country. as the summer travel season heats up, the average price for gallon of gas hits $5 for the first time ever. i m pamela brown, you re in the cnn newsroom. hello, every one. great to have you along with us on this saturday night. more than 20 million americans tuned in thursday night as the house select me investigating the january 6th capitol attacks opened the hearings in prime time. the narrative that former president trump was at the center of wide ranging conspiracy to stay in office. the members used dramatic footage and chilling testimony to make their points. capital police officer offer car line edwards recalled slipping on the plood of her fellow officers during the assault. documentary film maker following the proud boys said he watch the crowd transform tr protesters to rioters to insurrectionists. thursday s hearing was just for starters. cnn senior crime and justice reporter has more. tell us what the committee has in story for cothe coming week. eve
a visit by the south korean president overshadowed by the unfolding international drama surround i surrounding an alleged iranian terror plot. for the first time, president obama spoke at length about what the united states maintains was a plan to assassinate the saudi ambassador to the united states here in washington, d.c. let s go straight to jessica yellin. jessica, the president was asked about the links to the iranian government. what did he say today? he declined to say the highest levels of the iranian government had knowledge of it. he would not say that the nation s supreme leader or president was aware of it. i don t think the problem here jessica is that i have not been unwilling to negotiate with republicans. i ve shown repeatedly my willingness to work overtime. to try to get them to do something. he had direct links. was paid by and directed by individuals in the iranian government. now, those facts are there for all to see. and we would not be bringing for