u.s. federal holiday. tonight it is going to be extraordinary. a concert that s uplifting and educational and only seen here on cnn. enjoying an extraordinary display of black talent of genres and generations here. the all-star lineup with earth wind and fire with september and the legendary chaka khan live on stage with ain t nobody. that s michelle turner next to me. and khalid with talk and ne-yo performing and also featured special messages. michelle obama and the first black vice president of the united states kamala harris and will hear from president joe biden. we ll set the stage for the show in less than an hour by talking to the woman known as the grandmother of juneteenth which is opal lee. amazingly young at 95. played a leading role to push lawmakers to formally recognize this holiday. so happy to be with you. it will be a production unlike anything we have seen. the first thing you hear groaning is next to me, michelle turner. i want to know who authoriz
i m using every lever available to me to bring down prices for the american people. when will prices start to fall? energy secretary jennifer granholm joins me exclusively to discuss ahead. plus, marking juneteenth. the nation celebrates a momentous day in american history. i ll speak to a democrat who worked to make it a federal holiday. congresswoman sheila jackson lee ahead. hello. i m dana bash in washington where the state of our union is worried about our democracy and our wallets, yet there is one bright spot this father s day. children as young as 6 months old are now eligible for covid-19 vaccines after more than two years of the pandemic. but this bit of good news comes as even president biden is acknowledging in a rare interview that americans are, quote, really, really down. here s why. americans are watching their 401(k)s plummet as the economy faces the highest inflation in decades and reported high gas prices. the threat to the economy is sharing a spli
in danger. state officials prepare to testify in this week s hearing, i ll speak exclusively to a democratic committee member, congressman adam shiff and a republican congressman, fred upton next. and recession looming, high inflation and gas prices are hitting americans where it s hard but president biden said a recession is not inevitable. i m using every lever available to me to bring down prices for the american people. when will prices start to fall? energy secretary jennifer granholm joins me exclusively to discuss ahead. plus, marking juneteenth. the nation celebrates a momentous day in american history. i ll speak to a democrat who worked to make it a federal holiday, congresswoman sheila jackson lee ahead. hello. i m dana bash in washington where the state of our union is worried about our democracy and our wallets, yet there is one bright spot this father s day. children as young as 6 months old are now eligible for covid-19 vaccines after more than two ye
the friday before juneteenth, clocked in as the most popular air travel day of 2022. and all of this as inflation hits a 40-year high. let s start with the travel troubles facing so many americans right now. in los angeles international airport, already today more than 770 flights cancelled. and still, there might be more this holiday weekend. why? yeah. it s because a lot of people are flying first of all. tsa saying they screened about 2.5 million people on friday. that s the highest number they ve seen since the sunday after thanksgiving. and then the problem is that the airlines just can t keep up. of course, part of the reason why so many are flying this weekend is because it s a lock summer weekend. a lot of people have off monday for juneteenth, and of course, it also coincides with father s day. and then these airlines just not keeping up for a number of reasons. one, being weather problems. delays and cancellations. there s also staff shortages and infrastructure c
we have a stronger and better position to tackle inflation than almost any other country around the world. what juneteenth does it channels a way for america to talk about slavery and to talk about it without and tim dags and anguish to honor slaves who have never been honored. i m pamela brown in washington. you are live in the cnn newsroom. happy father s day to all the dads out there. and we begin tonight with new cnn reporting. u.s. intel is warning of another potential russian plot to interfere with the 2022 midterms. homeland and national security officials say they are worried kremlin meddling like hacking into smaller and more local election authorities in this country and creating disinformation campaigns could have a significant impact on the november elections. so this is not new, isaac, the idea of meddling in the elections. we know similar campaigns were used during the 2016 election and after that as well. what has changed with the threats since then?