the country to tourists after a 2 year ban due to covid. it s six in the morning in singapore, and six in the evening in washington dc where in just 2 hours time, the hearing into the january 6 assault on congress last year is set to begin. committee aides say the evidence will show that mr trump was at the center of an effort to overturn the election result. but top republicans say the committe s work is illegitimate and a sham. barbara plett usher reports. it was an astonishing attack on democracy. the capitol, stormed by supporters of a defeated president trying to overturn the 2020 election results. the investigation into how and why it happened is the most sweeping ever conducted by congress. but much is already known because these graphic scenes played out on television screens in real time. we fight like hell, and if you don t fight like hell, you re not going to have a country any more. and president trump s fighting words that day echoed around the world. what happ
and the undercover prince how william took to the streets of london to sell the big issue magazine for the homeless it s seven in the morning in singapore, and seven in the evening in washington where the hearing into the january 6 assault on congress last year is set to begin in an hour s time. committee aides say the evidence will show that mr trump was at the center of an effort to overturn the election result. but top republicans say the committe s work is illegitimate and a sham. barbara plett usher reports. it was an astonishing attack on democracy. the capitol, stormed by supporters of a defeated president trying to overturn the 2020 election results. the investigation into how and why it happened is the most sweeping ever conducted by congress. but much is already known because these graphic scenes played out on television screens in real time. we fight like hell, and if you don t fight like hell, you re not going to have a country any more. and president trump
playbook. go to cnn zachary cohen. who is helping provide this cover for the former president during these hearings? i suppose it tells you everything you need to know about trump s hold on this party right now? reporter: really does, jim. you mentioned, kevin mccarthy secured trump s endorsement but not secured it for house speaker yet if republicans retake the house. maybe still a chip on the table and encouraging mccarthy there. in addition to mccarthy, we expect at least stefanik to be a key player. she oversees messaging for the gop conference and one of the loudest in the impeachment proceedings and expected to be intimately involved how to push back in realtime. what trump wants. daehlie counterprogramming in realtime. the other is, expected to be involved, jim banks, jim jordan. both supposed to be on the january 6th committee before kevin mccarthy decided he wouldn t let anybody from his party be on the panel. now we re here. all waiting to see what this push looks
test evidence, it s pretty apparent that at some point president trump knew what was going on. obviously. right? having meetings within the white house, having individuals that you re paying out there doing lawsuits, the 64, 65 lawsuits, if you re pushing this libel on twitter and social media, important and the committee will concentrate. look what s happening and the message pushed by president trump himself on social yomedia and other individuals, it s a pipeline that s damaging and pushing things like stop the steal. trump is announcing a counteroffensive expecting his diehards on capitol hill to defend his honor by writing off the hearings as a partisan witch-hunt. joining me now, former white house press secretary during the trump presidency, stephanie grisham. thanks for being with us. just last month you testified for a second time, i believe, in front of the january 6 committee. did their questions give any clues as to what these new revelations might be that are
Threat tonight. The Cbs Evening News starts now. Tonight, tens of millions of americans are in the path of dangerous storms from texas to vermont. Good evening, im norah odonnell, and thank you for being with us. Its a fourth straight day of Severe Weather bringing destructive wind, flooding, and tornadoes. Several twisters touched down last night in the hawkeye state, including one with winds up to 165 Miles Per Hour. And the scope of the devastation is heartbreaking. This is what the small town of greenfield, iowa, looks like from above tonight. Home after home brought to the ground. Search and rescue operations are underway right now, with the governor revealing its unknown exactly how many people are dead or missing. Cbss Roxana Saberi is in greenfield tonight, talking to families who lost everything. Reporter the tornado that ripped through greenfield, iowa, left a trail of destruction several miles long. This is a Search And Rescue mission, and it will continue to be throughout t