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children as young as 6 months. we know the white house says vaccinations could begin as early as next week once given the okay from the cdc and the fda. president biden already pledged to make 10 million vaccine doses available nationwide with the majority of states already preordering shipments since the beginning of the month. yeah. but many health experts are worried that parents of young kids may not take their kids to get those covid shots. the latest polling from the kaiser family foundation show that only 18% of parents of kids under 5 would want to vaccinate their child as soon as a vaccine becomes available. cnn medical analyst says that parents should remember the benefits of vaccinations still outweigh the risks of covid-19. more than 400 children in this age group of under 5 have died tragically during this pandemic. thousands have been hospitalized. it s really distressing for little kids to get sick, so that s what we re trying to do to prevent that ki ....
and, russia makes a push to take a key ukrainian city. we are allies in kyiv with details. their first hearing was a smash hit, of sorts, which drew some 20 million viewers. the genuine sixth committee is about to reconvene in front of tv cameras once again, just hours from now. the focus will be on what former president trump knew about the election results, and when he knew it, even as he kept pushing the big lie that he was the victim of massive voter fraud. here is the preview now from marshall cohen. reporter: the second public hearing from the january 6th select committee is shaping up to be a block buster event. the witness list includes donald trump 2020 campaign manager bill stepney and. that was a bit of a surprise. he is appearing under subpoena. we will find out soon how helpful he is going to be. it is notable he is even showing up. the panel also hear from bj pack, the u.s. attorney in atlanta who was pressured by the trump white house to backup trumps ....
peddled false claims of fraud even though he was told by his closest aides repeatedly, mr. president, you lost the election. daniela diaz is live on capitol hill daniela, do we know what bill steppian expects to say? reporter: we do not. he is testifying under subpoena. super notable he is appearing before the committee, and the second hearing that will take place later today starts at 10:00 a.m. we do also know was liz cheney said at the first primetime hearing that took place last week that this hearing will revolve around trump s effort to convince huge portions of the u.s. population that fraud had stolen the election from him despite the fact that numerous aides told him he lost the election. aides also told us that this hearing would show how trump s team pursued legal challenges in court and lost those cases and that trump chose to ignore the will of the courts and continued to try to overturn the election anyway. we are also planning to hear from chris stirewa ....
set of hearings. plus flying in without a covid test, why the cdc is dropping a international testing requirement. and the embattled uvalde, texas, police chief defending his actions over his department s response. you ll hear from him just ahead. good morning, it is saturday, june 11th. thank you so much for starting your day with us. christi, always a pleasure to be with you. thank you so much. each when we have to talk about what we re talking about now because this is effecting every single person watching us. no question about that. we begin with painful economic news. the national average gas price surpassing $5 a gallon for the first time ever. this is unprecedented. according to aaa. that is a 60 cents increase, the biggest price jump since 1981, more than 40 years ago. it triggered a massive sell-off on wall street and biden officials have admitted that inflation is uncomfortably high and we continue to pay more for everything. the president tried t ....
grateful that you are starting your weekend with us. it is a day of activism across the country. very good point. because we start with the national call for gun reform. hundreds of march for our lives rallies are being planned in nearly all 50 states today. they re demanding lawmakers address the epidemic of gun violence in the country. high-profile mass shootings from uvalde, texas, to buffalo, new york, have put renewed pressure on lawmakers on capitol hill to take action. washington, d.c., new york and parkland, florida, among the more than 300 cities where protests will be held. they follow the 2018 march that was organized by former students at marjory stoneman douglas high school in parkland. you may recall in february of 2018, a former studentered the school near fort lauderdale and opened fire killing 14 students and three staff members. i think the march will serve as a reminder to everyday americans and politician as like that there is serious momentum ....