Youll remember that republicans squashed the chance for that bipartisan independent commission. Melanie broke the details on Mccarthys Decision about the select committee and joins us now from capitol hill. Melanie, what led him to decide to participate and who will he name . Reporter initially there was a debate about whether to boycott this as a way to cast the entire investigation as partisan. Once Speaker Nancy pelosi appointed a republican, liz cheney, to her side of the committee, which essentially assures that democrats will have bipartisan buyin for their work it became clear that was no longer a viable option. So instead Kevin Mccarthy is in Fact Planning on naming republicans to the select committee, but he wants them there so they can push back on democrats, shape the counternarrative, run defense for Donald Trump and essentially throw sand in the gears of the investigation as much as possible. As far as names, you can definitely expect to see some trump allies in those who
So now instead they get Speaker Pelosi with a final say on the select committee to investigate the deadly insurrection. Who might be on it . Plus, breakthroughs and not in a good way. The Delta Variant sounding some alarms, and masks in some places are now making a comeback. Welcome to the lead. Im jake tapper. And we begin today with our national lead and the new troubling details about just how badly the surfside, florida, Condominium Building was deteriorating in the days, months, even years before it collapsed last thursday. It is now today the sixth day of Search And Rescue efforts. 11 people have been found dead. 150 remain missing. Today florida republican governor Ron Desantis said the government will continue its search until every missing victim is found. And now the State Attorney for Miamidade County is pursuing a grand Jury Investigation into why the building collapsed. This at the same time as more photos and letters and building assessments are surfacing, detailing previ
[national anthem] [national anthem] pete: thank you, as always, for sharing your photos. reminder, those are your photos on our nation s anthem every single saturday and sun morning here on fox & friends weekend joined by, as always, will cain, rachel campos duffy. good morning. will: do you think pretty good is better than good or less than good? pete: i think pretty good is less than good. will: this is an ongoing debate. when the boys say practice was pretty good, my response is, what went wrong? because in my world, pretty good is less than good, and they have tried to convince me pretty good is actually an increased level of good. pete: pretty is not full good. will: i agree. they made a decent counterpoint of it s how you say it. rachel: i can solve this entire thing. just say muy bueno, done. pete: also works. well, a lot went on yesterday between our show. there were two events where donald trump took the stage. he first was in georgia and then in north ca
this will be intense, long-lasting, and widespread. numerous record highs and lows fall this week. norah: plus as wildfires burn across california, the impact gusty winds could have on firefighting efforts. the cbs evening news starts now. more than 80% of the country is facing scorching temperatures from arizona to maine. good evening. i am norah o donnell, and thank you for being with us. some are one officially begin until thursday, but you would not know it if you are outside today and these sweltering conditions print talking about 265 million americans that will see temperatures hit 90 degrees this week. this massive heat wave covers nearly half of the country with 21 states under excessive heat warnings were advisories. heat and emergencies have already been declared in boston and right here in washington, d.c. and get this, more than 100 record highs are set to be challenged before the weekend. meanwhile, california has once again battling dangerous wildfire
The kids at Little Sprouts Early Learning Center in Paulding gathered outside on Monday to witness the eclipse. both the preschool and school-age groups took in an event that won’t