tv Don Lemon Tonight CNN June 9, 2022 9:00pm-10:01pm PDT
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capitol hill. you are right there in washington where this is going down. good evening to you. the stakes were incredibly high for the first hearing. what did the select committee accomplish tonight? >> reporter: what the committee hoped to do was essentially create a road map for a thesis that they have that donald trump is principally responsible for a plot to subvert the will of the voters and stand in the way of the peaceful transfer of power. they didn't give us all the information, but they set the stage for what is going to be a seven-part argument toward that end. the way they introduced this argument was by hearing from some of the people closest to the former president, including his own daughter. take a listen. >> this is the president's daughter commenting on bill barr's statement that the department found in fraud sufficient to overturn the election.
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>> how did that affect your perspective about the election when attorney general barr made that statement? >> it affected my perspective. i respect attorney general barr. so i accepted what he was saying. >> reporter: this sound bite that was played from ivanka trump came after a lengthier sound bite where he told donald trump that there was no evidence that there was fraud and that he lost the election and that his continuing to say that he won the election was a problem for democracy. so to hear ivanka trump say she believed barr and not necessarily her father, don, it just shows how many people close to the president never believed that he won the election. but he continued to push forward. >> the president and those close to him had said he wanted to counterprogram the hearings. and the first one was tonight.
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how republicans and the former president responding tonight? >> reporter: well, obviously, you know, don, they're doing everything they can to discredit the work of the committee. but what you'll notice in some of their counterprogramming messaging -- there were other networks that brought on guests to downplay it and kind of get around some of the hard evidence that the committee presented here tonight. what you're finding from the republican response is it's a question -- [ no audio ] -- any refuting of the central arguments. there was no one saying that what bill barr said was incorrect. there was no one refugts the fact that donald trump was pushing an agenda that he believed not to be true. so the republicans are going to continue to do this. they're going to call this a partisan witch hunt that was authored by nancy pelosi and some of their arguments are based in the fact that they don't have a seat at this table. yes, liz cheney and adam kinzinger are on the committee, but they are in lock step with the democrats on this panel.
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and so because there isn't a minority voice, they're going to do everything they can to downplay the work of the committee and say that it shouldn't be listened to by a good portion of the memorandum. >> i don't know. can you say there's not a minority voice? adam kinzinger and liz cheney are republicans. it's just not people who are going to tell you it's not raining outside when it is. >> reporter: you know, don, it's important to point out that just because liz cheney and adam kinzinger don't necessarily agree that it was okay for donald trump to pedal a big lie about the election results, that somehow doesn't make them conservative. their voting records will tell you a complete opposite story. liz cheney voted with donald trump on, i think, 80% of the time when he was president and she was a member of congress. it's this specific issue that they found to have a problem with, and again, it gets back to the idea, if you have a problem with what the committee is saying, make that argument based on the substance of what they are presenting. they are laying out hard
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evidence here, and if you got an alternative explanation for w why -- the way this evidence is being interpreted, present that. don't just try and come up with some other argument that doesn't really have anything to do with the central matter they're dealing with right now. >> your words, you said hard evidence and you also said this was just the beginning. so what can we expect next time, because this is the first one? >> tonight was just a tease. they just gave us a bit of a taste and laid out what they believe to be true over the course of the next six hearings. they are going to lay out that plot. they're going to talk about why donald trump wasn't doing anything during that 187 minutes while the capitol was under siege. they're going to talk about how he put a pressure campaign on the former vice president to stand in the way of the election certification. they're going to show evidence of the pressure campaign that he was putting on state officials to try and prevent them from certifying the election results for joe biden. so there's all these different the ages of this argument that they're going to lay out over
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the next two weeks with the goal of trying to convince the american people that what they believe to be true is, in fact, true, and also how to prevent it from happening in the future. >> mr. ryan nobles on capitol hill, thank you, ryan. we appreciate that. let's bring in andrew mccabe and scott jennings and joining us now cnn global affairs analyst susan glasser. happy to have you joining. thank you so much. let's talk about what you thought about tonight. stunning new video, testimony from ivanka trump, jared kushner, bill barr. did the committee accomplish what they needed to on their first night? >> well, i'm certainly interested in tuning in to hear more. i do think, you know, in the end we know at the end of the night what we knew at the beginning of the night and what we knew on january 6th itself, which is that the mob wouldn't have been there had donald trump not attacked the election and summon the mob in order to stop his
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defeat from being finalized, right? so we already knew that. but i do think the nexus of information they laid out, the thousand interviews and the transcripts that we have yet to receive suggest there's an enormous amount still to be learned. i certainly have learned a lot and i think i've read just about everything, you know, up until now. >> yeah. listen, i think you're right, but i also think that we live this, meaning those of us who are in the news media who consume it every day, we talk about it every single day, those who are in washington who are paying attention to it every day, i don't necessarily think that the american people have -- some of them may have never seen the video. if you are, in your words, trying to figure out how to, you know, pay your taxes, pay gas, take care of your kids, put food on the table and all of that, you may be doing things that night when you come home and you don't have a chance to turn on the. news maybe you listen to it,
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maybe of you an idea, but i think this was the perfect time for the american people for them to make their case to the american people, and there's more to come. >> absolutely the critical audience for these hearings. maybe the person who did not read the scope of evidence of maybe who hasn't seen those type of videos. we know this has been in the ether of political media. definitely folks know the gravity of what was going on at the time, but maybe not the details. what you'll see from democrats is a detailed picture of not only president trump's actions, but also the kind of ecosystem around. they're going to lay out evidence around the proud boys, they're going to lay out a scope of conspiracy around this. but it is about whether they're going to -- i remember when the congresswoman was talking earlier from the committee. she said calls -- she said there was a correlation between president trump. that's actually a critical
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point, right? whether americans see a causal relationship or a general feeling that president trump correlationally affected that. it's going to be critical whether they're going to change their voting actions come november. >> you know your way around a corner. do you lay everything out in your opening statements or opening remarks? or do you think there are surprises and then build along the way? >> prosecutors will typically lay out the basic framework of the argument that they're going to make. but there's always those gotcha, those aha moments where you really want the witness to be able to present a piece of information that's going to grab the jury's attention. >> so my question is, is there more to come? this is not just -- >> you have to assume there's more to come. i think they did an effective use of pieces of evidence. for instance, one of the primary arguments they're trying to make is that those reuters, those insurrectionists, they did what they did because they were very
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closely listening to president trump and they were doing what they thought he was telling them to do. so the moment when they had the trump tweet on the video, and you heard one of the insurrectionists reading the tweet from the capitol through a blow horn, i mean, that's a very powerful -- >> let's play that and then we'll talk about it. here it is. >> menace didn't have the courage to do what should've been done to protect our country and our constitution. giving states a chance to certify a corrected set of facts, not the fraudulent or inaccurate. >> to see the president's words and to hear them spoken by one of the rioters is a powerful combination of images. >> this whole event tonight and everything that's in the news this week is a chance for all of us to reflect on the absolute
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corrosive nature of the idea of angry mobs circumventing the rule of law, using intimidation to try to get what you want out of the u.s. government. they were trying to intimate mike pence and the united states congress. we see mobs right now trying to intimate the supreme court. this is a dangerous and corrosive period. no one anywhere on the political spectrum should tolerant angry mobs. to your point about trump and linking him to this, i'm wondering to what end? who is the audience and what action do they want them to take. there's nothing the american people can do about donald trump today. there is one man who can do something, and that's the attorney general. when i watched this tonight, i'm not a lawyer, but it struck me that there was really an audience of one, and it was merrick garland. yes, i think obviously public opinion would be an ancillary thing if it moved, but the only thing anyone can do about donald trump right now is a courts of law.
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it's garland. >> do you want to get in? >> you're absolutely right. donald trump does not get convicted of a crime at the end of these hearings or impeached. this is a case that's being made to the american people. to a lesser extent, maybe a greater extent, also a case being made to the attorney general. what do we know about the attorney general? he is a very contemplative, thoughtful approach to his job and his responsibilities. if the committee makes a recommendation to the department of justice at the conclusion of this process that they believe the president should be investigated or charged with a crime, it's not clear to me that the department would move forward with that recommendation at this point. but we need to see the rest of the evidence they present. >> susan, i want to play a quick sound bite and get your response to that and what these gentlemen have said at the table. tonight the chairman thompson telling cnn's jake tapper the committee will make the connection between extremists and trump. listen to this.
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>> are there going to be witnesses that describe actual conversations between these extremist groups and anyone in trump's orbit? >> yes. >> there will be? >> yes. obviously you will have to go through the hearings, but we have a number of witnesses who have come forward that people have not talked to before that will document a lot of what was going on in the trump orbit while all of this was occurring. >> susan, what should we expect them to show the? >> this is the key question. we understand that there is a nexus between trump's words and calling forth the mob. i didn't hear it in the hearing to want tonight, but i would be interested to see if they have specific evidence. he didn't say he has trump himself, evidence of trump himself speaking directly with
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these groups. he just said in trump's on or about -- orbit. i'm not a prosecutor, but it seems like what we haven't heard yet is specific documentation, and i feel like that would be an extremely important aspect of the hearings yet to come. >> i would be derelict if i didn't ask you. >> they left the starring role to liz cheney. it's republicans who brought us donald trump in 2016. it's republicans who have refused to disavow donald trump. the reason this is not merely a matter for history books, but a live action crisis that we're still talking about is because ever since january 6th republicans in the capitol have refused to disavow trump.
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remembering two-thirds of the house republicans actually voted not to certify legitimate votes, walking over the shattered glass of the capitol that they had to flee for their lives from. and so to me, you know, the dramatic moment, not the investigative moment, but the dramatic moment of tonight was certainly having liz cheney speak directly to them, essentially your shame and your disgrace at not disavowing this will live with you forever. >> what will the doj do about that? ...pivot... work bye. vacation hi! book with priceline. 'cause when you save more, you can “no way!” more. no wayyyyyy. no waaayyy! no way!! [phone ringing] hm. no way! no way! priceline. every trip is a bibig deal. i grew up an athlete, i rode horses... i really do take care of myself. i try to sta in shape. tha's really important, especially as you age.
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i'm hard of hearing. ♪ oh hey, don't forget about the tense music too. would you say tense? i'd say suspenseful. aren't they the same thing? can we move on guys, please? alexa, turn on the subtitles. and dim the lights. ok, dimming the lights. a monster was attacking but the team remained calm. because with miro, they could problem solve together, and find the answer that was right under their nose. or... his nose. liz cheney alleging former president trump engaged in a, quote, sophisticated, seven-part plan to overturn the election and stop the transition of
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power. a committee source laying out those seven points to cnn. here they are. president trump engaged in a massive effort to spread false and fraudulent information to the public claiming the 2020 election was stolen from him. trump corruptly planned to replace the acting attorney general so that the doj would support his fake election claims. trump pressured vice president pence to refuse to count electoral votes. election officials and state legislators to change election results. other trump associates instructed republicans in multiple states to create false electoral slates and transmit them to congress and the national archives. trump summoned and assembled a violent mob and directed them to march on the capitol. as the violence was under way, trump ignored multiple pleas for assistance and failed to take immediate action to stop the violence and instruct his supporters to leave. let's break this down with cnn's senior legal analyst, elie honig
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and armrest norm eisen. origination i'll start with you. a lot of what was laid out in the plan we saw with our own eyes, really, on that day. but did the committee tonight start connecting the dots of a criminal conspiracy? >> don, i think they did. the two principle crimes, remember, the federal crimes have already found to have been likely by a federal judge in california. obstruction of congress and conspiracy to defraud the united states, and that seven-part plan was substantiated. we got new information from republican voices and former trump allies like bill barr and corroborated by the president's own daughter, ivanka trump. i think they started putting that together. but, don, it's not just the federal case. we have to remember the criminal
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case that may be moving even more quickly and we heard about this tonight as well. just find 11,780 votes, the georgia conversation. so it's not an audience of one, don. it's an audience of two. united states attorney general merrick garland and fulton county d.a. willis. i think they made progress. liz cheney would have made a great prosecutor. >> ellie, one of the seven points is that trump summoned the mob. this is what the committee played for that. watch. >> we were invited by the president of the united states! >> what really made me want to come was the fact that, you know, i had supported trump all that time. i did believe, you know, that the election was being stolen. and trump asked us to come. >> he personal asked for us to come to d.c. that day.
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and i thought for everything he's done for us, if this is the only thing he's going to ask of me, i'll do it. >> we're going to walk down to the capitol -- [ cheers ] >> do you recall president trump going to the capitol? >> he said he was going to go with us. that he was going to be there. >> i know why i was there and that's because he called me there, and he laid out what is happening in our government. he laid it out. >> but i remember donald trump telling people to be there, i mean, to support. >> you ask tmentioned the presi asked you. do you remember a specific message? >> basically yes, for us to come to d.c. i think things are going to happen. >> what got me, he said i have something very important to say on january 6th or something like that -- is what got me interested to be there. >> you know, trump only asked me for two things.
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he asked me for my vote and he asked me to come on january 6th. >> i am not surprised that people can be that gullible. listen, i don't mean to, you know -- i'm not speaking ill of those folks, but i'm shocked. so they were following -- does this prove they were following the directive of the former president, and what does the doj do with this information? >> what's so effective about that evidence as it all comes out of the mouth of people at the capitol. it's much more powerful to show those people themselves saying it. >> i was there because i believed the president asked me to do two things. he asked me for my vote and to be there on that day and do what i did. >> and it fills out this theory. this whole seven-point plan is a bit much. >> i know. when i was reading it, you're going to say all of that? >> i thought you were going to lose your voice. let me get it to one sentence,
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it's a compound sentence. trump tried to steal the election through fraud, comma, and when that didn't work, these people tried to take it over with violence. >> listen, they also really hammered the former president, norm, for not doing anything during the riot to stop it, saying that it was pence who was making calls and taking action and trump was not. is that a dereliction of duty? and would that be a crime? >> if it were the only element, don, it would be tough to put the crime together on the failure to act. that's why i think as ellie and i do, we're friends, we debate on and off the screen. that's why i actually think the detail -- i might boil it down to five points, but not to one compound sentence. the detail is important because when you plan the arson, when you pour the gasoline, when you light the match, when you throw the match, when the building
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bursts into flames and then you do nothing, yes, that can be a crime. we're not across the line of proof beyond a reasonable doubt yet, but i think they laid out a very compelling federal and state case tonight. i do love that georgia case, don, because you have the tape recording. to ellie's point, it's so simple. you cannot -- and liz cheney talked about it tonight. you cannot say just find 11,780 votes no matter if you believe you won the election. you can't use fraudulent self-help vigil lantism if the votes don't exist. and she teased the possible john dean of these hearings. i think she suggested we may hear from that georgia secretary of state, brad raffensperger. that's significant. >> i remember a gentleman where i was -- that's one of those moments you remember exactly where you were, when i heard the
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11,780 votes. i was shopping on a weekend. i think it was on a sunday. it was during quarantine. and i was shopping in a supermarket with the masks and everything. it was playing in my ear. i was listening to cnn on satellite radio and my jaw dropped. i was like i cannot believe they have him on tape saying this, and yet we did and folks still didn't believe it. i can't believe he said the quiet part out loud. thank you very much. appreciate it. >> more on tonight's prime time hearing from the january 6th committee.
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committee kicking off their first public hearing tonight. cnn political commentator sarah griffin is with us as well. also back, mr. scott jennings. thank you. i'm so glad you're here. >> thank you for having me. >> first of all, let me get -- did you see the hearing? what's your takeaway here? >> they were monumental. and i say that because there's been a sense in republican circles you're not going to change anyone's hearts or minds. the ultra maga, you're not going to change their hearts and minds. but what was laid out was a credible breakdown of the lies that were told by the former white house and showing how it stoked this violent insurrection. i can tell you that is breaking through to just the average mainstream republicans who aren't highly invested in midterm elections and are just home thinking about what they want the future of their country to be. it was incredibly effective and congresswoman cheney really did
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a masterful job today. >> you were there. you were in the white house. the committee played clips of chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, mark milley describing his conversation with vice president pence that day versus the white house. >> two or three calls with vice president pence. he was very animated and he issued very explicit, very direct, unambiguous orders. there was no question about that. and i can get to the exact quotes, i guess, from some of our records somewhere here. he was very animated, very direct, very firm, secretary milley. get the military here, get the guard down here, put down this situation, et cetera. >> by contrast, here is general milley's description of his conversation with president trump's chief of staff, mark meadows, on january 6th.
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>> he said, we have to kill the narrative that the vice president is making all the decisions. we need to establish the narrative that, you know, that the president is still in charge and that things are steady or stable, or words to that effect. i interpreted that as politics, politics, politics. red flag for me personally, but " i remember it distinctly. >> the former president did nothing. >> i worked with chairman milley at the department of defense. he's obviously a patriot and somebody who is a partisan figure in our politics. he's not weighing in as a political person. two things i would note. the first point of that is vice president pence was the person making the calls saying deserve national guard, we need help, we're under siege.
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because the sitting president had basically just derelicted from duty and abdicated his leadership. the vice president is not in the chain of command, by the way, but he had to assume that role because the president wasn't doing anything. it all became political about who is getting the credit and who looks like they're in charge, and i think it was very clear to the american people who was in charge that day, and it wasn't donald trump. >> how are republicans going to hear that? are they even going to hear it? >> well, look, republicans -- it depends on what republican you're talking to. you know, there's going to be a group of hard-core trump supporters who think this is a total sham, that this is selectively edited and these are the people who always oppose trump -- >> it's taken out of context? >> there's a group. i won't be think there's a much larger group of republicans than we might know, though, who know in their hearts that this was one of the darkest days in american history. on this exchange with milley, one of the things that jumps out at me is the oath of office. they take an oath of office, the
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president and the vice president both, preserve, protect, defend the constitution. it was quite obvious in the moment that the constitution was under attack. this was a constitutional process, and people were trying to stop it. so it's literally preserving, protecting, and defending the constitution. trump hesitated. pence did not. and i think if you want to take something out of what happened today but also what we might see in argument on the campaign trail in 2024, who fulfilled their oath of office? and i think it's pretty clear mike pence did. >> mike pence did. so listen, bill barr, they showed testimony from bill barr. i'm not going to play it. this is the crux of it. he said that i told the president it was, his words, bullshit and i didn't want to be part of it and that was one of the reasons that i left, that he left. right? >> yeah, clearly -- >> him deciding to leave, he said. >> one of the most effective tools they used tonight was the video clips of former trump administration officials,
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general milley of course, and i thought former attorney general barr. very, very effective for the committee to be able to puncture this myth that trump for some reason actually thought that the election had been stolen. they did that effectively by putting people up like the former attorney general, like ivanka trump, all of whom said we knew there was no evidence to indicate that there was a significant amount of fraud. multiple people told the president that. there's essential no reason why trump should have continued perpetuating the big lie. >> representative jamie raskin a select committee member back in april said there were revelations, that the hearings will blow the roof off the house. did tonight's hearing rise to that level? >> that's setting the bar high. we know the playbook is to set the bar low and then go past it. i think democrats certainly hope to blow the roof off here.
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they think that in the course of this seven-part hearings they'll get there. i think to reach that standard they're going to do to come up with a piece of evidence that draws that causal relationship between president trump and those actions. but they can still win the hearts and minds, particularly of someone who is kind of rethinking maybe not knowing the full scope of the evidence and seeing this for the first time. i think we can't downplay those people. the trump voter is there for donald trump alone. he does not believe the aides around them are really the true people -- they see them as kind of -- we go around you and ask the former administration officials who have come out and said things, and they've already built in that those are people they can cast off. i think you can see a different type of audience that they're looking for. they're looking for that swing vo voter, that person looking for
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evidence. the ultra maga is there for a reason. >> is he talking about you? >> i think they're right. i don't think this has huge bearings on the midterms, not to make this political. >> that was going to be my question. >> i think things are pretty much kind of set in that republicans are going to vote on the economy, inflation, gas prices. but what this should do is change is hearts and minds of independent voters, moderate republicans going into 2024 when it looks like trump is going to run. this time it's not a binary race of trump versus biden. this hurts him. >> finally, having -- i'm sorry, say again? sorry. two more minutes. >> wonderful. >> people are always talking to me in my head even when i'm not wearing an ear piece. having worked in the trump white house, did you ever think we would be at this moment?
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>> no. g i don't know if that's nye tay on my part, but i remember thinking how does this happen. i remember after the race was called for joe biden, telling reporters saying when is he going to concede? i think he's going to go to mar-a-lago for thanksgiving and never come back. that's truly what i thought. i thought for sure he would at least allow the peaceful transition of power and move on and start building for the future. but that wasn't the case. i was wrong. many others were. and i think this is so different than anything. this is so different from any trump scandal. there's plenty of things i could criticize him for, but this to me is disqualifying on every possible level. >> as everyone knows, this program was one of the former president's favorite and least favorite at the same time because he would watch it all the time. do you think he's watching? >> i mean, he loves being at the center of the conversation.
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you raise something i wouldn't like to hear alyssa's comment on him. obviously people told him you lost, there's no there there. but others were telling him no. why do you think he was so taken in by absolute frauds and charlatans? this is an interesting study that's going to come out of this. you go to the bottom of the barrel to find someone. >> what i do think was incredibly effective was that the committee got these witnesses on camera. if someone like a jason miller who still spouts the big lie, still pushes it, is on camera admitting that he lost. i think that's incredibly -- that's important, but it's also going to create distance with the former president because even kellyanne conway, someone i thought highly of, came out and he denounced her. this was put on the record and
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it's incredibly important. it takes one to know one is my best answer. >> in the midterms it's choose your own adventure. it's not a straight referendum on donald trump. but that's punting the question down the road. there will be a moment where folks try to use this. >> thank you. i really thank you because i know what it took for you to get here. we appreciate it. thank you so much. tonight's hearing not the only big priority on capitol hill right now. negotiations on gun legislation may be getting closer to a deal. we'll tell you when to expect one. and what will be in it right after this. differently, you can be the difference. capelllla university sees education differently. our flexpath learning format lets you earn your bachelor's degree at your pacace. lemons. lemons, lemons, lemons. look how nice th are. the moment you become an expedia mber, you can instantly start saving on your trave.
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senate negotiators failing to reach a detail today on bipartisan gun legislation despite all the pressure lawmakers faced with america reeling from mass shootings across the country. legislation they decide on needs support from at least ten republicans to clear a 60-vote threshold to pass in the senate. joining me now, cnn capitol hill reporter melanie zanona. thank you if for joining us this
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evening. the the chief negotiator expressed optimism a deal can be reached. are you hearing anything about when they're going to finalize a deal? >> reporter: don, there is still a lot of work to be done. a group of bipartisan senators met at the capitol earlier today. they're going to continue those talks over zoom tomorrow. but gop ner john cornyn said it is unlikely they're going to finalize a deal by the end of this week. even if they were able to come together on something quickly, they have to turn that into bill text, which is another process. that can be sticky and time consuming. so the unofficial deadline around here seems to be finishing the work by the july 4th recess. look, lawmakers know they likely have a small window of opportunity to act, and so they are feeling the urgency to act as soon as they can. >> that's bureaucracy right there, the july 4th holiday. the gop senator thom tillis noted negotiations are down to the fine point.
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talk to us about what those fine points are. >> they have narrowed it down to several buckets. one is encouraging states to pass red flag laws, that would take a firearm away from anyone who is deemed a threat to themselves or others. but republicans have concerned about due process, and so that is emerging as a chief remaining sticking point. another pucbucket is mental hea. everyone wants to expand access, but how do you pay for it? how much do you spend on it. it's those familiar questions that are popping up. finally, they also want to expand school safety and they also want to expand background checks. they're talking about expanding access to juvenile records as a part of that process. but i would say generally, don, that republicans don't want to be seen as doing something that could be construed as a massive expansion of background checks. they just want to enhance the current system. still a lot of differences to
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iron out here. as always, the devil is in the details, don. >> with our developing news on gun legislation, thank you very much. i appreciate that, melanie. a capitol police officer tells her story of what she calls carnage and chaos on january 6th in her own words, next. a monster was attacking but the team remained calm.
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catching in my throat because what i saw was just a war scene. it was something like i had seen out of the movies. i couldn't believe my eyes. there were officers on the ground, you know. they were bleeding. they were throwing up. they had, i mean, i saw friends with blood all over their faces. i was slipping in people's blood. i was catching people as they fell, you know. i was, it was carnage, it was chaos. i can't even describe what i saw. never in my wildest dreams did i think that as a police officer,
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as a law enforcement officer, i would find myself in the middle of a battle. >> the committee's next public hearing is monday morning at 10:00. cnn will have special coverage for you. thank you for watching. i'm don lemon. our live coverage continues. and find the ansnswer that was right under their nose. or... his nose. at booking.com, finding perfect isn't rocket science. kitchen? sorted. hot tub, why n? anof course, puppy-friendly. we don't like say perfect, but i's pretty perfect. booking.com, booking.yeah.
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hello and welcome to our viewers in the united states and all around the world. i'm michael holmes. appreciate your company. a bipartisan congressional committee unveiling a trove of devastating new details about the january 6th u.s. capitol riot. and much of it makes the case that donald trump and his baseless election conspiracies were directly responsible. community chair benny thompson said the right was methodically planned, the culmination of an attempted coup by the former president and his supporters.
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republican vice chair liz cheney explained how trump and his aides spread lies that the election was stolen, even though they knew they were false. >> those who invaded our capitol and battled law enforcement for hours were motivated by had a president trump had told them. that the election was stolen and he was the rightful president. president trump summoned the mob, assembled the mob, and lit the flame of this attack. >> now, cheney says witnesses have testified the former president angrily resisted when staffers suggested he call an end to the insurrection. >> not only did president trump refuse to tell the mob to leave the capitol. he placed no call to any element of the united states government to instruct that the capitol be defended. he did not call his secretary of defense on january 6th. he did not talk to his attorney
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