days, 30 of them, into the investigation into the attack on january 6th. now, the question is, who has been insnared by all this and what it could ultimately mean for donald trump and really our nation next. we ll talk more about that in just a few moments. but you can t lose the irony here, the idea that we ve been talking a lot about january 6th, about the election-related lies, about the idea of how the u.s. democracy is in peril because there was not this expectation that was met of a peaceful transition of power. and then you ve got this idea of over across the pond, as they say, the fact that, as they say, no king ever dies. once somebody has passed in the monarchy, the next person is able to take up that position immediately. and it s 2:00 a.m. in scotland right now, and you re looking at this unfold, as live pictures are coming in at the scenes of the very public payment of respect. that to the late queen elizabeth whose coffin lies in rest in st. gi giles cathedral
who is going to stop it from happening again? who s gonna stop it from happening again is that you, the committee? maybe it s republicans? who s gonna stop it from happening again? who s gonnand up, the next time in defender freedom for a fair election, to defend our democracy, from the lies that could take it all down. because what we re hearing from the january six committee, the testimony from eyewitnesses, who were shocked by what they saw, and heard behind closed doors in the trump white house. who were pressured by president, determined to hold on to power no matter what it took, the fake electors, the wild conspiracy theories, the mob that stormed the capitol. none of that is about the past, it s about what could happen the next time, if nobody stands up to stop. i should ve put the median that, who s gonna do it, the media, journalists. that s why it matters for the committee to follow the investigation wherever it at leads. that s why it matters for journalists, who
the legal process, the department of justice, local election officials, and a relentless pressure campaign to what he called, an attempt to stop steal. now the fact that nothing had been stolen, details, details it seems. i ll leave you all to decide whether this hearing so far has threaded a needle, or move drone needle. but were seven hearings in, we re learning tonight that january six committees upcoming eight hearing, will now turn to the number one 87. that s 187 minutes where the president of united states was radio silence. i mean crickets. well at least publicly. but what exactly what he s doing for over three hours? i mean after the capitol have been breached, and while he was being attack, officers were valiantly felt to protect members of congress, everyone inside that capital. as witnesses describe the mortal combat, almost medieval like combat, just what was the commander in chief, the one who swore to do this i donald john trump do solemnly swear, reserve,
picked special master. this is really a put up or shut up moment for team trump. judge raymond dearie ordering the trump team to back up his out of court claims that the fbi somehow planted evidence during their search of mar-a-lago. back it up or put up or shut up as they say. the search that turned up more than 100 classified documents. the judge wants it to give him a sworn declaration with a list of specific items they claim were planted. that s the thing. this is about facts. it s about evidence. you can t just make wild accusations in court without a shred of evidence even if that is your main m.o. out in the court of maga opinion. the judge also considering testimony from, quote, witnesses with knowledge of the relevant facts and let s not forget the former president would have you believe he could declassify documents just by thinking about it, which is not a thing. senate republicans not buying that either. up here we take it very seriously. people can get hurt. pe
if you re interested in reading the report by jimmy and his class, there is the link at the bottom of your screen. bit.l-y/yale.20year war. be sure to tune in saturday, 8:00 p.m. eastern for the one hour special. the news continues. let s hand it over to sara sidner and cnn tonight. the message behind the special master donald trump asked for in his battle over classified documents is basically this, put up or shut up. and you have a deadline to do so. and that deadline is next friday. michael cohen, donald trump s long-time personal lawyer, turned nemesis, is here. i ll talk to him in just a few minutes about the former president s many legal battles, including one of the vital new developments tonight putting donald trump under quickly increasing pressure. that special master, judge raymond dearie, now says team trump has to back up any claims of the fbi planting evidence at mar-a-lago during last month s search. and they have to do it in a sworn declaration. they als