we have a stronger and better position to tackle inflation than almost any other country around the world. what juneteenth does it channels a way for america to talk about slavery and to talk about it without and tim dags and anguish to honor slaves who have never been honored. i m pamela brown in washington. you are live in the cnn newsroom. happy father s day to all the dads out there. and we begin tonight with new cnn reporting. u.s. intel is warning of another potential russian plot to interfere with the 2022 midterms. homeland and national security officials say they are worried kremlin meddling like hacking into smaller and more local election authorities in this country and creating disinformation campaigns could have a significant impact on the november elections. so this is not new, isaac, the idea of meddling in the elections. we know similar campaigns were used during the 2016 election and after that as well. what has changed with the threats since then?
the decision not to lie even though donald trump told them to, it s their turn next in front of the january 6th select committee. one of them set to testify in the coming days, the election s boss in the state of georgia, brad raffensperger. he was on the other end of that infamous phone call with the then president of the united states who was desperately scrambling to come up with votes that didn t exist. so look, all i want to do is this. i just want to find 11,780 votes, which is one more than we have because we won the state. raffensperger is expected to appear with his deputy gabe sterling, and now we know that rusty bowers, the arizona house speaker who backed trump s re-election but also refused oto go along with his scheme will be joining them. earlier i spoke with the committee member of the january 6th committee, congresswoman zoe lofgren. these individuals are republicans they voted for trump. they are, you know, supported him, but they wouldn t do illegal t
despite its record on human rights and the killing of jamal khashoggi. welcome to the lead. i m pamela brown in for jake tapper on this friday. and we start with our politics lead. and the fallout from the first primetime hearing of the january 6th committee, where it laid out new evidence and its attempt to prove former president trump concocted a massive conspiracy to stay in power, despite knowing he lost the 2020 election. republican congresswoman liz cheney detailing what she calls a seven-part plan by trump and his allies to steal the presidency. and she says as part of that plan, trump, quote, summoned the mob, assembled the mob, and lit the flame of this attack. and then became angry when advisers told him to call off the rioters. the committee also played a jarring new video showing exactly how the events of january 6th unfolded, including possible coordination between two of the far-right groups who were among the first to breach the capitol. committee chairman
was injured at the capitol after an altercation involving proud boys members. this comes as the doj just announced the most serious criminal charges so far in its ongoing investigation of the capitol attack. it is indicted the head of the proud boys enrique tarrio and four others with seditious conspiracy. they are accused of working together to intimidate members of congress and law enforcement on january 6th, prompting them to flee. trying to prevent congress from performing its official duties of certifying joe biden s presidential victory. joining us now, cnn senior crime and justice reporter katelyn polantz and legal analyst elie williams. seditious conspiracy, that s significant. it is. it is a new charge, it is a more ambitious charge, jim. these are five leaders that are charged in this case, five leaders of the proud boys that we heard of before. these guys have been charged previously with conspiracy, to obstruct the january 6th certification of the election. an
and president biden tries to celebrate a strong jobs report while his attention is otherwise consumed with inflation and gas prices and gun massacres and more. the beginning of what could be a long hot summer. plus, delicate diplomacy. biden refuses to confirm a meeting with saudi arabia s de facto ruler and he once vowed to make the country a pariah because of its horrific record on human rights. welcome to the lead. i m jake tapper. we start with our money lead and president biden heralding a, quote, terrific jobs report while also acknowledging record high prices are causing serious problems for far too many american families. there was good news in the jobs report released this morning. u.s. employers added 390,000 new jobs. unemployment stayed at a near record low of 3.6%, and 96% of the jobs lost during the pandemic erupted are back, but none of that will immediately help lower the sky-high costs of everyday goods such as groceries or gasoline. the current rate of