congressional correspondent ryan nobles. what have you learned about this with the january 6th committee? reporter: we know it s starting to happen, anderson. this was, of course, a big roadblock to the department of justice s investigation as it expanded into areas beyond the rioters that breached the capitol on that day and started looking into more of the efforts to overturn the 2020 election results. they were very interested in many of the interviews of the january 6 select committee had already conducted, but the committee was reluctant to hand over those transcribed interviews to the department of justice because they considered it their work, their property and they wanted to be able to make sure that they had it in their possession as their investigation moved forward. this became somewhat of a standoff between doj and the january 6th select committee, but now they re starting to find areas of common ground and the select committee chairman bennie thompson telling
of the efforts to overturn the 2020 election results. they were very interested in some of the interviews that the generals whigs committee has already conducted. the committee was reluctant to canned over those transcribed interviews to the department of justice, because they considered their work and their property, and they wanted to be able to have it in their possession as their investigation moved forward. this became something of a standoff between the doj and the january 6th select committee. and now they re starting to find areas common ground, and chairman bennie thompson told us today the first batch of information that they re gonna hand over to the department of justice is the information that they ve gleaned about this effort to file a fake set of electors that would ve been sent to congress had a january 6th. that s pretty significant, because we haven t seen a lot of detail about that aspect of the department of justice s investigation. so, it shows that inves
we are following that news. plus, a first on cnn, we re learning new information about a potential january 6 committee witness who the panel says got a call from former president trump. details on what he or she may know that could be key going forward. and right now, president biden in jerusalem, day two of a critical trip to the middle east. at this hour, he meets with the israeli president isaac hertzog to expand security ties to counter iran s nuclear threat. we mean what we say. to have an opportunity to accept this agreement that s been laid down. if they don t, we made it absolutely clear, we will not let me say it again we will not allow iran to acquire a nuclear weapon. so, let s begin this our with our wolf blitzer and kaitlan collins joining us again from jerusalem. wolf, to you first. what stood out to you most in the comment, especially from the president there, on countering iran. i thought your interview with david sanger following the press confere
is the chart aftermath of a russian cruise missile. you see the panic, civilians and first responders rushing stretchers out of still smoldering wreckage. the pictures are gruesome and all too familiar. the entire building s windows reduced to glass shards, cars battered the kinetic force of the strike. 22 officials say were dead. the death toll so far includes three children. 39 still missing. authorities worn they may need dna tests to identify even more bodies. let s get straight to the scene with cnn s, claim. walk us through what you re seeing and what we know. talk about that kinetic force. here s one example but this is across the street from the blast site you can see how my windows are completely thrown out but barely any survived. people are trying to, who were living in the building, trying to make sure their permits are sealed in. this is the last site itself. this is a building called the house of officers pickets the concert hall. you can see the incredible fo
quote, irrelevant to the contempt of congress case against him. that is set to begin next week. the doj wrote, quote, the defendant s sudden wish to testify is not a genuine effort to meet obl gigations, but a last-ditch attempt to avoid accountability. bannon s reversal comes after he received a letter from former trump that waives executive privilege, but new court documents show that an attorney for former president trump actually spoke to the fbi weeks ago and contradicted bannon s claim that the former president had invoked executive privilege over particular information or materials, so who is telling the truth and who is not? more on that in a moment. also, in the january 6th public hearing that is tomorrow, this is the next one, the panel is expected to focus on how the violent mob came together, the rule of extremist groups in the deadly insurrection, and any connections of those groups to trump s inner circle. a former spokesman for the oath keepers, a far right