you now need to add another key fact they re ignoring. milley did what he did with the consent of trump s secretary of defense, mark esper. so much for milley going rogue. so now what? again, i still think milley has to testify. in the open, no national security vail, no closed meeting, open meeting, why? because then we re going to have to hear interpretation from politicians. we know he s scheduled to speak in two weeks but we re told part of it is going to be closed. they ll stay there s national security, i m telling you it s problematic. even better, he should come here. i ll give him the full hour to explain. and there won t be competing agendas going on. we can get after the truth. without that toxic two side play going on. but either way if he s going to go to congress don t get distracted. that woodward book peril it s not about milley but trump and his enablers, specifically confirming trump was as bad as reported and suspected. and that was known likely by many i
be the first chance to ask them about what they re not moving forward with charges. as we heard repeatedly throughout this hearing what these women want is accountability. appreciate the reporting. thank you. the news continues right now. let s hand it over to chris for cuomo primetime. i am chris cuomo and welcome to prime time. bolo. be on the look out. you need to be aware the people calling for milley s head. one, they re distracting from the real headline from this book. confirmation for how out of control president trump was. that many knew perhaps including those calling for milley s head. they knew what was going on with trump. and there are real questions about why rubio and others never spoke about trump the way they are talking about the man who protected the democracy from him. second, even if you do want to keep the spotlight on milley, you now need to add another key fact they re ignoring. milley did what he did with the consent of trump s secretary of def
with that new video of the insurrection. more evidence of a pro-trump mob attacking police officers defending the u.s. capitol on january 6th. a warning, this video, as the others are, but this one especially, is disturbing and has quite graphic language. the justice department is making this new video public in the case against a former marine and retired nypd officer seen in you ll see it in parts, in a red jacket, striking an officer with a plagpole and hand-to-hand combat ensues at the seat of america s democracy. a brutal reminder of just how terrifying that day really was, despite what some republicans are trying to get you to believe. the efforts by some of those republicans to whitewash and literally re-write the history of donald trump s complicity in the deadly siege is reaching new levels. cnn s jessica schneider is joining me live in washington with the very latest on this. jessica, will you walk us through this new video just released? reporter: yeah, i will.
the jury in the trial of derek chauvin the former police officer accused of murdering george floyd in the us will hear closing arguments this afternoon. could working from home be the new normal with commuting and offices becoming a thing of the past. and nasa is launching a drone like helicopter on mars the first powered flight on another planet. and coming up this hour, abba s bjorn ulvaeus says singer songwriters are not being paid a fair share by the streaming platforms and it s time for a change. twelve top football clubs including six from the premier league have announced plans to form a breakaway european super league. have announced plans to form arsenal, tottenham, chelsea, liverpool, manchester city and manchester united have agreed to start a new mid week tournament with ac milan, inter milan, juventus, atletico madrid, real madrid and barcelona. the move s been condemned by pretty much everyone uefa and the premier league say players could be banned f
a daughter of the ruler of dubai asks british police to reopen their inquiry into her sister s disappearance, 20 years ago. how thousands of thermal images of elephants could help protect endangered species. and india thrash england by ten wickets in an eventful third test to take a 2 1 series lead. the uk s covid 19 alert level has been reduced. the alert has been at level five the highest since early january and is now going down to to four. it means the risk of the nhs being overwhelmed in the coming weeks has fallen. our health editor hugh pym has more on the alert level change. it is based on a decision by the uk s four chief medical officers, working with officials from the joint biosecurity centre. it is, in a way, a nonpolitical, independent take on how serious the alert level is. it was level three from may onwards all the way through to september, when it was moved up to level four that s when cases were really beginning to accelerate again and then leve