reporter: chairman bennie thompson publicly claiming the january 6th house select committee will not refer former president trump or anyone else to the justice department for criminal prosecution. what i prefer that we complete our work and seal that work with the department of justice. and they will make that call after that. reporter: even without a referral, the justice department would prosecute. but some committee members feel those comments are premature. we have had a discussion about that. i thought we discovered that decision until we concluded our investigation, at least that s my understanding. reporter: vice chair liz cheney pushing back on thompson s statement. writing in a tweet, the january 6th select committee has not issued a conclusion regarding potential criminal referrals. despite the discord in the committee, attorney general merrick garland said he s monitoring its findings. i am watching. and i will be watching all the hearings. and i can as
the president s visit comes as his administration is facing mounting pressure following this, you know, 41-year inflation high that we re seeing and a huge surge in gas prices. the nation s national average for gas, $5.02 a gallon now. all of this as a key inflation measure slowed slightly last month. also this morning, the white house is now confirming that the president will be traveling to the middle east, specifically to israel and saudi arabia, in july. we re also learning his visit will include a meeting with the saudi crown prince, mohammed bin salman. remember, president biden had previously called the kingdom a pariah for its role in the killing of washington post journalist jamal khashoggi. that was before he became president. we ll have much more on that in a moment. plus, the january 6th committee is postponing now a hearing that was scheduled for tomorrow. a member of the committee saying this was due to technical issues. we ll be live on capitol hill with
learned trump s inner circle told him the fraud claims were false. within the committee, a significant public split over whether to send a criminal referral to the doj, and so that s where we want to begin today with democratic congresswoman of virginia who is on the select committee. she s joining us now. thank you so much for taking the time, congresswoman. the chairman says that a criminal referral is not going to happen. i know you and other committee members say that s not been decided. why isn t everyone on the same page? well, what i d say is it s correct that this hasn t been decided. we haven t got ton that point yet as far as the committee making a formal decision. the chairman says it s not going to happen. he went that far. well, we are continuing to have discussions within the committee, and i would say that this is something that is a very important topic for us to decide and decide as a whole committee, and we will make that decision and that announcement
another prisoner swap? then, the same kind of technology used for the best covid vaccines, mrna, is showing promise in treating other conditions, including some cancers. welcome to the lead. i m jake tapper. we start with our money lead. prices are up and the stock market is down. president biden is trying to put a positive spin on the economy, today insisting that tackling the worst inflation the u.s. has seen in decades remains a top priority. during a speech in front of the afl-cio in philadelphia, the president touted his administration s coronavirus relief efforts, record new job creation, and low unemployment levels. sure, but that s likely little consolation to the millions of americans paying record prices for everything from food to gasoline. especially as many economists predict the federal reserve will drastically hike interest rates tomorrow to try to get control of the inflation. president biden will try to address one of those crises, gas prices, now avera
reporter: let me explain how this worked for barbara. doctors first removed her tumor and a sample was flown 4,000 miles to biontech in germany. we wha we want to do, identify the mutations from the tumor from the block. because it s nonmutated. reporter: the next step involves using a computer algorithm to figure out some of those mutations should become targets for the vaccine. the ones that barbara s immune systems will recognize. too took about six weeks for barbara s custom cancer treatment to be created. once it made it over the atlantic, the first vaccine dose was infused into her blood. that was december 15th 2020. around the same time that mrna vaccines for covid became available. along with her standard chemo and immunotherapy, barbara has