now. i will let other see you. it has been one of those days. this is don lemon tonight, by this time tomorrow, we expect to know a whole lot more about what happened behind closed doors at the white house on january six. we know that because we have a couple people speaking to us, but i digress. i will get into that. new tonight is the committees outtakes at then president s message to his supporters the day after the riot at the capitol, showing him having trouble getting to the message, refusing to say the election was settled and attempting to call the rioters patriots. tonight, my colleague anderson cooper got congressman jamie raskin to tell him more about well takes the committee has. in just moments, committee member adam schiff reveals that you will hear people urging the ex president to say things to try to get the attackers to get home, things that he cannot be prevailed upon to do or say. that as one day after the secret service turn by precisely one text exchan
aide said after an abrupt end to his closed door testimony. and the united kingdom generally known to be prim and proper, but this time it seems like it could be a drag-out fight to be the uk s next prime minister. welcome to the lead. i m jake tapper. we start in the politics lead on capitol hill. members of the january 6th committee are preparing for tomorrow s primetime hearing. the hearing is expected to cover the actions or lack thereof of former president trump during the three-plus hours that rioters were storming the capitol and the president s activities were unknown. but as committee members try to get to the bottom of the past attempt to teal the election, our democracy remains under attack by the same forces. let s start in wisconsin. cnn affiliate wism reports that donald trump called the top lawmaker in the wisconsin state assembly, republican robin voss, and asked him to overturn the 2020 election results. when did that call happen? that call happened las
it is a big problem, don. i did the president was firm today when he said that heat and climate change is an emergency. we are seeing record temperature heat, drought, we are seeing a lot of impact on life. this is an emergency, as the president stated. this is why he is taking action. he said from day one that if congress does not move, he would. don, he is not taking no for an answer. today s actions are an example of that. today, he announced steps to produce alternative energy production, funding for communities facing extreme heat, but he did not declare a national climate emergency, why is that? i think he has a number of tools and his toe box. he did not take that off the table. but the president is demonstrating leadership. today, another series of actions he has taken. today, from day one, he has instructed every cabinet to focus on climate change and mitigation. the epa is at the tip of the spear. the president did not take it off the table. as he said, he will continue
everyone s votes? absolutely we are. and in fact, our department has been working hand in hand with the clerk s association and we have been giving presentations and making people feel assured that they re going to be safe and protected. we re giving my department is giving advice to those clerks as to what to do in a wide array of circumstances and we ll be sending out information to all the police departments, just as we did in 2020, whether these are local, county, or state police. as to how to handle any disturbances or disruptions at the polls. all right, attorney general dana nessel, thank you so much. also in our politics lead today, president biden announcing new executive actions on climate change earlier today. taking steps to try to boost alternative energy production and increase funding for communities currently facing extreme heat. this move comes after president biden s legislative attempts to address the kries were roasted by west virginia democratic
well, we have made it absolutely clear that we need to move away from our collective addition to carbon energy. the uk has really lead the way. the uk has really lead the way in pushing for alternative energy production and moving away from gas and oil. the situation in ukraine presents a unique and terrible additional emphasis to us collectively to move away from our addiction of hydrocarbons. and it s absolutely right. we seek to do that. because it s the right thing to do for the environment. and as we are now seeing, they did not use russia, an incredibly great source of income, to rely on this war. any more to add to my question? well, as to say, we have made it absolutely clear that