nicolle. welcome to the beat. i m jason johnson and for ari melber. we start with a january 6th investigation. a major witness will testify . the baloney will go under oath. a transcribed interview but his testimony will be on camera. cipollone was witness to talks on fake electors and was in the west wing on january 6th. he has spoken to the committee before in an informal setting. this is stemming from a subpoena coming after the bombshell testimony on the a violent coup from cassidy hutchins. on january 3rd, mr. cipollone approached me. we had a brief and private conversation where he said to me , we need to make sure this doesn t happen. this would be legally a terrible idea for us. cipollone was barely down the hallway. i sought mr. cipollone that morning and mr. cipollone said something to the effect of please make sure we don t approach the capitol , kathy. keep in touch with me. we will get charged with every crime imaginable. obstructing justice for the ele
police tackled the gunman, you can see there, described as a man in his 40s, state broadcaster nhk quotes police who say he used a homemade gun. we will be live in tokyo in just a moment. we are also keeping a close watch this hour on what s happening in washington. former white house counsel pat cipollone expected on capitol hill for closed door testimony today. he ll speak with the january 6th select committee. again, watching that closely as well as the latest jobs report, just out a short time ago, which shows the economy added 327,000 jobs in the month of june. the unemployment rate holding steady at 3.6%. a lot going on this morning as you can see. but we do want to begin with this breaking news out of japan, the assassination of former prime minister shinzo abe. blake essig is in tokyo this morning. what more do we know about this suspect and also what is the reaction throughout the country. reporter: hey, you know, jim, erica, i apologize, i cannot hear you righ
counsel pat cipollone has firsthand knoll of key events before and during the insurrection. let s go to ryan nobody else. he s up on capitol hill. ryan, more than seven hours, certainly one of the longer witness interviews the committee has conducted. tell our viewers what you re learn. that s right. pat cipollone was with the committee for more than eight hours when you take into account the breaks he took. he sat for more than seven hours of testimony. it does compare to some of the more lengthy testimony that we have seen bear fruit for the committee, such as ivanka trump, jared kushner, those were long depositions, then later used in hearings. also jeffrey rosen, richard donahue, members of the department of justice, they also sat for lengthy interviews that the committee was able to use. this would indicate that cipollone was, at least on some level cooperative. there was some concern he may not answer certain questions because of privilege issues. that may be the kay.
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