On capitol hill the January 6th Select Committee about to share striking never before seen testimony and evidence all with the Focus On Former President Trump and the central role the panel says he played in the attack on democracy. Welcome to cnns live coverage of the January 6th Hearings. Im anderson cooper. Im jake tapper. This is the final hearing. Committee members are promising to hammer home their urgent argument that donald j. Trump remains in their view a Clear And Present Danger to American Democracy as trump continues to push false claims about the 2020 election. Committee aides tell us the hearing today will zero in on trumps State Of Mind on and around january 6th. Were told well see and hear from Cabinet Officials, and other new witnesses who have recently been interviewed by the committee that could potentially include former Secretary Of State mike pompeo, former treasury secretary Steve Mnuchin and elaine chao. Some coming from the Secret Service. They have turned over
washington, d.c., and martha s vineyard. instead of working with us on solutions, republicans are playing politics with human beings using them as props. what they re doing is simply wrong. it s unamerican. it s reckless. the white house says the migrants were misled about where they were being taken and what would be provided once they arrived. we get more from cnn s priscilla alvarez. reporter: dozens of migrants are set to spend the night on martha s vineyard, sent there by florida s governor ron desantis as part of his promise to send migrants to democratic cities. our message to them is we are not a sanctuary state. it s better to go to a sanctuary jurisdiction. yes, we will help facilitate that transport for you to be able to go to greener pastures. reporter: on wednesday the republican governor sent 50 migrants all from venezuela on two privately chartered planes to martha s vineyard. every community in america should be sharing in the burdens. reporter:
on capitol hill the january 6th select committee about to share striking never before seen testimony and evidence all with the focus on former president trump and the central role the panel says he played in the attack on democracy. welcome to cnn s live coverage of the january 6th hearings. i m anderson cooper. i m jake tapper. this is the final hearing. committee members are promising to hammer home their urgent argument that donald j. trump remains in their view a clear and present danger to american democracy as trump continues to push false claims about the 2020 election. committee aides tell us the hearing today will zero in on trump s state of mind on and around january 6th. we re told we ll see and hear from cabinet officials, and other new witnesses who have recently been interviewed by the committee that could potentially include former secretary of state mike pompeo, former treasury secretary steve mnuchin and elaine chao. some coming from the secret serv
hi, everyone. it s 4:00 in new york. the january 6 select committee saved the best for last. they have just wrapped up. the first public hearing in months with an extraordinary historic moment. the panel tasked with investigating the capitol insurrection voted unanimously to subpoena the twice impeached disgraced ex-president himself. here is that moment. this afternoon, i am offering this resolution. the committee direct the chairman to issue a subpoena for relevant documents and testimony under oath from donald john trump in connection with the january 6 attack on the united states capitol. thank you, mr. chairman. i yield back. the gentle lady yields back. the question is on the resolution. in the opinion of the chair, the ayes have it. i request a recorded vote. a recorded vote is requested. the clerk will call the role. miss cheney. aye. miss loftgren. aye. mr. schiff. aye. mr. agular. aye. mrs. murphy. aye. mr. raskin. aye. mrs. lurai. aye. mr. kinzinger. aye.
midterms, with nearly 200 election denying republicans running for key positions across the nation. today we will see new surveillance footage from the trump rally on the ellipse and secret service documents proving how forcefully the former president tried to join the rioters at the capitol on the 6th. the committee will show new evidence he planned to declare victory even before the election was held and new testimony from top trump cabinet members that they tried to stop him afterwards from overturning the results. today s overriding theme, beyond donald trump, congress and the voters have to work to preserve democracy as we know it. keep in mind, this is the first time in nearly three months we will see the committee in action. you know the political reality. the house of representatives could be in republican control come january. while members have repeatedly said they don t see this as part partisan, there s still a political context here. ahead of a potential 2024 p