showing the threats congressional leaders faced as they fled the capitol during the january 6th riots. the exclusive video is from filmmaker alexandra pelosi. she is the daughter of house speaker nancy pelosi and was shooting a documentary on the day of the insurrection. the video shows speaker pelosi and other congressional leaders as they sheltered at ft. mcnair, a military base in the washington, d.c., area after being rushed away from the capitol mob. they are still trying to penetrate the building and it s not a safe thing because we are trying to figure out how to get this job done today. we talked to mitch about it earlier. he is not in the room right now, but he was with us earlier. and he said we want to expedite this and, hopefully, confine to just one complaint and then we can vote and that would be, you know, then just move forward the rest of the state. while that was happening at the same time vice president pence was holed up at an underground loading dock
republican, and democratic lieutenant governor governor john fetterman. georgia s candidates met in a live debate last night. raphael warnock faced off against republican herschel walker after weeks of bombshell allegations leveled at the former football star. cnn s eva mckend has more. reporter: democratic senator yell war knock and republican challenger herschel walker are in a contentious georgia senate race with u.s. senate controlling. it is time to get under way. reporter: they debated friday night. walker, running on a family values platform currently involved in a scandal over allegedly pressuring the mother of one of his children to get an abortion. a week before this debate a former girlfriend said you paid for an abortion and encouraged her to have another. in an abc news interview this week, you said that the accusations are, quote, all lies. for the voters watching tonight, can you explain the circumstances surrounding these claims. you have 60 seconds.
of james, mccord. he is one of five persons surprised and arrested yesterday inside the headquarters of the democratic national committee in washington. mccord is a former cia employee. now he runs his own private security service. and guess what else he is? a consultant to president richard nixon s re-election campaign committee. nixon s watergate scandal began 50 years ago today. like trump, his presidency ended in crime and chaos, but there were major differences in the methods the two presidents used to cling to power. also tonight, the unholy alliance between ginni thomas and the people plotting to overturn the presidential election. a member of congress who is now calling for her husband, justice clarence thomas, to resign joins me. we begin tonight with june 17, 1972, the day five bungling burglars broke not offices of the democratic national committee located in the watergate complex in washington, d.c. two years later president nixon resigned. the 50th anniversar
know, then just move forward the rest of the state. while that was happening at the same time vice president pence was holed up at an underground loading dock on the capitol campus. pence and pelosi, the first and second in line for the presidency, discussed their personal safety with pelosi pleading with pence to keep his location secret. cnn s zachary cohen is covering these developments for us. zachary, what else is in the video? good morning. so this exclusive video takes us inside ft. mcnair military base on january 6th after lawmakers were evacuated there because of the riot at the u.s. capitol. one of the things that we are seeing for the first time is the moment that nancy pelosi and mike pence, who was still at the capitol, were so concerned about the security situation there that they were actually talking about contingency plans to meet and still certify the 2020 election. take a look at this. actually, ft. mcnair, which
mob. pelosi is heard speaking to vice president pence, who was holed up at an underground loading dock on the capitol campus as they discussed if and when it would be safe enough to return to the capitol and certify the election . we want to logistically bring the members here. we re just making a judgment. we d rather go to the capitol and do it there, but it doesn t seem to be safe. what do you think? [ inaudible ]