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plus, we have new details about the death of former japanese prime minister shinzo abe. what we re learning about the weapon used in the attack and the reaction coming in from around the world. deal or no deal, elon musk walking away from twitter, what the twitter board might have to say about that. we re so grateful to have you this saturday, july 9th. appreciate you starting your weekend and morning with us. jessica, great to have you. thanks for having me. it s always great to stop by and spend some hours. quite a few hours. we start with the january 6th interview with one of the most important witnesses. former white house counsel pat scipollone testifying for hours. he provide a great deal of new information. and keep in mind yesterday s closed door testimony is going to be made public in upcoming hearings, potentially even on tuesday. cipollone was among a handful of people who spent time with then president donald trump as the riot at the capitol un unf ....
somewhere enjoying himself in the sun somewhere. happening now, in the newsroom, former white house counsel, pat cipollone spending seven hours with a january 6 committee, what we are learning about his testimony and how it could shape future hearings. the biden administration is celebrating a better than expected jobs report that economists say that could spell bad news for the effort to tamp down inflation. plus, deal or no deal. you on my skier to walk away from his bid to buy twitter, the company s board has to say about that. newsroom starts right now. a very good morning to you, it is saturday, july 9, and we are so happy to be with you this morning. up first, a key witness testifying before the january 6 committee, for more than seven hours. three different sources familiar with pat cipollone s testimony, describing it as very important, and extremely helpful. pat cipollone remember was among the handful of people who spent time with then-president trump ....
unfolded. the committee is trying to determine what trump was doing and how he reacted to the violence in realtime. for more now, let s bring in reporter marshall cohen. what more could you tell us about what cipollone did or did not say behind closed doors. fredricka, how are you? this is a big one. it is a real break through for the committee. they had been pushing for months to get pat cipollone to come in and give a deposition and they clinched that yesterday. as you mentioned, more than seven hours behind closed doors. so what did they possibly ask him about. he was there when donald trump s allies were thinking about declaring martial law. he was there when donald trump allies were considering sending in the military to seize voting machines and he was there on january 6 while donald trump sat back, watched tv and did not intervene while his supporters ransacked and raided the capitol. now this is critical because the committee has been focusing on what they say ....
next public hearing. the perspective could be a game changer in the quest to learn more about former president trump s efforts to overturn the 2020 election. sworn testimony from previous hearings puts him at the center of pivotal events including in the oval office on january 3rd shooting down the plan to replace the acting attorney general. on january 6th, two sources say he was with trump, watching the riot unfold on television. the next day tried in vain to get trump to call for the prosecution of the rioters. marshall, obviously critical testimony on capitol hill, what more are we learning about what happened in those eight hours behind closed doors. eight hours. it s almost miraculous that this even happened, right, phil. a year and a half has gone on since january 6th. the committee interviewed a thousand witnesses. but they couldn t get cipollone. now they did. and they got him on tape, on video, and hopefully in the coming days we ll finally start to see some ....
on january 3rd hoping to shoot down trump s plan to replace the acting attorney general with a doj lawyer. cipollone repeatedly warned about the legal pitfalls of trump going to the capitol with his supporters. on january 6th, two sources say he was with trump watching the riot unfold on television. he demanded the chief of staff mark meadows intervene, and the next day the white house counsel told trump to call for the prosecution of the rioters. trump of course never did that, still referring to them as, quote, peaceful. cnn s ryan nobles is on capitol hill. pat cipollone may be the most important witness that has come before the january 6th select committee up until this point, and he spent a lot of time with the committee on friday, gave testimony for more than seven hours, and according to committee sources, they asked him a lot of very specific questions about his view of how the former president conducted himself on january 6th and the decisions that were made ....