you re talking to? this call is reported according to lawmakers who were briefed on it afterwards by mccarthy, republicans. one of them is gop house member jaime herrera butler, who went on the record to cnn. another republican member, familiar with the call, says, quote, it proves that the president knew very early on what the mob was doing, and he knew members were at risk, and he refused to act. it is a violation of his oath of office to fail to come to the defense of congress and the constitutional process immediately. now, it is not easy to get people to argue what is clearly in defiance of fact, even lawyers. that s why trump is on his third string defense. and today, they got caught in a very important lie. they said the call trump made to senator tommy tuberville during the insurrection was hearsay, that it didn t happy, we don t even recall know. thus, they argue, at no point was the president informed that the vice president was in danger. tuberville has said on th
6th. it was officer goodman leading part of the mob away from lawmakers in the capitol hill hallway. senator schumer also praised other members of the capitol hill police officers. as for officer goodman himself, asked by cnn s manu raju if he enjoyed the attention, he answered, no, not at all. a humble hero and a well-deserved honor. the news continues with prime time. chris? thank you very much, anderson. i m chris cuomo, welcome to prime time. trump s reaction to the insurrection, his reaction alone, is damning. breaking down details of the phone call between trump and mccarthy. mccarthy was absolutely pleading with trump to send aid to the capitol. in response, trump said, well, kevin, i guess these people are more upset about the election than you are. in that moment of crisis, trump showed spite. no wonder mccarthy said to him, as rioters were breaking into his office through the windows, quote, who the f do you think you re talking to? he was blaming trum
caught on tape, donald trump s right-hand man, walt nauta seen in surveillance video, according to the justice department. the boxes full of classified documents prosecutors say he moved and hid on trump s property before the fbi arrived. this hour, 2024 trump challenger chris christie is here with his reaction to the latest trouble trump might be in. a raid in russia. the kremlin sending in their officers to sniff out yevgeny prigozhin, guns, cash, gold, wigs found when the world thought he was hiding in belarus. and federal charges for the man who had weapons outside of barack obama s home. see the letter that gave him the obamas home address. we start today with the law and justice lead. the unprecedented criminal charges against the former president for allegedly mishandles classified documents and today s not guilty plea from the aid accused of helping trump hide those documents from the government. walt nauta appeared in a miami courtroom today after his first two
hello and welcome to inside politics. i m john king in washington. thank you for sharing your day with us. a major dam destroyed in ukraine. there are mass evacuations and plenty of blame as russia and ukraine point fingers at the oh. trouble for trump as one lane of the special counsel investigation nears its end. jack smith attended a meeting with the legal team and a bizarre plot twist. cnn learned it led to a flood of suspicion from prosecutors. and chris christie makes his 2024 entrance. the former governor is also a trump friend turned trump critic who sees himself as the best republican hope of derailing the former the president s comeback bid. we begin with a major development in ukraine. a major dam was destroyed overnight. the collapse of the dam on the river prompting evacuations and fears of large-scale devastation. new video shows the surging waters leading to massive flooding and fears now of a potential environmental di disaster. you can see water creepin