the results was illegal. but they pushed anyway. listen to former trump white house lawyer eric herschmann on his conversation with eastman. i said are you out of your effing mind. i was completely blunt. i said you re crazy, you re going to cause riots in the streets. and he said words to the effect of, there s been violence in the history of our country to protect the democracy or protect the republic. testimony revealed even after the capitol riot, eastman pushed for delay in certifying the election and later asked for a pardon. [ crowd chanting ] the committee also outlined just how close rioters were to the then vice president and pointed out that some of them had seen president trump s tweet at 2:24, saying that pence lacked courage. recent court filing by the department of justice explains the confidential informant from the proud boys told the fbi the proud boys would have killed mike pence if given a chance. some of those rioters came within just 40 feet of
the january 6th committee kicking off its next public hearing just hours from now, and we re told that they re going to focus on the former president s efforts to pressure mike pence to overturn the election and how it, quote, directly contributed to the insurrection. this coming as we re getting new video of a capitol tour led by a republican congressman right before the riot. cnn s ryan nobles has the latest now. reporter: there s no escape, pelosi, schumer. reporter: new video released by the january 6th select committee showing a man outside the capitol directing threats at democratic members of congress. pelosi, nadler, schumer, even you aoc, we re coming to take you out and pull you out by your hairs. reporter: that same man seen the day before on a tour of the capitol complex with republican congressman barry loudermilk, snapping pictures the committee believes are suspicious. chairman benny thompson righting to loudermilk, quote, individuals on the tour photog
thanks for watching. i will be back tomorrow night. don lemon start right now. see you in an hour here. i have questions for you. i can t wait. i ll see you then. i wanted to get to this quickly because we have so much we want you to hear. you may not have heard of a lot of it today and we will play it for you. today s hearing, i want to make this very clear. it was on about democrats taking trump down. okay? you may hear that another places but that is not with this is about. this is about trump s inner circle. the people who are closest to the former president. they were the ones providing all of the evidence here. all of the evidence in the hearings. people in the center circle. critical and methodical testimony at the second public hearing at the house committee investigating the january 6 and direction. testimony from the former attorney general as well as someone with the campaign. he pushed his big life election fraud on the american people. what you play close
iran will remove 27 cameras that have been announcing nuclear sites for the international community. i ll talk to iea chief rafael mariano about what happens next. average u.s. gas prices hit a record $5 a gallon. overall inflation hits 8.6%. 40 year high. consumers are pessimistic about the state of the u.s. economy. what does the former federal reserve chair ben bernanke think? i ll ask him. but first, here s my take. we are now living in a totally new era. that is what the 99-year-old henry kissinger said commenting on the russian invasion of ukraine. president biden vividly outlined the stakes. he wrote, if russia does not pay a heavy right for its actions, it will send a message to other would-be aggressors that they too can seiz e territory and sub yous subjugate others and catastrophic consequences the world over. in times like these, it seemed appropriate that the secretary of state antony blinken would deliver a major policy address, which he did late last month. e
unclear. there were at least 13 mass shootings in the country since friday evening as 13 incidents in which four or more people were shot. a map where they occurred from phoenix to philadelphia, also a look at locations of all the mass shootings so far this year. at least 246 and that s just so far. according to the gun violence archive which compiles these statistics, it puts the country on pace to match or exceed the worst year on record. now, in a moment, we ll have the latest from congress, first, though, cnn s bryan tod on the weekend. reporter: a physical altercation escalated to a shoot-out saturday according to police with bullets flying into the crowd in an entertainment district. when police responded. several civilians suffering from gunshot wounds lying on the sidewalk and in the street. reporter: police believe at least four gunmans, 14 shot, three killed, one a suspected gunman. charges filed today including attempted murder against one of two suspects, on