senate chamber. retired republican federal judge j. michael luttig is expected to condemn trump for instigating as he is expected to put it a war on democracy so that he could cling to power. judge luttig is expected to say had the vice president of the united states obeyed the president of the united states, america would immediately have been plunged into what would have been tantamount to a revolution within a paralyzing constitutional crisis. joining us now is democratic congressman jamie raskin of maryland, a member of the select committee investigating january 6th. congressman raskin, thank you so much for being with us. i want to focus on the new revelations from the new york times starting with this email they report on between a pro trump lawyer and john eastman, who, of course, was working for donald trump and you focused on quite a bit. he writes, odds of action by the supreme court before january 6th will become more favorable if the justices start to fear tha
a possible reprieve on tariffs. united states presidentjoe biden says his administration could drop the trump era tariffs on china. that comment from mr biden comes against the backdrop of surging inflation in the us. in remarks at the white house on tuesday, mr biden also blamed the rising cost of living on pandemic disruptions and the war in ukraine. our north america business correspondent michelle fleury has more. the latest inflation reading is due out this wednesday, economists predict it will show rising prices remain entrenched, for americans filling up this tank this will come as no surprise, the average price of a gallon of petrol at an all time high, rising inflation notjust an economic challenge, also a political one. president popularity has taken a hit over this issue told americans felt their pain though he blamed the war in ukraine and the pandemic for soaring prices. i war in ukraine and the pandemic for soaring prices. for soaring prices. i want every ameri
I welcome you both. Ali, to you first. U. S. Officials, confirming americans are among the dead. But, what do we know of any specifics, around those statistics, this hour . Yeah alex, this is something that we heard, first mention by Secretary Of State Antony Blinken this morning, when he said that u. S. Officials were working overtime, to confirm reports that americans were among those killed. Since these attacks began yesterday, as well as reports that americans, were among those taken hostage, into gaza, by hamas militants. And tonight, we have a new quote from a National Security council spokesperson. Confirming that the deaths of several u. S. Citizens since this attack began, but also on these reports of americans being taken hostage. They would only confirm that there are americans, quote, Unaccounted For. They say in a statement, quote, we are aware of reports of unaccounted american u. S. Citizens, and we are working to confirm, we are closely monitoring information of hostage