found out about this like everyone else did. don t go anywhere. stay with us. there s a lot more for us to talk about. we re going to continue this conversation after a break. also ahead this hour, cnn has learned that former president trump s former secretary of state mike pompeo he s going to be answering questions from the january 6th committee today, and he s not the only key witness that they re going to be hearing from. and later, the arctic ice melt has some famous billionaires funding a huge treasure hunt in greenland. why they re doing it and what they re hoping to find. new astepro allergy. now available without a prescription.
another top trump administration official will be testifying today. this time it s the former secretary of state mike pompeo. cnn s sara murray, she s tracking this for us at this hour. sara, what are you hearing about pompeo s testimony and what they could be going over? reporter: well, he s expected to appear today, and obviously he held significant positions in the trump administration as the former cia director, leading the state department. one of the things they have really focused on with these high ranking officials is what the discussions were around january 6th and afterwards, particularly about the 25th amendment. you know, this move to potentially try to oust donald trump from the white house. that is one of the things that they have really wanted to get to the bottom of with some of these high ranking officials, who, frankly, had a lot of concern after what they saw on january 6th. you know, we know that a handful of high ranking officials have already spoken with the co
treasury secretary. we know they spoke to mick mulvaney who was a special envoy to northern ireland, and you know, he resigned after january 6th. we know they spoke to eugene scalia, who was the labor secretary and highlighted some of their testimony in the hearings, him explaining to donald trump that he thought that the former president should concede after he lost. i think that s what they really want to try to get to the bottom of with mike pompeo, what the sentiment was around january 6th and afterwards and what the concerns were. absolutely. it s good to see you, sara. back with me now, kaitlan collins, paul callan and cnn s dana bash. specifically on the conversations around the 25th amendment, what does that tell you about where the committee is what path the committee is headed down now as it s now kind of entering this next chapter. so much of what we ve seen is about connecting the dots and giving new information and testimony about what actually happened in the past o
who died earlier this year. this will be watched to see, are we seeing signs in the republican leaning district of democrats trying to make a comeback, or is this a big republican year. we ll watch this special election tonight to see if we can read some tea leaves. we ll watch along with you. david chalian, thanks. thank you. a source tells cnn former secretary of state mike pompeo is meeting with the january 6th committee today. details on the panel s focus in this conversation next. i d like to thank our sponsor liberty mutual. they customize your car insurance, so you only pay for what you need. contestants ady? go! on pay for what you need. jingle: lirty. liberty. liberty. liberty. finding the perfect designer isn t easy.
the january 6th committee and from law enforcement according to the attorney for the plaintiffs and he said, look, unless you say to me, judge, there is no reason you can t do this, i m going to turn them over. the judge did give the defense team some time to basically try to come up with a reason why she should not say, sure, go ahead and turn these over, not clear whether they have come up with anything yet. i guess we will learn more today. oliver, given your knowledge of alex jones on january 6 and the nexus he played in the broader trump and conspiracy theorist orbit, what s the potential jeopardy or information we could get from these? we could get a lot. alex jones is someone who has boasted that he has knowledge of basically the inner workings of the white house. he is a key figure in right bing media so he is undoubtedly texting key players who do have contact. so there could be a lot of interesting messages in those text messages and we expect to hear more about whether,