those secret service text messages that the committee wants to see. plus, 17 members of congress arrested at a rally for abortion rights. we ll speak with one of them. congresswoman sara jacobs. this morning 100 million americans are waking up to heat alerts and oppressive temperatures. the scorching conditions will be felt from coast to coast with some regions seeing triple digits. in dallas temperatures could reach 107 degrees by this afternoon. it will reach 100 in memphis. and new york could see 94 degrees. meanwhile, as the chances of passing climate action in congress look increasingly dim, a white house official tells nbc news president biden will announce executive action today. the president will deliver remarks at a former coal-fired power plant in massachusetts where he ll announce actions on the wind industry as well as funding to protect low income communities grappling with extreme heat. across the atlanta, european nations without the infrastructure to gr
these special interests can spend unlimited amounts without even disclosing where the money s coming from. we don t know where it is coming from. we don t know if it is from the oil industry, from banks, insurance companies joshua komisarjevskying from overseas. we don t know. they won t tell you. they don t want you to know. they don t want you to know. they won t stand behind what they do. this isn t just a threat to democrats but our democracy. here he is a few weeks earlier identifying some groups he considered culprit and talking about how democrats may oppose their influence without becoming like them. every one of these groups is run by a republican operatives every one of them. even though they are posing as nonprofit groups with names like americans for prosperity, committee for truth in politics or americans for apple pie. i made that last one up, but [ laughter ] but this is why look, this is why we have to work even harder in this election. we will. we w
children off for a supervised visit. powell had lost custody of the boys, and he was a suspect in his wife s disappearance. he sent an e-mail saying only i m sorry, good-bye. a neighbor describes what he saw. i just knew that if there was anyone in there, they didn t survive. you could tell that instantly from what we saw. i can t imagine anyone killing their children. i just that s beyond anything i can imagine someone doing. the state department shut down the embassy in syria hours ago. they are urging americans now to get out. syrian activists describe a weekend bloodbath that left hundreds dead in the city of homs. another 46 syrians are said to have been killed. activists accuse the syrian government of intensifying the brutal crackdown. russia and china gave president bashar al-assad a life line, vetoing a resolution that would have condemned him. they are asking for help. we re asking for your help. the rockets for four hours now, they re going to kill us all