congressional committee investigating the january 6th insurrection has reached out to the justice of met with information that donald trump tried to contact one of the witnesses in their probe. that was one of the big new pieces of information that, in yesterday s hearing. the committee also showing how the president tried to make the march on the capitol look spontaneous. he and his supporters have been planning for it for days. cnn jessica schneider has the highlights. reporter: january 6th house select committee revealing details about an unscheduled meeting in the oval office just weeks before the insurrection. what ensued was a heated and profane clash between this group and president tribes white house advisors who treated personal insults, accusations of disloyalty to the president, even challenges to physically fight. reporter: the meeting lasted well into the night. some of his attendees repeated unproven election fraud claims reproaching different ideas to t
i yelled back. you better sit your effing down. reporter: they wanted them to seize voting machines. can the federal government sees voting machines? that s a terrible idea. that s not how we do things in the united states. we don t have the authority to do that. reporter: trump wanted to appoint sidney powell the clearance. he along with other cabinet members encourage him to concede the election. conveyed to him that i thought it was time for him to acknowledge that president biden had won.