we re talking triple digits and it will last right through the better part of the weekend. that is wild. derek, thank you. thanks so much for joining us. i m laura jarrett. new day starts right now. good morning to viewers here in the u.s. and around the world, it is thursday, june 9th. i m brianna keilar with john berman. we begin with the price of gas, closer than ever to the dreaded $5 a gallon mark. the national average for a gallon of regular gas hitting $4797 up nearly 2 cents overnight and this is the 13th straight day of record highs for the gas prices, it s the 30th in the last 31 days, the surge hitting americans right where they live and drive. so it is worth noting that when you adjust for inflation prices are not at record highs, not yet, but they do keep rising with no real end in sight. this is what president biden said about soaring gas prices during his appearance on jimmy kimmel overnight. look, inflation is is the is the bain of our existe
lawmaker who gave a capital tour on the eve of the insurrection. plus, oklahoma lawmakers pass a bill banning almost all abortions if signed into law it would be the strictest anti-abortion law in the country. and testimony from johnny depp s former talent agent, former business manager and ex-girlfriend, what they had to say about his behavioral and challenges with working with him. good morning to our viewers here in the united states and all around the world, it is friday, may 20th and a busy morning. just a short time ago president biden arrived in seoul, south korea, kicking off his first visit to asia since taking office. biden joined the new south korean president at a samsung semi-conductor plant, an immediate display of unity. the main goal of this trip is to reassure u.s./asian allies of the american commitment to counter and contain china. the president will also visit japan on this trip. meantime, growing concern over what north korea will do next. the u
terror attack in america on americans. ten americans killed, their ages ranging from 32 to 86. in fact, six of the victims were older than 60. the evidence clearly suggests they were murdered because they were shopping and black. this morning we re getting new perspective on the victims and we will speak to a number of people who knew and loved them. police say the white 18-year-old suspect traveled three hours from a different county. there are new details about how he planned the massacre and for how long. and a previous incident when he was on the radar of law enforcement, making a chilling comment last spring. tomorrow we just learned that president biden will visit buffalo and meet with victims families. we re also learning new details about a deadly shooting in southern california. four people were having lunch inside a church after services when a gunman entered and opened fire, killing one person and critically wounding four others. the taiwanese congregation was t
tells cnn that a former abbott employee filed a whistleblower complaint about its michigan baby formula plant eight months earlier than previously known. cnn anchor laura jarrett joins me now. what have you learned here? john, as we know, parents around the country are still struggling to find baby formula, but the timeline of exactly what happened at that abbott plant in sturgis, michigan, is coming into sharper focus. cnn has now learned as john just mentioned that a former abbott employee filed a whistleblower complaint about the company s practices far earlier than previously known. this individual who was apparently fired back in august of 2020 first raised product safety concerns with the labor department in february of 2021. okay. look at that timeline. the person claimed that the equipment defects had allowed bacteria into the formula production line, something pretty serious. so osha, the department within labor then alerts not only the fda but abbott about the issue.
his way, some people think that they are god. go dig into how god did his deal and you may find out about a guy that lot of things you don t want to know. i don t cheat and i don t lie. i learned that when i was a kid, if you did, old man would slap you side of the head. maybe somebody should have slapped him. saban and fisher were publicly reprimanded by the s.e.c. alabama hosting a&m on october 8. get your popcorn ready. yikes. that got ugly. all right, thanks so much, nice to see you. have a great weekend, coy. you too. thanks for joining us. i m christine romans. and i m laura jarrett. new day starts right now. keilar is away, erica hill with me this morning on this new day. a high stakes asia trip, a pivotal moment for president biden and his plans to counter china. the january 6 panel wants answers from a republican