that is tonight s last word. the 11th hour with stephanie ruhle starts now. tonight, a high-stakes trip. president biden arrives for the g7 at a key point in wars abroad. plus, republicans hold attorney general merrick garland in contempt. as the gop turns up its attacks on the biden it in a station. and back in d.c., trumps message for republicans on capitol hill as the 11th hour gets underway on this wednesday night. a good evening once again, i am stephanie ruhle. we are now 146 days away from the election. get your calendar out, mark it with a sharpie. one more day down. after a brief stop in wilmington following his son, hunters, criminal conviction, president biden landed in italy for the g7 summit. biden is off the campaign trail. the 2024 election is front and center with allies worried about what a second trump term could mean. gabe gutierrez has more. reporter: tonight president biden landing in italy for a high-stakes summit with a focus on the war in ukrai
so, i want to start with a story that in any other universe would have absolutely nothing to do with politics or anything even approximating controversy. the kind of news we used to read and hear and accept. but post trump, this has become a sort of conservative litmus test with potentially disastrous consequences for the health and the well being of thousands and thousands of americans. i m talking bird flu. i know. stay with me. you may have seen the u.s. is dealing with an outbreak of bird flu. bird flu has spread to at least 80 cattle herds over five states. because of that outbreak, the fda, the food and drug administration has issued guidance for how to stay safe and avoid exposure including warning americans against drinking raw milk. that is because raw milk has the potential to spread animal born diseases from one to another. don t drink raw milk. this is not controversial unless you are a conservative who follows the influential pro trump youth organization turning
chris jansing reports. at this hour, republicans take their battle against the justice department to the next level. will they vote to hold the attorney general in contempt for refusing to give them audio tapes of president biden s interview with the special counsel. we re tracking the action. also, terrifying moments in georgia after a man hijacks a bus full of passengers. how the high speed chase came to a deadly end. the ice sting across the u.s., eight men with suspected ties to isis arrested in three major cities after crossing the southern border. how did they escape detection for so long. plus, breaking news, the fed out with its latest decision on interest rates after u.s. consumers got some promising news on inflation. our nbc news reporters are following all of the latest developments, but we begin on capitol hill with nbc s julie tsirkin where speaker mike johnson is expressing confidence the contempt vote against attorney general merrick garland will pass.
and interest rates are not budging. one rate cut this year, it hasn t happened yet. welcome everybody, i m neil cavuto. rustica yearly, how all of this is playing out. is like christmas morning for economists. he got the fed decision and the ci reading all in one day be! now rates remain unchanged for now, but the messaging did provide something to chew on. rismond to bring it down to the cpi report and then want to give him it give you his reaction to it. cpi headline numbers came lightly cooler than expected, looking for yearly up 3.4 percent, that came in at 3.. month over month, it remained unchanged so that was good but with that all in context, it is still well above the fed s target of 2 percent. let s switch to court cpi, that is when you strip out food and energy, you see if it s sticky, they came in at 0.2 percent, cooler than expected but higher than the headline month over the month. does that mean? inflation is more ingrained in the items i don t flecks as mu
the tiktok i take naps for you could follow the show on x at the lead cnn, if you now breaking news a cnn exclusive interview with the special prosecutor forced to step down from georgia s case against donald trump why nathan wade says he believes trump could still stand trial even if trump wins reelection also breaking the us house of representatives votes told us attorney general merrick garland in contempt of congress what it means for republican efforts to secure the audio tape of president biden s interview with special counsel robert hur and we re tracking or russian naval operation with echoes of the cold war multiple warships, including a nuclear-powered submarine arriving in cuba up just 90 miles from the united states for military drills. we re going to tell you how us officials are responding to the provocative russian exercise welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer, a urine. the situation room this is cnn breaking