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cnn tonight, there is so much news on the multiple ongoing investigations into donald trump s efforts to overturn the 2020 election. he will spend the whole hour unpacking it all this evening. we have not one but two former trump white house insiders who are going to help us do it tonight. in a moment you will hear from former trump acting chief of staff nick mulvaney. his message for some of his fellow republicans, pay attention. to the january 6 hearings. and big developments tonight on that front. we will also hear from former trump white house press secretary stephanie grisham she like mulvaney resigned on the day that our capital came under attack. stay tuned for both of them. the select committee meanwhile apparently just finalized plans for what could be its most critical testimony yet. our sources say the committee struck a deal for a closed door recorded interview with former white house counsel, set to happen on friday. he met with members in april for an info ....
volunteering information so we can understand what in the world happened down in that white house. so why do you think, nick, he s not? the idea he could have such access and give firsthand accounts of trump s efforts to seize the power of the doj as we heard from one hearing to corrupt it. the idea of the scheme to try to oust the acting attorney general but i suspect to the extent that cipollone is trying to carve out certain areas he doesn t have to talk about, i m assuming privilege will be a part of this and obviously, he can bend the ear of the president. will that be enough you think to overcome the obligation john is speaking about and is it valid? not at all. i mean, look, there is no attorney client privilege for starters. the white house counsel does not represent the president of the united states personally. he s not his personal lawyer. so there is no personal attorney client privilege. the only question is whether or not there is any valid executive p ....
the committee has called him, quote, uniquely positioned to testify. the understatement of the year. just think of what he knows. think of how many times you out there heard his name from other witnesses during the hearings. mr. cipollone said something to the effect of, please make sure we don t go up to the capitol. we re going to get charged with every crime imaginable if we make that movement happen. on his phone, i remember pat saying to him, something to the effect of, the riders got to the capitol mark, we need to see the president now. and mark looked up and said, he doesn t want to do anything, pat. and pat said something to the effect of, and very clearly, had said this to mark, something to the effect of, mark, something needs to be done or people is going to die and the blood is going to be on your hands. this is out of control. i m going down there. pat cipollone weighed in at one point. that letter that this guy wants to send, that s a murder/suicide ....
the same to declare a climate emergency. here we are. we don t know why the white house stopped short of making this emergency declaration on climate today with of course president biden standing in front of a once-fired coal powered plant being converted into an offshore wind manufacturing facility. there s speculation a tough time to roll out that announcement amid high gas prices and recession fears and since can it be used as a legal basis to drop oil and gas drills. congressional republicans say pain at the pump is the point. i think the administration does want us to suffer. the secretary of transportation said yesterday you don t like the cost of gasoline, buy an electric vehicle. so some announcements did come from the president s remarks plan to propose wind mills in the gulf of mexico and a record of amount of fema funding for infrastructure, neil. jackie, thanks for that. let s go to jeff block right now. he s in philadelphia. witnesses this for himsel ....
i love the new place. whatever. [laughter] that s so white of you. a bunch of racists. at you, i m important. wonder bread and mayonnaise, you typical bigot, always in a rush. thank you. it s true. urgency is racism according to the organ health officials who delayed the meeting for no other reason than stating urgency is a white supremacy value. as excuse go, it sounds better than the dog that my alarm clock. question. since my show starts on time every night to do i qualify as a grand wizard? in an email obtained by the magazine reason, reaching a health equity coalition program manager danielle droppers told folks a scheduled conversation it would not take place as planned because urgency is a white supremacy value that can get in the way of more intentional and thoughtful work. i assume what she calls sleeping in and watching the view from her toilet, that s how i watch it. what a happy coincidence for a government worker that it s racist to do your job whether ....