general s office. also, the source says, the ig told the committee that the secret service has not been fully cooperative with his probe. it left the impression that they had been foot dragging. the inspector general, according to the source, said his office is not getting full access to personnel and other records. now, the source also said the ig told the committee he brought the issue more than once to the secretary of homeland security whom, he said, told him to continue to try to get the information. according to a cnn source, the inspector general said that is when he decided to go to congress because he was getting nowhere with his concerns. now, we want to point out just one side of the issue, department of homeland security did not comment on the matter to cnn. so there s a lot we don t know. starting with the fact that a member of the january 6th select can committee jamie raskin said there are, quote, kopbt stkeubgtrystkeubgt contradictory statements. and the all
on the work of the inspector general s office. also, the source says, the ig told the committee that the secret service had not been fully cooperative with his probe. the source said the inspector general s description left the impression that the secret service had been, quote, foot dragging. the inspector general told the committee, according to the source, that his office is not getting full access to personnel records. the source also said the ig told the committee he brought the issue more than once to the secretary of home land security, whole he said continued to try to get the information. according to the source, the inspector general said that is when he decided to go to congress because he was getting nowhere with his concerns. we want to point out that s just one side of the issue. department of homeland security did not comment on the matter to cnn, so there s a lot we don t know, starting with congressman jamie raskin telling cnn there are contradictory statemen
i m carley shimkus. and i m joey jones in for todd piro. republicans are naming their nominees in key swing states colorado and one democrat incumbent is now out of a job. brooke singman has all of those and more. brooke? brooke: hey, good morning guys. yesterday s primaries setting up major match-ups for what republicans predict will be a big red wave in november s midterm. now starting in new york where congressman lee zeldin wins the republican nomination for governor and will face incumbent democrat kathy hochul who is running for her first full term after rising to power in disgrace of former governor cuomo alleys sexual assault candles. vowing to clean up the mess of democrat policies. she s been panderingering to the far left whchlt the tax and spend criminal liberals controlling albany were insisting on policies that would take our state in the wrong direction, kathy hochul didn t stand up and lead them instead she got led by the far left. brooke: another big
shocking story. speak with the president said something to the effect i m your president and take me to the capital now. to which bobby responded, sir, we have to go back to the west wing. the president reached up towards the front of the vehicle to grab at the steering wheel. dagen: a source telling fox that claim is simply not true. aisha hockney high on capitol hill with a lot more. hey, good morning to you, megan, particularly that is secondhand testimony and that is important because now some are questioning why the committee brought the secondhand testimony up in the first place. let s start with the incident inside the armored vehicle. so hutchinson testified in front of the committee that she was told by secret service agents that president trump lunged towards the steering wheel of the altercation with the agents inside. and told he could not go to the capital after his speech. fox news has confirmed that those agents including a lead agent bobby engel are di
revealed. right now, the nation s focus returns to the u.s. capitol as we await the most comprehensive account yet of crimes committed against the united states on this sacred ground. welcome to cnn special coverage of attack on democracy here on cnn. i m jake tapper, about an hour away from the rare prime time presentation on this committee and let s be clear, what will happen in the hearing room tonight is not just about the mob that stormed the capitol on january 6th, specifically, it is a month s long campaign and conspiracy to undermine democracy in america. it s about a president and those around him desperate to hold on to power at any cost, even if it meant destroying the american experiment. committee aides say we will hear and see interviews conducted with trump insiders for the first time. we expect that to possibly include members of the former president s family, as well as former senior administration and trump campaign officials. the hearing will showcase l