And President Biden just tried to convince americans he understands their anxiety as inflation here in the United States hits a 30year high. Well break down the growing burden on consumers struggling with soaring prices for basics like food and fuel. We want to welcome your viewers here in the United States and around the world. Im wolf blitzer. Youre in the situation room. This is cnn Breaking News. Lets get straight to the Breaking News. The riveting and very emotional testimony in the trial of Kyle Rittenhouse as he took the stand in his own defense. Our Senior National correspondent sara sidner is in kenosha, wisconsin, for us tonight. Lots of fiery exchanges today in court. Those fiery xarchlg exchange between the judge and the prosecution. There was a call for a mistrial. The defense saying that the prosecution acted in bad faith and that whey will be filing for a mistrial. In the meantime, this is all happening outside of the jury. In front of the jury, Kyle Rittenhouse for the
Over throw of an American Election but also to preserve american democracy period. Every day it seems like more new video emerges from january 6th including this closeup view from the New York Times showing the mayhem at the front lines of the capitol and given how just insane what we witnessed that day was and all that we have learned in the months since, the simple fact is it actually just has to be illegal to try to over throw the government full stop. But if it isnt illegal, if what we saw on january 6th didnt include major crimes against the United States, there really is no United States. There is no democracy. Donald trump tried to overturn a free and fair election. He did it overtly and covertly. He tried to under cut the election on the front end. Tried to get ukraine to announce a fake investigation and lied about mail in voting and on and on and on and tried to undo it on the back end. First, he tried to nullify the electoral votes from the multiple states and when that didn
not just democrats like speaker nancy pelosi and steny hoyer, but republicans like vice president pence, senate majority leader mitch mcconnell, majority whip john thune and countless other appointees across the administration. all of them did what president trump was not doing, what he simply refused to do. take a listen. they re taking the north front, staff only. we re not going to be able to hold. the door has been breached. people are gaining access into the capitol. senator schumer is at a secure location. they re locked down in the senate. there has to be some way we can maintain the sense that people have, that there s some security, some confidence that government can function and that we can elect the president of the united states. did we go back into session? did go back into session. but now apparently everybody on the floor is putting on gas masks to prepare for a breach. they re putting on tear gas masks? we need an area for the house members. the
dominated, driven, and intimidated by donald trump and the maga republicans. that is a threat to this country. maga republicans do not respect the constitution, believe in the rule of the law, recognize the will of the people. they refused to accept the results of a free election and promote authoritarian leaders. they fanned the flames of political violence. they are a threat to our personal rights, to the pursuit of justice, to the rule of law, to the very soul of this country. they look at the mob that stormed that united states capitol on january 6th, be brutally attacking law enforcement, not as insurrectionists. they placed a dagger the throat of our democracy, but they look at them as patriots. they see their maga failure to stop a fees peaceful transfer of power after the 2020 election as preparation for the 2022 in 2024 elections. and now america must choose to move forward or to move backwards, to build a future obsessed about the past, to be a nation of hope and un
republicans represent an extremism that threatens the foundations of our republic. there is no question that the republican party today is dominated, driven, and intimidated by donald trump and the maga republicans. that is a threat to this country. maga republicans do not respect the constitution, believe in the rule of the law, or recognize the will of the people. they refused to accept the results of a free election and promote authoritarian leaders. they fanned the flames of political violence. they are a threat to our personal rights, to the pursuit of justice, to the rule of law, to the very soul of this country. they look at the mob that stormed that united states capitol on january 6th, brutally attacking law enforcement, not as insurrectionists. who placed a dagger the throat of our democracy, but they look at them as patriots. they see their maga failure to stop a peaceful transfer of power after the 2020 election, as preparation for the 2022 and 2024 elections. and