the statement. the statement. he really wanted to make sure that it was just so. as president trump was, quote, pouring gasoline on the fire during the insurrection, we re now hearing how close to danger vice president pence was on january 6. plus we now have the first of the two captured by russiae reported missing. we re live in kyiv with the latest. and more than 65 million americans are in a heat alert with temperatures getting into the triple digits fahrenheit. we re live at the cnn weather center on how much longer this could last. live from london, this is cnn newsroom with max foster. thursday s hearing on the january 6 riot revealed more chilling details. and stuck in the middle was vice president mike pence, testimony showed that he came perilously close to being discovered and possibly killed as rioters ram pained through the capitol. committee members also zeroed in on the role of john eastman who happened the illegal scheme to thwart the 2020 electi
my memory, i remember hearing the word wimp, either he called him a wimp, i don t remember if he said wimp is the word i remember. something to the effect this is the wording is wrong. i made the wrong decision for our five years ago. and the word that he repla the word, do you remember what she said her father called anymore the p word. our investigation found that early drafts of the january 6th ellipse speech prepared for the president, include nod d no men of the vice president, but revised it to criticize the vice president and further ad libbed. trump did not stop there, sending a sweet attacking his vice president after aides had told the president that there was violence at the capitol, where mike pence was. the tweet poured gasoline on the fire according to one trump white house aide. the mob surged in the minutes after that tweet and were able to overwhelm the police. two minutes later, pence was evacuated to a secure location underneath the capi
happening now. new evidence connecting the capitol riot directly to former-president trump and his pressure campaign against his vice president. insiders swearing under oath that trump knew his scheme to get mike pence to overturn the presidential election was illegal but trump plowed ihead, anyway. the january 6th select committee also documenting pence s escape from that mob that was threatening his life with rioters at one point only 40 feet away. we are breaking down all the testimony, and where the insurrection investigation goes from here. we want to welcome our viewers here in the united states, and around the world. i m wolf blitzer, you re in the situation room . let s get right to the new testimony and evidence presented by the january-6th select committee during today s hearing. it ended just a couple hours or so ago. our congressional correspondent, ryan nobles, has been following it all up on capitol hill. mike pence is going to have to come through for us.
send? i ll ask john kirby with the national security council. let s go outfront. good evening. i m erin burnett. outfront tonight, pressure campaign. the january 6th select committee revealing tonight it will make the case tomorrow that donald trump s pressure on mike pence to overturn the election d directly contributed to the deadly snushg insurrection. the hearing will focus on president trump s efforts to convince his vice president to subvert the election. those efforts happening behind closed doors, on twitter, and on the airwaves. mike pence, i will tell you right now, i m not hearing good stories. i hope that our great vice president, our great vice president comes through for us. he s a great guy. of course, if he doesn t come through, i won t like him as much. all that, despite the lawyers in the white house counsel s office telling trump clearly that pence could do no such thing. he didn t have the authority. and aides also say that the hearing will incl
short. we just learned his recorded testimony is expected to be shown tomorrow. and children under age 5 are another critical step closer to getting covid vaccines for the first time. we ll break down the new green light by fda advisers as cases are rising, and even dr. anthony fauci has now tested positive for covid. we want to welcome our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. we begin with the biggest jump in interest rates in nearly 30 years here in the united states. the federal reserve prescribing new medicine for the ailing u.s. economy that may be tough to swallow for so many americans. brian todd is joining us live from outside the federal reserve. brian, this is truly a consequential move aim at trying to tackle soaring inflation. reporter: prices across the board were soaring out of control. the fed needed to do something. now it s a matter how the average american can absorb this. with prices s