send? i ll ask john kirby with the national security council. let s go outfront. good evening. i m erin burnett. outfront tonight, pressure campaign. the january 6th select committee revealing tonight it will make the case tomorrow that donald trump s pressure on mike pence to overturn the election d directly contributed to the deadly snushg insurrection. the hearing will focus on president trump s efforts to convince his vice president to subvert the election. those efforts happening behind closed doors, on twitter, and on the airwaves. mike pence, i will tell you right now, i m not hearing good stories. i hope that our great vice president, our great vice president comes through for us. he s a great guy. of course, if he doesn t come through, i won t like him as much. all that, despite the lawyers in the white house counsel s office telling trump clearly that pence could do no such thing. he didn t have the authority. and aides also say that the hearing will incl
reporter: a historic victory in south texas, signalling a potential political realignment. republican mayra flores flipping a democratic held seat in a special election, winning more than 50% of the vote, beating her democratic rival by more than seven points, and becoming the country s first mexican-born member of congress. the gop s first house pickup since democrats took control of congress in 2020, coming in one of the most hispanic areas of the country. 85% of the district s residents are latino, and flores victory is being touted by republican leadership as a blueprint for success. i was born in mexico, but at 6, we immigrated. we grew up modest, working in the cotton pay, honest pay for honest work. reporter: running a pro trump, anti-abortion and pro second amendment campaign, flores touted her husband s experience as a border patrol