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specifically. and on the future of the court, and newest member, st ahead. before we get to all of that, do you remember when the donald trump campaign was caught scamming its own donors? i just have to read you the lead from the "new york times," the story that broke the scandal open. quote, stacy blatt was in hospice care in september 2020 listening to rush limbaughs dire warnings about how badly donald trumps campaign needed money when he went online and chipped in everything he cou...

>> why do you think there is -- why is there a rush? i mean, if they got something new, obviously, they couldve factored it into the readings that theyve already scheduled for july. they couldve factored it into hearings they have scheduled a week from now. why, what could possibly explain why there is a rush to get the new evidence, get the new witness testimony before the american public, urgently on zero notice? >> and here we crash into the limits on my ability to guess. [laughs] b...

immediate steps that are being taken to try to keep gas prices under control. the other thing that continues, we think, to be very important, is to hold oil companies accountable. you know, just about everybody in this country is frustrated with the extraordinarily high price of gas, except for oil executives who have made it clear theyre not going to invest in production when theyre as profitable as they are. thats why the president has called for use it or lose it rules if an oil com...

we were told that the families viewed the video or were ginn access to the video and told that it was going to be released publicly. they were so upset about the other video released. so the mayor being aware of that sensitivity wanted to give the families an opportunity to be aware of this. for him this is about trance parns sy and what we see in this body camera footage and we should warn is disturbing. the language and the footage. it really takes you inside those moments inside tha...

u.s. supreme court overturned the landmark roe v. wade decision. >> for anti-abortion activists, its a victory thats been decades in the making, and for abortion rights supporters, its a devastating setback. at the white house, president joe biden says decision to ultimately put womens health in jeopardy. >> its a sad day for the court and for the country. now, with roe gone, lets be very clear. the health and life of women in this nation are now at risk. it was three justices named by...

children killed in a deadly mass shootings. one of the parents spoke to reporters after her son was murdered and spoke about the need for lessons at this moment in time. >> care and concern is so important and we saw what happens when there is a lot of that. i hope that everyone who is reading these articles and choose love with your kids because you can, that means being present in the moment with them. looking into their eyes, giving them a hug and just moving from there. just every ...

im jim sciutto in again for anderson tonight. thats how much a texas jury awarded punitive damages to the parents of a child killed during one of americas deadliest mass shootings. it comes a day after the same jury awarded $4.1 million in compensatory damages. shortly after, one of the parents, spoke to reporters about her son and spoke about the need for those lessons at this moment in time. >> care and concern is so important and we saw what happens when there is a lot of that. i ho...

former aide to then trump chief of staff mark meadows. a surprise witness at a surprise hearing that was only announce 2 wood 2 hours ago. so why is she such a big deal? as politico said, she knows a lot. what she heard and who she personally saw coming and going, all add to her value. as she told the committee in march, she had "insight into essentially all of trumps meetings." in multiple depositions, she leveled explosive allegations against trump, mark meadows, and republican lawma...

constitutional protections for abortion that women have had for nearly 50 years. and now leaving it up to states to decide whether abortion should be legal within their borders. at least 26 states are either boysed to or have already banned abortion. the ruling cheered by anti-abortion supporters after decades fighting but a broad majority of americans disagreeing with that ruling. in a cnn poll conducted weeks ago, 66% of americans did not want the supreme court to completely overturn...

criminal interference by the former president and his allies in the 2020 election. and then over to west palm beach, florida, the doj met the noon deadline just an hour ago to submit proposed redaction to the mar-a-lago affidavit. bruce reinhart will now begin considering the justice department suggested redactions of that affidavit. which basically lays out the governments-r reason for requesting the search in the first place. experts saying it is likely containing evidence of possibl...