event. what we know about funeral services and new details on the weapons the suspect used if that attack. plus a cnn exclusive, how firefighters are going on the offensive to bring down drones that could interfere with their ability to stop wildfires. it is the weekend. we are glad to have you this saturday, july 9th. thanks for waking up with us. and thank you for having me here this weekend. good to be with you guys. we ll begin with the january 6 committee interview with one of the most important witnesses. former white house council pat cipollone testifying before that panel for more than 7 hours. a source said he provided, quote, a great deal of new information. and keep in mind, portions of yesterday s closed-door meeting will be made public in upcoming hearings. he was among a handful of people who spent time with donald trump as the u.s. capitol unfolded. they were trying to figure out what trump was doing and how he reacted to the violence in realtime. zoe l
folks, people who built the country, a fighting chance. the white house says the $1,400 checks if many americans are stand landing in bank accounts as soon as this weekend. the law includes a boost to federal unemployment benefits and more funding for coronavirus vaccine and testing programs. later tonight, biden will deliver his first prime time address to the nation as president of the united states to chart a course out of this def devastating pandemic. almost 33 million fully vaccinated, which is the gad news, but not to mention, the nation is still down almost 10 million jobs. and as cnn phil mattingly reports, the white house plans to try to sell this new legislation to every corner of the country. i m going to have a lot more to say about that tonight and the next couple of days. reporter: for president joe biden, a day of major moments. this historic legislation is about rebuilding the backbone of this country. reporter: with major challenges still ahead. bi
investigation. boris and jessica. ryan. thank you. this morning we have new cnn reporting on alleged planning by the oath keepers to prepare for violence in washington, d.c. on january 6, 2021. a filed by the justice department said at least one member of the extremist group transported explosives to an area just outside of the capitol and they held training camps focused on military tactics. another member had a handwritten documents with the words death list on it that included the name of a georgia election official and a family member. the oath keeper member tells cnn the doj s claim that i sought to assassinate election workers is a false and disgusting lie. they are charged with seditious conspiracy and scheduled to go to trial in september. as residents in highland
conspiracy theorists like finchem. who have ties, or even are official members of extremist groups like the oath keepers. and the oath keepers have been very successful since they were founded in 2009. in recruiting law enforcement, military and state legislators. so this has been a very troubling, sort of a troubling pattern, that i think the relationship between politics and extremism seems to have gotten stronger since january 6th, not weaker. yeah. we are seeing that in places like wyoming, where liz cheney is one of the people trying to replace her, is supposedly an oath keeper member as well. elaine, i want to play you a clip of trump endorsed arizona governor candidate, kerry lake, from that rally, have a listen. come to think of it, there are a few other people i d like to send down to the prison right here in florence. anybody who was involved in that corrupt, shady, shoddy election of 2020. lock them up. you have candidates for office who are oath keepers.
state legislators. so this has been a very troubling sort of a troubling pattern that i think the relationship between kind of politics and extremism seems to have gotten stronger since january 6th, not weaker. yeah. and we re seeing that in places like wyoming, where liz cheney, one of the people trying to replace her is an oath keeper member as well. elaine, i want to play you a clip of trump-endorsed arizona candidate carrie lake from that rally. come to think of it there s a few other people i d like to send right down to the prison down here in florence. anybody who was involved in that corrupt, shady, shoddy election of 2020. lock them up. we have candidates for office who are oath keepers, you have candidates for office threatening to lock people up, you have the crowd cheering and screaming, you have the big lie.