of the witnesses in the house investigation into the january 6th attack. plus, republican congresswoman liz cheney of the committee defending her work there during last night s republican primary debate in wyoming, as she fights to keep her seat in congress. and the latest in the debate over abortion rights. president biden says the senate should make an exception and suspend the filibuster and its rules to allow new protections to make it through congress. but does he have the votes to pull that off? we ll discuss it. and a brutal six months for financial markets, as wall street closes out one of its worst periods in a half century. brian sullivan joins us in a moment to look ahead to the next six months. with us this morning, we have u.s. special correspondent for bbc news katty kay. and pulitzer prize winning columnist and associate editor of the washington post, eugene robinson. let s start with the questions of whether donald trump may be trying to influence wi
think this is day one of the second half of the year. the first half of the thank goodness. year was dismal for investors. what are you looking ahead to the second half? there s been a report from the euro zone saying inflation hit a record high of 8.6%, not particularly cheerful news. how is the second half going, and how is the inflation number doing? you re right, we re not. but it is friday. we re heading into the fourth of july weekend. i don t want to be the grim reaper. i want to be optimistic. a nice american optimist at this point? that s right. hot dogs. we re going to have sleep, also. willie and gene, we re talking about sleep being key on the long weekends. yes. here s what we re looking for, the federal reserve to pivot. right now, the federal reserve, the nation s centralraising int trying to slow the economy, pump