on the phone with president trump at that very moment. he told president trump on the phone that mike pence was being evacuated and still, donald trump did nothing to try to stop the mayhem. senators watch video of nancy pelosi, house speaker pelosi s staff running to hide from the mob moments before the insurrectionist tried to prbrea down their door. senators mitt romney and chuck schumer also seen on surveillance video. we had never seen this before, narrowly escaping the mob. we have new reaction from the senators this morning. we also have new reporting on what the house managers intend to present today. you can expect them to offer something of a pre-buhfpre-but the former president s defense. joining us now, mike rogers, and cnn legal analyst, norm eisen. he served as counsel for the democrats on the house judiciary question committee during president trump s first impeachment. gentlemen, great to see both of you. ambassador eisen, what was accomplished yesterday?
in washington. lots of movement on president biden s cabinet nominees, on the covid relief effort. one of those days where it seems like you re trying to watch a dozen different story lines at once. the major event of the day at the u.s. capitol, still under lockdown, surrounded by national guard troops in the wake of the january 6th attack on the capitol, today was the first investigation. the first congressional hearing into what happened that day. what went wrong at the capitol on january 6th that allowed the pro trump violent mob to storm the capitol building, interrupt the certification of the election, and come within just steps of the lawmakers in the building that day, whose blood the mob was crowing for. today, two senate committees took testimony from the officials in charge of the capitol security that day. should i tell you, we ll speak to the chairs of both of those committees this hour. the witnesses at today s hearing were the acting chief of the d.c. metropoli
talks. stocks are set to open higher. new records still within reach netflix erasing its gains this year, amid increasing streaming competition. jim spoke exclusively with the ceo of one major competitor, his name, bob iger the company, disney. full details from their conversation coming up. and under pressure, federal prosecutors in california, reportedly opening a criminal probe of vaping company juul stocks are looking to resume their march toward record highs. investor sentiment getting a lift after washington did confirm trade negotiations with china will resume in a couple of weeks. meantime, the president will address the u.n. general assembly in the next hour. we ll see how long he goes jim, as we get more news out of the uk supreme court, maybe lesser likelihood of a no deal brexit yeah, but i also there is another court over there, just talking about the this is eu court, european commission, gives a big win to starbucks in terms of charging starbucks, vio
thank you very much, wolf. welcome to cnn tonight. representatives greene, gosar, now boebert, have found themselves at the center of a growing capitol hill storm as progressives put pressure once again on speaker pelosi to strip a republican of their house committee assignments. this time it s colorado congresswoman lauren boebert, under fire for islamophobic remarks against congresswoman ilhan omar. boebert called her a member of the jihad squad and is, worst of all, unapologetic. every time i hear one of those to the extent i ve offended anyone apologies, tune it out. that s not heartfelt. there s been no apology to omar herself. today a group of house progressives, led by ayanna pressley of massachusetts, introduced a resolution to remove boebert from her committee assignments. it is shameful that we have had to wait this long for meaningful action, for meaningful accountability, but here we are. for a member of congress to repeatedly and unapologetically use ha
the news continues so let s head over to michael smerconish and cnn tonight. thank you very much, wolf. welcome to cnn tonight. is another poll populist about to face a threat from the democrats? representatives greene, gosar, now boebert, have found themselves at the center of a growing capitol hill storm as progressives put pressure once again on speaker pelosi to strip a republican of their house committee assignments. this time it s colorado congresswoman lauren boebert, under fire for islamophobic remarks against congresswoman ilhan omar. boebert called her a member of the jihad squad and is, worst of all, unapologetic. every time i hear one of those to the extent i ve offended anyone apologies, tune it out. that s not heartfelt. there s been no apology to omar herself. today a group of house progressives, led by ayanna pressley of massachusetts, introduced a resolution to remove boebert from her committee assignments. it is shameful that we have had to wait