Hello and welcome to our viewers in the United States and all around the world. Im lynda kinkade. Good to have you with us. Coming up on cnn newsroom, will they win or will they go home . The u. S. Womens soccer team playing their first match of the stage of the world cup. Were live at a new york watch party. Plus i consider it a great badge of honor, because im being indicted for you. I am being indicted for you. Despite the growing list of legal battles, donald trump is rallying his supporters with his latest indictment. Well look at what comes next for the former president. And decision time in niger as the deadline to reinstate the countrys ousted leader is set to expire today. Were live in the region with the latest. We begin this hour in melbourne, australia, where a clash of heavyweights is now underway at the womens world cup. Team usa, the twotime defending champions are taking on sweden, the thirdranked team in the world. And this is a do or die match for both countries, with
colder. i will have the details shortly. good morning. it s six o clock on 6 january. our main story: the metropolitan police has confirmed it s investigating potential fraud offences, in relation to the wrongful prosecution of hundreds of sub postmasters by the post office. around 700 people were blamed for accounting mistakes caused by faulty it software, which made it look like money was missing. some were wrongfully imprisoned, in a scandal which was dramatised on itv. our reporter vincent mcaviney has more. mr bates vs the post office has brought to light a story for years those in power wouldn t believe. for the post office branch managers across the country over two decades, it s been a nightmare they couldn t escape. i haven t got that money. and i don t know where it s gone. noel tomas, a former sub postmaster in anglesey, was one of those wrongly sent to prison in 2006. this week has offered some catharsis after years of torment. the rest of the country knows how th
republican congresswoman kathy mcmorris rodgers on gas prices hitting $5 a gallon for the first time in the history, and bill barr on something he told january 6th committee and with our very own lucas tomlinson at white house on a president fending off attacks, it s that 70 # inflation show all over again, and he is the not too happy star. welcome, everybody, i m neil cavuto. happy weekend to you. let s go first to my buddy lucas on how the administration is handling all this bad news on prices. reporter: well, neil, the labor department issuing a brutal report yesterday saying that inflation is getting worse, not better. the average cost of goods up 8.6% over a year ago. now, president biden speaking in los angeles in addition to blaming putin, he s blaming exxon for the skyrocketing prices. they have 9,000 permits to drill. they re not drilling. why aren t they drilling? because they make more money not producing more oil. the price goes up, number one. and number two