do you know, it s hard to believe, it really hard to believe sitting here actually when the war started, when the bombs started. it was six months. it has been six months since vladimir putin launched his murderous and entirely unprovoked war on ukraine, six months of death raining down from the sky, six months of innocent men, women, children slaughtered. six months of people driven away from homes, schools, churches, hospitals and shelters bombed. we remember it. it s still going on. it s unimaginable and going on today. missile strikes across the country. but this is how it began. watch this. here is our breaking news, vladimir putin announcing a special military operation claiming to protect donbas. matthew chance will join us. i just heard a big bang right here behind me. i told you we shouldn t have done the live shot here. wow. six months. right when it started on this program. just couple minutes from now. cnn reporters risking their lives in the war zone bearing
according to committee vice chair liz cheney, that s just a fraction of the evidence they have related to possible witness intimidation. this morning the new york times reports that trump s political organization and his allies paid for or promised to cover the legal fees of more than a dozen witnesses called to testify in the january 6th investigation. it does raise for some ethical and legal questions about the possibility of witnesses being pressured and the possibility of trump trying to influence testimony that has a direct bearing on him. joining us now is john wood, he was until last week a senior investigator for the january 6th committee, he was a u.s. attorney during the george w. bush administration, he also clerked for justice clarence thomas and he s now running as an independent candidate for the senate in missouri. thank you so much for being with us, counselor. when you were with the committee, what was your knowledge of how the attorneys for some of these
political commentators alice stewart and political analyst alex burns. he is the co-author of the book, this will not pass. trump, biden and the battle for america s future. good evening, one and all. thank you so much for joining. alex, we re gonna start with you. we need a reality check on the midterms, everybody s been anticipating a red wave, but that seems to have shifted significantly in the past month. what are you expecting now? don, i think there s no question that the circumstances of this campaign have changed substantially since the start of the summer. and it really does help to take a step back and look at the big picture here. the president s party almost always does terribly in the midterm elections, and democrats are probably going to have a pretty rough november. but when you think back to where we were at the beginning of june, with sky high gas prices, the biden agenda dead in the water, or so it seemed, and the republican party facing different kinds of
the committee may be flexing its oversight power to illuminate what happened on january 6th. but the d.o.j. is apparently investigating the president himself. key aides to mike pence and his lead counsel have already testified in front of a federal grand jury. pretty high up. they asked hours and hours of detailed questions about meetings that trump himself led, one that was described to the january 6th committee. remember this? mr. eastman came in. he said i m here to request that you reject the electorate. i said we would lose 9-0 in the supreme court, wouldn t we? he started, well, i think you would only lose 7-2 and after further discussion acknowledged, yeah, you re right, we would lose 9-0. 6-2, 6-1, half dozen of another. as for jacob s credibility, keep in mind his version of events was already shown in front of a federal judge and that judge s conclusions, it is, quote, more likely than not that president trump corruptly attempted to obstruct the joint session of
over to cnn tonight. everyone now hates this whole thing. is there a caramel burrito coming at some point? if the push pop goes, i m out of here. thank you so much, everyone. that just ruined our day. thank you, anderson cooper. we appreciate it. i am laura coates and this is cnn tonight. so, for everyone out there wondering which came first, the chicken or the egg? or maybe the doj or the committee investigation. it might become more clear. the committee maybe flexing its legislative and oversight powers to illuminate what led up to and what really happened on january 6th. but the doj isn t waiting for the torch to be passed. it appears to be investigating the actions of donald trump himself. that s according to the washington post tonight. cnn can confirm the key aide to mike pence, his former chief of staff, mike short, and his lead counsel, greg jacob have already testified before a federal grand jury. pretty high up! the prosecutors asked hours and asked questions of m