barr s statement that the department found no fraud sufficient to overturn the election. how did that affect your perspective about the election when attorney general barr made that statement? it affected my perspective. i respect attorney general barr. so i accepted what he said, was saying. but the committee is making it clear this is not just about what happened on january 6th, or in the days leading up to it. it s about a clear and present danger to our democracy and what could happen in the next election. we ve got a lot to talk in the coming hours here on cnn. here with me, so glad you could join. first manu and ryan in washington on capitol hill with the latest on this. gentlemen, good evening. ryan, you first. stunning first night here. shocking new video. emotional live testimony. taped testimony from people close to the former president and the january 6th committee making the case that the former president, donald trump, was at the center. tell us more about
he won the election, and also that he thought that donald trump s actions were a danger to the republic. that s significant because that is part of the central thesis of the january 6th select committee. it s important to point out ivanka trump said she changed her mind or was influenced by what bill barr this to say. you already played that sound a little bit earlier today. we have only seen a very small fraction of the interviews that this committee has conducted. around 1,000 different interviews and there are a number of hearings left to go. there is a lot more we are probably going it learn before the end of june. stick around. we have a lot to go live on cnn. since we are on the subject of the former president trump, kaitlan collins, i understand that you have some new information about how former president just responded to the hearing. what is he saying? yeah, unsurprisingly, don, he is lashing out, criticizing them for their first primetime hearing for what happened januar
and the january 6th committee making the case that the former president, donald trump, was at the center. tell us more about what we heard, sir. and, don, i think if there is a takeaway tonight is that committee didn t shy away from placing the blame on what happened here on january 6th directly at the feet of the former president donald trump and they is it by very calmly laying out a wide range of evidence from a number of different factions and factors, and from hearing from the people closest to him during this period of time. just listen to how the committee members laid out the case as part of this hearing tonight. you will hear that president trump was yelling and, quote, really angry at advisors who told him he needed to be doing something more. and aware of the rioters chants to hang mike pence, the president responded, quote, maybe our supporters have the right idea.
barr s statement that the department found no fraud sufficient to overturn the election. how did that affect your perspective about the election when attorney general barr made that statement? it affected my perspective. i respect attorney general barr. so i accepted what he said, was saying. but the committee is making it clear this is not just about what happened on january 6th, or in the days leading up to it. it s about a clear and present danger to our democracy and what could happen in the next election. we ve got a lot to talk in the coming hours here on cnn. here with me, so glad you could join. first manu and ryan in washington on capitol hill with the latest on this. gentlemen, good evening. ryan, you first. stunning first night here. shocking new video. emotional live testimony. taped testimony from people close to the former president
how they went down to the capitol and what they did. let s play it and then we ll talk about it. you mentioned that the president asked you. do you remember a specific message? basically, yes, for us to come to d.c. things are going to happen. he said i have something very important to say on january 6th, or something like that. what one? what got me interested to be there. trump is only asking for two things. he asked me for my vote and for me to come on january 6th. what should americans take away from this, congresswoman? well, i think that the wrap-up here really follows perfectly with what liz cheney said about how the president s words were taken literally, that these individuals were amongst thousands as we can see who heard the president say come to washington, d.c., on january 6th.