turning on their own country. just in to cnn, e. jean carroll seeking even more in damages from trump after the former president insulted the writer again at cnn s town hall. that was just one day after she won her sexual abuse and defamation case against him. and he s the son of a single mother who rose from poverty to become the only black republican in the senate. but does tim scott s amazing life story translate into a path to victory? let s go outfront. good evening. i m erin burnett. outfront tonight, another putin critic dead. this time it s russia s deputy science minister, fee oh ter kuch renco. he was just 46 years old. according to the ministry of science and higher education, he was feeling ill while on a plane to the russian delegation that was returning from a business trip to cuba. that s their quote. the flight on saturday reportedly made an emergency landing in southern russia, but it was too late. doctors apparently could not save him. outfront spoke t
we re only ten days out from a potential u.s. default, and there is still no deal on the debt ceiling. that s only step one. keep in mind it still has to clear congress quickly. another critical meeting between the president and house speaker just hours away. we re going to take you live to the white house and capitol hill. also ahead, the naacp issues a travel advisory for florida, accusing the state of being openly hostile towards african americans. details on the driving force behind that warning and how governor ron desantis is responding just ahead. and instead of walking across the stage to get her diploma, a transgender teen opts out of commencement after the school said she had to wear pants. we are following these major developing stories and many more all coming in right here to cnn news central. the federal government is running out of money and d.c. is running out of time to get america s accounts in order. later this afternoon president biden and speaker mc
attorney for palm 3w5beach coun. where is this investigation potentially headed? good morning, erica. i think this provides further evidence that the department of justice is investigating donald trump. the doj clearly wants to learn what trump said and did on and about january 6. remember, they already interviewed marc short and greg jacob and now they want the two pats. last week we had reports that do skrchlt was trying to block the claims of executive privilege the reason why is to get at trump s communications. why do you want to get to trump s communications? not so you can indict rudy giuliani, although that may happen, but to investigate the former president. also to put water on this, it means that an indictment of donald trump is not imminent. because when you litigate issues of executive privilege, that normally comes at the beginning of an investigation rather than the end. how do you see that playing out in terms of executive privilege here? i think that do
any tax suspension would require of course action by congress. but the president will give a speech today throwing the administration support behind a three month gas tax holiday which would breathe new life into an issue that has so far been stalled on capitol hill. kevin liptak is live for us with this news. what is the administration saying about this? reporter: officials are certainly very bullish on this move. and it is something that the white house had been considering for months. they held off until now, but clearly president biden wants to show that he is taking some initiative on this issue and so in a speech later today the president will call on congress to pass a three month suspension of the gas and diesel tax. he wants to go until the end of september. he will also call on states to temporarily suspend their own gas taxes and he will renew these calls for oil and gas companies to up their refining capacity. and so administration officials claim that taken tog
Going to be able to see the moons shadow block the sun in parts of mexico through the United States and canada, the event is expected to not only be super cooled, to also be a huge boost for tourism in that line of whats being called the line of totality. Texas has already projecting that they could see a boost of nearly 1. 4 billion as people could be flocking to see this solar lunar event. And cnn hasnt covered for you, cnn special live coverage of the eclipse begins monday at 1 00 p. M. Eastern. And you can also catch it streaming on macs and new our of Cnn News Central starts now minutes ago, President Donald Trump responding for the first times the expanded gag order put on him, the judge saying trumps rhetoric poses a very real threat. What really say it is rallies later today, plus Florida Supreme Court clears the way for one of the most restrictive Abortion Bans in the nation. The Biden Campaign thinks that could mobilize voters and possibly help him win floor in november. Also