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the january 6th committee presents new evidence as it tries to connect the capitol insurrection to trumps pressure campaign against his vice president. witnesses testifying trump knew the plan was illegal, but he went ahead with it anyway. there is so much to discuss with our senior political analyst, but first we want to get you to manu raju with the latest. >> mike pence has betrayed america! >> reporter: the pressure campaign was relentless. donald trump for months trying to get mik...

>> then, you said at some point, there was a telephone conversation between the president and the vice president? is that correct? >> yes. >> when i entered the office, the second time, he was on the phone with who i later found out to be the vice president. >> did you hear the vice president, or only hear the presidents end? >> only hear the presidents end. it was a calmer tone and then became heated. >> the conversation was pretty heated. >> did you hear any part of the phone call? l...

about mike pence, that served to whip up the crowd. one of the rioters read it aloud. watch this. >> you just heard that mike pence is not going to reject any fraudulent elector votes! >> youre a traitor! >> thats right. you heard it here first. mike pence has betrayed the united states of america! [ bleep ] you, mike pence. >> it was clear it was escalating and escalating quickly. >> hang mike pence. hang mike pence. >> so when that tweet, mike pence tweet, was sent out, i remember us...

attorney john eastman and others, presented a clear and dangerous threat to american democracy. listen to this. >> had vice president pence obeyed the orders from his president, and the president of the united states of america, that declaration of donald trump as the next president would have plunged america into what i believe would have been tantamount to a revolution within a constitutional crisis. >> revolution within a constitutional crisis. the committee also revealing just how ...

rioters. as trump pressured him to stop the vote certification of the 2020 election. it was a move trump knew was illegal as several witnesses revealed just yesterday. lets get to cnns senior justice correspondent evan perez. what more are you learning about next weeks hearing? >> well, the committee, the january 6th committee is trying to nail down the list of witnesses that they have from the former justice department, former justice department officials under former president trump....

the results was illegal. but they pushed anyway. listen to former trump white house lawyer eric herschmann on his conversation with eastman. >> i said are you out of your effing mind. i was completely blunt. i said youre crazy, youre going to cause riots in the streets. and he said words to the effect of, theres been violence in the history of our country to protect the democracy or protect the republic. >> testimony revealed even after the capitol riot, eastman pushed for delay in cer...

>> just as summer temperatures heat up, thousands of kids could be left high and dry. why thousands of pools and summer camps may not open. welcome to "the lead." im jake tapper. the wife of a supreme court justice could be dragged to the forefront of the investigation into the january 6th insurrection. ginni thomas, the wife of supreme court justice clarence thomas says that she is willing to meet with the house select committee investigating the capitol attack. the request for her ...

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the january 6th committee kicking off its next public hearing just hours from now, and were told that theyre going to focus on the former presidents efforts to pressure mike pence to overturn the election and how it, quote, directly contributed to the insurrection. this coming as were getting new video of a capitol tour led by a republican congressman right before the riot. cnns ryan nobles has the latest now. >> reporter: theres no escape, pelosi, schumer. >> reporter: new video relea...

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