plus, more evidence of an economic funk. a new data point shows american consumers are getting even more pessimistic, and it s because of inflation. and a split screen day for republicans. trump in washington. so is pence. competing speeches put their rift in the wrestling match for control of the republican party front and center. up first for us, though, a federal grand jury, its highest profile witness, and what it might mean for donald trump and those who helped him try to steal the 2020 election. a former mike pence cheech of staff, marc short, confirm last night here on cnn, that he did receive and did comply with a grand jury subpoena, his first appearance before the washington, d.c., grand jury. marc would not discuss the content of his testimony. but a witness to a long list of episodes including the senior circle of trump allies who pushed a scheme with the home that vice president pence would then refuse to certify the real biden electors. multiple reports say greg
now it s an improper purpose based on what we heard from hershman saying the only thing i want to hear from you is orderly transition. if you don t do that, you re improperly there. you have a case, but there s still work to be done. cheney talked about the eastman memo, the notion of who was in the house? who was in the room where it happened to say this is what we re going to do. the conjuring moment of figuring out what to do next. i think that might be the piece that is most lacking, but this was a phenomenal stride toward supporting each of the elements. right. and the big lie is the first step to proving that criminal case, to prove that they knew it was a lie, and it was a lie and that they knew it was a lie. and then they vhave to connect t to what they did with it. i thought the last portion of the hearing was interesting, because we the end to forget about the grift. the quarter of a billion dollars they raised by lying to people about the election, and lying on m
president trump gave no order to deploy the national guard that day and he made no effort to work with the department of justice to coordinate and deploy law enforcement assets. now, the committee heard from capitol police officer caroline edwards who was injured during the insurrection. they also played a video of mostly never before seen footage showing some of the most violent scenes on the day. we need back-up! [ bleep ]. we are going to give prior warning. declaring it a riot. trying to breach and get boo the capitol. be advised capitol police will start moving resources inside. we re coming in if you don t bring her out. you back up. more now from cnn s ryan nobles. the january 6th select committee has now made its case to the american people, showing a bit of what they ve been working on behind closed doors for more than 11 months. laying out their thesis that former president donald trump is responsible for a plan that was hatched right around novemb
i don t mean to get all preachy about it. it s no sure thing. whatever they come up with will likely be less than what democrats want and a tough sell in the red states. they are looking at bolstering checks on 18 to 21-year-olds who want to buy semiautomatic weapons, red flag laws, school security, and mental health care. the white house says president joe biden is optimistic on negotiations and believes, quote, any step is a step forward. and you only have to listen to this to know how crucial all this is. a fourth grade teacher shot in his classroom in uvalde. every one of his students killed. he s begging parents, please, don t be angry with me. i lost 11 that day. i m sorry. i tried my best. i did what i was taught to do. please don t be angry with me. you only have to listen to the son of one of the ten people shot to death in a racist attack in buffalo testifying in a senate hearing on domestic terrorism today. my mother s life mattered. my mother s life mattered
and we ll see you tomorrow night. a big show to get to tonight. thanks so much. this is don lemon tonight, and we are at a very critical point in this country right now. a crucial point, as a matter of fact. a moment when we get to decide whether we re going to do something about the gun violence that is killing more and more americans every day, even if it s only a first step, or do nothing and just watch more and more funerals, more and more families torn apart. this could be the moment. i don t want to get preachy about it but it could be the moment. a bipartisan group of senators working to hammer out a deal. but it s no sure thing and whatever they come up with will likely be less than what democrats want and a tough sell in the red states. they re looking at bolstering checks on 18 to 21-year-olds who want to buy semi-aublth v automatic weapons, red flag laws, school security and mental health care. the white house says that president joe biden is optimistic and negot