good evening. i m erin burnett. outfront tonight, a trump white house insider testifies. tonight, cnn has learned that former vice president mike pence s chief of staff, marc short, testified before a federal grand jury investigating january 6th. he is believed to be the highest ranking official in trump s white house to cooperate with the federal investigation. now, in just a moment i m going to speak with marc short live. he is a valuable witness. the day before the january 6th rally, he grew concerned about president trump s attack on pence and warned the secret service. here s a portion of his testimony to the january 6th select committee. concern was for the vice president s security, and so i wanted to make sure the head of the vice president s secret service was aware that likely as these disagreements became more public that the president would lash out in some way. and on january 6th, short was with the vice president who had to be rushed to safety when an an
good evening. i m erin burnett. outfront tonight, a trump white house insider testifies. tonight, cnn has learned that former vice president mike pence s chief of staff, marc short, testified before a federal grand jury investigating january 6th. he is believed to be the highest ranking official in trump s white house to cooperate with the federal investigation. now, in just a moment i m going to speak with marc short live. he is a valuable witness. the day before the january 6th rally, he grew concerned about president trump s attack on pence and warned the secret service. here s a portion of his testimony to the january 6th select committee. concern was for the vice president s security, and so i wanted to make sure the head of the vice president s secret service was aware that likely as these disagreements became more public that the president would lash out in some way. and on january 6th, short was with the vice president who had to be rushed to safety when an angry mob of
stormed the capitol to be prosecuted. the line that he crossed out was, i am directing the department of justice to insure all law breakers are prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law. we must send a clear message. not with mercy but with justice. legal consequences must be swift and firm. he crossed it out. and in case there s anyone questioning who actually make these damning edits with the black sharpie, here s the former president s daughter, ivanka. as you can see throughout the document, there are lines crossed out. there are some words added in. do you recognize the handwriting? it looks like my father s handwriting. well, there you have it. it looks like her father s handwriting right there in black and white. trump refused for hours to condemn the riters ransacking the capitol, threatening his vice president s life. the next day crossing out the crucial lines. evan perez is outfront in washington tonight.
arms race underway between world superpowers. right now, the united states is running behind. w oren liebermann is outfront. at the white sands range, the first test of the u.s. hypersonic missile was a success. the fire system is a ground-based boost glide missile, hypersonic glide weapon, launched atop a booster rocket. the launch was designed to test the launch platform, not the full weapon. defense official says there are more tests planned for later this year. but the countdown is on to develop an operational hypersonic weapon, especially as adversaries like russia and china have pushed ahead of the u.s. in this field. each country approaches their national defense in different ways and means, and they have different approaches to how they re doing it. so, they are overall ahead of us in terms of being able to field a class of hypersonic weapon. reporter: the u.s. is racing
in the community to evacuate. many of them leaving with the shirts on their backs. adrienne broaddus on the scene for us, be careful out there. thank you very, very much. to our viewers, thanks very much for watching. i m wolf blitzer in the situation room. erin burnett outfront starts right now. outfront next, pence s former chief of staff testifies. marc short now believed the highest ranking official from trump s white house to cooperate with the federal investigation into january 6th. he will be outfront. plus, quote, medieval hell, dripping in blood, surrounded by carnage. those are the words of president biden, words we have never heard him say in this context before. he s talking about president trump s refusal to act during the insurrection. and air raid sirens tonight in taiwan. chilling sound as china threatens the u.s. if speaker nancy pelosi goes to taiwan. will china really act or is it all bluster? let s go outfront.