i m christi paul. i m boris sanchez. it is saturday, june 4th. we appreciate you starting your weekend with us. we begin with a possible blow to the january 6th committee and efforts to interview witnesses. it will not indict two former trump officials found in contempt by the panel. the committee calls the decision not to prosecute mark meadows and dan scavino puzzling. this is ahead of the first public hearing on thursday. that s where new evidence and witness testimony is expected to be unveiled. let s bring in national reporter zach cohen with details. zach, walk us through the decision against prosecuting scavino and meadows. boris and christi, the committee is frustrated by the department of justice not to pursue inprosecute meadows and scavino. the committee put out a message in response to the news that the doj would not pursue criminal contempt charges. quote, we find the decision to reward mark meadows and dan scavino for the attack on the rule of law puzzli
to reopen today. what this means for the nationwide shortage and how soon could formula be back on the shelf. i have been told that this person did not have a motivation. new details on the school massacre in uvalde, texas. whether classes will ever be held at the school again. two former trump officials won t be charged for stonewalling the january 6th committee. we have reaction from committee members ahead of next week s high profile hearing. you have to have fun in summertime. and on the road again. decades-high inflation not stopping millions from traveling this summer. how people are getting creative, changing travel habits to salvage their vacations. plus the show goes on despite the queen s absence. the platinum jubilee celebrations under way today. newsroom starts right now. we are so grateful to see you on this saturday, june 4th. welcome, i m christi paul. great to be with you, i m boris sanchez. you re live in the cnn newsroom. we re lookin
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
reporter: fredericka, sources tell cnn the suspect had a long list of targets and officials say that this was somehow related to the judicial system. we don t yet know how. was this a single case or series of cases? we continue to ask the questions that law enforcement continues to ask as well. this all began 6:30 friday morning when someone ran out of judge roemer s home and called 911, that person reporting that someone had broken inside and fired off two rounds from a firearm. throughout the morning, once police arrived, they tried to negotiate with the suspect who was inside but eventually those talks simply broke down. around 10:15 a.m. friday, the tactical teams made entry into that home and that s where they found 68-year-old john roemer dead. they also found a 56-year-old suspect with a self-inflicted gunshot wound inside. throughout this investigation they ve learned that this was not random. here is what the officials in wisconsin said. this, as i mentioned befo
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