china. erin? will ripley thank you very much for that amazing report. thank you for joining us. anderson is now. one for the history books tonight. former vice president mike pence testified today before the federal grand jury investigating the former president s actions surrounding the january 6th riot and attempts to overturn the 2020 election. i m john berman in for anderson. just pause and listen to that again. a former vice president just testified in an investigation about whether a president, his running mate illegally tried to overturn an election. so much has happened the last few years, it s easy to get numb to the mind-bending historical explosions taking place. it s the first time in modern history a vice president has been compelled to testify about the president he served beside. to add to that, he might run against trump in 2024. it s also the first time that this vice president has testified under oath about the day where rioters were seen yelling hang mi
with a impeachment rod caught on cam race, clearly was hitting his head. he was bleeding from his head. reporter: the victim, former san francisco fire commissioner don carmignani. the suspect, a homeless man. really? at what point do you fight back? donny could die. reporter: in neighborhood where some locals are fed up with the problem, it seemed like a clear-cut assault case until it arrived in court, and the public defender for the suspect, garrett doty released this video, saying it shows the ex-fire official walking up to doty, pulling out a can of bear spray, and spraying the man as he lay on the ground. that s when the man appears to get up and the pair began to shuffle. a short chase leads up to the beating. unless mr. carmignani is credible and believable, they don t have a prosecution. reporter: doty s public defender says it may not even end there. she also points to this video, entered into evidence by the district attorney she says showing the 2021 bear spraying