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developments and changes overnight on capitol hill. this afternoon, the committee investigating the january 6 insurrection will call a special witness in this surprise public hearing. that is former white house chief of staff mark meadows aide, former aide, cassidy hutchinson. she s expected to testify starting at 1:00 eastern today. last week in videotaped testimony, she revealed the names of several republican lawmakers who sought blanket pardons. so, let s begin with that, with our own correspondent jessica schneider. jess, there wasn t going to be a hearing this week at all. then when one was announced, didn t know who the witness would be. very similar in the leadup. why? yeah, last-minute announcement, possibly, poppy, to try to keep things secret because of concerns about security. the committee concerned about the security of cassidy hutchinson and other possible witnesses. that may be why it was kept under wraps to this point. cassidy hutchinson in her heari ....
home. the wall street journal reports the attorney general merrick garland deliberated for weeks over whether to approve that fbi search. separately, sources tell cnn that trump white house lawyer eric herschmann has been subpoenaed by a federal grand jury investigating the insurrection. and in a separate investigation, georgia prosecutors have told rudy giuliani he is a target of a criminal probe into election interference. and in yet another investigation, long time trump organization cfo allen weisselberg is expected to plead guilty in a tax evasion case. let s get to it, let s begin with katelyn polantz on the news out of the justice department this morning. so, what are you hearing from the justice department about this request to unseal the affidavit? reporter: the justice department does not want to unearth a lot more detail about what is going on here in that prompted the search of mar-a-lago and what is under criminal investigation here. in a court filing ....
inflation. doug luzader joins us live in washington. good morning, doug. doug: the fed meets tomorrow to talk interest rates, a lot going on, and the white house is laying the groundwork. we may find on thursday gdp has fallen, according to the white house economic advisors, some maintain two consecutive quarters of falling real gdp constitute a recession, that is neither the full definition or how economists evaluate the business state. former obama administration says recession is likely. there is high likelihood of recession when we ve been in this kind of situation before, recession has followed when inflation has been high and unemployment has been low. doug: the fed starts their meeting tomorrow, expected to raise interest rates to reign in that 9.1% inflation rate. inflation is way too high, the fed is charged with putting in place policies that will bring inflation down and i expect them to be successful. republicans meantime, say the administration is ....
results standing by with a new batch of election results from the key state of arizona whereas this moment trump-backed election denier kari lake has the lead as primary for governor and 80% of the vote is in and we do expect a big batch of votes coming tonight so we are awaiting this, lake leads karen taylor robson, she wins if she wins and she wins if she loses. there were a lot of shenanigans going on. we knew the shenanigans were happening. and lake s not alone. at least five trump-backed election deniers won their primary races last night. i want to play with you what four of these winners, these are people who are moving ahead, advanced, voters on chosen them. this is what four of them said about the last election. for those media outlets that claim there s no fraud, you are willfully ignoring the evidence. if you look at the evidence there is obviously something wrong with the election, okay? trump was robbed with the election. do you believe donald trump ....
Allegedly involved in the murder of nypd officer Jonathan Dillard told police, the day that accused accomplice was in court. While police are causally being caught different targeted, some new York City Firefighters now being called fascists because they were flying a flag to honor their hero colleagues that have died on 911. Ashleys live in New York City with the very latest developers on the story, actually good evening sue and hello, major backlash night after new York City Firefighters of the Writer Company 11 were forced to remove a flag that honor the man of the laws during the 911 terrorist attacks. It all started a few weeks ago when the new York City ....