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you want to know the truth. the enemy of the state is him and the group that control him. the fbi and the justice department have become vicious monsters controlled by radical left scoundrels, lawyers and media who tell him what to do. cnn chief national affairs correspondent jeff zeleny is live for us this pittsburgh. i want to ask you about one moment over the weekend about the former president s rally and it was very unusual. cynthia hughes who runs a support group for january 6th participants spoke, she was given this platform to speak at trump s rally and was telling the story of her nephew who is a january 6th rioter and a nazi sympathizer who once said that hitler should have finished the job, which, you know, makes it kind of tough for trump and his supporters to really push back on this semi-fascist moniker that biden is giving. boy, it sure does. i mean, of all the defendants from january 6th the former president could have invited to speak at his rally fo ....
the conversations, the chaos in the west wing that day. things we had never heard and things we had never seen. just a few of the new developments. testimony that trump never made a single call to law enforcement or to the pentagon. testimony that the security detail for vice president pence was calling loved ones, worried they wouldn t make it out alive. testimony that trump initially resisted using the word peace while tweeting about the riot while it was happening. audio of rioters interpreting trump s tweet in realtime seeming to suggest it gave them a green light to attack the capitol. and, quote, mike pence let me down. those were the last five words that an aide heard trump say that day before he left the west wing to go to the residence for the night. nothing about the attack according to the committee, just his grievances with mike pence. and one of the most revealing moments of the hearing, the committee showed outtakes from the speech that the former pres ....
I mean, of all the defendants from january 6th the former president could have invited to speak at his rally for all of the supporters this is who he chose. so certainly this was for a reason, this was to pander to his base, if you will, excite his base, energize his base. it s a the latest chapter and example of a pattern we ve seen from the former president trying to, you know, really have it both ways in some respects by really not apologizing or tuning right into this type of rhetoric. it certainly drew some strong comments from california congresswoman zero lofgren who is on the january 6th committee. she told cnn this yesterday. well, when president biden warned that there were some elements in this extreme group that are really semi-fascist, maybe he didn t need to use semi. you know, being a support of adolf hitler does put you in the fascist category, there is no ....
With january 6 committee member jamie raskin about what happened last night, but also importantly what s next now that we ve learned there are more hearings coming in september. so more revelations from the hearing. what made trump white house counsel pat cipollone exert assert executive privilege. george conway joins us live. and there s also been quite a scare on the campaign trial. and there s only there s only one option congressman lee zeldin attacked by someone who ran on stage in new york. police now say they have that man in custody. steps. calories. exercise minutes. because prproven quality sleep is vital to our health and wellness,s, only the sleep number 3600 smart bed keeps you cool, thenen senses and effortlessly adjusts for your best sleep. and tells you exactly how well you slept, with your sleepiq score. our smart sleepers get 28 minutes more e restful sleep per night. so, you can be your best for yourself and those you care about most. ....
vice president pence two or three calls with vice president pence. he was very animated and he issued very explicit, very direct unambiguous orders. reporter: the committee also presented never before seen video outtakes of trump recording a speech the following day where he refused to say the election was over. and to those who broke the law, you will pay. do you not represent our movement. you do not represent our country, and if you broke the law i can t say that. i m not i already said you will pay. but this election is now over. congress has certified the results. i don t want to say the election is over. and we also heard last night for the first time from a d.c. police sergeant who confirmed that he heard that trump had a heated discussion with his detail about his desire to go to the capitol on january 6th. committee member zero lofgren says that those agents involved including tony or not toe and ....