Man that went into the cocoon as a cheesy star, the nearly want to be dictator. The New York Times is out with new reporting on the effects on the efforts by donald trump and advisors to use the authority of the federal government to seize Voting Machines after the 2020 election. And it reveals that trump was far more involved than previously known. The times reports six weeks after election day with the hold on power slipping, donald trump directed his lawyer Rudolph Giuliani if it could legally take control of Voting Machines in key states. They said giuliani called the acting Department Secretary that said he lacked the authority to audit or impound the machines. Its a reminder trumps attempted coup only failed because of hand full of Government Officials who were willing to put their foot down. And this was not some idea. It was actually put in writing. The plan to seize the machines was the subject of several draft executive orders. One of which politico obtained and while the ord
Be imminent. And braeeaking now. Fda advisers will meet in two weeks to consider a request just submitted by pfizer seeking authorization for its Covid Vaccine for children under age 5. Ill ask the u. S. Surgeon general if this is a final, critical step for getting the country back to normal. We want to welcome our viewers here in the United States and around the world. Im wolf blitzer. Youre in the situation room. We begin with the january 6th investigation. The Focus Sharpening On Former President Trumps attempt to pressure his Vice President to interfere in the 2020 president ial election. Heres cnns congressional correspondent, ryan nobles. Tonight, the january 6th select committee honing in on the inner circle of former Vice President mike pence. Any comment. A key witness in their investigation spotted meeting with the committee today. Greg jacob, a former chief counsel who advised pence to resist a Pressure Campaign from former President Trump and his al allies. In an oped he wr
With more than a dozen of his closest allies. That is according to some news accounts. An it this come though thafternoon. The grand jury had heard from half of ten witnesses expected to testify in this case at this stage. Among those witnesses, former Georgia State representative bee wen. Present for the 2020 hearing where Rudy Giuliani pedalled false election claims an urged legislators to appoint a slate of fake trump electors. Two other witnesses who were expected to testify tomorrow have been called in as well. They include journalist george chidi, who stumbled upon a december 14th, 2020 meeting of Fake Electors, as well as Former Georgia Lieutenant Governor jeff duncan, hes a republican who has been openly critical of trumps baseless claims of fraud in the state of georgia. Signs a potential end game in fani williss Criminal Investigation into the expresident and his allies is where we begin today with our favorite reporters and friends. Former Top Justice Department official, ou
john berman is off. hurricane ian now churning in the caribbean with 75 mile an hour winds. the storm s path is uncertain and that has all of florida preparing for a major hurricane. people are waiting in long lines outside of stores. they are looking to stock up on supplies while they can. essential items like bottled water flying off store shelves. residents are prepping homes and business bes for the heavy rain, strong winds and storm surge expected to come their way. ron desantis already declaring an emergency for the entire state activate ing the national guard and a hurricane watch has been issued along the west coast of florida including the tampa bay area. carlos swau resident is watching preparations. we have chad myers standing by in atlanta. let s start with carlos who are is live for us near a sandbag distribution center. tell us about some of these preparations. reporter: good morning the storm preparations are well underway. schools have been closed through
unclear exactly where ian could hit the rest. forecasters say if tampa takes a direct hit, it could be like nothing seen in this lifetime. in neighboring st. petersburg, the mayor there says it could be the storm they hoped would never come. across the state, people are gassing up, emptying shelves and filling sandbags. we have live team coverage. let s get right to our meteorologist tom saider for the latest timing impacts. tom. we have a lot to talk about and it s going to continue to change in the next couple of days, and it very slightly, 20 mile an hour shift in the eye means everything in florida. typically we have an icon over the center, but we took it away so we can start to see the bright colors of purple. so that convective activity is showing near the center. we re about 100 miles to the west of the cayman islands, south of the western tip of cuba. i want to show you the radar. this is the cayman islands. you can seat the pin wheel effect starting to see the eye