that was the moment i decided that i was going to resign. i simply did not want to be associated with the events that were unfolding on the capitol. for him to tweet out the message about mike pence, it was him pouring gasoline on the fire. it made it worse much worse. she looked directly at me and not hushed tone shared with me that the president did not want to include any sort of mentions a piece in that tweet. on january 7th, president trump still could not say that the election was over. this election is now over, if it is, congress has certified the results. i do not want to say the election is over. i just want to say congress has certified the results. we have much work yet to do. we will see you all in september. do we will see you all in september. good morning, saturday, july 23rd. i am sam stein in for my friend, the one and only, ali velshi. the senior special hour on this week s explosive hearing from the january 6th select committee. this week, commit
stepian s recorded deposition to try to establish key facts about today s theme, the big lie, that donald trump knew he lost election, but continued anyway to rally his supporters around the false claim that he had won. we re also moments away from the supreme court releasing new decisions possibly on the key mississippi abortion case. we ll bring you any of the big cases as we learn about them. let s start with today s hearing because this missing stepian throws a wrench into the committee s plans after laying out how this would play out during the first prime time hearing last week. indeed, it does. because as we ve seen before, in-person testimony is so much more powerful even than the clips they showed of ivanka trump, for instance, on thursday night as we were showing on friday in the hearings. so the appearance in person would have been much more impactful. of course we re excited for them and his wife and their impending new baby, but that is the reality of what ha
january six insurrection took direct aim at former president donald trump for his role in inciting the events of the day. the prime time televised hearing paid into a picture of a president who at best was unmoved by the chaos he helped create. at worst, was intent on capitalizing on the arrest we, unrest, to overturn the 2020 election. [inaudible] multiple members of congress requested pardons from trump after the sixth. i was one of the first to call after that day a coup. the house select committee has only confirmed my suspicions. unfortunately, many of the americans who most need to hear the truth about what happened in the tumultuous final days of the trump presidency, remain in the dark. many of the largest conservative media outlets have chosen to play down or completely ignore the select committee s important work. joining me now, congresswoman robbyn kelly, democrat of illinois, who sits on the house oversight and reform committee. congresswoman, thank you for joini
it was like on that day as students ran out of the school for safety. tomorrow thousands of people are expected to attend rallies in the country organized by march for our lives. we ll be speaking with a co-founder of march for our lives. inflation rising at its fastest pace since 1981. and we begin this friday morning with that historic hearing into the attack on the u.s. capitol. over two hours the committee outlined how then president trump quote summoned, assembled the mob and lit the flame of this attack. in video testimony we heard from both the president s former attorney general and own daughter. they said they did not believe in the false claims of voter fraud. i made it clear i did not agree with the idea of saying the election was stolen and putting out this stuff which i told the president was [ bleep ]. how did that affect your judgment? it affected my perspective. i respected attorney general barr. so i accepted what he was saying. we also heard fr
revealed. right now, the nation s focus returns to the u.s. capitol as we await the most comprehensive account yet of crimes committed against the united states on this sacred ground. welcome to cnn special coverage of attack on democracy here on cnn. i m jake tapper, about an hour away from the rare prime time presentation on this committee and let s be clear, what will happen in the hearing room tonight is not just about the mob that stormed the capitol on january 6th, specifically, it is a month s long campaign and conspiracy to undermine democracy in america. it s about a president and those around him desperate to hold on to power at any cost, even if it meant destroying the american experiment. committee aides say we will hear and see interviews conducted with trump insiders for the first time. we expect that to possibly include members of the former president s family, as well as former senior administration and trump campaign officials. the hearing will showcase l