[ cheers and applause ]. congresswoman cheney made a point of calling out election denying republicans across the country and hinted this is not the last we will hear from liz cheney. today, as we meet here, there are republican candidates for governor who deny the outcome of the 2020 election and who may refuse to certify future elections if they oppose the results. we have candidates for secretary of state who may refuse to report the actual results of the popular vote in future elections. no american should support election deniers for any position of genuine responsibility where their refusal to follow the rule of law will corrupt our future. i have said since january 6th that i will do whatever it takes to ensure donald trump is never again anywhere near the oval office. and i mean it. [ cheers and applause ]. tonight we are also keeping a close eye on the special election for alaska s at-large house district where former ak ank governor and 2008 vice presidential
knew to be armed to the seat of that democracy then agreed allegedly with member of the mob who were crying out that his vice president mike pence should be hanged. from the beginning to end today what former white house staffer cassidy hitchenson testified she heard and saw. as never been said publicly before. and some of it has never been considered imaginable before in a president of the united states. she testified in person and previously on tape the crowds were gathering for the rally he wanted metal detecters outside taken away. had knew some who tried to get through already had been armed. part of the conversation i was in the vicinity of a conversation whether i overheard the president say something to the effect of i don t care they have weapons. they re not here to hurt me. take the fing bags away. let me people in they can march the capitol from here. let the people here. take the mags away. just to be clear, is it your understanding that the president wante
fate. i would ask you as one of the few people that s been going through this with her from inside the same party, what has it been like being on the committee with liz cheney? has there been comradery or gal low s humor? what has that relationship been like for the two of you? yeah, look, it s been pretty amazing. i mean, this committee just outside of just liz and i, this is like probably never happened in history. and it likely will never happen again. you have a committee that is focussed on getting the truth, getting the answers, getting done what needs to be done. we thank kevin mccarthy for pulling his members. it s made it a lot easier for us to get to the truth. liz, look, i feel the same way, is if i went back 20 months and made the decision about am i going to impeach donald trump, i would have done it in a heart beat. liz feels the same way. it s like, what is it for a man to gain the world but lose his soul? and i think as we ve gotten into this committee, you know, liz
gal low is being built. speaker of the house in the session of congress. they would have all been in danger and who else? the capitol police. who he knew were out gunned and out manned. and march them right to the people. it s astounding the criminality about this is really really high. astounding day of testimony. a lot more ahead. for more on the reaction from the former president and his people let s go to cnn chief white house correspondent. caitlyn, obviously a day of devastating testimony from former trump loyalist. what has donald trump s reaction been to the bomb shell testimony? he started denying it in realtime. she was still up there testifying in front of the committee, you already saw the former president responding. he is disputing the most sensational part of the story today. her testimony about him lunging at the secret service and overheard from other agents and
i don t think he cares. i don t think he cares about our safety. he cares about himself. this is what he is doing to us. people make these statements with zero evidence. you just did that. you made a statement with zero evidence. which statement? that one. the information he revealed about the sources and methods about our intelligence gathering has played directly into the hands of our adversaries and he is not finished yet. he wants attention for himself. let s be honest. he does not care that much about american security, but he does care about himself. he is getting a lot of attention with all of this. the congressman says there is a tender embrace of the russian government. that s not a metaphor. i wish it was a metaphor. i have a question for the ambassador. would you settle for a gal low? does it have to be a tall oak tree? i would go for the gallo. maybe he wouldn t be in