white house as a top agent adviser by michael flynn. who he worked for in the military. according to the new york times, pottinger told the committee he alerted trump s state chief of staff the mark meadows of the national guard had still not arrived at the capitol on january 6th. former deputy press secretary sarah matthews was one of several white house aides calling for trump to condemn the violence on january 6th. a source tells cnn, his an action led to her resignation that night. he said that we could make the rinos do the right thing. is the way he phrased it. and no one spoke up initially. because i think everyone was trying to process what he meant by that. now she will testify about what she experienced in the white house that day. it was clear that it was escalating, and escalating quickly. so when that tweet, the mike pence tweet, was sent out. i remember us saying that was the last thing that needed to be tweeted at that moment. the situation was already
under trump for four years. the former marine was brought into the white house by top asea advisor michael flynn. he alerted mark meadows the national guard had still not arrived at the capitol on january 6th. a source tells cnn his inaction led to her resignation that night. he said that we could make the rinos do the right thing, is the way he phrased it. and no one spoke up initially, because i think everyone was trying to process what he meant by that. reporter: now she will testify about what he experienced in the white house that day. it was clear that it was escalating and escalating quickly, so when that tweet the mike pence tweet was sent out, i remember us saying that that was the last thing that needed to be tweeted at that moment. the situation was already bad, and so it felt like he was pouring gasoline on the fire by tweeting that. reporter: the kent state graduate had spent her adult life working in politics spending her summers interning for portman,
and tearful families saying good-bye to loved ones departing for training. putin wants 300,000 new fighters to help turn the tide as the russian military suffers setbacks in ukraine. russia is saying the call up would be limited to those with military experience but reports say civilians also now are being conscripted. the new york times tells the story of a husband and father of five who received a summons at a 4:00 a.m. meeting where a train had been organized to take him to a military center. many men are fleeing russia to avoid the forced enlistment. this is traffic as people escape to nearby georgia. russian airporting have been packed with people trying to get out of the country. one human rights group said more than 1,300 people have been arrested in anti-car protests in moscow and st. petersburg over the past few days. also today, voting begins in four regions of russian-occupied ukraine, in a sham referendum that could lead to the annexation of 15% of ukrainian ter
beforehand, and it was essentially a diatribe against new york state attorney general letitia james accusing her of being biased against him and conducting a politically motivated witch hunt for political gain. he acknowledged he said in the past that if you re innocent, you have no reason to take the fifth amendment. he said recent events in his life have caused him to change his tune including the recent fbi raid search of his compound in mar-a-lago, florida. he said it just made no sense for him to cooperate in any way with this civil fraud investigation. what s interesting about it is his son, eric trump, we re told took the fifth amendment more than 500 times in a deposition in this very case back in 2020. but more recently, his daughter ivanka and other son don jr. we re told did testify and answer questions in this investigation which is about whether the trump organization committed fraud in its representations to banks and insurance companies. leticia james has alr
zelenskyy says his country will not see cede any territory and putin warns he s prepared to drag this war out. we ll talk with the former ukrainian president live. and right now, former trump white house counsel, pat cipollone, is testifying in person behind closed doors before the house january 6th committee. and we begin with the breaking and stunning news from japan. overnight, japan s former prime minister, shinzo abe, was assassinated at a campaign event in nara. the moment captured on video. a warning, it may be disturbing. abe was shot in the chest and the neck while giving a speech. he was quickly rushed to the hospital before his death was announced at 5:00 a.m. eastern time. abe was 67 years old and had been japan s longest serving prime minister. police say a suspect was arrested at the scene and is being investigated for murder. the killing shocking the world as gun violence is incredibly rare in japan. joining us now with the latest is former cnbc tokyo burea