jessica snyder., washington. >>> most american consumers know that the price of everything is going up and the forecast is not good. the highest inflation is cnn, 8.6% soaring prices for fuel and food means that americans are struggling to buy basic necessities and the big part of the blame has been laid at russia due to the war in ukraine. >> make no mistake, i know inflation is a challenge to american families. today's inflation report confirmed what we know, putin's price hike is hitting america hard. >> inflation is a global problem. they are closely monitoring the situation in the u.s. in turkey, it's a staggering 73.5 percent and all of it points to the risk of a global recession as people are forced to cut back on their normal consumer spending. >>> u.s. markets fell after the release of the report showing higher than expected consumer price increases, the dow closed down 880 points and the s&p fell nearly 3% and the nasdaq dropped 3.5%. investors are concerned that the inflation data will for

cnn's jessica snyder has more . >> and never called mike pence a wimp.d a chance to be great. he had a chance to be frankly historic. just like bill barr and the rest of these weak people, i say this sadly because i like him, but mike pence did not have the courage to act.. >> former president donald trump using his platform at a conservative political conference to delay the evidence against him and blast the january 6th committee. >> they are con artists expect these attacks come as the committee is gearing up for several more hearings. georgia secretary of state bragg ruffins berger will be at tuesday's hearing with his deputy. >> i just want to find 11,780 votes, which is more than we have.. >> they will testify about trumps efforts to pressure them to change the election results. the committee wants to talk to ginny thomas, the wife of supreme court justice clarence thomas about her communications with trump attorney john eastman. eastman devised the screen to pressure mike pence to block the certification of bidens 2020 electoral win. >> it is veri

jessica snyder has details in this report. >> i never called mike pence a wimp. i never called him a wimp. mike pence had a chance to be great. he had a chance to be, frankly historic. but just like bill barr and the rest of these weak people, mike -- and i say it sadly because i like him -- but mike did not have the courage to act. >> reporter: former president trump using his platform at a conservative political conference to deny the evidence against him and blast the january 6th committee. >> they're con people. they're con artists. >> reporter: trump's attacks come as the committee is gearing up for several more hearings. cnn learned that georgia's secretary of state, brad raffensperger russian billionaire at tuesday's hearing with his deputy. >> all i want to do is this, i just want to find 11,780 votes, which is one more than we have. >> reporter: they'll testify about trump's efforts to pressure them to change the election results. the committee also wants to talk to ginny thomas, the wife of clarence thomas about her conversations with john eastman. east

. >> we have cnn justice correspondent jessica snyder. how are things at the court this morning? >> reporter: they're actually pretty quiet this morning, but we've seen protests all weekend long. we're expecting more later this morning. the supreme court is set to issue opinions again at 10:00 a.m. we have already seen this court issue its most monumental decision on friday, overturning roe v. wade but there's still a lot to come. we have seven opinions left to come this term. it's a term we expect to wrap up this week. but the court will still be issuing opinions impacting religious liberty, immigration, and climate. the court will answer the question, was the high school justified in suspending a coach who would pray on the 50 yard line after games. that's a big case. we also have a big case regarding immigration, and whether or not the biden administration actually was okay in rescinding a trump administration rule called remain in mexico that sent migrants back to mexico while they awaited their immigration court proceedings. then we have a very big case that could impact cli

cnn justice correspondent jessica snyder joins us now.email. >> this email is just one more piece of evidence in what's becoming an intensifying probe by the justice department. and we also know the email is in the hands of the january 6th select committee, and the fulton county attorney who impanelled a special grand jury. so our team led by kaitlyn polance tracked down this email. it was sent by trump's election day operations lead in georgia. he sent it to this alternate slate of republican electors. they went to the georgia state capitol and tried to cast what were illegitimate votes for trump. here's part of the email where he's urging the alternate electors, saying i must ask for your complete discretion. your duties are imperative to ensure the end result -- a win in georgia for president trump -- but will be hampered unless we have complete secrecy and discretion. local news cameras caught their arrival at the capitol. they ultimately obviously weren't successful in casting their alternate ballots. but we're getting a glimpse at t

. >> jessica snyder, thank you. >>> the president of the united states reacting to the court decision saying in a statement, he is, quote, deeply disappointed. let's get to phil at the white house with more. >> reporter: that's right. president biden disappointed saying the ruling contradicts common sense and the constitution and should deeply trouble us all. the statement also goes onto mention what we've seen just recently at it relates to gun violence. the horrific murders in uvalde, the shootings and murders in buffalo and makes very clear that the president in his belief is at this point in time, more needs to be done related to gun restrictions, not less. and he made clear that he and his white house will continue to press on that issue in the weeks and months ahead. the timing here could not be more interesting in the sense that at this moment in time on capitol hill, the senate is in the midst of voting to break the filibuster on the most significant piece of gun safety legislation since 1994. obviously the white house is behind that. the president has been involved in the bac

cnn's jessica snide snyder is w with all we know on the alleged attempt on brett kavanaugh. what are authorities saying? >> reporter: so, john, this is a 26-year-old man from simi valley, california. he is in federal custody, but authorities say he traveled across the country with the express intent to break into a supreme court justice's home and kill him. and now we know that the intended target was justice brett kavanaugh. so, this all unfolded outside the justice's home just outside of d.c. in maryland overnight. authorities say the suspect showed up, he was dressed all in black, he was carrying a suitcase and a backpack. those were filled with weapons and ammunition, john, it included a glock-17 pistol with two magazines, ammunition, all zip ties, a hammer, even a crow bar. now, officials say that shortly thereafter when he got out of the cab, he actually called 911 on himself and he told the dispatcher that he was suicidal, that he also had a gun. that's when police moved in, they arrested him, and then when fbi agents questioned him, that 26-year-old said that he had