department if donald trump replaced rosen with jeffrey clark, that loyalist who was there to help him overturn the election. jeffrey clark, former justice department official, whose home was just searched by federal investigators. the committee says it s going to take us inside a heated oval office meeting on january 3rd when today s witnesses confronted trump over his threat to put clark in charge of the justice department until trump eventually backed down. playing a leading role in today s hearing, congressman adam kinzinger of illinois, one of only two republicans on the panel. all this comes after the select committee deposed filmmaker alex holder behind closed doors this morning about his documentary, which features never-before-seen interviews with trump and me members of his inner circle, both before and after january 6th. cnn has gotten first look at the documentary. we ve been sharing some of these key clips. as the committee is about to focus on jeffrey clark, let
taking photographs of stairwells and hallways and tunnels and security screening posts. hmm. and then the invasion in ukraine hits home for some u.s. families as two americans going missing while fighting alongside ukrainian soldiers. the growing fear these two americans might now be in the hands of the russians. welcome to the lead. i m jake tapper. we start with our money lead and a major economic news that will in the short term at least make life more expensive for many americans. the federal reserve this afternoon doing something it has not done in nearly three decades. they raised the interest rate by three-quarters of a percentage point. this will mean higher costs for mortgage loans and credit card bills and auto loans and student loans. federal reserve chairman jay powell says the hike is necessary to cool economic growth so as to get inflation under control, but that could take weeks if not months, and so many american families are struggling right now with sk
at pnc private bank, we ll help you take care of the how. so tell us - what s your why? top of a brand new hour on cnn newsroom, good to have you. i m victor blackwell. we begin with the latest case from the january 6th house committee that donald trump held a key role in the insurrection at the capitol. at its second hearing, the committee kept pounding, the proof that trump refused to listen to the truth that he lost the 2020 election, and not from democrats but from his own people in the white house, and working on his campaign. his campaign manager, bill stepien recalled what he told trump about his prospects. this is just after the election. very very very bleak. you know, we told him that the group that went over there outlined, you know, my belief and chances for success at this point. you know, my belief is that it was a very very 5 to 10%s, it s not a very good optimistic outlook. 5 to 10% there. well, then the committee showed how trump continued to embrace
prices and rising costs for food, energy, and housing. the biden administration is clearly on the defensive, as the financial pain felt by americans keeps growing. and the embattled uvalde school police chief speaks out for the first time about his response to the massacre. he s reportedly denying he was the scene commander and rejecting many of the main criticisms of his performance. 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. and we begin our coverage this evening with fresh fallout from last night s blockbuster january 6th hearing and new indications of where the committee plans to go during its next round of testimony. cnn justice correspondent jessica schneider has all the latest details. tonight, the impact being felt from the first hearing of the january 6th committee, as they set the stage for what s to come. some republicans are working to discredit the findings. while the form
begin on capitol hill. the committee will hold the first session at 8:00 eastern tonight. committee members are promising never before seen footage and testimony and that includes video from a documentary film maker named nick kwequested th abc news obtained. i m not allowed to say what s going to happen today because everyone will have to watch for themselves. but it s going to happen. something is going to happen. one way or the other. that film maker will be one of the witnesses to testify tonight. he had unique access to the far right group, the proud boys and he captured video of the rioters inside the capitol as they screamed for speaker pelosi. a member of his film crew capturing the scene outside nancy pelosi s office. the vast majority of the footage tonight has not yet been seen publicly. the goal is to make the case to all americans former president trump was at the center of the coordinated multi step effort they say to overturn the 2020 election. c nrk