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♪ ♪ on capitol hill the january 6th select committee about to share striking never before seen testimony and evidence all with the focus on former president trump and the central role the panel says he played in the attack on democracy. welcome to cnns live coverage of the january 6th hearings. im anderson cooper. >> im jake tapper. this is the final hearing. committee members are promising to hammer home their urgent argument that donald j. trump remains in their view a clear ...

left the hall, black rod closed the doors and for 45 minutes or so, this ancient space was prepared for the arrival of members of the public. the jewellers placed the orb and sceptre which is used at coronations, a representation of the power the dominion of christ over the world. it sits there alongside the world. it sits there alongside the imperial state crown. and that arrangement of flowers, some from balmoral, some from windsor. the duty officer bangs his stick twice. to signal a...

melissa murray in for mehd hassan for nearly half a century it was an obvious, clear norm if you wanted to be th president of the united states you had to show the american public where your money came from it was a norm that began amazingly, with richard nixo during the watergate scandal i 1973, when nixon released hi tax returns to fight off accusations of corruption. in fact, it was nixons ta filings sparked one of the mos famous quotes in america politics >> i look on this kind o e...

in other news, ukraines president blames russia for attacks on his countrys energy infrastructure, saying they are intended to punish kyiv for its sweeping territorial gains. and, on the 21st anniversary of the september 11th attacks, president biden urges americans to stand up for democracy "every single day". the coffin of queen elizabeth has embarked on the journey which will lead to her final resting place. it left balmoral, where she died on thursday, and arrived on sunday afterno...

when she had those audiences with the outgoing prime minister boris johnson and then invited the new prime minister, liz truss, to form a government. and i canjust see now in the background the hearse and other vehicles almost at the gates of balmoral. he came here at the start of the summer holidays, but leaves now for the final time. so, that was... it is difficult to sum up, isnt it, really, seeing the queens coffin for the first time. i began by saying that so many people have said...

that the messages were missing back in february the ig didnt push the department on why the texts were deleted nor did he try to retrieve those messages. these missing records are just a part of a mountain of missing pieces of the puzzle related to january 6th that pose a challenge for the january 6th select committee as well as the justice departments probe into the insurrection. that poses a -- to investigate the actions of the inner circle. a spokesperson for the select committee te...

>> i will start with this. i will ask my caller sees if they want to comment as well. audible systemic failures. we dont try to compare, contrast, whatsoever. we laid out the basic facts as we were charged to do. what i said early on about law enforcement, the officers that no or should have known this wasnt active shooter situation should have done more. we are very clear on that. not every officer on the scene had that same information and had that same opportunity to comply with the...

being? we like a turtle? >> come on man. seriously? im jonathan kaye part, this is the sunday show. this sunday, we are getting ready for the january six committees, primetime hearing, this thursday. that will focus on donald trumps 187 minutes of inaction, during the insurrection. crucial to that recounting, could be deleted text messages from the day before, and day of the insurrection. the committee has subpoenaed the secret service, to turn over phone records, by tuesday. after the...

heard he doesnt think theyre doing anything wrong. >> the stunning details of an out of president, who wanted to join the mob. >> the president said something to the effect of, i am that i think president, take me up to the capitol now. the president reached up towards the front of the vehicle to grab at the steering wheel. mr. engel grabbed his arm, and said, sir, you need to take your hand off the steering wheel. we are going back to the west wing. were not going to the capitol. >> t...

i think, i didnt care that they have weapons. theyre not here to hurt me. i remember him saying to the effect of, mark needs to do something more, literally calling the vice president -- and mark responded something to the effect of, you heard, he doesnt think theyre doing anything wrong. >> the stunning details of an out of touch president, who wanted to join the mob. >> the president said something to the effect of, i am the effing think president, take me up to the capitol now. the ...