tonight. let s go outfront . and good evening. i m erin burnett. outfront tonight damming test former prosecutor that wouldn t back trump s big lie according today new york times reporting tonight. you may not know his name but his story is important and tonight, he is providing a key piece of evidence in proving the former president staged a coup attempt in the united states. let me introduce you to him. you see him on your screen, b.j. pak. he reportedly spent three hours with lawmakers and staff today. cnn learning he told the senate judiciary committee he quit suddenly on january 4th because he got world trump would fire him, wanted him gone. the time reporting pak told the committee he would be fired for not backing trump s election fraud claims. so firing someone specifically because they refuse to back the big lie. now, according to the times pak revealed state officials and the fbi vetted what trump was claiming, right? they vetted the stuff he kept going o
favor. milwaukee won by six. milwaukee needs to get a win in phoenix. tremendous night for women s hoops, too in preparation for the tokyo olympics. facing the wnba all stars last night. a treat for fans who normally wouldn t get this game in an olympic year. and dallas guard led the way for the all stars hitting five threes and put up a game high of 26 points on the way to mvp honors. the all stars won by eight. sue bird summed it up afterwards that team usa learned they aren t a team quite yet. team usa seeking historic seventh-straight gold medal when they begin their olympic campaign against nigeria on july 27th. new day continues right now. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. it is thursday, july 15th. we re beginning with explosive revelations about just how close american democracy came to the edge. jaw-dropping excerpts from a new book about the aftermath of the 2020 election. so the excerpts obtained by cnn are from the upcomin
are looking at right now, announce the president of the infant states. by attempting to passed laws requiring voters to show i.d. when they vote republicans are risking it permanent internal division as well as a violent think we are overstating?re here s what he said. does an unfolding assault taking place in america today, and attempt to suppress and subvert the right to vote in fair and free elections. we are facing the most significant test of our democracy since the civil war. that s not hyperbole, since the civil war t. tucker: at the civil war? you sound overheated to you? he would like you to know that this is not hyperbole. they are literally like habeas corpus, the state legislature. that was the civil war. biden made it clear that s what he meant and he said it twice. one was the last time a sitting american gave a speech like this? probably not told the 1860s. it s hard to know how to process it. it was a stunningly irresponsible thing for an american leader t
right now, announced the president of the united states. by attempting to pass laws requiring voters to show i.d. when they vote, republicans are risking permanent internal division as well as violent conflict. think we are overstating? here s what he said. president biden: there s an unfolding assault taking place in america today, and attempt to suppress and subvert the right to vote in fair and free elections. we are facing the most significant test of our democracy since the civil war. that s not hyperbole. since the civil war. tucker: the civil war? sound overheated to you? joe biden would like you to know this is not hyperbole. voter i.d. laws are literally like the civil war. that is habeas corpus suspended, state legislatures shut down, hundreds of thousands of americans dead in fields. that was the civil war. biden made it clear that s what he meant. he said it twice. one was the last time a sitting american president gave a speech like this? well, probably not s
know, is it a good-faith bargaining position? we come with good faith saying we want to do a bipartisan process. but we cannot afford to do too little too late. meanwhile, in just two days donald trump s secretary impeachment trial in the senate will begin. senators on both sides of the aisle giving new insight as they prepare to listen to the case put before them. this impeachment in the eyes of most republicans is an unconstitutional exercise. the president s behavior, in my view s not a crime. i think the core of this case is donald trump s own words, which are more incriminating than anything other witness could be. so if people want to hold president trump accountable for language, there has to be a consistent standard. to my mind, it is a partisan farce. we are also getting a new look at what americans think ahead of the trial. an abc news up success poll shows 56% of americans think trump should be convict asked bars from holding office. and brand-new remarks