welcome news when it comes to your wallet. a key inflation report shows that price increases went to zero last month. the markets are like what will the fed in the next hour we re said to get an interest rate decision from chair jerome powell and president biden back on the world stage. he s headed to it believe for a highly anticipated summit with a lot at stake. but casting a shadow over the trip. yesterday s conviction of his son, hunter, on felony gun charges happening now, house republicans moving forward in their planned to hold attorney general merrick garland in contempt of congress for violating subpoena requests. now, an uneasy feeling filling his growing among gop lawmakers. do they have the votes were following these major developing stories and many more all coming in right here to cnn news central we start this hour watching stocks rally after a new report shows inflation cooling down in may, the gains have been a bit in afternoon trading, but the dow roared o
hold it against the defendant for not testifying in his own defense the judge, though, has push back on the defense s efforts to add more language to the jury instructions that would be more favorable to 100, for instance, the idea that he would he didn t knowingly violate the law, which is something that defense is really all about. and they also wanted to they also want to make the argument that hunter biden did not think he was addicted to drugs when he bought that gun? in october of 2018? that s the reason why we re here and why hunter is facing these three federal charges that could send him to prison if he is convicted, but it s you pointed out, we could very much have this case in hands of the jury today if a hunter biden does not testify and john, i mean, the fact that we re here we had about ten witnesses. i think i was to ten witnesses or four-and-a-half days of testimony on the part of the by the prosecution s this case really is what the jury is going to be co
one of them is leading the republican presidential pack. the other is bringing up the rear in this hour. newt gingrich and jon huntsman are facing off in a lincoln-douglas stale debate in new hampshire, where the first in the nation primary is just 29 days away wp. with the calendar closing in, flying between gingrich and its nearest rival, we are talking about mitt romney. jim has the latest for us. jim? with the holiday ises the debate, it could be summed up as newty versus nice. but the real fight is with mitt romney and it is anything but nice. there is enough journalists swarming around newt gingrich under this pharmacy to givefully candidate a migraine. just enough room to talk with handful of voters and a parrot in the store. but the real squawking in gingrich s ear is coming from mitt romney who said the former speaker should give up the big money he earned advising the housing giant, freddie mac. one of the things that i think people recognize in washington is th