threats to her safety after being accused of being part of a conspiracy theory involving fake ballots, debunked, by the way. most of the discussion heading into today s hearing surrounds brad raffensperger who won a primary earlier this month. raffensperger was facing deep discontent from some trump supporters for pushing back on donald trump in the days before the january 6 insurrection, refusing the former president s request to, quote, find the votes trump needed to win that state. i just want to find 11,780 votes, which is one more than we have, because we won the state. flipping the state is a great testament to our country. ladies, in the hearings so far, each followed a pattern. donald trump was told he lost. he told his supporters that he won anyway. donald trump was told that there was no fraud. he told his supporters that there was fraud. donald trump was told that mike pence did not have the power to overturn the election. he said mike pence had the power to
steele, pence has his eye, as does donald trump potentially as well, on 2024. and mike pence is really not even walking a tight rope here in that speech, he s avoiding the january 6th and what happened six months ago and not sepping or embracing this hero label that was attached to at least his behavior that day. a lot of people criticized why did you wait so long. why did you wait until the 12:00 hour on that very day, almost 1:00, an hour efore the breach when it was too late to turn the mob back, to declare you were not going to go along with the conspiracy to overturn the election by stopping the count. what about mike pence? complete loyalist, all i have seen in all parts of the world declaring in really hostile places, people were hostile to
david begnaud, thank you. and turning now to afghanistan and more chaotic scenes at the kabul airport. evacuations are proceeding slowly, with thousands of americans still wanting and waiting to get out. and there are reports that taliban fighters are preventing afghan civilians from getting anywhere near that airport gate. cbs david martin is monitoring the situation from the pentagon. reporter: u.s. combat troops lined up shoulder to shoulder behind concertina wire at the airport to keep back desperate afghans clamoring for a way out. ( gunfire ) a few times, warning shots had to be fired to keep the mob back. for now, the runways are clear, and transport planes have flown out a total of 5,000 people, mostly american citizens and afghans who once worked for the u.s. it could be the largest evacuation since the fall of saigon 46 years ago, and defense secretary austin acknowledged it s not moving fast enough. it s obvious we re not close
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millions of us will see an impact. this is an issue that affects everything. holding our breath. a chicago man who is turned up in las vegas alive and well three decades after he vanished and was declared dead. he left everything and everyone behind, including his family and friends. abc s ryan owens explains how he managed tototay under the radar. reporter: arthur jones was hiding in plain sight. a man with a gambling problem living in this las vegas home, working at this casino. the 72-year-old was declared dead decades ago. detectives thought he d been murdered by the mob back in 1979. in reality, he d sold his seat on the chicago board of trade to settle a massive gambling debt, walked out on his wife of 17 years and his three children, and simply vanished.