discover theratears®. like no other dry-eye drop in the world. with the 5 vital electrolytes found in natural tears, theratears® is one-of-a-kind hydration that feels like silk. theratears®. a drop like no other™. . a troubling theme in these hearings made a return appearance today. the vice chair of the committee, liz cheney, laid it out in her closing remarks. after our last hearing, 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. and instead alerted their lawyer to the call. their lawyer alerted us. and this committee has supplied that information to the department of justice. let me say one more time, we will take any effort to influence witness testimony very seriously. for more on how this is being handled, we re joined by cnn senior justice correspondent evan perez. is the committee going as far as accusing the former preside
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.
and wife karen who s closing the curtains. according to abc the photo was taken after the attackers had already left the capitol chanting hang mike pence. this is set to focus on mr. pence a few hours after they weighed in on whether some in the january 6th crowd were aided by tours they got from republican house members. the information these were reconnaissance tours were not substantiated. today they released a video of a tour that barry loudermilk gave on the 5th of january. he was taking photos of staircases and hallways that are not typical of interests to tourists. this comes two days after the chief of capitol police said and i m quoting from the letter, we do not consider any of the activities we observed as suspicious. congressman loud erloudermilk to it. there is nothing there. there is nothing suspicious. when visitors come, they take pictures. in just a moment we ll be joined by a former police officer who was badly injured in the january 6th attack. first off,
his hanging. the photo was obtained by abc news. it was taken in his ceremonial office just moments after he and his family were evacuated from the senate chamber, according to abc. along with the former vice president, you see his brother, congressman greg pence, his daughter charlotte and his wife karen who is closing the curtains. according to abc, the photo was taken after the attackers had already taken the capitol, some of them chanting hang mike pence. this comes a day before the select committee is to focus on mike pence weighing in on whether some in the january 6th crowd were aided by tours they got from house members. the allegation there were reconnaissance tours is not, repeat not yet substantiated. but today the committee released a video of the tour of the capital georgia republican congressman barry lauder milk gave on the 5th of january. in the video, one man is seen snapping pictures of security checkpoints, staircases and hallways, which in the words of b
partisan thesis, we heard from witnesses in cabinet s own circle and some of them turned on him. trump s attorney general, bill barr told trump the idea that he won the election was bs and trump s own daughter said she accepted barr s assessment. trump s strategy now is to claim his attorney general sucked and throwing his own daughter under the bus by saying she checked out. we see that the mob s chants of hang mike pence erupted after a rioter broadcast a trump tweet about mike pence certifying the election. and aware of the chants to hang mike pence, the president responded with this sentiment, quote, maybe our supporters have the right idea. mike pence, quote, deserves it. we expect to hear more on all the revelations in the next hearing that begins on monday. let s bring in cnn legal analyst preet bah har and author of with rise of the strong men and how they succeed ruth ben-chiat. preet, let s start with you, they said this would be quite the start. did it live up