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First Light - Wednesday, June 8, 2022

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As lawmakers continue to negotiate potential legislation surrounding recent mass shootings, Correspondent Clayton Neville reports that the families of victims in those killings are pleading for more to be done.

Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen faced a grilling on Capitol Hill over inflation. Correspondent John Stolnis has the recap for us.

Kim Ashley is here as well to tell us all about why Matthew McConaughey was at the White House on Tuesday. Hint: It involves a desire for new gun legislation.

We'll talk over some primary election results, including in Iowa where Chuck Grassley won his party's nomination for Senate re-election. Robin Opsahl of the Iowa Capital Dispatch joins us for that.

And DHS is out with a new warning - extremism in America is likely to increase through the summer. Why? Ben Fox covers national security for the Associated Press. He'll explain.

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