are seeing a new round of trouble. more than 300 flights have been canceled today and more than 2,000 are delayed. pilots are protesting around the country. they say they are overworked and understaffed. it s been extremely frustrating. our pilots continuously step up day in and day out to get our passengers safely to their destinations, and the cumulative effects of these fatiguing schedules is adding up. and despite the high gas prices, it will also be a busy weekend on the roads. aaa predicts an all-time record, 42 million americans will hit the road, driving 50 miles or more for independence day. gas prices are dropping slightly, but they re still high. the average price per gallon of gas at $4.84. cnn s pete muntean is at reagan international airport and leyla santiago is at a gas station in miami. airlines have been bracing for this. how are things shaping up so far? reporter: this is the biggest test yet for airlines since they started to recover from the depths
provide invaluable insight into what donald trump was doing as the capitol was under attack. also, japan in shock and mourning. really, the whole world is in morning after former prime minister shinzo abe s assassination in a country that had only one gun -related death in all of last year. his killer used what appears to be a homemade gun to shoot a in a campaign speech. the u.s. economy added more jobs than expected as a red-hot job market shrugs off looming fears of a recession. what does this mean for interest rates and if i simply look into all of that. one of the most significant interviews for the january 6th committee, former trump white house council pat cipollone could reveal what was unfolding in the west wing at the capitol was under attack. with the latest, ryan, this comes after months of negotiation, what are we learning about his testimony today? reporter: the first thing, it is still happening. cipollone was seen walking into a white house of buildin
[ gunshot ] police apprehended the gunman just moments after he fired the two fatal shots from a homemade gun. an investigation into the shooter and his motive is now under way. abe s murder has shaken japan where gun violence is virtually nonexistent. a former abe adviser says the assassination is the equivalent of jfk s. abe was considered one of the most transformative leaders in post world war ii japan. selina, do we know anything this hour about the suspect and investigation? reporter: we have learned from police that the suspect confessed to shooting the former prime minister shinzo abe. he is a 41-year-old unemployed man and said that he holds a grudge against a specific organization and believes that abe was a part of it. the police declined to give any more details about the motive of the suspect, but right now there are 90 investigators working on this case. abe was shot at 11:30 a.m. local time during this campaign speech rally. he was shot in broad daylight. a
as some states rush to ban abortions, others work to protect them. hours ago mississippi certifying the state s trigger law that makes nearly all abortions in the state illegal. we re following all the developments and the supreme court s latest decision that sticks with a familiar trend, dismantling the separation of church and state. first to cnn national correspondent nadia in mississippi. nadia, talk to us about the state s latest move and where it falls in the big picture. well, we knew that the state s first female attorney general, lynn finch, was a big supporter of overturning roe v. wade. it was a matter of time before she certified the trigger law in mississippi. that happened just this morning. so now there s a ten-day period where the clinic behind me, the state s last abortion clinic can continue to perform abortions. today they are not performing abortions. the clinic is closed, but they will begin again tomorrow and for the next nine days after that. once tho
keeping a lot of this under wraps. the committee just announced a surprise hearing for tomorrow with very few details. it s set to begin at 1:00 and the committee is saying they will present what they re calling recently obtained evidence and saying they ll hear more witness testimony. no word yet on what the evidence is or who may be testifying, not even an indication on how many people will be testifying. but there has been this sense that the committee was getting inundated with new information and it was just last week that the committee remember jamie raskin talked after one of the hearings about this deluge of information that the committee had been receiving, including via the tip line they have, and even chairman benny thompson has been calling for more people to come forward. he s done it repeatedly after some of the hearings. we saw last week, that was hearing five, this would be hearing six, and last week showcased some compelling testimony. we saw three former top