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good evening. i'm anderson cooper along with my colleague jake tapper in washington for a special two-hour 360, looking at what was a truly extraordinary day of witness testimony and stunning new details revealed during the january 6th committee hearings. former top officials at the justice department offering details, sometimes moment by moment descriptions of private phone calls and meetings demonstrating how the former president personally and continually tried to convince them to support his fraudulent claims about a stolen election. >> part of today's hearing focused on someone ...

country. as the summer travel season heats up, the average price for gallon of gas hits $5 for the first time ever. i'm pamela brown, you're in the cnn newsroom. hello, every one. great to have you along with us on this saturday night. more than 20 million americans tuned in thursday night as the house select me investigating the january 6th capitol attacks opened the hearings in prime time. the narrative that former president trump was at the center of wide ranging conspiracy to stay in office. the members used dramatic footage and chilling testimony to make their points. capita...

Begun referring to mr. clark has the acting attorney general. as far as the white house was concerned, mr. clark was already at the top of the justice department. >> i mean, that shows that if rosen and donoghue hadn't taken their stand, this would have happened. >> this was a fait accompli in the mind of donald trump, encouraged by somebody like scott perry, who introduces this white house to jeffrey clark, who isn't really known to this white house before. you have rudy giuliani saying, listen, we need somebody in that position who will do the president's bidding. so the president finds jeff...

Somebody else who is close to the president also in the spotlight this morning and that's the attorney general bill barr. this is interesting because he's leading the justice department push looking into the origins of the mueller investigation. now highlighting just what a priority that has apparently become, nbc news has learned barr requested that president trump in a recent phone call ask the prime minister of australia for help in that effort. i want to get to nbc news justice kornt, so pete in interactions with the white house they're framing this as routine and i think justice departmen...

Justice department push to challenge the decision on voting rights in america. this after the high court struck down a key provision of the 1956 voting rights act. critics claim it will setback minority rights. eric holder said the public and niz justice department must act. >> involved and concerned electorate can overcome any amount of money that special interests might spend in trying to shape our nation to suit their narrow vision. and it is the duty of today's justice department to continue monitoring jurisdictions around the country for changes that may hamper these voting rights. to kee...