of the cat skills. while most new yorkers will be voting in the primary, others will be voting in a special election for the house seat vacated by tino delgato after he was appointed governor. so why this race, especially because it s for a four-month term? this is because it s most potent, for economy and crime or abortion and democracy, what ryan is running on. the democrats are hoping the closer-a than-expected red districts, along with the resounding defeat of the anti-abortion measures are not one-offs. the hard-and-fast rules don t see so hard and fast. look at our survey conducted august 12th through 16th. threats to democracy has overtaken cost of living as the most important voter issue. president biden s approval numbers are still stagnant and modern history tells us the only time the party in power gained seats in the mid term is when the president is overwhelmingly popular, clinton in 1998 and bush in 2002. but even among exception, this is an exceptional time, th
our democracy. joining me now is democratic congressman jim himes of connecticut. he s a member of the house intelligence committee. congressman, thank you so much for staying up late and being part of our special coverage tonight. let me broadly ask you sir if i can, your broad takeaways of this final hearing that we heard and overall the eight hearings that we witnessed? well thank you for having me a man. i think i was one of the last of the congressman out of the chambers on that day and remember the weapons that were drawn in the insurrection. i remember seeing them displayed out on the ground just outside the chamber as they reasserted control over the capitol. despite that, i will tell you that getting the full picture, how this was a comprehensive, detailed plan with all kinds of different aspects right? we re gonna call the secretaries of state of georgia and demand the precise number of votes to be found too i would let me win the election. setting up fake elector
i m ayman mohyeldin. let s get started. it s good to be with you. i m ayman mohyeldin, a new york. for a year and, have you heard that vice president mike pence was in mortal danger on january six, 2021, when donald trump s mob overran the capitol in an attempt to stop pence from counting joe biden s winning electoral votes. we all saw the video of pence s evacuation on that day. it happened. it was close. but we didn t know how close, until thursday when the house january six committee played audio of secret service agents trying to protect pence as the insurrectionists closed in. they are on the second floor. moving in now. we may want to consider getting out and leaving now. coffee? will we encounter the people once we make our? way repeat. if we made our way to the there are six officers between us and the people that are five feet away. we have a clear shot if we move quickly. got smoke downstairs. standby. unknown smoke downstairs. by the protesters?
they re saying it was a homicide. then police found something else. revealing recordings. everything changed like instantly. it s weird. brittany is essentially speaking from the grave. you could see the emotions she went through. could she point police to her killer? i am scared to death. all at once just in a flash your life just changed. hello, welcome to dateline. it started with a little flirtation in the office and bloomed into a full-blown romance. problem was, brittany eldridge was married to another man then brittany found out she was pregnant and it was just weeks before her due date that strategy struck. investigators would home in on the two men in brittany s life but was either capable of murder? here s andrea canning with deadly circumstances. imagine all of your phone conversations being recorded for posterity? how would you feel. what secrets would they tell? why are you talking like you re trying to hide something. reporter: this sto
then be heard saying on capitol hill. the committee pointing out they were directly reacting to what they were hearing from the president. and even after the horrific violence, another late message to mike pence. the lawyer working with trump saying there was still time to do this, to not certify the election. jonathan karl standing by with the testimony. also at this hour, the severe storms we re watching in the east at we come on the air. a tornado watch now in effect for parts of pennsylvania to new york. severe thunderstorms from the carolinas all the way up into the northeast. damaging winds possible. rob marciano standing by to time this out. the war in ukraine. and tonight, it s now believed three americans fighting for ukraine are now missing. at least two of them feared captured by russia. james longman in ukraine with what we re now learning tonight. the top isis leader captured by the u.s. tonight, u.s. officials saying he planned attacks against u.s. forces