the conversations, the chaos in the west wing that day. things we had never heard and things we had never seen. just a few of the new developments. testimony that trump never made a single call to law enforcement or to the pentagon. testimony that the security detail for vice president pence was calling loved ones, worried they wouldn t make it out alive. testimony that trump initially resisted using the word peace while tweeting about the riot while it was happening. audio of rioters interpreting trump s tweet in realtime seeming to suggest it gave them a green light to attack the capitol. and, quote, mike pence let me down. those were the last five words that an aide heard trump say that day before he left the west wing to go to the residence for the night. nothing about the attack according to the committee, just his grievances with mike pence. and one of the most revealing moments of the hearing, the committee showed outtakes from the speech that the former president
law enforcement or the pentagon to put an end to the violence and while video evidence showed rioters hanging on every word from the president, we learned that trump initially refused to use the word peace when he finally sent a tweet to that mob. and still to this day, former president trump will not say the election is over. witnesses say it took him nearly an hour to record this three-minute video the day after the insurrection due to his complete objections to the truth. watch. and to those who broke the law, you will pay. you do not represent our movement, you do not represent our country, and if you broke the law can t say that. i m not i already said you will pay. but this election is now over. congress has certified the results. i don t want to say the election is over. thursday s testimony also painted a picture of vice president pence really stepping in, taking charge, calling in the national guard, to disperse the rioters, something the president would no
lee zeldin shockingly attacked at a campaign rally by a man who tried to stab him, and the very brief stint in custody for the man arrested has zeldin and others sounding off. proceeding with caution. could the optimism in one american city inspire us all to think big and more positively about our inflated economy right now? welcome to the lead. i m jake tapper. we re going to start with our politics lead and a clear sign from the january 6th house committee they believe it is time for attorney general merrick garland to charge donald trump with a crime. this morning, republican congressman adam kinzinger from illinois, one of the republicans on the committee, told cnn that the timeline laid out by the committee is not just damning of the president but leaves trump with clear criminal culpability. we have proven different components of a criminal case against donald trump or people around him in every hearing. and i think taken in totality, this represents the greates
for governor. we will talk to him in a few minutes about the frightening alleged attack on as a spectator tried to allegedly stab him with a sharp object. he s blaming cashless bail in new york state for letting that man out. he then was charged federally. this also ahead in the next hour, the migrant surge at our southern border is not slowing down despite the brutal, dangerous, deadly summer heat down south. fox news rode along with the texas department of public safety agents overnight. we will have that report and show you what they found at the border. arthel: but first president biden s physician says his covid symptoms are continuing to improve quite significantly. this as the president s economic advisors weigh in ahead of the report due this week that could show whether the economy is in a recession. we are live at the white house with more. hi, arthel. president biden s runny nose, cough, and body aches have diminished. his main symptom is a sore throat which hi
monkeypox. the w.h.o. declaring a global emergency. the second time in two years officials have taken that extraordinary step. in the u.s. infections nearing 2,900. now including two children. the update on president biden s health. the white house revealing he most likely has the ba.5 covid variant. the president s doctor saying his patient is on the mend. his symptoms include a sore throat, runny nose, loose cough, and body aches. what we re learning about the president s condition after he completed his second full day of the covid drug paxlovid. the russian strike on a key ukrainian port. less than 24 hours after the deal to restart grain shipments from the country. and the latest on two american volunteers killed while fighting in ukraine. our team from odesa tonight. the battle for the republican party. former vice president mike pence joining calls to look to the future as former president donald trump clings to his false claims about the 2020 election. and the n