our coverage continues with wolf blitzer in a place i like to call ""the situthe "the situati" i'll see you tomorrow night. >>> happening now, determine stations at the u.s. supreme court where 50 years of federal abortion rights for women have been struck down. new reaction to the ruling overturning roe versus wade looking for the consequences for the nation and legal and health battles ahead. >>> also tonight, the house gives final approval to the first federal gun safety bill in decades as president biden

i'm wolf f blitzer, you're "the situation room". we begin with the u.s. supreme court decision undoing a half century old precedent and ending a woman's guaranteed federal right to an abortion. cnn justice correspondent jessica schneider has more on the ruling and ramifications. >> hell no we don't need roe. >> reporter: roe v. wade roe v. wade no longer the law of the land. eliminating the right to abortion and leaving all decisions concerning abortion rights to individual states. the final 5-4 majority opinion striking the draft from justice samuel a lee toe. in a dissenting opinion, the court's liberal justices lament the current state of the conservative court saying with sorrow for this court and many millions of american women who have today lost a fundamental constitutional protection, we descent. the monument l move made possible by asu supermajority including three of donald trump's nominees. voting to uphold mississippi's 15-week abortion ban but stopping short of overturning roe v. wade. it is a decision for two of the justices that voted to ov

i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." >>> let's get right to the new reporting on the texas school massacre as the investigation into police failures is clearly intensifying. here's cnn's senior national correspondent ed lavendera. >> reporter: tonight new questions raised in the investigation of the deadly school shooting in uvalde. texas state senator roland gutierrez says pete arredondo didn't have a radio with him at the scene, something that may have hindered his ability to communicate directly with police dispatchers. >> i have been told this person did not have, this person being the incident commander, did not have radio communication and i don't know as to why. >> reporter: gutierrez says he learned the school district chief didn't have a radio from a law enforcement official at dps. cnn has reached out to uvalde police and the school district for comment on gutierrez's statements and to chief arredondo to confirm if he had a radio but we have not heard back. >> arredondo is facing

our coverage continues now with wolf blitzer right next door in "the situation room." see you tomorrow. >>> happening now, just hours after yet another mass shooting here in the united states, this time in tulsa, oklahoma, president biden is preparing to address a nation still mourning the massacre in texas. in tulsa tonight, police say the gunman who killed four people including two doctors, was targeting a surgeon he blamed for his pain. and in uvalde, texas, a state senator now raising very serious questions about whether information on 911 calls was actually relayed to the school police chief. another layer of uncertainty surro surrounding the police response. our correspondents are standing by as we cover the mass shooting crisis in america. we want to welcome our viewers in the united states and around the world. i'm wolf blitzer and you're in "the situation room." >>> we begin with president biden getting ready to speak to the nation after the 233rd mass shooting here in the united states so far this year. let's go to our chief white house correspondent, kaitlan

i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." >> we begin with a new evidence that then-president trump was repeatedly told by some top officials and closest advisers that the 2020 presidential election was not stolen. the january 6th investigators say he didn't care. our ryan nobles has all the top lines from today's hearing. >> it was a lie that began on election night. >> we were getting ready to win this election. frankly, we did win this election. >> donald trump's false claim that he won the 2020 election before all the votes were counted. a lie he continues to peddle. one that some of his closest advisers told the january 6th committee they didn't believe. like his attorney general. >> he's become detached from reality if he really believes this stuff. >> his campaign manager. >> i didn't think what was happening was necessarily honest or professional at that point in time. so yeah, that led to me stepping away. >> and several top campaign lawyers. >> i remember telling him that i didn't bel

i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." tonight the american people have gotten a deeper look into donald trump's attack on democracy through the testimony of state level officials who defied him and wound up actually fearing for their own lives. let's get to all the testimony from the january 6th investigation. our chief congressional correspondent manu raju reports. >> you're a tyrant. you're a felon -- >> reporter: tonight the january 6th committee laying out in stark terms intimidation and pressure campaign from then president donald trump and his allies against state officials attempting to uphold democracy in states where joe biden won. >> what are we going to do, besides kill him? >> trump urging them to reverse the election results even though he was told repeatedly it was illegal. >> i said something to the effect of, sir, we've done dozens of investigation, hundreds of interviews. the major allegations are not supported by the evidence. >> reporter: rusty bowers, the republican arizona house speaker testified that

. >>> wolf blitzer picks up our coverage in "the situation room." that's next. >>> cnn's coverage of the january-6th hearings continues right now. i am wolf blitzer in "the situation room." it was a day of truly powerful, very dramatic testimony. the select committee making the case that donald j. trump used his power to try to corrupt the u.s. justice department for his own personal-political benefit. his goal of overturning the 2020 presidential election and staying in office, no matter the cost to the country. let's go trait to cnn pamela brown on capitol hill. pamela, the justice department buzz under extraordinary pressure from the very top to declare the election was corrupt. but doj clearly redistincted. tell us more what we heard today. >> you wonder if these people were not in the positions they were at the time, what would have heaped to democracy, wolf? these top-former doj officials described how they were essentially the guardians of democracy. relentlessly pressured by the former president of the united states, donald trump, to use the

our coverage continues now with wolf blitzer. he's next door in a place i like to call the situation room. see you tomorrow. happening now, new evidence is raising questions about ivanka trump's testimony to the january 6th select committee. this comes on the eve of the next hearing as we're also learning that panel members are boosting their own security because of increasing threats of violence against them. i'll talk with a key committee member who has been targeted, congressman adam kinsinger. also tonight, president biden is now calling for a three- month suspension of gas taxes. but congress is all ready balking. questioning if americans will get relief from record fuel prices. as gun violence rages, the senate appears poised to pass the first gun safety legislation in decades. but there are major hurdles ahead as house republican leaders are mobilizing against the bill. we want to welcome our viewers here in the united states and around the world, i'm wolf blitzer, you're in the situation room. we expect to see more distur

i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." tonight we're getting the most detailed and gut-wrenching account of what happened inside robb elementary school two weeks ago. a wounded teacher is now opening up about the slaughter as local officials keep failing to answer critically important questions. here is cnn's omar jimenez. >> our priorities are for the families who lost children -- >> reporter: despite a special security council meeting, tonight few answers from public officials. >> there is an investigation going on and we'll find out what happened. i want those answers just like everybody else. i want to be transparent. i want to be clear. there is a lot of questions that need to be answered and there are a lot of changes that need to be made before kids are going to be accepting of going back to school. >> it's now been two weeks since the shooting, but the pain hasn't gone anywhere. >> and i said if i die, don't let it be in vain. >> reporter: reyes was teaching his fourth grade class when they all started to hear guns

i'm wolf blitzer. you're in the situation room. >>> we begin with the biggest jump in interest rates in nearly 30 years here in the united states. the federal reserve prescribing new medicine for the ailing u.s. economy that may be tough to swallow for so many americans. brian todd is joining us live from outside the federal reserve. brian, this is truly a consequential move aim at trying to tackle soaring inflation. >> reporter: prices across the board were soaring out of control. the fed needed to do something. now it's a matter how the average american can absorb this. with prices surging and americans struggling to keep up, the federal reserve takes a bold tep stootame what seems like relentless inflation and races interest rates by 0.75%, its biggest hike in nearly three decades. >> we at the fed understand the hardship inflation is causing. we're strongly committed to bringing inflation back down, and we're moving expeditiously to do so. >> reporter: is this too much of a hammer from the feds? >>

i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." >> and we begin with desperate new calls for action on guns by victims' families and survivors of the most recent shooting massacres here in the united states. they gave voice to the unfathomable loss, the suffering, and the frustration felt by too many americans right now. our chief congressional correspondent, manu raju, reports. >> do you feel safe at school? why not? >> because i don't want it to happen again. >> you think it's going to happen again? >> 11-year-old mia cerrillo recounting in harrowing testimony how she pretended she was dead in order to avoid the massacre at her school in uvalde. >> there was a door between our classrooms and he went through there and shot my teacher and told my teacher good night. and shot her in the head. and then he shot some of my classmates and the white board. when i went to the back, he shot my friend that was next to me, and i thought he was going to come back to the room, so i grabbed the blood and put it a

i'm wolf blitzer. you're in the situation room. we begin with a nation on edge right now at a critical moment for the u.s. economy. tonight, president biden is making a new effort to calm americans' fears while also trying to defend his record. here's our chief white house correspondent, kaitlin collins. >> inflation, it's sapping the strength of a lot of families. >> reporter: president biden acknowledging the pain of higher prices in philadelphia today. >> gas is up and food is up, which we're going to get down come hell or high water. >> reporter: biden promising to bring prices down as the worst inflation in 40 years consumes his agenda and threatens his party's majority on capitol hill. >> jobs are back, but prices are still too high. covid is down, but gas prices are up. >> reporter: as part of a new messaging push, the president also ramping up his criticism of republicans. >> republicans in congress are doing everything they can to stop my plans to bring down costs on ordinary families. that's why my plan is not finished an

now wolf blitzer in "the situation room". i'll see you at 8:00 p.m. tonight. >>> happening now, a former white house aide paints a portrait of then president trump unhinged and raging on january 6th even when told many of his supporters were armed and violence could be imminent. it may be the most damning yet in the select committee's investigation and raises serious new questions about trump's state of mind and potential, potential criminal liability. we're breaking it all down including the new account of trump throwing a tantrum when the secret service refused to allow him to join the mob at the u.s. capitol. we want to welcome our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i'm wolf woblitzer. you're in "the situation room." former president trump and one of his top aides, cassidy hutchinson, dropped bombshell after bombshell on live television today. we're told even some trump allies were left speechless. ryan nobles reports on today's hearing and stunning new accounts of trump's actions before and during the insurrection. >> the mome

i'm obviously blitzer, you're in the situation room. >> this is cnn breaking news. >> former trump lawyer john eastman now revealing that federal agents seized his phone they investigate his role in efforts to try to overturn the 2020 presidential election here in the united states. our congressional correspondent ryan nobles is joining us. >> capitol hill. so, ryan, tell viewers what you are learning. >> that's right, wolf. this marks increase in the department of justice investigation into the former president donald trump and his allies to overturn the election results by -- thir investigating john eastman, the conservative lawyer at the center of that effort to try to pressure mike pence to stoond in the way of election results. eastman is claiming the federal investigators of the fbi stopped him when he was leave with a restaurant with his wife and friend, ask then aked for access his phone. that means they were able to seize the phone and that means the information on that phone is part of their investigation. now, eastman believes that seizure was illegal. he is complaining about i

i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." >>> for the first time in a week, we're now hearing from the man who led the widely criticized police response to the texas school massacre. cnn confronting the uvalde school district police chief and pressing hip about his decision not to immediately engage the gunman. listen to cnn's exclusive one-on-one with that police chief, pete arredondo. >> i want to talk to you about -- >> just to let you know, i spoke with them. >> i know you did. >> just so you know, obviously, we're not going to release anything. we have people in our community being buried. so we're going to be respectful. >> i just want your reaction to the direction that you were responsible for the decision to go into that room. how do you explain yourself to parents? >> we're going to be respectful to the family. >> you have an opportunity to explain yourself to the parents. >> just so you know, we're going do do that eventually. >> when? >> whenever this is done, the families quit grie

i'm wolf blitzer in the situation room. erin burnett, our friend starts right now. >>> a republican candidate armed and appearing with a tactical team calls on his supporters to hunt down fellow republicans. as a general six select committee is poised to hear from top republicans who stood up to trump's allies and had their own lives threatened. >>> plus, russia acknowledging he has captured two americans fighting in ukraine accusing them of committing legal crimes. the fiance, one of them is upfront tonight. help wanted, the ceo of one of the biggest airlines in the world, plead

i'm wolf blitzer. you're in the situation room. we begin with new evidence that at least one trump ally attempted to influence the january 6 committee's star witness, fearing what cassidy hutchinson would reveal to the panel and to the nation. cnn congressional correspondent ryan nobles is working the story. >> reporter: new information tonight about the january 6th committee's star witness, cassidy hutchinson. sources tell cnn that hutchinson was one of two examples that vice chair liz cheney used to show trump allies were putting pressure on former staff members to stay loyal to the president. >> our committee commonly acts witnesses connected to mr. trump's administration or campaign whether they have been contacted by any of their former colleagues or anyone else who attempted to influence or impact their testimony. >> reporter: witness intimidation among a growing list of potential crimes the committee believes trump and his top advisers could be at the center of. >> it's a very serious issue. i would imagine the department of

i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." >> first, let's get straight to the capitol hill and melanie zanona. the january 6th select committee says newly obtained evidence is prompting tomorrow's hearing on very, very short notice. so what do we know? >> well, wolf, it is still a bit of a mystery here. the select committee has only promised new evidence and new witness testimony. but if we're reading between the lines, it is clear that the select committee feels like it's uncovered new evidence that is so urgent and so important that they decided to throw together a last-minute hearing to try to get this information out as soon as possible. and just to put this into some context here, the house has already left washington for a two-week recess, so a lot of lawmakers aren't even here right now. we also were told to not expect more hearings until mid-july, so this was a complete surprise. what's not a surprise is the committee is still collecting evidence. that's because after the hearings began

our coverage continues now with wolf blitzer in the situation room. >>> happening now, the deadly toll from america's gun crisis keeps rising and rising with at least 13 more mass shootings over this-past weekend. we are on the ground in philadelphia where police now say multiple shooters opened fire in a crowd including two suspects charged just a short while ago. >>> also tonight, after the first attacks on kyiv in weeks, vladimir putin is now threatening to destroy new targets if the u.s. supplies long-range missiles to ukraine. this, as the fierce battle for a key city in eastern ukraine is changing right now by the hour. >>> and the january 6th select committee is promising chilling, new revelations about the insurrection during its first public hearing this-coming thursday. we are getting a preview of the prime-time event that is expected to include new testimony and evidence that's never been seen, before. we want to welcome our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i'm wolf blitzer and you're in "the situation room". >>> we begin with the mass-shooting crisis

i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." >> tonight, the january 6th select committee is expressing a sense of urgency ahead of the next public hearing on monday. members warning over and over again that democracy remains in danger and that former president trump is still fanning the flames. cnn congressional correspondent ryan nobles is covering the insurrection investigation. >> reporter: the january 6th select committee is making the case donald trump is to blame for what happened using the words of trump's closest allies like bill barr. >> i didn't agree with the idea saying the election was stolen and putting out this stuff the told the president was bull shit. >> reporter: and family members. >> i respect general barr and so i accepted what he was saying. >> reporter: to lay the groundwork that trump knew he lost the election but told his supporters he won anyway. the former president already pushing back taking to his new social media platform to claim his daughter had quote long since

wolf blitzer right next door in "situation room." cilee you next monday. >>> happening now as the january 6th select committee prepares to reveal more damning evidence against donald trump. the former president is now lashing out at the panel and at his vice president mike pence and bill barr. also tonight, there is new evidence that two u.s. fighters in ukraine apparently have been detained. we'll have the latest on their fate as well as a third american fighter who is now mismanage the war zone. >>> and president biden is acknowledging that americans are, quote, really, really down right now after this strain of the pandemic. and as they struggle with inflation and rising interest rates. we want to welcome our viewers here this the united states and around the world. i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." we begin with the first public response by former president trump to the damning evidence and testimony presented by the january 6th select committee. cnn's jessica schneider is following all the new developments in the

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i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." and we begin our coverage this evening with fresh fallout from last night's blockbuster january 6th hearing and new indications of where the committee plans to go during its next round of testimony. cnn justice correspondent jessica schneider has all the latest details. >> tonight, the impact being felt from the first hearing of the january 6th committee, as they set the stage for what's to come. some republicans are working to discredit the findings. while the former president is reacting to this stunning allegation. >> where have taware of the rioters chance to hang mike pence, the president responded with, quote, maybe our supporters have the right idea. mike pence, quote, deserves it. trump responding, i never said or thought of saying hang mike pence. this is either a made-up story by someone looking to become a star or fake news. the committee's first hearing focused on trump's central role encouraging the rioters. and his months-long efforts to discredit the election. leading t

well, last night i appeared with wolf blitzer on the situation room. we had this exchange. >> the committee did reveal former president trump was essentially cheering on the mob while his vice president made calls to stop the violence. what will you be listening for in the upcoming -- from upcoming witnesses from pence's inner circle? because they will be very, very significant. >> there's one game changer in this process. it's mike pence. how could the former vice president hear what we heard last night and not himself want to be a part of this process? he stands the prospect of being the john dean in all of this. and instead it's a story that's going to be told through aides unless something changes. we're still learning things about the vice president within the last hour. politico reported that the vice president was provided a legal memo in the days before january 6th where they were meticulously monitoring all of the election charges that were being made by the president and his supporters. they weren't finding merit in any of them. if he would d

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tonight, in an exclusive interview, short telling our very own wolf blitzer who he believes is responsible for the january 6th violence. >> i want to be clear, do you blame those surrounding the president for giving him bad advise or blame the then president himself? >> i think the buck stops with the president. he has responsibility to listen to advice or discard advice. i also think there were people around the president who i think served him very poorly and i think gave poor advice. >> he's not the only former white house aide who thought the president was listening to wrong people. campaign manager bill stepien said he was on team normal and not rudy giuliani's team that was pushing the election lie. former white house testified about to con sefbtive attorney general east plan the day after january 6th. >> today i only want to hear two words coming out of your mouth from now on. orderly transition. i don't want to hear any other effing words coming out of your mouth no matter what. repeat those words to me. >> what did he say? >> venaeventually he said order transition. i said now i'm

tonight, in a short, telling wolf blitzer, who he believes is ultimately responsible for the january 6th violence. >> well, to be clear, do you blame those surrounding the president for giving him bad advice? or do you blame the then-president himself? >> i think ultimately the buck stops with the president. he has the ability to listen to advice or discard advice. there were people around the president that served him very poorly and i think gave poor advice. >> re >> he is not the only former trump white house aide that thought the president was listening to the wrong people. bill steppian said he was on team normal and not rudy giuliani's team that was pushing the election lie. and eric hershman gave to john eastman the day after january 6th. >> i only want to hear two words coming out of your mouth from now on -- orderly transition. i don't want to hear any other words coming out of your mouth, no matter what, other than orderly transition. repeat those words to me. eventually, you said orderly transition. good, john. now, i'm going to give you the best free legal advice you're e

i'm wolf blitzer. you are in "the situation room." [ music playing ] we begin with fallout from the damming and most alarming testimony yet in the january 6th investigation. we have new reaction to what cassidy hutchinson said under oath and the possible criminal consequences for former president trump. we got a new statement a little while ago from cassidy hutchinson's lawyer. >> reporter: that's right, wolf, this comes as she is receiving criticism from her fellow republicans and those closely aligned with the former president donald trump, hutchinson is not backing down. she stands by all of the testimony that she provided yesterday under oath. and that testimony she provided, washington, it was very damming for donald trump and those close to his orbit. one day after a bombshell hearing featuring former white house aide cassidy hutchinson, tonight one senior how republican telling cnn this testimony will lead to indictment. pointing to white house chief of staff mark meadows and possibly even trump

that is treasury secretary janet yellen who told wolf blitzer she was wrong about which direction inflation was headed, that is of course something she said and also president biden and several of his top economic officials at the white house who down played the risks of inflation which of course now voters say is their number one economic concern and the president says is his top economic priority. his top domestic priority that he is dealing with. that is something that was on full display as he met with the federal reserve chairman jay powell at the white house on tuesday to talk about inflation. that is something that really president biden says is largely in the federal reserve's hands, and also making sure that they didn't send the economy into a recession, that is a major concern at the white house as they are facing new questions about that. but president biden says that he will remain hands off, let the federal reserve do what it feels is the best because they have also said inflation is their number one concern. though of course you are seeing in the poll numbers this is a problem

on cnn yesterday, new york city mayor eric adams told our wolf blitzer that new york city has been and will continue to be a safe haven. here in the heart of manhattan, it's important to remember, again, jim, the reason many people are coming together here, according to what they've been telling me for some time now, is to stand in solidarity with women in other states, some of them those trigger law states, to let women there know that they're not alone and to make sure their voices are heard all the way there. >> polo sandoval, keep us posted, thank you very much. >>> the court's decision to overturn a nearly 50-year-old ruling is producing a wild range of emotions. obviously democrats are showing plenty of outrage. >> you ain't seen nothing yet. women are going to control their bodies no matter how they try and stop us. the hell with the supreme court. we will defy them. >> on the other side, republicans are celebrating. they're celebrating the ruling including arkansas's attorney general who got emotional while certifying a law banning abortions in that state. >> i can't wait for o

i want to play you something he told wolf blitzer earlier tonight. >> do you blame those surrounding the president for giving them bad advice, or do you blame the president himself? >> i think ultimately the buck stops with the president. he has the responsibility to listen to advice or discard advice. but i also think there were people around the president who i think served him very poorly and gave very poor advice. >> how significant is it that he was willing to go that far? >> i think it is significant. look, both pence and those around him, like marc short, have made it pretty obvious he wants to run for president. and marc short is very close to them. they have been trying to straddle this issue, not alienate trump voters. so, the fact he would say the buck stops with trump is significant. that said, tomorrow is pence day. and i'm told that actually once again tomorrow we're going to see trump insiders, including administration officials, family members, all first-hand fact witnesses who will testify about what happened in the days leading up to and on january 6th between trump

now wolf blitzer in "the situation room". i'll see you at 8:00 p.m. tonight. >>> happening now, a former white house aide paints a portrait of then president trump unhinged and raging on january 6th even when told many of his supporters were armed and violence could be imminent. it may be the most damning yet in the select committee's investigation and raises serious new questions about trump's state of mind and potential, potential criminal liability. we're breaking it all down including the new account of trump throwing a tantrum when the secret service refused to allow him to join the mob at the

our coverage continues now with wolf blitzer right next door in "the situation room." see you tomorrow. >>> happening now, just hours after yet another mass shooting here in the united states, this time in tulsa, oklahoma, president biden is preparing to address a nation still mourning the massacre in texas. in tulsa tonight, police say the gunman who killed four people including two doctors, was targeting a surgeon he blamed for his pain. and in uvalde, texas, a state senator now raising very serious quon

but here you have the death numbers with wolf blitzer. and chester says we do this intentionally. we put the death toll on the screen to make it higher. he goes, we need more people to die so that our ratings are can go up at organizations like cnn. and many people in this room come up toam me, james, what's behind this? i'm showing you what's behind it. this is the media machine trying to scare you so they can make money, get ratings and to do what they do. but don't take my word for it. let me quote the guy behind the curtain. let's make it higher like isn't it high enough, you know today like it would make our point better if it was hot guys literally want >> with the guy's literally wanting the deaths to be higher. why isn't it higher? we need more people to die. this is, this is what -- this is our media. it's a disgrace. it's a disgrace. youut already mow this, but the- know this, but the more ec -- we can expose this, the better. we need more information. you can elect all the people you want to elected office, but unless you can change people's heartshe and minds including

and also expect to see video from the deposition of marc short who appeared yesterday, telling wolf blitzer how he warned the secret service the day before the riot. >> it became clear that the disagreements that had been discussed i think -- >> between the president and vice president? >> and the staffs were about to become far more public. and i think with thousands of people dekrscending upon washington, i thought it would be important. >> and a video raises more questions about a tour conducted by republican congressman barry loudermilk on january 5. that video shows a man taking pictures of tunnels, hallway, staircases and a security checkpoint within the capitol complex and what appears to be that very same man marching to the capitol on january 6 spouting threats against democrats. >> there is no escape, pelosi. schumer. nadler. we're coming for you. we're coming in like white on rice. for pelosi, nadler, schumer. even you, aoc. we're coming to take you out. we'll pull you out by your hairs. how about that, pelosi? >> loudermilk is pushing back on what he calls false accusations call

i'm wolf blitzer in "the situation room." "erin burnett outfront" starts right now. >>> "outfront" next, a deluge of evidence that's what a member of the january 6th committee says it now has. this is the doj reportedly drops multiple subpoenas in its investigation. >>> plus, a bad sign for trump? two candidates he endorsed were blown out in last night's primaries. as another candidate, dr. oz, erases mention of trump from his website. how tight is trump's grip on the zb gop? >>> and i'm going to talk to the fiance of one of the americans being held tonight in russia. let's go "outfront." >>> good evening. i'm erin burnett. "outfront" tonight, ramping up. the justice department is ratcheting up its investigation into january 6th. according to "the washington post" tonight, federal agents issued subpoenas on people in at least two states. part of a growing probe into how trump supporters tried to use fake electors to overturn the 2020 presidential election. at least one subpoena was delivered to the home of a georgia lawyer wh

it is not just president biden's top economic adviser but also janet yellen, she told wolf blitzer, she was wrong to call it transitory. that's something you heard not just from experts but repeated lid from officials here at the white house. it poses questions to the white house whether or not they did not do enough to prepare voters of the inflation numbers they are seeing. higher prices on groceries and gas. we know the president's top economic adviser was in the white house today. he did not call the mistake but what was happening is unexpected. >> kaitlan collins. thanks. more news ahead, we'll be right back. on most bookings. it's a bit functional. but we'll gladly be functional. so you can be free. booking.com booking.yeah one of my favorite supplements is qunol turmeric. turmeric helps with healthy joints and inflammation support. unlike regular turmeric supplements qunol's superior absorption helps me get the full benefits of turmeric. the brand i trust is qunol.

. >> what did you make of the interview wolf blitzer did last week with an individual law enforcement official from texas who said the reason the officers didn't breach the classroom is because they could have been shot, they could have been killed. what was your response to that? >> well, that's -- i mean, they forgot why they put on the badge and what they were trained to do. now, no one should just be reckless in attacking that door when it should have been attacked. you have to have that plan together. so some of the things we heard initially, once the shooting stopped, at whatever moment that was, and there's some dispute about the timeline, the person at the scene, whether it was the chief orsomeone else, should have been in the midst of figuring out what is the next step. yes, you want to contain them. next, you do want to control them. but you also have to be developing a plan. if you're the one who has to break into that building. it doesn't seem like anything like that was going on. and once the next round of shots started, then there was no question about what they should b

and his former chief of staff spoke to wolf blitzer. >> you were concerned about the vice president's security because of what the president was saying? >> because it was about to become a much more public occasion. and i knew that the president was about to express that in a more public manner that again, i'm not sure the consequences of that were thought through with thousands of people coming to washington. >> and republican congressman barry loudermilk is yet to speak to the select committee about a tour he gave the day before the riot. newly released video shows one man taking photos during the tour. committee members found that suspicious because those areas don't normally attract attention from visitors. he is seen apparently photographing congressional stairways, security checkpoints and hallways. and the next day he returned and recorded himself and others marching to the capitol. and he could be heard issuing ominous threats to democratic leaders in congress. >> there is no escape, pelosi. schumer. nadler. we're coming for ya. we're coming in like white on rice for pelosi, n

our coverage continues with wolf blitzer in "the situation room." >>> happening now, after an explosive primetime hearing, the january 6th select committee is now gearing up for round two, with the promise of more damning testimony and disturbing video aimed at proving former president trump was at the center of a conspiracy. we'll break down what we learned and what happens next. >>> also tonight, inflation here in the united states hits a 40-year high. fueled by skyrocketing gas

i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." >> we are now less than two hours away from the first televised select hearing on january 6th. proceedings like this don't come along very often. the incident that sparked these particular hearings has never happened before in this country's history and we don't yet know what their impact will be. we do know that some of what we will see and hear and learn tonight and in sessions to come will be for the very first time. in a moment i'll talk to committee member adam schiff, but first, cnn's ryan nobles on the committee's work so far. >> it has been just over 17 months since rioters violently stormed the u.s. capitol. breaking through windows, attacking law enforcement and coming within seconds of members of congress and for more than 11 months a group of nine members of congress have been investigating what led to that day including donald trump's false claims the election was stolen. >> we had an election that was stolen from us. it was a landslide ele

wolf blitzer is right next door in "the situation room." see you at 8:00. >>> happening now, republican state officials testify under oath about the threats they faced and the pressure they felt as then president trump pushed them to overturn biden's legitimate wins in georgia and arizona. we're breaking down all the key evidence from today's january 6th hearing. and that includes a new revolution that rudy giuliani admitted the trump team did not have evidence to back up claims of voter fraud. select committee members arguing that trump himself knew it was all bogu