we are following that news. plus, a first on cnn, we re learning new information about a potential january 6 committee witness who the panel says got a call from former president trump. details on what he or she may know that could be key going forward. and right now, president biden in jerusalem, day two of a critical trip to the middle east. at this hour, he meets with the israeli president isaac hertzog to expand security ties to counter iran s nuclear threat. we mean what we say. to have an opportunity to accept this agreement that s been laid down. if they don t, we made it absolutely clear, we will not let me say it again we will not allow iran to acquire a nuclear weapon. so, let s begin this our with our wolf blitzer and kaitlan collins joining us again from jerusalem. wolf, to you first. what stood out to you most in the comment, especially from the president there, on countering iran. i thought your interview with david sanger following the press confere
quote, irrelevant to the contempt of congress case against him. that is set to begin next week. the doj wrote, quote, the defendant s sudden wish to testify is not a genuine effort to meet obl gigations, but a last-ditch attempt to avoid accountability. bannon s reversal comes after he received a letter from former trump that waives executive privilege, but new court documents show that an attorney for former president trump actually spoke to the fbi weeks ago and contradicted bannon s claim that the former president had invoked executive privilege over particular information or materials, so who is telling the truth and who is not? more on that in a moment. also, in the january 6th public hearing that is tomorrow, this is the next one, the panel is expected to focus on how the violent mob came together, the rule of extremist groups in the deadly insurrection, and any connections of those groups to trump s inner circle. a former spokesman for the oath keepers, a far right
is the night the committee has been building up to. the final for now hearing. they re putting it in primetime with the clear expectation that even more people will be watching. we re getting new details about what they will hone in on tonight. 187 minutes. 187 minutes they say that points to a dereliction of duty from former president donald trump. get used to those words, dereliction of duty. the time from the end of his speech on the ellipse when he told people to go to the capitol to his video asking the rioters to go home. the committee will say trump failed to act, despite pleas from his aides, allies and family, refused to call off the mob who stormed the capitol and threatened lawmakers, including his own vice president. the committee is also going to present new testimony and new evidence, including outtakes of this moment where trump delivered a message to his supporters one day after the attack, but only after being urged by his advisers to do so and struggling t
when you re telling people that a presidential election is being stolen, you can t be shocked when people believe you and then become violent. at some point, they have to take responsibility. you know, you know, the thing is, mika first of all, donald trump is saying that it s smart. yeah, so smart that while he is sitting there lying to them and grifting and getting hundreds of millions of dollars from people lying, saying, give me money and we ll fight the election, and it all goes to him. first of all, not smart there. also, unfortunately, there were a lot of people that went up to the capitol because they believed donald trump. they believed his lies. yeah. they re sitting in prison right now. he s just sitting back at mar-a-lago, living his life, loving it. family vacations around the world, on beaches. flying all around on his private, well, you know, 757, whatever it is. flying from one country club to another. and they re sitting in jail, yeah. you ll no
urged the crowd to march to the capitol, to when he finally called off the mob. tonight, will also feature never before seen outtakes from this video message, that the former president recorded for his supporters the day after the attack. we will also hear live testimony for first time from two key trump white house aides. senior ones, former deputy national security adviser matthew pottinger, and former deputy press secretary sarah matthews, both of them resigned in the immediate aftermath of january 6th. we begin this morning with cnn justice correspondent jessica schneider. this is quite a moment for the january 6th committee, break down for us what we should expect to hear this evening. yeah you heard it, outtakes, but also this crucial testimony. matthew pottinger, sarah matthews, they will provide key firsthand testimony of what was unfolding inside the white house. and particularly with then president trump, during those 187 minutes, where trump refused to act as t