the committee has called him, quote, uniquely positioned to testify. the understatement of the year. just think of what he knows. think of how many times you out there heard his name from other witnesses during the hearings. mr. cipollone said something to the effect of, please make sure we don t go up to the capitol. we re going to get charged with every crime imaginable if we make that movement happen. on his phone, i remember pat saying to him, something to the effect of, the riders got to the capitol mark, we need to see the president now. and mark looked up and said, he doesn t want to do anything, pat. and pat said something to the effect of, and very clearly, had said this to mark, something to the effect of, mark, something needs to be done or people is going to die and the blood is going to be on your hands. this is out of control. i m going down there. pat cipollone weighed in at one point. that letter that this guy wants to send, that s a murder/suicide pact.
public and stop this. kevin mccarthy was not the only republican calling on donald trump to put an end to the violence on that day. in fact, we have learned that at least 11 other republican members of congress reach out to the white house, or at least made some kind of public statement that day to implore the president to do something. to do anything to stop the violence. in fact, his eldest son, don jr., texted then white house chief of staff, mark meadows saying, he s got to condemn this asap. the capitol police tweet is not enough. and he has to lead now. it is gone too far. it is gotten out of hand. three different fox news host, sean hannity, laura ingraham, john all of them texted meadows saying trump needed to make a statement telling people to leave. that is what we know is happening outside of the white house during the 187 minutes from trump s speech on the ellipse, urging supporters to fight like hell. and when he finally released a video telling the rioters quo
you probably won t hear him talk this way again. but, i want to play this for you. this was with the top house republican, kevin mccarthy said on live television back on january six, 2021, as the attack on the capital was unfolding in realtime. i ve spoken to the president. i asked him to talk to the nation, and don t stop this. i told him we need to talk to the nation. i told him what was happening right then. i was very clear with the president when i called him. this has to stop. he s gotta go to the american public and tell them to stop it. he has to go to the american public and stop this. kevin mccarthy was not the only republican calling on donald trump to put an end to the violence on that day. in fact, we have learned that at least 11 other republican members of congress reach out to the white house, or at least made some kind of public statement that day to implore the president to do something. to do anything to stop the violence. in fact, his eldest son, don j
blockbuster testimony. an independence ad war. california s governor is taking out air time on fox news telling florida residents their governor, ron desantis, has america all wrong. up firstly a fourth of july inflection point for president joe biden. the president will celebrate american independence today at the white house, hosting military families before a marathon fireworks show. those fireworks, though, and virtually everything else will cost much more this year than last. it s part of the summer squeeze that has cratered biden s rating and has democrats on track to lose big at the ballot box in november. mj lee is with us. how are they spending the forage. reporter: we re going to see the president any moment now return to the white house from camp david where he and his family spent the holiday weekend. and this morning we saw him tweet out a holiday message to the american people. he wrote, the fourth of july is a sacred day in our country, time to celebrate