they were being too fickle. for us to question every element, no, we re not doing that. she made a great point that when she was a republican she did not see that. they did fall in line more, she said. they showed up and they just voted for an r. democrats, you know, dissect and analyze. there s a color coded chart of where you fit. a flow chart and figure how it can be better. tomorrow when you tune in, you re going to hear who they would like to run in 2024 instead of joe biden. so tune in for that. it s the top of the hour with cnn newsroom, i m alisyn camerota. i m victor blackwell. flashing red warning signs suggest the risk of federal prosecution may be increasing for former president donald trump. the department of justice has escalated its probe into january 6th. the washington post reports that the doj is directly investigating trump s actions. federal prosecutors are now targeting high profile players in trump s inner circle. they ve questioned two top aid
police calling law enforcement s response to the rampage a, quote, abject failure. plus, the latest on the bipartisan effort to pass new gun legislation as the legislative text on a narrow set of provisions is released. there is hope. and we re keeping an eye on the markets as stock futures plummeted overnight after yesterday s rally. this, as president biden prepares to call on congress to approve a three-month gas tax holiday. we have a lot to get to, mika. we talk about the bipartisan gun legislation. we had chris murphy on, a democrat who s been a champion of gun safety reform for quite some time now, certainly since 2014. it s a small step forward, but it is a step forward. the senator corrected me and said, no, actually, this is a significant piece of gun legislation. i think it s something that, again, when we re looking at the federal government, you look at the impact of the january 6th hearings, how effectively they ve been run over the last several weeks and
and so much more in the xfinity app! and don t miss jurassic world:dominion in theaters june 10th. let s go to you first here. get the reaction from the president, to this major development. and also continue with your reporting which has been really excellent and very comprehensive and all of this. these non proposals here. so have at it. well, alex with, we have the sunday morning is a big development out of the senate group. senators saying that there is not going to be in agreement on a framework with democrats and republicans, the way to move forward on this legislation. of course we don t have an actual text of this legislation, but in his back on trucks breaking 21 year old, protections for dealing with domestic violence. and also for trafficking of. guns i also want to read you a statement from the white house. the president himself has now said that he is endorsing. this i want to read it to. you he says, quote, i want to thank senator murphy and the members
I just didnt realize how much endanger she was. One of our friends actually looked him up and was like, this is not the guy that you think he is. He conned women to get what he wanted. He was good at it. He was very good at. If he had been peeking in her dorm room window. Im being blackmailed from for money. Lauren kept saying, well, the police will handle it. We got the notification on our phone a second lockdown. He had been lying in wait. I was like, this isnt real. This isnt happening. How do you not recognize that this girl needs your help . What should scare every parent is that this could be going on at any campus across our country. Hello and welcome to dateline. College senior Lauren Mccluskey was known around campus as a star athlete. But few knew that off the field, she was trapped in a abusive relationship. Lauren turn to Campus Police for protection, not once, but several times. Most of us would agree it was the right thing to do. So, why did things turn out so very wrong
My colleague katy tur just indicated, we have major Breaking News that were covering. Two american hostages have been released by hamas. They have been held by the terror group for nearly two weeks, since hamas stormed into communities in southern israel killing nearly 1,400 people and kidnapping more than 200. U. S. Secretary of state Antony Blinken speaks right now about it. Citizens held by hamas since october 7th were released. These Two Americans are now safely in the hands of israeli authorities in israel. We expect the team from the u. S. Embassy to see them very shortly. Over the coming hours, theyll receive any support and assistance they need, and of course were very anxious to be able to reunite them with their loved ones. We welcome their release. We share in the relief that their families, friends, and loved ones are feeling. There are still ten additional americans who remain unaccounted for in this conflict. We know that some of them are being held hostage by hamas, alon