an off the rails oval office meeting between rudy giuliani and sydney powell that almost erupted into a fistfight between mike flinn and a white house aide. and new allegations of possible attempted witness tampering by the former president. president trump tried to call a witness in our investigation, a witness you have not yet seen in these hearings. that person declined to answer or respond to president trump s call. and instead alerted their lawyer to the call. their lawyer alerted us. and this committee has supplied that information to the department of justice. president biden is in israel today, the first leg of a middle east trip that includes a controversial visit to saudi arabia, the oil-rich company he said during the campaign should and pariah for killing jamal khashoggi. but now the president does plan to meet with the crown prince the cia concluded was responsible for khashoggi murder. another big goal for the white house is to get the saudis to pump more oi
seize voting machines. also, the committee today accusing trump of summoning the mob with his own words to washington. and rioter stephen ayres testifying that he was answering donald trump s call. and the emotional moment involving the rioter and the capitol officers. rachel scott and pierre thomas standing by. also tonight, those images coming in now, that deadly boating accident on the hudson. a boat capsizing. at least two people dead. several victims pulled from the water. erielle reshef from the scene tonight. also late today, as parents demand answers in texas, that newly obtained surveillance showing the gunman in uvalde, armed with a rifle in the halls of robb elementary. a boy rounding the corner seconds after he passes by. officers begin filling the hallway three minutes later. several coming under fire. and how long it takes before they go after the gunman. mireya villarreal in texas. the warning tonight about this new covid variant now sweeping the country.
times, this is a relatively new development that was triggered by cassidy hutchinson s testimony last month. the times says a number of hutchinson s key assertion, including the idea that trump knew his supporters were armed and wanted to lead them to the capital, were new to investigators. quote, in conversations at the department the day after ms. hutchinson s appearance, some of which included deputy attorney general lisa monaco, officials talked about the pressure that the testimony created to scrutinize mr. trump s potential criminal liability and whether he intended to break the law. ms. hutchinson s disclosure seemed to have opened a path to broaching the most sensitive topic of all, mr. trump s own actions ahead of the attack. exploring the link between the former president and the extremists who traveled to d.c. on the 6th. axios has learned the committee has evidence that some pro trump groups were planning to come closer to the date of the inauguration but chang
investigation. primary elections will soon be held in alaska and wyoming. why a republican trump critic, liz cheney, faces a difficult fight to hold onto her house he. and china has reportedly sanctioned officials in taiwan, claiming, the recent visit by u.s. house speaker nancy pelosi, is a sign of pro- independence activities. live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom, with rosemary chance. good to have you with us. we begin this hour with a group of growing illegal troubles for trump and his closest allies and advisors. first, the u.s. justice department is opposing the release of the affidavit of used to get the search warrant for trump s for the home. the two apartments is, the ongoing investigation and vials highly-classified criminal materials, and making the details of could compromise their work and discourage cooperation from witnesses. in the meantime, prosecutors in georgia have notified trump s former attorney, rudy giuliani, that he is a target in th
florida, and it could be the most expensive natural disaster unlike anything that anyone alive today has ever experienced. top of the hour. hello, everybody. i m cade ballian in for pamela brown and you re live in the cnn newsroom. tonight growing concerns and calls for more answers over what the fbi recovered during their search of former president donald trump s mar-a-lago resort. people want a congressional briefing and damage assessment now after the justice department remained eleven sets of classified documents including materials marked with one of the highest levels of classification. some of those document were marked top secret, sensitive compartmented information and that s among the heist designation in terms of the extremely grave damage to national security that could be done if it were to be disclosed so the fact that they are in an unsecure place, guarded with nothing more than a padlock or whatever security that they had in the hotel is deeply alarmin