special report. this is cnn breaking news. the celebration of america s birthday marred by yet another, another mass shooting here in the united states. and police have just now identified a person of interest in that attack that killed at least six people and injured more than two dozen. cnn s adrianne broadous is on the scene in highland park, illinois. a manhunt is underway right now for the gunman who has just been identified. reporter: yes, seven years after the shots rang out here in highland park, we want to get information to the viewers right a way. a suspect name s is robert bobby crimo iii and a 22-year-old male and they believe he s driving a 2010 silver hyundai with illinois plates d like dog, m like mary and the number 80653. and investigators gave us this information, this latest update about ten minutes ago. they did not tell us what led them to believe this is their person of interest. not saying if they received a tip. not saying whether or not they he
u.s. capitol. we want to welcome our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m wolf woblitzer. you re in the situation room. former president trump and one of his top aides, cassidy hutchinson, dropped bombshell after bombshell on live television today. we re told even some trump allies were left speechless. ryan nobles reports on today s hearing and stunning new accounts of trump s actions before and during the insurrection. the moment she was sworn in, cassidy hutchinson, former aide to mark meadows, made it clear she had much to share. that evening was the first moment that i remember feeling scared. and nervous for what could happen. on january 6th. providing unique insight into a chaotic white house in the days leading up to january 6th and apres president who cheered the rioters and she was told desperately wanted to be with him. he said something to the effect of i m the f-ing president. take me up to the capitol now. the president reached u
happening now. new evidence connecting the capitol riot directly to former-president trump and his pressure campaign against his vice president. insiders swearing under oath that trump knew his scheme to get mike pence to overturn the presidential election was illegal but trump plowed ihead, anyway. the january 6th select committee also documenting pence s escape from that mob that was threatening his life with rioters at one point only 40 feet away. we are breaking down all the testimony, and where the insurrection investigation goes from here. we want to welcome our viewers here in the united states, and around the world. i m wolf blitzer, you re in the situation room . let s get right to the new testimony and evidence presented by the january-6th select committee during today s hearing. it ended just a couple hours or so ago. our congressional correspondent, ryan nobles, has been following it all up on capitol hill. mike pence is going to have to come through for us.
good evening, i m erin burnett, outfront tonight it is election night in america and front and center tonight are trump s lies about the 2020 election, as the january 6th committee lays out its case for how trump tried to overturn the election and knowingly lie to his supporters about it. trump s conspiracy theories are not just a thing about the historical record, you know, that we need to put in there. they re not a thing of the past, they re actually still metastasizing, just listen to two of the trump-backed candidate on the ballot tonight. tonight, will transform our election. you know that they did it to the election in this city. we fought right through to the end. they took the election. we the people know the election was stolen and we are not taking it anymore. so, one of those was adam running for nevada senate, other is katie arrington running for house seat in carolina, where polls closed a the the hour. counting now. trying to unseat incumbent nancy mace
security council official john kirby. and the january 6 select committee just released new video evidence after an abrupt change in the hearing s schedule. this, as we re learning more about a split within the panel over whether to formally seek any criminal prosecutions, including against former president trump. we want to welcome our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. we begin with a nation on edge right now at a critical moment for the u.s. economy. tonight, president biden is making a new effort to calm americans fears while also trying to defend his record. here s our chief white house correspondent, kaitlin collins. inflation, it s sapping the strength of a lot of families. reporter: president biden acknowledging the pain of higher prices in philadelphia today. gas is up and food is up, which we re going to get down come hell or high water. reporter: biden promising to bring prices down as t