in some migrants. cnn goes in a hostile that is hosting asylum seekers. live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom with kim brunhuber. we begin in ukraine where officials are claiming progress in the south as russian shelling rains down on the east. ukraine has been pushing forward with its counteroffensive in the kherson region and president zelenskyy says another area has been cleared of russian troops. here he is. translator: the ukrainian military gradually liberates the territory of the kherson region. today a village was returned to our state. there are some successes in the zaporizhzhia region as well. fierce street fights continue in severdonetsk. donbas is holding firm. the losses the occupiers suffered are very heavy. the russian army has already about 32,000 dead souls as of today. what for? what benefits have you gained from this, russia? but russian casualties haven t stopped the kremlin s war. russian artillery is dismantle willing buildings used as sh
parents of one of the wounded who say their son is just not the same. and u.s. president joe biden promises to keep battling inflation as prices for everyday items continue to spiral upwards. there is a growing sense of urgency among some members of congress ahead of monday s second hearing on the january 6th investigation. the select committee has planned six more hearings this month to present its preliminary findings. they say their investigation paints a damning portrait of then president trump as the central figure behind that failed coup. one committee member previewed what s to come. well, we re going to go methodically through each of the major problem areas with the former president. for example, examining his claims of fraud. that was important because it was false. we know that he was told that it was false. and yet he continued to stir up the american people with false narratives. now the former president donald trump firing back after the panel used his own
set of hearings. plus flying in without a covid test, why the cdc is dropping a international testing requirement. and the embattled uvalde, texas, police chief defending his actions over his department s response. you ll hear from him just ahead. good morning, it is saturday, june 11th. thank you so much for starting your day with us. christi, always a pleasure to be with you. thank you so much. each when we have to talk about what we re talking about now because this is effecting every single person watching us. no question about that. we begin with painful economic news. the national average gas price surpassing $5 a gallon for the first time ever. this is unprecedented. according to aaa. that is a 60 cents increase, the biggest price jump since 1981, more than 40 years ago. it triggered a massive sell-off on wall street and biden officials have admitted that inflation is uncomfortably high and we continue to pay more for everything. the president tried to shif
the january 6 u.s. capitol riot. we don t swear an oath to an individual or a political party. we take our oath to defend the united states constitution. we have a breach at the capitol. our work must do much more than just look back. the cause of our democracy remains in danger, conspiracy to fraught the will of the people is not over. it is friday, june 10th, 4:00 a.m. in washington where the house select committee investigating the capitol riot says january 6 was the cull men nation of an attempted coup by donald trump and his supporters. republican vice chair liz cheney said trump lit the flame for the attack and she explained how the former president and his aides knowingly spread lies that the 2020 election was stolen. here is trump s daughter, ivanka. how did that affect your perspective about the election when attorney general barr made that statement? it affected my perspective. i respect attorney general barr. so i accepted what he was saying. and benn