Do we ask everyone to turn on their cameras . Were getting ready to get started. The hearing will come to order. I welcome everybody to this hybrid hearing. Both ranks member mr. Hysse and myself have wanted to have hearings resume in person especially when we are in session. I made a promise that i would fight for that, and today is the fruit of that effort. I believe when were in session protecting everybody, those who are not comfortable or physically cannot join us in the hearings room, are more than welcome to join us through web i no noor. We ask everybody when they were not speaking, to wear a mask. I really appreciate that cooperation of for members appears remotely. House rules require that we see you, so police have your cameras turned on at all times during the course of the hearing. If they can let us you can use the chat function to send a request. And if that doesnt work, you can unmute and seek recognition. These arent ideal circumstances, but we are in the midst of a pa
accepting on behalf of steve jobs. [applause] few people in history embody the american spirit of innovation like steve jobs. the adopted son of high school educated parents, he redeemed soda bottles to pay for his meals after dropping out of college. at every turn of life he dared to think different. is the cofounder of apple he created one of the most important companies in history. bringing computing in the home and phones and revolutionizing our way of life. a true visionary, a beloved husband and father, steve jobs embodied that most american question, what is next? [applause] alexander karloutsos. [applause] the former vicar general of the greek orthodox archdiocese of america, father alexander karloutsos is a humble servant of god and the embodiment of the ancient idea that binds two great nations, democracy. more than 50 years of service with moral clarity, love of family and pride in the greek american community, the man known simply as father alex to p
unfolded. the committee is trying to determine what trump was doing and how he reacted to the violence in realtime. for more now, let s bring in reporter marshall cohen. what more could you tell us about what cipollone did or did not say behind closed doors. fredricka, how are you? this is a big one. it is a real break through for the committee. they had been pushing for months to get pat cipollone to come in and give a deposition and they clinched that yesterday. as you mentioned, more than seven hours behind closed doors. so what did they possibly ask him about. he was there when donald trump s allies were thinking about declaring martial law. he was there when donald trump allies were considering sending in the military to seize voting machines and he was there on january 6 while donald trump sat back, watched tv and did not intervene while his supporters ransacked and raided the capitol. now this is critical because the committee has been focusing on what they say is a
appear voluntarily and answer a whole variety of questions. he did not contradict the testimony of other witnesses, and i think we did learn a few things, which we will be rolling out in hearings to come. during pivotal moments, cipollone was in the know and very much in the room, including the oval office on january 3rd shooting down trump s plan to replace the acting attorney general with an election denying doj lawyer. and two sources say he was with trump during the riot itself watching it unfold on television. with me now is former assistant u.s. attorney for the southern district of new york elie honig who is also a cnn senior legal analyst. elie, let s be honest here. neither of us were in the room for all eight hours, which would have been great for news, but less good for actual having a life. that said, we have gotten bits and pieces from our reporting from our team at cnn about what pat cipollone was asked about when he may have said. what s your biggest takeaway
politician up ahead of reelection this monday. now the nation will be holding his funeral. president biden paid a visit to the japanese embassy yesterday saying he was stunned, outraged and saddened by the former prime minister s killing. and he had this to say about the assassination on japan s security. we re going to learn more about, as time goes on, about motive, about the whole japanese, prime minister is a stable ally and we, do not believe it s likely to have i don t know yet likely to have any profound destabilizing impact on japanese security or japanese solidarity. when we look at this, japan one of our key allies, particularly in this region and particularly militarily with all that goes on with chinese efforts to expand. and a lot to talk about on a global scale. absolutely, and i think that hearing the outpouring from so many world leaders about the legacy of abe, japan s youngest prime minister when he took over and the longest serving when he was don