president trump tried to call a witness, in our investigation. a witness you have not yet seen in these hearings. that person declined to answer, or respond to president trump s call. instead, alerted their lawyer to the call. their lawyer, alerted us. this committee has supplied that information, to the department of justice. nbc news, reporting, the witness trump tried to call was, in fact, a white house support staff member, who is in talks with the committee. what is wild, is this. so much has come out of these hearings, you may be forgiven for forgetting, this isn t the first allegation of witness tampering, from the committee. in fact, last month, saying a witness had been encouraged to, quote, be a team player, and stay on trump s good graces. even before the hearing started, trump suggested, multiple times, he may pardon those charged with insurrection related
instead, alerted their lawyer to the call. their lawyer, alerted us. this committee has supplied that information, to the department of justice. nbc news reports that witness try to call, was not a white house support member who was in talks with the committee. and what is wild is this. so much has come out of these hearings, you may be forgiven you might be forgiven for forgetting that this isn t the first allegation of witness tampering from the committee in fact, last month, saying a witness had been encouraged. to, quote, be a team player, and stay on trump s good graces. even before the hearing started, trump suggested, multiple times, he may pardon those charged with insurrection related crimes, if he wins a second term. now, at the time, the member of the committee said, quote, absolutely, that is tampering with witnesses. let s discuss all of this, and more, with two former federal prosecutors, glenn kirschner,
context. this isn t the first tile information from the secret service has gone missing on the 6th. the president s daily diary for that did i has caisson-hour gap. the secret service is one of the principal entities that feeds the diarist that keeps the presidential record for that day. apparently the secret service couldn t supply information about that day. so there s seven hours missing there, too. we ve never had a good explanation of that. so this is a pattern. and it s troubling. thanks, everyone. obviously there s more to be reported on this. the former president seems to be looking ahead, not back. coming up, new reports signaling his 2024 run. the question is when le make the announcement. we ll talk it over with our political panel. also murder charges against a once prominent south carolina attorney in the death of his own wife and son. this is a bizarre saga we ve been cuffing more than a year.
a war crime. to coincide with major meetings of world leaders like the g7 summit that is going on in bavaria, is there a feeling this was very deliberately time to make an impact? very deliberately time to make an im act? . . very deliberately time to make an imact? . ,. ., , ., impact? that is certainly what the ukrainians are impact? that is certainly what the ukrainians are saying. impact? that is certainly what the ukrainians are saying. president | ukrainians are saying. president zelensky described this as a terrorist act. the leaders of the g7 said it was a war crime and boris johnson said there were no depth to which russia would sink. the russians have always denied targeting civilian infrastructure but it doesn t tally with the facts as we see them on the ground. but the feeling here is russia is doing this to send a signal, to tell the world what they are capable of, they can escalate things further. this isn t the first attack on civilian targets. we saw the bombing of
it cannot access components or technology from the outside world. we will have to wait for the final statement, the communique, as they call it, that will be published at the end of the summit, to get concrete ideas about what they have all signed up to. but that is broadly speaking where we are. they will be discussing the ongoing consequences of this war, because it is not all about what is happening in ukraine, it is about the wide implications for the rest of the world, famine, and as a result of a globalfood shortage. world, famine, and as a result of a global food shortage. trouble with energy supplies around the world and the white house is briefing this morning that we expect there to be a pledge of financial support to try and deal with internationalfood and deal with international food production. and deal with internationalfood production. something like $500 billion pledge there, which has come from the american delegation. we have not heard from everybody else. but the str