to the violence that occurred here that day. we ve already seen this committee detail how donald trump pressured all aspects of the government to try to overturn the electoral results, the justice department, state officials, vice president mike pence. for tomorrow at the hearing they plan to show the oath keepers, and proud boys to take action and lead to the violence we saw in this building on january 6th. we will hear live testimony from one former member of the oath keepers, a former spokesperson, jason van patenhove someone he said had a lot of inside information, according to what he told a colorado tv station, said he had inside access to the oath keepers. we ll learn about that, and we ll also learn about a meeting that occurred mid-december, december 18th. jamie raskin, the congressman from maryland plans to lead the questioning tomorrow, says it will be a key focus of the hearing tomorrow. one of the things that people are going to learn is the fundamental importa
government circles, to overturn the election. one witness we are expecting to hear from is a former spokesman for the oathkeepers. that is the group that we now know brought explosives to the dc area ahead of january 6th, according to the justice department. one person we won t hear from tomorrow, trump allies steve bannon. days before he goes on trial for stonewalling the select committee, bannon now says he will testify. prosecutors say this last minute 180 won t get him out of next week s trial. we will have the latest on that case in just a moment. first, let s go to ryan nobles on capitol hill. how is the committee planning to show links between trans allies and the 60 myst groups tomorrow? that is a great bastion. it will probably come through closed-door witness testimony which we have already seen the committee display over the past few weeks in these public hearings. we know the committee has spoken to a lot of people inside and outside the white house who knew a
committee member jamie raskin said that s the moment that trump became the first president in american history to call for a protest against the peaceful transfer of power. we expect the committee to try to link this to extremist groups mobilizing around january 6. also, the committee has suggested they will probe possible links between trump s circle and some of the extremist groups. one of the witnesses today, stephen ayres, a convicted rioter. also a former spokes keeper for the oath keeper will join us. joining us now elie honig. your gravitational force is pulling us over here. we re talking about what the committee wants to do today. the tweet from donald trump why that inspired them to mobilize around january 6. and why is that important? yeah, john, the committee is going to make the point that the one and only reason that the mob descended around the capitol, liz cheney wrote, president trump assembled the mob. we re going to hear about the december 18th meeting
Training. When people say defund the police, you invest in the police. If you want a better product, you put the money behind the training, youll get a better product. You are getting the best product that california has to offer right now. And can you see the way they are going through this. Nobody is getting hurt. They are not losing control. They are staying and trusting their training to take over here. Brian commissioner, you said time is on the cops side. At what point is it not on their side . What takes place where you have to pick up the pace . When they start using deadly force. When the crowd starts to fire into the police department, no longer do we have time on our side. We got to go and go quickly. We are here to protect life, preserve life. Disadvantage right now, they are going to go through it stepbystep by step. On the other side you will watch the cowards run away that started most of these problems. And these students that are there are going to get arrested and mom
Mr. Wolf blitzer. Hes working is right next door and a place that i like to call now, Breaking News, capital states attempt to crack down on protests against the israel hamas police confronting and arresting demonstrators at the university of texas at austin. Im in new york, Columbia University announced again has begun suspending students who defied an ultimatum to clear in cabinets well talk live with the new york city mayor eric adams. This hour and cnn is on the scene of the growing turmoil and dissent on multiple campuses from coast to coast. The crisis had gaza sparking a crisis right here at home that were covering from every angle live that indepth. This hour welcome to our viewers here in the United States and around the world. Im wolf blitzer, and this is the Situation Room Spec so report the skis cnn, Breaking News, our first lets go to the university of texas at austin. Thats where cmm add 11. There is on the scene for us as weve seen, multiple arrests on campus in the last