stands for! plus president biden following through on a core campaign pledge wiping away thousands of dollars in student loan debt. and russia s war on ukraine turns six months old today, still locked in a bloody stalemate. translator: we re holding on for six months. it s difficult for us. we clenched our fists, fighting for our fate. up first, is it momentum or just a moment? democratic lawmakers and strategists hope a win in new york s special election stops a midterm drift 11 weeks before november. the verdict out of hudson valley is that democrat pat ryan will now represent new york s 19th district, that s where president biden won in 2020 by just 1.5 percentage points. democrats see major national political implications in ryan s surprise win because the candidate made abortion the centerpiece of his campaign. the sad truth, mark molinaro and the republicans oppose a woman s right to choose. republicans will allow women and their doctors to be prosecuted for g
i don t know i don t want to say the election is over. the january 6th committee on how president trump did not quell violence at the capitol. president trump did not fail to act in the 187 minutes in telling the mob to go home. he chose not to act. even as secret service agents scramble to get vice president pence out of danger. if we re moving, we need to move now. and testimony that mr. trump took care to stay on the side of the mob. the president did not want to include any sort of mention of peace in that tweet. i ll talk to committee member luria about where the investigation goes next. also the economy. we re taking our own steps that we believe will be supportive in the short-term to get inflation down. i ll interview janet yellen on inflation, economic pessimism and whether we should expect a recession. joining me are yamiche alcindor, moderator of washington week. jake herman, maria kumar and stephen hayes. welcome to sunday. it s meet the pre
dangerous heat and a state of emergency. the oak fire explodes near yosemite national park in california. it is 0% contained. blistering temperatures adding to the danger creating health concerns. under heat alerts. some cities like boston and newark seen triple digits. camilla, what s the situation there right now? reporter: hey, pam. we just got back from the mountain here behind me. cal fire took us there to see what the fire has done and i think the number of structures destroyed will go up. it was ten last report but seeing the destruction you can tell it is likely going to go up. we are waiting for the next report but firefighters just looking at the fire and the flames and the smoke telling me they don t think they made that much progress but seen plane after plane dropping that fire retardant doing everything they can to put the flames out but there s things that are making the fire fight more difficult. the first is the drought and the we weather. the temperatures
for them. and that s because they say the temperatures increase, the humidity drops, and the winds pick up. that s the time when this fire begins to expand even more. we ve seen it grow dramatically over the last couple of days and they expect it to continue, unfortunately. firefighters also saying this is a difficult fire because in very steep areas. they say it s hard to get to people and homes. a lot of the homes are big, say five-acre lots, the homes are essentially surrounded by the forest, a lot of which is overgrown and dry. so they re asking people to pay attention to evacuation orders, to pack their bags. some people are listening while others are choosing to stay here. i talked to a couple of neighbors who say they just don t want to leave, they ll continue to watch the flames and see how the situation develops. but they don t want to leave their homes, they say they ll do everything they can to protect their homes. there has an increase in resources here. we are ex
traffic stop. an investigation is under way into why two oakland tennessee police officers chased brandon callaway into his own home, after he allegedly ran a stop sign. the officers beat him bloody with a baton and tased him, and all of this caught on cell phone video obtained by cnn from callaway s girlfriend. and we do want to warn you, what you re about to watch is disturbing. stop, stop! stop hitting him. stop. stop it. stop it. stop it. stop. stop. stop. stop it why are you hitting him? he has no weapon? he has no weapon, sir. there s no weapon. you re being aggressive. i have all of this on video. i need to report you. don t put your hands on me. do not put your hands on me. i need to call my mom. i need to call his mom. stop. stop. stop resisting. stop resisting. stop. stop. get on the ground. get on the ground. all right, cnn naddo romero is here now and you spoke with brandon callaway about what happen. what did he say? this is such a hard time for him because