a batch of new transcripts. what did donald trump jr. tell the committee? plus, a message from moscow. nearly 70 missiles pierce the ukrainian sky in a massive attack. the target ukraine s energy grid. the objective to force war weary ukrainians to spend the holidays in the pitch black. and the united states revives a covid travel restriction for passengers traveling from china. that s what we re watching this hour. hello, everyone, i m amara walker in for kate bolduan. developing, the january 6th committee releasing deposition transcripts from 19 witnesses, many of them donald trump insiders. now, the list includes the former president s son donald trump jr., kimberly guilfoyle, the former fox anchor and trump jr. s girlfriend. stephanie grisham, alexa farah griffin, stephen miller, a former top adviser, christopher miller, the former acting defense lawyer and paula reid joining us with the latest. what did he tell the committee? a lot of news in this batch of transcri
airspace. and lastly, you know, ukraine s intelligence chief colonel told the bbc that the war, quote, is just stuck, it s at a stalemate. do you see anything on the horizon that could shift the situation on the ground in either direction? well, one thing i m looking at is in the northeastern part of the country which is an area that is occupied by the russians, it s part of the luhansk and northeastern part of the region and northern part of the donbas region and that area is something to watch for. it could very well be a place where something could happen in favor of the ukrainians. colonel cedric leighton, always appreciate your analysis, thank you. still ahead, the u.s. is now imposing new rules for travelers from china amid a massive covid surge there. hot pro. ice works fast. to freeze your pain and your doubt.. heat makes it last. so you ll never sit this one out.
acknowledges texting former white house chief of staff mark meadows on january 6th saying that his father, then president trump had to, quote, condemn this expletive and that meadows needed to press his father to condemn what was going on at the capitol. now, investigators pressed donald trump jr. on why he went through meadows and why didn t he just reach out to his far directly? he noted his father doesn t text and couldn t really reach out to him directly. he also confirms that he told meadows to, quote, go to the mattresses confirming that is a godfather reference to try to get his father to condemn the capitol attack. interestingly when donald trump jr. was pressed on whether he believes it was his father s supporters carrying out this violence he sort of demurred and said he blamed the media for this violence but, amara, one thing we keep seeing again and again in many of these transcripts as they re being released is mark meadows as a central figure in all of this. the text me
found out what happened and recommended answers, most of which have been taken. and we haven t been subject to a major attack, foreign attack since. this time america was under attack from within. all of these members of congress were potential victims. all of them. republicans, too. and we need to find out what happened. the senate rejected an independent commission, unfortunately. the house is doing its best. and i think that if they can find the facts, and i agree with mike. the meta data will be useful in narrowing down who meadows to, maybe who the president spoke to this day. this was not the normal course of business. it will be interesting to see what happens with an executive privilege claim given where the calls were made and who made them. but at any rate, we have to know what happened. and then let voters understand that before they cast their vote. both of you, whether at the end of this, given the head