reporter: chairman bennie thompson publicly claiming the january 6th house select committee will not refer former president trump or anyone else to the justice department for criminal prosecution. what i prefer that we complete our work and seal that work with the department of justice. and they will make that call after that. reporter: even without a referral, the justice department would prosecute. but some committee members feel those comments are premature. we have had a discussion about that. i thought we discovered that decision until we concluded our investigation, at least that s my understanding. reporter: vice chair liz cheney pushing back on thompson s statement. writing in a tweet, the january 6th select committee has not issued a conclusion regarding potential criminal referrals. despite the discord in the committee, attorney general merrick garland said he s monitoring its findings. i am watching. and i will be watching all the hearings. and i can as
what trump s innermost circle thought of his election fraud lies. detached from reality was the polite way of putting. president biden wrapping up a speech in philadelphia to the aflcio convention. the president s argument, times are tough, but he should be trusted to get us through the economic pain. and the president got political saying a republican wave in november would bring a renewed attack on two sources of security. the president says republicans would put programs like medicare and social security at risk. our cnn white house correspondent is traveling with the president in philadelphia. john, the president was relaxed because he was among friends. talked about the economics, but he also talked politics. he did. look, this was a president, john, who was reveling in the applause of his friends in the union movement. he s always said from the beginning of his presidential campaign that he s a union guy. so he talked about the positive aspects of his economic record.
learned trump s inner circle told him the fraud claims were false. within the committee, a significant public split over whether to send a criminal referral to the doj, and so that s where we want to begin today with democratic congresswoman of virginia who is on the select committee. she s joining us now. thank you so much for taking the time, congresswoman. the chairman says that a criminal referral is not going to happen. i know you and other committee members say that s not been decided. why isn t everyone on the same page? well, what i d say is it s correct that this hasn t been decided. we haven t got ton that point yet as far as the committee making a formal decision. the chairman says it s not going to happen. he went that far. well, we are continuing to have discussions within the committee, and i would say that this is something that is a very important topic for us to decide and decide as a whole committee, and we will make that decision and that announcement
top of the hour on cnn newsroom, good to be with you, i m victor blackwell. president biden says that he has a plan to tackle the soaring inflation that s plaguing this country, he says republicans are getting in his way. the problem is republicans in congress are doing everything they can to stop my plans to bring down the cost for ordinary families. that s why my plan is not finished, and why the results aren t finished either. jobs are back. prices are still too high. covid is down, but gas prices are up. our work isn t done. the president also warned that it s going to take time for prices to come down. as americans struggle to buy, well, everything. groceries, gas, cars, a key economic indicator shows that the pace of inflation lowered just slightly in may but the producer price index is still up above 10%. this afternoon, stocks are mixed. s&p 500 dipped into bear market territory yesterday, and now everybody s watching the federal reserve. as economists predict, th
congresswoman nancy mace. we want someone who will represent faith, family and freedom, that is why donald trump endorsed me and this district on june 14th will endorse me in the ballot box. i have a great record, i never voted to raise taxes. my opponent voted for the gas tax. when you say joe biden did that, arrington helped them. todd: you will want to stick around. congresswoman mace will join us and so will reporter lawrence jones who is having breakfast with south carolinans. carley: sam brown for the gop senate nomination, the winner of the race will determine who runs against incumbent catherine cortes-maesto. we will beat the senator in november. we re not relying on surrogates from dc to rescue you in the primary. i put in sweat equity and that is what we need to flip the state. todd: in north dakota, john hogan expecteds to win his third term. democrat governor janet nelwell,s looks to lockup today, will face former governor paul, who came out of reti