the statement. the statement. he really wanted to make sure that it was just so. as president trump was, quote, pouring gasoline on the fire during the insurrection, we re now hearing how close to danger vice president pence was on january 6. plus we now have the first of the two captured by russiae reported missing. we re live in kyiv with the latest. and more than 65 million americans are in a heat alert with temperatures getting into the triple digits fahrenheit. we re live at the cnn weather center on how much longer this could last. live from london, this is cnn newsroom with max foster. thursday s hearing on the january 6 riot revealed more chilling details. and stuck in the middle was vice president mike pence, testimony showed that he came perilously close to being discovered and possibly killed as rioters ram pained through the capitol. committee members also zeroed in on the role of john eastman who happened the illegal scheme to thwart the 2020 electi
learned trump s inner circle told him the fraud claims were false. within the committee, a significant public split over whether to send a criminal referral to the doj, and so that s where we want to begin today with democratic congresswoman of virginia who is on the select committee. she s joining us now. thank you so much for taking the time, congresswoman. the chairman says that a criminal referral is not going to happen. i know you and other committee members say that s not been decided. why isn t everyone on the same page? well, what i d say is it s correct that this hasn t been decided. we haven t got ton that point yet as far as the committee making a formal decision. the chairman says it s not going to happen. he went that far. well, we are continuing to have discussions within the committee, and i would say that this is something that is a very important topic for us to decide and decide as a whole committee, and we will make that decision and that announcement
Weekend. The sand in the surf of myrtle beach, south carolina. But to the south, there is a big problem. It is scorching dangerous heat. And, by the way, it is not even summer yet. Very good day to all of you. Welcome to alex witt reports. Another Record Number of americans on the roads in the sky for what is expected to be the busiest Memorial Day Travel weekend and two decades , so here is a look at how things are going out there in some busy spots. Things are moving on the i76 in philadelphia. If you could see it, you would see just how many cars are there. And a pretty packed shoreline on myrtle beach, south carolina. You are looking at umbrellas. Everyone is enjoying the beautiful weather today. But while many are enjoying the sunshine, Severe Weather could put some Holiday Plans at risk. Millions of Tornado Warnings and possibly damaging hail. We have got several correspondence in place covering all the angles of the story for you. We are joined by maura garrett. So, maura, this
federal gun charge by end of this month, that is what david weiss team said yesterday. this is a month after the first son s sweetheart deal fell apart. he would have served time for buying a gun in 2018 and that charge could land him 10 years behind bars. house republicans are demanding hunter s legal team hand over all information on the collapsed plea deal and failure to present the documents could call for hunter to testify before congress. alejandro mayorkas and merrick garland are accused of helping to of coer for hunter biden. listen. we know merrick garland has told the national archive not to cooperate with us. we know just this week there were secret service agents working with us to identify the people who tipped off the legal team that the irs was about to knock on the door and our sources at secret service said mayorkas called them. mayorkas and merrick garland are part of the cover-up. these are the two highest ranking people in the biden administration. bro