less overthrow the election, pressured them almost every day, asking officials to say things that were not true, that they told him were not true, and trying to get them to do things without precedence and that were arguably not legal. watch. let s take a look at another one of your notes. you also noted that mr. rosen said to mr. trump, quote, doj can t and won t snap its fingers and change the outcome of the election. how did the president respond to that, sir? he responded very quickly and said, essentially, that s not what i m asking you to do. what i m asking you to do is just say it was corrupt and leave the rest to me and the republican congressmen. i made the point that jeff clark is not even competent to serve as the attorney general. he s never been a criminal attorney. he s never conducted a criminal investigation in his life. he s never been in front of a trial jury. and he kind of retorted by saying, well, i ve done a lot of very complicated appeals and civ
the most significant gun ruling in a decade the supreme court s major decision allowing more people to carry a firearm. tonight, new york officials calling it a blow to public safety. juul, banned. what does the f.d.a. s order mean for the vaping industry? our eye on america: how the chicago police department is handling staffing shortages. and, the heroic rescue. we hear from the coach who saved an american swimmer.. plus, 50 years of title ix. how the landmark law changed sports for women, and the world. this is the cbs evening news with norah o donnell, reporting from the nation s capital. o donnell: good evening to our viewers in the west and thank you for joining us on this thursday night. in the past few weeks, we have heard gripping new testimony from the january 6th hearings, but what we learned today was particularly egregious. three former high-levels justice department officials t testified that the president of the united states repeatedly d.o.j. to, in t
take a listen. i continue to believe pat cipollone is the best way to achieve this outcome and will continue to work with israel to counter other threats from iran throughout the region, including support for terrorism, ballistic missile program that continues and the proliferation of weapons to terrorists proxies like hezbollah. diplomacy will not stop them. the only thing that will stop iran is knowing if they continue to develop their nuclear program, the free world will use force. the president and prime minister sign a new security pact where all of washington s national power, the president says, was promised to ensure that iran does not obtain a nuclear weapon. meantime, president biden visits, of course, saudi arabia to try to convince the kingdom to pump more oil. just hofstee for these odds. alexandra. well, it s really interesting. such decisions on the saudi side are made by gauging global markets and deciding what s really strategically best for that nation
fainting during competition. anita alvarez thankfully is doing all right but it was certainly a big scare. we will tell you what her coach is saying. is saying. good morning. welcome to way too early, on this thursday, june 23rd. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for joining us. the january 6th committee is set to hold its fifth hearing this afternoon, and it will be the final one this month. it will focus on donald trump s efforts to get the justice department to help them overturn the 2020 election. it has been reported that when then acting attorney general jeffrey rosen resisted trump s pressure, the former president came close to replacing him with mid-level d.o.j. official jeffrey clark, who had repeatedly pushed to help advance the big lie. today, we re going to hear testimony from the former acting a. g., as well as his deputy at that time, richard donahue, and assistant a. g. to the office of legal counsel steve engel. the three witnesses were all part of an extraordin
blamed for the botched response to the school massacre has been placed on administrative leave. and stunning underwater photos of an american swimmer being rescued by her coach after fainting during the world championships and sinking to the bottom of the pool. the swimmer is okay. this is not the first time this happened to her. we ll explain what s going on there. along with joe, willie is back and me. we have former chairman of the republican national committee michael steel and white house bureau chief at politico and host of way too early. good to have you all onboard. i have a couple things i want to start with today. you re warning me. i have a couple things on my mind. i need the american flag and i need to talk. i have about five minutes. really, yesterday you missed i have to tell you, you missed a very special moment in washington politics. there was an aticus finch like character who testified before the january 6th committee. he was a speaker of the a