kiggans. and congresswoman luria joins me now. it s great to have you on the program. i wonder your first thought, as someone who served in this committee, watching the gavel change hands, and someone like scott perry, who really does seem quite complicated, or at least at the center of what you are investigating, possibly being in a position to sort of
takes control. and as brazil endorses a maga style rioter of their own, it s just coming for donald trump in fulton county. if you are donald trump right now, you have to be really concerned about what s going to happen in georgia. tonight, what the end of a criminal investigation in georgia means for the disgraced ex president? then, the secret document organizing the maga takeover of the house, with congressman jim mcgovern. plus, former congresswoman elaine luria, on the republican plans to investigate the january 6th committee. and yet another bizarre turn in that saga of congressman george santos. a little personal space [inaudible] congressman, you seem to be dodging questions. when all in starts right now. good evening from new york. i m chris hayes. at this hour, the 118th house of representatives is holding its first votes under the newly elected speaker kevin mccarthy.