ever happened in rwanda. tutsis had way too much money. they had way too much power. tutsis were way too privileged . they were greedy, they were bigoted. they were racists. they were dangerous. everything about tutsi ness was repulsive. for the most part, actual tutsis in rwanda ignored. all of this. hutu radio was not aimed at them. but then in july of 1994, just nine months after our tlm went on the air, a began in rwanda . more than half a million tutsis were murdered, in many cases by hutus whose rage had been stoked to violence by elm s broadcast. entire tutsi families were dragged from their homes and hacked to death with machetes. hundreds of thousands of women were. the world watched in horror as it happened, but did nothing to intervene. instead, our leaders told us at the time, the in rwanda would live forever as a lesson to the rest of us . about the capacity for evil that lurks inside every human heart and the dangers of reducing our neighbors to the sum total of
the target of a criminal investigation about his false claims of election fraud. what we ve learned tonight. steve osunsami live in georgia. a crushing defeat for congresswoman liz cheney. an outspoken critic of former president trump. he fought back, endorsing her opponent. and tonight, cheney will now leave the congress at the end of this year. but what she s now vowing and what she s now saying about running for president. jon karl back with us again tonight. tonight, the suspect accused of attacking author salman rushdie speaking from behind bars, saying he s surprised rushdie survived. and what he said when asked if he d been in contact with iran s revolutionary guard. tonight, the suspect s own mother reportedly disowning him. good evening and it s great tonight, the new and gruesome discovery yet again at lake mead. matt gutman tonight on what they found. the battle over abortion rights and tonight, the firestorm involving the case of a 16-year-old girl in fl
the target of a criminal investigation about his false claims of election fraud. what we ve learned tonight. steve osunsami live in georgia. a crushing defeat for congresswoman liz cheney. an outspoken critic of former president trump. he fought back, endorsing her opponent. and tonight, cheney will now leave the congress at the end of this year. but what she s now vowing and what she s now saying about running for president. jon karl back with us again tonight. tonight, the suspect accused of attacking author salman rushdie sfrom behind bars sayin he s surprised rushdie survived. tonight, the suspect s own mother reportedly disowning him. good evening and it s great to have you with us here on a wednesday night. we have several developing headlines as we come on tonight. rudy giuliani, once known as america s mayor, spending nearly six hours questioned under oath, the target of a criminal investigation in georgia over false claims of election fraud. also tonight, the
the worst drought in 1200 years . it is scary to think we cannot do this because we know have water to do it. there is this assumption that it will always be there, still, it s always not there. they might have been captured by the russians they have been fighting. we expect they were from the tank shooting with a blast. he had this and this big burden on him to serve the people however he can. i want to see him back safely. i am jessica dean in washington. pamela house tonight off. you are in the cnn newsroom. we begin this hour with your wallet, and the beating it has taken in recent days, weeks and months. the s&p 500 ended its first week since march of 2020. that is when the pandemic hit. for a second straight day, the dow closed between 30,000. americans are filling the worst inflation now since 1981. consumer prices shot up by 8.6% ending in may. record gas prices and skyrocketing airline tickets are battering summer travel plans. just a few days ago, the federa
president biden: no. todd: griff jenkins is in washington with the latest from the president s trip. griff. griff: good morning, carley and todd. joe biden s first trip to asia ends just moments from now. you are looking live at air force one, waiting to get wheels up from tokyo, just after 6 p.m. there. caps swing through south korea and japan intended to highlight a new economic pact. as you saw, the president leaves major questions looming over the u.s. policy toward taiwan, which the white house was forced to walk back in a statement and defense secretary austin tried to clean up yesterday. our one china policy has not changed. he reiterated that policy and our commitment to peace and stability across the taiwan strait. griff: not the first time the white house has had to clarify for the president, drawing harsh criticism from china s leaders and earlier this morning in one of the president s last public events, biden was hammered with questions over whether he