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president. plus water rescues under way in miami as a tropical cyclone makes its way onshore with more than 10 million people in its path. and celebrating 70 years on the throne. who is attending the queen's platinum jubilee and who isn't. "newsroom" starts now. hello, everyone, thank you so much for joining me, i'm fredericka whitfield. we begin in wisconsin where a former judge is now dead, targeted in a bizarre plot to kill government officials. former juneau county circuit court judge john roemer was gunned down in his home on friday. police say the suspect also shot himsel...

happening right now, carlos? >> reporter: two new developments since we last joined you in the prior hour. the first is we're finally getting reports of some of the damage here in broward we're told a family of five had to be taken from a home up in pompano beach, north of where we are, after a tree fell into their house. we're told the entire family is doing okay. we're getting our first look at the search and rescue teams down in miami. and they've provided us with some video of one of their teams going, essentially, neighborhood by neighborhood looking for folks that may be strand...

>> reporter: fredericka, sources tell cnn the suspect had a long list of targets and officials say that this was somehow related to the judicial system. we don't yet know how. was this a single case or series of cases? we continue to ask the questions that law enforcement continues to ask as well. this all began 6:30 friday morning when someone ran out of judge roemer's home and called 911, that person reporting that someone had broken inside and fired off two rounds from a firearm. throughout the morning, once police arrived, they tried to negotiate with the suspect who was inside b...

to act on criminal contempt referrals for the former white house chief of staff and deputy chief of staff, a decision the january 6th committee calls puzzling. the committee will hold its first ever public hearing on thursday night. they plan to show previously unseen material documenting january 6th, call witnesses, and provide a summary of its findings so far. cnn has learned that two people directly tied to former vice president mike pence have received invitations to appear. this as a stunning report in the "new york times" says one day before pence certified the election, a top ...

>> 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 who's also been charged. number one, the jobs each of these individuals held was different. steve bannon wasn't even a white house aide at the ti...