we ll keep a close eye on that. judge, thanks good to see you, judge michael luttig. that is all in on this thursday night. alex wagner tonight, nning, right now. good evening alex. thanks alex, great guest to have on at this juncture, at this critical moment for democracy. great show. thank you. thanks to you at home for joining us this hour. his name is alexander butterfield. he was the deputy assistant to president richard nixon, and as the surprise witness during the watergate hearings in 1973, he changed the course of history with this moment. mr. butterfield, are you aware of the installation of any listening devices in the oval office of the president? i was aware of listening devices, yes sir. it was alexander butterfield, who told watergate investigators, and the world, about the existence of secret white house tapes that would, ultimately, expose nixon s involvement in the watergate plot, leading to his resignation. if there is a modern equivalent to w
i m jake tapper. aides say this second hearing will drill down on evidence that president trump knew he lost the election but spread false claims of fraud anyway, ignoring court rulings, ignoring the will of the american people. lead-off witness, bill stepien, who has firsthand knowledge about what trump knew about the election numbers. stepien tells cnn he is appearing under subpoena. also testifying today, former fox digital content director chris stirewalt. he was fired after his accurate call of arizona for joe biden. we ll hear directly from republicans who investigated and rejected claims of election fraud in the key states of georgia and pennsylvania, and felt trump s anger for it, former u.s. attorney bijay . . ak and al schmidt and ben ginsburg will testify there was no widespread fraud in 2020 and discuss the trump team s failed challenge to the election results. the select house committee is aiming to connect more dots between the insurrection and its allegation
Lawmakers. The lead starts right now. Volodymyr zelenskyy in d. C. Making his rounds on capitol hill and now he is at the white house. His pleas as House Republicans cant agree on how to fund the u. S. Government, much less a foreign war. And chances of a deal now stalled as lawmakers are sent home for the weekend. Plus, a border emergency. Migrants flood a texas Town Crawling under barbed wire costing a little boy his life as his family tried to swim across the Rio Grande River. And alleged horer in a warehouse dubbed the brave case, strip searches of suspects including a grandmother, it is alleged. Im pamela brown in for jake tapper and we begin with our world lead as right now President Joe Biden meets with ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy at the white house. Zelenskyy on a laser focused mission in washington, d. C. , secure more aid at all costs quoted as saying if we dont get the aid, we will lose the war. Russia even after 19 months of relentless attacks against ukraine sh
courage to ditch the trump-backed lawyer, fine new representation, and testify, before an audience of millions, and tell the country, and the world what she knew. tonight, we received even more witness transcripts from the committee, which we will get to later in this hour. we are expecting the release of the committee s full january 6th report, but, the testimony of cassidy hutchison alone paints a damning picture of how trump and his allies may have pressured witnesses in attempt to obstruct the investigation, and your testimony, further, showing us the extent to which those witnesses may have felt trump, himself, was running the pressure campaign. as hutchison told the investigators, she was nervous in her first interviews with the committee, because, quote, i almost felt like at points donald trump was looking over my shoulder. joining us now, carl cheney, senior legal affairs reporter
i m jake tapper. aides say this second hearing will drill down on evidence that president trump knew he lost the election but spread false claims of fraud anyway, ignoring court rulings, ignoring the will of the american people. lead-off witness, bill stepien, who has firsthand knowledge about what trump knew about the election numbers. stepien tells cnn he is appearing under subpoena. also testifying today, former fox digital content director chris stirewalt. he was fired after his accurate call of arizona for joe biden. we ll hear directly from republicans who investigated and rejected claims of election fraud in the key states of georgia and pennsylvania, and felt trump s anger for it, former u.s. attorney bijay . . ak and al schmidt and ben ginsburg will testify there was no widespread fraud in 2020 and