point because it was grant who was wearing that rainbow t-shirt just a week and a half ago, two weeks ago, as the world cup began and was detained for, i believe, it was about a half hour when the authorities at the stadium, the qatari authorities, were telling him he couldn t go in with that t-shirt. what did grant wahl do? he didn t take that t-shirt off. he kept it on and he sat there until one of the supervisors at the world cup allowed him to go ahead and do his job with that t-shirt on. that was grant wahl. unbelievable to know the importance of that message, the importance of what they represented on the world stage at a time when the world was watching. and to think about the loss of such a respected man. and many people know his wife, celine brenner. she was, remember, a member of the covid-19 advisory board for president biden. she s an american infectious disease specialist.
committee trying to nail down the facts surrounding one of the most dramatic and highly disputed stories from that day. that former president trump demanded to be driven to the capitol and lunged a the a security detail when told he couldn t go. nbc news learned the committee is bringing in tony ornato for a second round of testimony today. you might remember he s the one who cassidy hutchinson said told her a about that incident, which she recounted during bomb shell testimony in june. i locked at tony. he said, did you f ing hear what happened? i said, no, i just got back. what happened? tony proceeded to tell me the president said something to the effect of i m the f ing president. take me up to the capitol now. to which bobby responded, sir,
a window into former president donald trump s motorcade on the day of the attack. the committee interviewed a secret service agent who was many the lead car of former president donald trump s mo motorcade on january 6th. that interview would help the committee collect more detail about the planning that day as well as former president donald trump s movements. friday s interview, which has not been previously recorded, is the fourth with secret service agents and officials in five days. the panel continuing to expand its focus on the agency and the speed here highlighting the commitment to digging into what the secret service knew and what the secret service saw that day. further, sources tell cnn that an interview with the driver of trump s presidential vehicle could happen as soon as next week. that agent s testimony is critical in the effort by the committee to try to corroborate explosive testimony from cassidy hutchinson in which she claimed trump lunged at the wheel of the car an
testimony from cassidy hutchinson in which she said he lunged at the wheel of the car and he couldn t go to the capitol after his speech on the ellipse. the committee expects to interview more secret service agents as well. whitney, thank you for that. michael zeldin, host of that s said with michael zeldin. great to see you, michael. let s start with the secret service interviews. there could potentially be a treasure trove of information to them. the agency has handed over, what specifically would you be looking for from the committee? from the committee s standpoint, you want to know a couple of things. one, what was going on with mike pence. remember, they were trying to push him into the car to get him out of the capitol.
including from conservative mps, after rishi sunak said he couldn t go because he would be too busy preparing for the autumn statement. let s get more from our political editor chris mason in westminster. why this sudden about turn? he: reckons he s got time now. he thinks enough progress has been made with the budget coming up in a fortnight for him to have space in his diary for him to have space in his diary for a quick dash to egypt and back for a quick dash to egypt and back for this summit. he told mps at lunchtime, there is no long term prosperity without action on climate change, and no energy security without investment in renewables. one other thing, he also learned yesterday that one boris johnson, yes, the prime minister before last, would be rocking up himself. the current prime minister deciding that he wants to be there, on his first foreign trip in the job, a he wants to be there, on his first foreign trip in thejob, a chance he wants to be there, on his first foreign t