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with his 2:24 p.m. tweet condemning mike pence directly endangered his vice presidents life. hed been told exactly how bad it was at the capitol. >> although the presidents chief of staff, mark meadows, has refused to testify before this committee, mr. meadows aid, ben williamson and white house press secretary sarah matthews testified that mr. meadows went to the dining near the oval office to tell the president about the violence at the capitol before the presidents 2:24 p.m. tweet. ...

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...

for nearly five hours as rioters overwhelmed the capitol, looking, chanting, to hang him. we were told they came within 40 feet of the vice presidents evacuation route and were also learning new details about a heated phone call between trump and pence on that morning of january 6th. this is what witnesses include ing ivanka said about trumps demeanor on the call. >> i remember hearing the word wimp, he called him a wimp, i dont remember, he said, you are a wimp, youll be a wimp. >> it...

centers and churches across the country. the pro abortion group janes revenge is behind many of these targeted attacks. the group is now apparently declaring open season on pro lifers. the attorney general a facing growing criticism for the dojs inaction. and now tom cotton is calling for merrick garland to resign. he said "if youre unwilling to protect americans from these attacks, you should resign." he said "you should resign in any case." now the doj is taking action. theyre now in...

illusions. i do not have the power to throughout the election results, nor does any individual american as our forefathers said. and we look forward to seeing you tomorrow, and america forever. but im not gonna do that. >> i mean, the chief of staff, calls up the trump guy and complains about it. but why dont you just put out the vice presidential statement immediately? >> yes, a very good point. -- >> and theyre not showing us every single thing theyve obtained and every question and ...

that is testimony from mike pences former adviser regarding former president donald trumps repeated efforts to get pence to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election. we will hear much more of the key moments from yesterdays january 6th hearing, including the vice presidents close call with the mob, very close call that day. and the pardon request from the architect of the presidents election scheme. plus, new reporting that the house select committee now wants to talk t...

>> the conversation was pretty heated. >> i remember hearing the word wimp, he called him a wimp. i dont remember if he said you are a wimp. >> it was a different tone that i had heard him take with the vice president before. >> these pictures of pence never seen before, the vice president being hidden by the secret service in an underground garage under the capitol, reading the presidents tweet that said that pence lacked courage to overturn the election. that tweet helped inflame the...

duty that day under the constitution and the laws of country." one lawman said if given the chance, members of the proud boys were willing to kill pence on january 6th. in just a few minutes were expected to hear from former president trump speaking to the faith and freedom coalition in nashville, tennis is. earlier he released a statement that said in part "i never suggested to vice president pence that he overturn the election." all this coming, as we said, the latest hearing that pr...

recorded testimony by former pence chief of staff mark short who was with vice president pence an january 6th. was a firsthand witness to trumps pressure campaign in the days leading up to it. were told house investigators will try to make the case that the pressure on pence directly distributed to the insurrection at the capitol and the continuing ongoing threat to the rule of law and democracy in the united states. many aides are promising new information about what the vice presiden...

overturn the 2020 election, what to expect from day three of the public hearings. plus, stock futures fall more than 1% after the fed implements the highest interest rate hike in nearly 30 years. the question is whether the move will drive down inflation without pushing the economy into a recession? and well have the latest from ukraine. as the united states pledges more aid, the leaders of france, germany, italy all arrived in kyiv overnight to show that europe is still committed to...