before, zoe lofgren leading that second hearing and pete auilar talking about the pressure campaign on mike pence. this will focus on the pressure campaign at the state level. they re going to use, as you mentioned, lawmakers from georgia to make that point. of course, that s one of the key states that we know that former president trump was pressuring election officials to overturn the election results or at least, in his words, find the overrule 11,000 votes that he would need in order to win georgia, which he actually lost. they re also likely to delve deeper into the idea of fake slates of electors. that s something that john eastman was pressuring former vice president mike pence on. we heard about that last week. but now we may hear a little bit more about the plots at the state level beyond just georgia that the white house and his allies were using at the time to try to find any way to keep the former president in power. and vaughan, former vice president mike pence
the public. reporter: they talked to ivanka trump, whose comments seemed to contradict what she told the committee under oath about whether she believed the election was stolen. plus, easing the sting of gas prices. at the white house next hour president biden will call on congress to suspend the federal gas tax for three months. but is this proposal likely to hit a dead end in congress? speaker pelosi called it good pr just a few months ago. also on capitol hill, a major breakthrough in gun legislation with a senate vote coming as soon as friday. this is the most significant anti-gun violence bill that congress has voted on in 30 years. the senate action comes as new details about the uvalde school shooting massacre sparked new outrage. new testimony that the shooter could have been taken down in a matter of minutes, just adding to the devastation of victims families. i just don t get how you can hear these kids, you know, crying and asking for help, but you re
good morning to viewers here in the u.s. and around the world. it is friday, june 17th. i m brianna keilar with john berman. there are new questions about donald trump s legal exposure in the january 6th attempted and attempted coup. he and his allies new their scheme was illegal but continued with it anyway. putting vice president pence s life in danger as angry mobs vowed to hang him at the capitol. this was pence on january 6th sheltering in a secure location as rioters overwhelmed the capitol. they came within 40 feet of the vice president s evacuation route. we are learning more about a heated phone call between trump and pence on that morning of january 6th. here s what witnesses, including ivanka trump, said about the former president s demeanor. yeah. i remember hearing the word wimp. he called him a wimp. i don t remember if he said you are a wimp. you ll be a wimp. . it was a different tone i heard him take with the vice president before. so a major new piece
into bear market territory yesterday. economists predict the fed will raise interest rates again in another attempt to battle rising inflation. cnn business correspondent solomon is here with me now. this ppi report, why should people at home care about this? what s it matter for us? it s interesting because ppi doesn t get as much attention as the consumer price index, but it s really important because it s factory level inflation, what producers are experiencing, and we know what companies are feeling, we ll likely see a few months down the line in terms of consumer prices. even though we did see slight moderation in categories like food, the topline number is troubling because we know after friday s report that there were no signs of moderation, that there were signs of acceleration in inflation and what we have now with this report is a sign perhaps of more pain to come down the road. okay. so, now, tomorrow, expecting this big announcement. on how much, by how much t
the main point there expected to zero in on this time around as they make their case. we have gone through our retirement savings more quickly than we had anticipated. plus, recognizing inflation putting the squeeze on senior citizens. a dire economic situation forcing some retirees to make sacrifices in order to survive. we are always grateful for your company and you take time to be with us this morning. thank you for being here. always a pleasure to be with you. we begin with this developing story out of utah where more than two dozen people believed to be members of a hate group have been arrested for conspiracy to riot near a pride parade. police say the suspects were all wearing similar clothing and they bore the insignia of a known white nationalist organization. patriot front. yes. so police in couer d alene, idaho where this happened, pulled as many as 31 men from the back of a uhaul yesterday afternoon. investigators believe those men were in possession of