in his effort to overturn the election results. she also said that trump s tweets lay out perfectly his plans to overturn the election results. the times says there are several factors that committee members are considering in this. several factors could worsen or complicate things. for example, there s a possibility a criminal referral of trump could jeopardize the chances of other criminal referral that the house has sent to the doj because it may look like political pressure from a democratic majority congress on the justice department to get this done. there is a lot left to do from the committee. the clock is ticking here. they have an unofficial deadline of the midterm elections to get all this wrapped up and done, cori. allie raffa on capitol hill, thanks. let s bring in jacqueline alemany, a washington post congressional investigations reporter and msnbc contributor. welcome in, jacqueline. thanks for being here. we heard the white house may have enough evidence to make a
hill. the new york times reports the house committee has enough evidence to make a criminal referral to the justice department but are split on whether or not to do so according to people involved in the discussions. nbc s allie raffa on capitol hill. what s holding them back? reporter: cori, remember the original goal of the committee is to investigate the attack on the capitol and make sure it can never happen again. after months of investigating members are telling new york times they actually have evidence of criminal charges for former president trump, and the times is reporting that members are disputing and conflicted over whether to send those charges and refer those charges to the justice department for possible criminal convictions. this is significant, cori. we ve seen members of trump s inner circle, like steve bannon, dan scavino, mark meadows, have their criminal contempt referrals sent to the justice department. but so far the former president
crews in place. nbc s ali arouzi in lviv, cnbc s charlotte reid is in paris covering the french election and the impact it could have on ukraine. and richard lui has more on the shipping crisis and the impact on wheat prices. we want to bring with ali arouzi in lviv. these russian tanks are sig snalg a new stage in this war. what s the latest? reporter: that s right, cori. images show an eight-mile-long con void filled with armored vehicles, a whole host of heavy goods heading south. they re right now east of kharkiv and the intelligence is saying they re probably heading to izzium, a town the russians captured about a week ago. it s very strategic because they ll probably use it as a launching ground, a staging
most, such as har mored vehicles or short vessel weapons to contain the black sea fleet of the russian federation. reporter: with all this hardware, cori, they re changing their top brass. they ve appointed a new general to oversee the region, general dvornikov. he has a wealth of experience fighting in syria, considered a hero in russia. other people would say he has launched a brutal campaign in syria. they re expecting that same sort of brutality to be launched in the donbas area by him. he was accused of bombing hospitals and civilian areas in syria. we ve seen them do that here in ukraine. they re expecting a much wider campaign of brutality by him. but it s going to be much more coordinated. before he was appointed none of the jns and commanders were really working in cohesion with each other.
how will this affect every day americans? cori, it could cause more pain at the pump, but president biden has been facing pressure to do more to punish putin. these measures come amid yet another attack against ukrainian civilians. congress rarely agrees on anything these days but the senate passed both bills unanimously with minimal opposition until the house, the first codified biden s executive action from march, banning russian oil imports and the second, suspending normal trade relations with russia, which essentially paves the way for tariffs. now, as for what the biden administration will do to ease the blow here in the states, press secretary jen psaki said that a federal gas tax holiday is still a possibility. take a listen. it is certainly on the table and certainly something we continue to consider. we have seen a number of states