overturn the election results. that man is donald trump s top white house lawyer pat cipollone. he sat down for a transcribed interview under oath with investigators this morning. as far as we can tell, that interview or that meeting is ongoing at this hour. punch bowl news reports this about the parameters of today s testimony from cipollone, quote, sources tell us that the select committee does not have an agreement about what investigators can or cannot ask him. prior to hutchinson s testimony the panel had discussed an arrangement with cipollone for an on the record interview, but cipollone backed away from it, sources tell us. cipollone is expected to claim executive privilege over conversations he had with trump, but there is plenty that the committee is interested in outside of that category. for example, we expect cipollone will be asked about conversations with former white house chief of staff mark meadows. the possibility that cipollone could provide gamechanging i
texas state senator and get his reaction. it s sunday, july 10th. thank you for waking up with us. president biden is defending his decision to visit saudi arabia when he travels to the middle east this week against criticism and controversy surrounding that trip. the president will meet with saudi crown prince mohammed bin salman but, remember, as a candidate for president biden vowed to make saudi arabia a pariah. now, as president, he says his visit to the country is critical to u.s. security. in his op-ed in the washington post the president also touched on saudi arabia s role in dealing with a spike in energy prices. he writes, quote, today saudi arabia has helped to restore unity among the six countries of gulf cooperation council, has fully supported the truce in yemen and is working with my experts to help stabilize markets with other opec producers. the president s trip has come under criticism because of saudi arabia s role in the killing of journalist jamal k
killers could be stopped. illinois democratic governor joins me exclusively. plus, safe and legal? president biden signs an executive order on abortion rights but says the best options for frustrated americans are. vote, vote, vote, vote. will voters agree with him in november that republicans have overreached ? the governor of new hampshire will be here and unconventional war fair. the justice department says january 6th could have been more deadly. what will the committee reveal in its hearings this week? i ll ask ahead. hello. the state of our union is finding it difficult to relax this summer as we wrap up a holiday, the problems facing our nation sometimes might seem insurmountable. the divide over abortion rights, unease over the economy, an election lie that s getting more entrenched. but i want to start by talking about gun violence. tomorrow will mark one week since the deadly mass shooting at a july 4th parade in highland park, illinois outside chicago. while
as we wrap up a holiday week, the problems facing our nation sometimes might seem insurmountable, the divide over abortion rights, the unease over the economy, an election lie getting more entrenched. we ll talk about all of that, but i want to start today talking about gun violence. tomorrow will mark one week since the deadly mass shooting of the july 4th parade in highland park, illinois, outside of chicago. while shattered families are still grappling with all they lost in that senseless slaughter, cnn is learning more about the warning signs from the alleged shooter that despite illinois s red flag law did not prevent him from buying that semi-automatic rifle police say he used last week. the young man spent time at his father s highland park deli growing up, and police were often called to the home for domestic disturbances between the parents. in 2019 police came to briefly confiscate a collection of knives after the then 18-year-old threatened to, quote, kill everyone
deal with the committee for a transcribed interview behind closed doors but it s happening this friday. oh, and it s going to be on video. a lawyer is telling cnn the interview will be limited to specific topics to avoid privilege issues. he was of course the white house counsel. the committee has called him, quote, uniquely positioned to testify. i mean, the understatement of the year. think of what he knows. think about how many times you out there even heard his name from other witnesses during these hearings. mr. cipollone said something to the effect of, please make sure we don t go up to the capital, cassidy, keep in touch with me. we are going to get charged with every crime imaginable if we make that movement happen. you still sitting on his phone and i remember passing to him, something to the effect of, the writers have gotten to the capitol, mark, we need to go to the president now. mark looked up and said, he doesn t want to do anything, pat. and pat said some