the statement. the statement. he really wanted to make sure that it was just so. as president trump was, quote, pouring gasoline on the fire during the insurrection, we re now hearing how close to danger vice president pence was on january 6. plus we now have the first of the two captured by russiae reported missing. we re live in kyiv with the latest. and more than 65 million americans are in a heat alert with temperatures getting into the triple digits fahrenheit. we re live at the cnn weather center on how much longer this could last. live from london, this is cnn newsroom with max foster. thursday s hearing on the january 6 riot revealed more chilling details. and stuck in the middle was vice president mike pence, testimony showed that he came perilously close to being discovered and possibly killed as rioters ram pained through the capitol. committee members also zeroed in on the role of john eastman who happened the illegal scheme to thwart the 2020 electi
chilling details. and stuck in the middle was vice president mike pence, testimony showed that he came perilously close to being discovered and possibly killed as rioters ram pained through the capitol. committee members also zeroed in on the role of john eastman who happened the illegal scheme to thwart the 2020 election results and days later he sought a presidential pardon for his role. manu raju has our report. mike pence has betrayed the united states of america! reporter: the pressure cam baby was relentless. donald trump for months tried to get mike pence to do something no vice president has ever done. resdwreject the will of elector. right up to this heated phone call on the morning of january 6, just before pence was presiding over a joint session of congress to certify joe biden s victory. he called him a wimp. a different tone than i d