tropical storm system closing in on florida. it s bringing heavy rain. there s already some flooding, as you can see, from these pictures we re getting in. there are 10 million people under tropical storm warnings right now. the timing and potential impact coming up. plus the show goes on despite the queen s absence. the platinum jubilee celebrations that are under way today. we are so grateful you re starting your weekend with us. it s saturday, january 4th. good morning, christi. good morning, boris. let s talk about the two former trump administration officials. they will not face charges for contempt of congress in the january 6th investigation. now the department of justice says it won t indictment former white house chief of staff mark meadows and former jeopardy chief of staff dan scavino. it could hinder the committee s efforts to enforce subpoenas. another trump ally is facing charges. a grand jury indictmenting former adviser peter navarro for contempt of
president. plus water rescues under way in miami as a tropical cyclone makes its way onshore with more than 10 million people in its path. and celebrating 70 years on the throne. who is attending the queen s platinum jubilee and who isn t. newsroom starts now. hello, everyone, thank you so much for joining me, i m fredericka whitfield. we begin in wisconsin where a former judge is now dead, targeted in a bizarre plot to kill government officials. former juneau county circuit court judge john roemer was gunned down in his home on friday. police say the suspect also shot himself. sources say the gunman was also planning attacks on wisconsin governor tony evers and senate minority leader mitch mcconnell. cnn s whitney wild has the details for us today. whitney, what more are you learning? reporter: fredericka, sources tell cnn the suspect had a list of targets and officials say this was somehow related to the judicial system. just how? was it one case, was it several c
to act on criminal contempt referrals for the former white house chief of staff and deputy chief of staff, a decision the january 6th committee calls puzzling. the committee will hold its first ever public hearing on thursday night. they plan to show previously unseen material documenting january 6th, call witnesses, and provide a summary of its findings so far. cnn has learned that two people directly tied to former vice president mike pence have received invitations to appear. this as a stunning report in the new york times says one day before pence certified the election, a top pence aide warned the secret service that trump was going to turn publicly against the vice president putting him in danger. the secret service disputes that account. of course we now know how january 6th unfolded. we want pence! we want pence! and joining me now is veteran democratic strategist james carville. great to see you. thanks for doing this. after the justice department made that ann
then, i don t want to die, quote of a student who called 911 as a gunman was inside her cl classroom. did the police on the scene ever eve hear her plea for help? i m erin burnett, 100 days of war, destruction and death, grim milestone in putin s invasion of ukraine. his blitzkrieg on kyiv failed but tonight, ukrainian military officials say once again putin is ramping up, flooding ukraine with more troops and reenforcements and artillery as i speak and they say he s said to have, quote, partial success in the east of ukraine in a key city of severodonetsk. but success in this horrific war for putin, again, just means leveling places, utter destruction, rendering them unhabitable. it s unclear how much of is left of severodonetsk at this point and the red cross, as destruction rushes past in eastern ukraine, in their words, defies comprehension. these images show what is left of a high school in the east in another town, every single window blown out. there s nothing left, it
country that, quote, victory shall be ours. 100 days in, the cost of victory is steep. a top red cross official saying the scale of destruction in ukraine, quote, defies com compre comprehension. nearly 7 million ukrainians have escaped the violence by leaving the country, according to the u.n. millions more displaced and war cutting short the lives of at least 243 ukrainian children, according to officials. for 100 days, the world has witnessed the cruelty of russian forces, bucha, now home to hundreds of war crimes investigations after the russian invaders left behind mass graves filled with the bodies of the innocent, of women and children. a theater sheltering innocent women and children bombed despite the giant words written outside in russian twice, children as an attempt to appeal to russians humanity. despite this, 100 days in, ukrainian forces stand strong, stopping an invasion of their capital and sinking the jewel of russia s fleet of warships. matthew chance is