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united states, and im going to put my state through that without sufficient proof? >> reporter: but trump pressed on and the committee revealing his involvement in the trump campaign effort to send a fake set of electors on january 6th to prevent congress from certifying joe bidens victory. >> what did the president say when he called you? >> essentially he turned the call over to mr. eastman who then proceeded to talk about the importance of the rnc helping the campaign gather these c...

in history, the history of the united states, and im going to put my state through that without sufficient proof? >> reporter: but trump pressed on and the committee revealing his involvement in the trump campaign effort to send a fake set of electors on january 6th to prevent congress from certifying joe bidens victory. >> what did the president say when he called you? >> essentially he turned the call over to mr. eastman who then proceeded to talk about the importance of the rnc help...

safe house. the president stressed his death sends a message. >> no matter how long it takes, no matter where you hide, if you are a threat to our people, the united states will find you and take you out. >> administration is now warning that the taliban could face consequences for harboring al say -- al-zawahri. president biden meeting "the situation room" discussing the operation to kill al-zawahri. lets bring in john harwood at the white house. this was in the works for months and m...

Guilty, and after the headlines, Melania Trump has her moment. The first lady launching her platform devoted to stopping Cyber Bullying and encouraging kindness. Has she met her husband . Announcer this is cnn breaking news. Welcome to the lead and we begin with breaking news in our politics lead and brandnew cnn poll numbers revealing americans perception of the donald Trump Presidency and they look pretty locked in while also becoming increasingly newanced below the s surface, 41 approve of th...

Trump, you know, won the 2020 election is something that is we need to look at. >> in the state of georgia in 2020 republican by the way stood in the way of trumps attempts to overturn the results there. all right. you have in missouri this interesting endorsement, non-endorsement from the former president. there are two candidates running in the senate primary race there, eric grieten and eric schmidt. president trump endorsed eric. does the republican party in missouri? >> lets say that its go...

Protesters. in missouri, weve got eric grieten putting out a campaign ad showing him holding what appears to be a long gun while he talks about hunting rhinos or republicans in name only. what do you think law enforcement should be doing about the threat of violence hanging over our politics right now? >> i mean, i dont know what law enforcement can do in these circumstances. i mean, i report threats that are made to me and, unfortunately, you have a lot of people, politicians now who are abidin...

>> sadly, thats what youve come to expect. look, it doesnt seem like, mike, the violence is going anywhere and we saw how congressman dan crenshaw was harassed by right wing protesters. in missouri, weve got eric grieten putting out a campaign ad showing him holding what appears to be a long gun while he talks about hunting rhinos or republicans in name only. what do you think law enforcement should be doing about the threat of violence hanging over our politics right now? >> i mean, i dont know...

Trump like calls to drain the swamp, crush his foes an treat the prosecution that sent him to prison for violating mine safety standards as a witch hunt. >> ive had a personal experience with the department of justice. i can -- [ applause ] >> they lie a lot, too. >> but he is just the latest in a string of republicans who have taken up trumps never say die style no matter what scandals come their way. in missouri, governor eric grieten refusing to step down despite facing fole -- felony charges...