links between extremist groups like the oathkeepers and the proud boys and members of former president trump s inner circle. marshall cohen is live in washington this morning with a preview for us. how does the committee plan to connect those dots, marshall? reporter: good morning, it is all about the right wing extremist groups and donald trump and the committee has been making the case that this was so much more than a wing k and a n, this was a real affiliation to create a violent attempted overthrow. so as you mentioned, we re expecting in-person testimony from two witnesses today. i ll break them down for you. the first is a guy by the name of jason tatenhove, former national spokesman of the oathkeepers. their members breached the capitol on capital 6 and some charged with sedition. this guy tatenhove was not part of the group on that day, he hadn t been affiliated but he h critic these days of their right wing violent ideology and their anti-government views. so he w
sophisticated these drones are. we don t know how bad the news is for ukraine which of course is using turkish and american madr drones on the battlefield. but it is clear that the u.s. is doing this strategically to try to reinforce that russia is sustaining heavy losses on the battlefield to reinforce that military hit that we know in terms of reputation the russian armed forces took essentially at the beginning of this conflict and timing worth noting as well coming on the eve of president biden s first trip to the middle east, iran s role in that region and beyond set to play a major part in those talks. and we just learned from the kremlin that president putin will be visiting tehran next week to meet with the president there and turkish president. yeah, all of those important developments and the timing as well. important to note that. clare, thank you. in southern ukraine, more
january 6 committee will be focused on how people close into trump s orbit were spreading misinformation that was radicalizing americans. you saw steve bannon doing an about-face saying he wanted to testify and that will be a very interesting point here for the committee where they are saying that people in trump s close orbit were very aware of the misinformation and conspiracy theories that they were spreading to the american public and that that was itself both an effort to overturn the election but also an effort to incite violence. burn and others testimony will be interesting to hear in that it will really content the dots on what exactly were the coordinated parts of that effort. and what trump actually knew about what he was riling up the americans to do. a lot still coming at us. some of that will happen later today with that hearing. good to have you here this morning. thank you. and just a reminder, cnn s special coverage of the hearing begins right here on cnn at 11:00
those links ran right through people like roger stone, trump s national security adviser michael flynn, that is what the committee will be flushing out later today. and just to be crystal clear, flynn, stone, trump, all these guys deny that they knew about any plan for violence that day. but if those denials hold up, that is what we ll find out today to see if the committee has anything that can possibly undercut those denials and connect trump to the violence. and we ll be watching to see just how straight i guess that line is as they attempt to draw it. marshall, appreciate it. also with us is matthew brown, national koernltcorrespondent f washington post. if we look at steven ayers who has cited that tweet from the president inspiring him, does it need to be more than just steven ayers who has now pleaded guilty talking about that connection? yeah, so this is a very integral part of what the jan 6
numbers remain the same way. certainly will be. as we look ahead to what is happening right now, the president set to leave tonight for his first visit to the middle east as president, that trip includes a controversial stop in saudi arabia where he is set to meet with the crown prince. what more is the white house saying? reporter: well, the white house is framing this as a crucial, crucial visit to the region really to strengthen both their strength in the region but also security. and the white house says this is the president s first time to the region as president and this is more and more crucial as the russian invasion in ukraine goes on. backdrop of this trip will be energy prices and as well as really trying to isolate russia taking key members off the game here, offer the board. now, part of this controversy of course comes from the president s comments in 2020 when he said he wanted to make saudi arabia a pariah for its