STIFLING HEAT ACROSS THE PACIFIC

NORTHWEST KEPT TEMPERATURES AT

OR ABOVE 100 DEGREES AGAIN.

THE EXTREME CONDITIONS COULD

LAST THROUGH THE WEEKEND.

IF SO, SEATTLE COULD SET A

RECORD TOPPING 90 FOR 6 DAYS IN

A ROW.

OFFICIALS SAY THE HEAT MAY HAVE

CAUSED 4 DEATHS SO FAR.

THERE'S A NEW REVELATION IN THE

JANUARY 6TH INVESTIGATION.

"THE WASHINGTON POST" REPORTS

TEXT MESSAGES FROM THE

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

ARE MISSING FROM THE PERIOD

BEFORE THE ATTACK ON THE U.S.

CAPITOL.

THE TEXTS WERE SENT BY

THEN-ACTING HOMELAND SECURITY

SECRETARY CHAD WOLF AND ACTING

DEPUTY SECRETARY KEN CUCCINELLI.

THE DEPARTMENT SAYS THE MESSAGES

WERE DELETED AFTER THE OFFICIALS

TURNED IN THEIR PHONES.

THE CHAIR OF THE JANUARY 6TH

COMMITTEE, BENNIE THOMPSON, SAYS

IT'S EXTREMELY TROUBLING THAT

THE SAME THING HAPPENED AT DHS

AND THE SECRET SERVICE.

THE U.S. HOUSE OF

REPRESENTATIVES HEADED TOWARD A

VOTE THIS EVENING TO RESTORE A

BAN ON SEMI-AUTOMATIC WEAPONS,

OFTEN USED IN MASS SHOOTINGS.

DEMOCRATS AND REPUBLICANS SPLIT

DOWN PARTY LINES AMID CLAIMS AND

COUNTER-CLAIMS ON THE MERITS OF

A BAN.

REP. FISHBACH: MY COLLEAGUES ARE

PROVING YET AGAIN THAT THEY WANT

TO STRIP LAW-ABIDING CITIZENS OF

THEIR SECOND AMENDMENT RIGHTS.

THE LATEST SO-CALLED ASSAULT

WEAPONS BAN IS UNCONSTITUTIONAL

AND WILL IMPACT OTHER ASPECTS OF

AMERICAN LIFE.

REP. MCGOVERN: YOU HAVE THE

RIGHT TO KEEP AND BEAR ARMS BUT

YOU DON'T HAVE THE RIGHT TO OWN

WEAPONS THAT ARE USED TO MOW

PEOPLE DOWN INDISCRIMINATELY.

RIGHTS COME WITH

RESPONSIBILITIES AND WE HAVE THE

RESPONSIBILITY TO TRY AND STOP

MASS SHOOTINGS.

JUDY: A BAN ON ASSAULT-STYLE

WEAPONS WAS ENACTED IN 1994, BUT

EXPIRED IN 2004.

PREVIOUS ATTEMPTS TO RENEW IT

HAVE FAILED, AND THE BILL THAT

PASSED TODAY IS EXPECTED TO

STALL IN THE SENATE.

ANOTHER MAJOR INFLATION GAUGE IS

POINTING TO PRICE HIKES FOR SOME

TIME TO COME.

AN INDEX WATCHED BY THE FEDERAL

RESERVE SHOWS A JUNE INCREASE OF

NEARLY 7 PERCENT FROM A YEAR

AGO.

AND, EMPLOYEE WAGES ROSE 1.6

PERCENT.

THAT COULD FUEL NEW INFLATION IF

EMPLOYERS PASS THE COST TO

CONSUMERS.

MORE OIL COMPANIES HAVE REPORTED

RECORD PROFITS FOR THE SECOND

QUARTER AT A TIME WHEN GAS

PRICES SOARED.

EXXONMOBIL MADE NEARLY $18

BILLION, AND CHEVRON TOOK IN

ALMOST $12 BILLION.

AT THE SAME TIME, OIL PRODUCTION

FELL SLIGHTLY FROM APRIL TO MAY.

THE INDUSTRY HAD SUFFERED

WIDESPREAD BANKRUPTCIES AND

LAYOFFS IN THE FIRST YEAR OF THE

PANDEMIC.

IN UKRAINE, SHELLING IN THE

DONESTSK REGION TODAY KILLED

SCORES OF CAPTURED UKRAINIAN

FIGHTERS, AND EACH SIDE BLAMED

THE OTHER.

THE RUSSIANS SAID AT LEAST 53

UKRAINIAN PRISONERS DIED AND 75

WERE WOUNDED.

THE ATTACK LEFT BURNED RUBBLE

WHERE JAIL CELLS HAD BEEN.

MEANWHILE, PRESIDENT VOLODYMYR

ZELENSKYY VISITED A BLACK SEA

PORT, WHERE UKRAINIAN GRAIN

SHIPMENTS ARE SET TO RESUME.

PRES. ZELENSKYY: OUR SIDE IS

FULLY PREPARED.

WE SENT ALL THE SIGNALS TO OUR

PARTNERS, THE U.N. AND TÜRKIYE,

AND OUR MILITARY GUARANTEES THE

SECURITY SITUATION.

AS SOON AS THE TURKISH SIDE AND

THE U.N. SIGNAL THAT THEY

BELIEVE THEY ARE READY TO

RECEIVE CARGO AND WE ARE READY

TO EXPORT, EVERYTHING WILL

BEGIN.

JUDY: ZELENSKYY SAID HE BELIEVES

THE FIRST SHIPMENTS COULD SAIL

BY TOMORROW.

U.S. SECRETARY OF STATE ANTONY

BLINKEN AND RUSSIA'S FOREIGN

MINISTER SPOKE ABOUT A POSSIBLE

PRISONER SWAP IN A PHONE CALL

TODAY.

BLINKEN SAYS HE AGAIN URGED THAT

MOSCOW RELEASE WNBA STAR

BRITTANY GRINER AND PAUL WHELAN,

A CORPORATE SECURITY EXECUTIVE.

THE SECRETARY DID NOT SAY HOW

THE RUSSIANS RESPONDED.

POPE FRANCIS HAS CLOSED OUT HIS

6-DAY VISIT TO CANADA WITH A

FINAL APOLOGY TO INDIGENOUS

PEOPLES.

IN QUEBEC CITY TODAY, MEMBERS OF

HIS AUDIENCE SHED TEARS AS THE

PONTIFF SAID CHURCH MISSIONARIES

HELPED OPPRESS NATIVE PEOPLES

FOR CENTURIES.

LATER, HE FLEW TO THE ARCTIC

CIRCLE TO MEET WITH SURVIVORS OF

RESIDENTIAL SCHOOLS.

THE POPE RETURNS TO ROME

TONIGHT.

ON THE PANDEMIC -- THE U.S.

GOVERNMENT AGREED TODAY TO BUY

66 MILLION UPDATED COVID VACCINE

DOSES FROM MODERNA.

THE UPGRADED BOOSTERS WILL

TARGET THE HIGHLY CONTAGIOUS

OMICRON VARIANT.

THEY'LL BE STOCKPILED FOR THE

FALL, WHEN HEALTH OFFICIALS SAY

A NEW WAVE OF INFECTIONS MAY

STRIKE.

AND, ON WALL STREET -- STOCKS

CLOSED OUT A WINNING MONTH,

BUOYED BY STRONG CORPORATE

EARNINGS.

THE DOW JONES INDUSTRIAL AVERAGE

GAINED 315 POINTS TO CLOSE AT

32,845.

THE NASDAQ ROSE 228 POINTS.

THE S&P 500 ADDED 57.

FOR THE MONTH, THE DOW GAINED

MORE THAN 6.5%.

THE NASDAQ ROSE 12%.

THE S&P 500 JUMPED 9 PERCENT --

ITS BEST SHOWING SINCE NOVEMBER

2020.

JUDY: STILL TO COME ON "THE

NEWSHOUR"...

HOW A POTENTIAL SENATE DEAL

COULD LOWER AMERICANS' HEALTH

CARE COSTS.

FAR-RIGHT SUPPORTERS OF FORMER

PRESIDENT TRUMP'S ELECTION LIES

VIE FOR OFFICE IN ARIZONA.

THE SISTER OF AN AMERICAN

DETAINED IN RUSSIA DISCUSSES HIS

EXCLUSION FROM THE PROPOSED

PRISONER SWAP.

PLUS MUCH MORE.

>> THIS IS "THE PBS NEWSHOUR"

FROM WETA STUDIOS IN WASHINGTON,

AND IN THE WEST FROM THE WALTER

CRONKITE SCHOOL OF JOURNALISM AT

ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY