the overall state of the country. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. this is a critical week in the insurrection investigation as the january 6th select committee prepares to hold another potentially explosive hearing in prime time. at the same time, trump ally steve bannon is now standing trial for defying the panel s subpoena to testify. court just wrapped up for the day. cnn justice correspondent jessica schneider has all of the new developments. tonight, steve bannon s criminal trial for contempt of congress finally beginning with jury selection after his lawyers tried repeatedly to delay and bannon made a last-minute offer to testify before the january 6th committee. prosecutors saying his late offer will not make up for the near year he s refused to comply with the committee s subpoena. the trial will likely last just a few days. bannon has pleaded not guilty to two counts of c
reports this monday. president biden arriving back in the united states to a whirlwind of economic troubles. hello, i m john roberts. guess who else came back from saudi arabia. jacqui: hundreds of families lining up at food pantries, many look for help in a time of historically high prices. gas prices soaring along with grocery costs, there are many seeking free food for the first time and more are arriving on foot. john: as now polling shows 31% of voters approve on biden s job on the economy and only 25% approve of his handling of inflation. and just 17% rate the economy positively. that s the lowest in nearly ten years. all of this offering a grim outlook for democrats in november. jacqui: texas senator john cornyn is here with the fallout over the trip to saudi arabia, and the economic crisis. peter doocy, and what good news is the white house pointing to, peter? peter: great question, jacqui. to the point that you just made about increased traffic at food pantr
a shooting at a mall. let us listen in. before the chief gets up, i have a few comments i d like to make. i ll not be able to say anything of what s already been said by so many sites at mass shootings in america. i don t want to be among the mayors that has to share these statements but i am. i grieve for these senseless killings and i ache for the stars left behind on the victims and on our community. and as we stand here in shock, i m proud of my first responders who instantaneously responded to the scene. the men and women of the greenwood police department, the greenwood fire department, the johnson county sheriff s office, the indianapolis metropolitan police department, the fbi, the atf and other departments as well, we want to thank them for their assistance in this operation last night. also, we have the faith community to show its support to the mental health experts, the red cross and government leaders at all levels. we ve been contacted by our state, our federa
before. we are told that some clerks are so alarmed, they re exploring seeking counsel. let s bring in cnn s joan biscupic with the exclusive reporting. joan, tell us what you re learning. sure. first of all, remember, this is the most important case of this term, in many years, potential to roll back a half century of abortion rights, privacy rights. midway through negotiations of this case a draft document was leaked, as we all know, it was leaked from last february. so not only did the public see where the court was headed to roll back roe v. wade but seriously disrupted negotiations in terms of justice where is they were going to head by june. chief justice john roberts launched an unprecedented investigation four weeks ago today. apparently that has made absolutely insufficient progress, i would say. and they have taken this new step to have clerks sign affidavits. i m not sure exactly of the wording. but there would be denial of any responsibility. and also starting
when christian vanished. oh got. my young life went out the window. it was tense, we were nervous, we were scared. i m starting to believe that there might be more to this than just a missing person. where was he? did someone have something to hide? there was blood under the car. a lover triangle. a circle of friends. was one of them a killer? this was planned. this was on purpose. how could you do something so horrific? hello, welcome to dateline. highschoolers, erica freeman i like three peas in a pod. after graduation, they even picked colleges in the same city. then one of them went missing. when last seen in a dangerous part of found. as the hours past, the mystery deepens, they uncovered a hidden truth, one they believe might be a motive for murder. here is denis murphy with circle of friends. remember going away to college? maybe your first time away from home. there were new friends to be made. oh, god. the first kiss was amazing. i thought