grand jury in Georgia over attempts to change the state's 2020 election

results. He acted as personal attorney for then President Trump and

is now a target of the investigation. Giuliani arrived at a courthouse

in Atlanta this morning and left after more than six hours.

He said he would not be able to discuss his testimony. Former vice

president Pence implored fellow Republicans today to stop verbal

attacks on the FBI. Violent threats against agents have been growing

since the search of former President Trump's estate in Florida in

Manchester, New Hampshire. Mr Pence said that he, too, has questions

about the search, but the threats are out of bounds.

Republican Party is the party of Law and Order.

Our party stands with the men and women who serve on the thin blue

line at the federal and state and local level.

And these attacks on the FBI must stop.

The former vice president also said he would consider testifying

before the Congressional committee investigating the January 6th

attack. The nation's top public health agency announced a shake up

today after being widely criticized for its response to Covid 19

and two monkeypox. The head of the CDC doctor, Rochelle Walensky,

said the organization has fallen short in many ways.

The overhaul will include staff changes and steps to speed up data

releases.

Traffic deaths have been rising since pandemic lockdowns faded two

years ago, and they are still rising. The National Highway Traffic

Safety Administration estimates that more than 9500 people were killed

in the first three months of this year. That was the highest number

for a first quarter in two decades.

Overseas Germany voiced outrage today at remarks by Palestinian President

Mahmoud Abbas on the Holocaust. It happened in Berlin last night.

At a news conference with Chancellor Olaf Schultz. Abbas accused

Israel of committing quote 50 Holocaust against Palestinians. Schultz

said nothing at the time, but today, his spokesman condemned the

remarks.

Cancer is important. And the German chancellor is disgusted and appalled.

By the words of Mr Abbas. Making comparisons to the Holocaust, with

its more than six million dead is completely unacceptable to do so

on German soil is inexcusable.

More than six million Jews died at the hands of the Nazis during

the Holocaust. In a new statement today, President Abbas said that

it was quote the most heinous crime in modern human history.

Syria has denied that it is holding American journalist Austin Tice

or other Americans. It called the claim misleading and illogical.

Last week, President Joe Biden mark the 10 year anniversary of Tyson's

disappearance in Syria and accused the regime of involvement. China

is shutting down factories and rationing electricity amid severe

drought and record heat.

Months of scorching temperatures have wilted crops in central and

northern China and hydropower reservoirs are critically low in the

southwest Back in this country. The latest heat wave has arrived

in the Northwest, pushing temperatures well over 100 degrees. California's

power grid operator urged cuts and usage today to prevent blackouts.

Three national pharmacy chains have been ordered to pay more than

$650 million for their role in the opioid epidemic. A federal judge

in Cleveland ruled today that CVS, WalMart and Walgreens old that

amount to two Ohio counties, at least two of the companies say they

plan to appeal.

And on Wall Street, Big tech stocks retreated and lead the broader

market. Lower. The Dow Jones industrial Average lost 171 points to

close at

9 33,080. The NASDAQ fell 164 points more than 1%, the S and P 500

slipped 31.

Still to come on the news hour. Tensions linger as the loser of Kenya's

presidential election challenges the results.

One of the United States' largest hospital centers hold an art collection

valued in the millions plus much more.

This is the PBS news hour from W. E to studios in Washington and

in the West from the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism at Arizona