a warm welcome to our viewers joining us in the united states and all around the world. i'm christina macfarlane in for max foster here in london. just ahead -- >> donald trump knows that millions of americans who supported him would stand up and defend our nation were it threatened. >> this election is now over. congress has certified the results. i don't want to say the election is over. >> members are starting to fear

for their own lives. >> guess you heard this morning i tested positive for covid. but i've been double vaccinated, double boosted, symptoms are mild. it is friday, july 22, 9:00 a.m. in the morning here in london, 4:00 a.m. this washington where the january 6 committee has just provided its most revealing look yet into the trump white house as the capitol riot took place. former aides testified that trump watched the riot on tv but ignored all pleas from his family and top advisers to intervene. and while vice president mike pence was whisked to a secure location inside the capitol, the committee presented chilling testimony that pence's security detail feared they might not make it out alive.

>> members were starting to fear for their own lives. there were a lot of -- there was a lot of yelling, a lot of -- a lot of very personal calls over the radio. it was disturbing. i don't like talking about it. but there were calls to say good-bye to family members. for whatever the reason was on the ground, they thought it was about to get very ugly. >> and did you hear that over the radio? okay. what was the response by the agents, secret service agents who were there? >> at that point it was just reassurances, i think there were discussions of reinforcement coming. but again, it was just chaos.

>> what prompted you to put it in an entry? >> they were running out of options and they were getting nervous. it sounded like that we came very close to either having to use legal options or worse. >> other evidence presented on thursday included outtakes of trump struggling to make a videotaped speech after the insurrection failed. take a listen. >> but this election is now over. congress has certified the results. i don't want to say the election is over. i just want to say congress has certified the results without saying the election is over. okay? >> meanwhile white house staffers were frantically trying to get trump to issue a statement or go on tv to tell his supporters to leave the capitol. one former aide testified about what was happening inside the west wing as she was with a colleague after trump finally sent a tweet. take a listen. >> when she got back, she told me that tweet had been sent out

and i told her that i thought the tweet did not go far enough, that i thought that there needed to be a call to action and he needed to condemn the violence. and we were in a room full of people, but people weren't paying attention and so she looked directly at me and in a hushed tone shared with me that the president did not want to include any sort of mention of peace in that tweet and that it took some convincing on their part, those who were in the room, and she said that there was a back and forth going over different phrases to find something that he was comfortable with. and it wasn't until ivanka trump suggested the phrase stay peaceful that he finally agreed to include it. >> cnn congressional correspondent ryan nobles is following all the latest revelations from thursday night's hearing and has this report. >> reporter: there was a lot that we learned and saw for the firstnight -- thursday night hearing that they pushed to primetime because

they believed it was some of the most important information that they had to share with the american people. there was the outtakes from donald trump's speech on january 6 and january 7 where he seemed to have a difficult time saying that the election was settled and it was time to move on. there was also amazing radio traffic from members of the secret service that were protecting the vice president mike pence on that day. >> as rioters were entering the building, the secret service held vice president pence in his office for 13 minutes as they worked to clear a safe path to a secure location. now listen to some of that radio traffic and see what they were seeing as the protestors got just feet away from where the vice president was holding.

>> reporter: the committee showing testimony in call logs from members of the secret service that actually had to reach out to members of their family that day because they feared they may not make it out alive. just one example of the committee showing just how dangerous things were here and then juxtaposing that against the inaction of donald trump who his aides showed was sitting in a dining room for a good portion of the time watching the whole thing on television and being more angry with the fwaktact th mike pence did not stand in the way of decertifying the election results and instead of being upset with the violent mob that was attacking the capitol and trying to stand in the way of the peaceful transfer of power. now, while this at one time was thought to be the end of the committee's public hearings, they made it clear tonight that they are not done and they told the american people to be prepared for a series of hearings to take place in

september. one of the key areas of focus could be the secret service, the committee just now starting to look into the role that they played in and around january 6. they are obviously concerned about a set of deleted text messages but there could be much more connected to the secret service's role that could be a big part of what we see as their investigation continues on. ryan nobles, cnn, on capitol hill. earlier i spoke with senior political analyst ron brownstein about the hearing and trump's conscious decision not to stop the violence. take a listen. >> the congresswoman from virginia in the final minutes really crystallized it when she said what we saw from donald trump over those 187 minutes was not inaction, it was an action. he was consciously choosing not to intervene. it was an action as she said that was the culmination of all of his earlier actions, all of his earlier attempts through pressuring the states, pressuring the justice

department and other measures to overturn the election. and i think that is the biggest contribution of this committee has been to really reframe the events of that day from kind of a willful expression of anger by president trump in sort of directing this mob at the capitol to viewing it really as the capstone to a multimonth, multi facetted effort to overturn an american election and american democracy itself. >> if nothing else, it was extremely thorough. i thought liz cheney made an important point that it was donald trump's plan all along to declare victory in 2020 no matter what the facts were. and that it was in fact premeditated. so what consequences could this have now for trump if prosecutors bring a criminal case against him which many believe they will? how likely is that to happen? >> well, we still don't know. certainly the committee has laid

out an exhaustive bill of particulars that could be the basis of various criminal charges against the president particularly conspiracy to obstruct a government proceeding, a congressional proceeding and the commentary that you cited, the tape of steve bannon his former top adviser saying before the election that they intended -- that the former president intended to declare victory no matter what, just another piece of corroborating evidence of his intent. and we saw in the earlier hearings him being told over and over again that he did not win and he -- you know, by people around him, people who worked for him, and he chose to continue spreading these lies and exceerring this pressure throughout government and into the states. the justice department is really on the spot here. >> as we mentioned earlier, the select committee's investigation continues with more hearings planned for september.

u.s. president biden says he is doing well after testing positive for covid-19. the 79-year-old president is now isolating inside the white house for the next few days and taking the covid antiviral drug paxlovid. he released a video saying his symptoms were mild. >> hey folks, guess you heard this morning i tested positive for covid. but i've been double vaccinated, double boosted, symptoms are mild. and i really appreciate your concerns. i'm doing well. getting a lot of work done. >> physicians will be keeping a close eye on the president's health in the coming days. dr. sanjay gupta has more on his treatment. >> reporter: we know the president tested positive thursday morning. he did have some symptoms in terms of a cough and not feeling well. he last tested negative on tuesday. so really wednesday was the one day we're not exactly sure what his status was. but at this point, he is someone

who is vaccinated, who received both boosters, also taking paxlovid. the biggest risk factor really is his age. he is 79 years old, going to turn 80 in november. i think that it is really important to point out people often ask just how much of an impact do these vaccines make. and you can look at this over time, you can look at this in terms of vaccinated versus unvaccinated. so if you look for example in may of 2022 and ask how much more protection against death for example do the vaccines provide, you can see 29 times protected, more protected if you have been vaccinated and boosted. one of the points that the white house coronavirus task force coordinator said today, i think this is a good way to think about your own boosting, if you are over the age of 50 and you have not received a shot this year in 2022, you should go ahead and get one. one of the other things that president biden is doing is also taking paxlovid which is an anti

viral medication and this has been out there for some time, but back again in the spring when israel sort of released a study of 109,000 people, they found for people over the age of 65, it reduced hospitalizations by around 67%, 81% reduction in mortality in that same population. so the president is 79 and that again is the biggest risk factor. i think that they will be monitoring him closely, does he develop fever, does he develop shortness of breath, is his oxygenation dropping at all. and also with regard to paxlovid, just under 10% of people who receive this, they do seem to have something known as rebound, which is that after someone tests negative and they feel better, a few days later they may start to develop symptoms again and test positive again. so right now the plan for president biden is that he will be in isolation for at least five days.

and won't come out of isolation until he tests negative. obviously if we hear anymore developments, we'll certainly bring them to you. last hour i spoke with covid expert dr. scott and asked him what kind of risks the president faces. >> if you look at the history of covid regardless of the variant, the older you are the more significant your risk is. now, here is the president's positive. per what they tell us, and what we have known and disclosed, he has a very, very good health history. he doesn't have any chronic conditions and that is very important. so if you would throw in diabetes or throw in some other types of lung disease, his risk would go up significantly at 79. and then the other thing that is a positive for him is his weight. being overweight is a very significant risk factor. so -- and then let's not

underestimate the fact that two extra boosters and he started on paxlovid. all positive. >> what are the chances, though, that he develops long covid? because we know that can be debilitating and last for months. you mentioned the antiviral medicine he is taking. will that help to prevent any of those symptoms? >> we'll start with the antiviral medicine. paxlovid has been holding on quite strong. it is not as effective against ba.4 and ba.5 which is what we are expecting his genomic sequencing will show. it is likely ba.5 which is much more prominent now across the world. it is not quite as effective but as they did say around the use of it, it will still reduce your chances of death. it will still reduce the chances of hospitalization. so, you know, is it as effective as it was before?

no. but we're trying to keep him out of the hospital and keep him alive and it really will do that. >> joe biden is one of millions contracting covid as cases rise across the u.s. and the rest of the world. the u.s. centers for disease control says the ba.5 omicron subvariant is now causing about 80% of new covid infections in the u.s. and los angeles county department of health says the high level of community transmission there means universal indoor masking mandate could be enacted as soon as next week. globally cases continue to spread as well. the world health organization says in the past six weeks covid cases have tripled in the european region. a violent attack on an american lawmaker caught on camera, an armed man mounted the stage and attempted to stab republican congressman lee zeldin as he was giving a speech on thursday. zeldin did be seen grabbing the attacker's wrist to stop him

before others wrestled the man to the ground here. the congressman was unhurt, later returned to the stage to complete his speech. the assailant is in police custody. zeldin is running for governor of new york this november against the incumbent democrat kathy hochul. heat emergencies are cropping up across the u.s. as record-breaking temperatures take hold. we'll look at the hot spots and how communities are coping. derek. >> and over 85% of the u.s. will be above 90 degrees within the next week. i'll show you where those hot spots are located, who will be the hottest and where we'll set records coming up after the break. r. thanks, gary. and for unexpected heartburn... frank is a fan of pepcid. it worksks in minutes. nexixium 24 hour and prilosec otc can take one to four days to fully work. pepcid. ststrong relief for fans of fast.

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scorching the southwest. in places like texas and arizona, the demand for air conditioning is skyrocketing which is putting a heavy strain on the power grid. arizona's most populist county has already recorded 29 heat-related deaths since may. and the world health organization announced the current heatwave in europe is responsible for more than 1700 deaths in spain and portugal. those are just two of the countries in southern europe that are struggling with drought-fueled wildfires. slovenia is also facing a fire. some 800 hectares have been burned in northern tuscany. and much of the european sheet shifting to the east. some downs under red level 3 heat warnings. and china is going from hot to hotter. today at least 19 cities have issued red alerts as

temperatures are expected to surpass 104 degrees farenheit which is 40 this celsius. and more than 200 chinese cities are under rnlg oorange alerts. most of the country is expected to enter the hottest period of the year on saturday which according to the traditional lunar calendar is called the day of great heat. selina wang is standing by in beijing. and i want to begin with derek van dam. a terrible picture across the u.s. are temperatures expected to rise again this weekend? >> yeah, it sounds like from what you're saying we're moving from europe to asia and now to north america with heat wives, this is starting to sound like a broken record. and to answer your question, yes, we will be shattering more records this weekend from today right through sunday for many of

9 most populated areas of the eastern sea board of the u.s. so you can see the potential high temperature records being broken over 50, and many plotted along the east coast, new york, boston, those areas. right now over 70 million americans under weather alerts. many located across the central u.s., the southwestern parts of the u.s. under excessive heat warnings and along the east coast. boston, hartford, new york, philadelphia, they have heat advisories in effect that meaning that the heat index as you step outside, this is what it will feel like on your skin, may reach 105 degrees. so the actual air temperature a little cooler, but still very stifling, upper 90s for the end of the weekend for the big apple. and it is not just the eastern sea board. look at this, st. louis to memphis to jackson, you can see the normal temperature underneath the forecast high today. st. louis will clock 101, so we're talking 10 to 15 degrees farenheit above where we should be for this time of year.

more of the same for texas, oklahoma city, dallas to san antonio putting the vein on the electrical grid across that region. and then throughout the southwest, much drier heat but still oppressive, temperatures in the upper 110s to 120 degrees depending on where you are located. the extended temperature outlook hot along the east coast and pacific northwest also starts to heat up well above average. of course with all this heat, the potential for thunderstorms flares up this time across the midwest and into new york as well as pennsylvania. i want you to see this because we are paying close attention to this region, ohio -- rather, iowa to wisconsin to minnesota for saturday, the potential for straight line damaging winds, almost nature's engine here just kind of pumping out the thunderstorms thanks to the excessive heat that will be ongoing across this area. so saturday big head's up minneapolis to chicago and omaha. >> as you say, that humidity making everything worse. i want to turn to linda in

greece. this has been one of the most difficult summers on record for greece and we're hearing of wildfires even encroaching on athens. what you can tell us about the situation right now. >> reporter: right now the situation is a lot better than it was a few days ago when we had big fires on the outskirts of athens. it caught the life of one person and injured 34. at the moment there are dozens of smaller fires burning across the country and particularly there is one in the north that is learning very close to a reserve area which is home to a rare wildlife as well. so this is where the focus is right now. but what is worth mentioning here is that for the last four years, there have been many deadly fires. so this is starting to become a recurring theme. and so it is not just what do we do with one individual fire, which is just try to put it out,

but how can we have a more jount effort to combat the results of climate change which abecoming more apparent. the heatwave is moving east. countriy like greece are expecting temperatures over 40 degrees celsius over the weekend. thele alert is still high for strong winds. people have been advised to stay away from forested areas and difficult areas where they may not be able to get out of in case of a fire. but it is becoming very much of a political issue, an economic issue, and an eu issue really about how the mediterranean especially can come together to try to combat this phenomenon. >> yeah, a collective effort certainly needed. i want to turn to the asia region now. selina wang, hottest days of the year are yet to come in china. and this as people are struggling with the surge in covid cases as well. >> reporter: yeah, it is really a double whammy for the people here, for the economy here. you've got surging temperatures

and surging covid cases. so no relief for the heat in china. there are 19 cities in the eastern provinces that are issuing red alert warnings on friday. that means temperatures are expected to surpass 104 degrees farenheit in the next 124 hours. more than 200 cities issuing orange alerts, temperatures expected to be around 95 degrees farenheit over the next several days. and as you say, it is not even the worst yet. china's weather authority saying that most of the country is expecting to enter the hottest period of the year this saturday. because according to the chinese lunar calendar, this saturday is the day of great heat normally marking the most sweltering days in a year. and for the past few weeks, this heatwave has been ferocious, temperatures have been persistently high since june. and according to state media, by mid-july this heatwave was covering half the country impacting more than 60% of the population. just last week dozens of cities

logged record high temperatures, some reaching more than 110 degrees fahrenheit. all of this is part of the global trend of more extreme weather driven by climate change and it is not just the heat hitting china but also flooding. the recent flooding in these past few months have displaced more than a million people and destroyed crops in central and southwest china. according to a government report also incredibly concerning to beijing is that temperatures in china are rising even faster than the global average, which can make these extreme weather events even more frequent and intense. that crop damage as well threatens to push up inflation putting more pressure on an economy already hit by the zero covid policy. we've also seen the heatwave push up electricity demand to extreme levels as people crank up that air conditioning. and all of this again as we see more snap lockdowns in china. at least 30 cities in full or partial lockdown and mass testing not stopping even in the scorching weather.

also growing reports of covid workers collapsing in the heat. >> we saw those terrible pictures yesterday. day of great heat coming. sounds pretty scary. derrick, elinda, selina wang, thank you all. and we've been following the shrinkage of the largest reservoir in the u.s. for years. now we have new disturbing nasa satellite images of lake mead. the picture on the left is from july 2000. the one on the right was taken gist weeks ago. the western u.s. where the lake is located is in a mega drought of water levels in the reservoir, at its lowest point since 1937. it supplies water to millions of people across seven states, tribal lands and northern mexico. diplomats in turkey are returning to the negotiating table to try to help millions put food on their tables. next a possible deal to unlock millions of tons of ukrainian grain and ease the global food

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u.s. house investigation into the january 6 insurrection has painted a dark and disturbing portrait of donald trump's final weeks in office. but thursday's primetime hearing revealed startling new details about what trump was doing as the riot unfolded. testimony from former trump white house attorney pat cipollone says trump ignored

pleas from everyone to call off the rioters. >> over to hours when there were subsequent statements made, tweets put forth, that in your view were insufficient, did you continue throughout the period of time unun up until hk 174:17 push for a stronger statement? >> yes. >> were you joined in that effort by ivanka trump. >> gentyes. mr. mark meadows. >> yes. >> and they knew the rioters would only listen to trump. when he did finally tell them to go home, the news spread instantly among the insurrectionists. >> i'm hear delivering the president's message. donald trump wants everybody to go home.

>> that's the order. >> he says go home. >> during the rally on january 6, trump had told his supporters that he would join him at the capitol and witnesses testified that he became irate when the secret service refused to let him go. the committee explained what happened next. >> at 1:25, president trump went to the private dining room off the oval office. from 1:25 until 4:00, the president stayed in his dining room. just to give you a sense of where the dining room is situated in the west wing, let's take a look at this floor plan. the dining room is connected to the oval office by a short hallway. witnesses told us that on january 6, president trump sat in his usual spot at the head of the table facing a television hanging on the wall. we know from the employee that the tv was tuned to fox news all afternoon. here you can see fox news on the

tv showing coverage of the joint session that was airing that day at 1:25. other witnesses confirm that president trump was in the dining room with the tv on for more than 2 1/2 hours. there was no official record of what president trump did while in the dining room. >> closing arguments are expected to start today in the con temgttempt of congress tria steve bannon. his attorney did not call any witnesses and bannon did not testify at his trial. he is accused of not complying with subpoenas for documents and testimony of the january 6 investigation. if convicted he faces mandatory minimum of 30 days in jail. u.s. house of representatives passed a bill thursday that would guarantee birth control access by protecting the right to buy and use contraceptive without government restrictions. the measure still must pass the

senate. it is among several bills that the house highways as been work since the supreme court overturned roe v. wade. eight republicans joined democrats to vote yes for the bill over birth control. the final vote was 228 to 195. the u.s. has identified his first case of polio in nearly a decade. the unvaccinated young adult had not traveled outside the country. polio can lead to irreversible paralysis and death. there is no cure but largely eradicated in the u.s. thanks to widespread vaccinations. health officials say the vaccinated population should not be at risk. britain's top spy is predicting russia's offensive in ukraine will run out of steam. he says russia will face supply

problems in the coming weeks which will create an opening for ukraine to strike back. this as ukraine says that the defense lines are holding steady despite russian ground attacks across the country. ukraine says russian artillery keeps on pounding the donbas region including the city hit by an airstrike. but as russia keeps on attacking, it is reportedly running through it stockpile of high precision weapons. ukrainian intelligence officials say moscow has already used up to 60% of them. meantime ukraine's weapon supply is getting a boost. the uk says that it will send hundreds more drones and anti-tank weapons to ukraine. as the war drags organization negotiators in turkey are trying to finalize a deal on opening ukrainian ports for brain exports. jomana karedsheh is live in istanbul with more. this has been a long time coming. what are the chances of will deal getting done today?

>> reporter: well, all indications are that in about five hours time we will see representatives of ukraine and russia sign an agreement with the attendance of the united nations secretary-general and also president erdogan that will pave the way for establishing a grain corridor for the export of ukrainian grain out of the black seaports as well as we've heard from the u.n. yesterday saying that it would facilitate also the export of russia food and fertilizer as well. now, last night it didn't seem like a deal had been finalized, although turkish officials came out with this announcement saying that the signing is happening, we heard the united nations announcing that the secretary-general was on his way last night to istanbul. it did seem that they were in the final stages with the secretary-general arriving really to try to push to the finish line. we heard less optimistic

rhetoric coming from the ukrainians and ukrainian officials saying that negotiations were continuing in turkey and that they could sign an agreement. there is security guarantees for ukraine. they have been concerned that once they open up their ports to this agreement, to this grain corridor, that russia could exploit that to attack odesa and other ukrainian ports. so now we're going to have to wait and see because it does seem this is going ahead in about a few hours time that they will be signing, we'll have to see what this grain corridor is going to look like. and how this is all going to work. what we've heard from officials in the past couple of weeks, you know, this has been a process that has been going on for weeks, intense negotiations that have been while the united nations and turkey working hard to try to get this agreement together. what we do know is that they wanted to establish a coordination center here in

istanbul and that there would be some sort of an inspection mechanism to ensure that these ships moving through this grain corridor are only carrying what they are supposed to be carrying, that there will be no weapons moved. we'll have to wait for the details and see how that is all going to on work out. what is not clear at this point, whether there will be any sort of operation to clear the mines in the waters. of course as we mentioned a lot of concerns from the ukrainians with opening themselves up to any sort of attack. biggest issue going forward is going to be implementation, how to ensure that the parties to this agreement will abide by the agreement especially when you consider the lack of trust between all sides. >> yeah, we'll watch and hope this happens. because as you know, there are millions relying on this ukrainian grain getting moving. thanks very much for now. germany says that it can't rely on russia to stay true to its word when it comes to future natural gas deliveries to

europe. russia resumed gas exports through the key nord stream 1 pipeline thursday after a ten day break for maintenance. eu was concerned that moscow could use to dramatically cut gas supplies as retributions for sanctions on russia. but germany says they can't depend on russia. so berlin is announcing new thrg security measures including a reactivation of some of its coal powered plants. it is peak travel season in europe, but good luck getting there. >> one of the worst constructed airports in the world to one of the busiest holiday destinations. we're going to ibiza spain. >> cutbacks are making it harder to fly. we'll take you along for the ride when we come back. us. a powerful .5% retinol that's also gentle onon skin. for wrinkle results in one week.

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airlines in the uk are being warned put passengers first or face action. a joint letter from the question tigs markets authority and civil aviation authority says airlines need to stick to the rules. they include not selling more seats than they can supply, giving customers plenty of notice for cancellations and meeting legal obligations when it comes to rerouting. all of this as long lines are frustrating passengers across europe. and anna stewart is live at one of the most popular vacation destinations in europe. ibiza, spain. all of this is causing significant chaos and misery for holiday makers right now. >> reporter: yeah, and i want to get an idea of just how disruptive it all is, so i went through me throw airport. and who doesn't want to go on vacation.

demand is huge.throw airport. and who doesn't want to go on vacation. demand is huge. biairli a but airlines are struggling to keep up. here is my trip to ibiza, spain. long lines, delays and cancellations. travel has never felt so chaotic. one of the best ways to really show you the issues is to take you for a trip. we'll go through one of the worst constructed airports in the world and to one of the busiest holiday destinations, we're going to ibiza, spain. and we were quickly confronted with challenge number one. we're too early. and we're not the only ones. what is the problem? >> can't check in. >> reporter: once bag check-in opens, this is the queu eflt. my advice is normally don't check in a bag this summer unless you really have to. but out of curiosity, we'll check one in any way. and i'm going to put a gps tracker in it so we can see where it gets to. tracking the bag is a good idea

particularly three heathrow. there have been mountains of lost luggage. bye-bye suitcase, hope to see you in ibiza. if that looks bad, look at this. i have never seen a queue like this. i'm honestly worried that i'll miss my flight despite that i'm three hours early. i wasn't allowed to check in a bag up two hours before the flight. but this queue is going all the way from security, it is snaking all the way around and then going all the way back down the airport's entranceway to the far corner. i'm fast tracked through, it is getting too close to departure. so no time for a shop. i rush to the gate only to find it is delayed. but a couple of gates down, there is a flight delayed by a lot more. 14 hours. these girls and many others excellslept here at the airport.

>> my children is sleeping on the floor. it feel cold. my children, yeah, it is really bad. me, yeah, i'm tired as well. >> reporter: this couple's flight woes started even earlier. >> my flight started in dublin two days ago and my first flight got canceled and then i started my flight yesterday to london, second one, and now this one got canceled also. and now i'm here and i hope today i will leave the country. >> reporter: are you ever traveling again? >> not to the uk. >> reporter: i made it on to the plane. it was an hour delayed. but that seems small fry compared to others. amazingly even my bag made it. of course it could all go wrong when i go back home, maybe i should just stay here. unfortunately, it appears my flight isn't delayed at this stage so i'll be heading back to

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