coming just days after the mass shooting in a colorado nig nightclub. thanksgiving travel is ramping up, despite soaring inflation, airfare, gas prices and hotel rates all hitting near-record highs. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and all around the world, obwolf blitzer is of tonight. i m alex marquardt, and you re in the situation room. let s get straight to our top story. the department of justice pursuing testimony from former vice president mike pence in its criminal probe of january 6th. cnn s senior crime and justice reporter kaitlan has been working her sources. what is the likelihood of pence agreeing to this request? this is at the very least a starting point, and for the justice department, a lot would have to happen before they could get him to come in to testify.