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a warning tonight from the department of homeland security about the potential for violence at saturday s right-wing rally at the capitol supporting the january 6th insurrectionists. a memo obtained by cnn also warns that violence could break out tomorrow, the day before the planned rally. and just weeks ahead of the supreme court s new term in october, justice clarence thomas, who rarely speaks in public, giving a big lecture today at the university of notre dame on the subject of some people wanting to make changes to the supreme court. thomas warning people not to try to change it. i think we should be careful destroying our institutions because they don t give us what we want when we want it. i think we should be really, really careful. i want to bring in now cnn s senior political analyst john avlon, and charlie dent, a former republican congressman from pennsylvania. good to see both of you. john, new warnings tonight from the dhs ahead of this pro-insurrect ....
or a negative test in order to work. live from cnn world headquarters in atlanta, welcome to all of you watching in the united states, canada and around the world. i m kind brunhuber. this is cnn newsroom. right now it is 4:00 a.m. in washington and you are looking at a live picture of the u.s. capitol. right now it is calm and peaceful, but there are concerns that could soon change. the department of homeland security has issued a new warning for potential violence surrounding a far right wing rally planned for saturday. it comes eight months after the capitol was attacked by rioters trying to overturn the presidential election. ryan nobles has the latest. reporter: we ve known for some time that law enforcement, capitol police, department of homeland security were concerned about what was going to happen here on capitol hill on saturday. we now have learned after reviewing an internal security memo reviewed by cnn that they are also concerned that this security thre ....
22-year-old, beautiful kid, going around the country. i m confused by this south carolina situation with this family. and i m confused how the senators believe they can get righteous about milley for deciding to do something about an obvious risk that they ign ignored, that he worked with the secretary of defense. they want to say he went rogue. you want to misrepresent what did he when he did the right thing and you did nothing? and you think you ll be the righteous agent? well, two things, i hope the families of the young people, i hope they figure out what happened to everyone. i hope there s a resolution to all of it. you can t bring people back. moving on to the political part, there have been so many people who have been an apologist for this president. pretty much the entire campaign, once he became the nominee and then became the president, that it was time to really call people out on their you know what. on their bs, including him and including the folks aro ....
after the capitol riot. both times, suggesting china believed the u.s. was preparing a an attack. their fears, according to the authors of the book, based in part on the rhetoric toward china coming from the former president. here is how the president responded. sir, in your opinion thank you. thank you. i have great confidence in general milley. now, according to a defense official who spoke with cnn, these calls were not done in secret without anyone else knowing. they were, according to this official, attended by 15 people including a representative from the state department. general mark milley is scheduled to testify on capitol hill later-this month. the woodward and costa book goes into further details about milley s concerns about the president possibly launching an attack. reportedly, telling his subordinates that he must directly be involved in any discussion involving military action or nuclear strike. as the book describes them, quote, if you get ca ....
thank you for watching. don lemon tonight with the big star, d lemon, right now. how you doing? you all right? i m i m confused, man. about what? um, i m confused about what s happening with this missing 22-year-old. beautiful kid. going around the country. i m confused by this south carolina situation with this murdaugh family. i ve never heard of by the way, it s not murdoch like media murdochs. it s a totally different family. i have never heard anything like it. and i am confused at how your senators how the senators believe that they can get righteous about milley for deciding to do something about an obvious risk that they ignored. and now, they don t want to give the benefit of the facts that he followed protocol and worked with the secretary of defense and had a roomful of people when he made these calls. and they still want to say he went rogue. so, you want to misrepresent what he did when he did the right thing and you did nothing and you thin ....