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onboard. >> we want to welcome our viewers here in the united states and around the world. im wolf blitzer. youre in "the situation room." >> we begin with a new evidence that then-president trump was repeatedly told by some top officials and closest advisers that the 2020 presidential election was not stolen. the january 6th investigators say he didnt care. our ryan nobles has all the top lines from todays hearing. >> it was a lie that began on election night. >> we were getting ready...

Good evening all. >> hi. >> so, laura, the president is under the gun when it comes to russia, and as usual hes trying to deflect. today refusing to rule out firing his attorney general and pushing the justice department to go after his political enemies. is it just the latest outrageous statement just meant to distract? >> i think its probably a distraction and an intentional trying to distract. but i think its also confirmation he really fundamentally misunderstands how this whole thing works....

And he may, quote, not recall anything, but i think his energy will be focused when the fbi is talking to him. >> speaking of what theyre going to ask him -- go ahead, laura. >> and here is why the timing is so important. remember, 2013 is the time that donald trump went to moscow for that mission universe pageant and the bodyguard was accompanying him on that particular trip. you may think to yourself 2013 predates the presidential election and probably before the president of the united states...

Ask your doctor about victoza®. welcome back. before taking off on his asia trip today president trumpness answered a few questions from reporters, and theres some bad news for jeff sessions. the president didnt rule out firing his attorney general. >> well, were going to pearl harbor. >> the department of justice? >> i dont know. im really not involved with the justice department. id like to let it run itself. but honestly, they should be looking at the democrats. they should be looking at p...

Chargeable. its possible that there may be a statement or two to congress that is chargeable as a crime. as viewers may not know, lying to congress is a crime. but you have to prove that he knowingly did so. so i imagine the defense is going to be from jeff sessions and his team is that he didnt remember at the time. you know, he miss remembered, et cetera. those cases can be more challenging to prove than you think, and i certainly do think that the attorney general is doing his very best to ex...

Remember. he now remembers what was said at it and its an exculpatory statement as were considering whether or not the campaign is mixing visits and associations with russians during the campaign. so thats the kind of thing you would look at, this kind of selective memory that laura was referencing when you have a person who he remembers no meetings and had nothing to do with the campaign. now forced to confront things, he grudgeingly admits what hes confronted with and no more. and he now also ...

President expressed his displeasure and threw him under the bus i guess the first time, if you will. they have not spoken. anthony scaramucci told us this afternoon they need to have a face to face conversation and essentially work this out and have a discussion going forward. but the president would of course have to call that meeting and hes not yet done so, don. >> laura i want to read more from the reporting. the trump assessment is being reported by -- and end his investigation into whether...

Nice. cascade. youve heard president trump say it over and over, russia is a roous. i have nothing to do with russia. thats a quote from him. but an increasing number of people who work or worked for him are contradicting that assertion. here to discuss, cnn legal analyst laura koets, cnn legal commentator, ken kuch naturally, john flannery. good evening. >> good evening. >> ken, i have to get to the commercial, so tonight dont get into a fight with these guys and then take us to -- >> me, i n...

Lets get to mark preston, jim schuitto, jeff zeleny and laura koets. good evening to all of you. a lot to get to next couple of hours here on cnn. jeff you first, "the washington post" reporting tonight the discussions of the possible of replacing attorney general jeff sessions. that does match with what cnn has been reporting. so why arent the committees and investigators and of course our ag looking into crooked hillarys crimes and russian relations. what are you learning tonight from the whit...