eastman i don t remember why he called me, or he texted me or called me, wanted to talk with me. and he said he couldn t reach others. and he started to ask me about something dealing with georgia preserving something, potentially for appeal. and i said to him are you out of your f-ing mind? i said i only want the hear two words coming out of your mouth from now on. orderly transition. i don t want to hear any other f-ing words coming out of your mouth no matter what other than orderly transition. repeat those words to me. what did he say? eventually he said orderly transition. i said good, john. now i m going to give you the best free legal advice you re ever getting in your life. get a great f-ing criminal defense lawyer. you re going to need it. and i hung up on him. in just a moment, we ll be joined by maryland democratic chairman jamie raskin who serves on the committee. right now we want the take a closer look at another key item the committee highlighted
thanks for watching. don lemon tonight starts right now. hey, don. hi. thank you very much, laura. i ll see you again tomorrow evening. this is don lemon tonight. results coming in right now in key primary election races across the country, and we re seeing a test of donald trump s grip on the republican party. voters going to the polls one day after dramatic testimony where the january 6th committee showed what went on behind the scenes at the white house after president trump was told that he lost the election but refused to believe it and instead pushed his election lies. we are watching two key races in south carolina. that s where two gop members of the house are fighting to win renomination, both facing candidates backed by the former president. representative tom rice is one of ten house republicans that voted to impeach former president trump after the insurrection at the capitol. representative nancy mace didn t vote to impeach trump but refused to join if pack
i don t have a six figure job. i have to be careful. the president will meet with leaders across the world if it is in the best interests of the american people. the questions that i have, people believe that mbs is responsible for khashoggi s death. the president has spoken to that and i ll let his words stand. i have mixed feelings on this and if the president called me, i d say mr. president, you can t trust these people. live from london, this is cnn newsroom with isa soares. welcome to the show. it is wednesday, june 15th. 9:00 a.m. here in london. and the federal reserve is planning bold action to try to keep the soaring inflation from getting worse. they are expected to raise interest rates by .75, the biggest in almost 30 years. the concerns that the economy is driving down financial markets. the s&p 500 finished lower for a fifth consecutive day pushing it further into bear market territory. president biden blames the russian president and his war in uk
it. inflation, it is zapping the strength of a lot of families. that inflation hit 8.6% last month, highest rate since 1981. majority of americans weren t even alive actually. u.s. families paying more for everything. gas, cars, food, housing, just to name a few. plane tickets, everything. and today fed is expected to rise rates three quarters of a point. so that means that people will pay more to get a car loan, houses and even college. that will taste bad, but the hope is that it cools down inflation overall. right now on wall street you re seeing a little bit of optimism here heading into this final fed decision here. in overseas market, mixed performance in asia and europe has opened higher this morning. this is a perfect day to talk to greg mcbride from bankrate.com, he knows something about interest rates, all kinds of different rates. hi, greg, how are you? good morning, christine, great to be with you again. so this rate hlike we re expecting, 75 basis point
trump s political strength is still evident at the polls. overnight south carolina republican congressman tom rice was defeated by a trump endorsed candidate. rice was one of ten republicans in the house who voted to impeach the former president and one of the first to face republican primary voters. another race in south carolina did not go trump s way, congresswoman nancy mace at times a trump critic survived a primary challenge. in another significant development republican mayor flores flipped a democratic house district in south texas, this is a pretty significant special election victory that builds on republican gains among latino voters in the region in the 2020 election. joining me now is cnn senior data reporter harry enten. harry, i think the marquee race last night was in south carolina, people looking to see what would happen to this republican that voted to impeach donald trump. looking to see what exactly would happen and here is what happened, look, it s