environment. that s fine, yeah, they are both important in their own way. in different ways, some important for tomorrow, less than yesterday. i don t even know what i mean by that. have a great weekend, chris. you too, alex. thank you to you at home for joining us this hour. this january 6th rioter, the one in the queue shirt at the front of the pack here, his name is douglas austin johnson. he has now famous for having chased capitol police officer, eugene goodman, up the stairs in the capital. he actually did not even know what building he was invading on january 6th. this is me touching the white house. bring the white house! that s what we do! touching the white house, very close but still a few blocks down pennsylvania avenue, mr. johnson. anyway, despite not knowing where he was, johnson didn t know why he was there, wherever there was. this is from his interview with fbi agents two days after the attack on the capitol, quote, i went in there, i wanted, you k
this is from his interview with fbi agents two days after the attack on the capitol, quote, i went in there, i wanted, you know, i wanted to stop this depends on all that. pence was supposed to be the hero to save the day, and he didn t. and when this writer was asked what got him there in the first place, he said quite clearly, trump s posts. trump posted make sure your their, january 6th. douglas austin johnson cited donald trump specifically has a reason that he went to the capitol that day, and he is not alone in that. more than 1000 people, 1000 people have been arrested for their roles in the january 6th riot so far. the nonprofit group, citizens for responsibility and ethics in washington, also known as crew, that group comb through all of the public google filings related to january 6th defendants. they found at least 174 of those defendants said that, in one way or another, that they were answering donald trump s calls when they travel to washington and joined the
lets you pay off your high-rate debt. and you can save $500 a month. nobody takes care of veterans like newday usa. john: pentagon press secretary pat ryder will give an update the first time on camera since lloyd austin s secretive hospital stay. both sides of the aisle demanding to know how was president biden in the dark for days before learning a top cabinet member landed in the icu. sixth in line to the presidency, he is, hello, john roberts in washington. a jam packed first hour. here we go again. sandra: good to be with you, sandra smith in new york. breaking in the last hour, this incident, now forcing the white house to launch a review of protocols for cabinet secretaries, if you can believe that. secretary austin is still in recovery, we are told in walter reed, and the pentagon is not offering any information about that elective procedure that originally sent him into the hospital but ultimately landed him in the icu. john: even the deputy defense secretary d
hunter biden on capitol hill, pushing back on house republicans aiming to hold him in contempt of congress and calling him out from the committee room. coming into the oversight committee, spitting in our face, ignoring a congressional subpoena to be deposed, what are you afraid of? you have no balls. five days from the iowa caucuses, with front-runner donald trump going from the courtroom to the campaign trail and back again to potentially speak at his civil fraud trial tomorrow during closing arguments. all as ron desantis and nikki haley go head to head in a gop debate tonight. and our andrea mitchell joining us from tel aviv this hour, with more of her exclusive interview with secretary of state antony blinken. with 90% of gaza s population struggling for food and growing concerns of a broadening conflict. it is 11:00 eastern, i m ana cabrera reporting from new york. thank you so much for being here. jose diaz-balart will be up next hour. we begin with breaking news
also tonight we now know why defense secretary lloyd austin has been in the hospital for the last week. president biden himself just learning today that the pentagon chief underwent surgery after being diagnosed with cancer. as we also learned that he was under anesthesia without his deputy being aware. also tonight on the 2024 campaign trail nikki haley now within single digits of donald trump in the first primary state. the question is does this make the case for narrowing the gop field? we ll ask our political experts. i m kaitlan collins, and this is the source. with just six days to go before the first votes in the 2024 primary race, donald trump was in a courtroom in washington today hoping to evade charges for attempting to overturn the last election. but the three federal appeals judges before him sounded deeply skeptical about his lawyers argument that he has absolute immunity from prosecution for anything that he did while in office. this case is not only potenti