before, zoe lofgren leading that second hearing and pete auilar talking about the pressure campaign on mike pence. this will focus on the pressure campaign at the state level. they re going to use, as you mentioned, lawmakers from georgia to make that point. of course, that s one of the key states that we know that former president trump was pressuring election officials to overturn the election results or at least, in his words, find the overrule 11,000 votes that he would need in order to win georgia, which he actually lost. they re also likely to delve deeper into the idea of fake slates of electors. that s something that john eastman was pressuring former vice president mike pence on. we heard about that last week. but now we may hear a little bit more about the plots at the state level beyond just georgia that the white house and his allies were using at the time to try to find any way to keep the former president in power. and vaughan, former vice president mike pence
votes, which is one more than we have. and despite all the revelations so far, the former the president revived his attack against mike pence on friday insisting the rioters were patriots and dangling pardons for them if he runs again and is reelected. trump s lies about the election are reinvestigator rating in texas where they adopted a platform calling president biden s win illegitimate. and there are growing fears about a recession next year as americans are paying higher prices while cutting back on travel and leisure and paying more for loans. the biden administration still arking it s not certain after being wrong on inflation. the president said that today himself. we ll talk about whether that interest rate hike will have an impact. also this hour, the raging bat until ukraine where russia has a firm grip on the eastern part of the country and the families of three americans allege captured in combat are desperately trying to get them home. but first, to the atta
survives and families from uvalde, but knows full well that he needs republicans on board. i think there is a realization on the part of rational republicans, and i consider senator mcconnell a rational republican, i think that there is a realization on their part that we can t continue like this. bright and early this thus mor tuesday morning, jasmine wright is in washington for us. he called them rational republicans. does that bode well for the white house? reporter: i think only time will tell, but i think that the president sure hopes that it does. he said that it was his hope and prayer that people are being becoming more rational about these things especially after the two back to back major mass shootings. now, i think that the president, he said that he is optimistic about having republicans like cornyn deputized by mitch mcconnell leading these efforts, but he also acknowledged in terms of executive actions that there are only a limited amount of things that h
gone. she was hysterical saying they shot her best friend, they killed her best friend, she was not breathing, and she was trying to kill the cops, and i asked the little girl the name, and she told me she said amerie. she was the sweetest little girl who did nothing wrong. she listened to her mommy and dad. she always brushed her teeth. she was creative. she made things for us. she never got in trouble in school. like, i just want to know what she did to be a victim. fellow classmate, matae rodriguez also just 10 years old will be laid to rest later today. at sacred heart church, where the funeral is taking place, there are 21 crosses, one for each of the 19 children and two teachers killed a week ago today, and funerals for 12 of the victims will be held there. cnn s nick valencia joins us from uvalde, tell us what happens happening as this little girl s funeral is starting. reporter: amerie s funeral is reportedly being attended by many people wearing the color pur
on this tuesday, may 31st. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for being with us today. a bipartisan senate working group led by democrat chris murphy of connecticut and republican john cornyn of texas will hold a remote meeting today in hopes of reaching a basic framework for gun reform. senator cornyn said yesterday that many gun issues should be discussed at the state level and said background checks, mental health, and red flag laws are things that congress can address. after spending nearly four hours with uvalde families on sunday, the president returned to the white house yesterday, and expressed optimism that quote rational republicans will make a move this time. he decried, easy access to high caliber weapons, while also discussing the limitations of his own power. s own power. one week after the deadly shooting in texas, funeral services are under way, for the victims. on a hot memorial day, american flags flew at half-staff in uvalde yesterday. not only for fallen soldie