good evening and thanks t at-home for joining us in th special edition of alex wagner tonight. we are coming up on the tw year anniversary of the januar 6th attack, and i think all of us at this point have memories of that day seared into ou minds, where we were what we were doing even after all these times past i mean, almost all of us hav those memories as it turns out, a few peopl have no memory of that day a all, apparently. here is an excerpt of deposition of one of president donald trump s persona secretaries, who worked just outside the oval office, testifying to the january 6t committee, from their fina report quote, i don t remember where was that afternoon do you remember being at the white house that afternoon even if you don t remember where exactly you were at th white house? no, i do not do you remember being home wherever home is for you, on the afternoon of january six as opposed to being at the white house? no, i don t. so, you don t remember whether you ar
unarmed black man who was shot at least 60 times. 60 times. the police chief speaking out. more on that story ahead. also this morning, former president trump is anxiously considering when he might announce a run for president in 2024. playing into that decision, pressure to reclaim his image following devastating testimony from the january 6th select committee hearings. but we begin in washington this morning. president biden will return to the white house in time for a fourth of july fireworks tonight. meanwhile, he s facing blowback for blaming gas stations for high prices at the pump. the president calling out companies responsible for setting fuel prices, tweeting, bring down the price you are charging at the pump to reflect the cost you re paying for the product and do it now. cnn s jeremy diamond joins me now from the white house. how is the president s message being received? as you know, this july 4th weekend is a painful reminder for so many americans of how s
work output, where there is th biggest names that have had th most bombshell testimonies hav gone to the doj. do you have evidence that th rolling this interaction a this point well i think there s no doubt that where the relationship between the committee and the department o justice now is different tha over the summer. benny thompson in a length interview with our colleague simone said that they basicall created an open door polic with the department of justice they have access to whatever they like at this point. and there s turn to release al these transcripts to all of us not just the department of justice. so we re gonna have access t them it came after a letter that wa sent by the new special counse jack smith to the committe asking for that evidence and thompson now, since th investigation their investigation is wrapped up, willingly handing that over it was definitely over the summer weather department of justice wanted this informatio and benny thompson was reluctant to
right now between the material, the evidence that the committee has applied that it has gathered over the last several months and the doj and whether the doj whether everyone is working, you know, with parallel work output, whether the sort of biggest names with the most bombshell testimonies have gone to the doj? do you have evidence that everybody is rowing in the same direction at this point? reporter: it s a great question, alex. i don t think there s any doubt that where the relationship between the committee and the department of justice is now is much different than it was, say, over the summer, you know? bennie thompson in a lengthy interview with our colleague simone sanders townsend said they have basically created an open door policy to the department of justice. they can have open access. now they re releasing all of these transcripts to all of us, not just the department of justice. and it came after a letter that was sent by the new special counsel jack smith to the
starting to get a little bit of a wandering eye about maybe there are some other fish in the sea when it comes to 2024. perhaps, casting that maybe they want a republican that hasn t had to over tried to overthrow democracy, perhaps, for their nominee in 2024. we know the president likes a good show, right? there was some concern among people close to him, he doesn t have the infrastructure yet to make a big announcement and roll it out. what are you hearing? i wouldn t be surprised if the president, if he decides to run, has multiple rollouts where he announces his candidacy on social media, has multiple campaign stops where he s holding rallies. he s done that in the past. he s someone who likes a show. he wants to change the subject and not have everyone focused on the january 6th hearings, which included bombshell testimonies last week. he has been someone who has tried to change direction and change the focus by making a splashy announcement or grabbing