2016. before he was elected to congress. but then, he took off with the money. santos, for his part, denies the story. we have his response for you tonight. and there are new details tonight about what investigators found when they searched the home of the alleged killer of four college students in idaho. and what it could all mean for the case. i m get right to the court appearance today. that losing republican candidate who is charged in connection with shootings at homes of new mexico democrats based on his grievances for having lost. joining me, the top law enforcement official in new mexico. attorney general torres. nice to see you, thanks for coming. thanks for having me, laura. is a truly disturbing case. many people are looking at it scratching their heads in part, but also thinking, is this the result of what happens when you have got election denialism or what do you think that you are entitled to a certain result. this is not a case that you are personally pros
more history will also be made in the high court in minutes. judge ketanji brown jackson will be sworn in as the first black female justice on the supreme court. she will take the oath just after justice stephen breyer officially retires. let s start with cnn s jessica schneider. she is live at the supreme court for us this hour. quite a way to round out the term. reporter: absolutely. two big decisions from the supreme court. first in that 6-3 decision the supreme court really restricting the epa s power to regulate carbon emissions from power plants. and at the same time the supreme court here is sending a signal that for big issues, big decisions from the epa and even other agencies, those big issues and decisions could eventually be struck down by this court if they weren t explicitly written out by congress as agencies having the power to do. so this is what the chief justice john roberts wrote in his opinion saying it is not plausible that congress gave epa the author
senator joe manchin s team confirming that he will, quote, unequivocally not support any climate provisions in the democrats economic package or consider raising taxes on the wealthy or corporations. moments ago president biden took off for saudi arabia in a highly anticipated and controversial meeting with the crown prince mohammed bin salman. the president is seeking to boost oil flow and reset the relationship with the kingdom, less than two years after vowing to make saudi arabia a pariah for its human rights abuses. cnn s kaitlan collins and wolf blitzer are in jeddah, saudi arabia, where the president will be visiting. wolf, to you first. the president, before he left the west bank, met with the palestinian authority president mahmoud abbas this morning. he continues to advocate for a two-state solution, announced an aide, but right now there are no substantive talks between the israelis and palestinians. where do those negotiations stand and where does a two-state
unilaterally subvert democracy. also this morning, new photos obtained by abc news show vice president pence and his family in hiding on january 6th, after pence was rushed off the senate floor. you ll remember by secret service as rioters broke into the capitol. i think the public probably is not aware of how close a call this was. the rioters came very close to capturing the vice president and i think there is very good evidence that they would have done harm to him, perhaps even killed him. so this was a close call. that was congresswoman zoe lofgren who sits on that select committee, testifying today, very significant testimony, coming from retired federal judge michael luttig, highly respected conservative judge, once one of justice clarence thomas closest advisers, previously clerked for justice scalia, considered by former president george w. bush as a nominee to the high court himself. that s why his words carry such weight, especially on a day like today. in a
alone. and they re expected to rise even further as we reach peak summer travel season. the high prices also driving inflation to the highest level since 1981. the consumer price index jumping 8.6% in may compared to the same time, same month last year. now the white house calling that staggering increase uncomfortably high. cnn s christine romans has more now on these troubling new numbers and how wall street is reacting. american consumers are still feeling the pain of higher prices for just about everything, but especially at the pump. look, the may consumer price index, that number up 8.6% from the year before. the fastest since 1981. and when you look at just the month, prices rose 1% from april to may, 1%, that s a big move in one month. core cpi, which they strip out food and energy which can be more volatile, that rose 6% from last year. prices across the board more expensive than last year. largely driven by shelter, the biggest yearly gain there since 1991. food u