good evening once again, i am stephanie ruhle. we have brand-new information this evening about the january 6th committee accusing former president donald trump of trying to contact a witness during the investigation. nbc news has confirmed reporting that the witness was a member of the white house support staff. at the end of yesterday s hearing liz cheney said that the matter had been referred to the justice department. this afternoon, the committee s chair person was asked about cheney s comments. are we going to hear from this witness? i would doubt it. we re concerned obviously about the witness, and we do not want to put that witness under unnecessary pressure. is there enough evidence that there was an attempt to influence the witness? from my vantage point, it is highly unusual to do that. that s why we, more or less, put that in the hands of the justice department. is this just one missed phone call from the former president? that s all i m aware of. as
we ll speak with a self described iranian troublemaker targeted for her activism. good day. lawyers for donald trump have one week to back up their client s unsubstantiated accusations that the fbi planted evidence at mar-a-lago. trump s allegations have not been made in court, only on social media and on fox news. but now special master judge raymond dearie is telling trump s lawyers this is their, quote, final opportunity to raise any fact all dispute as to the completeness and accuracy of the detailed property inventory. let s get right to justice and intelligence corespondent ken dilanian, michael steele and phil rucker. and as well as glenn kirschner is joining us today. so ken, this is the judge that the trump team wanted but it seems like judge dearie is telling trump to put up or shut up any guess more civil words. absolutely right. you have to wonder whether the trump team is second guessing their decision. he didn t have to do this way, he was under instructions f
dangers the men and women in the capitol faced that day. the perils that our nation faced as a whole and the former the president s justification for what happened. i went to washington because they were angry with an election that they think was rigged. a very small portion went down to the capitol. a very small portion of them went in. but they were angry from the standpoint of what happened in the election because they are smart and they see and saw what happened. among the crowd that day, far right extremists like the proud boys and oath keepsers welcome the focus of tomorrow s hearing along with trump s role encouraging them to march on the capitol. the president tweets on the wee hours of december 19th to be there and be wild. it was a siren call to these folks. and we ll talk in detail about what that caused them to do, how that caused them to organize as well as who else was amplifying that message. the committee member who will lead tomorrow s hearing says th
month. yes, according to our information, we are recording war crimes in almost every village, he says. this, the body of one of two civilians killed in late february. an early victim of the invasion and evidence now of what six continuing here in eastern kharkiv, even as you saw there the fight continues and bitterly for the ukrainian forces trying to regain ground, john. melissa bell for us in kharkiv. a remarkable turn around, we ll be following that all morning. new day special coverage continues right now. good morning, everyone, to our viewers in the united states and around the world. i m don lemon in edinburgh, scotland. a so let solemn day ahead in th united kingdom as they embrace their new king. king charles iii addressing parliament a few moments ago saying he feels the weight of history. listen. as i stand before you today, i cannot help but feel the weight of history which surrounds us and which reminds us of the vital parliamentary traditions to which
mar-a-lago. just one day after the justice department released the redacted affidavit that led to the search of his florida resort. the u.s. intelligence community is now assessing whether national security was put at risk. and new tonight, a federal judge has scheduled a thursday hearing to consider donald trump s request for a special master to oversee the fbi s review of evidence seized from his florida home. cnn s natasha bertrand is here to break it all down. reporter: pam, we are learning that the direct are of national intelligence confirmed the committee is working together with the justice department to review all relevant documents retrieved from former president trump s foam mar-a-lago. to a letter and oversight committee, her office and doj are conducting a classification review of relevant materials including those recovered during the search of mar-a-lago earlier this month. she also noted that the intel community will conduct an assessment of the potential r