abe assassinated during a campaign speech by a man with a homemade gun. and a new report shows the u.s. jobs market stayed strong last month despite high inflation and recession fears. this hour what the numbers could mean for the u.s. economy and for the biden administration. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you are in the situation room. we begin this hour with a highly anticipated testimony of former white house counsel pat cipollone to the house select committee investigating the january 6th insurrection. let s go straight to capitol hill. our reporter melanie is on the story for us. what do we know, first of all, about the testimony of this key witness? do we know if cipollone has been cooperating or not? reporter: well, pat cipollone has been testifying for eight hours and counting now behind closed doors and he has left several times throughout the course of the day to meet with his own down in separate side
closed doors and he has left several times throughout the course of the day to meet with his own down in separate side room. we spotted a fresh round of coffee being hauled into the meeting room. but cipollone did not answer questions from reporters about whether he is answering questions in a substantive way or exerting executive privilege. we do know that pat cipollone was concerned about executive privilege particularly as it relates to his conversations with donald trump. but it would seem that the committee is making some headway here given how long this interview is going, wolf. and certainly cipollone is one witness that former president trump would have preferred not, repeat, not cooperate with the committee, vietnam? reporter: absolutely right. he was a firsthand fact witness to a number of pivotal episodes leading up to january 6th and on january 6th. in fact, sources tell cnn that he was in and out of the dining room on january 6th with donald trump during those critical