and what he was doing, as that mob descended on the capitol. let s begin with our justice correspondent. so kenzinger putting this tweet out. can you talk about the significance of what we are seeing? reporter: absolutely. it goes to the fact that the committee will hammer down on what they re calling trump s dereliction of duty. so what adam kinzinger tweeted out drills down on that and illustrates what he said earlier this week, during a large chunk of those 187 minutes, trump was gleely watching tv. so here s the clip showing multiple white house officials documenting what trump was doing. to my recollection, he was always in the dining room. what did they say during that brief encounter that you were in the dining room? i believe they were watching the tv. do you know whether he was watching tv in the dining room when you talked to him on january 6th? umm, it s my understanding he was watching television. okay. we re having a jessica snyder there. we l
boosted. let s get back over to the white house to get an update from cnn s jeremy diamond. jeremy, what is the latest you re hearing? reporter: we just received a letter from joe biden s physician, dr. kevin o connor, confirming the news that the white house put out, saying that joe biden has tested positive for covid. he writes that the president tested positive this morning as part of our routine screening program. he says he tested positive on an antigen test that was confirmed via pcr testing. he confirmed what we reported on air just last hour, which is that the president is experiencing mild symptoms, including runny nose, fatigue, with an occasional dry cough, which he said started yesterday evening. i spoke to dr. jha, the white house s coronavirus coordinator. he said the president last night went to bed feeling mostly fine but did not sleep well and tested positive this morning. dr. o connor, the president s physician, is writing here that the president is fully
returns to primetime, promising to present its most compelling evidence to date, detailing the three plus hours that trump failed to about while the capitol was under attack. republican committee member congressman adam kinzinger released clips of trump aides describing what the president was doing as the violence unfolded. was the president in that dining room the whole time that the attack on the capitol was going on, or did he ever go, to your knowledge, to the oval office, the white house situation room, anywhere else? to the best of my rec recol recollection, he was always in the dining room. what do you recall? i think everybody was watching the tv. do you know whether he was watching tv in the dining room when you talked to him on january 6th? umm, it s my understanding he was watching television. when you were in the dining room during these discussions [ inaudible ] yes. one woman you saw is molly michaels. she was trump s executive assistant. we
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