attack on the capitol. but more than three hours went by before donald trump said much of anything. next week s hearing, the eighth one of the series, building upon evidence showing how trump tried to use the power of his government to overturn joe biden s victory. we re going to walk down to the capitol. he called on his supporters to come to washington on january 6th. so why did you decide to march to the capitol? basically, the president got everybody riled up, told everybody to head on down. so we basically just followed what he said. tuesday s hearing, vice chair liz cheney revealing that trump tried to call a potential witness. something the committee relaid to the department of justice. let me say one more time, we will take any effort to influence witness testimony very seriously. but today, chairman bennie thompson telling cnn that the committee does not plan to depose this potential witness. it doesn t know why trump made the call. you have intervi
a plan for the u.s. military to seize voting machines. also, the committee today accusing trump of summoning the mob with his own words to washington. and rioter stephen ayres testifying that he was answering donald trump s call. and the emotional moment in that hearing room today involving the rioter and the capitol officers. rachel scott and pierre thomas standing by. also tonight, those images coming in now, that deadly boating accident on the hudson. a boat capsizing. at least two people dead, including the child. several victims pulled from the water. erielle reshef from the scene tonight. also late today, as parents demand answers in texas, that newly obtained surveillance showing the gunman in uvalde, armed with a rifle in the halls of robb elementary. a boy rounding the corner seconds after he passes by. officers begin filling the hallway three minutes later. several coming under fire. and how long it takes before they go after the gunman. mireya villarreal in tex
an off the rails oval office meeting between rudy giuliani and sydney powell that almost erupted into a fistfight between mike flinn and a white house aide. and new allegations of possible attempted witness tampering by the former president. president trump tried to call a witness in our investigation, a witness you have not yet seen in these hearings. that person declined to answer or respond to president trump s call. and instead alerted their lawyer to the call. their lawyer alerted us. and this committee has supplied that information to the department of justice. president biden is in israel today, the first leg of a middle east trip that includes a controversial visit to saudi arabia, the oil-rich company he said during the campaign should and pariah for killing jamal khashoggi. but now the president does plan to meet with the crown prince the cia concluded was responsible for khashoggi murder. another big goal for the white house is to get the saudis to pump more oi
seize voting machines. also, the committee today accusing trump of summoning the mob with his own words to washington. and rioter stephen ayres testifying that he was answering donald trump s call. and the emotional moment involving the rioter and the capitol officers. rachel scott and pierre thomas standing by. also tonight, those images coming in now, that deadly boating accident on the hudson. a boat capsizing. at least two people dead. several victims pulled from the water. erielle reshef from the scene tonight. also late today, as parents demand answers in texas, that newly obtained surveillance showing the gunman in uvalde, armed with a rifle in the halls of robb elementary. a boy rounding the corner seconds after he passes by. officers begin filling the hallway three minutes later. several coming under fire. and how long it takes before they go after the gunman. mireya villarreal in texas. the warning tonight about this new covid variant now sweeping the country.
violent actions. you ll also hear from stephen ayres who was directly influenced by president trump s tweet to travel to washington for a day he said would be wild. and there is immense pressure on the committee today in what could be a put up or shut up moment to prove to the nation that there is a direct link between former president donald trump and those extremists responsible for the chaos at the capitol. there s a lot of expectation on new video clips of former white house counsel pat cipollone from his nearly eight-hour deposition last week. what did he tell the committee about what he advised the president on and around january 6th, and what did he corroborate from the testimony of others, specifically cassidy hutchinson. ladies, listen, just to get us up to speed on what we have seen so far, there s been a number of hearings, a number of weeks between them, just to catch us all up. remember the first one started with him knowing that he lost, being told that he los