back here at home, four current and former police officers facing federal charges in connection with the shooting death of breonna taylor. attorney general merrick garland accusing the officers of lying to obtain the search warrant for her home and lying again to investigators after the shooting. breaking news in the alex jones trial. a jury in texas ordering the conspiracy theorist to pay more than $4 million to parents who lost their 6-year-old boy in newtown, for calling the sandy hook massacre a hoax. extreme heat from montana to texas to maine. 70 million under heat alerts as we come on the air. the texas power grid pushed to the brink. record-breaking temperatures nearing 100 degrees in the northeast. and now the threat of flooding rain. rob marciano timing it out. overseas tonight, china conducting intense military exercises all around taiwan, responding to house speaker nancy pelosi s recent visit. china test-firing 11 ballistic missiles in less than two hours.
ambassador. today israel launching a serious of air strikes in gaza, who they were targeting, and the incident civilians that may have been caught up in the cross fire. good day to you. i m peter alexander in washington. for my friend hallie jackson. and joining me now is nbc news capitol hill correspondent allie vitale and anna palmer. with great gratitude we are all inside with some air-conditioning on this stifling d.c. day. allie, let s walk through this kyrsten sinema, the deal the democrats got. talk about feeling the heat. the at democracy were very concerned how this was going to end up. republicans wither trying to peel off sinema s vote. what twos from here? what happens next? yeah, peter, thankfully we are going to be in air-conditioning all the rest of the weekend, too, because the senate is working both saturday and sunday now that they have senator kyrsten sinema on board. the changes she made to the legislation, not entirely surprising for those of us who h
release her immediately. back here at home, four current and former police officers facing federal charges in connection with the shooting death of breonna taylor. attorney general merrick far land accusing the officers of lying to obtain the search warrant for her home and lying again to investigators after the shooting. breaking news in the alex jones trial. a jury in texas ordering the than $4 million to parents who - lost their 6-year-old boy in newtown. extreme heat from montana to texas to maine. 70 million uealerts as we come on theowusd t e k.regtures ro mar er se intse military exercises all around taiwan, responding to house speaker nancy pelosi s recent visit. china test-firing 11 ballistic missiles in less than two hours. and why the u.s. is now canceling a missile test of its own. and news coming in late today, four people found dead n two house fires just blocks apart in a small town in nebraska. police searching for a silver sedan leaving town, possibly
Here s a look at some of the other top stories we are following right now. president biden and first lady jill biden are expected to travel to eastern kentucky on monday, assuming the president has tested negative for covid by then. they will rise the families affected by the recent devastating flooding in the area. at least 37 people die there had. dozens more remain missing. at least 15 people hurt when a vehicle plowed through a native american parade yesterday in new mexico. a suspect is in custody and faces multiple charges including aggravated driving while intoxicated. police say there s reason at this time to suspect the incident is motivated by hate. and the biden administration declared the monkeypox outbreak a public health emergency. there are now more than 7,000 confirmed cases nationwide. dr. anthony fauci spoke with my colleague andrea mitchell earlier this afternoon. so, just the idea of