even the kremlin calling this situation larming. what we re seeing as a completely new phase alaunching it in russia. we re very clear with the ukrainian that s we do not support attacks inside russia. the 2024 gop presidential race is about to get more crowded. mike pence will throw his hat into the ring. chris christie feels he s the only candidate that is willing to take on donald trump directly head-to-head. are they going to get in the race and tactually say somethin about him, to him? it s a difficulty. and the guide saved a climber s life hauling him down mt. everest for six hours. it was important for us to rescue him. we saved his life by coming down the summit. good morning, everyone. miracles do happen. i love that story. we ll get much more of that ahead. happy to be joined by erica hill. good morning. nice to be with you this morning. p. nice to have you. we start here. federal prosecutors obtained a recording of donald trump saying he
supporters to go home. trying to make the case that trump chose to allow his supporters to carry out that deadly assault on the capitol. on january 6th, when lives and our democracy hung in the balance. president trump refused to act because of his selfish desire to stay in power. president trump did not fail to act during the 187 minutes the between leaving the ellipse and telling them up to go home. he chose not to act. one of the committees key points, donald trump knew the capital was under siege 15 minutes after he left the rally. yet, made no effort to stop the violence. at 1:25, president trump went to the private dining room off the oval office. from 1:25 until 4:00 the president stayed in his dining room a hits connected to the oval office fire short hallway witnesses told us that on january 6th president trump sat in his usual spot at the head of the table facing a television hanging on the wall. it would take probably less than 60 seconds from the oval of
187 minutes of what was described as donald trump s dereliction of duty on january 6th. we also heard testimony from two former white house insiders, deputy national security advisor matthew pottinger, and sarah matthews. they both resigned shortly after the insurrection took place. the panel tonight focused on those three plus hours between the time donald trump left the rally, and when he sent out that tweet telling his supporters to go home. trying to make the case that trump chose to allow his supporters to carry out that deadly assault on the capitol. on january 6th, when lives and our democracy hung in the balance. president trump refused to act because of his selfish desire to stay in power. president trump did not fail to act during the 187 minutes the between leaving the ellipse and telling them up to go home. he chose not to act. one of the committees key points, donald trump knew the capital was under siege 15 minutes after he left the rally. yet, made no eff
mike pence have asked in recent days about conversations with ump from, his lawyers and others in his inner circle who sought to substitute trump allies for certified electors from some states joe biden won. that s according to two people familiar with the matter, both spoke anonymously. prosecutors asked hours of detailed questions about meetings trump led in december 2020 and january 2021. his pressure campaign on pence to overturn the election and what instructions trump gave his lawyers and advisors about fake electors and sending electors back to the states. some of the questions focused directly on the extent of trump s involvement in this fake electorate effort led by outside lawyers including eastman and rudy giuliani and yet another sign of just how far the doj probe has advanced, the post is also reporting that prosecutors have their hands on the phone records of some key trump officials and aides including those of former white house chief of staff mark meadows. of
autobiography of former white house chief of staff mark meadows. that is significant because even though meadows wasn t there at this time, trump was in the habit of recording conversations with journalists, writers, anyone working on a book. he knew that he was being taped and while we have not heard this recording, multiple sources say on this recording not only does the former president reas a rule that he is still in position of the at least one classified document, pentagon memo describing a possible attack on iran, but he also suggests that he would like to share this but he acknowledges there are limits on his power to declassify. that undercuts everything that he and his attorneys argued publicly about why he was not intentionally keeping the nation s most sensitive secrets. there is so much in there. not just the fact that it was being recorded and that the papers are. there but the fact that nick ackerman based on the reporting,