d. c. john, it's good to have you with us tonight on the day be this, this is insane. turning a nuclear power plant into a war battlefield, but that is exactly what has happened in ukraine. now, nuclear reactors are being turned into potential nuclear weapons. is that what we are watching here? what we're watching is a true case of bad judgment. having a war near so much radioactive material invites the possibility that some things could go terribly wrong. now that the nuclear plants at supper asia are strongly built, they are more modern than the one to noble. was that to explode it in 1986. but they're not made to stand up to heavy weapons and actual fighting that's going on that could be going on around what should, what can the rest of the world, the international community do then to revert a nuclear disaster there. but it's very clear why we are in this situation, and that is because russia chose to invade its neighbor and to seize control of the nuclear plant, along with a substantial por

d. c. john, thanks so much for being on this news. our. these certainly marks of dramatic escalation and the justice department's criminal inquiries into trump. do you think they will prosecute him? i have no idea. so they obviously obtain to search warrants, grabbed over about 10 boxes or so out of merrill lago. they have released the warrant, which says if they were looking for classified information or national defense information, and they provided an inventory that says some of the documents that were seized for labeled as confidential, secret or top secret. it does not say what the nature of the classification was. president trump has said that when he, while he was so president, that he had declassified all of those records. president broad unilateral authority to declassify documents and at least one member, a high ranking official in his administration, is supporting that claim just on that before laying on it. even if he d classified the documents as he's saying that he did. there's a procedure in place for that, and if you follo

d. c. john's us from there. so mike, how i fact people this executive order to be what is the 2nd executive order that the president assigned on record brought back to back? and essentially what it does is direct the health secretary to investigate ways in which women's rights to reproductive health access can be improved. in particular ways in which women who cross state lines for medical treatment including abortion, are protected. so it is in the form of a directive, more than a executive order as such. but it's part of a multi pronged approach by the by did administration to reverse the impact of the supreme court decision doing away with roe, the wade, the long standing precedent, which guaranteed a woman's right to choose. that this is the by an administration. now, gathering all its elements together in ways to explore in how to guarantee the woman's rights to reproductive health. now, this is going to be a multi agency task force which will be bringing together all the bodies who will try and achieve thi

d. c. so john kirby saying that israel's got the full support of the united states . what else is the white house been saying about this? well, the by that ministration is also reaching out to what it calls the relevant parties . asking them to try to calm the situation to not aggravate attentions and to try to was stop by the violence that has been erupt. ing, i'm in is in southern israel and in the gaza strip by all day on friday and into the overnight the by didn't ministration of course is are very much committed to a 2 state solution. but it has also been a very clear and we saw this when the u. s. president joe biden was in israel and occupied west bank recently that he knows that the situation is not at a place where the parties couldn't negotiate in good faith on trying to achieve a separate palestinian state. and so the president feels that his role is to try to promote trust building between the 2 parties to try to focus on economic development for the palestinians. but certainly the outreach that is coming from the by net ministration is really not going to

d. c.? >> good morning to you, john. thank you for having me. what sets it apart, i think, are two things. one is just the beauty of the building and the magnificence of the marble statue by daniel chester french, the largest marble monument portrait in the united states. then and now. what further has set it apart in the last four score years, not coincidentally, is the use of the space that i'm sitting, on all the way to the steps as a platform for the discussion of grievances, for the aspirations for a more perfect union, for what lincoln called his unfinished work. so, this place, rather than just a tribute to lincoln, has evolved into the setting for demonstrations, for gatherings, for meetings, for concerts, that all point to completing that unfinished work of his. >> describe where you are, for viewers who have been to the lincoln memorial, what they should know about that space. >> so, i am sitting, i'm very bad at this, about 50 feet, 40 feet from the reflecting pool, which is on the far end of the monument. of course, the memorial is behind me, up 87 steps, i think i've got that

d. c. so stefan the white house held a press conference later tupelo seize trip lesson to watch at the national security spokesman john kirby had to say, we're obviously monitoring her travel as we always do for members of congress. and we've taken all appropriate measures to ensure the safety of her travel throughout the region. let me be clear. the speakers visit is totally consistent with our long standing one china policy. we've been very clear that nothing has changed about i want child policy. so again, the white house rates rating that pelosi strip is not officially supported by the president, and this is just her decision. how much liberty does she have when it comes to making such decisions? all the liberty she wants as long as she doesn't impair on the national security of the nurses of america. then probably the pentagon slash whitehouse would step in by the house that in with advice with telling the speaker of the house. this is not right, this is not good and you are endangering actively enjoying life. this is he and not the case. it is not the case that miss philosophy made this decision to go. finally d

john just via skype from washington d. c. so is this a fulfillment or a weapon? i zation of justice. she'll take on it. well, it's unquestionably an extraordinary movement. i mean, we've never had a f b. i raid on the home of the former president before. but a couple things are worth pointing out to start. first of all, in order to do this, the f b, i would have had to have gone to a federal judge and a provider that sealed affidavit laying out probable cause that conducting this raid, would you evidence of a federal crime? the federal crime edition here appears to be whether trump illegally removed classified documents from the white house to his home in moral lago. now, that said, we're still so pointing out that this is not about the january 6 investigation. we spent endless time talking about that with the january committee hearings and everybody's been talking about whether the justice tamara was going to prosecute trump for that. this seems that this is a separate investigation. so worth keeping in mind. now it's also worth keeping in mind that it is not at

john: we return to the u.s. economy. our guest is heidi shierholz, president of the economic policy institute here in washington d c. remind viewers what epi is, your mission? heidi: the economic policy institute is a think tank centered on middle income in economic policy discussions, to use the tools of economics to actually uplift those people. john: how are low and middle income people doing in today's economy? heidi: that is a very good question. this recovery has been an absolutely remarkable to cover. -- recovery. we lost 22 million jobs in march and april of 2020. it was the most sinking feeling i could imagine. it was twice as many jobs we lost during covid compared to the great recession ended took -- and it took 10 years to recover from the great recession. so i thought this was going to be a nightmare and was going to particularly had low and middle income people. because that is what happens when there is a recession and what happens when there is a slow recovery like the aftermath of the great recession. congress did step up to do the kinds of policies that we needed to spur a strong recovery. and we ha

d. c. mike, let's start with the details if this alleged assassination plot, airfare, the u. s. foreman, national security advisor, john bolton. what exactly is alleged have happened? well, the justice department has outlined an elaborate and lengthy murder for hire plot which began some 18 months ago when sharon per se allegedly contacted somebody within the united states and persuaded him to act as essentially a murder for hire. promising some $300000.00. should he kill john bolton now unknown to put sophie was the fact that this individual was an f b i, informant. so he informed the authorities. the authorities were abreast of the plot as it developed. now this another twist in it as well. it's been revealed to by the justice department that the sophie also offered a $1000000.00 for a 2nd target. now sources close to mike pompei of former direct up the sea of the cia and the former a foreign secretary is saying that it was my campaign who was the 2nd target for which $1000000.00 was promised. so there's a lot of details that the justice department has provided. one must make clear though that sophie is still at larg

and john hallman reporting from occupied eastern salon let's bring in my cpanel, are crossing over to washington d. c. that's where mike is joining us from mike as also a former bureau chief and, and jerusalem. mike, am any official word from the u. s, where you are nothing yet from the biden administration? obviously they are watching the situation closely in the past. the response to this type of conflict as always, being the u. s. insistence on a 2 state solution to resolve this ongoing crisis, but no reaction as yet. obviously we will keep you well informed, but just some context in some background. this is the 5th major confrontation between israel and the palestinians in garza. the last was a year ago that lasted for 12 days, but these are recurring site killer type events. the israelis claiming that they had received intelligence of a possible attack out of gaza following the killing of her senior islamic jihad, a commander. but these are a cyclical in a way and compounding. the problem is the nature of what is happening in the region as a whole. obviously you have the conflict between the isr

john quincy adams died. he had died in washington, d. c.. he was also temporarily interned, but for a shorter term, at a congressional cemetery, before being, being brought up north to boston to be buried in quincy. and so the train was almost -- it wasn't really meant to be a funeral train, it was just meant to be a form of transportation to take him north. but meanwhile, people would gather at the tracks and and they would, men would take off their hats when the train passed and it really became a place of mourning, that funeral track. and for people who didn't have the means to go to the funeral in d. c. or didn't have the wherewithal to go to quincy for the ceremonies, were able to have their brief moment with the former president to pay their respects. abraham lincoln's funeral train in 1865, really, is probably the funeral train that is the most famous funeral train of them all. and again, i mentioned it earlier, there is the intersection of railroad technology but also embalming, which was perfected during the civil war. so mary todd

john issuing at play. so there is a lot of support within the us for finding out what happened exactly to serene when you came away from those meetings in d. c. did you feel helpful? did you feel that something was going to happen? well, of course i was filled with hope i was very encouraged to be honest, after leaving the head with so many allies, you know, over 80 members of congress have joined our call for us investigation that lead to accountability, including representative andrew carson justice pushed in to and senator don hall in continuous efforts in the senate, calling for answers to a lot of questions they have raised. so it is clear that we are not shooting from me and the only one was disappointed and who's calling for investigation. but it's also senator ref, senator is representative and that shows o d u. s. administration have to do the maximum. so knowing that we have that support is definitely encouraging. and hopefully i'm also looking at more support online have a look here, my laptop honoring shearing. apple clay, you keep pump, you try to keep up with all the honors that have been showered posthumously on your aunt. isn

boiled water. bottled water and plenty of patients, john handwritten al jazeera live to our white house correspondent, kimberly hawk it in washington, d. c. kimberly the biden administration has put fixing infrastructure as one of the key priorities. but what does the situation here tell us about how hard that's going to be? well, the american rescue plan, which is designed and was passed in march of 2021, is designed to fix some of the economic and racial disparities that exist in the united states. and jackson, mississippi. as a really good example of that, where this is a largely african american population, there's a 25 percent poverty rate. and as a result, there just isn't the tax base to fix and repair the infrastructure. so that's where the american rescue plan comes in. the problem is this takes time to repair and so this flooding has really shown, then exacerbated problem. and so what we know right now is that the white house is coming in the, in the short term to try and help. and that's what this white house is done is the president biden has declared in a national burden, cert least, an emergency in the state of mississippi

john stewart joined them to voice his support for legislation to camp veterans who have suffered toxic exposure. afghanistan, war veteran tom puerto is helping them in washington. d. c, to illustrate how, how diverse on these exposures are, for example, um and cobbling quote save over a 1000000 people but without a modern sewer system. so you've got airborne feces blows around there and you're breathing. that's what i breathed every day. and then you've got the diesel generators of power. all of our operations are, they're probably half the size of this room. and they're belching black smoke and service members or breathing that every day in may 2021. the burn pants team went to washington. d. c. they demanded the inclusion of 23 respiratory illnesses on the list of conditions, the qualified veterans for v, a benefits. and how can we need a presumption of the various cancers and a respiratory illnesses. and i'm, you know, division disorders and lymphomas that are occurring in the veterans population for all these talks, exposures. defense contractors can view the u. s. congress as willy walker's chocolate factory. while veterans are back there like oliver, with a bo

john schwartzberg from uc berkeley school of public health. thank you. you're welcome. thank you. a lightning strike in washington , d c. has killed a couple from wisconsin and two other people were critically injured. the lightning strike you saw there happened last night in lafayette park across the when the lightnt the area. the status of the two other people injured has not been released. foxes robert ray has more now on the severe weather conditions. more than a week after catastrophic floods swept through eastern kentucky communities are still cleaning up piles of mud and debris. thousands have sought shelter, leaving many to wonder what's next. we know we can get the material objects back. the lives that matter. the national weather service says this area could see more rain through saturday, which may lead to additional flooding in communities were roads and bridges have been washed away. kentucky governor andy beshear says frequent wellness checks are taking place as the region braces for more rain. these folks have worked night and day for the last eight days. they're getting supplies all across the board. the

pennsylvania democratic senator candidate john fetterman back on the campaign trail more than three months after suffering a stroke. >> if i am your next senator to washington d. cacross the street from your steel plant. >> rally members of the united steel workers tuesday, fetterman was on message but often halting in his speech and occasionally dropped wordsmiths ants. >> being anti union is anti-american. what is wrong for demanding four an easy, safe kind their income, a path to a safe place for them to win. excuse me, to work. >> fetterman declined to answer questions from cnn and other reporters at the event. a campaign spokesperson told cnn that fetterman is doing really well, walking 5 to 6 miles a day and following doctors orders. they did not say when the public will receive a status update from his physician about his condition. instead, pointing to a june letter from his doctor that said fetterman would return in six months for a checkup and noting a july interview with the pittsburgh post-gazette, where the 53-year-old said he had nothing to hide, while acknowledging he at times struggles with hearing, may miss a word or similar words together. >> i

d. c. and mike, what are you hearing about this possible? hi, one trip. well in the last few minutes, we being briefed by the national security council advisor, john kirby, who reiterated the administration's position, that the decision to go to taiwan will be that of the speaker and that of the speaker alone. any announcement about the decision to go there will come from the speaker, start from the speaker herself john kirby speaking about the absolute separation in terms of influence of the administration of the white house and congress. he says it's something that president biden knows well from his time in the senate that decisions are taken independently in congress with no influence whatsoever from the white house. that is john kirby's position. he insisted though, as well that the u. s. policy in no way has changed, it remains the one china policy, and he reiterated that this is what president biden told president she in the 2 and a half our conversation last week. saying that even if the speaker does visit, this does not change us policy one iota, but could be went on to say that china is adapting a more menacing posture in recent days. he speaks

d they drew the lines they have to compete against each other in this district. they arere both right now committee chairs and the democrat led house. after tonight, john , c someones not going to have a job at about 71% of the estimated vote coming in. jerry nadler right now has an easy lead here with fiftyea six percent of the vote. saraj patel, age thirty eight said it's time for new blood tried to a inject themselves into the race. and right now he's finishing running rather in a distant third. let me try and show you what i'm talking about here, sean. if i could just tell our viewers at home, newark, new jersey out here, manhattan ,the five boroughs, the bronx ,queens, brooklyn, staten island, this is manhattan right here. nadler had the light blue district for decades. it ran all along the upper west side, west side and midtown out in the brooklyn here, carolyn maloney ran the dark district, t upper east side, midtown manhattan, western edge of queens. remember that special master i mentioned? they read you the lines. new york lost the seat here and manhattan's 12th district is encompassed entirely in thism area and again, as i mentioned between malo

john roberts, samuel alito, brett kavanaugh and amy coney barrett and neil gorsuch. in 1990 leo began his career as a clerk for a judge in u.s. court of appeals in washington, d. c. he met and became close friends with clarence thomas. the following year leo was hired as one of the first paid employees of the federal society, although he delayed his start there to help thomas through his supreme court nomination. the washington post puts it in a 2018 piece. quote at the federalist society, leo took a leading role in the conservative legal movement, part of bridging effort to counter the influence of the 1960s and liberals and education, law and politics. that effort ramped up when george w. bush was elected. leo became an outside adviser to the bush white house on judicial nominations. he organized the campaigns around john roberts and samuel alito's nominations to the court both of which of course were successful. during the bush years leonard leo also developed a reputation, a well earned one as a conservative money man as the post reports. he expanded that role even after president obama took office, especially in the wake of the 2010 citizens united ruling wh

john: we return to the u.s. economy. our guest is heidi shierholz, president of the economic policy institute here in washington d c.viewers what epi is, your mission?