♪ hello. a very warm welcome to our viewers joining us in the united states and right around the world. i'm eisa soares on "cnn newsroom." the select committee to investigate the january 6th attack on the united states capitol will be in order. >> president trump rejected the advice of his campaign experts on election night and, instead, followed the course recommended by an apparently inebriated rudy

giuliani. >> if he really believes this stuff, you know, he's lost contact with -- he's become detached from reality. >> he had to have known he was spreading a big lie, and he continues to spread it to this very day. >> announcer: live from london, this is "cnn newsroom req" with isa soares. >> welcome to the show, everyone. it is tuesday, june 14th. 9:00 a.m. in london. 4:00 a.m. in washington. a u.s. house committee is revealing bombshell testimony from members of trump's inner circle, even his own family. the former president refusing to listen to facts, instead embracing the drunken claims of his personal attorney that the election was stolen. all of it leading up to the violent attack on the capitol just weeks after the 2020 presidential vote. a parade of trump's own top

aides said the former president was told repeatedly his claims of election fraud were not true. listen to former attorney general william barr. >> when i went into this and would, you know, tell him how crazy some of these allegations were, there was never -- there was never an indication of interest in what the actual facts were, in my opinion. my opinion now is that the election was not stolen by fraud, and i haven't seen anything since the election that changes my mind on that. >> but despite the complete lack of evidence, trump continued to push his claims of voter fraud, leading barr to make this declaration. >> i thought, boy, if he really believes this stuff, he has, you know, lost contact with -- he's become detached from reality.

>> there was another shocking allegation. several former advisers testified before the committee that trump's attorney, rudy giuliani, was drunk on election night and urged the president to declare victory. a lawyer for giuliani denies the claim. but we want you to hear these accounts from witnesses in donald trump's inner circle. top members of his own campaign team, his white house, and even his own family. have a listen. >> the mayor was intoxicated. there were suggestions by, i believe it was mayor giuliani, you should declare victory and say we won it outright. >> it was far too early to be making any calls like that. ballots were still being counted. >> i don't know that i had a firm view as to what he should say in that circumstance. the results were still being counted. >> did you ever share, mr. kushner, your view of mr. giuliani?

did you ever share your perspective about him with the president? >> um, i guess -- yes. >> tell me what you said. >> basically, not the approach i would take if i was you. >> as you know, trump did take the giuliani approach against the advice of his son-in-law and other top advisers. >> we were getting ready to win this election. frankly, we did win this election. >> well, with this testimony revealed publicly for the first time, there are also new allegations that donald trump broke the law. the committee says the former president raised $250 million based on the big lie about election fraud. yet, according to investigators, most of the money went into a public action committee and not to try to overturn the results. >> the trump campaign

aggressively pushed false election claims to fundraise, telling supporters it'd be used to fight voter fraud that did not exist. the emails continued through january 6th, even as president trump spoke on the ellipse. 30 minutes after the last fundraising email was sent, the capitol was breached. >> the panel also says it has evidence that members of trump's family benefitted from the money raised on his election conspiracies. here's what one of the committee members said about a fiance, kimberly guilfoyle. >> we know guilfoyle was paid for the introduction she gave at the speech on january 6th. she received compensation for that. >> but is that a crime? >> i'm not saying it is a crime, but i think it's a grift. >> former house impeachment

special counsel suggested that trump could face wire fraud and campaign finance charges over the fundraising. here's january 6th committee member jamie raskin. >> you know, when a political campaign is over, it's almost impossible for the losing candidate to raise any money at that point because nobody really wants to invest in a lost cause, a cause that's already gone. yet, he figured out a way to keep the money flowing in, by claiming he'd won the election and they were somehow battling it out, even after 60 courts had already rejected every claim of electoral fraud and corruption they had ausuggested. >> of course, bringing federal charges against trump would ultimately be up to the u.s. justice department. committee chair bennie thompson says the panel doesn't plan to recommend any criminal referrals, but vice chair liz cheney and others say the panel hasn't made that decision yet. and attorney general merrick garland and the justice department said they're keeping an eye on the hearings.

>> i am watching, and i will be watching all the hearings. i can assure you that january 6th prosecutors are watching all the hearings, as well. >> so what comes next for the january 6th committee? well, the next live hearing is set for wednesday, the third of six televised proceedings. the house democrat on the committee told cnn what we can expect. >> having been told by his campaign staff as well as his lawyers he had lost the race, he got increasingly desperate and began to pressure people at a lot of different levels, to see if he could get them in on the con. so we will be laying out, much as we have in previous hearings, with first person testimonies or depositions or text messages and data we've collected, the narrative of what happened in all of those efforts to pressure people into doing something that wasn't right. >> the committee's work has been

thorough as well as painstaking. investigators conducted at least 1,000 witness interviews and reviewed more than 140,000 documents and are following up on 500 tips. of course, we'll stay on top of this story for you. in a matter of hours, u.s. president joe biden is set to travel to philadelphia, where he is expected to speak about the economy, as high inflation and recession fears rattle the stock market. on monday, the dow dropped nearly 900 points, you can see there, while the s&p 500 closed down in bear market territory. following that wall street sell-off, we're seeing mixed reaction there in asia. we're starting to see a bit of a rebound, really. we're seeing a similar situation to what we saw in asia here in europe. markets have been open the last hour or so. paris cac is flat, to be honest. the ftse 100 up 0.2%. only hours until a new trading day begins on wall street.

here's where the u.s. futures stand right now. a bit of a rebound. we are seeing the dow futures and nasdaq. nasdaq, of course, getting a battering yesterday. s&p 500 expected to open down quite significantly there, as you can see. almost 4%. claire is joining me to make sense of all of this. what is rattling stock markets at this point? nothing has really changed. the fear of recession is there. inflation is still high. why are we seeing the dramatic moves on stock markets. >> it's been an interesting couple trading sessions. friday, we got the cpi, the inflation report out of the u.s. that was worse than expected. some people thought the previous report for april was showing that the inflation peaked, then it exaccelerated down, down 8.6. monday, we have this report from the "wall street journal" that the fed will likely raise rates by not half a percent by three quarters. they've not done that since

1994. that is what has rattled the market. the fear is on inflation at this point, that the cure will be worse than the disease. the fed will have to act aggressively. the fed is playing catch-up here. in doing so, they'll tip the economy into recession. >> right. i remember reading jpmorgan, saying, actually, the fed needs to be more aggressive to try and have a handle on inflation. >> yeah. look, there are some people in the market, on the flip side, that will look at this with some degree of relief. the fed is getting and message and now it is acting and front loading the medicine here. bringing in a three-quarter rate now so it doesn't need to act as aggressively in the future. that's a school of thought. however, the reaction is not a knee-jerk. this is a repricing. when you get higher inflation and higher interest rates, that crimps company markets, consumption, meaning money is more expensive. that means the next valuations at the moment are looking expensive. that's why the declines we saw yesterday were across the board.

>> yeah. we're seeing a sort of rebound on u.s. futures. we're expecting to hear from president joe biden today. what are we likely to hear from him today, claire? >> i think he is going to say that, you know, the efforts he's made to support the economy are working. don't panic. he talks a lot about the jobs market, how unemployment rates are low. some feel that is artificial because a lot dropped out of the labor force during the pandemic. he'll talk about the war on ukraine and the impact that's having. he called it putin's tax, putin's price hike. he brings in the idea that the rise in food and energy are a direct result from ukraine. we know inflation started before that. >> indeed. it's exacerbated it, but it wasn't the cause of it. claire sebastian, appreciate it. thank you very much. now, the republican leading the u.s. senate push for gun safety reform says he hopes to have the text of a bill by the end of this week. that is after, if you remember, bipartisan group announced that

they agreed, in principle, on the framework for gun safety legislation. the agreement includes so-called red flag provisions, new protections for women, more funding for mental health services, and school security reso resources, as well as enhanced reviews for buyers under 21. the agreement could lead to the biggest gun reform legislation in decades. democrats are voicing cautious optimism that this bill will pass. here it is. >> well, we've done the heavy lifting here. we have ten republicans signed onto this framework, a framework that's going to save lives. these are five important changes in our gun laws, plus billions in mental health funding. my belief is that we're going to add republicans from here on out. >> this piece of legislation, as drafted, should not be threatening to any law-abiding citizen in the united states of america. not one. no law-abiding gun owner should be offended by this. we take no rights or privileges

away. we don't basically threaten you're going to lose anything at all, except maybe if we don't do this, you might lose a child or grandchild. >> the vast majority of republican senators still want more details before announcing where they stand on the gun safety framework. a possible sign of how hard it'll be to get more republicans, of course, on board. we are learning more about the 31 men arrested in the u.s. state of idaho for conspiracy to riot at a pride parade in the city. police say they had no knowledge of the group's arrival until someone called 911. the caller reported seeing a group dressed up like, quote, a little army. all the men were wearing clothing associated with patriot front classified as a white supremacist group by the anti-defamation league. the city's police chief says since that first call, the phone hasn't stopped ringing. >> 149 calls that we know of so far that have come in. there are about 50/50 split

between individuals in our community who are happy to give us their name and tell us they're proud of the work we did and they're happy to be a part of this community, and the other 50% who are completely anonymous and want nothing more than to scream and yell at us and use some really choice words, offer death threats against myself and other members of the police department. >> police announced they'll finish executing search warrants on the u-haul truck the men were riding in, as well as other seized vehicles. in washington, a much-debated bill that would increase security for supreme court justices is expected to pass the house in the coming hours. house democrats are giving it to the demands of their republican colleagues after a man was arrested last week near the home of justice brett kavanaugh and charged with attempted murder. democrats wanted the bill to extend to supreme court clerks as well as staff.

the move was criticized by the minority leader, saying it wasn't meant to cover nameless staff no one knows. ahead, the presidential election is two years away, but that hasn't stopped people from speculating whether joe biden will run for a second term. why one of the leading progressives from his own party may be hedging her bets. plus, extreme weather shuts down access to america's yellowstone national park. all the details at the cnn center. that's next. >> record rainfall across portions of the western united states. we'll touch on this and the excessive heat building. all this coming up in a few minutes.

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unprecedented rainfall and snow snowmelt are causing flooding as well as rock slides. no inbound traffic is allowed until conditions are cleared and roads and accesses are checked. part of the building was taken on the yellowstone river. parts of the community are without drinking water and power. official it is say people have been asked to evacuate, and rescues were ongoing on monday throughout park county. more than 125 million people under heat alerts, meanwhile, across the united states. the record-breaking heat is forecast to spread east throughout the week. daily high temperatures already being set across several cities with more expected. joining me now, our cnn meteorologist. let's start off in montana because that is incredible rainfall as that tornado bears down. >> absolutely. we had the severe weather. we had significant rainfall, as you noted, isa. it was historic, the amount of

rainfall we saw for this time of year equivalent to a month's worth of rain coming down in the matter of a few hours. the snow is melling. we melting. we're approaching the beginning of summer. all elements produced the significant flooding we saw across portions of montana. the element moved across portions of the chicago metroplex, a tornado warning across the region. you noted the disruption to the baseball game. notice the airports across o'hare. picking up a wind gust of 84 miles per hour. that's equivalent to a category 1 hurricane. a category 2 hurricane equivalent in ft. wayne, indiana. the severity, frostyerocity of storm. still in the midwestern united states. parts of at least 20 states dealing with heat indexes and advisories with a temperature that will climb up to the century mark. look at the potential here for

records. as much as 120 record temperatures possible, really dominating the eastern third of the united states where we expect the heat indexes or what it feels like within the hu humidity factor to be today around 105, 106. st. louis aiming for a 100 degree afternoon or close to it the next couple days. 86 is normal here for the week before summer. indianapolis, middle 90s. 79 is what they expect for this time of year. an incredible departure from what is typically transitioning into the warm season for some of these areas, getting to record territories. see where we've come down in the temperatures. 100 mark. records falling left and right across a large area of the united states, isa. >> warm indeed. pedram, thanks very much. well, the u.s. presidential election is more than two years a away, and people are speculating on whether president joe biden will run for a second term. u.s. house democrat alexandria

ocasio-cortez says, quote, we'll take a look at it when asked if she'd support president biden's re-election. president obama's former strategist axelrod called biden's age, quote, a major issue in his re-election. press secretary jean-pierre dismissed questions about his age during an interview with cnn's don lemon. take a listen. >> oh, my gosh, he is the president of the united states. you know, he -- i can't even keep up with him. we just got back from new mexico. we just got back from california. that is -- that is not a question that we should be even asking. just look at the work that he does. look what -- how he is delivering for the american public. >> in contrast to alexandria ocasio ocasio-cortez, bernie sanders has said he will not challenge president biden in a primary and would support him if he runs for a second term. that's clear enough.

looks more and more like president biden is planning a trip to saudi arabia as gasoline prices hit $5 a gallon in the united states. the potential trip is reviving much. as a candidate, biden viewed the kingdom as a pariah. this might involve a visit with the saudi crown prince. it is believed the prince organized the murder for journalist khashoggi. nic robertson, how awkward, if it'll be awkward, will this meeting be, given president biden's comments vis-a-vis khashoggi? >> he's had an estranged relationship with crown prince mohammed bin salman. the crown prince is likely to be the lasting and enduring leader of saudi arabia in the coming decades. the united states and saudi arabia have huge historic ties and relationship, but biden has sought to sort of set his

presidency up and run his presidency as being strong on democracy and democratic leaders. mbs has made very clear he doesn't feel forced into that category. it's been an estranged relationship. the white house is now saying that they are expected to see each other. biden is going to meet with the king. that's his main interlokcketer. the king is not well, and it is mbs who runs the country and who biden needs, whose help biden needs to increase saudi arabia's oil output. >> i'm glad you brought into that. i mean, is this a relationship then, what are you hearing from the white house regarding whether this is a forgive and forget moment, in terms of khashoggi? now, as we set it out, it is about oil prices, fears of inflation, war on ukraine. how much does president biden need saudi arabia here? >> he does. it is real politic. the united states needs saudi

arabia going forward in the future. this is a position -- stand aside ukraine and russia, but china is the big issue for the united states. and what the united states and president biden doesn't need is a saudi arabia that decides to look more to china. we know that president xi had been expected to visit saudi arabia recently to open -- or to sell missile defense systems and even a factory, to build it. that hasn't happened, but that tells you that saudi arabia is open to a stronger relationship with china. the united states doesn't need that. it desperately needs saudi arabia to increase its oil output, to offset the oil that's not coming from russia. also, in its relationship with iran at the moment, let's not forget, iran is about to -- >> very good point. >> -- even the stretch limits of the nuclear deal agreement of

2015. saudi arabia is very important to the united states and to president biden. it is an important player in the region. but biden has put himself in a corner by saying that he'll make saudi arabia a pariah. the two countries cooperated a lot in terms of oil outputs, in terms of working against terrorism issues in the past, so there's a lot at stake here right now. >> we will be -- of course, i know you'll be monitoring it. we'll be analyzing not just what is dadesaid but the body langua. nic, thank you very much. ahead on "cnn newsroom," russia tightened the noose on eastern ukraine as troops gain ground in the battle for a city. some protesters are outraged by the uk's controversial new deportation policy that could drastically alter many lives. we're live in paris. you are watching "cnn newsroom."

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after nearly four months of war, the russian military is gaining the upper hand in the grinding battle for ukraine's industrial heartland. ukraine says russian forces have seized control of the center of severodonetsk, a critical city, in russia's push to take over the donbas region. on top to have that, ukrainian officials say all three bridges into the city are impassable. it makes it harder, of course, to get civilians out or aid in. these satellite images you're look at reveal some of the damage to key bridges right around the city. the slow but steady advance into eastern ukraine has been helped

along by the sheer scale of russia's arsenal, as they press their advantage in air power as well as artillery. ukraine issued urgent calls for more help from the west, as the brutality of the war takes an even higher toll. >> translator: in the battles in donbas, they will surely go down in military history as one of the most brutal battles in europe and for europe. ukrainian army and our intelligence tactically still beat the russian military. >> let's get more on all of this. let's go live to kyiv. salma, of course, the fear here is severodonetsk could become the next mariupol. we all remember how that turned out. so what does this mean here, salma, for civilians, trying to get civilians out, trying to get aid in, or is that now impossible? >> reporter: well, ukrainian officials say that every minute, evacuations are still ongoing. as you covered there, i sa, the

main bridges that would have been the main path out of that region, those are all impass impassable. they cannot be used. ukrainian officials say it is extremely difficult to pull civilians out, not just, again, because of the roads that have been shelled, because of the bridges that have been shelled, but also because people are pinned down and fighting. they're literally hiding, sheltering in basements. it is difficult to extract them. you're looking at a city that it's just a matter of when it'll fall, not if it'll fall. if you're listening to what's happening on the battleground, russian forces are using superior artillery. we have multiple-launch rocket systems, something ukraine is in short supply. they have air support, pushing back ukrainian positions. severodonetsk is 80% under russian control. they've lost the city center, as well. president zelenskyy painted a bleak picture. take a listen. >> translator: the price of this battle for us is very high. it's just scary. we draw the attention of our

partners on a daily basis to the fact that only a sufficient number of modern artillery for ukraine will ensure our advantage and, finally, the end of russian torture of the ukrainian donbas. >> reporter: you rare, again, that plea for more western weaponry. it is important to realize how superior russia's military is. ten times the firepower of ukraine. what president zelenskyy's message has been over and over again is will you allow the brute force of president putin to take, grab, steal land from ukraine, or will the west step in, isa? >> salma, thanks very much. good to see you. the uk is poised to second the first flight of asylum seekers to rwanda, even if there is just one person on board. that was after a british court rejected a challenge to a new deportation plan, setting off protests in london. hundreds gathered to demonstration against the policy. human rights groups slammed

monday's ruling and the u.n. high commissioner for refugees calls the plan catastrophic. >> we believe that this is all wrong. this is all wrong. this deal. >> might be wrong, but it is going ahead. let's go live to paris. good morning to you. to you know at this stage how many people will be on board this flight today? i know you and i were talking yesterday. you said numbers have been dwindling, everyone though the government says this policy wil >> reporter: the number appears to have gone down further. previously, we'd heard from human rights organizations, saying that at least more than 100 people had received notices, telling them they'd be deported to rwanda. that number has been going down since the high court challenge on friday, where we've seen individual notices being canceled. that is, those individual asylum claims opposed to the whole

blanket policy, that whole flight. at this stage, what we've heard from a refugee advocacy group that works here in france, also doing work in the uk with asylum seekers who have been told they will be deported, they believe only seven people are left on that flight. as you mentioned, the home office has said it'll go ahead even if there is only one person on the flight. we've heard from the foreign secretary speaking this morning, she wouldn't disclose how many people are expected to be on the flight tonight, but she did c confirm it'll go ahead. take a listen. >> there will be people on the flight. if they're not on this flight, they will be on the next flight. pa because we are determined to break the model of the people traffickers and sort this issue out, which has caused untold misery, including people dying in the english channel. >> reporter: that has long been what we've heard from the

government. this is a deterrent to prevent people from trying the dangerous crossing across the channel, where so many lives have been lost. as you heard from the u.n., he brought into question the government's reasoning and cast doubts on this reasoning. not only saying that it is all wrong, but also saying that there muse be another way to deal with this crisis. isa? >> yeah, the reasoning, the cost, the practicality, the list is endless. on that note, we've heard from more than 20 or so senior leaders of the church of england. i want to bring this statement they put out today in the "times" newspaper. whether or not the first deportation flight leaves britain today for rwanda, this policy should shame us, they write, as a nation. the shame is our own because our christian heritage should inspire us to treat asylum seekers with comingpacompassion

fairness, and justice, as we have for centuries. nada, as we listen to this, and really we heard from the u.n. before, i know you've been speaking to migrants, those in france, who aretrying to make t channel crossing, what have they been telling you? >> absolutely. we visited a number of the camps in the region. according to human rights organizations here in france, there are still about 1,500 people waiting in those camps to make that crossing. we spoke to some of them just over the weekend. many told us they are und undeterred. they've already been through so much, dangerous and long journeys, fleeing often conflict and violence and persecution, that this is just another step, another obstacle in what has been a difficult journey. many fled violence and others who also wanted to reunite with family members in the uk. we spoke to one woman who left with her 1-year-old daughter. she's staying with her daughter in the camp. she's been there for over a week

now. she just wants to reunite with her husband in the uk. others told us they were fleeing militia violence. the message we've been hearing from the organizations on the ground supporting these refugees is that many of these people are then deemed to be refugees once they do cross into the uk, not asylum seekers or economic migrants, in desperate need. many are undeterred and will still try to make the trip. >> important context. thank you, nada. ahead, all eyes are on the critical primary in a race that could tip the balance of power in washington. we'll bring that story next. i'm m jonathan lawson here to tell you about life insurance through the colonial penn program. if you're age 50 to 85, and looking to buy life insurance

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welcome back, everyone. voters go to the polls for primaries in u.s. states. in nevada, voters will decide who ends up on the ballot in the u.s. senate race that could tip the balance of power in

congress. democratic senator catherine cortez master is hoping to hold on to her seat this november, but there are several republican candidates looking to challenge her. how both parties are trying to motivate voters with just hours to go. >> all right, guys. let's go. >> reporter: nevada's largest and most effective get out the vote machine for democrats feels the political headwinds in this primary. ariana and her team walked 10 hours a day since late march, six days a week in the scorching desert heat, to energize registered democrats. >> when you talk to people, how are they feeling? >> they're mad. they're mad at democrats. >> worried about senator cortez this year? >> yes, it is going to be tough, the election. >> reporter: the incumbent is one of the country's most vulnerable democratic senators running this midterm. president biden won this state

by just 2 per scentage points. his approval ratings down. a razor thin senate ma jority i in danger. >> what made you upset for democrats? >> i'd have to invite you in for that one. >> reporter: the list includes prices. others call it opportunity. >> this is our chance to flip nevada red. >> reporter: running on economics, culture wars, and former president trump's lie that the 2020 election was stolen, laxalt avoided interviews with the press. his message has sunk in. >> the culture changed in america to hate america, but he's the only chance we have to reverse that. if we don't reverse it, this country is doomed. you understand doomed? >> reporter: the january 6th commission is holding its hearings as nevada heads to the polls, but evidence of an attempted coup doesn't seem to

matter in this room. >> because they're trying to flip the script. they're trying to say that the american people went in there and president trump told them to go in there and storm. the doors were open. >> reporter: the facts may not matter, but the trump calvary's final push in nevada might. laxalt already won trump's endorsement. >> there is no one more trustworthy in nevada than adam laxalt. >> reporter: republican sam brown. >> hello, i hope you'll consider voting for me. >> reporter: also running for the senate nomination. he's seen a grassroot surge while hammering laxalt as the establishment. >> i'm a west point grad, army vet, afghanistan wounded. >> reporter: his military service and purple heart are winning him fans, but he admits he is the underdog. as you walk the street in record-setting 109 degree heat, donald trump jr. was rallying for adam laxalt. how do you compete against that? >> they can support donald trump

all day long, but adam is a known political figure in the state. he's failed republicans before. >> reporter: senator cortez masso's campaign says she'll remain in washington for election day. she is running unchallenged as a democrat in the primary. for the general election, her campaign says she is going to lean in on abortion rights as a way to motivate the democratic base. with the roe v. wade decision expected any day now, the senator intends on turning that into a potent message for democrats. kyung lah, las vegas. >> fascinating piece. to south carolina now, where two republican members of congress are fighting to keep their jobs after drawing backlash from former u.s. president donald trump. congresswoman nancy may sharply criticized trump in the wake of the january 6th riot, and congressman tom rice went so far as to vote to impeach him. >> i don't think it will cost me my election, certainly i hope it doesn't. doing the right thing costs me an election, i'll wear it like a

badge. >> i'm a constitutional conservative. i voted with folks like rand paul and scott to preserve the constitution. we can't allow one person, the president of the united states, to single-handedly overturn the electoral college or the results of an election. you can set the precedent that kamala harris can do that in 2024. >> the former president is seeking revenge by backing their republican challengers in today's primary races. still to come, a florida covid scandal. this scientist made headlines when she said she was asked to manipulate data. ahead, what an inspector general is saying after investigating her claims. do stay right here with cnn.

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the u.s. food and drug administration says there's no scientific link between the deaths of nine infants and the baby formula they were fed before they died. the announcement comes after an organization published a list of more than 100 illness complaints in babies being fed with products from formula maker abbott. two of the deaths mentioned by the fda were part of an investigation that led to a mass

recall of baby formula in the united states, prompting, as you know, a nationwide shortage. while the u.s. is importing formula to try to make up the difference, shipment of 95,000 cans arrived from australia on sunday. abbott announced 1 million pounds of formula will be shipped from one of its factories in spain starting this month. a new study finds there is no difference in mild to moderate covid symptoms for patients taking ivermectin. duke university found hospitalization and deaths were uncommon in both those who received the anti-parasite drug and those given the placebo. the results have not yet been peer reviewed or published. both u.s. centers for disease control and prevention and the u.s. food and drug administration have warned against the use of ivermectin to treat covid-19. insufficient data, that's what an inspector general's report says in response to a scientist's accusation that she was asked to falsify covid data

for florida's online dashboard. cnn's kristen holmes has the story for you. >> reporter: explosive claims from a prominent critic of florida governor desantis were, quote, unsubstantiated and unfounded, according to an internal state investigation. rebecca jones, who helped build the state's coronavirus data dashboard gained fame after saying officials were asking her to manipulate data to minimize the scale of the covid outbreak as the governor was pushing to reopen businesses. >> when i brought basically what the results were of whether or not each county could open to superiors, they essentially told me they did not like the results. >> reporter: officials denied the allegations. now in a 27-page report obtained by cnn and first reported by cnn news, the florida department of health's office of the inspector general says it found insufficient or no evidence to back up most of jones' claims. after interviews with over a

dozen witnesses. in a rebuttal to the findings, jones and her attorney argue the inspector general has a misunderstanding of her complaints. in july of 2020, jones filed a whistleblower complaint after being fired for what officials say wasinsubordination. jones said it was for not altering numbers to reopen the state, a claim officials denied. >> she was putting data on the portal which the scientists didn't believe was valid data. she didn't listen to the people who were her superiors. >> reporter: jones later launched her own online dashboard of coronavirus data, and later that year -- >> open the door. >> reporter: -- state police raiding her family's home. >> police, come down now. >> do not point that gun at my children! >> reporter: over a text message sent to the department of health's internal system after she had been fired, urging others to speak out over alleged covid denialism. according to the search warrant obtained by cnn, investigators traced the ip address of the

messages to jones' house. jones denied sending the message. >> this is just a very thinly veiled attempt of the governor to intimidate scientists. >> reporter: in january of 2021, she was charged with computer-related offenses. she pleaded not guilty. a democrat formerly appointed by desantis to handle the state's emergency response has said jones was spreading disinformation to her hundreds of thousands of twitter followers. twitter has suspended her account. this week, a florida state audit report finding the state's ability to accurately report covid data at the beginning of the pandemic was hindered by, quote, inaccurate or incomplete data reported to the state by health agencies. >> that was kirsten holmes reporting there. the famed u.s. open is set to tee off this week, but everyone is talking about a controversial series backed by saudi arabia liv golf. justin thomas lamented the new series on monday. have a listen. >> it is sad. there's no other way to say it.

it just makes me sad, you know, because, like i said, i've grown up my entire life wanting to do that, and i don't want to do anything else. the people that have gone, it's, like i said, they have the decision that they're entitled to not necessarily that i agree with it one way or the other. everything haas as a price, i g. >> the pga tour suspended everyone who participated in the liv event. phil mickelson defended jumping to the liv series. >> people have strong opinions, emotions about my choice to go forward with liv golf. i understand and i respect that. i certainly respect him. i respect his ideas. i respect all the players that choose to stay on the pga tour. i certainly respect them, respect that. i respect that. >> the 122nd u.s. open is set to begin on thursday. that's it for me.

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♪ good morning, everyone, welcome to our viewers in the updates and around the world. it is tuesday, june 14th. i'm laura jarrett. >> i'm christine romans. wall street this morning waking up to a growling bear market. a bear market is when stocks close down 20% or more from a recent high. that high was in january for the s&p 500. the reason for the slide, higher prices everywhere with and what the federal reserve may have to do to keep the