that blue state. we begin with the january 6 committee and nbc capitol hill correspondent ali vitali. brendon buck and kimberly atkin-store and sam stein. ali, is it possible that chairman thompson s absence could push this hearing or are they determined to keep this schedule? reporter: they are determined to keep this schedule, chris. especially because what s clear yesterday after my conversation with chairman thompson, who i would note was wearing a mask when he was talking to us yesterday, he seemed to leave the door open as all of the committee members have to the idea there are more hearings to come, specifically the idea that at some point in the last few days, the committee seems to have decided that their final report will come in the early fall still but that there will be some kind of scaled back report prior to that. in part, it s because they keep getting new information and they want to make sure that the final report is reflective of everything that they kn
country where more than 95% of buildings don t have air conditioning. forecasters have now been forced to improvise as they deal with the kind of heat they never thought they d see. a number of people have been saying maps in the past never looked this dark, they haven t because we have never seen temperatures as high as this in the uk before. this color scale was designed to not show temperatures like this for the uk. even the maps are not prepared for this. lots to talk about. tim miller is a writer at large for the bull work and msnb political analyst. these temperatures are insane. frankly we are not built for them, we re not built for the impact if they keep getting worse. after years of you and your colleagues warning about climate change, what is your message now today? the message is that this is what we anticipated. it s exactly what we saw coming. and there hasn t been a more urgent plan to act than now. we have such a short window to curb off this dangerous t
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Good morning, everybody. I am pleased to hold the nomination hearing for two outstanding nominees. Rod rosenstein and rachel rink. They have been nominated for two very important senior positions in the department of justice. Deputy attorney general and associate attorney general. The Deputy Attorney general, who is the second in command at the department oversees the day to day operations. The associate attorney general overseas the departments civil litigation. It is critical that we fill so themportant positions department can operate at full capacity. We cannot have two better nominees for these positions, mr. Rosenstein shares a lot in common. They both are dedicated Civil Servants. They have both been confirmed by the senate before. Twice. Brands case, they both served during president obamas administration. Externallyth talented and fairminded lawyers, dedicated to the full and evenhanded enforcement of our laws and they will serve the department with distinction as to rosenstei