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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...

possibly a crime. they knew, and according to a testimony today, they do it anyway. and the testament knew that. he also in new in realtime that the actions that he was taking, or about to take with his 2:24 pm tweet the -- he had been told exactly how that it was at the capitol. >> although the presidents chief of staff, mark meadows, is refusing to testify before the committee. mr. meadows aid, ben williamson, and white house press secretary, sarah matthews, testified that mr. meadow...

>> the statement. >> the statement. he really wanted to make sure that it was just so. >> as president trump was, quote, pouring gasoline on the fire during the insurrection, were now hearing how close to danger vice president pence was on january 6. plus we now have the first of the two captured by russiae reported missing. were live in kyiv with the latest. and more than 65 million americans are in a heat alert with temperatures getting into the triple digits fahrenheit. were live ...

thing, we win the election. >> i remember hearing the word wimp. he called him a wimp. wimp is the word i remember. >> it was a different tone than id heard him take with the vice president before. >> do you remember what your father called him? >> the p word. >> the hearing included testimony that even after trump was informed violence was breaking out on the capitol, he tweeted an insult saying that pence lacked courage which the committee says led to a surge in the crowd. >> then i ...

good morning to viewers here in the u.s. and around the world. it is friday, june 17th. im brianna keilar with john berman. there are new questions about donald trumps legal exposure in the january 6th attempted and attempted coup. he and his allies new their scheme was illegal but continued with it anyway. putting vice president pences life in danger as angry mobs vowed to hang him at the capitol. this was pence on january 6th sheltering in a secure location as rioters overwhelmed the...

this morning about the former presidents legal exposure. video we are seeing for the first time shows mike pence, the former vice president, sheltering in a secure location for nearly five hours, as rioters overwhelm the capitol, looking to hang him. we were told they came within 40 feet of the vice presidents evacuation route. were also learning new details about a heated phone call between trump and pence on the morning of january 6th. this is what witnesses, including ivanka trump, ...

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...

forward to pressure vice president pence anyway. the committee outlining how close to imminent mortal danger the vice president was on january 6th, 2021. >> our investigation found that immediately after the presidents 2:24 p.m. tweet, the crowds both outside the capitol and inside the capitol surged. >> mike pence has betrayed the united states of america! mike pence has betrayed this president and he has betrayed the people of the united states and we will never, ever forget! >> im t...

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 ...

>> the p-word. >> new details show how trump was told over and over and over again his plot to overturn the election was not legal. plus a rare interview president biden shares a gloomy outlook with the associated press. americans are confused, upset and worried, but he blames covid caution and politics, not his policies. and the search is on for three americans missing in ukraine, three feared taken by russian forces. the plot that donald trump knew it was illegal and kept pushing...