0 along those lines, and then he fairly quickly moved to how fired up the crowd is, was going to be. and just that they were fired up. they were angry. the election was stolen, the election was rigged. did he give any communication how he knew that the crowd was fired up or angry? he continued referencing hearing them outside. through the open door of the oval us a, the president could hear the sound of the crowd and the music at the freedom plaza. these are some of the things that they were saying there at the plaza. just blocks from where the president sat that evening excited for the next day. this is nothing less than an epic struggle for the future of this country between dark and light. between the godly and the godless. between good and evil. and we will win this fight or america will is step off into 1,000 years of darkness. tomorrow, tomorrow, trust me, the american people that are standing on the soil that we re standing on tonight and they re going to be standi
ukraine. do you think that is a legitimate threat from russia? it is a legitimate threat. they have tactical nuclear weapons. they plan for their use. they do have recognition of the fact that the level of escalation that this would represent. i don t think they would use it for any reason short of losing a large part of their military formation or not being able to claim some sort of victory in ukraine. i think they are going to be able to claim a victory, so i don t see the use as likely, but, yes, they could do it and it could be part of a broader scheme to scare off nato and the west. yeah. let s hope it s just a threat, for sure. so we re talking about what russia is doing and we ve been talking today about the u.s.
in just a couple of hours now the leader of the far right extremist group the oath keepers will be in court facing seditious conspiracy charges. they are the most consequential charges yet relate to the january 6th capitol attack, and the indict lays out some disturbing evidence of the alleged plotting by stuart rhodes, this man, and ten others. the allegations include a scouting trip and a stash of weapons for a quick reaction force. members breaching the capitol in a military formation on january 6th fighting police and searching for nancy pelosi. and a continued plot to use force to stop the transfer of power after the capitol attack failed. let s break this down with cnn senior justice correspondent evan perez. first, what can you tell us about today s arraignment? well, ana, we expect that this is going to be a procedural
texts about planning for the possibility of violence, including the fact that we have videotape of oathkeepers moving in military gear. and, remember, many of them are current or former members of the military or law enforcement, and in military formation, it s also in the indictment but we ve got the video so we can see it with our own eyes, they are moving in military-style formation into the capitol, and statements in all of the organizing leading up to it about preventing the electoral vote count. that is seditious conspiracy, and the acts to take that conspiracy to fruition are a matter of public record. were you surprised by this charge? because there were a lot of people who had been saying for a long time or wondering why haven t there been charges of sedition, why hasn t the department of justice moved in that direction? and there are a lot of people who were wondering if maybe the
federal investigators say the oath keepers under rhodes command stormed the capital in military formation wearing tactical gear, the militia group amassed firearms on the outskirt of d.c. and planned to use them to stop the lawful transfer of presidential power. rhodes ex-wife telling wife saying he believes he s a transformative historical figure. these indictments come as the january 6th committee weighs a major escalation in their investigation, subpoenaing sitting members of congress. the committee s request for voluntary interviews with minority leader kevin mccarthy, as well as congressman scott perry and jim jordan have all been rebuked. joining us right now to discuss the latest developments is member legal contributor glenn kirschner, and taren rosen kranz. it s been more than 25 years