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wanted to happen that day, that it was the pre-planned and desired result of a wide-ranging coup attempt by donald trump and orchestrated by him and his close allies and just like they did in other hearings, the committee will use team trumps own words to describe what happened on january 6th with video of trumps own advisors and trumps own allies and trumps own lawyers and trumps appointees, a sneak peek was posted by committee member adam kinzinger who will be co-leading alongside hi...

overturn the election results. that man is donald trumps top white house lawyer pat cipollone. he sat down for a transcribed interview under oath with investigators this morning. as far as we can tell, that interview or that meeting is ongoing at this hour. punch bowl news reports this about the parameters of todays testimony from cipollone, quote, sources tell us that the select committee does not have an agreement about what investigators can or cannot ask him. prior to hutchinsons t...

his attempt to overturn the election. >> someone who knew what he was doing. according to congresswoman liz cheney, he had every reason to know that what he was doing was wrong. >> the argument seems to be the president trump was manipulated by others outside the administration. that he was persuaded to ignore his closest advisors and that he was incapable of telling right from wrong. this, of course, is nonsense. president trump is a 76-year- old man. he is not an impressionable child...

advisors. and that he was incapable of telling right from wrong. this of course is nonsense. president trump is a 76-year-old man, he is not an impressionable child. >> today, was the first time the public was shown the testimony of principle on who spoke to the panel last friday. >> start by asking you a few questions, mr. cipollone. more than bill, bore all of the -- election -- >> i agree with that. >> did you believe, mr. cipollone, that the president should concede once you made d...

killers could be stopped. illinois democratic governor joins me exclusively. plus, safe and legal? president biden signs an executive order on abortion rights but says the best options for frustrated americans are. >> vote, vote, vote, vote. >> will voters agree with him in november that republicans have overreached ? the governor of new hampshire will be here and unconventional war fair. the justice department says january 6th could have been more deadly. what will the committee revea...

as we wrap up a holiday week, the problems facing our nation sometimes might seem insurmountable, the divide over abortion rights, the unease over the economy, an election lie getting more entrenched. well talk about all of that, but i want to start today talking about gun violence. tomorrow will mark one week since the deadly mass shooting of the july 4th parade in highland park, illinois, outside of chicago. while shattered families are still grappling with all they lost in that sens...

sequoia, known as the grizzly giant, to protect it from the flames that are ripping through at this hour. this tree, the national park service says its the second largest tree in yosemite. what we know about this fire is that it has doubled in size in the past 24 hours. nearly 1600 acres have already burned and fire officials are warning that they do expect this fire to continue to grow as they are also expecting continued hot, unusually hot temperatures. >> escalating drought, climate...

bannon is set to go on trial for criminal contempt for refusing to comply with the committee subpoena. days before the select committee is said to hold more public hearings, lets bring in marshall cohen. does it appear likely that bannon will, indeed, testify before the panel? >> it is not clear yet if this is actually going to happen. it is a change of bannons posture from where he had been over the last several months. he refused to testify and hand over any documents. he claimed tha...

was defined by some observers asked, you know, x happened, and then, officer dunn later clarified, no, thats not what happened. it went down differently than you think it did. it was a pretty remarkable moment. and that photo was a pretty remarkable thing. i am really looking forward to see that interview. >> rachel, thats the photo that someone tweeted, and labeled it, apology offered, and of apology accepted. and then, officer dunn, re-tweeted that, saying apology offered, dot dot do...

prosecutions are coming for donald trump. it is quite a story there when he spoke to rolling stone. other insiders looking at the heat on mark meadows. quote, they think meadows is going on. and eight trump insiders and sources spoke to this issue. one says, he will get pulverized. another, he does not actually believe any of the election theft stuff he was trying to perform for trump. it was bad, if it was all a lie. he knew it the whole time and other people were dishing on it., you ...