andy scholes, thank you very much. new day continues right now. good morning, everyone. to our viewers in the united states and around the world it is wednesday july 27th, i m john berman with brianna keilar. this morning a criminal investigation into the january 6th insurrection is moving closer to former president donald trump. cnn reports key witnesses subpoenaed by the justice department in recent days include two top aides of former vice president mike pence who were asked specifically about the fake electors scheme and the role of trump s lawyers. in addition the new york times and the washington post report that federal investigators in april received phone records of key officials and aides in the trump administration including chief of staff mark meadows. attorney general merrick garland called the doj s january 6th investigation the most wide ranging in its history. he says they will go where the evidence takes them. criminally charging a former presiden
unprecedented step possibly, at least leaving the door open prosecuting trump saying no one is above the law. the federal reserve is meeting today. experts predict it could raise make its second significant rate hike in just six weeks. first, let s get more on the reports that the doj is asking questions about trump s actions around the january 6th insurrection. what more are we learning? reporter: good morning. what we re learning is from the washington post reporting that they ve asked a number of questions about trump s role. the department of justice and witnesses of trump s meetings, his pressure campaign on mike pence, as well as his role and knowledge of the fake elector scheme. this comes as doj has already interviewed key people in pence s orbit, two of his aides, mark short and greg jacob. those interviews before the grand jury occurred last week, a couple of weeks back for jacob. that s a significant step. it comes as garland, the attorney general merri
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prices have all created an entirely different life that what anna duran was used to. she now turns in recycling for cash. you get $1.37 a pound reporter: and works part-time as a caretaker but it barely covers the bills. this is my mortgage, $825.24. this is my car payment of $482.99. reporter: those are just some of the fixed costs. she lives in riverside county where the metro area s annual inflation rate in june was likely around 10%, higher than the national average. that s because people move to the relatively more affordable inland empire during the pandemic driving up population and demand for goods and services. not only have prices gone up, but folks in the inland empire can t shift to saying i ll work from home more in response to higher gas prices. they are the types of workers that generally have to actually commute into their workplaces. reporter: and duran needs to drive for her work as a
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