secretary of state, some of it heard on the infamous phone call. so, look, all i want to do is this i just want to find 11,780 votes, which is one more than we have. now, trump is desperate to derail the investigation, because he knows what might be coming. a final decision on criminal charges from the georgia grand jury is expected before the end of the summer. all of this as special counsel jack smith s probe into january 6th is heating up, now faithful trading trump s inner circle, interviewing dozens of witnesses, people like trump s former attorney general, rudy giuliani, mark maddows and former vice president mike pence, who was one of the targets of the violent mob at the capitol that day. growing list of witnesses including hope hicks, and his son-in-law jared kushner, who were reportedly asked pointed questions about trump s criminal intent. they also spoke to the january 6th committee. jared, are you aware of instances where pat cipollone threatened to resig
also tonight, after the hottest days on record, has climate change already reached a tipping point? the meteorologist who left local news after his climate coverage led to a death threat joins me tonight. and america s economy is red hot. jobs and wages are growing. inflation is easing. so why isn t joe biden more popular? but we begin tonight with a crisis that is impossible to ignore. i often start this show with the most recent to solve on american democracy at the hands of the modern republican party or the supreme court, but tonight i want to talk to you about a different type of existential threat. y all know it s hot. some of you in arizona spent the day trying to avoid 115 degree heat. next week, it might hit 120. earlier this week, i shared some really terrifying news. some scientists believed that july 4th of this year may have been one of the hottest days on earth in 125,000 years. guess what. we keep breaking those records. new york s temperature set a record
disappointment saying colleges are stronger when they re racially diverse. we can t go backwards. you know, i know today s court decision is a severe disappointment to so many people including me. we cannot let the decision be a permanent setback for the country. with me right now, politico s white house bureau chief jon jonathan lemire at the white house, and democratic strategist and former executive director of the new york state democratic party, basil, so jonathan, first to you, every time there s a supreme court decision we hear how consequential elections are. what s the fallout you re following here? you just heard from president biden express real dismay at the decision. he urged colleges to consider candidates backgrounds, races, ethnicities when it comes to institutions of higher learning. he was asked as he was leaving the room there after making his statement, he was asked by a reporter if this was a rogue court, meaning the supreme court, and he paused and
reportedly planned to capture top russian military leaders. back at home, developments in the special counsel probe into former president trump s effort to overturn his 2020 loss. a star witness in georgia s investigation is due to meet with federal prosecutors today. in new york city, the former marine accused in the chokehold death of a homeless subway rider faces a judge today. and are president biden s economic policies working? he s set to deliver what is being called a major speech to try to convince voters of just that. this morning, potentially deadly, catastrophic heat across the country, threatening some 69 million people who are having to deal with those conditions. they re under heat alerts. the national weather service says temperatures today are expected to reach up to 110 degrees in texas. over 112 in louisiana. and a reminder about how dangerous heat like this is. and a medical examiner in webb county, texas, reported nine heat-related deaths in just e
everybody. i m yasmin vossoughian in for another hour of news. the january 6 committee may be pausing hearings until september but their investigation is moving full steam ahead. committee members fanned out on the sunday shows making it clear they hope the justice department is listening to them. there is a massive difference between i m going to prosecute the last administration for political vengeance and not prosecuting an administration that literally attempted a failed coupe. i sure as hell hope they have a criminal investigation at this point into donald trump. congresswoman liz cheney dropped what may be the biggest piece of news over the weekend saying the january 6th committee is prepared to consider a subpoena for jenny thomas, wife of supreme court justice clarence thomas. we certainly hope that she will agree to come in voluntarily, but the committee is fully prepared to contemplate a subpoena if she does not. i hope it doesn t get to that. i hope she wil