and costly holiday weekend for july 4th travelers. just how much will drivers have to pay at the pump? good morning to viewers here in the united states and all around the world, it is friday, july 1st. i m john berman with brianna keilar. someone within the trump orbit tried to influence the testimony of cassidy hutchinson. three sources tell cnn that is what hutchinson told the january 6th committee. she was one of the two witnesses who received threatening messages shown at this week s hearing. committee vice chair liz cheney suggested that was only a fraction of the evidence they have related to what she called possible witness intimidation. and the new york times is reporting that trump s political organization and his allies paid for or promised to cover the legal fees of more than a dozen witnesses called to testify in the january 6th investigation. this is raising more ethical and legal questions about witnesses being pressured and the possibility of trump try
live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom with kim brunhuber. ukraine s president will be appealing for more international aid this week when the ukraine recovery conference gets under way in switzerland. he urged his fellow ukrainians to stay optimistic. here he is. translator: no matter how difficult it is for us today, we must remember that there will be tomorrow. and tomorrow should bring maximum benefit to ukraine. everyone should do absolutely everything possible for this. russia s relentless rampage in ukraine is now most heavily focused on the key city of lysychansk, one of the few places still under ukrainian control in the donbas. a local ukrainian military official says the city is on fire. meanwhile days after russian forces abandoned snake island in the black sea, ukraine s military is claiming it destroyed some of the equipment russians left behind. as they put it, russian spirit does not stink there anymore. scott mclean is joins us live from the ukrai
welcome to the lead. i m kaitlan collins in for jake tapper. we start with the money lead. wall street closing this hour mostly flat after today s jobs reported exceeded expectations. great news, obviously, but not slowing rising prices and fears of a recession. according to the bureau of labor statistics, the united states added 372,000 jobs in june and on average american paychecks are up 5.1% in the last year. but that s not keeping up with inflation, which jumped 8.6% annually in last month s report. that s a problem for president biden as he is struggling to convince americans his economic agenda is working. my economic plan is moving this country in a better direction. reporter: more signs on friday of a robust u.s. labor market. the economy adding 372,000 jobs in june, far beating economists expectations and the unemployment rate remaining at 3.6%, near historic lows. president biden celebrating the news, saying the u.s. has now recovered all of the jobs lost du
to the capitol. a window into a president unhinged on january 6th. now backed by cnn sources. inside trump s own security detail. the president reached i towards the front of the vehicle to grab at the steering wheel. that story was circulating among the secret service and is in line with what cassidy hutchinson testified to. school district police chief pete arrondo resigns from the sk city council. it s a hectic holiday weekend as airlines struggle the meet post-pandemic demand. despite soaring gas prices, a record number are hitting the roads. the legal battle over abortion is beginning the take shape state pi state. this is not over. the president warns a republican congress would ban abortions nation wide. this going to go one way or the other after november. we begin with new information appearing to corroborate some of stunning details from the january 6 committee testimony. we heard this week former aide, cassidy hutchinson said president trump boiled
up. now 69.45. reporter: the u.s. headed towards a recession if it isn t already in one. top administration officials carefully treading around those suggestions. i don t want to say we will be in a recession because we are doing everything we can to get our economy and bring costs down. are we in recession? what this suggests on the employment side in the labor market we have a very healthy economy. reporter: the federal reserve has been quickly raising interest rates to try to cool the economy. the central bank widely expected to announce another major rate hike later this month. the president understands that in order to bring down inflation the fed is going to, you know, needs to cool the economy to some extent. now, on a day like today you really see what a uniquely challenging moment this is for president biden and his white house. we have a very strong labor market with strong job gains. the unemployment rate remains low, wages are going up but high