Them. Im ayman mohyeldin, lets get started. Well, after years of wondering, this week we finally learn just how far mike pence is willing to go for donald trump, and what his eventual breaking point. It didnt come in 2016 when the access Hollywood Tape was released and trump was heard bragging about sexually assaulting women. Pence stood by his despite even trump acknowledging that, quote, mother is not going to like this. It wasnt when trump called the neo nazis pence even defended trump when he called haitian and african nations shole countries. The deeply religious mike pence even had trumps back when details of his affair with porn star Stormy Daniels came to light. After years of putting up with trump, it seems that pence had finally had enough, and issued a rebuke of his former boss this week. I heard this week that President Trump said i had the right to overturn the election. President trump is wrong. I had no right to overturn the election. The presidency belongs to the Americ
Levels isnt yet hitting home. The energy bills should be coming down by now. Not from what ive seen. They keep putting the standard charge for electricity up and gas. But it doesnt feel like. The cost to go out for the day and eating and drink seems to be going up as well. Sometimes ijust dont even, like, pay for my wi fi because i cant, so we have to go without. Everything isjustl going up, isnt it . Everything. And you dont think that thats starting to calm down or stabilise . Anything you can see in your own bills . Maybe our gas and electric is i slightly better than it was or not as bad as it was getting, but apart from that, no, not really. The latest figures show food costs and prices in cafes and restaurants helping Drive Inflation down to 3. 1i last month the lowest level for two and a half years, well down on its 11 peak. From here, the Headline Rate of inflation is likely to fall below 2 , thats the governments target, driven by those falls in Energy Prices next month. But w
Lying about election results, mailing personal insults at its critics. Making famously veil threats towards those who seek to hold him accountable. But none of trumps can change the cold, hard fact that the former president now faces serious criminal charges in three separate cases. In the coming days and weeks, it could even be one more. We start tonight with congressman benny thompson, democrat of mississippi. The former chairman of the january six commission. Congressman, thank you for joining us. Its always good to talk to you. Lets talk about trumps lawyer, john moreau. He did it washington and said recall the full ginsburg today. Almost a little bit about what he had to say becho and get your response on the other side. Take a listen. The defense is quite simple, donald trump, President Trump believed in his heart of hearts that he had won that election. As an american citizen, he had the right to speak out under the First Amendment. He had the right to petition governments aroun
hello, everyone. welcome to the amanpour hour. here is where we re headed this week. playing politics or playing with fire? the republican party tanks a border security deal that it had spent months demanding. that is the kind of chaos that donald trump instills. you have voter i.d. to buy a loaf of bread. what the polls aren t telling you about donald trump s re-election chances. also ahead the remarkable resilience of ukraine s war-weary children, still forced into subterranean schools. the islamic revolution came to iran 40 years ago this weekend. 20 years later, there was hope for reform. democracy in iran is literally being born in these newspapers. the struggle continues today. finally, the edgy little play that could. kim s convenience comes full circle as it lights up london with its slice of asian life. welcome to the program, everyone. i m christiane amanpour in london. the world is once again watching a congress in disarray, with literally lif
i m fredricka whitfield. thank you so much for joining us. new today, iraq is now summoning a top u.s. diplomatic official in protest of a barrage of punishing u.s. air strikes in the middle east. the u.s. says those strikes hit 85 targets linked to iran s islamic revolutionary guard quds force and affiliated militia groups in iraq and syria. the strikes a response to a drone attack in jordan which killed three american soldiers on sunday. iraq is claiming the explosions that just happened involving the u.s. killing 16 people, including civilians. u.s. defense secretary lloyd austin says the strikes are just the beginning of the u.s. response. iran says the u.s. has made a strategic mistake, while iraq and syria say the u.s. actions could inflame more conflict in the region. cnn has teams around the globe covering all of these developments. let s go first to cnn s ben wedeman in jordan. ben, these strikes were sudden, devastating. how are officials on the ground? how are thos