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language. >> get him! get him! get these motherfuckers! were coming through! were coming through! ah! ah! >> for nearly a year, the january-6th committee has been trying to piece together how this happened, different vantage points, who was involved, from the bottom to the top? and last night, they up veiled some new video of its own and concerning findings. and its very first public hearing. >> president trump was yelling and, quote, really angry at advisers who told him he needed to ...

police chief is defending his actions as questions continue to mount over his departments 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. whats 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 were going to start to see some relief from the triple-digit temperatures. "newsr...

alone. and theyre expected to rise even further as we reach peak summer travel season. the high prices also driving inflation to the highest level since 1981. the consumer price index jumping 8.6% in may compared to the same time, same month last year. now the white house calling that staggering increase uncomfortably high. cnns christine romans has more now on these troubling new numbers and how wall street is reacting. american consumers are still feeling the pain of higher prices ...

classmates. sam was part of the rally back in 2018. sam, i wonder, what is like for you to be back here today. in 2018 you are on the stage. you are here today, four years later, what does that mean to you? >> is little bittersweet knowing that the reason we are here today is because theres more bodies that have been lowered into the ground. the rate of gun violence is climbing, raided the homicide, a shooting, mass shootings in, it is only been increasing. we are here to emphasize the...

barrs statement that the department found no fraud sufficient to overturn the election. >> how did that affect your perspective about the election when attorney general barr made that statement? >> it affected my perspective. i respect attorney general barr. so i accepted what he said, was saying. >> but the committee is making it clear this is not just about what happened on january 6th, or in the days leading up to it. its about a clear and present danger to our democracy and what co...

on the u.s. capitol, that he was the central player in trying to overturn the election and that they have the evidence to prove it. over the next few weeks we will see how they meet the high bar they have set for themselves. during the primetime hearing they presented never before seen video of the violence as rioters breached the capitol and there was testimony from a u.s. capitol police officer who suffered a traumatic brain injury during the attack. republican liz cheney presented t...

w -- audio of what republican lawmakers were saying just day after. i want you to hear kevin mccarthy describing what happened and how he called the then president to tell him to call off the eye rioter. >> on the phone call to the president telling him what was going on. asking him to tell these people to stop, to make a video and go out. i was very intense and very loud about it. he did put a tweet out and later a video out. i told him i didnt like the video out later. the second day...

that same judge issued a landmark ruling earlier this year finding it was more likely than not that trump and a conservative lawyer committed a crime and strikeategizing to overturn the election. trump is not charged with a crime and denied any wrongdoing. he continues to down play his involvement and bashing the committees work as another quote witch hunt. >> january 6th. what a lot of crap, its another con job like russia. >> reporter: committee members say trump was decar on his dut...

uvalde copy cat attacks. how cool. but wait theres more. americas old foe, disinformation. this information is popping up to an extent it could fuel further violence. wait, theres more. as campaigns are gearing up for the midterms, the dhs expects calls for violence by domestic extremists to not only continue but actually to increase. but wait, because theres still more. its not all about elections. and no the dhs also does warn to look out for the fall out from potential supreme court...

i dont mean to get all preachy about it. its no sure thing. whatever they come up with will likely be less than what democrats want and a tough sell in the red states. they are looking at bolstering checks on 18 to 21-year-olds who want to buy semiautomatic weapons, red flag laws, school security, and mental health care. the white house says president joe biden is optimistic on negotiations and believes, quote, any step is a step forward. and you only have to listen to this to know how...