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in the federal gas tax. he is aiming for a decision this week as americans are clamoring for relief from record prices at the pump. and u.s. airlines are trying to untangle a holiday-weekend mess due to thousands of cancelled flights. with staffing shortages, and bad weather causing chaos. will air travel be a nightmare all summer? we want to welcome our viewers here in the united states, and around the world, im wolf blitzer. yo youre in "the situation room." aides say the january 6th...

trying to reach you about your cars warranty." well, good news, the ftc is cracking down on the annoying calls. plus, waging war on misinformation. a new program that looks to train the next generation of public officials and journalists to stop one of the growing issues facing democracy. you are in the "cnn newsroom". up for you first tonight, president bidens physician says he is continuing to improve after testing positive for covid. we learned it is likely he is battling "the b...

sadly, it was indeed the case. now, imagine, if you will, a foreign adversary attacked any part of our country, let alone a symbol of our democracy, and imagine theres an attack and the president of the united states, the only person that you cant taunt with the phrase you and what army, stands by and does nothing or stands by and stands back. i mean, all the way back, back at the white house in the dining room for more than three hours watching it all unfold on tv. no calls to the mil...

this evening. >> justice has been delivered. and this terrorist leader is no more. after carefully considering the clear and convincing evidence of a location, i authorized a precision strike that would remove him from the battlefield once and for all. one week ago, after being advised of the conditions were optimal. i gave the final approval to go get him! >> biden described al-zawahiri, as a terrorist to quote, carved a trail unquote. of violence against u.s. citizens, reminding that...

thats a quote. they view it as part of their territory. thats why its a big deal. will ripley is there. tell us about what youre learning. >> so ill start with the response because thats the new information were getting from the chinese side. they have actually put out a map showing a number of different military exercises that are going to be happening at various locations that encircle the island of taiwan. some of these locations are very close to the shore line of taiwan. so we don...

the state department works to find them. cnns barbara starr has the latest developments. >> reporter: it was in the fighting north of kharkiv where two americans went missing last week, less than 5 miles from the russian border. the u.s. government working with ukrainian authorities to find them. >> i have been briefed. we dont know where they are, but i want to reiterate americans should not be going to ukraine now. >> reporter: now this photo from a russian blogger has emerged of ale...

hitting him?! >> reporter: disturbing video showing the violent arrest of a young black man following a failed traffic stop. >> theyre using force. theyre using a taser. theyre wrestling him. theyre using a baton. >> im definitely having nightmares. >> reporter: and new russian air strikes on a ukrainian port, just one day after both nations approve a grain export deal. im pamela brown in washington. you are in the "cnn newsroom" on this saturday. >> summer swelter. some 85 million a...

1,200 years. much of the country, though, is scorching. more than 240 million people will face 90-degree temperatures or higher for the next week. and theyve felt those blistering conditions in atlanta today at this juneteenth celebration. the thermometers there blasting into triple-digit territory. meanwhile, severe storms in north carolina knocking out power for a huge part of the state. nearly 70,000 customers are still without electricity right now, and thats just one of seven stat...

whose reporting did more than most to make it clear that watergate was for more than the simple break-in it first appeared to be. its worth mentioning now because contrary to the impression people might have today, knowledge about what watergate truly was in size and scope and the threat to democracy it posed did not come all at once all neatly wrapped up in a bow. it was revealed in day by day slices of the truth by bob and carl and so many others. that notion seems just as true tonig...

peril. >> announcer: live from cnn center, this is "cnn newsroom" with michael holmes. and we begin in ukraine which has just cleared the first hurdle on the path to join the european union. eu and ukrainian flags flew side by side in kyiv on friday after the european commission recommended that ukraine should be given candidate status. the move doesnt guarantee membership, which could be years away, but president zelenskyy says it still brings ukraine a step closer to winning the wa...