president who wanted the extra near oig legitimacy from doj to back his bogus claims and overturn the election and stay in power. even some trump allies now privately acknowledging to cnn that some of the testimony from yesterday was, quote, damaging. this is the room where it happened. a dramatic high stakes meeting in the oval office just three days before the capitol riot in january of 2021. the witnesses testified that trump leaned on them to publicly call the election fraudulent and corrupt, something that they wouldn t do. and that when the acting attorney general jeffrey rosen there refused, trump threatened to replace him with this little known environmental lawyer from the civil division jeffrey clark. the justice department officials in the room all pushed back threatening to resign. he said so suppose i do this, suppose i replace him, jeff rosen, with him, jeff clark. what would you do? and i said, mr. president, i would resign immediately. i m not working one mi
and the supreme court on guns and with the supreme court going one way and congress going the other and we will tell you what it means for gun safety in america. and breaking news overnight from ukraine, after weeks of fighting, the ukraine officials say the forces have to withdraw from a key battleground in the east. we ll have the latest. all right. good morning. and welcome to way too early. on this friday, june 24th. i m sam, in for jonathan lemire. hearing number five into the january 6th, focussed on donald trump s efforts to get the justice department to legitimize his bogus claims of voter fraud, that includes his relentless pursuit of an attorney general who would go along with his election conspiracies. the pressure top leaders faced when they refused to do so and how those leaders band together and then prevailed. and pardons for the roles in the election scheme. first, trump s nonstop efforts to get the department of justice to sign off on the big lie. here
Developing news. Two people stabbed in East San Jose less than an hour after Cinco De Mayo celebrations wrapped up in the same spot. We just got new details from police in the last 30 minutes. They now say a man is in Critical Condition and the second victim is a juvenile whose injuries are not life threatening. The stabbing happened near emma palm park, where the east side Cinco De Mayo ended today. Good evening, im dionne lim. Police arent saying whether the violence had any connection to the festival. Abc seven News Reporter Tara Campbell is in san jose with details from investigators. Yeah, the scene is much quieter here now. Police presence was much stronger earlier this evening as they began investigating this double stabbing. Now, police arent releasing many details at this time. However, we do know the incident happened at around 530, about a half hour after Cinco De Mayo celebrations officially ended in this area, and that both victims were taken to the hospital. The request 1
Celebrations underway around the bay area. Abc seven news starts right now. Always live abc seven news starts right now. Protesters continue to toe the line between free speech and disruptive discourse on College Campuses across the country. Now, some of those schools are trying to return to normal heading into a new week. We begin now with the latest on those protests, where ucla plans to return to regular operations tomorrow, according to an online post by campus officials. This was the scene on campus just days ago. The protest interrupted some graduation ceremonies at colleges and universities across the country this weekend. Abcs zohreen shah is following all the developments from los angeles. The lapd on campus at usc early sunday morning. The Schools Department of Public Safety says officers were called in to provide security as the university worked to peacefully remove an illegal encampment. And it seemed like the people in the encampment followed. Lapds orders. No arrests hav
Years old, she took part in a bay area half marathon. Today. Well see how she did. Abc seven news starts right now. Always live. Abc seven news starts right now. Making a cultural connection on this Cinco De Mayo. Those taking part in the biggest bay area celebrations hope its more than just a good time. They want the day to hold a History Lesson as well. Hi there and thanks for joining us for this Early Edition of abc seven news. Due to american idol, im dionne lim. We begin now with a celebration of significance. Abc seven News Reporter cornell bernard is in san jose, where the city is marking Cinco De Mayo in a big way. The Cinco De Mayo in downtown san jose. You can call it a parade or a party. Marina knows why shes here celebrating our heritage. Celebrate the cars and family. In east san jose, there was another parade stretching down king road. Ruth salas brought her daughter, genesis. When i was a kid, my parents used to bring us out, and that was fun, to bring genesis out. And s