committee member jamie raskin said that s the moment that trump became the first president in american history to call for a protest against the peaceful transfer of power. we expect the committee to try to link this to extremist groups mobilizing around january 6. also, the committee has suggested they will probe possible links between trump s circle and some of the extremist groups. one of the witnesses today, stephen ayres, a convicted rioter. also a former spokes keeper for the oath keeper will join us. joining us now elie honig. your gravitational force is pulling us over here. we re talking about what the committee wants to do today. the tweet from donald trump why that inspired them to mobilize around january 6. and why is that important? yeah, john, the committee is going to make the point that the one and only reason that the mob descended around the capitol, liz cheney wrote, president trump assembled the mob. we re going to hear about the december 18th meeting
what can we expect? today is going to be about connections. we re going to be connecting the dots between these groups and those trying in government circles to overturn the election. a couple of important connections. first of all, we know michael flynn has a link to qanon. he posted this himself. to qanon. we know roger stone has a link to proud boys, quote-unquote, january 6, roger stone posting with members of the proud boys. now, here s the key link to look for. we heard from cassidy hutchinson that on january 5th donald trump asked mark meadows to get in touch with those same two individuals. michael flynn and roger stone. so, will we learn more about that? will the committee really drive home that connection? and then the other big one is around the same time, mark me meadows, according to cassidy hutchinson was talking about going into the war room in the
good morning to our viewers here in the united states and all around the world. we have new reporting about what we will hear this afternoon, in the next public january 6th committee hearing. also, revealing new information about what they are digging into behind the scenes. a specific meeting, inside the white house, is looming large. a meeting the committee said has been described as, and same. jamie raskin will lead today s hearing and said when trump wrote, it ll be a while, he became the first president in history to call for a protest against the peaceful transfer of power.
congratulations on the book thank you for your servitude. get it now. new day continues right now. good morning to viewers here in the u.s. and around the world. it is tuesday, july 12th, i m brianna keilar with john berman. and we re starting with new reporting on the seventh public hearing of the january 6 committee which is going to get under way this afternoon. we also have some new details on what the committee is pursuing behind the scenes. a specific december 2020 oval office meeting that is many looking quite large. a meeting that has been described as insane. just hours after former president trump tweeted calling for supporters to show up at the capitol on january 6th, telling them it will be wild.
singers: safelite repair, safelite replace. i m john berman alongside brianna keilar, the january 6th hearings set to resume hours from now, focusing on the role of right-wing extremists and the impact of the pivotal trump tweet. cnn has been reporting that the former overstock ceo, who helped strategize ways to overturn the election is now cooperating with the committee. a new escalation of the war on ukraine. iran is set to supply russia with hundreds of armed drones. and twitter stock takes a nosedive as the legal fight against elon musk officially takes off.