they did get jared cushner to sit down today. but there are still some big people who were really close to the president and more specifically, close to him on the actual day of january 6. people like peter navarro and dan scavenge who were maybe the most intimately involved with some of the schemes to overthrow the results of the election who have yet to cooperate and so the committee at this point in time is really focused on trying to run as many of these loose ties down as possible before transitioning to the public phase. yamiche: and jonathan, jackie just really teed up my next question which is about jared cushner. he wasn't in the country at the time but we do know that jared cushner was such a close -- you call him a close ally but literally family, an in-law of the president, working at the white house. why is his testimony important? why is hearing from him important if he wasn't actually at the white house on january 6? jonathan: he was coming back from sawed razorback on janry 6. he never made it to the white house t

. >> the white house has decided not to assert executive privilege over the testimony of jared cushner yamiche: meanwhile trump's son-in-law and former white house advisor testifies before the house committee investigating the capitol attack. plus -- pres. biden: today i'm authorized the release of one million barrels per day for the next six months. yamiche: president biden takes new steps to bring down u.s. gas prices. and russian president vladimir putin drafts

in recent weeks the de heard behind closed doors from ivanka trump, jared cushner, donald trump jr.bill barr signaled he would be willing to cooperate. dan: the cdc ruled out covid as a possible cause for a mysterious hepatitis outbreak in children. the cdc specifically looked at children in alabama and none of the children had covid or had received the covid vaccine. officials are looking at another virus that some of the children tested positive for. we shall see as they continue their research. a spike in school-related covid-19 outbreaks in the north bay is prompting health officials the issue new rules for spring events like prom and graduation. >> we're seniors. it is sort of our last chance to do anything here. reporter: zoe and courtney are going to the prom on saturday. all attendees are being asked to test before the prom. they are getting free covid test kits. >> i will probably take both, just to make sure. they are not 100% accurate, but i will take them both. reporter: precautions after health officials sent a letter to schools about an uptick in school related outbrea