good afternoon. this is almost no idea more un-american then the notion that any one person could choose the american president, no idea more un-american. i agree with that. which is unusual because former vice president mike pence and i don t agree on much. these are his words spoken a few months ago about donald trump s attempt to pressure the former vice president pressure him into going along with an unlawful and unconstitutional scheme to overturn the 2020 and give dawn trump a second tournament office. today, the select committee is going to reveal the details of that pressure campaign. but what does the vice president of the united states even have to do with the presidential election? the constitution says that the vice president of the united states oversees the process of counting the electoral college votes. the process that took place on january 6th, 2021. donald trump wanted mike pence to do something no other vice president has ever done. the former president wa
yasmin vossoughian. i ll be back later with a report on the january six. hearings simone sanders starts. now greetings, you are watching simone. one of the most conservative judicial minds in america, tell us the january six committee, donald trump and his allies are still a clear and present danger to our democracy. that is happening right in front arise. plus, i have been saying, and republicans go low, it is time to go toe to toe. so i am asking, why aren t democrats changing from the we ve tops about ginni thomas and her alleged emails to trump attorney john eastman? you know, at the architect of the attempted coup. and, law versus protocol, i am very struck by how much the government functions on protocols that are not rules of law. so, we are going to dig into the difference today, and how this was on full display on january 6th. i am simone sanders, and i have something to say. e sanders, and i hav something to say all right i need you ought to listen. that the janua
the p-word. new details show how trump was told over and over and over again his plot to overturn the election was not legal. plus a rare interview president biden shares a gloomy outlook with the associated press. americans are confused, upset and worried, but he blames covid caution and politics, not his policies. and the search is on for three americans missing in ukraine, three feared taken by russian forces. the plot that donald trump knew it was illegal and kept pushing his agenda. panel picks up the public work next week. hearing four will detail the campaign against people in areas where he lost. they walked through the country s badgering of the. the committee detailed how trump shopped for lawyer after lawyer and scheme after scheme. it led him to john eastman, and an election plot witnesses say was without constitutional merit and without a doubt, illegal. i said are you out of your f ing mind. no, that was pretty blunt. i said you re completely crazy. y
acknowledging that americans are, quote, really, really down right now after this strain of the pandemic. and as they struggle with inflation and rising interest rates. we want to welcome our viewers here this the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. we begin with the first public response by former president trump to the damning evidence and testimony presented by the january 6th select committee. cnn s jessica schneider is following all the new developments in the investigation. i never called mike pence a wimp. i never called him a wimp. mike pence had a chance to be great. he had a chance to be, frankly, historic. but just like bill barr and the rest of these weak people, mike, and i say it sadly, because i like them, but mike did not have the courage to act. former president trump using his platform at a conservative political conference to deny the evidence against him and blast the january 6th committee. they con p
the prices down. first, what more can we expect with this decision from from the fed next hour? bottom line what does it mean for american families? reporter: i think hearing from powell will be highly scrutinized. i think economic projections. we will hear how fed officials are feeling about the state of our economy, not just right now but also for years to come in terms of things like gdp growth, inflation for sure. also unemployment, the battle of the bar here for short is interest rates. if you take a look at interest rates over the last few years, you can see they were pretty much at zero during the pandemic as the federal reserve tried to encourage borrowing and spending. now rates are on the way up. the first hike was in march. then we saw rate hikes last may, last month. we know they are on their way up. i think what s parent to know is there is wide consensus there is much more ram to go in terms of where we see notes go. we put out a note yesterday ultimately it e