unilaterally subvert democracy. also this morning, new photos obtained by abc news show vice president pence and his family in hiding on january 6th, after pence was rushed off the senate floor. you ll remember by secret service as rioters broke into the capitol. i think the public probably is not aware of how close a call this was. the rioters came very close to capturing the vice president and i think there is very good evidence that they would have done harm to him, perhaps even killed him. so this was a close call. that was congresswoman zoe lofgren who sits on that select committee, testifying today, very significant testimony, coming from retired federal judge michael luttig, highly respected conservative judge, once one of justice clarence thomas closest advisers, previously clerked for justice scalia, considered by former president george w. bush as a nominee to the high court himself. that s why his words carry such weight, especially on a day like today. in a
to reopen today. what this means for the nationwide shortage and how soon could formula be back on the shelf. i have been told that this person did not have a motivation. new details on the school massacre in uvalde, texas. whether classes will ever be held at the school again. two former trump officials won t be charged for stonewalling the january 6th committee. we have reaction from committee members ahead of next week s high profile hearing. you have to have fun in summertime. and on the road again. decades-high inflation not stopping millions from traveling this summer. how people are getting creative, changing travel habits to salvage their vacations. plus the show goes on despite the queen s absence. the platinum jubilee celebrations under way today. newsroom starts right now. we are so grateful to see you on this saturday, june 4th. welcome, i m christi paul. great to be with you, i m boris sanchez. you re live in the cnn newsroom. we re lookin
president. plus water rescues under way in miami as a tropical cyclone makes its way onshore with more than 10 million people in its path. and celebrating 70 years on the throne. who is attending the queen s platinum jubilee and who isn t. newsroom starts now. hello, everyone, thank you so much for joining me, i m fredericka whitfield. we begin in wisconsin where a former judge is now dead, targeted in a bizarre plot to kill government officials. former juneau county circuit court judge john roemer was gunned down in his home on friday. police say the suspect also shot himself. sources say the gunman was also planning attacks on wisconsin governor tony evers and senate minority leader mitch mcconnell. cnn s whitney wild has the details for us today. whitney, what more are you learning? reporter: fredericka, sources tell cnn the suspect had a list of targets and officials say this was somehow related to the judicial system. just how? was it one case, was it several c
lies. trump endorsed kemp rival, david perdue and headlined a telerally for him yesterday on the same day that former vice president mike pence stumped with kemp in georgia. when you say yes to governor brian kemp tomorrow, you will send a deafening message all across america that the republican party is the party of the future. david is the only candidate who can beat stacey abrams because i don t believe kemp can do it. he s got too many people in the republican party that will refuse to vote. they re not going to go out after what they did to two senators and to a presidential election. let s go to atlanta now. eva mckend is there. former senator david perdue is facing controversy over comments he made, not about brian kemp but the democrat to beat in this race, stacey abrams. reporter: that s right, victor, the race has been much quieter on the democratic side because stacey abrams is running unopposed but on the minds of republicans, including david perdue taking
police say the 18-year-old white suspect traveled three hours from a different county. we have new details this morning about how he planned the massacre, for how long. this morning the police commissioner says he had plans to kill even more african americans after leaving the supermarket. also we re learning about a previous incident where he was on the radar of law enforcement, making a chilling comment last spring. we have learned that president biden tomorrow will visit buffalo to meet with the victims families. we re also learning new details this morning about a deadly shooting in southern california where four people were having lunch inside a church after services when a gunman entered and opened fire, killing one of them and critically wounding four others. the taiwanese congregation was there at the time and authorities say that they are still investigating the motive and whether they were targeted. the suspect is in custody after being stopped by members of the