insurrection at the capitol. what s new signs, the next possible terminal indictment for trump is in georgia. we are going in-depth on it all coming up. and later, like a war zone, a parkland parent who walked the school turned crime scene for the first time since 2018 massacre joins us live to talk about the traumatic visit. all of these stories and much more is ahead. and good saturday morning to you, i am katie phang. we start today show with millions of americans reaching their boiling point over the brutal heat baking much of the country for yet another day. 84 million americans are under heat alerts stretching from the pacific northwest all the way to right here in miami, florida through tuesday. that is more than 3200 miles of people just sweating it out and trying to stay cool anyway that they can. the valley of the sun is definitely living up to its name. phoenix is sizzling and temperatures topping 110 degrees, for a 15th straight day. but that is nothing, com
pending civil lawsuit against former death for his alleged inaction as well as the broward sheriff s office and others, parents of the opportunity to privately visit the building one last time before the planned demolition. many left with the heartbreaking last memories of their child from that life altering bay. when the bill parents is here with me now. i have the honor of having max shafter, founder and ceo of safe schools for alex here. max of the parent of alec shafter who was just 14 years old when he was killed and the marjory stoneman douglas high school shooting. max, i think you during the break for being here because and others are never easy conversations to have but your willingness to engage the public on what you have experience at think will move the needle, hopefully it more quickly than we have seen happen. we were talking about how you have the opportunity to go and visit marjorie still mandible us with more specifically, the building where your son was a freshman
in that case seeking to argue that they should have been given notice prior to the plea deal being entered into. is that your understanding as well? my understanding is that there is a pending civil lawsuit. so there s that, but still you had nine democratic caucus members, including independent angus king, to voted to affirm acosta. six of them had still in the senate. joe man chen said about acosta, if he made a mistake or judgment call or something like that, does that affect the way he s doing his job now? i m basically going to judge him on the job he s doing and how he is doing it. what is your message to him? senator manchin made that comment recently, i disagree with his assessment. i ve led an effort with my other
away from the victims, many of whom were very poor protecting the people who assisted him. acosta cut a deal that allowed others to get off. they hid the non-prosecution agreement from the victims. a federal judge has said that that violated the crime victims rights act and that they broke federal law with a non-prosecution agreement. but yet president trump is still coddling this guy who protected a sexual predator, which we shouldn t be surprised about, because the president himself has been accused by more than 20 people of sexually assaulting them. it shouldn t surprise us. and the president has denied very hemmantly all of those accusations. let me get to this, because he was confirmed by the senate in 2017, senator tim cain questioned him extensively about this case. listen. my understanding is that there s a pending civil lawsuit filed by a couple of the victims
games of eligible. mixon s attorney released a statement saying mixon is sorry for the way he reacted that night. he s apologized publicly. he hopes his voluntary release of these recordings will help put these matters to rest. mixon issued a formal apology last month but also suggested that racial slurs were hurled at him the night of the incident. now, university of oklahoma also issued a statement shortly after the video was released, reading in part it was made clear to mr. mixon at the time of his suspension that the violence against women will not go unpunished at the university. mr. mixon has apologized for his actions and the university hopes that it is an indication that he has learned from his mistakes. now, molitor currently has a pending civil lawsuit against mixon. oklahoma going to play in the sugar bowl against auburn on january 2 aend. a big question is, if the player was a backup linebacker as opposed to a star running back, would he have been immediately dismissed