it s the top of the hour on cnn news room. it s good to have you. i m victor blackwell. president biden just upkdated congress on what his administration sees as the biggest national security threat facing the country. in his new national security strategy, vladimir putin s invasion of ukraine is not the top political challenge according to biden. that distinction goes to china. russia was however at the heart of a key global meeting. there was a meeting with 50 other defense ministers on how to boost ukraine s air defense systems. ukraine is facing a third day of intensified air assault from russia which was condemned by the defense ministers for continuing to target civilian facilities. cnn s kaitlan collins is at the white house. kaitlan, you re up first. let s begin with the president and his just released national security strategy. why is china above russia here? reporter: yeah, it might surprise some people given of course, russia s ongoing invasion of ukraine, but b
that hearing will take place after the committee has videotaped the testimony of pat cipollone. cipollone, think, is the trump white house s top lawyer. he s a man who, at least as far as we know, appears to have pushed back on some of the most dangerous and brazen ideas conceived of by the ex-president and his closest allies as they worked to overturn the results of the 2020 election. cipollone also held the same job as john dean whose legendary 1973 testimony was a turningpoint in the watergate investigation. here is what january 6 investigator john wood had to say right here on msnbc about the tremendous significance of the committee getting an interview with cipollone. it was really important that he would eventually end up testifying before the committee and on the record and videotaped so the american people can see it. i m glad that is coming together this friday so hopefully the committee will show some of the key clips of that interview during a hearing next week.
with lawrence o donnell. good evening, lawrence. good evening, rachel. and i will see you tomorrow night, also on the panel discussion, and leitao will do the last word to 10 pm. i think tomorrow, rachel, the case about what happened in georgia it s gonna be clearer than ever to this country. and i long felt that that is where the clearest case of criminal conduct is to be found. i think that, i think that isim for the crime to happen on tape, and be released as soon as it happens, that should just be a new rule, that you have to crime on tape, and the tape has to be on tv that night. that helps, i think, in terms of this like, simple-ing it down so that we can all get it. you know, i ve listened to many hours of wired taps by the fbi investigations that they brought to court. and you know, you listen to the, what did he say, what did he mean, what was that. and he kind of mumbled that thing. there s a lot of interpretation that goes into it. they wire tap, and that s r
night, also on the panel discussion, and also i will do the last word to 10 pm. i think tomorrow, rachel, the case about what happened in georgia is gonna be clearer than ever to this country. and i long felt that that is where the clearest case of criminal conduct is to be found. i think that, i think that is true. i think it is also helpful when you re talking about any crime for the crime to happen on tape, and be released as soon as it happens, that should just be a new rule, that you have to crime on tape, and the tape has to be on tv that night. that helps, i think, in terms of this like, simple-ing it down so that we can all get it. you know, i ve listened to many hours of wired taps by the fbi investigations that they brought to court. and you know, you listen to the, what did he say, what did he mean, what was that. and he kind of mumbled that thing. there s a lot of interpretation that goes into it. they wire tap, and that s really what it is. they wiretap of do
and we are following the money the grift and where the hundreds of millions of donated dollars went, or didn t go, in that sham election defense fund. plus, today s historic rate hike from the fed, as inflation stays red hot. with the move means for the midterms. all of it when the 11th hour gets underway on this wednesday night. good evening once again, i m stephanie ruhle, live from the nation s capital. where tomorrow, the january six committee has its third public hearing, starting at 1 pm eastern. and this time, investigators are expected to focus on then vice president mike pence and the pressure campaign to get him to get joe biden out of the white house. committee aides say new evidence presented tomorrow will show how the efforts of his former boss, donald trump, led to the riot and put pence s life in serious danger. you ll remember the surveillance video of security rushing pence off the senate floor, as rioters chanted, hang mike pence. abc news has obtained new