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the witness did not pick up when trump called. committee members say it raises concerns this was not someone trump would routinely communicate with and the attempted call came after cassidy hutchinsons explosive testimony. >> the alarmed witness contacted an attorney. january 6th committee member lorraine la rei cant says the panel is taking this seriously. >> we take very seriously the safety of any witnesses, anyone that comes forward to the committee and likewise, you know, their pr...

state department is rejecting steve bannons sudden willingness to testify before the january 6th committee days before his criminal contempt trial is set to begin. bannon produced a letter from donald trump, trump saying he is waiving executive privilege so bannon can testify. heres the thing, the committee and most legal analysts say no privilege existed in this case to begin with. whats more, federal prosecutors argue, trump never invoked executive privilege here. so, this doj court ...

quote, irrelevant to the contempt of congress case against him. that is set to begin next week. the doj wrote, quote, the defendants sudden wish to testify is not a genuine effort to meet obl gigations, but a last-ditch attempt to avoid accountability. >> bannons reversal comes after he received a letter from former trump that waives executive privilege, but new court documents show that an attorney for former president trump actually spoke to the fbi weeks ago and contradicted bannons...

monkeypox outbreak. this is what we are watching at this hour. thank you for being here. im cait baldwin. what could be the final hearing of the investigation into the insurrection, a key witness is a former spokesperson of the oath keepers. committee members are promising that the testimony and others will help connect the dots linking members of donald trumps inner circle to the extremist groups and now, another wildcard. former strategist to trumpkin steve bannon is willing to tes...

as the oath keepers. a new court filing is revealing the extensive planning of the far right malitia group, including a death list and attempts to obtain weapons ahead of january 6th. also today, former trump strategist steve bannon having a sudden change of heart. he faces possible jail time and now just days before his contempt trial, he says he is willing to testify before the january 6th committee after all. lets start with cnn congressional correspondent ryan nobles. what are inve...

to the violence that occurred here that day. weve already seen this committee detail how donald trump pressured all aspects of the government to try to overturn the electoral results, the justice department, state officials, vice president mike pence. for tomorrow at the hearing they plan to show the oath keepers, and proud boys to take action and lead to the violence we saw in this building on january 6th. we will hear live testimony from one former member of the oath keepers, a forme...

government circles, to overturn the election. >> one witness we are expecting to hear from is a former spokesman for the oathkeepers. that is the group that we now know brought explosives to the dc area ahead of january 6th, according to the justice department. one person we wont hear from tomorrow, trump allies steve bannon. days before he goes on trial for stonewalling the select committee, bannon now says he will testify. prosecutors say this last minute 180 wont get him out of next...

teachers at the end of may. and new details about what the 77 minutes of school hallway surveillance video shows. plus, a new covid variant spreading at an alarming rate throughout the united states, and this one is not deterred even by recent infections. so how do the vaccines hold up against it? welcome to "the lead." im jake tapper. we start with our politics lead and members of the january 6th select house committee now publicly suggesting they will use tomorrows hearing to dra...

at the barrel of a gun. russians have orchestrated sham referendum votes in four occupied regions in ukraine. plus, calling trumps bluff. the former president and his lawyers publicly suggested the fbi planted evidence at mar-a-lago. now the trump appointed or approved special master is daring them to make that claim in court. we begin at the white house. notably this is a political venue for president bidens speech moments from now. what are we expecting to hear from the president? >>...

inflation is taking out of your wallet. or protest and night outside of washington, d.c., at the homes of supreme court justices john robertson brett kavanaugh may continue. malden police dispatch tonight with a decimal meter to keep protesters and check out assault complaints. they are getting more complaints from neighbors. one officer telling a fox news grow on site that enforcement action could be an option if the complaints continue. >> well be here in future weeks if the noise --...