eastman i don t remember why he called me, or he texted me or called me, wanted to talk with me. and he said he couldn t reach others. and he started to ask me about something dealing with georgia preserving something, potentially for appeal. and i said to him are you out of your f-ing mind? i said i only want the hear two words coming out of your mouth from now on. orderly transition. i don t want to hear any other f-ing words coming out of your mouth no matter what other than orderly transition. repeat those words to me. what did he say? eventually he said orderly transition. i said good, john. now i m going to give you the best free legal advice you re ever getting in your life. get a great f-ing criminal defense lawyer. you re going to need it. and i hung up on him. in just a moment, we ll be joined by maryland democratic chairman jamie raskin who serves on the committee. right now we want the take a closer look at another key item the committee highlighted
i don t have a six figure job. i have to be careful. the president will meet with leaders across the world if it is in the best interests of the american people. the questions that i have, people believe that mbs is responsible for khashoggi s death. the president has spoken to that and i ll let his words stand. i have mixed feelings on this and if the president called me, i d say mr. president, you can t trust these people. live from london, this is cnn newsroom with isa soares. welcome to the show. it is wednesday, june 15th. 9:00 a.m. here in london. and the federal reserve is planning bold action to try to keep the soaring inflation from getting worse. they are expected to raise interest rates by .75, the biggest in almost 30 years. the concerns that the economy is driving down financial markets. the s&p 500 finished lower for a fifth consecutive day pushing it further into bear market territory. president biden blames the russian president and his war in uk
of the 11th hour, stephanie rule, tom costello with us, white house correspondent carol lee and host of public radio s full disclosure. the news is in, stephanie, three quarters of a point. we thought originally it was going to be 50 basis point but jay powell is in a situation. we are in a serious inflationary environment. normally the fed likes inflation to be around 2% and it s currently approaching 9. so 75 basis points is a big move but it s still tricky because what they don t want to do is move so much so quickly that they push us into recession. but if they don t do something aggressive, prices will likely continue to rise and the economy is suffering for it, especially right around gas prices. this is a big move. it s not unexpected. it s the thing that people have been waiting for. most economists across the board have said this should have happened months ago. markets are going to take this as a positive. robin, it is hard to thread this needle, though. the
what trump s innermost circle thought of his election fraud lies. detached from reality was the polite way of putting. president biden wrapping up a speech in philadelphia to the aflcio convention. the president s argument, times are tough, but he should be trusted to get us through the economic pain. and the president got political saying a republican wave in november would bring a renewed attack on two sources of security. the president says republicans would put programs like medicare and social security at risk. our cnn white house correspondent is traveling with the president in philadelphia. john, the president was relaxed because he was among friends. talked about the economics, but he also talked politics. he did. look, this was a president, john, who was reveling in the applause of his friends in the union movement. he s always said from the beginning of his presidential campaign that he s a union guy. so he talked about the positive aspects of his economic record.
everything he can to bring prices down. white house correspondent peter doocy joins us from the north lawn. good evening, peter. good evening, bret. when the president gave the rousing speech about the economy today he never mentioned the federal reserve is expected to raise interest rates tomorrow. instead, he was looking backwards and talking about all the times that there were long lines of cars waiting to get boxes of food during covid lockdowns as he tried to make the point it could be worse. under my plan for the economy we made extraordinary progress. so dismal economic trends aren t the problem. the president thinks messaging is the problem. i don t want to hear anymore of these lies about reckless spending. three members of biden s inner circle head to the hill tomorrow. kate bedingfield, john o malley dillon and will talk messaging on the economy. inflation. it s sapping the strength of a lot of families. inflation is not isolated to the u.s. worldwide