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trumps white house counsel pat cipollone and deputy patrick philbin were both interviewed by the fbi about sensitive documents stored at mar-a-lago. this as the fallout from the fbis mar-a-lago search becomes a -- comes to a critical juncture tomorrow. a judge will hear arguments about whether to release the affidavit behind the search, something donald trump wants and the doj opposes. even now, as donald trumps legal troubles mount, his grip on the republican party is tightening. and ...

to the senates efforts for the association bill. plus, the ripple effects of the kansas bill to protect abortion rights. what it could signal for the midterms. and, what goes around, comes around. alex jones has been ordered to pay more than $49 million to the parents of a sandy hook shooting victim. lets get started. tonight, we begin with breaking news. the senate is in a rare, saturday night session, as democrats work to advance their sweeping health care, and climate bill, towards ...

be a witness against myself. >> did the trump legal team ask you to prepare a memorandum regarding the vice presidents role in the counting of electoral votes in the joint session of congress in january 6th? >> did you advise the president of the united states the vice president could reject electors and declare the president had been re-elected. >> fifth. >> dr. eastman, the first sentence of the memo says seven states -- is that statement in this memo true? >> fifth. >> did president...

>> good evening, we begin tonight with two developments into the january 6th investigation. the first concerns john eastman, the trump lawyer who cooked up the scheme to overturn the election. the one that former white house attorney eric harshman told to quote, get a great criminal defense lawyer. we learned tonight that the fbi has seized his phone. eastman did nothing to dispel suspicion when he went before the select committee, took the fifth over and over again. >> i assert my fif...

hutchinson testifying that lead white house counsel pat cipollone warned of legal exposure if trump followed his supporters to the capitol. >> were going to get charged with every crime imaginable if we let mat move happen. >> do you remember what crimes mr. scipollone was concerned about? >> we had conversations about potentially ubstrucking justice or defrauding the electoral count. >> hutchinson relaying a second hand account about a defiant trump who wanted to go to the capitol any...

well have a foerk on to what to expect. also this hour a cnn exclusive. bri brittney griners wife. we want to welcome the viewers here in the united states and around the world. im wolf blitzer. youre in "the situation room." alleged pressure on a former white house aird that gave bombshell testimony to the house january 6 select committee. congressional correspondent ryan nobles is working the story. tell us what youre picking up. >> reporter: we are learning about the committees conc...

important ally of the united r states in the western hemisphere. brazil is a big deal and yet the administration seems determined ms to hand brazil over to the sphere of influence ofof the chinese communist party . why is that exactly? we hope to find out. for a also be sitting down for a rare interview with the president of brazil. terrible scenario. soon well bring s to him. we do.h but first i would like to begin with the loud and at times violent response to the end of roe v. wade ...

fight. her fight is not over regardless of what happens on tuesday. >> it is literally a vote to help save the republic. >> here i have a one bedroom and i pay $800 a month. >> americans leaving pricey u.s. cities heading south to work from home in mexico city. it is tuesday, august 16, 9:00 a.m. here in london, 4:00 a.m. in washington where the u.s. justice department is making clear just how serious they are about the criminal investigation of donald trump and the search of his flo...

what makes you proud to be an american? watch. >> what is the fourth of july mean to you and why are you proud to be american? >> fourth of july was founding of the country, and i love this country. proud to be an american, fourth of july just means like bunch of fireworks you know, independence, pretty important. >> true meaning of independence day is freedom, and equality. im proud to be american because of the principles of the nation -- with the freedom of speech. freedom of religi...

our nation one simple question. what makes you proud to be an american? watch. >> what is the fourth of july mean to you and why are you proud to be american? >> fourth of july was founding of the country, and i love this country. proud to be an american, fourth of july just means like bunch of fireworks you know, independence, pretty important. >> true meaning of independence day is freedom, and equality. im proud to be american because of the principles of the nation -- with the free...