headquarters in new york. i m joshua johnson. welcome to the week. the senate is working. it is infrastructure weekend on capitol hill. we heard from kirsten sinema and rob portman. had he gave short speeches on the senate floor. they ve been among those leading the negotiations on this bill. now, we still don t have the final text, but the plan is to file that bill as a substitute amendment tonight. the current bill is just over 2700 pages long, so far. the senate will then move to the amendment process and we re told this should be completed in a matter of days. but the bipartisan bill is only half the story. majority leader chuck schumer promised once that legislation has passed, he ll immediately move to the budget reconciliation instructions. those blueprints would let the senate begin working on a $3.5 trillion social, health and environmental bill. sometimes we ve called it the human infrastructure bill. now, using reconciliation to pass that one would allow
medicare, obamacare. the first payments in the government s expanded child tax credit program, one payment per month through the rest of the year. will they be permanent? that s the question. and the growing climate crisis impacting americans from coast to coast this summer. everything from extreme heat, to devastating wildfires and flash flooding. joining me now, susan glasser, a staffer writer for the new yorker. susan glasser, good to see you, thank you so much. hi, don. i ve got a long question to ask you. you have some incredible new reporting tonight about the conflict between trump and the chairman of the joint chiefs and trump s final days in office. the reason it s long is because i want to read something you wrote, in part. at the very end of the meeting on january 3, it says trump brought up the forthcoming rally of his supporters on january 6, asking millie and acting defense secretary christopher miller if they were prepared for what trump had already pro
breaking news just days before the january 6th insurrection the former president telling the chairman of the joint chiefs and the acing defense secretary the protest was going to be wild, a big deal, and they should be ready for it. in just a moment, i m going to speak to the new yorker writer who has the reporting on that. also tonight, it could be the biggest change in our country since social security, medicare, obamacare. millions of american families receiving the first payment of the government s expanded child tax credit program. one payment each month through the rest of the year. will they be permanent? that s the question. and the growing climate crisis impacting americans from coast to coast this summer. everything from extreme heat to devastating wildfires and flash flooding. joining me now, cnn global affairs analyst susan glasser. she s also a staff writer for the new yorker. susan glasser, good to see you. hi, don. thank you so much. i ve got a long
ahead. tonight, also new information how the house select committee will begin to investigate the deadly siege on the capitol six months ago. just today the justice department released more brand new video evidence, showing rioters literally dragging and beating police officers. made the footage public at request of nbc and other news organizations. warn you this is among some of the most violent and graphic video release sod far from january 6th. [ bleep ] [ bleep ] [ bleep ]. beating police officers, they said it was antifa, they said it was blm, some said it was just tourists. panel of house members will examine the events. republican leader kevin mccarthy has yet to name appointees to the panel but chairman betty thompson from mississippi, said will not delay the first hearing later this month. either the 21st or 22nd of july, the committee is committed to doing our job. as i said, we hope that mccarthy gives us the final recommendations to populate the committee. i
announced a cash reward, a cash bounty. lieutenant governor dan patrick was ready to pay up to $1 million to anyone who could find evidence of the supposed voter fraud that president trump said had cost him the election. and this $1 million prize was not just for people in texas. it was an offer valid in all 50 states. quote, whistle-blowers and tipsters turn over their evidence to local law enforcement. anyone who provides that leads to an arrest and find conviction of voter fraud will be paid a minimum of $25,000 but up to $1 million. wow. and wouldn t you know it, soon after texas lieutenant governor dan patrick threw that chum into the water. he got a bite. oddly, he got it from somebody who has the same job he has in a different state. the lieutenant governor in pennsylvania, john fetterman, said he had taken on the challenge frommen dan patrick and, bingo, instantly he hit pay dirt. he said he had bang-up sure-fire evidence of a instance of real voter fraud in the 2020