threatened strike by delta pilots all pushing airlines to the breaking point. now the holiday at search of passengers is likely to make things even worse. driving could bring its own headaches not just because of those high gas prices. traffic may be a problem as aaa predicts nearly 48 million people will hit the roads. alexis mcadams is live at laguardia airport. quick some of the people here does have anywhere to go a lot of people in a big hurry third not getting out of here anytime soon. major delays, millions of people are flying this holiday weekend for the peak time they are pink peak prices for the lowest ticket we have seen is about $200 and it keeps uncounted part even of the dishing out big money these people are not getting on an airplane, listen. well, first i got one to lighten our delay no problem. and then maybe about 9:30 a.m. i got the e-mail that said it was canceled for the agents at the gate. take a look here you can see right at the american termin
former vice president mike pence was asked by a federal grand jury. is this investigation farther along than we thought? president biden says he does not expect the u.s. economy to enter a recession, but what do new numbers from walmart tell us what is really going to happen. and as china gets ready to speak with xi jinping, is china gearing up against taiwan. and for the first time since leaving office does his vision resonate with voters. and new cnn reporting this morning and new revelations that a trooper was on the scene of the uvalde school shooting earlier than previously thought. what the body cam video shows. and did the u.s. wait too long to contain the monkeypox outbreak. dr. fauci is joining us. and will john berman and i be at work tomorrow as the mega millions reaches 900 million. i ll be here. i m not buying a ticket. we start with marc short telling cnn that he testified in front of a grand jury. i can confirm that i received a subpoena from the fe
though he is not saying much. i can confirm that i received a subpoena and i complied, but under advice of counsel, i can t really say much more than that. that was my only appearance before the grand jury. and there are also reports that second aide greg jacobs was also subpoenaed and test filed. jennifer rogers, how significant is this that two of 9 former top aides have now appeared before a grand jury? well, christine, it is significant for a couple reasons. first of all, they are really important witnesses. one was one of the live witnesses that the january 6 committee brought us and they were very close to the former vice president not testified and they know everything basically that he knows. and we know mike pence was the center of the scheme of former president trump to overturn the election, the linchpin really. so it is important for that reason. and it is also important because it means that the doj investigation is broader than we ve previously known. we k
away. experts believe it could fall to the lowest level since last february, the white house down plays fears of a recession. my hope is we go from this rapid growth to a steady growth. so we ll see some coming down. but i don t think we re going to god willing, i don t think we ll see a recession. let s hope he s right. today s report is the first of many marking the state of the economy, especially this week. tomorrow, the fed will make its announcement on interest rates and will likely hike that interest rate. so let s begin with the economy this hour with cnn reporter matt egan and jeremy diamond. matt, we ll let you look at the numbers just coming in. but jeremy, what is the strategy for the white house as they prepare for so many consequential reports on the economy this week? reporter: we have seen from the white house a week of prebuttals ahead of all of these economic numbers this week. in particular, those gdp numbers that we are expecting on thursday. the w
plus, more evidence of an economic funk. a new data point shows american consumers are getting even more pessimistic, and it s because of inflation. and a split screen day for republicans. trump in washington. so is pence. competing speeches put their rift in the wrestling match for control of the republican party front and center. up first for us, though, a federal grand jury, its highest profile witness, and what it might mean for donald trump and those who helped him try to steal the 2020 election. a former mike pence cheech of staff, marc short, confirm last night here on cnn, that he did receive and did comply with a grand jury subpoena, his first appearance before the washington, d.c., grand jury. marc would not discuss the content of his testimony. but a witness to a long list of episodes including the senior circle of trump allies who pushed a scheme with the home that vice president pence would then refuse to certify the real biden electors. multiple reports say greg