ran inside the paper at the new york times. mine, the media devote far more coverage and mustered far more outrage over the johnny depp/amber heard trial. this guy told police he traveled from california to kill kavanaugh because he was mad about the leaked roe v. wade draft opinion. even if he did call cops and say he was suicidal, effectively turning himself in. would the tone of the coverage have been slightly different if an armed conservative had been arrested near home of, say, sonia sotomayor? even liberal bill maher said the times buried it because they just wear their bias on their sleeve. i m not going to blame this on rhetoric by democrats. that s sort of finger pointing both sides have long indulged in, but with i do blame a leader of the protests at kavanaugh s home for posting his address online are. i m howard kurtz, and this is mediabuzz. the. howard: ahead, former congressman devin nuñes join withs our discussion of in the story as well as this: hous
set of hearings. plus flying in without a covid test, why the cdc is dropping a international testing requirement. and the embattled uvalde, texas, police chief defending his actions over his department s response. you ll hear from him just ahead. good morning, it is saturday, june 11th. thank you so much for starting your day with us. christi, always a pleasure to be with you. thank you so much. each when we have to talk about what we re talking about now because this is effecting every single person watching us. no question about that. we begin with painful economic news. the national average gas price surpassing $5 a gallon for the first time ever. this is unprecedented. according to aaa. that is a 60 cents increase, the biggest price jump since 1981, more than 40 years ago. it triggered a massive sell-off on wall street and biden officials have admitted that inflation is uncomfortably high and we continue to pay more for everything. the president tried to shif
despite its record on human rights and the killing of jamal khashoggi. welcome to the lead. i m pamela brown in for jake tapper on this friday. and we start with our politics lead. and the fallout from the first primetime hearing of the january 6th committee, where it laid out new evidence and its attempt to prove former president trump concocted a massive conspiracy to stay in power, despite knowing he lost the 2020 election. republican congresswoman liz cheney detailing what she calls a seven-part plan by trump and his allies to steal the presidency. and she says as part of that plan, trump, quote, summoned the mob, assembled the mob, and lit the flame of this attack. and then became angry when advisers told him to call off the rioters. the committee also played a jarring new video showing exactly how the events of january 6th unfolded, including possible coordination between two of the far-right groups who were among the first to breach the capitol. committee chairman
on the green agenda. can the congress rein in energy costs. in a moment, we will speak about all of this. sandra: big show coming up. first, america reports with the safety of the supreme court in focus at this hour following a threat on the life of justice brett kavanaugh. hello, welcome everyone. sandra smith on this thursday afternoon in new york. hi, john. john: good to see you, glad you got the pink memo today. john roberts in washington. activists assembling outside of kavanaugh s home to protest demonstrations that are prohibited under federal law. the protest and in your face exercise just hours after police arrested a man accused of planning to assassinate the justice. police have charged nicholas roske with attempted murder. he could be indicted as early as today according to a criminal complaint. roske was planning to kidnap and kill kavanaugh when he was arrested early wednesday morning. sandra: republicans point the fingers at democrats rhetoric on abort
has taken office. neil: after more than 1,000 interviews, tens of thousands of documents and hundreds of hours of video and audio recordings, some never seen or heard before, it s on. the january 6 committee is ready to make its case and democrats say it s a damning case of a president determined to up end the golf as he sought to nullify an election. republicans say it s a prime time snow job. intended to deflect attention away from soaring prices, soaring crime and plain old sore american voters. today fox on top of how it goes down hours from now with former deputy assistant attorney general tom dupree on the uphill legal climb for tonight s tonight. former republicans on why republicans should get engaged tonight. democratic committee member, elaine luria and what she hopes both sides today. and why the watergate hearings and iran contra hearings are not what you ll see tonight. chad pergram with more on what we are in for tonight. a big night. maybe even a historic nig