hi, everyone. it s 4:00 in new york. the january 6 select committee saved the best for last. they have just wrapped up. the first public hearing in months with an extraordinary historic moment. the panel tasked with investigating the capitol insurrection voted unanimously to subpoena the twice impeached disgraced ex-president himself. here is that moment. this afternoon, i am offering this resolution. the committee direct the chairman to issue a subpoena for relevant documents and testimony under oath from donald john trump in connection with the january 6 attack on the united states capitol. thank you, mr. chairman. i yield back. the gentle lady yields back. the question is on the resolution. in the opinion of the chair, the ayes have it. i request a recorded vote. a recorded vote is requested. the clerk will call the role. miss cheney. aye. miss loftgren. aye. mr. schiff. aye. mr. agular. aye. mrs. murphy. aye. mr. raskin. aye. mrs. lurai. aye. mr. kinzinger. aye.
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
revealed to the country yesterday, to witnesses that were to appear before your committee for depositions. do you believe they constitute witness tampering? yes, i do. i think that s something that should be looked at by our committee and potentially by the department of justice. i don t think it s lost on anyone that, you know, the former president, you know, has behavior like we heard yesterday. but specific to our witnesses, we take incredibly seriously the safety and security of those individuals who have testified before us, and like the vice chair said, we asked witnesses routinely whether they have had outreach from other members of the former administration. you say you do believe it constitutes witness tampering. has it been referred to the department of justice? i m not going to talk about the investigative steps that we have taken. but what i will say is i think that those statements speak for themselves. the words that vice chair cheney put up on the screen
the headlines and we are talking in big letters. this is the big font spelling out the new possible legal jeopardy the former president trump finds himself in this morning. cassidy hutchinson a once loyal and trusted insider painting a damning portrait of a former president that was unhinged before and during the capitol attack. she describes a volatile and irate president who knew members of the crowd at his rally were armed and he still wanted them to march to the capitol. i was in the vicinity of a conversation where i overheard the president say something to the effect of, you know, i don t effing care that they have weapons. they re not here to hurt me. take the effing mags away. let my people in, they can march the capitol from here. this morning you will hear from an array of attorneys including several former federal prosecutors who will explain the significance of that testimony. a kogd to hutchinson former white house counsel pat cipollone warned about the crimi
controlling. abortion rights advocates have been accused of exaggerating the harm of overturning roe v. wade. they ve even been accused of concocting victims whose stories will pull on the heart strings of america, including being accused of concocting the story of a 10-year-old girl who was raped and forced to take an abortion outside of her own state because, man, a story like that would really prove the problem of having no exceptions with abortion bans or the bans themselves. the truth is this case gained national attention since president biden referred to the little girl while discussing abortion rights actions, telling the story of how she had to cross state lines from ohio to indiana to have her abortion after becoming impregnated by her rapist at just ten years old. because rape victims are ineligible for abortions in ohio after cardiac activity, which is around six weeks. this little girl and i will stress, this little girl had to travel because she was six week