On capitol hill the January 6th Select Committee about to share striking never before seen testimony and evidence all with the Focus On Former President Trump and the central role the panel says he played in the attack on democracy. Welcome to cnns live coverage of the January 6th Hearings. Im anderson cooper. Im jake tapper. This is the final hearing. Committee members are promising to hammer home their urgent argument that donald j. Trump remains in their view a Clear And Present Danger to American Democracy as trump continues to push false claims about the 2020 election. Committee aides tell us the hearing today will zero in on trumps State Of Mind on and around january 6th. Were told well see and hear from Cabinet Officials, and other new witnesses who have recently been interviewed by the committee that could potentially include former Secretary Of State mike pompeo, former treasury secretary Steve Mnuchin and elaine chao. Some coming from the Secret Service. They have turned over
we ll hear from one investigator in kyiv about building a war crimes case. and one republican governor says he s just beginning when it comes to sending migrants like these to other states. we ll hear how the white house is responding. it s now 8:00 a.m. in london, the furd full day of lying in state for queen elizabeth. the flood of people hoping to pass by her coffin before monday s state funeral has exceeded expectations with up to 2 million now predicted. authorities warn the miles long queue is at or near capacity and have shut it down multiple times. inside westminster hall the queen s four children led by king charles held a silent vigil. in the coming hours they ll hold the own vigil. we ve been keeping tabs of the government s live tracker with people waiting to get into westminster hall. the site continues to warn people not to join the queue. the wait currently so long people in the back of the line may not get to view the queen s coffin until some time tomorro
cnn newsroom. good to be with you. thailand is reeling right now after a massacre inside a child care center. at least 36 people were killed, including 24 children. they were gunned down or stabbed. the children inside were sleeping at the time. investigators say the shooter was an ex-cop who had been fired and just appeared in court on drug charges. one of the teachers described the moment she saw the shooter. translator: around noon i saw him enter the gate. the staff was having lunch. i suddenly heard what sounded like fire crackers. he pulled the gun from his waist, loaded it and was about to point the gun at me. i called to another teacher who was holding a kid. i didn t expect him to also kill the kids. authorities say the gunman later killed his own wife and stepson, then took his own life. mass shootings are extremely rare in thailand. what else do we know? reporter: this is a peaceful, quiet area that is now believed to be the scene of thailand s deadlies
soon as december. and herschel walker now says he s not backing down despite the abortion scandal rocking his campaign. ma maggie haberman joins me this hour on donald trump s decision to back walker despite his checkered past. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. let s begin our coverage in ukraine where a furious counteroffensive is now sweeping russian troops out of territory. moscow has held for months. cnn is your national security editor. nick paton walsh is joining us live from the war zone. nick, this rapid ukrainian advance comes as vladimir putin laid claim to that troubled nuclear power plant. what s the latest on the ground tonight? ukraine s president zelenskyy clear that half a thousand square kilometers of territory in the kherson region have since the beginning of the month been liberated from russian control. that s a larger number of than officials said earlier today and it s part of the slow drip we saw ourselves just yesterday of territory r
now. great to see you here. i m yasmin vossoughian at msnbc headquarters. the president hitting the campaign trail with five days left until the midterms. he s heading out west, making stops in mexico, california as well with new urgency around threats to our democracy. here is part of the message that he delivered last night. there s no place for voter intimidation or political violence in america. whether it s directed at democrats or republicans. no place, period. no place ever. democracy is on the ballot this year. will it actually help or matter with voters? the new york times notes this, while in agreement with the message, not every democrat thought it was helpful to make the address when candidates are trying to distance themselves from the president who s approval ratings are in the mid-40s and polls are focused on inflation as well as immigration, crime and abortion as well. and poll after poll showing in this closing stretch, it is still the economy that is