happening now. the january 6th select committee punctuates its final hearing before the midterm elections with a bombshell. a subpoena for former president

donald trump. the panel also playing harrowing never-before-seen footage of congressional leaders sheltering from the mob during during the attack. also tonight the u.s. supreme court deals another legal blow to trump's defense in the mar-a-lago investigation, rejecting his plea to intervene in the fight over classified documents seized by the fbi. plus, a gut punch for the families of the parkland school massacre victims. a florida jury recommends gunman nikolas cruz not receive the death penalty and instead spend the rest of his life in prison without parole. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room."

let's dive straight into the very dramatic developments up on capitol hill today. former president donald trump now facing a subpoena from the january 6th select committee. our chief congressional correspondent manu raju has a closer look at all the latest news from today's hearing. >> those in favor will say aye. >> aye. >> aye. >> reporter: tonight the january 6th committee escalating its fight with former president donald trump, issuing a subpoena for documents and testimony after compiling a mountain of evidence showing his role provoking the deadly attack on the capitol. >> we are obligated to seek answers directly from the man who set this all in motion. >> reporter: the move coming at the end of the committee's tenth public hearing after revealing new evidence showing trump planned all along to try to stay in office, regardless of the outcome of the 2020 election. >> trump had a premeditated plan to declare that the election was

fraudulent and stolen before election day. before he knew the election results. >> the key thing to do is to claim victory. >> let's get right to the violence. >> if biden's winning, strup is going to do some crazy [ bleep ]. >> reporter: even drafting a prepared election day statement days before votes were cast, declaring that trump had won. but while trump privately admitted to some that he lost, he continued to fight, becoming enraged. when the supreme court threw out a republican effort to overturn the election, telling his chief of staff, mark meadows that something else needed to be done to stay in power. >> i don't want people to know we lost, mark, this is embarrassing, figure it out. we need to figure it out. >> reporter: trump began pushing the bogus notion that voting machines switched votes from trump to biden. even something his own advisers said had no basis in truth. >> i went into this and would, you know, tell him how crazy some of these allegations were. there was never an indication of

interest in what the actual facts were. >> reporter: and the committee showing depositions from witnesses describing trump's inaction. >> he was watching tv. >> it's my understanding he was watching television. >> reporter: all while playing new video of lawmakers running for shelter from violent rioters and trying to keep congress from certifying the 2020 election for joe biden. >> apparently, everybody on the floor is putting on tear gas masks. >> i'm going to call up the f-ing secretary of d.o.d. >> i have something to say, mr. secretary. i'm going to call the mayor of washington, d.c. right now. >> just breaking -- it's all kinds -- they said somebody was shot. it's just horrendous. and all at the instigation of the president of the united states. >> yeah, why don't you get the president to tell them to leave the capitol, mr. attorney general, in your law enforcement responsibility? >> reporter: new messages revealed by the committee

showing how the u.s. secret service was well aware of the violent rhetoric in the days leading up to january 6th. >> in this e-mail an agent received a report noting a lot of violent rhetoric on parler directed at government people and entities. including secret service protectees. one of these protectees was vice president pence. >> every single [ bleep ] in there is a traitor! every single one! >> they're moving to the capitol after the potus speech. >> reporter: now, i asked the chairman of the committee bennie thompson about what the committee would do if donald trump decided to fight this, would they take this to court. he would not go there. he did say no, they do not plan to subpoena former vice president mike pence. now, for trump himself he posted on his social media page in response to the news of this subpoena saying "why didn't the unselect committee ask me to testify months ago, why did they wait until the very end, the final moments of their last meeting? because the committee is a total bust. that has only served to further divide our country which by the

way is doing very badly. a laughing stock all over the world." it's important to note too, wolf, that he has directed, trump has, some of his aides not to cooperate with his committee. the committee also indicates they would investigate potential allegations of obstruction to deny some witness testimony before the panel. >> manu raju up on capitol hill. thank you very much. let's discuss all of this with our senior justice correspondent evan perez, cnn chief national affairs analyst kasie hunt, defens defense attorney shan wu and our chief political analyst gloriaberger. what is the message the committee is sending with this unanimous vote to subpoena former president trump? >> i think part of it is theatrical. i don't think any of them expect the president's going to comply with any kind of subpoena. and that would involve a lot of court action, et cetera. but i think there was also a clear message to the american public, which is that this hearing today was all about donald trump. it was about that this was a --

donald trump initiated, premed premeditated, attempted a coup, and that if you didn't ask or attempt to ask donald trump himself directly questions about this attempted coup after you have wince after witness saying yeah, donald trump was involved and after you've put hundreds of people in jail saying yeah, donald trump told me to do this, you know, how could they for the history books say well, you know, we decided not to ask the president. i think they had to do it. >> i certainly think they did. kasie, how much does the subpoena underscore the committee's laser focus on trump and his alleged culpability? >> i think it really does underscore the very point that gloria was making there. i think one of the most important things to do is to put what we've learned today in the context of what we know may happen in the coming couple of

years because it is not -- in fact, it may be likely that the former president donald trump becomes the republican nominee for president again, which gives him basically a 50-50 shot of going back to the white house. and the members of this committee and this idea i think and push is led by liz cheney on the republican side, they're acutely aware of the fact that that's what is at stake here. so to fail to take action and -- in two ways. one is legal, this is a legal move that they're making. but the other is political. and it shows that they -- you know, they strongly believe, and i know cheney believes this because i've asked her this directly. she does not think -- there are some concerns raised by republicans that the department of justice, for example, should not indict trump over this because it could cause political unrest and strain in the country. she believes that that is absolutely not the case. and this is what she has control over. >> she certainly does. shan, you're a legal analyst. we've seen other committees' subpoenas drag on and on in

various courts. so is this purely a symbolic move by the select committee? >> not purely symbolic but i think echoing what gloria said this is the equivalent of the committee saying trump needs to answer for these issues. and it certainly will drag out. no question that he's going to litigate it. but there's been a lot of talk about whether a constitutional crisis was averted or will this put us in one if he's resisting it. to me we're already in a constitutional crisis. and really the answer to it, the beginning of the answer has got to rest with the department of justice. >> we'll see what they do after this -- the select committee wraps up its final report, which should be coming out fairly soon, we're told. you know, evan, the committee showed also some new video that had previously never before been seen. you see the house speaker nancy pelosi and other top leaders in the congress making desperate calls for help. they were beginning to panic. >> oh, absolutely. and once they were taken out of the capitol to their safe place at fort mcnair there were all

these calls, we knew -- i was sitting at the justice department. we knew that they were fielding calls. the fbi had people going to the capitol to try to clear the capitalin i ing capitol to try make it safe for the congress to continue its constitutional duty. and i think what those images capture is just how haphazard everything was because there was nobody at the white house necessarily who was calling the shots. so you saw nancy pelosi, you saw, you know, governors -- wolf, we knew that that day there were police that came all the way -- police departments all the way from new jersey that traveled down to the u.s. capitol answering the call for help. that was how crazy and how just -- >> can i just jump in to underscore your point briefly? because i was in that complex as that was happening, as they were being evacuated. those were some of the longest hours of my life and of all of our be lives quite frankly. the idea that you could sit in

the united states capitol where we all went to work every day assuming it was one of the safest places in all of washington, i mean, perhaps you'd expect -- or not expect but you might be aware oh, i could be a victim of a foreign terrorist attack. but to have your own countrymen come down the mall and then not know who's going to come and help you, that was kind of the atmosphere. and that video just captures it in this incredibly raw way. >> we're going to be showing a lot more of that video coming up as well. gloria, how powerful is it to get that behind-the-scenes look at top leaders, both democrats and republicans, by the way, amid this violent assault on the u.s. capitol p. >> to eckio what kasie is saying, it's incredibly powerful because you see them trying to do what the white house did not do. they're trying to get some people up there to defend them. you're seeing nancy pelosi on the phone with governor northam. you see them saying okay, i'm calling -- i'm calling the mayor of d.c. and what was stunning to me also about this behind-the-scenes footage is that you saw nancy

pelosi talking to the vice president of the united states. that is a conversation that the then president never had with the vice president of the united states. and what he said to her was so important, which is we're going to be able to meet within an hour. and that meant that the election was going to be certified. and that made me feel good, which was this was something they felt that they needed to do for the country. they felt they needed to do to in a way save a free and fair election and they managed to do it and it was the vice president whose life was in danger who delivered the news and the same vice president never heard from the president of the united states. >> yeah, good point. kasie, the committee also showcased very dramatic interviews with former trump cabinet officials. i want you and our viewers to watch what former transportation secretary elaine chao told the committee about resigning after january 6th. watch this. >> i think the events at the

capitol, however they occurred, were shocking. and it was something that as i mentioned in my statement, that i could not put aside. and at a particular point the events were such that it was impossible for me to continue given my personal values and my philosophy. i came as an immigrant to this country. i believe in this country. i believe in a peaceful transfer of power. i believe in democracy. and so it was a decision that i made on my own. >> it was also significant, kasie, the committee made a very important point to rely on republican voices, republican voices throughout all of these hearings, didn't they? >> yeah, they absolutely did. and i think that's been a critical decision throughout, wolf. i think it's something that has given the committee more credibility with voters who are perhaps on the fence, who are independent voters, and perhaps

also republicans who may not want to see donald trump re-elected to the white house. while it's been criticized by the former president and by many on the right as -- they call it a show trial, et cetera. the reality is all of the information that we are learning, and some of it's by the very nature of the reality, republicans were in power. they were in the white house. they're the people who knew what was going on that day. and they're the ones who are educating us and telling us all of this. that elaine chao clip is pretty interesting. i'd be interested to hear a little bit more of how she was saying that because i sort of heard she was saying this was my decision, it didn't have necessarily to do with my husband. of course the minority leader mitch mcconnell. but she was not the only one. and many republicans that i've worked with who, you know, behind the scenes privately have disdained trump for many years, they do feel this way about our democracy. they were appalled by the attack on the capitol. many of them were willing to say that in the immediate aftermath. it has turned fairly quickly -- it only took a few weeks before the tune changed.

in january, february of 2021 because many of these people realized that trump's voters were still sticking with him. but that doesn't mean that the people that this committee can potentially convince and show again and again why trump should not be be re-elected aren't open at least to hearing some of this new information, and the messengers are very important. >> kasie, stand by. we have a lot more to discuss. we'll have much more on today's hearing coming up, including newly disclosed u.s. secret service messages sounding the alalarm about potential violenc weeks,s, weeks before the insurrection. and it's not your imaginatation. everything costs more. the new report that means americans' wallets are about to get hit even harder. stay with us. cars built with safety in mind, even for those guys. the volkswagen atlas with standard front assist. ♪ ♪

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we're back with more on today's truly stunning january 6th select committee hearing. let's go back to our legal and political experts for more analysis. gloria, we learned some very explosive new details from more than a million u.s. secret service messages handed over to the committee. just listen to the warnings they got in advance of what happened on january 6th. >> days before january 6th the senior advisers at the department of justice and fbi received an intelligence summary that included material tha t cer

traveling to washington were making plans to attack the capitol. this summary noted online calls to occupy federal buildings, rhetoric about invading the capitol building. >> norqvist says during one of these calls, the greatest threat is a direct assault on the capitol. >> their plan is to literally kill people. our lawmakers in congress can leave one of two ways. one, in a body bag. two, after rightfully certifying trump the winner. >> so kasie, how damning is this? gloria, i should say. >> well, look, it's very damning. because the secret service was very well aware that this could turn violent. and we know from testimony that we've heard before at the january 6th committee hearings

that the president himself was told this could turn violent and he didn't seem to care. he wanted the mags to open up to people who had weapons, for example. so it's very concerning. it's very damning. it makes you ask questions about why there weren't more people there to protect the congress of the united states if there were all these red flags and the secret service knew. >> and kasie, that's an excellent point because the secret service clearly knew what was going on, what to expect. we heard of all that evidence today. just how big of a failure was this? >> i mean, i was just going to underscore that exact point. the reality is that we're still learning everything about what the capitol police and those defending capitol knew about what might or might not happen that day. but this certainly seems to make it look as though the secret service was prepared for something that these other law enforcement agencies were not prepared for. and there clearly could have

been steps taken, whether it was with the national guard or the metropolitan police department or any of these other agencies that had to come in after the capitol had been ransacked, after those police officers had been beaten and were trying to hold off this mob all by themselves -- i mean, you saw some of them sitting in the committee hearing room today. it was just incredibly difficult for them to watch all of this. to learn that the secret service was very aware of all of these threats and the possibility of them and they were preparing for them themselves and potentially not sharing that information with people they could have shared it with is very concerning and i imagine will merit additional investigation into the future. >> i suspect you're right. evan, while the committee certainly has been conducting its investigation, the justice department, and you cover the justice department, their own probe has just ramped up pretty dramatically as well. we got a possible window into their work today. tell us about that. >> well, that's right, wolf. our fantastic team at the u.s. courthouse right across from the capitol saw a couple of witnesses who went in to speak to the january 6th grand jury.

we saw the prosecutor, tom wyndham, who is overseeing the effort -- the investigation into not only january 6th but also the efforts to impede the transfer of power. that grand jury was in today. marc short, former aide to former vice president pence was there. kash patel, former security aide to president trump was there. we were told that in the case of short he certainly sat, answered questions. he had previously appeared before the grand jury, wolf, and had declined to answer certain questions because of the former president's claim of executive privilege. what's been going on behind the scenes is an executive privilege fight. under seal, in secret before a judge. and it appears he was finally comp compelled, or sources are telling pamela brown he was compelled to appear today and answer some additional questions. we expect, wolf, that this is not a fight that's over. we expect that other witnesses, people like pat cipollone, patrick philbin, important

witnesses that the former president has tried to stop from testifying, providing testimony, we expect those people to be called back before the grand jury and to answer those questions from prosecutors. >> important point. and shan, in another blow to former president trump, a legal blow to former president trump, the u.s. supreme court today rejected his emergency request to intervene in the dispute over the highly classified documents seized from mar-a-lago. so where does this go from here? >> well, i think this pretty much ends trump's ability to go to the court on this. he may come up with other issues to try them again, but the court has made the very right decision not to validate this unprecedented interference with a criminal investigation by the judiciary. so i'm happy to see that the court has followed the legal analysis and some of the concerns we've had about partisanship, i they followed the law on this one. >> okay, guys, thank you very, very much. and be sure to tune in later

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14 children, three adults. cnn's carlos suarez has the latest. >> eligibility for the death penalty -- >> reporter: defeated and disappointed. family members who lost their loved ones in the deadliest high school shooting in the u.s. listened in agony as a judge read the jury's recommendation to spare the life of convicted killer nikolas cruz 17 times. >> we the jury unanimously find that the aggravating factors that were proven beyond a reasonable doubt outweigh the mitigating circumstances established. no. >> reporter: on all 17 counts of first degree murder three jurors showed cruz mercy, according to cnn affiliate wfor. something cruz's own attorneys said he did not show his victims the day of the massacre. >> i'm disgusted with our legal system. i'm disgusted with those jurors. >> reporter: his daughter, 14-year-old alissa al khadef was

shot several times at marjory stoneman douglas high school on valentine's day in 20128. >> you set a precedent today. you set a precedent for the next mass killing that nothing happens to you. you'll get life in jail. i'm sorry. that is not okay. as a country we need to stand up and say that's not okay! >> reporter: the jury returned a verdict of life without the possibility of parole after deliberating for one day, ending a lengthy penalty trial that began in april. to have recommended death the jury would have had to unanimously agree that the aggravating factors, the reasons for a death sentence, outweighed mitigating circumstances including doctors' testimony that cruz was mentally ill was enough to spare his life. they did not. >> this jury failed our families today. but i will tell you, the monster's going to go to prison, and in prison i hope and pray he

receives the kind of mercy from prisoners that he showed to my daughter and the 16 others. he is going to go to prison and he will die in prison. and i will be waiting to read the news on that. he should have received the death sentence today. >> reporter: and late this afternoon, wolf, one of the jurors that voted against the death penalty wrote a letter to the judge saying that an allegation she heard from another juror that she had made up her mind before the trial got under way was not true. cruz will be sentenced on november 1st. and the families, they're going to get an opportunity to address the court that same day as well. >> that will be a powerful moment indeed. cnn's carlos suarez in fort lauderdale. stand by. i also want to bring in cnn legal analyst paul cowen and joey jackson. paul, what do you make of the verdict these jurors reached today, life in prison without the possibility of parole?

>> it was really a shocking development, i thought, because here you have a young man who pled guilty. he admitted to killing 17 people. he admitted to attempted murder charges against 17. he never asserted an insanity defense of any kind. and yet in the face of that the jury found not only was this a cold calculated premeditated and cruelest kind of murder you could possibly imagine but that the mitigating circumstances were absolutely minimal as far as the evidence was and yet they handed down such a light sentence. i think everybody who looked at the case thought there would be a death penalty. and the second thing that i thought was very surprising was with so many victims, with so many families affected by this the jury didn't spend longer to try to reach this conclusion.

a minority of these jurors really dictated this sentence. even if only one juror wanted -- did not want the death penalty, the law in florida's clear, you cannot get it. so why not spend two, three, four days deliberating about it to see if you could all reach a conclusion? i think they rushed to this verdict, and i think a lot of people are going to be very unhappy about it. >> yeah. a lot of people including the families, they're very, very unhappy. 17 people killed brutally, including 14 children in this school. joey, i'm anxious to get your thoughts. the jurors clearly had the option of imposing the death penalty, which is legal in florida. but three of them thought there were some mitigating circumstance that prevented them why imposing it. what factors might have led to that decision? >> yeah, wolf, it's really hard to fathom. if ever there was a case that would warrant the death penalty, this would seem to be the case that did just that. when you talk about the manner of his brutality, when you talk

about the aggravating circumstances, before pivoting to your question with the mitigating factors, you would think that going back to ensure that people are dead who you shot at the first time and just really reaping the carnage that he did there would be enough. apparently, it was not. when we looked at the mitigating factors, any case, wolf, is about the battle of the narratives. the narrative of the defense was that the defendant didn't stand a chance. in fact, they argue that in utero he had poisoning as it related to alcohol and drugs and other substances already so, by the time he was born his dysfunction, his mental acuity, et cetera, was off. and that's what they hung their hat on. but when you look at the aggravation, that is, the cold calculated premeditated nature of what he did versus the mitigation as i just discussed you would think the jury might have had a different conclusion. last point, wolf. there are some i would imagine on the jury who believe that a penalty of serve ing your life

jail perhaps was more substantial than sentencing him to death. i'm sure jurors will be questioned and evaluated as to how they reached their conclusions. but it's just -- if you look at a case where there's a death penalty you would think would be a no-brainer based upon what he did to those families, wolf, it would seem that this would be that case. apparently, it was not. >> yeah, clearly. carlos, we're hearing from family members who say this verdict is a gut punch. they're very, very disgusted by the decision. tell us more about how the families of the 17 victims are responding tonight. >> reporter: well, many of them told us what you said. they're disgusted. they were angry by this verdict. a few of them were just staring at the jury the entire time, shaking their head as they came back on one count after the other after the other. at least one family member walked out before the verdict was finished. the sense in talking to a lot of these folks afterward was they were surprised, they were shocked, they were still trying to process what happened.

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as vladimir putin brutally steps up his renewed assault on ukrainian civilians for a fourth straight day, russia's now

turning to drone strikes to wage this awful, awful campaign. cnn's senior international correspondent fred pleitgen has our report from the war zone. >> reporter: early thursday morning an attack on a town west of the ukrainian capital. russia continues its bombardment of ukraine's key infrastructure. across the country scenes like this one in central ukraine are a common sight. wreckages of power plants. the tactic is familiar. the weapon until recently was not. a kamikaze drone, seen here after an attack on the other side of the country in kharkiv. cheap, self-detonating and unmanned, they are a new weapon in russia's war on ukraine. the markings say gehran 2. but this is no russian-made weapon. its name is shahed, designed and manufactured in iran. known as a loitering munition, it can circle a target and the

lightweight air frame can travel long distances. the u.s. government says a russian delegation traveled to iran in june to inspect the drones, seen here in satellite imagery obtained exclusively by cnn. in recent weeks russia has massively stepped up ilths use of the drones. evidence posted on ukrainian social media on a near daily basis. >> translator: the enemy is trying to save up on cruise missiles, various caliber types. these shaheds are firstly much cheaper. then be used much more frequently. and they work in pairs. >> reporter: ukraine too uses kamikaze drones like the much smaller u.s.-manufactured switchblade, though there is no evidence to suggest ukraine has used the weapon against anything but military targets. ukraine's air defense has been fairly successful in downing russia's drones. but the fact that they are so cheap has the ukrainians worried and plays a big part in their

push this week for more western help with air defense. ukraine's president zelenskyy says russia has ordered 2,400 kamikaze drones from iran. officials here fear that as russia increasingly targets population centers kamikaze drones are a growing part of the arsenal. and wolf, that's exactly why the ukrainians are saying they need more of those western air defense systems. quite interesting because the ukrainian president, he came out earlier today and he said right now the ukrainians only have about 10% of the air defense capabilities that they actually need. of course we know that the u.s. has said it wants to get those nasm systems to the ukrainians as fast as possible. the germans have gaven little bit. the spanish today said they want to give some air defense systems as well. and nato is now saying it specifically wants to give anti-drone equipment also to the ukrainians to try and combat this threat, wolf. >> it will siv a lot of lives if they do. fred pleitgen, thank you very much. be careful over there. let's take a closer look right

now at the battlefield in ukraine with our military analyst retired colonel cedric leighton is joining us. colonel leighton, tell us more about what we're learning about russia's use of these so-called kamikaze drones. >> yes, wolf. these drones are really quite remarkable in the sense that what they do is they actually end up exploding on impact. and the way these shahed drones, as fred mentioned in his report, work is they go after a target and it explodes on impact and destroys the drone. this is not a reusable drone. it's very similar to the switchblade drone in some aspects. the type of production that the iranians have is such that they'll really have to ramp up to really make the russian supply this kind of -- this kind of drone for the war effort. so that really makes a big difference that way. >> certainly does. as we see the russians now increasingly targeting civilians in urban areas, is this war entering a new phase right now? >> i think it is. and wolf, these phases in a war can vary quite a bit. it really depends on exactly

where the russians are going to strike and with what they're going to strike. but you see the map here and you have all the strikes. these circles are the ones where tuesday and monday morning. these other strikes right here on wednesday. and there have been further strikes on thursday. these kinds of attacks become really important because what they're doing is going after the civilian infrastructure. and that's the goal here. these aren't normally military targets with a few exceptions like here in vin-itsia, which is an air base. but other than that really looking at mainly civilian targets. >> are these new attacks, colonel, against civilian targets, and the u.s. considers these to be war crimes-r they the result of this new russian general who was brought in to take charge? >> yes, i think they are. because what you see here, this is general sergei surovikin. and general surovikin is known for his brutality and for his ability to integrate different parts of the russian armed forces. he not only serves as an army general but previously he served

as the commander of the russian air force. so he has a varied career. he has experienced a lot of combat in syria and in chechnya and he has a reputation that really boils down to the fact that he is quite ruthless in the way he conducts the war and also quite ruthless in the way he goes about executing the war plans the raugss r russians have. >> he killed a lot in aleppo in syria when he was in charge there. i want to show you a clip of some russian soldiers who are already on the front lines. watch this. >> translator: we've got this [ bleep ] for training. who knows what kind of house we're at? three armor piercing cartridges. [ bleep ] we're in svatov, you guys. we don't have to be here at all. 11 days from when we were deployed, we left moscow 11 days ago. how many times did you shoot

already? once. three bullet cartridges. >> so colonel, what do you make of that? >> complete lack of training, wolf, and the fact they can't resupply these troops, they can't resupply the ones that are in combat, and they can't resupply the ones that are moving in as part of that 300,000 group of conscripts. it's a disaster from a russian war effort. >> colonel cedric leighton, thank you very, very much. coming up, your bills here in the united states are only going to get more expensive. why the latest inflation report could change your spending habits. and the january 6th select committee escalates its fight with former president donald trump by subpoenaing him. what's his response? stay with us. day-in, day-out that's why dove men body wash has skin-strengthening nutrientnts and moisturizers that help rebuild your skin. dove men+care. smoother, healthier r skin with every shower.

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a troubling sign tonight for the u.s. economy. a key inflation number proving what americans already know, prices keep going up. i want to bring in cnn's mark stewart to explain what's going on. mark, today's numbers mean there's likely more pain on the way, is that right? >> indeed, wolf. if you talk to economists, they'll make it very clear that inflation is going to be a per stints problem. the numbers today really do paint a bit of a bleak narrative. if we look at the data we just got today, prices last month shot up by 0.4% in the month of september, but then, if we take a broader look over the past 12 months, weave seen a spike of about 8%. that is touching americans in every aspect of their lives.

for example and most notable is at the grocery store. prices have been rising. the includes everything from fruits and vegetables to things that we eat for dinner every night like steak, some pork products, some types of fish. but the inflation goes well beyond the grocery store. if you are paying rent like many americans do, you likely saw an increase last month. even medical care is increasing. these are costs and expenses many of us can't live without. >> do today's numbers, marc, mean the federal reserve is going to race interest rates again? >> very likely t. reason i say that, fed chair jerome powell has made it very clear that he's going to base his decisions based off of data. the data we're seeing right now isn't so good. i was talking with an economist a few months ago who pointed out these interest rate hikes, they

take some time for them to take effect, anywhere from five to nine months. these hikes started in march of this year, so we're still in that window right now. >> with everything costing more and more, social security is about to get a boost as well right now, its biggest increase since 1981, to keep up with inflation. >> right, a cost-of-living adjustment. we heard from one analyst at cnn today that there are real questions about whether that is going to be enough based off of these numbers that we are reporting. also important to point out that a lot of americans have their money invested in the stock market with their retirement accounts. right now, as we saw today, the market has been wobbly. >> certainly has. marc stewart, thank you very, very much. coming up, a dramatic end to today's january 6th hearing. the committee voting to subpoena president trump. we're diving into the

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happening now, a surprise ending to today's january 6th hearing, a vote to subpoena former president donald trump. we're breaking down all the new evidence presented by the house select committee including the first-ever look of video of congressional leaders after they escaped the riot. new reaction to the parkland school shooter avoiding the death penalty as the jury recommends he serve life in prison without parole. i'll talk with the widow of the school's athletic director, one of 17 people killed in that brutal massacre. vladimir putin steps up his use of a very deadly known as kamikaze drones. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the