now. i will let other see you. it has been one of those days. this is don lemon tonight, by this time tomorrow, we expect to know a whole lot more about what happened behind closed doors at the white house on january six. we know that because we have a couple people speaking to us, but i digress. i will get into that. new tonight is the committees outtakes at then president s message to his supporters the day after the riot at the capitol, showing him having trouble getting to the message, refusing to say the election was settled and attempting to call the rioters patriots. tonight, my colleague anderson cooper got congressman jamie raskin to tell him more about well takes the committee has. in just moments, committee member adam schiff reveals that you will hear people urging the ex president to say things to try to get the attackers to get home, things that he cannot be prevailed upon to do or say. that as one day after the secret service turn by precisely one text exchan
crime imaginable, unquote, if they went to the capitol. i mean, would not have confirmed that, apparently, confirmed that statement if they had asked the question. and you also heard the congresswoman say that some of what they learned from pat cipollone today will be rolling out in the future hearings to come. so will we be hearing and my be seeing remember, it was videotaped as well. some of his testimony as soon as next week. and will the former president be watching? you ve got to figure this is one witness that he really, really hoped would not cooperate with this committee. our committee is certain that donald trump does not want mr. cipollone to testify here. well, i want to bring in cnn congressional correspondent ryan nobles here tonight. ryan, good to see you. seven hours, first of all, is a long time, and we re told he answered some questions. so you ve got some new information on pat cipollone s critical interview with the committee today. what can you tell
i think you can expect some fairly big bombshells. let s bring you in here ron, you are not meant to be coy, i know you are not. a straight shooter. cipollone defended trump in the first impeachment hearing, the fact that he is from trump s inner circle, he was not like chomping at the bit to testify. he was not witness number one he is just coming in. how important is it that this is the first, this is the guy that is coming to testify now? how important is this to the overall committee s ability to make the case to the american electorite. i am not a lawyer but as a journalist you go to the sources on the outside, you get information and you go closer and closer to the central. given the accounts that we heard in cipollone s presence at so many critical moments, the attempt to replace the leadership of the justice department, he is there. the conversation with mark meadows on jan 6 where mark meadows through hutchinson s testimony says he does not think he is doing anyt
personality mehmet oz, and mccormick. kathy barnette is right now trailing in third place there. we ll have more on the state of the contest, but we ll start with the results of the republican primary race in the pennsylvania governor s contest in which the gop has now doubled down on its pro-insurrection brand by nominating someone who was at the capital on january 6th, someone who faces a subpoena as we speak from the select committee investigating the insurrection and someone who could very well end up under scrutiny for doj for appointing a fake slate of doj electors. that man doug mastriano, he rocked to a primary after a twice-impeached ex-president who endorsed him. pennsylvania s leading far-right figure funding busses to shuttle supporters to the rally on january 6th 2021, that preceded the attack on the capitol. during his run for governor he has bard the news media from attending his campaign events and the qanon conspiracy theory. it is difficult to understate the
trump s supreme dereliction of duty during those 187 minutes, and mr. meadows testimony will bear on another key question before this committee. did donald trump through action or inaction, corruptly seek to obstruct or impede congress s official proceedings to count electoral votes. cheney was suggesting deliberately for the first time that trump might have committed a felony, and the language she carefully used and later repeated pointed to a specific section of the criminal code under section 1512 of title 18. that says whoever obstructs, influences or impedes any official proceeding or attempts to do so shall be fined under this title and imprisoned not more than 20 years or both. a year later, the january 6th committee is ready to present its conclusions. that will happen next week. on monday, the panel is expected to meet and consider issuing