who almost batch steph curry in a three-point shooting contest this past february at the starting name, what is it about caitlin clark? it's not just that she's white. steph curry stood out from other great black stars in the nba because he played in a way that was appealing and relatable. shooting from the logo, dr. jay was more appealing and brought in more fans and his teammate moses malone, who was a three-time mvp because dr. jay's game was more flamboyant. michael jordan wasn't just great. he was fun to watch caitlin clark is fun to watch. >> yeah. and she is going to be a star pretty much no matter what do you think she'll ultimately be an alternate for the olympic team? >> i think he could be. i think that's possible. and the concern that because she'd be reserve and she wouldn't play that many minutes and therefore, her fans would be up in arms just put the point out there, educate them it would help the olympics. christine brennan made the same point. more eyeballs and limping straw. a lot of eyeballs to begin with, but it's a global event. more eyeballs on those games. how can that be bad caitlin clark is good for the league, good for everybody. in the league. i shall be good for the olympics to it if she got there, she will be there yeah. thank you. great. thank you. as always. and thank you for watching news night. laura coates live starts right now. >> tonight, donald trump tries to rewrite the history of january 6, yet again, as he now re-branded those who stormed the capital plus trump's interview with his probation officer. what we're learning about his virtual sit down and what it might mean for his chances at sentencing and new tonight, elon musk mad at apple over there, deal with openai, the threat he's now making good evening i'm, jim acosta in for laurie votes on this monday night for months, donald trump has heatedly referred to january 6 rioters as hostages. there's obviously no truth to that, but trump has spent much of his campaign constructing an alternate reality for supporters so they can believe a different narrative when it comes to january 6, one that paints the former president as the real victim of the 2020 race. the race he lost the race. he tried to overturn, but now trump is road-tested. a new nickname for the people who attack the capital those j6 warriors, they were worries, but they were really more than anything else. >> the victims of what happened all they were doing is protesting a rigged election that's what they were doing. >> and then the police say go and go in, go in water, set-up. >> that was what a horrible, horrible thing. and you know, that blows two ways. >> warriors, he called them a reality check. if anyone was a warrior that de january 6, it was the brave police officers to face their wrath trying to defend the capital. people like my next guess, sergeant aquilino gonell, who was attacked and beaten as he tried to hold the line on january 6, he's here here's with me tonight, and i'll speak with him in just a few moments. but sergeant good now, is not donald trump's view of a warrior. know instead, this apparently is people like thomas webster. there you see him in the red jacket. prosecutors say he swung a metal flagpole at an officer before choking him with his chin strap. he was convicted and sentenced to ten years in prison. people like dominic puzzle prosecutor said he used a riot shield, a police riot shields is smashed through one of the capital windows, allowing the mob to storm in. he two was convicted and sentenced to ten years. in prison for his actions. now, trump is calling them warriors. trump has openly mused about issuing pardons for january 6 defendants. if he wins reelection advocating for their behalf has become a hallmark of his campaign. trump isn't running from january 6, in many ways, he's running on january 6. as you heard in that sound, a few moments ago, trump said, quote, what a setup that was, what a horrible thing. and you know, that goes two ways. that goes two ways. he said, joining me now, former us capitol sergeant aquilino gonell, he was he has been campaigning for president biden in some swing-state he's also the author of american shield, the immigrant sergeant, who defended democracy, sergeant canal. thank you very much for being with us. we appreciate it. i can't think of anybody better to join me. tonight's talk about this. you've talked about january 6, the injuries that you suffered, the surgeries that you had to go through. i've talked about this many times, physical therapy that you had to go through. you could have died that day and when you hear donald trump call these rioters and insurrectionists warriors what do you think? what's your reaction is a impudence to the sacrifice of many of the officers who risk at all to defend those electoral facial from the both parties we will protecting both nancy pelosi and kevin mccarthy the same thing. same way. we protect chuck schumer's much mechano and all the electrification from both party regardless of how political views. so we were actually doing our job and to hear those type of connotations coming from the foreign president is a desecration to a service we of officer who validly and bailey, definitely the kaprow a day. yeah. i mean, certainly going to you and i've talked about this. i mean, one of the things that worries me about january 6 is that people are just sort of erasing it from their memories there's a lot of talk about whether we have trump amnesia going on. it sounds like there's a little bit of trump acceptance in january 6 upset acceptance what do you think is going on? why do you think there are people who go out to these rallies and applaud and shear when they hear him call people hostages. and in this case, warriors i mean, it's these are the same people that claim to be supported. the police officers. but yet they don't see us. the capitol police and metropolitan police those who defend the capital and our democracy on, that day as such they see us as an impediment to what they set out themselves to do, which was overthrown the world of people on jeremy six. and part of, part of that is the same people who we protect it. >> they had sided with the what the talking points, the foreign presence says that nothing happened if it did something did happen is not as bad as we say, but on jeremy six, there were scared. so scale of the mob that they ran for further live in fear. and that's unfortunate because he's talked about pardoning. yes some of these folks, all of them, i think what do you say about that? i mean, it's it's very unfortunate. again, we protected both parties the same. we were actually doing our job and those people who are in jail right now has been converted. i have been processed through the court system some of them today we're on trial and they were found guilty in a later date. they're going to be sentenced and some of the same people who assaulted me personally i've gone through core multiple times, 23 so far and two weeks ago, one of them got 14 years for assault, multiple officers at the same time these are the type of people that he says that he's going to pardon rising up, telling them they are hostile years political prisoners and who are we the officers to them yeah. well, i think one of the things that is really disturbing about him referring to these individuals as warriors is it's almost as it sounds like he's thinking he sending these people into battle. well than sending them off to war against fellow americans. >> exactly. and that's the other thing is like he says, i think the same statement that it was oh, i set up well, who invoke them? to be there? the kaprow in the first place it wasn't capitol police. it wasn't metropolitan police. it was in the sayyed arms or anything like that jerry six wouldn't happen if he had not told those people in the middle of december 2020 to be at the end the capital for jeremy six, because i worked several chamfer power situation anyway, know that that was happening. that event was the last point of certification. i didn't know that. but i doubt that majority of the people in the american people knew that at all follower knew that onto he said such thing to bring him to invoke them, to come here to the capital four general six. >> well, certainly going now we cannot ever thank you enough for your bravery. what you did on january of six, what's your fellow officers? people like mike for now and harry dunn? we've talked to them so many times over the year, over the years i really appreciate what you did that day. thank you so much. we can't forget and i know you and i were talking about this before the segment. you'd like to see a plaque hanging in that tunnel at the capital that you and others defended that day, just so there is this recognition? correct. >> and this is something that was passed into law two years ago republican speaker of the house, mike johnson, continued to hold that plaque. approval in committee. and i want that plaque to be put in place for the next president, future president, to say. so they could see how a group officer, the name, read the names of the authors who risk at all to preserve our democracy and a day and very shameful for them to continue to hold it up. the same way that they say that they claim to be supported the police. but yet well, another thing that happened was somebody police officers, the capitol police union put a a proposal for two count some of the overtime service that they had done since january 6, to count tours, their retirement and republican on the senate, they blocked. >> all right we're going to continue to follow that as well. we'll stay on top of it. certainly can now great to see you. thanks for having so much today, donald trump clearing a hurdle on his way to being sentenced in new york city. he took part in a court-mandated pre-sentencing interview with a probational officer. normally they are done in person, but trump attended at virtually from florida, were told that took less than 30 minutes at a source told us that trump answered all the questions he was described as accommodating, respectful, and polite. that's quoting from that source, the probation department did not rule out the possibility of a follow-up meeting before his july 11 sentencing for falsifying business records and joining me now to talk about this, cnn legal commentator and former trump attorney chimp tim parlatore. and former commissioner of new york city's department of probation, martin horn. gentlemen, thanks for being with us late on this monday night. appreciate it, martin. >> this was bit of an unprecedented meeting today. a walk us through the kind of questions that the former president was likely asked well, he was sure asked to give his version of the offense. >> he was confronted with the charge against him and asked for his side of the story he was given an opportunity to put forth any mitigating factors that the judge should take into account in imposing sentencing. and i'm sure or at least he was supposed to have been asked about his family situation is financial situation his education is employment history whether or not he's had any physical or mental issues that would interfere with his ability to support himself and i'm sure that he answered them in a way that was favorable to himself yeah. >> and tim, 30 minutes. that seems kinda brief why do you suppose that is? >> well, the new york state presents interviews are much less involved than the federal ones. and so in particular, when you have a case like this where a defendant has been convicted after trial, but they do intend to appeal. they retain their fifth amendment rights through that those appeals. so i have no doubt that his attorneys advised him don't answer any questions regarding the offense and probably hold the probation officer look, he's invoking his fifth amendment. see, you can skip that part of the interview and just go straight to family history and things like that that really shortens the process. >> and martin, how much will the judge judge merchan take all of this into account hard to say. >> certainly this judge knows this defendants it's rare in new york for there to be situation where the defendant has been found guilty by a verdict at trial 95% of the findings of guilt or the result of a plea deal where the sentence has already been negotiated. so this is relatively rare, but again there may be factors that a defendant would want to bring to the judge's attention that has not previously been known. and remember, this interview is confidential, so it's an opportunity for the defendants to share with the judge mitigating factors that he or she might not i want to share with the general public and tim, what about all the comments that trump made outside the courtroom where he railed against the judge, blamed president biden for the prosecution, doesn't that get taken into consideration? >> and i have to ask you when here from sources that trump was bribed as a polite and cooperative sort of thing that doesn't sound like the donald trump that we saw outside the courtroom during the course of that trial. what do you make that? >> distinction there? >> for one thing, when he's outside of the courtroom in front of the cameras, he is both defendant trump, but he's also candidate trump. he's definitely playing it up for the purposes of the campaign. whereas he doesn't have to do that behind closed doors with a probation officer, a lot of the things that he said during those press conferences wouldn't be relevant at all. yeah. to this interview. so in fact, i'm sure that todd blanche said we're not answering any questions about his opinions about the judge or anything like that. let's just stick to his history. and so to the extent that they're asking him questions about his family history is education is business history? i think that that's something that he would be very very common, very accommodating on. so i don't it doesn't surprise me at all, given the narrow scope of what they would be talking about. >> all right. will martin, tim? 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