and, russia makes a push to take a key ukrainian city. we are allies in kyiv with details. their first hearing was a smash hit, of sorts, which drew some 20 million viewers. the genuine sixth committee is about to reconvene in front of tv cameras once again, just hours from now. the focus will be on what former president trump knew about the election results, and when he knew it, even as he kept pushing the big lie that he was the victim of massive voter fraud. here is the preview now from marshall cohen. reporter: the second public hearing from the january 6th select committee is shaping up to be a block buster event. the witness list includes donald trump 2020 campaign manager bill stepney and. that was a bit of a surprise. he is appearing under subpoena. we will find out soon how helpful he is going to be. it is notable he is even showing up. the panel also hear from bj pack, the u.s. attorney in atlanta who was pressured by the trump white house to backup trumps false
congress, first it is earlier this week that it was nevada, he called the state a disgrace while being interviewed by a reporter in nevada. do you ever wonder, is donald trump really running for president or is he just on a massive fund raising campaign for himself. and to johnson s point, just doing everything you can to stay out of jail? well of course he is trying to stay out of jail, of course he is really more about raising money than he is winning. you should never really go and insult voters in a critical swing state like nevada, why would anybody do that? and why would he? again, you know, he has done a lot of things at the five political gravity through his party. career, mocking john mccain as a p. o. w.. getting in a fight with gold star families. calling all mexicans rapists. i mean, he has done all sorts
them and called the language divisive, but interesting to hear from a gop senator that he would have santos removed. i mean, that s kind of the takeaway in bunny boiler. lastly, congressman santos emerged from his office earlier today and put up a black p. o. w. flag outside his office. what was that about? i really don t know. none of us really know. it s a great question. a lot of lawmakers have flags outside of their offices, that s not uncommon. some have the p. o. w. flag outside their office, so, you know, you see the flags and, you know, down the corridors, why he chose today and why he chose that flag and that moment to come out with it, he only knows. also he has a staff, or actually, does he have staff? are there people actually want to work for him?
despite the terrible relationship that we have with russia right now, it indicates that i am an optimist. i think we are gonna get paul whelan out. and i think it will be sooner rather than later. i have said, by the end of this year, i do a gamble. we got trevor reed, a marine out, about four months ago in exchange with russia. now brittney griner. and then whelan. and there are several others. we may see others. about three others that we are working on. americans that have been detained in russia, including a p. o. w. named in the russian occupied section
important, here. let s try to go through this. is it true that a prisoner of war could not be prosecuted for a lawful act of war? so then, what is the legal distinction between someone who is tried for a war crime, let s say, or a mercenary, or a p.o.w? you very much. that is right. a person who is a prisoner of war, that means, a member of the armed forces of one of the parties that are fighting, who is captured and detained by the other side, that is a prisoner of war, is entitled to what is called combatant immunity. what that means is that the person may not be tried merely for taking part in hostilities. what that means is that, as he said, they may not be tried for a lawful act of war. so, if they commit an act which is a war crime, in other words, something which is contrary to the laws of war, they may be tried for that.