witness. our congressional correspondent ryan nobles is joining us from capitol hill. ryan, as far as we know, former pence chief of staff mark short is the highest profile witness to tv in the criminal investigation. what can you tell us? that s exactly right, wolf. mark short is among the people that has the most insight into what was happening on january 6th and in the time leading up to january 6th and specifically the pressure campaign on his former boss vice president mike pence and what this all shows is that that criminal investigation won by the department of justice is expanding at the same time the january 6th select committee s work is far from done. the january 6th select committee is far from done. the committee will be in order. reporter: planning hearings for september and promising their august will be spent expanding an already sprawling investigation. we anticipate talking to additional members of the president s cabinet. we anticipate talking to ad
today feature featured act maverick city music and kirk franklin. hearing the song kingdom. if you watch the video it s really powerful and moving. we were watching it in hair and makeup this morning. we said man, we are in church. they went down to everglade correctional facility they performed for the people in that correctional facility. it was so powerful. you have to listen to it one of the lyrics is beautiful. each color he made. love is the only remedy for hate. i can t wait to hear them. so kirk franklin goes into these prisons and they teamed one maverick city music. you are probably very familiar with their songs. you might not know it. if you go to non-deno, ma am neighborsal church you have been singing their songs. they love everybody. brian: ainsley, how long is will in for for hour and 5 minutes hair and makeup i kept knocking on the curtain. will: some of us need a transformation. some wake up beautiful. brian: right. talking about me. will: i was ta
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
alone. and they re expected to rise even further as we reach peak summer travel season. the high prices also driving inflation to the highest level since 1981. the consumer price index jumping 8.6% in may compared to the same time, same month last year. now the white house calling that staggering increase uncomfortably high. cnn s christine romans has more now on these troubling new numbers and how wall street is reacting. american consumers are still feeling the pain of higher prices for just about everything, but especially at the pump. look, the may consumer price index, that number up 8.6% from the year before. the fastest since 1981. and when you look at just the month, prices rose 1% from april to may, 1%, that s a big move in one month. core cpi, which they strip out food and energy which can be more volatile, that rose 6% from last year. prices across the board more expensive than last year. largely driven by shelter, the biggest yearly gain there since 1991. food u
prices and rising costs for food, energy, and housing. the biden administration is clearly on the defensive, as the financial pain felt by americans keeps growing. and the embattled uvalde school police chief speaks out for the first time about his response to the massacre. he s reportedly denying he was the scene commander and rejecting many of the main criticisms of his performance. we want to welcome our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. and we begin our coverage this evening with fresh fallout from last night s blockbuster january 6th hearing and new indications of where the committee plans to go during its next round of testimony. cnn justice correspondent jessica schneider has all the latest details. tonight, the impact being felt from the first hearing of the january 6th committee, as they set the stage for what s to come. some republicans are working to discredit the findings. while the form