claiming that the west s sanctions are doing nothing to hurt his economy. donald trump fires back at the committee and his former vice president. and china is showing off its most advanced aircraft carrier in what appears to be a direct message to the west. live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom with kim brunhuber. we begin in ukraine where russia is reportedly sending more firepower to eastern lines. russian artillery is pounding areas near sievierodonetsk, trying to cut it off from surrounding cities. ukraine says it intercepted two russian missiles near odesa and no one was killed. in kyiv, ukrainian and eu flags flew side by side. the move doesn t guarantee membership, which would be years away, but president zelenskyy says it s still important. here he is. translator: ukraine deserves this positive. ukrainian values are european values. ukrainian institutions remain resilience, even in conditions of war. ukrainian democratic habits have not lost their pow
cameras and the country. what does he know, what is he willing to tell the committee? he is appearing under subpoena which adds a wrinkle of uncertainty and how much he will be cooperative. today s hearing will focus on trump s lies about election fraud and how they helped fuel the mob that attacked the capitol on january 6th. we ll hear evidence that trump knew the claims were baseless but spread the lies anyway. a member telling new day it could lead to the potential prosecution of trump. we are laying out a road map for the american people to understand all of the facts and, you know, i think the justice department is watching very closely, like the chairman said, all of the information to the committee as collected will be shared with the department of justice in a way they can evaluate it. and elaine loria says they will show with evidence with not just one congressman, but other congressmen sought pardons from trump. we ve been asked, is there hard evidence? t
police chief is defending his actions as questions continue to mount over his department s response to the deadly school shooting. a new saudi-backed golf league is luring some big-name golfers with some reportedly getting nine-figure payouts. what s behind the saudi strategy, and how the pga is responding. and dangerous heat is gripping part of the country. 60 million of you are under heat alerts. when we re going to start to see some relief from the triple-digit temperatures. newsroom starts right now. wish you a good morning. we are grateful to have you with us on this saturday, june 11th. happy weekend to you. i m christi paul. great to be with you, i m boris sanchez. you are live in the cnn newsroom. we begin this hour with a national call for gun reform. hundreds of march for our lives rallies are planned in nearly all 50 states today with activists demanding lawmakers address the epidemic of gun violence in this country. a series of high-profile mass shooti
and the little prince who stole the show announcer: this is “nbc nightly news” with lester holt and good evening i m tom llamas in for lester tonight just moments ago president biden delivered an urgent address to the american people on gun violence the president speaking more than a week after 19 children and 2 adults were killed in uvalde, texas. and a day after four shot dead in a tulsa hospital the president saying every day places have become killing fields, battlefields in america. he called for raising the age to purchase assault weapons, expanding background checks, and creating a federal red flag law. while bipartisan lawmakers say they have a potential plan to try to curb gun violence, their efforts come after many failed attempts in washington. will any of it become a reality? we start tonight with kelly o donnell. reporter: president biden who has grieved with families traumatized by mass shootings tonight implored the congress and the communities to cha
floodgates open when title 42 goes away next week. coming up, senator bill hagerty on the crises created by bad policies and what gets done in the senate in the final sprint to the memorial day recess. if then, theatrics in washington, another dirty trick from democrats bombs badly this week as an animated joe biden tried to turn make america great again, or maga, into a dirty world. let me tell you about this ultra-maga agenda, the ultra-maga agenda. under my predecessor, the great maga king where d he come up with ultra-maga? if what did he call president trump, big maga? i don t know. can king the king of maga? remember those long lines on television, people lining up in all kinds of vehicles just to get a box of food in their trump. how quickly we forget, people were hurting. what did this maga crowd want to do? forget it. forget it. maria: oh, god. congressman jim jordan separates the fake and the fraud and zeros in on what matters to america. who are the real