justice. we want to welcome our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. we begin with new evidence that at least one trump ally attempted to influence the january 6 committee s star witness, fearing what cassidy hutchinson would reveal to the panel and to the nation. cnn congressional correspondent ryan nobles is working the story. reporter: new information tonight about the january 6th committee s star witness, cassidy hutchinson. sources tell cnn that hutchinson was one of two examples that vice chair liz cheney used to show trump allies were putting pressure on former staff members to stay loyal to the president. our committee commonly acts witnesses connected to mr. trump s administration or campaign whether they have been contacted by any of their former colleagues or anyone else who attempted to influence or impact their testimony. reporter: witness intimidation among a growing list of potential crime
americans feeling it? lucas tomlinson at the white house for us. hi, lucas. lucas: hi, jackie, good morning, 30 minutes away from president biden s granddaughter being married here at the white house in his first public remark from returning in overseas trip. president biden try today reassure the public that the economy is getting stronger. and our approach is working. it s going to take time to get inflation back to normal leverages as we keep job market strong so we can see setbacks along the way, i don t doubt that but so far we are in good shape but we are laser focus on that. lucas: remarks to virtual audience and ceo of ford probably talking about electric vehicles and the president of the automated workers, jackie. this chart did not make it in the president s presentation, inflation being 1.4% when biden was sworn into office, it s been over 7.5 all year remaining at
to get this done or do you hope that democrats increase their numbers. that seems like a tricky proposition. it s not clear beyond calling for it what the president is willing to do. audi, how hungry are democrats to actually see president biden try, try to fight for abortion rights? well, i think it s not just about abortion rights, it s about the idea of if you re asking your activist base to get out and vote, right, just please vote any time something goes wrong. there s some activists who are starting to hear that cry and think it s the equivalent of saying thoughts and prayers in another scenario, when in fact they want to see action. if you re asking them to vote for you in the midterm elections because you can take action but then when you are in power you don t ever seem to take the actions that they re interested in, that s when you start to see disillusionment and disinterest.