partisan thesis, we heard from witnesses in cabinet s own circle and some of them turned on him. trump s attorney general, bill barr told trump the idea that he won the election was bs and trump s own daughter said she accepted barr s assessment. trump s strategy now is to claim his attorney general sucked and throwing his own daughter under the bus by saying she checked out. we see that the mob s chants of hang mike pence erupted after a rioter broadcast a trump tweet about mike pence certifying the election. and aware of the chants to hang mike pence, the president responded with this sentiment, quote, maybe our supporters have the right idea. mike pence, quote, deserves it. we expect to hear more on all the revelations in the next hearing that begins on monday. let s bring in cnn legal analyst preet bah har and author of with rise of the strong men and how they succeed ruth ben-chiat. preet, let s start with you, they said this would be quite the start. did it live up