election. and i m talking lie with stacey abrams, democratic candidate for governor in georgia, about her campaign, voting rights, january six and more. time symone sanders, and i have something to say. missed out of the south breaking news the announcement of bipartisan framework agreement for gun safety legislation in the united states senate. white house correspondent yamiche alcindor is live in one of the key god sleepy legislation? well, symone, there was big news this sunday with a framework being announced by a bipartisan group of senators who have been negotiating in the wake of these recent high-profile mass shootings. all walk you through what this framework is, and should tell people that this isn t a bill yet, the bill hasn t been written, there s a number of things here that i want to support for state crisis intervention orders, incentives for to deny guns to people that are risk of themselves or other, investment and family and mental health services. pro
police chief is defending his actions as questions continue to mount over his department s response to the deadly school shooting. a new saudi-backed golf league is luring some big-name golfers with some reportedly getting nine-figure payouts. what s behind the saudi strategy, and how the pga is responding. and dangerous heat is gripping part of the country. 60 million of you are under heat alerts. when we re going to start to see some relief from the triple-digit temperatures. newsroom starts right now. wish you a good morning. we are grateful to have you with us on this saturday, june 11th. happy weekend to you. i m christi paul. great to be with you, i m boris sanchez. you are live in the cnn newsroom. we begin this hour with a national call for gun reform. hundreds of march for our lives rallies are planned in nearly all 50 states today with activists demanding lawmakers address the epidemic of gun violence in this country. a series of high-profile mass shooti
which laid out the case of who they said is at the center of the insurrection. here s congressman benny thompson. donald trump was at the center of this conspiracy. and ultimately, donald trump, the president of the united states, spurred a mob of tim aesthetic and the maze of the constitution. to march down the capitol, and subvert american democracy. any legal jargon that you care about seditious conspiracy, obstruction of a official proceeding, conspiracy to defraud the united states, boils down to this. january 6th, was the culmination of an attempted coup. a brazen attempt, as one wanted to put it, shortly after january 6th. to overthrow the government. who heard that right? quote. donald trump was at the center of this conspiracy to overthrow the government. it also blew a hole into any idea that this protest would a march to the capitol that would unintentionally turn violent. instead, there was planning and strategy. including by the proud boys who skipped the r
the january 6th committee hearings. an in-depth look at the committee s dramatic first public hearing this week. donald trump was up the center of this conspiracy. president trump summoned the mob, assembled the mob and lit the flame of this attack. but committee providing a wealth of material, including never before seen footage of the riot as it unfolded. [noise] they were peaceful people. these were great people. the crowd was unbelievable. there was love in the air. i had never seen anything like it. an emotional testimony from the capitol hill police officer who nearly died trying to hold the line. there were officers on the ground, they were bleeding, they were throwing up, they, i mean as a friends with blood all over their faces. i was slipping in peoples blood. it was carnage. it was chaos. the committee, laying all of that blame squarely on the feet of one, that donald trump, using words from his own loyalists and family to make the case that he knew
told him he needed to be doing something more. and aware of the rioters chants to hang mike pence, the president responded with this sentiment, quote, maybe our supporters have the right idea. mike pence, quote, deserves it. mike pence deserves it. that s one of several new findings revealed yesterday. you may hear there was nothing new, but that s not the truth. cheney revealed multiple republican congressman, including gop representative scott perry, sought presidential pardons for their roles in trying to overturn the election. trump s attorney general bill barr told him, his claim the election was stolen was bs. ivanka trump testified she believed barr when he said that. and overnight a source close to former vice president pence told cnn that his team did not call the white house for help as the riots unfolded because they did not think the white house, that is the president, would help them. that s the vice president. capitol hill police officers who were attacked an