influencing its fate in deciding what role the city plays for everybody. and that is part of what makes it so contentious. you have these three religions living so close together and adds to the tension that could lead to a spark that we have seen play out all too many times. it s a beautiful city and fascinating subject and we certainly look forward to it. be sure to tune in the all new cnn original series, jerusalem, city of faith and fury, premiering sunday night at 10:00 p.m. eastern and pacific only on cnn. this is a moment, the gospel of furor. that s a quote between the potential military and former president trump. plus, why did a russian hacking group suddenly vanish online? i ll ask the homeland security secretary coming up.
election . these excerpts obtained by cnn are from this upcoming book i alone can fix it by two washington post reporters, among the revelations america s top generals feared that then president trump would attempt a coup after the election and they planned ways to stop him. this was the first time in modern u.s. history that there was a potential showdown between the commander in chief and the military. general mark milliand the other joints chief plotted mass resignations one by one rather than carry out orders by trump they considered to be illegal, something of a reverse saturday night massacre. according to book, the general viewed trump as an authoritarian leader and as for the big lie, he told his aides it was, quote, the gospel of the furor. he grilled mark meadows about whether trump would fire chris
this is international story she has international fan base. there were rallies in los angeles, washington, d.c., even london. some of the social media accounts, ainsley, have hundreds of thousands of federals. celebrity friends offering support. cher, a.j. mclean. i found that interesting. and radio stations yesterday declared it the free britney radio day. her songs were up by more than 40% in rotation. she has the support of people. looks like they will be back in court in september. ainsley: we showed that video of her celebrating doing cart wheels and riding her horse. she put that on social media. real representation, #free britney. good to see you. thanks, ainsley. ainsley: have a good day. the wounded warrior project brings annual soldier ride back to no, and it starts right here on fox square coming up. after having a kid, everything that you used to do for yourself goes out the window.
were, collaborating. there was not a small group of people who voted against certifying the election, even after what happened in that chamber and in those halls on january 6th. and so, i think, there s two different groups, john. i think one is jim jordan, people who were very close to the former president, people who he saw as basically extensions of himself and his enforcers and pr agents and that he were lawmakers. jim jordan falls into that category. and the broader category of people who were willing to go along with these claims about challenging the election despite what had happened. and i think in both cases you have seen this calcifying of sentiment in the republican party. that is where all this has led. those are the people in power now. angela merkel the former president obviously had an interesting relationship with the german chancellor. and he talked about an oval office meeting with offensive terms for germans here. he said, quote, that bitch
wray and gina haspel. the book claims that the general and mike pompeo met privately and pompeo told him that the crazies are taking over which is an account that pompeo denies. it describes tense moments that played out during january 6th and the aftermath including liz cheney telling jim jordan during the capitol riot, quote, you fing did this and house speaker nancy pelosi fears he would use a weapon during his final days in office. a private conversation she had with general milly and the military would not carry out an order that was illegal. finally, the book talks about trump s disdain for german chancellor angela merkel during an oval office meeting about nato and germany, where according to the book, trump refers to the german chancellor as that bitch merkel. i want to bring in barbara starr and maggie haberman.