cost of pens and papers and notebooks and all of that that went up. back to school sticker shock as inflation sent the price of school supplies soaring. the impact it is having not only on parents, but also on business owners and teachers. how some people in california are making money by having their front yards ripped out. it is sunday, august 21st, welcome to a new week. we re so grateful you re waking up with us. good morning, amara. good morning, boris. happy sunday. and we begin this morning with the extreme weather threat across the southwest and southern plains. more than 12 million people under flood watches. yeah yesterday s search and rescue crews were out looking for a missing person in utah s zion national park. rangers say hikers were being swept off their feet by flash flooding on the virgin river. rescue teams were out in the mojave county area of arizona after rushing water washed out roads and trapped vehicles across that region. cnn meteorologist
played in trying to overturn the election. just to give a historical precedence to the group and how they have radicalized was the propaganda for the keepers. let s begin with the latest on steve bannon. saying he is now willing to testify before the january 6 committee jessica schneider is outside the courthouse where the hearing is taking place this morning. the point you made last hour was it was supposed to take place nine months ago so this is the 11th hour appeal. how do we expect this to proceed in the next several hours? it is notable because steve bannon is set to go on trial one week from today so the federal judge right now is beginning to hear arguments as to how the trial will proceed. bannon s attorneys have repeatedly asked for delay and prosecutors in an overnight filing talked about the fact that they want any evidence that steve bannon has said he will testify to the committee, completely excluded from the trial. prosecutors are really saying that stev
of six of the seven victims killed in the shooting so far. two of them were a couple. the mccarthys there, whose toddler found alive underneath the father s body. once the shooting stopped. cnn s josh campbell is outside of the lake county courthouse where that bail hearing will take place just a short time from now. what more do we know about these warning signs that have been detailed in his past and about the charges he s now facing? reporter: good morning. we learned quite a bit about this investigation in the last 24 hours. prosecutors now formally charged the shooting suspect with seven counts of first-degree murder. one count of each of those victims killed during that parade attack. we re also learning that the weapons that were purchased here were purchased legally. authorities say over the course of the year, he purchased five weapons including one assault-style rifle that was allegedly used in this attack and police releasing information about the planning that
parade. president biden signing executive orders, but is it enough from the members of his own party? good evening. i m erin burnett. the january 6th committee says it learned from trump former white house counsel today. pat cipollone spending eight hours behind closed doors with the committee. as you can see weeding that marathon session tonight. we know his testimony was taped and we know the committee says it was important. mr. cipollone did appear voluntarily and answered a whole variety of questions. he did not contradict the testimony of other witnesses and i think we did learn a few things, which we will be rolling out in years to come. have you learned any significant new information from him? i think a few things, yes. the answer is yes and obviously nearly eight hours, that is a lot of time with a crucial witness. that is the january 6th committee. as for the justice department s investigation for that insurrection day, a stark warning from the director,
of staff mark meadows. she has been in some of the most dramatic motels of videotaped testimony. she identified the names of several republican lawmakers she said were asking about pardons. she talked about conversations around the legality of the fake elector scheme. she reportedly confirmed accounts that trump reacted approvingly to the chants of hang mike pence. we re also learning that the cell phone video of john eastman last week. you re looking at it as it s unfolding, eastman was there in order to overturn the election. we ll have more on that in a moment. let s bring in jessica schneider on the latest. brianna, cassidy hutchinson has long been considered a crucial witness since up close and personal to those at the white house. and she does have crucial details on what happened on january 6. we know she s been interviewed behind closed doors privately by the committee three times. and now, she will appear at this last-minute hearing in public. privately, we kno