subpoena standoff. january 6th committee versus donald trump. the final hearing before the midterms put trump on the spot, and all nine members voted to get his testimony. the next step, actually getting him to take the stand. adam kinzinger today, warning that it contempt referral is not out of the question. as we are wrapping up the investigation, we re also pursuing new leads and facts. we want to speak to the president. look, he has made it clear that he has nothing to hide. that s what he says. he should come in on the day that we ask him to come in. if he pushes off beyond that, we will figure what to do next. the clock is ticking. the january six committee has just over two months to get trump to reply. republicans win back the house in the upcoming midterms, and the committee will not be allowed to continue in the new year. beyond that, kinzinger says the quote, the torch has been passed for the doj. attorney general merrick garland, growing facing card includin
cast your ballots tomorrow. we got an inside look at the key races in the midterms. our sit down with tonight show host and author jimmy fallon. we discussed his new bilingual children s book and introduce you to its star. this is american voices. we begin this hour with the subpoena standoff. former president trump versus the january six committee. the committee s final hearing before the midterms put trump on the spot. nine members voted to demand his testimony. the next step, getting trump to actually take the stand. committee member adam kinzinger today warning that a contempt referral is not out of the question. as we are wrapping up the investigation, we are pursuing new leads and facts. we want to speak to the president. look, he s made it clear he has nothing to hide, what he says. he should come in on the day we ask him to come into. if he pushes off beyond that, we will figure out what to do next. the clock is ticking. the january six committee has just over t
the select committee to investigate the january 6th attack on the united states capitol will be in order. without objection, the chair is authorized to declare the committee in recess pursuant the house deposition authority regulation ten, the chair announces the committee s approval to release the deposition material presented during today s hearing. good afternoon and may god bless the united states of america. four months ago, this committee started to present our findings to you, the american people. from the beginning, we understood that some people watching those proceedings would wrongly assume that the committee s investigation was a partisan exercise. that s why i asked those who are skeptical of our work to simply listen. to listen to the evidence, to hear the testimony with an open mind. and to let the facts speak for themselves before reaching a judgment. over the course of these hearings, the evidence has proven that there were a multi part plan led by former p
the secure location where the leaders were hunkering down. that will be tomorrow night on 360. right now, cnn tonight with right now, cnn tonight with jake tapper. captions by vitac www.vitac.com welcome back to cnn tonight. i m jake tapper. knock, knock, knock, donald trump, you ve been served. that s about to happen at mar-a-lago, presumably, after members of the january 6th house select committee voted unanimously and a touch theatrically to subpoena donald trump for testimony and documents. it s all part of their case that trump not only tried to overturn democracy in 2020 with fraud, lies, threats, and violence, but that trump continues to do so. we are obligated to seek answers directly from the man who set this all in motion. and every american is entitled to those answers so we can act now to protect our republic. today s hearing included never-before-seen video of congressional leaders, democrats and republicans who are had been evacuated from the c
do you think you have a better understanding of him, now that you have written this book? i should note, for people, the book does not start with inauguration day on 2017. it goes back to his family, his roots, his father, fred, who, no offense, sounds like an awful dad to have. do you think you understand him better now, having plunged into his background more for this book? i think there are parts of him that i understand better than before, but the goal had always been, because i come from new york, and i have covered new york politics, and aspects of new york s various systems for a long time, i think the goal had always been to try to show the animating forces. which i understood before, about the world he came from, and what has shaped him, and how he exported that to washington d. c., to the white house, and to the republican party. it lives on in our politics. it was understanding, previously, that i have a richer understanding of certain aspects it s a fantasti