partisan thesis, we heard from witnesses in cabinet s own circle and some of them turned on him. trump s attorney general, bill barr told trump the idea that he won the election was bs and trump s own daughter said she accepted barr s assessment. trump s strategy now is to claim his attorney general sucked and throwing his own daughter under the bus by saying she checked out. we see that the mob s chants of hang mike pence erupted after a rioter broadcast a trump tweet about mike pence certifying the election. and aware of the chants to hang mike pence, the president responded with this sentiment, quote, maybe our supporters have the right idea. mike pence, quote, deserves it. we expect to hear more on all the revelations in the next hearing that begins on monday. let s bring in cnn legal analyst preet bah har and author of with rise of the strong men and how they succeed ruth ben-chiat. preet, let s start with you, they said this would be quite the start. did it live up
griff: anita, great to see you. let s kick things off with lucas tomlinson from the white house. the labor department issuing a brutal report saying inflation is getting worse not better. in los angeles president biden says it s not just putin that s responsible, but exxon as well for skyrocketing prices. they have 9,000 permits to drill, they re not drilling. why aren t they drilling? because they make more money not producing more oil. the price goes up, number one and number two the reason they re not drilling, they re buying back their own stock. exxon made more money than god this year. when president biden was sworn into office he had a 57% approval rating, gas was just 2.39 a gallon. today s approval rating was presume plummeted to 39%, some lower in some polls. and gas nationwide soared across the country and the president s popularity has gone down. president obama once told him his popularity was tied to the price of gasoline and it s happening once again toda
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Is expected to appear tuesday for an arraignment and phoenix unless he has granted a delay by the court hello again everyone. Thank you so much for joining me. Ive heard Rica Whitfield and we begin this hour with break the news. Israeli war cabinet member and former deputy Prime Minister benny gantz delivering an ultimatum to Prime Minister benjamin netanyahu, saying he must choose between victory and disaster, and telling him the war cabinet must agree on a plan for the Gaza Conflict by June 8th Gantz is threatening to leave the Coalition Government if netanyahu does not meet his expectations, cnns Elliott Gucken is in tel aviv for us and were here now that theres a response from netanyahu there is a response from Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahus Office Deriving Dismissing benny gantz as words, as washed up words, and saying the gantzs plan would result in a defeat for israel against hamas and also the abandonment and all the hostages who were abducted by Hamas On October the sevent
And also rebound breaking boston tart as the panthers advance to play the ranger. So exciting stuff. And as you mentioned, guys, just a wild to turn of events for Scottie Scheffler to show up and now to be in contention to potentially usually when another major after being arrested in facing os of charges, just incredible ghrelin, man. Oh, thanks so much another hour. Cnn this morning starts right now good morning. Good morning. It is saturday, may 18. Welcome to cnn. This morning. Im Victor Blackwell here with amara walker, and heres what were working for you. This morning. Personally. Dont agree with some of the things that the white house has done. But youre still want him to come here. So do become President Bidens Plan Commencement Address tomorrow is dividing the Morehouse College campus, the mood on campus today, and how the morehouse president is defending the decision to invite it also, a cnn exclusive of violent video appears to show music moguls Sean Diddy Combs brutally att