equal measures of security, freedom, opportunity and dignity for both israelis and palestinians. i have to tell you, ali, in the year since then there has not been much tangible progress towards that goal. the president said on the campaign trail that he would reopen the american consulate in jerusalem, the unofficial embassy to the palestinians he has not done so in the face of resistance from israel s government. u.s. officials say they are working quietly, managing diplomatic channels. but ali, it hasn t made a lot of difference and things are largely the same as they were when fighting broke out last year. we re grateful for your analysis on this raf sanchez for us, he covers israel is now in ukraine. up next new reporting on where the house select committee is focussing on the final stages of the january 6th insurrection investigation. 6th insurrection investigation.
the time, which was a threat against democracy. embraced by america s former president which was to become more grotesque at the end of his term and at the end of his defeat. while vasty different, and like i said, less bloody. the overall end goals in the war in ukraine and january insurrection are similar, the overturning of the will of the people. while the war continues the battle to get to the bottom of the attack on our democracy on january 6, 2021 continues. politico reports as part of the final stages the house select committee investigating the january 6th insurrection is gathering evidence about the final call made between the former president and vice president in the moments before the mob stormed the capitol. one of the authors of that article joins me shortly. speaking of calls, the american public learns of private
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we start tonight with the central question now before the house select committee investigating the january 6th insurrection. did former president trump orchestrate a criminal conspiracy to steal back the white house? and if so, who knew of the plot, and who helped him try to carry it out? the committee is hoping to get closer to the truth this week with plans to ask former vice president pence to voluntarily meet with them. i would assume that he will cooperate because he understands it s everybody s legal duty to do so, and it s really a civic obligation to do so. so the vast majority of people we ve approached have been participating and cooperating voluntarily, and i think and i trust he will fall into that category. house speaker pelosi also sounding optimistic that pence will cooperate. do you think it s important for the january 6th select committee to hear from the former vice president? i think that they ve gotten good cooperation from the vice
forward. but bennie thompson made really clear they would really like to speak with him. we know this is a formal outreach to sean hannity. they are collapsing in on the trump inner circle. for two reasons, brianna. one of them is about the details going on in the white house in this really critical time on january 6th remain very elusive at this point. and the reality is the committee needs to establish the mind-set of the former president. that is why they are reaching out to the people they think may know it best. the house select committee investigating the january 6th insurrection now wants to talk to former vice president mike pence and fox news host sean hannity. the chairman of the select committee told cnn he wants pence to voluntarily speak with the panel about what he witnessed one year ago tomorrow and the conversations leading up to that day.