biden. abrams battle tanks finally heading to ukraine. cnn s chief white house correspondent phil mattingly has the reporting. we are fully, thoroughly, totally united. reporter: a diplomatic break through with dramatic implications. the united states will be sending 31 abram tanks to ukraine. reporter: the u.s. tanks set to significantly expand ukraine s battlefield capabilities. it makes it possible for germany, but also other european nato allies to provide battle tanks to ukraine and that will significantly strengthen their combat capabilities. reporter: at the same moment europe s largest land war in 80 years is in its most after weeks of u.s. officials say it was untenable. the maintenance and high cost it would take to maintain an abrams doesn t make sense to provide that to the ukrainians at this time. reporter: their inclusion a demand from german officials in order to clear the way for delivery of their own tanks and to sign off on the german-made
americans believe donald trump should face criminal charges for his part in the capitol riot. on tuesday the house select committee investigating the capitol insurrection will begin its third week of hearings. this time the panel plans to focus on former president trump s efforts to pressure state officials to overturn the 2020 presidential election. georgia elections officials are expected to testify at tuesday s hearing along with arizona house speaker rusty bowers. our justice and crime reporter is joining us. what can we expect from tuesday s hearings? reporter: we re going to see another aspect of donald trump trying to manipulate the laws to take the election in 2020. this tuesday the public hearing before the house select committee is going to focus on the states, specifically battle ground states like arizona and georgia where trump and the lawyers were trying to get people to change the outcome of the votes in the states. those were states that trump lost. so we kn
1,200 years. much of the country, though, is scorching. more than 240 million people will face 90-degree temperatures or higher for the next week. and they ve felt those blistering conditions in atlanta today at this juneteenth celebration. the thermometers there blasting into triple-digit territory. meanwhile, severe storms in north carolina knocking out power for a huge part of the state. nearly 70,000 customers are still without electricity right now, and that s just one of seven states dealing with major outages tonight. and nowhere are the signs of the climate crisis more obvious right now than yellowstone national park. and along the yellowstone river. tonight, there is good news for the first time in days in that part of the country, the south portion of the park will reopen on wednesday on a limited basis. the runoff only added to the unflooded disaster, unprecedented rain causing severe damage to roads, water systems, and more. let s check in with cnn meteorologist g
and with tourism roaring back to life across europe, italy seeing a two-wheeled invasion that many want curbed. what rome plans to do about the influx of e scooters. well, donald trump lashing out at the january 6th committee hearings, accusing them of doctoring video testimonies that cast him in a very negative light. yet both taped and live witnesses over three hearings have consistently shown trump illegally tried to overturn the 2020 election, culminating of course in the capitol riot. the next hearing on tuesday is expected to include two prominent georgia election officials who were pressured by trump to, quote, find nonexistent votes after he lost. and there are growing questions over the potential role of ginni thomas, wife of clarence thomas. the select committee has requested an interview with her which she has indicated she is willing to do. for the latest on trump s continued defiance and what lies ahead, here is cnn s jessica schneider. never called mike penc
prices for the american people. the white house projects optimism despite soaring inflation. the impacts costs are having on american s wallets and some summer staples. republican senator john cornan booed at a conference. where those negotiations stand now. a mega drought in the united states causing big problems for america s farmers. are we going to have water in two or three years out of our aqua nobody can say that. newsroom starts right now. it is so good to have your company here this morning. it s saturday, june 18th. i m christie paul. good morning. good to be with you. i m boris sanchez. after months of waiting the moderna and pfizer vaccines could get the green light as the cdc advisors get ready to vote on authorization in the next few hours. the white house pledged to have 10 million vaccine doses available says depending on today s vote, shots for kids under 5 could begin as soon as next week. this would mark a major smile stone for many parent