country. as the summer travel season heats up, the average price for gallon of gas hits $5 for the first time ever. i m pamela brown, you re in the cnn newsroom. hello, every one. great to have you along with us on this saturday night. more than 20 million americans tuned in thursday night as the house select me investigating the january 6th capitol attacks opened the hearings in prime time. the narrative that former president trump was at the center of wide ranging conspiracy to stay in office. the members used dramatic footage and chilling testimony to make their points. capital police officer offer car line edwards recalled slipping on the plood of her fellow officers during the assault. documentary film maker following the proud boys said he watch the crowd transform tr protesters to rioters to insurrectionists. thursday s hearing was just for starters. cnn senior crime and justice reporter has more. tell us what the committee has in story for cothe coming week. eve
grateful that you are starting your weekend with us. it is a day of activism across the country. very good point. because we start with the national call for gun reform. hundreds of march for our lives rallies are being planned in nearly all 50 states today. they re demanding lawmakers address the epidemic of gun violence in the country. high-profile mass shootings from uvalde, texas, to buffalo, new york, have put renewed pressure on lawmakers on capitol hill to take action. washington, d.c., new york and parkland, florida, among the more than 300 cities where protests will be held. they follow the 2018 march that was organized by former students at marjory stoneman douglas high school in parkland. you may recall in february of 2018, a former studentered the school near fort lauderdale and opened fire killing 14 students and three staff members. i think the march will serve as a reminder to everyday americans and politician as like that there is serious momentum within
police chief is defending his actions as questions continue to mount over his department s response to the deadly school shooting. a new saudi-backed golf league is luring some big-name golfers with some reportedly getting nine-figure payouts. what s behind the saudi strategy, and how the pga is responding. and dangerous heat is gripping part of the country. 60 million of you are under heat alerts. when we re going to start to see some relief from the triple-digit temperatures. newsroom starts right now. wish you a good morning. we are grateful to have you with us on this saturday, june 11th. happy weekend to you. i m christi paul. great to be with you, i m boris sanchez. you are live in the cnn newsroom. we begin this hour with a national call for gun reform. hundreds of march for our lives rallies are planned in nearly all 50 states today with activists demanding lawmakers address the epidemic of gun violence in this country. a series of high-profile mass shooti
she was all they had, they were all she had. and then came that awful day. these two, beautiful 16 -year-old girls had come home from school and found their mother murdered. they were rocking back and forth, traumatized, disturbed. what had the girls seen that day? could they provide a clue to help crack this case? the twins said nikki had a second boyfriend. two boyfriends? two boyfriends. jealousy, passion, revenge. she was fearful. she contacted the police. what s secrets might the twins reveal? terrifying. is it possible that this could happen? i was shaking, oh my gosh, oh my gosh. hello, and welcome to dateline. nikki whitehead was a single mom working towards a brighter future. but that dream died when nikki was viciously murdered. her teenage girls seemingly inconsolable, and investigators were committed to solving her murder. the answer would prove elusive. in the end, difficult for even the veteran detectives to believe. here is kei
liberated a number of towns near kharkiv. the region where they reported the civilian killed has seen several explosions. the cause is missiles and bombs. ukraine has not confirmed nor denied responsibility for the blast. another major development is finland joining nato possibly. they agreed to assist each other militarily should either country face attack. finland shares an 800 mile border with russia. finland s president will contact vladimir putin if that should happen. if that will be the case, what my response would be that you caused this. vladimir putin s profile. critics made a daring escape from russia. she ll tell us how she managed to get out. we ll start of the report of the russian civilian killed. scott mcclain. scott, since the first time this war began in february, what do we know? reporter: anderson, yeah. as you mentioned earlier, this is an area where ukrainians have been making progress in taking towns and villages around kharkiv. in those areas they