new day continues right now. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world, it is monday, june 13th. a man on the inside set to testify in this morning s second january 6th hearing in a surprise move by the committee. donald trump s 2020 campaign manager bill stepien will appear under subpoena to it s a question just how much of a cooperative witness he will be. what does stepien know and what is he willing to tell the committee and the country on live television? the focus today the committee s case that trump s lies about election fraud helped fuel the mob that attacked the capitol. the committee says that trump knew the allegations were bogus. joining me now ellie honing cnn senior legal analyst and a former federal and state prosecut prosecutor. when we saw this witness list come out one name jumped off, bill stepien trump s former campaign manager. what could he testify to? here is the thing, we don t know. this is going to be a surprise to s
i m jake tapper. aides say this second hearing will drill down on evidence that president trump knew he lost the election but spread false claims of fraud anyway, ignoring court rulings, ignoring the will of the american people. lead-off witness, bill stepien, who has firsthand knowledge about what trump knew about the election numbers. stepien tells cnn he is appearing under subpoena. also testifying today, former fox digital content director chris stirewalt. he was fired after his accurate call of arizona for joe biden. we ll hear directly from republicans who investigated and rejected claims of election fraud in the key states of georgia and pennsylvania, and felt trump s anger for it, former u.s. attorney bijay . . ak and al schmidt and ben ginsburg will testify there was no widespread fraud in 2020 and discuss the trump team s failed challenge to the election results. the select house committee is aiming to connect more dots between the insurrection and its allegation
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
at pnc private bank, we ll help you take care of the how. so tell us - what s your why? top of a brand new hour on cnn newsroom, good to have you. i m victor blackwell. we begin with the latest case from the january 6th house committee that donald trump held a key role in the insurrection at the capitol. at its second hearing, the committee kept pounding, the proof that trump refused to listen to the truth that he lost the 2020 election, and not from democrats but from his own people in the white house, and working on his campaign. his campaign manager, bill stepien recalled what he told trump about his prospects. this is just after the election. very very very bleak. you know, we told him that the group that went over there outlined, you know, my belief and chances for success at this point. you know, my belief is that it was a very very 5 to 10%s, it s not a very good optimistic outlook. 5 to 10% there. well, then the committee showed how trump continued to embrace
nevada. bill: we ll try to get a fair debate here soon. we ll see what happens in nevada on tuesday. thanks. thanks. dana: house committee investigating the january 6 riot at the u.s. capitol will soon hold its second in a series of public hearings today. they plan to focus on president trump s claims of voter fraud and efforts to overturn the 2020 election results. welcome to a new hour of america s newsroom. i m dana perino. good morning. bill: i m bill hemmer. that hearing delayed a bit as one witness, former trump campaign manager can t testify. he has a family emergency. won t testify today we should say. lawmakers plan to present evidence aimed at showing president trump spread false information to cast doubt on the election. what democrats are calling the big lie. protests take place outside the u.s. supreme court less than a week after the assassination attempt targeting justice brett kavanaugh. an event largely ignored by the networks. brit hume last hour w