or call off the mob. the committee really driving home the point that he not only failed to act but chose not to. did you ever hear the president ask for the national guard? no. did you ask him ask for law enforcement response? no. so as somebody who works in the national security space, if there were going to be troops present or called up for a rally in washington, d.c. for example, is that something that you would have been aware of? yeah, i would. we also learned during the committee s eighth hearing that there will be a season two so to speak. ryan nobles has more on last night s revelations from the capitol. reporter: there is no doubt that the january 6 select committee had been building toward that hearing on thursday night. they viewed it as their most important hearing to indicate. en en date. and one of the reasons that they moved it to primetime and completely focused on that 187 minutes where donald trump in their mind did not do enough to stop
pence let me down. the panel also cited witnessed who described how trump watched tv for hours as the violent assault unfolded and the committee s republican vice-chair said the dam has begun to break as more pieces of the puzzle fall into place and new witnesses step forward. can a president who is willing to make the choices donald trump made during the violence of january 6th ever be trusted with any position of authority in our great nation again? cnn s manu raju is on capitol hill for us. what do we know about the focus of this committee for future hearings? reporter: well, they haven t decided exactly yet how they will split-up those future hearings in september. the committee members told me last night those are still issues that they are still trying to sort out. they plan to use the next month in august when congress is on recess to have more testimony from witnesses behind closed doors. liz cheney indicating that subpoenas have been issued and committee memb
fist and yelling coming you re done. and one of the men on the scene in a help the congressman and here to tell us what happened at. carley: we begin with ashley strohmier with the breaking details, ashley, good morning. the gubernatorial candidate and congressman lee zeldin getting attacked at a campaign stop last night. now, you can see a man jump on stage while lee zeldin was speaking. the police say he approaches and start swinging his sharp weapon towards his neck. that terrifying moment was caught on camera, watch. there is only one option. you re done. speak with the monroe county sheriff s offer say the suspect man was taken into custody and charged with attempted assault. zeldin was able to grab the man and hold him off until others can jump in and tackle him, the attendees who stepped up to quickly assist and the law enforcement officers who quickly responded. as resolute as ever to do my part to make new york safe again. the suspect will likely bit back
the attack happened at the campaign rally in upstate new york. the suspect climbed onto the stage where the congressman was speaking to supporters about bail reform. he was holding a sharp object and told zeldin you re done. the whole thing caught on camera. you can watch the man approach zeldin in the video. see the thing in his hand. it has two points, actually. it holds on through finger holes so it is hard to get away from that man as he continues to go at zeldin. zeldin managed to grab his wrist. stopped him for a few moments energy others as you saw had to tackle the man to the ground. a state assembly candidate and witness described the scene. i stepped onto the stage, saw the attacker try to get into zeldin s face and swing. i could see what looked like a razor, knife of some sort at the congressman. i tackled the attacker from the back and slammed him to the ground where several of us were able to restrain him and get the weapon away from him and eventually turn hi
he showed me his plate. did not ask about the menu, but i think i see an empty plate. judge jeanine: president biden isolated in the covid jail trying to project confidence that he is okay after catching the virus. the president s symptoms are improving after his first full day of taking the antiviral drug, but there is plenty of controversy. the white house being questioned over why joe biden s doctor is not being allowed to talk directly to the american people. things getting really testy in the briefing room over that one. yes, you have. you have heard from the letter. we are not playing telephone, your hearing directly from the physician. yes, it is. i mean, that is hearing directly in his words, in his words your hearing directly from dr. o connor as i read out. but i am answering your colleague s question here, so give me a second to do that, thank you. judge jeanine: and then there is a media, we wish the president a speedy recovery, unfortunately the press was n