president trump to fight as commander in chief. also, former president trump making an emergency request to the supreme court asking the high court to intervene in that dispute over materials the fbi seized from mar-a-lago over the summer. they request the 100 or so documents become part of the special master s review. and next hour, president biden and jill biden will head to florida to var the destruction in the wake of hurricane ian so far claimed 109 lives. the president will meet with florida governor ron desantis. also he ll speak with homeowners, business owners, people that have been wiped out by the storm. we ll get to that in a moment. first, let s begin with our cnn law enforcement correspondent on this on what was a secret reporting played in this second day of the oath keeper s trial. what more can you tell us? this is a huge moment very early on in the trial. the doj is passing this audio recording as proof that these five people on trial for conspiracy be
hurricane ian. 76 people were killed, after the storm tore through the state, governor ron desantis says more than 1,600 rescues have been made since the storm struck. this left some communities unrecognizable. littered with wrecked homes as well as boats, as as you saw there. more than 628,000 customers are still without power and the destruction may just be coming to light. governor ron desantis is defending officials in lee county where half of the storm related deaths have been ann announced. they re facing criticism for issuing evacuation orders a day later than the neighboring county. here s what nadia romero was told. is that one of the things you ll be reviewing once we get out of the i can t aftermath. lee county should have had the evacuation order sooner from what we reviewed? the issue is they informed people and most people did not want to do it. that s the reality. you re in a situation, are you going to grab somebody out of their home that doesn t want to
for the juneteenth holiholiday, the biden administration and officials around it are not taking the weekend off. yesterday, i spoke with energy secretary jennifer granholm who projected optimism despite economic challenges. the president is really focused on preventing these inflationary increases to the extent he can, inflation is happening globally, recession is in the inevitable, the president really wants to have a steady and stable recovery. but, of course, one of the biggest pieces of these infla inflationary increases we re seeing is the price of fuel. the growing number of experts disagree with that assessment. 44% of economists surveyed by the wall street journal now believe a recession is likely within the next 12 months. that is as the federal reserve raises interest rates, a move that should cool inflation at the risk of also hurting economic growth. among the top concerns when it comes to inflation, those record high gas prices. the white house says it is l
deadly weekend in america. since friday there have been ten mass shootings across the country, no area immune from the violence of course. the shootings happened at high school graduation parties in south carolina and texas, at a funeral outside a church in kentucky, multiple shooters then firing into a crowd on a busy street in philadelphia killing three people. and in tennessee shots rang out at a nightclub, all told 15 people were killed, dozens more hurt in these mass shootings. the gun violence archive now says there had been 246 mass shootings in the united states this year. the math not fully calculating the pain. 33 of those that we are talking about here just since the uvalde school massacre nearly two weeks ago. cnn s polo sandoval is live in philadelphia starting us off at this hour. another city in pain, another investigation into deadly gun violence now under way. polo, what are you learning? kate, unlike those calculated and planned massacres we have seen rece
christi paul. president biden meets with the president of south korea, to strengthen their alliance. back at home, his domestic challenges are mounting. one of them includes the baby formula shortage. we have parents this morning that share their story as they struggle to find a supply for their premature baby. and the january 6th committee zeros in on a gop congressman over a tour he gave of the capital complex the day before the insurrection. plus, a scorcher of a weekend. over 35 million people bracing for record hot temperatures. we re going to break down your forecast and tell you what you can expect. we begin with a crucial overseas trip for president biden. the president in seoul, south korea, on a visit aimed at shoring up u.s. alliances and strengthening economic ties. mr. biden arrived at the state dinner in seoul just moments ago, giving a toast. this is his first trip to asia as president. he met with south korea s newly elected president yoon suk-yeol e