good evening once again, i am stephanie ruhle. we have brand-new information this evening about the january 6th committee accusing former president donald trump of trying to contact a witness during the investigation. nbc news has confirmed reporting that the witness was a member of the white house support staff. at the end of yesterday s hearing liz cheney said that the matter had been referred to the justice department. this afternoon, the committee s chair person was asked about cheney s comments. are we going to hear from this witness? i would doubt it. we re concerned obviously about the witness, and we do not want to put that witness under unnecessary pressure. is there enough evidence that there was an attempt to influence the witness? from my vantage point, it is highly unusual to do that. that s why we, more or less, put that in the hands of the justice department. is this just one missed phone call from the former president? that s all i m aware of. as
that there was an attempt to influence the witness? from my vantage point, it is highly unusual to do that. that s why we more or less, put that in the hands of the justice department. is this just one missed phone call from the former president? that s all i m aware of. as for its future plans, the panel has not ruled out additional hearings later this summer, we will hear more public testimony one week from tomorrow. one committee member says that nest thursday s hearing will focus on what trump was doing when the capital was under attack. specifically about the time period of the 187 minutes within the white house, and what the president was doing. and how he could have played a role in preventing more violence, if he had merely gone to the briefing room and asked people to leave the capitol. it comes as trump ally and former strategist steve bannon is set to go on trial on monday for contempt of congress. he is now ready to cooperate with the january 6th coope
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good afternoon. i m senior fellow with national security program. it s my great honor to welcome peter frazier who is the head of gas, coal for the international energy agency. he is here to launch the coal 2017 coal has been the world s dominant fuel for a century. certainly the robust deployment of renewables but then combined with the cheap gas and has been putting quite a bit of pressure on the generation. so the coal 2017 is one of the iea s signature publications. it s previously known as a midterm coal market report. it provides comprehensive analysis heater is here to walk us through some of the analysis and help us better understand where the markets are headed to in the near to mid-future, i guess through 2022. previously between 1998 and 2004 he was a senior electricity policy adviser. this is his second tour. in between peter worked at the ontario energy board. from 1989 to 98 he was an energy policy adviser at the ontario ministry. it is with my great pleasure. h
at the white house. we have live coverage now. fox news rick leventhal is in new york city to show us how the events played out today. a bold first day for general john kelly. his first order of business, giving the boot the anthony scaramucci, who had just taken the reins as white house communications director. general kelly has the full authority to carry out busy. reporter: general kelly, former homeland security secretary, was sworn in to office first thing monday morning and shortly after news broke that scaramucci was done. sealing his own fate with his expletive laden interview with a reporter last week. the president certainly felt that anthony s comments were inappropriate for a person in that position. and he didn t want to burden general kelly. reporter: the president, full of praise for the four-star retired general, lauding his performance leading the department of homeland security. you look at the border, you look at the tremendous results we ve had