the election yes, at one point in time, yes, i did. >> and a man who stormed the capitol testified the president told him to come. >> i was following what he said. >> his warning to those who still believe the lies >> take the blinders off step back and see what's going on before it's too late. >> the full recap and the serious new accusation against donald trump. this is the uvalde texas school shooter entering robb elementary school before the massacre the brand-new video of the cops running away from the gunfire in the hall and sanitizing during the chaos. at mount vesuvius, a selfie attempt gone wrong and new photos of galaxies everywhere the nasa administrator joins us live >> announcer: live from cnbc, the facts, the truth, "the news with shepard smith." good evening the testimony today was extraordinary, and we'll get to it but first, the january 6th committee has alerted the justice department after former president trump himself tried to call one of the witnesses in this very investigation. that was the bombshell allegation from the committee's vice chair, liz cheney, at the end of today's public hearing. listen. >> after our last hearing, 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. let me say one more time, we will take any effort to influence witness testimony very seriously. >> the republican vice chair did not name the witness but in today's hearing, the committee laid out its case that the march on the capitol was deliberate and preplanned by president trump but that he wanted it to look spontaneous. the committee says this tweet from the then president on december 19th was a call to action that electrified extremists and his supporters. big protest in d.c. on january 6th. be there will be wild here's how the president's supporters reacted >> he is now calling on we, the people, to take action and to show our numbers >> we're going to only be saved by millions of americans moving to washington, occupying the entire area, if necessary, storming right into the capitol. you know, we know the rules of engagement if you have enough people, you can push down any kind of a fence or a wall. >> you better understand something, son you better understand something. red wave [ bleep ] there's going to be a red wedding. january 6th, kick that [ bleep ] door open. look down the street there's going to be a million plus geeked up armed americans. >> the time for games is over. the time for action is now where were you when history called where were you when you and your children's destiny and future was on the line? >> right before the president sent the "will be wild" tweet, there was an intense and heated meeting in the oval office and beyond a group of outside advisers made a surprise visit to the president. and they floated strategies to overturn the election to stay in power and urged the president to seize voting machines. trump's white house lawyers rushed to intervene once they found out the meeting was ongoing. >> first of all, the overstock person, i've never met i didn't know who this guy was actually the first thing i did, i walked in, i looked at him, and i said, who are you? >> they were saying the democrats were working with hugo chavez venezuelans and whoever else at one point general flynn took out a diagram that supposedly showed ipss all over the world who was communicating with whom via the machines and some comment about nest thermostats being hooked up to the internet. >> at times there were people shouting at each other, throwing insults at each other. >> cipollone and hirschman and whoever the other guy was showed nothing but contempt and disdain of the president >> we both challenged what she was saying she said, well, the judges are corrupt. i was like, every one? every single case that you've done in the country that you've lost, every one is corrupt even the ones that we appointed? and i'm being nice i was much more harsh to her. >> i'm going to categorically describe it as you guys are not tough enough, or maybe i put it another way. you're a bunch of [ bleep ], excuse the expression. >> the white house chief of staff even escorted rudy giuliani after that off the white house property to make sure he was gone the january 6th committee says online rhetoric among trump supporters was violent, homicidal, and white nationalist after trump's "will be wild" tweet. >> trump just told us all to come armed [ bleep ] a, this is happening a third took it even further it will be wild means we need volunteers for the firing squad. why don't we just kill them, every last democrat, down to the last man, woman, and child and it's time for the day of the rope white revolution is the only solution i'm ready to die for my beliefs. are you ready to die, police cops don't have standing if they're lying on the ground in a pool of their own blood. >> the former chief of homeland security in d.c. says there was intelligence that violent extremist groups, armed militias, white supremacists and conspiracy theorists wer collaborating and communicating with each other about their plans for january the 6th. >> coordinating not just like chatting, hey, how's it going. you know, what's the weather like where you're at like, what are you bringing? what are you wearing you know, where do we meet up? do you have plans for the capitol? that's operational that's like pre-operational intelligence, right? and that is something that's clearly alarming. >> all leading up to january 6th. the committee also revealed a draft tweet the president never actually sent, telling his supporters to arrive early on january 6th. massive crowds expected. march on the capitol after stop the steal the january 6 rally organizer knew trump was going to tell his supporters to march on the capitol during his speech on the ellipse. he texted trump ally and pillow salesman mike lindell on january 4th.

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