inflation as bizarre. this as the dow takes another plunge. we have fox team coverage. susan li in new york tells us what s going on with the markets. white house correspondent peter doocy starts us off tonight. good evening, peter. peter: good evening, mike. in the president s first interview of any kind with a reporter since february and first print interview since may of last year, he says he thinks the reason that people are upset from this country right now is the pandemic and he says he does not believe a recession is inevitable. tackling inflation is my number one priority. also today he claimed that inflation isn t his part. the a.p. writes in an interview the president bristled at claims by republican lawmakers that last year s covid-19 plan was to blame for inflation reaching a 40 year high calling that argument bizarre. his treasury secretary it did contribute. that spending produced excellent rewards for americans at most it contributed modestly to inflati
we are starting with a major development on the january 6th insurrection. a federal grand jury has indicted peter navarro for criminal contempt of congress. now navarro is one of president trump senior advisers and the indictment charged him with, get this, failing to provide testimony and documents of the house committee investigating the capitol riot. essentially, they charge him with blocking the committee for doing its work. after his arrest, yesterday, navarro pleaded not guilty in federal court. and then, he later had the nerve to call the january six committee a sham that s working inclusion with the white house. okay, now, this is even though peter navarro has been all over television, y all, including on this very network, okay, bragging about his war in the insurrection, essentially. it s kind of ridiculous. the co-chairs of the january six commission, they had some thoughts. basically they said it s great that the department of justice is holding peter navarro acco
on this tuesday, may 31st. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for being with us today. a bipartisan senate working group led by democrat chris murphy of connecticut and republican john cornyn of texas will hold a remote meeting today in hopes of reaching a basic framework for gun reform. senator cornyn said yesterday that many gun issues should be discussed at the state level and said background checks, mental health, and red flag laws are things that congress can address. after spending nearly four hours with uvalde families on sunday, the president returned to the white house yesterday, and expressed optimism that quote rational republicans will make a move this time. he decried, easy access to high caliber weapons, while also discussing the limitations of his own power. s own power. one week after the deadly shooting in texas, funeral services are under way, for the victims. on a hot memorial day, american flags flew at half-staff in uvalde yesterday. not only for fallen soldie
u.s. from mexico. live at the southern border and the white house. and check out this live look at the party on in argentina after messi led the team to the world cup win. you are in the cnn newsroom. hours from now the house committee investigating the capitol riot presents the closing arguments to the american people. after 17 months and hundreds of interviews likely to deliver a condemnation of a former president. for his role in inciting the capitol insurrection. the committee is expected to refer three criminal charges guest trump to the justice department. if you look at donald trump acts and match them up against the statute it is a good match. it is not used in a long time but when have we had a president
we are starting with a major development on the january 6th insurrection. a federal grand jury has indicted peter navarro for criminal contempt of congress. now navarro is one of president trump senior advisers and the indictment charged him with, get this, failing to provide testimony and documents of the house committee investigating the capitol riot. essentially, they charge him with blocking the committee for doing its work. after his arrest, yesterday, navarro pleaded not guilty in federal court. and then, he later had the nerve to call the january six committee a sham that s working inclusion with the white house. okay, now, this is even though peter navarro has been all over television, y all, including on this very network, okay, bragging about his war in the