Former president trump s final days in the office consumed by personal hatred for those he believed betrayed him. We want to welcome our viewers here in the united states and around the world. I m wolf blitzer and you re in the situation room. All right. Let s go to our chief national correspondent jeff zeleny at the white house for us. This was an extremely impassioned, fiery speech by the president. Using words like unamerican, undemocratic and unpatriotic. President biden smoke more forcefully than he ever has before since the election took place eight months ago about these conspiracy claims. But he said these claims have had a true effect and a dire threat to democracy. That s why he said there is an urgent need to protect voting rights now. The big lie is just that, a big lie. Reporter: tonight president biden confronting the 2020 election more forcefully than ever before, calling the assault on voting rights the most dangerous threat to democracy since the civil war. In america,
i m here because q sent me. they made their presence known in the crowd of trump supporters in washington that day, and when the crowd stormed the capitol, many qanon supporters were on the front lines. freedom! at least one supporter died that day. this woman, ashley babbitt tried to break through a door inside the capitol. she was shot to death by a capitol police officer. she was 14-year veteran of the air force and the air national guard. this is her in a qanon shirt at a trump rally in september. how does a veteran fall into a deranged conspiracy cult? to understand what qanon is, you have to go down a rabbit hole, where suspicion and fantasy mixed with age old anti-semitic conspiracy theories and resentments. we will not kowtow to evil! some q believers liken it to a scene in the matrix, when the truth of the world is revealed to those who take the right pill. the truth, according to q, was that then president trump was a kind of messiah. some q followers
to break through a door. she was shot to death by a police officer. she was a 14-year veteran. this was her at a trump rally in september. how does a veteran fall into a conspiracy cult? to understand what qanon is, you have to go down a rabbit hole, mixed with age-old antisemitic conspiracy theorys and resentments. some q believers liken it to a scene in the matrix, when the truth of the world is revealed to those who take the red pill. the truth, according to q, was that then president trump was a kind of messiah. some q followers believed he might have been a time traveler or being from another planet. they believe trump was secretly fighting a holy war against the deep state and a kabial of celebrities and politicians, molesting children. it sounds ludicrous, but not if you believe in qanon. once you believe, you see the signs everywhere. [ inaudible ] those vague words about the storms spoken by then president trump, the white house october 5, 2017, are often cited as
many qanon supporters were on the frontlines. at least one supporter died that way. this woman, ashley babbot tried to break through a door inside the capitol. she was shot to death by a police officer. she was 14-year veteran of the air force and the air national guard. this is her in a qanon shirt at a trump rally in september. how does a veteran fall into a deranged conspiracy cult? to understand what qanon is, you have to go down a rabbit hole, where suspicion and fantasy mixed with age old anti-semitic conspiracy theories and resentments. we will not kowtow to evil! some q believers liken it to a scene in the matrix, when the truth of the world is revealed to those who take the right pill. the truth, according to q, was that then president trump was a kind of messiah. some q followers believed he might have been a time traveler or being from another planet. they believe trump was secretly fighting a holy war against the deep state and a cabal of democrats and celeb
burnett. out front tonight, president biden throwing a hail-mary pass. the president ordering the release of 50 million barrels of oil from america s strategic petroleum reserve. biden desperate to ease rising gas prices for america. touting a deal with five other countries to do the same thing and open up their oil reserve. now, look, it is good biden is working with other countries to relieve pressure on prices but context matters and the reality is that this is essentially america alone. india releasing just 5 million barrels. 1.5 million for the uk. south korea, china, and japan, no number at all just quote/unquote working on a plan. still, biden insists the move will pay off. our combined action will not solve the problem of high gas prices overnight, it will make a difference. it will take time but before long, you should see price of gas drop. okay. well, i hope he is right. but again, context really matters. so, americans used more than 20 million barrels of oil a