battleground states and former president trump s lawyers are now in discussions with the january 6th select committee and testifying under oath. this as the u.s. supreme court rejects senator lindsey graham s bid to avoid testifying in the investigation of the 2020 election interference what they claim this georgia. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer and you re in the situation room. we begin this hour with the first court appearance by the man charged in the brutal attack on paul pelosi. he entered not guilty pleas just a little while ago. whitney is following the story for us. 42-year-old david depape accused of bludgeoning paul pelosi with a hammer making his first appearance tuesday. he pleaded not guilty to multiple charges. there s also been a lot of speculation regarding mr. depape s vulnerability to misinformation and that s certainly something we re going to look into. he s currently being held without bail. h
Across, not roads, but more like rivers with a few bags in their hands. Th they just grabbed a few snacks, pillows. In many cases they were carrying pets. As we talked about last night, still one of the big issues is power. 100 of the island not having power right now, only those that can get to generators, also, the first thing people still ask me is, do you have signal. People desperate to find out the condition of loved ones who they cant get to because of flooding many because of debris . And loved ones who cant get out, because of that same reason. The government has announced that fema has critical supplies right now enroute to puerto rico, and that is via ship. Anderson. What are some of the main priorities now that the storm has passed . Power for the government. I mean, they have already before maria even came here, the government said that they believed that it would take not days, not weeks, but rather months to restore power. Remember, this is a power system that lacks main
at the end of the day, it s protecting our democratic process. i think they need to protect the family members, too. the lawmakers. gloria, the former homeland security secretary, jey johnson, he joined me last hour and described this political environment here in the united states right now as combustible. what do you think it s going to take for elected leaders to come together and agree it s time to lower the temperature? wolf, i wish i knew the answer to that question. i don t know the answer to that question. i remember after september 11th, democrats and republicans standing on the steps of the capit capitol singing the national anthem together to protect america, to try and protect america. at this point, the only way i know how to answer that question, wolf, and we re all thinking about it, is leadership. it takes leadership at the very top. you have the former president indulging by insinuation and
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i came in here did not want to get a motion. i have sat through trials that were hard to sit through but nothing like sitting this week and this committee hearing. we have a constitutional responsibility to serve as a check and balance on an out of control executive branch. control executive branch against president trump. the committee committees s expeo vote on those two articles sometime tomorrow, thoroughly expected to be up or down part our own correspondent garrett haake has been working late tonight and shows us from the capit capitol. garrett, sum up just what it was weum witnessed tonight. werene these set speeches?