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time 8:00 eastern. ryan nobles is at the capital for us with the very latest. what r are the two contempt charges? >> reporter: these are two felony charges both related to peter navarros defiance of the subpoena sent to him by the january 6th select committee. one has to do with his refusal to hand over documents that the committee is interested as part of their investigation. the other has to do with his refusal to sit for a deposition and interview with the committee. both are serio...

can you imagine, without crucial answers to critical questions on law enforcements extremely delayed response just last tuesday. the department of public safety is apparently no longer issuing a preliminary report that was expected to be released today, but there is some new information, and its trickling out, pertaining not only to what went wrong, but also what happened inside of robb elementary school. and im sad to say that it only compounds the agony. the texas state senator rolan...

continues to press forward. and some of the harshest restrictions remain in china. why the brutal behavior of the workers enforcing it have many people concerned. >> announcer: live from cnn center, this is "cnn newsroom" with michael holmes. the mass shooting at an elementary school in uvalde, texas, was an unthinkable tragedy. 19 young students, two teachers gunned down. but now were hearing more chilling details about police failures on that terrible day. a state senator says th...

queen elizabeth celebrates 70 years on the throne. were live with a preview of the upcoming celebrations. live from cnn center, this is "cnn newsroom," with kim brunhuber. >> the mass shooting at an elementary school in uvalde, texas was an unthinkable tragedy. 19 young students and two teachers gunned down. but now were hearing more chilling details about police failures on that day. the incident commander, police chief arredondo did not have a police radio on him at the time. were ...

im christi paul. >> im boris sanchez. it is saturday, june 4th. we appreciate you starting your weekend with us. we begin with a possible blow to the january 6th committee and efforts to interview witnesses. it will not indict two former trump officials found in contempt by the panel. >> the committee calls the decision not to prosecute mark meadows and dan scavino puzzling. this is ahead of the first public hearing on thursday. thats where new evidence and witness testimony is expecte...

hello, everyone, thanks so much for joining me. im fredricka whitfield in atlanta. in wisconsin a deadly shooting left a former judge dead and sources tell cnn the gunman was planning to target several other high-ranking government officials. former juneau county circuit court judge john roemer was gunned down in his home friday. police say the shooter then shot himself. sources say the gunman was also planning attacks on wisconsin governor tony evers and senate minority leader mitch m...

im in an untenable position. the constitution is on my side on this. >> well see about that. next week the january 6th committee begins a month of hearings with the promise of revealing new witnesses and unseen documents. were getting a new report from "the new york times" that chief of staff to vice president warned the secret service one day before the insurrection that trump could publically turn on pence and create a security risk for the vice president. the secret service disputes...

>> and with me now, cnn legal analyst, elliott williams, a former deputy assistant attorney general, and elliott, this is a friday night news dump, no question about it. >> no question. >> we know them well this this town. the justice department will not charge scavino, not charge mark meadows. they are charging peter navarro. how do you sort this out? >> you got to look at every case differently, jim, and set aside navarro and steve bannon whos also been charged. number one, the jobs ...

country that, quote, victory shall be ours. 100 days in, the cost of victory is steep. a top red cross official saying the scale of destruction in ukraine, quote, defies com compre comprehension. nearly 7 million ukrainians have escaped the violence by leaving the country, according to the u.n. millions more displaced and war cutting short the lives of at least 243 ukrainian children, according to officials. for 100 days, the world has witnessed the cruelty of russian forces, bucha, no...

navarros arrest and indictment and what it means for the insurrection investigation. just ahead of a pivotal public hearing next week. and destruction and defiance in ukraine. as the nation marks 100 days of russias brutal war, president zelenskyy vowing victory even as russian forces control a fifth of the country right now and the kremlin pledges to keep fighting until its goals are achieved. we want to welcome our viewers here in the united states and around the world. im wolf b...