i m sorry to tell you. the average cost of gas now topping $5 a gallon this morning. this is not just everyday drivers, obviously, being impacted. how emergency crews now are trying to save as well. plus, a new saudi-backed golf league luring some big names and reportedly handing out even bigger payments. the controversy surrounding the new league. it is saturday, june 11th. good morning, christi. good morning, boris. let s talk about this national call for gun reform this morning. hundreds are marching for our lives rallies. they re planning nearly all 50 u.s. states today demanding lawmakers address the epidemic of gun violence in the country. series of high profile mass shootings from uvalde, texas, to buffalo, new york, have reignited outrage and put renewed pressure on lawmakers on capitol hill to take some form of action. washington, d.c., new york and parkland, florida, among the more than 300 cities where protests are going to be held. they, of course, follo
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
the capital in an attempt to o overturn the twenty twenty election results. for more , let s go to chief congressional correspondent chadress pergram. good afternoon. the committee aimed to tieye the riot to formerd president trump. the panel played new audioudpr and videotape of those close tof the president that included former attorney general bill barr who said there was no fraud in the election. y wyoming republican liz cheney invoked a painting in the capitol which shows president george washington resigning his military commission. p cheney says former president trump did all he could to stay in office with this noble act. washington sete the indispensible example of the peaceful transfer of power what president reagan called nothing less than a miracle the sacred obligation to defend this peaceful transfer of power has been honored by every american president except one . there was dramatic testimony from u.s. capitol police officer caroline edwards. she sustain
restroom of the airplane was just so perfectly trumpian. but you know, because it was a struggling airline, and kind of going out of business from the start, the fears were really low. you know, desperately trying to get people like me could barely afford to fly at the time on to the trump shuttle. it was, you know, it was pure donald trump. memories. yeah. thanks, ari. peace. thank you. well, the most important news of the, day by which i mean, the most important news that was revealed today, and not last night at the hearing, is the clarence thomas now appears to be the most corrupted member of the united states supreme court in the courts history, because glanced amos s wife definitely is. was the most corrupt spouse of a supreme court justice in history. and she may also be a criminal. possibly guilty of federal and state crimes. the washington post reported today that virginia thomas used communication to urge members of the arizona state legislature to commit
one and only henry winkler. as the 11th hour gets underway on this friday night. good evening i am at least yemen ends, in for stephanie ruhle. we are still sifting through the many new revelations from last night s january 6th hearing. the primetime event that attracted millions of viewers. in that hearing, the panel set is prepared to tell americans the story, how donald trump, quote, summoned the mob, assembled a mob, and lit the flame of this attack. and the committee says there is much more to come, three more hearings are already lined up next week. on monday, the panel will examine the lies that led to the attack. the former fox news s political editor, around the election desk, that was the first call allen arizona for joe biden will testify. he has been sharply critical with his former fox colleague s coverage of the election, and spurred lies about it afterwards. on wednesday, you get your former actor attorney general jeffrey rosen. that hearing will be foc