happening now. new evidence connecting the capitol riot directly to former-president trump and his pressure campaign against his vice president. insiders swearing under oath that trump knew his scheme to get mike pence to overturn the presidential election was illegal but trump plowed ihead, anyway. the january 6th select committee also documenting pence s escape from that mob that was threatening his life with rioters at one point only 40 feet away. we are breaking down all the testimony, and where the insurrection investigation goes from here. we want to welcome our viewers here in the united states, and around the world. i m wolf blitzer, you re in the situation room . let s get right to the new testimony and evidence presented by the january-6th select committee during today s hearing. it ended just a couple hours or so ago. our congressional correspondent, ryan nobles, has been following it all up on capitol hill. mike pence is going to have to come through for us.
least legitimate committee in american history. over the next hour, we ll drill into what happened january 6th. we ll look at the revelations that may come out tonight. we ll ask what effect the january 6th riot has had on american democracy, and the way it is seen around the world. with the context attorney and former mayor of baltimore stephanie rawlings blake, ron christie, former senior adviser to president george w bush, and former federal prosecutor joe moreno. hello, welcome to the programme. after 11 months, nearly 100 subpoenas, and more than 1,000 interviews, the congressional committee investigating the january 6th attack on the us capitol will deliver its findings. a few hours from now, on primetime television, the public will be shown the interviews the committee conducted behind closed doors with white house staff, trump campaign officials and the interviews they conducted with members of the former presidents own family. we know so much about january 6th, but
good morning to our viewers here in the u.s. and around the world, it is memorial day, monday, may 30th. i m brianna keilar with john avalon. john berman is off. on this day set aside to honor fallen members of the u.s. military the town of uvalde, texas, is preparing the first of many good-byes to the children and the teachers murdered last week inside of an elementary school there. this afternoon there will be visitation and rosary for 10-year-old amerie jo garza, her father told cnn that amerie died trying to call police and save her classmates. uvalde s funeral homes so overwhelmed that it will take weeks to bury all 21 victims. the president and first lady visited uvalde sunday to meet with the grieving families and comfort the grief-stricken community. president biden promised action on gun reform after the crowd pleaded with him to do something. the justice department is now planning to investigate how the police responded to this shooting. let s go now to cnn s ad
Lets show you live pictures from gaza now. This comes as israeli troops are still going house to house to clear communities after the saturday assault thats according to an Israel Defense forces spokesman. The latest developments come as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says his Security Cabinet has approved plans to destroy the military and governmental capabilities of hamas and islamichhad. Netanyahu has said israel is at war after a surprise and unprecedented raid by Palestinian Militants on israel territory early saturday morning. On israel territory early saturday morning. Israels government says hamas launched more than 2000 rockets into the country, killing more than 250 people and wounding over 1100 others. Officials in the gaza strip say over 230 people have been killed and over 1700 were injured in retaliatory strikes. The Un Security Council plans to meet about the violence in the region tomorrow. The Early Morning assault began with a barrage of rocket fire from gaza just
Hunter told cnn edwards did not want the truth to hurt his wife. The issues for internal family and. She was trying to hide it from elizabeth try not to hurt anybody. He didnt want to hurt elizabeth. Or his Family A Key Difference could be the timing of the alleged affairs and subsequent payoffs, which might help spell out the Payments Intent Edwards affair occurred during the 2008 campaign with at least one payment happening after the election was over, long after edwards dropped out of the race in trumps case, the alleged affair happened in 2006, years before he ran for president the payoff is alleged to have been made just two weeks before the 2016 election persecution. And this is about me, but perhaps the starkest difference is how each man reacted to their cases there is no one else responsible for my sans none of the people who came to court and testified are responsible. Nobody working for the government is responsible. I am responsible. This is really an attack on a political