today. i m bianna dolegolodryga. and i m jim sciutto. at this hour starts right now. hello, everyone. at this hour, new moves in the now multiple probes surrounding donald trump and his allies. liz cheney fighting for her seat in congress as the republican says this isn t about just an election, it is about the truth. and the first lady tests positive for covid, just days after president biden recovered from the virus. this is what we re watching at this hour. thank you for being here. i m kate bolduan. we begin with a string of developments in the investigations surrounding former president trump. the justice department is opposing efforts by media organizations including cnn to unseal the affidavit that was used to obtain fbi warrant to search donald trump s mar-a-lago
if you look at the chart, you can see that this is when covid hit. and prices went basically straight up. 11 %. now it s 11% down from 11.5%. but this is you almost can t see the improvement here. it s pretty minor. better news on the jobs front. jobless claims, they remain very low historically low. way down from the beginning of last year. way down from the peak during covid. continuing jobless claims, lowest level since 1970. unemployment rate is way down 3.6%. it was nearly 15 % at the height of covid. this is obviously going the right direction. the question is whether or not the fed has to slow the economy so much because of high inflation that unemployment starts to creep up next year. we don t know yet. let s talk about gas prices. once again, we hit a record high today. it comes as the biden administration is pulling the plug on several upcoming offshore oil and gas laess.
opportunity to discuss matters with the committee voluntarily. regrettably, the individuals receiving subpoenas today have refused, and we re forced to take this step to help ensure the committee uncovers facts concerning january 6th th. we urge our colleagues to comply with the law, do their patriotic duty and cooperate with our investigation as hundreds of other witnesses have done. ryan nobles, jamie, and jennifer, thank you all for joining us as we tried to process this developing story, the breaking news. five members of congress, all republicans now subpoenaed by the january 6th select committee. we ll stay on top of this and bring you more details as we re gathering additional information. in the meantime, we keep hearing the u.s. is learning to live with covid, but for the friends and the loved ones of the 1 million americans who died in this pandemic, life will never be the same. what s clear is this virus is still very much a part of our days. so what protocols should we be
devastating milestone today. 1 million covid deaths in the u.s. and he is urging congress to pass additional coronavirus funding. here s where restand as a nation right now. cases trending up in all but six states. and hospitalizations ticking up. doctor, thank you for taking the time. i feel like so many of us have covid fatigue. it s important we have the conversation because many of us are noting more people around us and in our families getting covid again. we know there s a new dominant variant that appears to be spreading rapidly. so what do we know about this variant? and how does it compare to those that preceded it in terms of symptoms and severity? well, first of all, i just want to say that it s been a sad moment when we have heard that over 1 million americans have died and more are still going to be dying. and a lot of those deaths have
putin. well, if that would be the case that we join, what my response would be is that you caused this. look at the mirror. back in the u.s., a milestone almost unthinkable just a few years ago. 1 million americans have died of covid. the president ordering flags lowered to half staff in a country changed forever. we are also learning more today about this amazing story involving nerves of steel and an emergency landing soft as a willow. what happened minutes before a passenger had no choice but to take controls. let s begin with finland s decision to pursue nato membership. nic, is there any doubt that nato would rush to approve finland s application? they ve already given them a green light, if you will. nato secretary general today