as the longest, largest investigation into donald trump s attempt to stay president barrels toward conclusion, we put it all together. i ve got three men walking down the street in fatigues and carrying an ar-15. i heard saying something to the effect i don t care they have weapons, let my people in. new insight from witnesses. you want me to take my state, 3.2 million voters, and just throw them out the window? was he asking you to commit a crime? it gets back to the criminal intent issue. i don t know what he believed. the unanswered questions. i feel like we don t know the full story on the proud boys and oath keepers. and what might lie ahead. the former president and his allies represent a clear and present danger to democracy. not because of what they did on january 6th. it s because of what they pledged to do in 2024. a cnn special report american coup, the january 6th investigation. i m a very textural artist. i love a lot of texture. in
talked a lot about the frm former president, but now he s putting himself, the record of his administration, front and center as we get closer to the midterms. reporter: there s no question about it and that s because white house officials, the president included, believe they have a record to talk about, a record to hold up as they head into these final days before the midterm election, and as you noted, it is a record that has been bolstered over the course of the last nine weeks by a real flurry of legislative victories. some of the president s key economic agenda items, key climate agenda items, key healthcare agenda items all moving through congress throughout the course of this summer. you combine that with what we saw from the supreme court related to striking down roe vs. wade and there is no question about it. democrats, politically, feel like they re in a railroad diff very different place, but the president s legislative accomplishments are significantly more sub
welcome to cnn tonight. i m jake tapper. and tonight we re less than a month, 27 days, away from one of the weirdest and least predictable midterm elections in modern memory. what s happening now and ending on election day, november 8th, is not typical. it s not. as of now it s not shaping up to be a wave for one party or another. no. it s more like a sharknado. now, typically, republicans would and should be feeling pretty good about their chances to retake both the house and the senate by significant margins, feeling good because things are bad. with high inflation and fears of a recession, voters are inclined to hold the party in power right now, that s democrats responsible and accountable. because phrases are up almost everywhere you look. life is more expensive. by which of course i mean life cereal, wheat and processed wheat products up more than 20% year-to-year. and as humpty hump might say, straight butter baby, by which butter is up 30% august to august. an
president barrels toward conclusion, we put it all together. i got three men walking down a street carrying ar-15s. the explosive testimony. i heard the president say something to the effect of, i don t care that they have weapons. let me people in. new insight from witnesses. i said, you want me to take my state, 3.2 million voters and just throw them out the window? was he asking you to commit a crime? i don t know what he believed. the unanswered questions. i feel like we don t know the full story on the proud boys about oath keepers. and what might lie ahead. the former president and his allies represent a clear and present danger to american democracy, not because of what they did on january 6th. you better run, cops! it s because of what they pledge to do in 2024. a cnn special report american coup, the january 6th investigation. in arizona, the republican speaker of the house rusty bowers is an artist by trade. last february, bowers wa
conspiracy theories. that could have been mickey mouse. i m watching this is the craziest thing i ve ever seen, and then people just bought it. lawsuits. they tried to not have your votes counted. they did not want your vote to count. potentially illegal pressure campaigns. i just want to find 11,780 votes. what he was asking for wasn t supported by the facts, wasn t supported by the constitution. extraordinary scheming. let s talk about the memo. just breathtaking that you would have laid out such a clear game plan that so clearly violated the constitution. and all too many in the republican party do you believe this was a free and fair election? and maga media who followed along. unverifiable dumps of votes. stop the steal! and it all might have worked if not for a few people in key places. notably among them, brave republicans. in the moments of truth you need the right people to pass the most difficult tests. we had just enough peop