talk to us about this new development as it relates to the january 6th committee and this intent to respond to this doj request for transcripts. it was something the department of justice had to ask for twice to this point. yeah, had to ask for twice. and you saw in the letter that came yesterday, as hearings were ongoing, that the justice department said that by not having this, it could also be hampering some of the investigations that they are already ongoing with. that s something that i posed to chairman bennie thompson yesterday after the hearings were over. he said, basically, it wasn t a question of if they were going to comply, but went. although, now, we do have a better sense that that compliance is happening. i can throw up for you on the screen there a statement from a committee spokesperson who says, the select committee is engaged in a cooperative process to address the needs of the department of justice. they re not inclined to share the details of that publ
i was just going to bring this up. they re hearing the feedback on their participation in this deal. we actually heard just minutes ago, texas senator john cornyn getting booed while he was delivering a speech at thetexas republican party convention down in texas. we re keeping an eye on the reaction from these senators as well as what they re facing this weekend, going into next week when this vote is expected, hallie. so glad you mentioned that, ali. this tweet from a houston chronicle reporter who was there shows video from people in the crowd actually reporting to be heard shouting no red flag, some of the pushback cornyn is getting. ali rafa, thank you for that and for bringing us to speed on what s happening in texas. coming up, if you are planning to travel this summer, you might be wondering, how will those higher gas prices affect your trip, even after you get there. we ll talk about that, coming up. plus, where president biden is now saying today about the americans