what was it? [ sighs ] i can t remember. top of the hour on cnn newsroom. good to have you along. i m victor blackwell. we re starting this hour with the questions of potential legal jeopardy for former president donald trump and his attorney john eastman. the january 6th committee made its most forceful case yet that trump was responsible for the capitol insurrection. this was their third hearing and the committee revealed evidence that trump and eastman knew that their plot to push then vice president mike pence to delay the certification of the election results was not legal but kept unrelenting pressure on pence anyway, with trump berating and cursing at him on the phone. listen to former trump white house lawyer eric herschmann on his conversation with john eastman. i said are you out of your effing mind, and that was pretty blunt. i said, you re completely crazy. you re going to cause riots in the streets. and he said words to the effect of there s been violence in
the plan was illegal, or said in in front and trump did not care it was illegal. i think that was one of the biggest take-aways that eastman himself knew it was illegal and put it in an email, i want you to do a minor constitutional violation. chuck, back to you, we will build our way back to donald trump if we, can and specifically about his lawyer, that lawyer, john eastman, we even saw the email that he wrote to golden globe, saying, you know, having to rudy giuliani, saying you know, having thought about it, i think i do need a pardon here that understands his mind set and understanding he had done something criminal, why else would you need a pardon, what are the legal implications to face him? good questions, peter. first on the pardon, i m not a poker player but i m told people who play poker look for tells if they have a good land or a bad hand and a tell, consciousness of guilt, as you articulated would be asking for a pardon, would be asking for a pardo
for kids between the ages of six months and four years old. the moderna vaccine has been authorized for children six months to five years old. so the decision now, it goes to the cdc for its review. that agency plans to review the fda s decision today. it s expected to vote on the findings this weekend. that means we could start seeing shots in little arms next week. two people are dead, another injured after a shooting inside a church near birmingham, alabama. parishioners were attending a pot luck dinner. we ll take you to the scene for an update on that investigation. first though, can that bipartisan group of senators come to a final agreement on a plan to strengthen gun laws in this country? we re going to take a look at the issue that is holding them up there. was a real sense of progress but right now, there s real frustration. where does it stand? that s next. tration. where does it stand? that s next. you re pretty particular about keeping a healthy body. what goes on it.
after a shooting inside a church near birmingham. investigators say the man just started shooting during a pot luck dinner on thursday. cnn national correspondent nadia romero is here with the latest for us. nadia, what have you learned? reporter: well, victor, as you mentioned, the third victim now dying from the shooting that happened last night inside of the church behind me, and what s a really nice tree lined neighborhood. people tell me that they just didn t expect it to happen here. we know that there was a pot luck dinner for boomers, so we re talking senior citizens that would come out, bring their own dishes and fellowship inside of the church, and this happened on a regular basis. the 71-year-old suspect who hasn t been named yet was a regular. he would come to these kind of church events. it wasn t suspicious to see him there, until of course he pulled out a handgun, started shooting,