overnight a dell hit record with the release of her new song easy on me, some of you might be familiar that i m a big fan of adele s. a lot of you uncomfortable with that because she s young enough to be my daughter, that she is. my wife was disturbed by it but we did talk so that is a promising development but what is really promising is the numbers adele racked up overnight, no doubt because the cover of this was given by me on my show. a single day streaming record, over 20 million streams are youtube, 50 million views. i m not technologically up to date but i m told that 49 million views is a lot of views. it could also be a sign there s huge demand that goes beyond guys like myself. i m probably in my own category but looking at the significance of this and how it is changing our world. maybe not our whole world that i m happy to have you. have a number of pens to look at this. no doubt during these two hours, my phone will be lighting up and my staff will forward the ca
disturbance outside when the gunman began shooting. laura begins our coverage with more. hi, griff. it was a horrifying scene in houston overnight. as you mentioned those three deputies being shot in what investigators are now calling an ambush, shot from behind by a suspect with a rifle, as they were going outside of a nightclub and wrestling with the suspect they were trying to take into custody. it happened after 2 a.m. local time in houston as three harris county deputies were working the security job at a bar and lounge. and what they know so far. they went outside to address a disturbance that may have been a robbery, and they were intervening in, and they were probably unknown to them at that time. they were trying to arrest a suspect or detain a suspect and they were wrestling with them when they were ambushed. it s a tragedy in that, you know, i ve got a dad there that i have to talk to, i ve got a wife there and i ve got a deceased son and husband, i ve got two
overt economic meltdown as american consumers are facing triple threat, rising inflation and skyrocketing gas prices. republican congressman john says families are feeling the pinch. we have inconveniences at the stores, we have higher prices, that s really a huge economic problem for the average person in this country, but this pandemic, we are not learning our lessons and we have supply issues than going beyond making sure we have christmas presents for the holiday season. eric: the administration is trying to deal with that and more. with that, david spunt. david: he left capitol hill where he spoke honored fallen law enforcement who died in the line of duty and he promised to increase funding for police departments not decrease funding. listen to this. hard time to be a police officer in america. i want to make sure you have the roles to be partners and protectors that the communities need. when you look at what your communities need, there are going to be more resour
the white house faces mounting pressure to address the ongoing crisis, which some experts say might last well into next year. house budget committee ranking member jason smith will join us a few minutes from now with his reaction. but we begin tonight with david spunt who is live at the white house. david? jon good evening to you. not much more time left in 2021. the clock is ticking, but the supply chain crisis may follow us into the new year. as you mentioned the cargo ships off the coast of california right now have been sitting there in an ocean parking lot as millions of goods are in limbo. new numbers from the labor department show in port prices rose last month after falling in august. the shortage of truck drivers is also a serious problem causing economic harm. truckers have been on the front lines of this entire pandemic. they want to be paid well. they want to be respected. we do have an issue with a shortage of truck drivers in this country. look at these nu
bottlenecks choking u.s. ports. and bali is back in business. the indonesian island open to tourists after 18 months of pandemic closures. announcer: live from london, this is cnn newsroom. with isa soares. hello, everyone. it is thursday, october 14th. a pivotal day in the congressional investigation of the deadly january 6 insurrection. top aides to former president donald trump are supposed to appear before the house select committee today as well as friday. committee members are making it clear. criminal contempt is the next step if they don t show up. lawmakers want to know what was happening in the trump white house on the day the riots. president joe biden has formally rejected trump s request to shield requested documents through executive privilege. and, excuse me, a former justice department official who pushed the election fraud lie is being called to appear. ryan nobles puts it all into context for you. reporter: the january 6 select committee is making