they re not here to hurt me, fake the f-ing mags away and his fury not joining them at the capitol leaving him in a fight with his own secret service detail. tony described him as being irate. the president said something to the effect of i m the f-ing 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. ingle grabbed his arm, said sir, you need to take your hand off the steering wheel. we re going back to the west wing. another bombshell from vice chair liz cheney describing attempts to intimidate witnesses ahead of their depositions to the committee. this is a call received by one of our witnesses. quote a person let me know you have your deposition tomorrow. he wants me to let you know he s thinking about you. he knows you re loyal and you re going to do the right thing when you go in for your deposition. just a few moments, i ll be speaking with one of the officers injured defending
chief of staff who did not request a part in. talking about mick mulvaney one of the veterans with the new evidence does change things because it links trump to the armed violence in advance. he very simply and plainly lays out how and first i want to show it in two parts how in many other debates over donald trump, his old boss including debates over trump s at times violent speeches has previously defended his former boss. i have seen him accused of violence with no violence at all so i have been defending him. i have been defending him. his mind has changed and now he says in public because of the new evidence that trump new they were armed and trumped push them on anyway. after yesterday when she testified that he knew there were guns on property and he still encouraged people to go to the capital, that changes my mind. that changes his mind. he is not the ultimate arbiter that it striking because he held the same post as mark meadows who is now under investigatio
the state department works to find them. cnn s barbara starr has the latest developments. reporter: it was in the fighting north of kharkiv where two americans went missing last week, less than 5 miles from the russian border. the u.s. government working with ukrainian authorities to find them. i have been briefed. we don t know where they are, but i want to reiterate americans should not be going to ukraine now. reporter: now this photo from a russian blogger has emerged of alexander and andy appeared to be bound in the back of a russian military vehicle. video later emerging of an interview they did with pro-russian media. cnn is not showing the video as the two appear to be speaking under duress. now the state department is working to verify their status. they said that there is a photograph that is being circulated on the russian media, and they re working hard to verify it. we re very hopeful. reporter: retired staff sergeant druuke served in both kuwait and ir
good day. this is andrea mitchell reports in washington. the senate has taken the first step toward the most significant federal gun safety legislation in nearly three decades. voting last night to move ahead with a compromise bill by 64-34. notably with 14 republicans, including mitch mcconnell, voting to proceed. in a few minutes, i will be joined by senator and lead negotiator chris murphy to break down what s in the bill and what s not. in uvalde, texas, a shocking time line from the state s top public official that local police did make it into the robb elementary school with protective shields and rifles within minutes of the gunman arriving while children and one teacher was alive and calling for help, they waited more than an hour before border police breached the rooms. the doors apparently were not locked as previously claimed. there s compelling evidence that the law enforcement response to the attack at robb elementary was an abject failure to everything we
everyone including vladimir putin to see. you re in the cnn newsroom. extreme heat roasting most of the united states this weekend, and get ready because next week you re going to see the heat really crank up. right now more than 15 million americans are under heat alerts stretching from the dakotas to the gulf coast. a heat dome as weather experts call it, is blanketing much of the country talking triple digit high temperatures in some places and all of this, of course, coming on the heels of a record-breaking heat wave just last week and it is not just hot, it is dangerous. heat is the number one cause of weather-related deaths in the united states. and with that i want to go to our meteorologist in the cnn weather center. what do folks need to know so they can prepare and can stay safe? pamela, what they really need to do is take these heat alerts seriously. don t just think, oh, it s just hot. remember, the combination of temperature and humidity is what can really