joining me are yeah mees alisyn door, jake herman, maria kumar and stephen hayes. welcome to sunday. it's "meet the press." >>> this is "meet the press" with chuck todd. >>> good sunday morning. and if you are waking up to another hot, sweaty day, you are not alone. over the past 7 days, there have been 359 daily high temperature records set across this country. and across the atlantic, europe is burning up as well. more than 1,700 people died in portugal and spain alone in this current heat wave that they're experiencing. in his 2006 documentary, former vice president al gore warned that we were going to experience rising temperatures, melting glaciers, trying lakes, more wild fires and stronger storms over the next 20 or 30 years. guess what? in the 16 years since that film debuted, we have seen rising temperatures, melting glaciers, drying lakes, more wild fires and, yes, stronger storms. we have experienced a lot of that in the last ten days alone. despite all the evident staring us in the face like the hot sun, the united states remains a reluctant soldier in

>> i was on with victor and alisyn the other day, and i said i am not anyone's rest stop on the road to redemption, and i stand by that. when it comes to january 6th, i don't care to hear anybody's apologies. i, you know, and that's just how i feel about the people that were involved in january 6th. >> right, right. >> i want accountability. >> right, right. >> do you think you're going to get it? do you feel you're heading this that direction, or are you still skeptical? >> i mean, it remains to be seen, i guess, you know, i've seen -- the doj has done an outstanding job, their line prosecutors, line supervisors with charging the individuals that were involved in the activity that day. i mean, it's a little bit disheartening to see some of the light sentences and watching people get charged with, i don't know, trespassing when you know what the ultimate purpose for their presence that day was. >> mm-hmm. >> the light sentences. i don't know what the sentences will be with the individuals involved in my assault. i guess i'll, you know, i'll be able to better answer that once i see wh