With the fate of the American economy hanging in the balance, the Federal Reserve took action today not seen in decades. Steve Liesman breaks down if the Fed made the right decision. Plus, new surveillance video shows Republican Congressman Barry Loudermilk leading an hours-long tour of the Capitol the day before the January 6 riot, with members of the group taking pictures of security checkpoints, stairs and hallways. And we take a look at a new report that found nearly 400 crashes in the U.S. over a 10-month period involving self-driving cars. Also, Perry Russom reports on the ground in Ohio, where nearly 200,000 homes are without electricity after a heat wave scorched the U.S.

Valerie Castro reports live from outside Bozeman, Montana as Yellowstone National Park closes indefinitely due to flooding from a combination of heavy rain and melting snow that added as much as 9 inches of water to rivers and streams in some areas. Plus, Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell is set to announce another aggressive interest rate hike to beat back inflation. And Amber Heard tells NBC News she stands by every word of her testimony in her defamation trial with ex-husband Johnny Depp. Also, we take a look at how fentanyl dealers are targeting teenagers on social media.

Over and over, advisers told President Trump his stolen election claims were completely bogus, but he kept pushing the "big lie" that led to a violent mob storming the Capitol on January 6th. That’s the case the January 6th Committee laid out today during their second public hearing. And the major indexes posted a sea of red today, with the Dow closing down nearly 900 points, and the S&P 500 closing in bear market territory. It comes days after the Labor Department reported inflation in May had its biggest jump since 1981. Plus, a bipartisan group of senators announced they’ve reached a tentative agreement on new gun legislation. Also, for the first time, an all-Black group of climbers made it to the top of Mount Everest.

The White House is on the defense tonight as inflation rises again, rattling Wall Street and draining the bank accounts of Americans. Consumer prices jumped by 8.6% in May from a year earlier, the biggest increase since 1981. And the school district police chief in Uvalde, Texas breaks his silence and defends the hour-long delay in confronting the gunman as children were dying and trapped inside a classroom with the killer. Plus, we have new information about what the January 6th Committee plans to do in the next set of public hearings. And Geico is ordered to pay $5.2 million to a woman who got HPV after having sex with her then-boyfriend in his insured car.

“Our democracy remains in danger. The conspiracy to thwart the will of the people is not over.” That is from Bennie Thompson, chair of the House select committee, as his panel begins to tell America the details of the January 6th attack on the Capitol. And the FBI has arrested two people in the past 24 hours who are accused of participating in the January 6th insurrection, including Ryan Kelley, a candidate for Michigan governor. Plus, The Grand Rapids, Michigan police officer who shot an unarmed Black man in the back of the head is now charged with second-degree murder.

Today, a Uvalde shooting survivor, a victim’s parents and a pediatrician testified before Congress about the massacre. The parents called on lawmakers to pass new gun restrictions. And an armed man was arrested near the home of Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh. According to court documents, he said he was there to kill the Supreme Court justice. Plus, a group of U.S. Olympic gold gymnasts and dozens of other women are filing more than a billion dollars in claims against the FBI. Also, scientists continue to monitor omicron subvariants spreading in the U.S. as Moderna releases new data about its booster shot.

Today, Matthew McConaughey made a powerful, impassioned appeal at the White House for Congress to finally act and pass common sense gun reform that most Americans agree on. And we’re now hearing the harrowing story of an Uvalde teacher who was wounded and played dead for more than an hour while inside the classroom with the gunman. Plus, voters in California are heading to the polls in what’s become a referendum on Democrats’ handing of crime. Also, an FDA advisory panel voted overwhelmingly today to recommend a new Covid vaccine that’s made by Novavax. If regulators sign off on the vaccine, it will be the fourth shot authorized for American adults.

Shootings across the country at graduation parties, a nightclub, a strip mall and a busy street full of nightlife became deadly over the weekend. Valerie Castro reports on details of a Philadelphia shooting that left people who were enjoying a night out running for their lives. Plus, the mother of a boy wounded in the Uvalde elementary school shooting is preparing to sue the police in an effort to get information about their response. Also, U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson narrowly survives a no-confidence vote from his own party. Plus, why Elon Musk is threatening to pull the deal to buy Twitter.

A new bombshell investigation from the New York Times reports the incident commander who was in charge of the police response to the Robb Elementary School shooting showed up without a police radio to communicate. We have live reporting with the latest from Uvalde, Texas. Plus, the Justice Department charges former Trump aide Peter Navarro with contempt of Congress as he refuses to talk to lawmakers on the January 6th Committee. And pomp and circumstance on full display again today in London to celebrate Queen Elizabeth’s Platinum Jubilee. Also, the Scripps National Spelling Bee comes down to its first-ever spell-off leaving the final two contestants with just 90 seconds to spell as many words correctly as they could.

“How many more innocent American lives must be taken before we say enough?” President Biden asked that tonight in an address to the nation in which he called for a ban on assault weapons and high-capacity magazines. Plus, the latest from Tulsa, Oklahoma as police say a former patient walked into a hospital and killed four people before turning the gun on himself. Also, a state lawmaker in Texas says the Uvalde school district police chief was apparently not informed about 911 calls coming from inside Robb Elementary School where a gunman slaughtered 19 children and two teachers.