congressman cheney is standing up to donald trump for the sake of the institutional vitality and, indeed, survival of the republican party itself. i think here was the beginning of something much larger than being one of 435 members of the house, one of 535 members of congress. the language was remarkable. and to have celebrate sated herself elevated herself to this point where not just people in her own party, but people in the democratic party listen to her, consider her a leader howard: this is a total flip prosecute cays that days that many dismissed her as a warmonger in the hold of her father, the former vice president. and liberals were happy to remind us of liz s past record. the president is operating outside the bounds of the constitution. he thinks he s above the law, and if the republicans, conservatives don t stand up and night against it, as i said, we re going to lose fundamental values and freedoms. howard: talking there about barack obama, and m
watch from one the camera position changes. on january 20th, my focus now turns to ensuring a smooth, orderly seamless transition of power. this moment calls for healing and reconciliation. 2020 has been a challenging time for our people. a menacing pandemic has upended the lives of our citizens. so how was the other 57 a menacing pandemic has upended the lives of our citizens. so how was the other 57 minutes spent? what is in those optics? why was it so hard for him to condemn the violence? those outtakes, we are told, will be part of the committee s case that donald trump abandoned his duties as president. to stop his own supporters from attack in the u.s. capital for more than three hours, mind you. tonight, we have a former white house communications director in the administration, who very publicly pleaded with the ex president during the insurrection to call off them up. condemned us now, she begged on twitter, you are the only one they will listen to. for our cou
as the committee vice chair liz cheney revealed, the panel has alerted the justice department in washington that trump tried to contact a witness in a possible attempt to influence testimony. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. we re coming to you live from jerusalem to cover president biden s historic trip here. he leaves the white house in just a few hours and arrives here tomorrow. more on this important visit. that s coming up ahead. but first, we want to break down all the new revelations from today s hearing on the january 6th insurrection. what we learned about trump s actions then and now and new accounts of bedlam inside his white house. let s go to our congressional correspondent ryan nobles. he s up on capitol hill. ryan, walk us through all the dramatic evidence that emerged today. yeah, that s right, wolf. the january 6th select committee had a lot to unpack today. they provided spe
specifically. and on the future of the court, and newest member, st ahead. before we get to all of that, do you remember when the donald trump campaign was caught scamming its own donors? i just have to read you the lead from the new york times, the story that broke the scandal open. quote, stacy blatt was in hospice care in september 2020 listening to rush limbaugh s dire warnings about how badly donald trump s campaign needed money when he went online and chipped in everything he could. $500. it was a big sum for a 63-year-old battling cancer and living in kansas city. on less than $1,000 a month but that single contribution quickly multiplied. another $500 was withdrawn the next day, then $500 the next week, and every week through mid october, without his knowledge. until mr. blatt s bank account had been depleted and frozen. when his utility and rent payments bounced he called his brother russell for help but the blatts soon discovered, $3,000 in withdrawals by the trum
the fbi search at trump s mar-a-lago home still the biggest story in the country. a big development over an hour ago regarding the search al mar-a-lago. the judge who approved the search warrant will hear argument as 1:00 p.m. thursday about whether to unseal the search warrant affidavit. the doj has asked a judge to keep it sealed while the former president wants it released. while we re focused on the former president s legal troubles, he s not the only one in the trump orbit facing legal entanglements. rudy giuliani is now a target in georgia s 2020 election probe and is scheduled to go before a special grand jury tomorrow. another longtime trump ally, allan weisselberg is expected to plead guilty to criminal charges in a tax case tied to the manhattan das office. we just learned former white house lawyer eric hirsh man who testified before the house january 6th committee has been subpoenaed in the doj s insurrection probe. trump acknowledged the temperature needs to be to