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8.6%. americans, you, we, are feeling this nearly everywhere, nearly everything is more expensive, including the cost of gas which remains at historic highs. the biden administration taking new steps to lower those gas prices. this morning presidentiesident calling on energy companies to do more. also this morning, the january 6th committee is teasing ahead to its next hearing, tomorrow, they released a portion of a taped deposition with a former white house lawyer. now the committee is saying that thursday s hearing will focus on president trump s effort to pressure then vice president mike pence to block the certification of the election. we will have much more on that, in just a moment. let s begin this morning with cnn white house correspondent arlette saenz. arlette, president biden is making strong demands from oil companies, this morning, as he tries to do something about the soaring gas prices. reporter: yeah, president biden is trying to ramp up the pressure on
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
that s a special report coming up tomorrow. up tomorrow. it s time now for ac 360. captions by vitac www.vitac.com tonight on 360, israeli hostage families in angry confrontations with the government that some of them say is putting killing the enemy ahead of saving israelis. also, with their client on the attack, lawyers for donald trump today trying to convince an appeals court that what he is saying about special counsel jack smith and the january 6th case ginagainst him and it s lot is protected by the first amendment. plus the literally earth shaking iceland that could be getting ready to blow. john berman here in for anderson. we begin with israel s war on hamas. the many pieces of it now in play. and the one question that six weeks of fighting has yet to answer, namely how a sometimes divided democracy should fight a ruthless enemy, which hides among palestinian non-combatants and holds hundreds of israeli non-combatants captain. troops reached th
in hawaii sue their tate over tailpipe emissions, and they ve revived juliana versus united states, the federal case that could end up before the supreme court. i just recently graduated high school, but i think it s something everyone knows, is that we have three branches of government for a reason. the judicial branch is there to keep a check on the other two branches, and that s what we re doing here. reporter: claire blegrew up bozeman and she sees the courts as the only place for someone like her to have a voice. the power is in the hands of other people, especially my government. and i hope that as a young person we might actually have a chance to make a difference, and for my life and for my kids life, you know, not all hope may be lost. thanks to bill weir for that terrific report. research on psychedelics is