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and if so, when? >> we are not going to stop what we are doing to share the information that we have gotten so far with the department of justice. >> tonight, the latest on the back of forth between the 16 committee in the justice department -- the connection between the coup plotters and the supreme court and the alleged complicity of certain members of congress, including the senator from cancun. then, the republican governor found vacationing in europe while his state deals with his...

rioters. as trump pressured him to stop the vote certification of the 2020 election. it was a move trump knew was illegal as several witnesses revealed just yesterday. lets get to cnns senior justice correspondent evan perez. what more are you learning about next weeks hearing? >> well, the committee, the january 6th committee is trying to nail down the list of witnesses that they have from the former justice department, former justice department officials under former president trump....

the results was illegal. but they pushed anyway. listen to former trump white house lawyer eric herschmann on his conversation with eastman. >> i said are you out of your effing mind. i was completely blunt. i said youre crazy, youre going to cause riots in the streets. and he said words to the effect of, theres been violence in the history of our country to protect the democracy or protect the republic. >> testimony revealed even after the capitol riot, eastman pushed for delay in cer...

time. carley say, pack a snack and read it. it is worth doing. the market is reacting to the largest federal rate hike in decades. three major indexes taking a beating. the dow closing below 30,000. >> bill: it signals a bear market taking hold. they shed all their gains since the president took office. >> dana: adding insult to injury mortgage rates are soaring to their highest level in 13 years. inflation is at a 40-year high forcing nearly 60% of americans to dip into their savings ...

about how the president tried to force it to an end. >> did you hear any part of the phone calls? >> yeah, i remember hearing the word wind. and i remember he said, you are our wind. >> new information today on the danger of the vice president faced as a result of the threats to his life, and the president know that thats what hes done. >> i am betrayed the united states of america. >> new evidence today showing that people working with the president to enact the scheme. they knew what...

investigation makes it case, day three, a losing presidential candidate, pressed to force his running mate, the vice president, to throw out the election results, to overthrow the u.s. government. >> when mr. eastman came in, he said, im here to request that you reject the electors. >> new witness testimony today about how the president tried to force it to an end. >> did you hear any part of the phone calls? >> yeah, i remember hearing the word wimp. and i remember he said, you are a ...

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...

more than a thousand witness interviews including those with leaders from the proud boys from the dojs letter in part, read this, it is now readily apparent that the interviews the select committee conducted are not just potentially relevant to our overall criminal investigations, but are likely relevant to specific prosecutions that have already commenced. well, the news that we alluded to this afternoon, a spokesman confirmed an earlier new york times scoop to our team on the hill th...

>> the idea of mike pence, as his staff, gets into cars, pence says were not leaving here, we are going to stay, and im going to do my constitutional duty as vice president of the united states. get out of the cars, get back into the capitol. i mean, thats a very moving scene. and good for mike pence. and to see those pictures of him at this loading dock, wherever that was. you mean, this was a moment in american history that could have gone either way. i think thats, you know, so rein...

january 6th hearing begins. [laughs] so, histories moving fast on the subject. >> and the question remains in michigan politics as to whether being arrested for his purported role in the crimes of january 6th is going to boost him boost his chances in that republican primary, since apparently participating in that particular crime is a badge of honor. i dont know -- it helps you, somehow? >> we will await republican voters judgment on that. i have to agree with you, rachel, about a poi...