hard virtual learning was, math and reading scores plummeting to their lowest levels in decades. welcome to the lead. i m kaitlan collins in for jake tapper. we start with our politics lead and the florida courtroom showdown unfold thing afternoon over the classified documents found at trump s mar-a-lago home. the hearing ended a little over an hour ago, with no immediate decision from the judge on whether or not to appoint a special master in the case. a special master would be a third party attorney put in charge of reviewing the evidence seized from trump s florida home, his newest lawyer in his first appearance as part of the legal team today argued a special master is needed to restore order and lower the temperature in the nation. and another trump attorney compared the battle over the classified documents to a dispute over an overdue library book. let s get straight to our reporter in florida. tell us more about what arguments these lawyers were making, but a
united states called the bankers on wall street. the current spike in gas prices is largely the fault of vladimir putin. republicans offer plenty of blame but not a single solution. they re not drilling. why not? you want to know why prices are so high? there are a number of reasons having to do with war in ukraine, destruction caused by the pandemic. bill: gas is down 50 cents over the past 30 days. every bit helps. currently sitting at 4.49 a gallon on average. still up 87% since the president took office. peter doocy starts the coverage from the north lawn. what s the explanation now? what we continue to hear from officials at the white house is that when prices go up for pretty much anything, it is putin s fault out of the president s hands. when the prices come down, it is the president s plans to thank and he deserves a lot of credit. and that is leading to new questions whether or not there is a double standard. there is no both way thinking here at all. i very m
foster care system. the 11th hour just getting underway on this friday night. good evening once again, i m stephanie ruhle. the january 6th committee has now heard from one of its highest profile witnesses. and according to one member, they learned some new information. today, trump white house counsel, pat cipollone, testified in a marathon seven and a half hour session that was videotaped. while under oath, he answered the [inaudible] questions about january 6th. mr. cipollone did appear voluntarily and answer a whole variety of questions. he did not contradict the testimony of other witnesses. and i think we did learn a few things, which we will be rolling out in the hearings to come. he was candid with the committee. he was careful in his answers. and i believe that he was honest in his answers. i know you can t get into specifics, but can you say if you learned any significant new information new information from him? i think a few things, yes. and when we put
good evening once again, i m stephanie ruhle. the january 6th committee has now heard from one of its highest profile witnesses. and according to one member, they learned some new information. today, trump white house counsel, pat cipollone testified in a marathon seven and a half hour session that was videotaped. while under oath, he answered the panels questions about january 6th. mr. cipollone did appear voluntarily and answer a whole variety of questions. he did not contradict the testimony of other witnesses. and i think we did learn a few things, which we will be rolling out in the hearings to come. he was candid with the committee. he was careful in his answers. and i believe that he was honest in his answers. i know you can t get into specifics, but can you say if you learned any significant new information new information from him? i think a few things, yes. and when we put this all together and obviously tuesday is going to be an important day for the comm
on friday? as fighting rages in eastern ukraine, hundreds of thousands of ukrainian civilians are being urged to evacuate from the region to escape russia s brutal advance. we want to welcome our viewers here in the united states and arnold the world. i m wolf blitzer and you re in the situation room. disturbing new details of the deadly july fourth parade shooting in illinois. some coming from the gunman himself who has confessed to the mass killing and now we re learning it could have been only the beginning of his rampage. cnn security correspondent, josh campbell, is on the scene for us. reporter: the highland park gunman s first appearance in court wednesday. the shooter held without bond and charged with seven counts of first degree murder for shooting into a crowd of paradegoers on july fourth. the prosecutor naming each one of the victims and police saying the suspect admitted to the shootings. he went into details about what he had done. admitted to what he h