shawn. army sergeant daniel perry says he fired that day in self-defense. he claims that the protesters surrounded his car while he was driving through downtown austin and basically ran into a black lives matter protest. his lawyers argue that he had the legal right to open fire after one of those demonstrators raised an ak-47 and pointed it right toward him, so he feared for his life. christina coleman has the very latest. christina? reporter: hi, eric. texas governor greg abbott says he has requested the state s board of pardons and parole to expedite its review of this this case after army sergeant daniel perry was convicted of murder for killing air force veteran garrett foster, a black lives matter protester. it was an emotional day in court after the verdict came down on friday. members of foster s family could be seen crying and hugging the attorneys that they worked with. some eyewitnesses strongly kiss piewpted perry s claims in this case. they testify that foster
to world peace and let no one doubt this is a difficult and dangerous effort on which we have set out. neil: 60 years ago this very month, we were on the brink, the closest the world had ever come to nuclear war. thereby a few other decision it could have been. now we re facing potentially the same predicament, what president biden calls potential armageddon given some of the retaliatory efforts and provocative moves on the part of vladamir putin talking freely about using tactical nuclear weapons of saying nothing of what seems to be daily missile strikes out of north korea, a couple of which just went over japan this past week. we re not even getting into china s provocations of the south china sea and presidents in anything taiwan, and new york, taiwan, south korea and on and on. some are criticizing the president for even mentioning the armageddon word and his massage was to let the message was to let the world be on notice and nothing to do with happening events here
walker paid for her abortion. it comes as walker doubles down on his defense. and what a dramatic cut in it oil production overseas could mean for the price we pay at the pump here at home. good morning. welcome to way too early on this thursday, october 6th. thank you for starting your day with us. one week after hurricane ian made land fall in florida, president biden is warning the more is coming. the president visited the battered state yesterday, just days after surveying storm damage in puerto rico. in florida, the president and governor ron desantis put politics aside as they met with residents in the ft. myers area. we were very fortunate to have good coordination with white house and with fema. i think one thing that you re seeing in this response, we are cutting through the bureaucracy. we re cutting through the red tape. and that s from local government, state government, all the way up to the president. so we appreciate the team effort. i think he s done a
world. it is friday, october 14th. i m christine romans. we begin this morning with the january 6th house committee escalating its showdown with donald trump. our institutions only hold when men and women of good faith make them hold. committee vice chair liz cheney closing down the hearing calling for them to subpoena the former president. trump is not expected to comply. jamie raskin tells cnn s jake tapper, if he s innocent, he should. but even if he thinks that it was a righteous manifestation of pro trump sentiment, then he should come forward if he really wants to be the musi linnie of a mass right wing populus movement. he should come forward and explain that. cnn s jessica schneider has more from the hearing. we are obligated to seek answers directly from the man who set this all in motion. an extraordinary move. those in favor will say aye. aye. reporter: unanimously voting to subpoena former president donald trump for testimony and documents in the
carley: all up from this time a year ago. take a look at the price of gas this morning. the national average $3.90 a gal on. on inauguration, it was $2.90. kevin has more details on that. kevin: great to be back with you. there is a saying, if you don t like what they are saying about you, be sure to change the topic, the smart thing to do. for the biden white house, that is the thing, especially when it comes to talking about the economy. the latest cpi is out, up 8.2% year over year, massive jump. the president says it could be worse, but he swears things are getting better. president biden: today s report shows progress, overall inflation was 2% over last three months, down from 11% the past three months, that is progress. republicans win, inflation will get worse, that simple. kevin: tough to imagine getting much worse than things are right now. speaking of worse, national average for gallon of regular unleaded gas almost $4, incredible, that is bad, this is wor