foster care system. the 11th hour just getting underway on this friday night. good evening once again, i m stephanie ruhle. the january 6th committee has now heard from one of its highest profile witnesses. and according to one member, they learned some new information. today, trump white house counsel, pat cipollone, testified in a marathon seven and a half hour session that was videotaped. while under oath, he answered the [inaudible] questions about january 6th. mr. cipollone did 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 the hearings to come. he was candid with the committee. he was careful in his answers. and i believe that he was honest in his answers. i know you can t get into specifics, but can you say if you learned any significant new information new information from him? i think a few things, yes. and when we put
good evening once again, i m stephanie ruhle. the january 6th committee has now heard from one of its highest profile witnesses. and according to one member, they learned some new information. today, trump white house counsel, pat cipollone testified in a marathon seven and a half hour session that was videotaped. while under oath, he answered the panels questions about january 6th. mr. cipollone did 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 the hearings to come. he was candid with the committee. he was careful in his answers. and i believe that he was honest in his answers. i know you can t get into specifics, but can you say if you learned any significant new information new information from him? i think a few things, yes. and when we put this all together and obviously tuesday is going to be an important day for the comm
but fresh talks tomorrow between the rmt union and rail bosses. and later in the programme we ll find out more about this live feed of a owl s nest in yorkshire has gone viral around the world. tonight with the context, scotland editor at the spectator alex massie, and democratic stragist mary anne marsh. welcome to the programme. we start in washington, dc. the us committee investigating the january 6 capitol riot has just wrapped up its fourth public hearing. it was focused on the presidential pressure donald trump put states under to overturn the election results. central to this are two battleground states arizona and georgia. joe biden won both by a razorthin margin, and president trump pushed and pushed for those in charge of the counts to overturn the results, claiming the election was fraudulent. much of today s hearing was lead by democrat congressman adam schiff. here is part of his opening statement. anyone who got in the way of donald trump s continued hold on
unilaterally subvert democracy. also this morning, new photos obtained by abc news show vice president pence and his family in hiding on january 6th, after pence was rushed off the senate floor. you ll remember by secret service as rioters broke into the capitol. i think the public probably is not aware of how close a call this was. the rioters came very close to capturing the vice president and i think there is very good evidence that they would have done harm to him, perhaps even killed him. so this was a close call. that was congresswoman zoe lofgren who sits on that select committee, testifying today, very significant testimony, coming from retired federal judge michael luttig, highly respected conservative judge, once one of justice clarence thomas closest advisers, previously clerked for justice scalia, considered by former president george w. bush as a nominee to the high court himself. that s why his words carry such weight, especially on a day like today. in a