tapes that prosecutors played during day it woutwo of the sed trial from an alleged 2020 oath keepers meeting. members were secretly recorded by a meeting attendee. they talked about bringing weapons to washington and being prepared to fight for former president trump. whitney? reporter: a new recording released by the department of justice by an alleged november 2020 planning meeting of the far right military were group the oath keepers. if you re going to attack people, don t be afraid. go there in large numbers. that s why we need to be there. reporter: federal prosecutors played the seek cretly recorded trial of the five oath keepers. all five defendants have pleaded not guilty. this is the first major piece of evidence that prosecutors have used to support their allegation the group planned to descend on washington to prevent the peaceful transfer of power if the fight comes, let the fight come. i m willing to sacrifice myself for that. let the fight start ther
president trump to fight as commander in chief. also, former president trump making an emergency request to the supreme court asking the high court to intervene in that dispute over materials the fbi seized from mar-a-lago over the summer. they request the 100 or so documents become part of the special master s review. and next hour, president biden and jill biden will head to florida to var the destruction in the wake of hurricane ian so far claimed 109 lives. the president will meet with florida governor ron desantis. also he ll speak with homeowners, business owners, people that have been wiped out by the storm. we ll get to that in a moment. first, let s begin with our cnn law enforcement correspondent on this on what was a secret reporting played in this second day of the oath keeper s trial. what more can you tell us? this is a huge moment very early on in the trial. the doj is passing this audio recording as proof that these five people on trial for conspiracy be
conservatism. that was a long time ago. and that s your reality check. john avalon, thank you so much for that reality check. and cnn s coverage continues right now. good morning, everyone. top of the hour. so glad you re us. jim has today off. we re following several major stories this morning. a secret plea in day two of the trial of five members of the oath keepers. the tape released by the justice department comes from an alleged november 2020 oath keeper meeting where they discussed bringing weapons to the nation s capital. they re prepared to fight on behalf of donald trump. listen to this. we swore that oath. [ inaudible ] we have to fight. so we have a chance to get