know that the east man memo was legally bogus. i m convinced that they will seek charges. there is a connection with alleged criminality. but january 6, i think there are multiple layers so i think it is 50/50 whether he gets charged over the attempted insurrection. and this testimony marks the end of what was a pretty lengthy legal battle that trump waged and trump lost. should he be worried that pence finally testified? yeah, there is a reason why trump fought it so hard. he wouldn t be fighting it so hard if he wasn t worried about it. pence even fought it somewhat. i thought it was more performance art. i always thought pence wanted to testify as payback. but he had to pretend to fight the department of justice in court to placate the maga base because pence wants to run for president and he doesn t want to be seen as a willing accomplice
i just love your energy around this. this is the most excited i ve seen you besides an election night. i was on a plane last night. it s for you. huge news in on the political front. historic testimony from mike pence, donald trump s own former vice president. testifying before federal grand jury about the former president s attempts to overturn the 2020 election. this is the first time ever that is a vice president has been compelled to do this. pence is now the highest ranking official from the trump white house to be questioned by the special counsel, jack smith, in that probe. the source tells cnn pence testified for more than five hours. he could be crucial witness, we already know he rejected trump s demands to block the certification of joe biden s victory on january 6. we heard testimony that trump chewed him out in that heated phone call on the morning of january 6th. these are photos of trump making that call in the oval office.
good news out of ukraine this morning. 14 news out of ukraine this morning after 14 people were killed including children. this happened south of kyiv. a wave of missiles took out an entire residential block of apartments. at least ten high-rise buildings were hit. many people missing as they re working through this and uncovering this. the number of dead expected to climb as rescue teams are searching through the rubble that you can see here. of 17 people have been rescued so far. a 31-year-old woman and her 2-year-old were killed. another series of strikes, despite that damage, ukraine s military also says that it has intercepted at least 21 of the 23 missiles that were fired. for the first time in modern history, a vice president was compelled to testify about the president he served beside. former vice president mike pence testified before a grand jury for more than five hours in the criminal probe investigating trump s actions after the 2020
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grand jurors, what did he tell them about trump and the 2020 election. plus a deadly barrage of missiles strike ukraine leaving raging fires and at least a dozen dead at the hands of russia. and destruction after a tornado rips through a florida town, parts of the south bracing for more severe storms today. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. happy friday, everybody. i m christine romans. we begin with vice president mike pence testifying before the grand jury looking into former president trump s efforts to subvert the 2020 election. grand jury testimony is of course secret, but we have a very good idea of what pence was likely asked about his former boss, now his republican rival. katelyn polantz has more from washington. reporter: former vice president mike pence testified before a federal grand jury on