environment. that s fine, yeah, they are both important in their own way. in different ways, some important for tomorrow, less than yesterday. i don t even know what i mean by that. have a great weekend, chris. you too, alex. thank you to you at home for joining us this hour. this january 6th rioter, the one in the queue shirt at the front of the pack here, his name is douglas austin johnson. he has now famous for having chased capitol police officer, eugene goodman, up the stairs in the capital. he actually did not even know what building he was invading on january 6th. this is me touching the white house. bring the white house! that s what we do! touching the white house, very close but still a few blocks down pennsylvania avenue, mr. johnson. anyway, despite not knowing where he was, johnson didn t know why he was there, wherever there was. this is from his interview with fbi agents two days after the attack on the capitol, quote, i went in there, i wanted, you k
this is from his interview with fbi agents two days after the attack on the capitol, quote, i went in there, i wanted, you know, i wanted to stop this depends on all that. pence was supposed to be the hero to save the day, and he didn t. and when this writer was asked what got him there in the first place, he said quite clearly, trump s posts. trump posted make sure your their, january 6th. douglas austin johnson cited donald trump specifically has a reason that he went to the capitol that day, and he is not alone in that. more than 1000 people, 1000 people have been arrested for their roles in the january 6th riot so far. the nonprofit group, citizens for responsibility and ethics in washington, also known as crew, that group comb through all of the public google filings related to january 6th defendants. they found at least 174 of those defendants said that, in one way or another, that they were answering donald trump s calls when they travel to washington and joined the
tonight on three 60, trump s latest excuse, it wasn t a, crime just bravado. and they weren t secret documents, just building plants. legendary reporters joining me live. also, vladimir putin moves to look at control as questions swirl about what really happened with this weekend s rebellion. author and columnist thomas friedman joins us. plus, e. jean carroll now defended just the former president already found liable for abusing and defaming her, countersues, claiming she defamed him. it, evening when we left you last night the former president had just floated a new explanation for the tape of him two summers ago. apparently sharing a classified plan for attacking iran which already people not authorized to see it. and that explanation now is i was just bsing people. he didn t say bs, he said it was bravado, a fancier word. same bs. before reading you his latest excuse, here is actual words. july 2021 showing off the documents. there is a secret. look at this. thes
happening now, rescues are under way after another deadly russian missile strike in eastern ukraine. local officials accusing russian forces of deliberately targeting crowded civilian areas right in the center of this city. in russia tonight vladimir putin is attempting to show strength after the mutiny by wagner mercenaries. this, as we have a new satellite image suggesting the wagner chief is indeed in exile right now in belarus. and donald trump is now responding to the audio obtained exclusively by cnn in which he acknowledges having secret documents he did not declassify. stand by to hear the recordings and what trump is saying now. welcome to our viewers here in the united states. and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. we begin in ukraine with the new russian missile strike on a very crowded city center, the death toll now up to at least four, including a baby, and more than 40 injured. cnn s ben wedeman is joining us now live from
president and vice president hit the road. and wisconsin, biden talked about jobs in the economy. we treated 12 million new jobs. just a half million last month. we ve created more jobs in two years than any presidents created in a single four year term, inflation is coming down, take home pay and workers are going up slightly. as a matter of fact, it s rebounding, the fastest rate in over 40 years. economy is going at a solid clip, folks, i hate to disappoint you but it s working. it s working. in minnesota yesterday, vice president talked about jobs and the climate crisis minnesota, this is a transformative moment, climate crisis has presented a historic challenge to our nation, into the world. they ve also presented a historic opportunity to create good jobs, to drive innovation, to generate posterity in all of the communities the president talked about defending entitlements from republican senators who won t stop talking about it. you know a lot of republican