welcome to all of you watching here in the united states, canada and around the world. the u.s. house prepares its next hearing on the january 6 insurrection. we'll look at what comes next, and how it's playing out overseas. plus new concerning that the war in ukraine could stretch clear into next year. inflation being felt around the world from gas pumps in the u.s.

to torrestaurants in italy. live from cnn center, this is "cnn newsroom" with ken brunhuber. >> there's a growing sense of urgency among members of congress ahead of monday's second hearing on the january 6 insurrection. they say their investigation paints a tdamning portrait of former president trump. trump and his supporters have been pushing back hard against the narrative. we get more from jessica sh th needer in washington. >> reporter: they set the stage

tor for what's to come. some republicans are working to discredit the findings, while the former president is responding to this. >> the president responded with this sentiment. maybe our supporters have the right idea. mike pence, quote, deserves it. >> reporter: today trump responding. i never said or even thought of saying "hang mike pence". this is either a made-up story from someone looking to be a star or fake news. >> we want trump! >> reporter: and his months-long efforts to discredit the election, leading to what the committee calls an attempted coup. >> trump was at the center of this conspiracy and ultimately donald trump, the president of the united states spurred a mob of domestic enemies of the

constitution to march down the capitol and subvert american democracy. >> reporter: the committee is making its case with a parade of trump administration officials and family members who have given depositions over the past year. former attorney general bill barr spoke forcefully about how he told the election the election was clean and the president's daughter agreed. >> i made it clear i did not agree with the idea that the election was stolen and putting out this stuff which i told the president was bullshit. >> i respect attorney general barr, so i accepted what he was saying. >> reporter: but today trump is d downplaying his daughter's involvement saying ivanka trump was not looking at election results. she had long since checked out and in my opinion was only trying to be respectful to bill

barr in his position as torn general. he sucked. >> representative perry contacted the white house in the weeks after january 6th to seek a presidential pardon. multiple other republican congressmen also sought presidential pardons for their roles in attempting to overturn the 2020 election. >> reporter: congressman perry tweeting the notion that i ever sought a presidential pardon for myself or other members of congress is an absolute shameless and soulless lie. and president biden weighing in on the hearings saying the future of democracy is at stake. >> it's important for the american people to understand what truly happened and to understand that the same forces that led january 6 remain are at work today. >> reporter: the committee has already laid out a road map for what's ahead. there are three hearings next week starting monday.

they will be about trump's evi efforts to spread false information. jessica schneider, cnn, washington. >> the two-hour hearing was aired in prime time here in the u.s., and more than 20 million people watched it. while that number sounds respectable, neilsons don't count every streaming channel. so what do people overseas think about it? thanks so much for being here with us. here in the u.s., one of the questions going into these hearings would be would people care enough to watch, and as i mentioned, about 20 million

people watched on tv, not including streaming. and and overseas i saw was leading the news or on the top of the page. take us through how much interest there is overseas. >> kim, certainly, i'm watching it. but by and large it is gracing a lot of headlines, getting a lot of attention, at the same time, i feel this seems somewhat like a replay of prior events. individuals abroad and in the uk have seen this before, and i think to some, extent if they' looking for a bombshell and aren't getting it i think they're going to be disappointed. how trump truly seemed intent onnion doing nothing to stop the riot. about how members of trump's inner circle ultimately appear

to reject his false election claims, all of that is garnering interest. >> you think it might reenforce what they already thought about the u.s.? >> i think that's fair, keim. i think that other countries looked at the u.s. as a model was tinted. there's no doubt that the capitol insurrection took the veneer of of and exposed an underside that wasn't viewed abroad. and if it can happen in the u.s., a country with a long-standing reputation for competitive elections, for the peaceful transfer of power, that it can essentially happen anywhere. it's certainly one thing to hear about the dangers of unbridled

populism and leaders, it's another thing to happen in the u.s. i think that was shocking for audiences abroad and the fact that it happened so viscerally and with such force has to be a wakeup call for parts of europe that have halready witnessed th rise of extremism. >> there are leaders who have taken a page out of trump's playbook. the fact that the u.s. is going through this high-profile process of attempting to hold those responsible, will that have other leaders thinking twice? or do you any donald trump isn't held accountable will it just embolden them. >> i think it will embolden them. you see european leaders taking a playbook out of donald trump.

but whether the united states has turned a corner is not clear to me. what's going to determine whether the u.s. is prepared to do that isn't compared to what elites in capitol hill are doing but what's happening at the ballot box in 2022 and can two 2024. no amount of half-baked accountability in washington is going to restore p america's reputation. as you're suggesting, a lot of authoritarians or would-be authoritarians are looking at this and saying well, donald trump got away with it in the united states, why can't i do

that here. >> we'll see if anything concrete comes out of this with the doj watching. committee members have promised more bombshell testimony. what are you looking forward to hearing? >> i really don't think the hearings are going to budge anybody. i think they may have misjudged a little bit with jamie raskin saying there will be breakthroughs. the footage has basically been on a non-stop loop for a year and a half. we know that here in the united states and the uk and other places. and never trumpers are watching this intently, but they're going to go democrat anyway. and meanwhile, fox news isn't even airing the hearings live and celebrity anchors like tucker carlson are saying it's

the ruling class giving another lecture. ultimately what we're left with is entrenched partisanship. 2022 is going to be a shellacking for democrats because of inflation. but regrettably, despite efforts and well-intentioned efforts by this committee to hold trump accountable, i just don't think it's going to change minds too much. >> it is hugely important for the nation nonetheless. thomas guest, thank you for joining us. >> most american consumers know the price of just about everything is skyrocketing and the forecast isn't good. on friday, the u.s. government reported the highest rate of inflation in 40 years, 8.6%. many american are the struggling more just to pay for

necessities. president biden is calling on congress to act quickly to bring prices down. stocks plunged on that inflation report. the dow closed 880 points on tri. the s&p was down nearly 3%. and investors are reeling, worried that the federal reserve may increase interest rates further. now of course, inflation is a global problem. the situation elsewhere closely resembles that in the united states. both end windia reporting infla at 7%. in turkey 73.5%. this points to a global recession as people are forced to cut back on their normal spending. explain why all this is happening? we look no further than italy. a simple dish of pasta

demonstrate the tspiraling cost. >> reporter: this is the equi quintessential italian meal, spaghetti with tomato. but the price has increased over the year. to understand, we went directly to the source. here, the pasta factory in southern italy, the owner tells us the price of some of the raw materials to make her pasta have jumped by 100%. she tells us her company is trying to find ways to absorb the excess, but some of it will go to the consumer. we have increased the price of our final product by 30 %. the cost is high.

>> reporter: the average italian eats around 50 pounds of pasta every year. she says to confront the rising cost of living, distributors are buying more inventory from her factory. because even fort pif the price pasta goes up, it is still the most affordable way to put food on the table. from electric to fuel to transport this pasta. at the farm, things aren't much easier. fertilizer costs alone have risen 150% over last year. they had to make a drastic decision to reduce the number of tomatoes they planted by 40%, because they have no idea what the market will be like when these new tomato plants are

ready to harvest. she says the tomato is the base of the italian diet. during the summer as fresh produce and during the other seasons as canned products. the factors driving the ingredient, are complicated. first the pandemic, then the war in ukraine and now uncertaintive what's next ukraine's intelligence agency has done the math about how much longer russia can sustain the war. plus president zelenskyy address a top security summit in's yeah. stay with us. motrin works fast to stop pain where it starts. like those nagging headaches. uncomfortable period pains. and disruptive muscle aches. you can count on fast, effective relief with m motrin.

and right now, ukrainian president zelenskyy is address asia's top supreme coecurity su

singapore, saying what's happening in ukraine now could be a prequel for east asia in the future. earlier, he spoke at home and says ongoing battles are tough. here he is. >> translator: the ukrainian troops are doing everything to stop the offensive of the occupier, as much as possible, as much as the heavy weapons, modern artillery, all we have asked and continue to ask our partners for allow them to. but the battles are still going on, and right now in these very difficult battles, it's being decided when this after will come it is being decided at which frontiers we will finally break the plans of the occupiers. >> some of those battles are happening in seviererodonetsk. most of the city is under russian control. he says ukrainians are putting up resistance on the streets. and russian officials say

negotiations are under way. hundreds of civilians are bleed believed to be sheltering at a chemical plant. on the latest situation on the battlefield, start with severodonetsk. >> reporter: as you mentioned, he is speaking live to the shangri-la dialog. he says the fate of the donbas and if n some ways the fate of e battlefield lies in seveier owe donbas. they are running out of artillery. they are outmanned. they are outgunned. it's hard to imagine that this

city had not fall soon to russian forces and brings them that much closer to taking over the luhansk region. and of course caught in the middle are civilians. an estimated 10,000 civilians pinned down in this fighting, the constant shelling. they're running out of food, water, supplies. you also mentioned this plant where ukrainian officials said 800 civilians are sheltering. there are negotiations under way to try to extract them. russia claims there are hundreds of combatants along side them in that plant. competing claims here. you're going to hear president zelenskyy again calling on his allies and partners for support. and that support right now is absolutely crucial. we hear from one ukrainian

official who said everything depends now on western weapons. >> let's go to oren who's monitoring the conference. fill us in on what he's saying and why he's addressing this particular summit. >> reporter: the significance of the summit is well-known, including volodymyr zelenskyy this. is one of'asia's biggest defens summits. as he was introduced, the evidence the conference made a point to note that generally they don't allow virtual speakers, you have to be here in person. but they made an exception for president zelenskyy. here's a portion of what zelenskyy had to say just a

short time ago. >> translator: russian propaganda is spreading in many country. russia's war on ukraine is supposed to be about nato. but in reality, russia's war against ukraine is not only p europe. it is about globally-important things. russian leadership strives to discard international law which we have today. and it wants to come back to life of the 19 drith century orn before that. >>reporter: he quoted a former singaporean leader.

and one has said russia's invasion of ukraine is a warning to the rest of the world what happens if that international order isn't upheld here p that is something we've seen as an issue throughout this conference. that has been referenced not only by lloyd austin but many of the other speakers here, and a transition of talking about ukraine to the possibility of a chinese invasion of taiwan. ukraine remains the largest story in the world, but the issues, how important it is when the world looks at the indo-pacific region. zelenskyy's speech underscoring the importance of ukraine as all these officials come together and look at the international sclai landscape when it comes to the

security situation. >> you mentioned lloyd austin. he had strong words when it came to the subject of china and taiwan taiwan. take us through that. >> at first when austin spoke he didn't address taiwan or china directly, but the larger countries respecting the sovereignty and tdecision makin of its smaller neighbors. first he said the united states stands by its one-china policy and the taiwan relationship. but under that act it's able to provide taiwan with defensive arms and the training to use those defensive arms. he warned or expressed concern that it was china, for example

its interception of aircraft in the last couple weeks as well as attempts to control the taiwan strait and administration of islands. he expressed concern about that. a major issue right there at the end of his speech. >> appreciate that from both of you. thanks so much for joining us. and if you would like to safely and securely help people in ukraine, can you go to cnn.com/impact and find several ways to help there. we're getting new information about a mass shooting in a school in texas. plus disturbing new evidence has been found in the disappearance of two people in the remote areas of brazil's amazon. details ahead. stay with us.

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welcome back to all of you watching us here in the united states, canada and around the world. i'm kim brunhuber, and this is cnn. a new interview with the police chief raises more questions about the uvalde shooting. >> reporter: new revelations as embattled police chief arredondo is speaking out about the delayed response. more than two weeks after the school shooting that left 19 students and two teachers dead.

in an interview, chief pete arredondo says he never considered himself the incident commander, telling the paper, i didn't issue any orders. >> of course it was not the right decision. it was the wrong decision, period. >> reporter: the chief says he arrived at the school around 11:35 and intentionally left his radios outside. the school district told parents students were safe in the building. arredondo said he was not aware of 911 calls being made about the shooting because he didn't have his radio and no one in the halls related the conversation to him. >> do you feel confident in the

testimony from texas dps. >> i do feel confident in the process. i respect the process. an investigation is one that you do diligently and as hard as you can and lay the facts to bear. >> reporter: according to a review, law enforcement officers were aware there were injured people still trapped inside the classroom when they were decided tho how to enter. arredondo said we're ready to breach but that door's locked. school lockdown measures were working against them. the door was eenforced with a steel jab which officers were unable to kick down. a janitor provided six keys that were unable to open the door. and another key ring with as many as 30 keys were unsuccess

f ful as well. at 12:50 p.m., the door was breached. arredondo said he and his team responded to the information they had at the time. not a single officer hesitated even for a moment to put themselves at risk to save the children, he said. about arredondo not being the incident commander. about him not giving order, he also told the paper that he ordered officers to break the windows of the school and evacuate students. i'm here in austin, texas, because this is where arredondo's attorney isn't we requested interviews with arredondo and his attorney. those requests were denied. his attorney sending cnn a text message saying arredondo needs some time because this has been very difficult for him.

>> the week has come and gone, and still the u.s. senate hasn't reached a deal on bipartisan gun legislation. lawmakers have been racing to reach some sort of agreement but have yet to come to some consensus. sources say negotiators are working to finalize a deal. and chris murphy is optimistic a deal will be announced soon. >> trying to find the art of compromise. my hope is that we'll be able to deliver transformative news to you soon. this country needs to know that washington's listening to them. >> hundreds of march for our lives rallies are planned this nearly all 50 u.s. states today. the movement started after the parkland shooting where 17 were

killed. david hogg spoke about the chances that congress will finally pass gun reform. >> it's not going to be earth-shattering overnight, unfortunately kids are still going to die tonight, this week and this year. but any progress is better than nothing. it needs to actually be progress and not just some talking points. >> washington, d.c., and parkland, florida are among the 400 cities where march or our lives protests will be held. teams in brazil have found what appear to be human remains in their search for a missing brazilian journalist and an expert. the discovery was in an area where the men were apparently heading. police had already found blood on a boat belonging to a suspect. shasta darlington has more. >> reporter: fear, outrage and

anger. brazilian president bolsonaro's government is facing backlash of after a week after two went missing. the two had set off on a trip into the amazon. they were supposed to take a trip in an indigenous territory in the far west of the country but never made it. while the valley is under government protection, repeated incursions by land grabbers, hunters and fisherman have need difficult for indi indigenous l there. >> what's happening? i just don't want him and brew hoe to suffer. there's a lot of cruelty. i'm heartbroken. >> reporter: and there's growing outrage that the brazilian

government has been too slow to respond. >> it's been too many days since the army, navy were involved. they are involved now. but it's a picture of an insufficient response. we're angry, very disappointed at how it's turned out. >> reporter: bolsonaro drawing criticism after saying the trip is not a recommended adventure. >> i think he's putting the blame on my brother for an adventure. it's not an adventure. he's a journalist. he's going there to research for a book that he wants to write on how to save the amazon and to highlight the problems particularly this this region. >> reporter: britain's acting representative to brazil and

others have urged the government to redouble its search and rescue efforts. they said 250 men, two helicopters, three drones and 16 boats have been deployed to search for the missing men. a suspect in custody and authorities are testing brlood samples from his boat. in september 2019, an indigenous affairs worker was murdered in the same erarea. violence against indigenous people and people who seek to protect the rainforest is an ongoing issue in the amazon according to a 2019 human rights report, which documented 28 killings, most since 2015. could that violence have caught up to philips and pereira?

that is what their families dread. still ahead, air travelers soon won't need proof of a covid test to get into the united states. and research has some people buzzing. we'll have details after the break. stay with us. see,e, we're from here, and there... give dad a gift worth sharing, at ancestry.y.com

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restriction is set to be removed for travelers entering the country. >> reporter: travel into the united states just got a little bit easier. the u.s. centers for disease control has decided to lift the requirement that people get tested for covid-19 beforen tet tering the united states. this will go into effect at midnight on sunday. if a new variant does emerge, the cdc could reinstate the testing requirement. let's take a look at why the cdc wants to lift this requirement. they say now things are different. there are high rates of immunity to covid-19 due to therapeutics and vaccines. the travel industry has been pushing for this change for some time now, and some people say look, vaccination rates in the u.s. have been relatively high for some time.

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and to having a new tool in the toolbox is important. rectal cancer is commonly treated with a combination of surgery, radio therapy and chemotherapy. and this new, these new results are encouraging for this group of patients. >> yeah, you say new. how new is this type of therapy? >> yeah. so for those who may not know, this is called a check point inhibitor. this is part of a group of drugs we collectively call immune therapy. it's a set of medicines that revs up your body's immune system, so it doesn't teach ca cancer directly but teaches your own body to fight off cancer. tan's been a class of drugs we've used for melanoma and a host of other cancers for a while. and recently we started to use it for a specific set of colon and rectal cancers with a unique

set of genetic mutations with really good results. >> so that specific set of genetic mutations was called mismatch repair deficiency, right? so does their sort of therapy have any imanications for people who may have different types of cancers but the same deficiency? ? y >> yeah, we think as many as one in four have some genetic disposition. we recommend anyone under 50 with a new cancer gets genetically screened. and so this is a new tool in our toolbox for these patients. record-breaking hot weather is threatening rt pas of the u.s. we'll go to the weather center. please stay with us. with preret

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parts of new orleans are seeing severe flash flooding. a line of strong thunderstorms brought heavy rain that overwhelmed pumping systems. the electric company says power

was knocked out to thousands of customers in the area. the city is not out of the woods. another storm is likely to roll through several states this weekend. and a dangerous heat wave is affecting people across the southwest from california to texas. temperatures in several states are reaching the triple deigits fahrenheit this weekend. joining us is meteorologist derrick van dam. i love the heat, but it can be a real health concern for many people when it gets that hot. >> especially when it doesn't cool down overnight. our bodies, when we sleep, we want to regulate our temperature, and when the morning lows only drop into the middle or upper 80s, that doesn't allow your body to cool itself down appropriately, and that's dangerous for people especially who don't have air conditioning. we have expanding heat advisories now covering much of

texas, oklahoma, new mexico, arizona, much of california as well. we have 70% of the lower 48, the contiguous united states that will see 90-degree-plus weather next week. 15% of the u.s. population. 45 million people had see triple digit heat. th that's00 deg 100 degrees or hig. just a brief sampling of the record high temperatures broken yesterday, texas. we have the potential to tie or break 140 record high temperatures. that doesn't even include the record minimum temperatures that will be broerk aken across the .

it will start to cool. i guess i should put that in quotes because it will be slightly cooler. still oppressive, oppressive. >> derek van dam, thanks so much. and yet another star golfer is joining the controversial saudi-backed liv golf series. bryson dechambeau says he'll play in the liv series after the league suspended golfers including phil mickleson. he still chose to may in the series. a golf writer says other golfers hope both series can co-exist. >> silently, all the tour players are kind of hoping there's a middle ground where

they can maintain their membership, get the fedex bonuses and cherry pick some of these liv events. that's the best-case scenario for the players. so i think they're kind of cheering phil on behind the scenes and hoping this does succeed in some way. >> the inaugural event teed off in london with names like dustin johnson. the nba finals are tied up at two games apiece as the best of seven series returns to san francisco thanks to a huge night from steph curry. the warriors defeated the cel celt celtics, 107-97. the series heads west for sunday night. music is bringing people together, at least two bands.

they are teaming up for a tour that will bring medical equipment helping ukrainians impacted by the war. the ukrainian native was forced to leave russia after speaking out against the invasion. now he says he's just trying to help his homeland. here he is. >> translator: as soon as the war started we immediately felt like we wanted to do something useful. and i think this, going on a charity tour, is just the most useful thing we can do now. we are trying to be helpful by using all of our talents and resources. and that wraps this hour of "cnn newsroom." i'm kim bruin huber, please do stay with us.

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♪ hello and welcome to all of you watching us here in the united states, canada and all around the world, i'm kim brunhuber. ahead on "cnn newsroom," fierce battles over one city in eastern ukraine as president zelenskyy appeals for help but asia's premier defense conference. we're live in kyiv and singapore on ukraine's attempts to hold on to power. plus, a warning that next year's grain harvest could be cut in half because of the war. we'll look at the strategies for exportin