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explained how trump and his aids spread lies the election was stolen even though they knew they were false and delivered a message to those who still support trump. >> in our country we don't swear an oath to an individual or political party. we take our oath to defend the united states constitution. that oath must mean something. tonight, i say this to my republican colleagues, you are defending the indefensible. there will come a day when donald trump is gone. your dishonor will remain. >> the committee heard from capitol police officer edwards who was knocked unconscious by rioters. and played a 12 minute video showing the most violent scenes from the day .

>> advised the capitol police need reinforcements inside. >> we're coming in. >> you back up! >> what really made me want to come was the fact that i had supported trump all that time, i did believe that the election was being stolen. and trump asked us to come. he personally asked for us to come to d.c. that day. 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. >> trump mentioning going to the

capitol during his speech? >> he said he was going to go with us. 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. >> more now on the prime time hearing. >> the january 6 select committee has now made its case to the american people. showing a bit of what they have been working on behind closed doors for more than eleven months. laying out their thesis that former president trump is responsible for a plan that was hatched right around november 3 of 2020, culminating with the violence and chaos on capitol hill on january 6. they believe that trump is responsible for a plot to undermine the results of the election and prevent the peaceful transfer of power. and they told that story by hearing from some of trump's closest allies.

including his former attorney general, bill barr. >> repeatedly told the president no uncertain terms that i did not see evidence of fraud. and that would have affected the outcome of the election. and frankly, year and a half later, i haven't seen anything to change my mind on that. >> that was just a taste of a deposition that barr gave the committee and barr made it clear that he told trump t t t tt the was no evidence that he lost the election. and that's part of the what the committee is attempting to prove. despite the fact that many people knew that these accusations of fraud didn't have much merit behind them, trump continued to push and do everything he could to hold onto power. what we saw on thursday night was just a taste. the committee is planning several hearings, seven in all, throughout the month of june and lay out the case point by point

why they believe trumps actions were squarely to blame for everything that happened on january 6. and also make the case that we were close to democracy being severely threatened. next hearing will come on monday. there will be three hearings next week. each one with a different theme connected to the overall investigation. the committee will then continue to work on their final product, pushing for a final report in the fall. cnn, on capitol hill. >> donald trump responded to hearing on his social media platform calling the committee political hacks to refuse the play the positive witnesses and stapts and refuse to talk about the massive election fraud and irregularity. all right, joining me now to talk about this from london is the head of the u.s. and americas program. thanks so much for being here with us. i want to start with the open ended question, your thoughts on

what you saw last night? >> i was extraordinary. i think perhaps even more carefully and powerfully delivered than i think some of us expected including me. we were a little bit skeptical about the ability to really demonstrate and show something new. what we really saw in the first hearing was the very thorough attempt and the clear intention to demonstrate through a variety of uses of hearings, of video footage, that what happened on january 6 wasn't a sort of singular event, it was very carefully planned and orchestrated. we have seen the very steps that will be told about how we got to the point. and president trump's very clear direction and involvement. i think that really remember this is an america that is moved on considerably from january 6th.

and this takes the country the nation right back to that moment which regardless of people's positions on the president on the state of the affairs in the united states, that day and that those attacks were deeply distressing for the vast majority of americans. >> you say, people move on. the big lie is still so central even now to many republicans who want to run. they have to sort of declare the allegiance to the big lie. we heard there from trump's inner circle from his daughter, from bill barr, they all knew that this was a lie. >> i think that's part of what really stands out here. you see people saying they were concerned, they didn't believe it. ivanka trump saying she believed and trusted the attorney general. and yet, you see a different set of statements in the public

domain. we're seeing this today, which is why the hearings are so important. they serve two functions. one is looking back, creating a historical record. attempting to build the foundations for accountability. they also are looking forward, they're trying to influence and shape people's understandings of the very important steps that led to the events on january 6. also so they will think very carefully about what said or what seemed to be legitimately said in the public about the actions that people take and also the support they give to the individuals involved. >> on that note, it's so important going forward as you say, liz cheney said it was a moment of maximum danger of our republic and many ways the insurrection is still continuing with election rules and infrastructure under threat with so many supporters of the big lie trying to make it harder for

those who disagree to vote and potentially easier to throw out future result they don't like. which is why some suggested this january 6 was the trial run. that emphasizes how important this moment here and now is to prevent that from happening again. >> absolutely. this is why i think the video footage some of which hadn't been seen demonstrating very powerfully quite how violent it was. is very important. and you get individuals from the republican party on other news net works saying the only reason these hearings are taking place is to distract the public from inflation and any other number of problems that are very real. it should become very difficult to have the message heard because these video images are tremendously powerful. but we have very divided

country. we all know this. people are seeing the general question of politics and republicanism and democrats through the lens of a polarized electorate. this is very powerful. one of the things that will really stand out as we look ahead to the hearings is donald trump's active engagement with far right groups. the proud boys and oath keepers. that is critical part of the story because it's what demonstrates the president's direct link to the violence on january 6. >> we should hear a bit more about that next week for three more hearings. i want to get an international sper spective on this. people across the world are watching and reading all about it. how do you think what's coming out might further influence the perception of the america and the countries standing in the world? >> a lot will depend on how americans respond. i think that the video footage the hearings i think that people

in democratic countries in the west are shocked. they find it hard to understand that america is so divided. the big lie continues to have so much traction that even those who don't believe that the election was stolen are still willing to articulate this position in many intelligent people. it defies the imagination for many people in the world where elections are something that are conducted freely and fairly and there's an assumption even when it's difficult that the result will be accepted. this is and coming from the united states, it's deeply concerning and the rest of the world is thinking about what this means not only after the midterm elections but especially in the next u.s. presidential election, america's power and influence and country all over the world depend on america's

influence and power and waiting to see what will come from the election whether the transition will be peaceful and whether they will continue to receive the support and leadership that is essential from the united states. >> for sure. thank you so much. appreciate it. >> thank you. ukraine is pushing back against russia's claim it controls a key city in the east. next a grueling battle for severodonetsk. which ukraine says is far from settled. with the flip of a few switches could iran kill any chance of reviving its nuclear deal. we have a live report coming up.

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the latest developments in ukraine now. there's no sign of a let up in the brutal street by street battle for the city of severodonetsk. ukraine says it's still holding onto a third of city and officials are denying russia's claim it's offensive succeeded. in russia, president putin is doing some chest pumping over his invasion of ukraine. on thursday he compared him to peter the great. a russian emperor who defeated sweden in the 18th century. he said he's only fighting for the land to belongs to russia just like the famous czar did. cnn is keeping an eye on all the developments in ukraine and joining us now leave from kyiv. putin admitting his war is just a land grab after all. >> absolutely. and it really shows the very imperial intentions the disregard for modern rules of sovereignty and nation hood. he is dismissing ukraine as a nation essentially saying that

these are russian territories justifying the truly horrific and bloody war. and that war right now is focused in one flash point. severodonetsk. one of the last strongholds for ukrainian forces in the region of luhansk. the situation on the ground is changing hour by hour. president zelenskyy says ukrainian forces are having to fight over every single inch and that battle is not going the way of ukrainian forces. they are out manned and out gunned. this is an artillery war and ukrainian forces are running out of artillery. their only saving grace is that western weapons might come in time. but again, if russian artillery and forces are able to gain meter by meter ground before those weapons arrive, it's hard to imagine how much longer ukrainian forces can hold on. already beyond the east in the south where russia made major gains and in the last few weeks

since start of the conflict. they are solidifying the gains. we want to show you the larger map you can see that russia has taken the sweep of along the black sea. those are key and important ports and there's a major consequence to this. a domino effect. and that is grain, ukraine is the bread basket of the world. currently there's 20 million tons of grain stuck in this country. it cannot be exported. the international community is ringing the alarm. they say this could trigger a crisis of hunger. millions could be left starving. deprived of basic needs. this could trigger larger conflicts in the middle east and africa. if this grain is unable to get out of ukraine. if there's no way found to export it. there was talks this week to find a diplomatic solution. foreign minister speaking to his counter parts still it's an impasse. there's no solution there yet. and again it is because russia

controls that area along the black sea. ukraine has the port of odesa that's the key port for exporting this grain. but russian forces say are preventing them from being able to put that grain on ships, send it out. this is a truly concerning chapter in the war and one that so far has no diplomatic solution. >> all right. thanks so much for the update. in kyiv. caravan of some 5,000 migrants is headed towards the southern border of the u.s. this comes as president biden is hosting the summit of the americas where immigration is top agenda item. discussion of the issue is complicated by the mexican president's refusal to attend the meeting after biden wouldn't invite certain nations to attend. cnn has more from the mexican border. >> this is the entrance to one of the busiest migrant shelters along the entire u.s. mexico border. it's in tijuana mexico.

and it's jam packed with people. more than 400 people are staying here at the moment. certainly it's not designed to house that many. they're all over the place. migrants and people are crowding this entire area. this building to your left has two floors. people are staying in both sides there. there's kitchens set up in various parts. everyone trying to help each other out. to just survive here. this kind of scene over crowded shelters is something we have been seeing a lot over the past couple years, specifically the last few months. the number of people arriving all across the u.s. and mexico border from other parts of the world, those numbers have been staggering lately. we can show you this is a permanent fixed facility. these tents were just put up over the past few months to accommodate the overflow. people have come here from all over the world. everywhere from haiti to venezuela and to countries in

central america. for example people have come from el salvador, honduras and mexico. i mention those four countries because the biden administration had really hoped the presidents of the four countries would all be attending the currently ongoing summit of the americas in california right now. and yet, the presidents of all four of the countries declined to attend. the biden administration hoped the leaders would show up to tackle issues like immigration. without those presidents there, it gives you a sense of how much more difficult it will be for the biden administration and his staff to comprehensively discuss issues surrounding immigration at this summit. a real challenge for the administration. matt rivers, cnn, tijuana, mexico. >> iran has begun deactivating security cam ras installed in the nuclear facilities under the 2015 agreement. and the watchdog warns the deal

could fatal blow. as it rumps up production of uranium. we're tracking this live from moscow. things seem poised on a knife edge here. >> yeah, it seems as though the efforts to try to revive the iran nuclear deal are in a lot of hot water now. things are very difficult as the national energy agency criticized iran for alleged traces of euranium. the head said right now he's extremely concerned about the future and the revival of the iron nuclear agreement. let's listen in. >> we are in a very tense situation. with the negotiations on the revival of the jcpoa.

at a low -- with our by lateral process. with iran and number of outstanding issues not being successful so far. now we are adding this to the picture. so as you can see, it's not a very -- >> the u.s. says it's also quite concerned about the iranian shut down the cameras. they also say in the form of u.s. secretary of state that there is obviously still room for diplomacy and the u.s. hopes that the deal can be revived. of course it was the u.s. that exited the deal the iranians are still in the nuclear agreement. they said they aren't complying with the provisions of the agreement because they say the u.s. isn't in it and facing very tough sanctions that were put in place by the trump administration. they haven't been taken back

yet. iranians for their part, this is important, they say they are absolutely going to stay in their position. on all this and the iran president came out and said iran will not be intimidated by force. the iranians are saying they believe it is the western countries that are still part of the nuclear agreement specifically the european countries that are not being constructive and iran nuclear program is still the most monitored in the world and 80% of the monitoring is in place. the so far they say have deactivated two cameras and saying those two cameras they have deactivated so far are cameras they had put in place on top of what they are obliged to do. they are saying they are by and large still complying with things and are saying that compliance can decrease again and can decrease even more if an agreement is not reached. >> interesting. all right, thanks so much.

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welcome back to all you watching us here in the united states, canada and around the world. this is cnn "newsroom." for the first time since the january 6 riot at the capitol we're learning damming new details about what was going on behind the scenes that day. after months of exhaust i have investigation and hundreds of interviews, the u.s. house select committee is laying out the case the insurrection was a peaceful protest out of hand. it was attempted coup but militant supporters planned in advance and orchestrated by trump as he refused to concede the 2020 election. we learned in vivid detail trump had no intention of quelling the riot. he helped start and became enraged when the closest aids begged him to intervene. listen to this. >> you will hear that president trump was yelling, and quote really angry at advisers who

told him he needed to be doing something more. and aware of the rioters chants to hang mike pence, the president responded with this sentiment. quote, maybe our supporters have the right idea. mike pence quote deserves it. >> earlier i spoke about this with criminal defense attorney and retired fbi supervisor special agent. and both agreed the presentation rutted in a criminal proceedings more than a congressional hearing. have a listen. >> it was a sober and compelling presentation but really it was more like a tight organized opening statement by a prosecutor than a hearing by lawmakers. this was it was almost like the trial of donald trump. and the lawmakers went right to the crux of the case which was there was no election fraud and donald trump knew there was no election fraud, everybody around

him was telling him this and he engamed in misinformation. and with intent, that's key here, for him to be a coconspiracy. he energied to proud boys and oath keepers to essentially incite the insurrection on january 6. and you have to wonder is attorney general garland and the doj are they paying attention to this and looking at this with the eye that donald trump could be a coconspirator in a an indictment to the pending indictment against the proud boys issued not too long ago. and that might be wishful thinking. donald trump this is not the first time he has been a co coconspirator in criminal conduct. he was the cohen indictment and goes unscathed. you wonder if this is about the accountability or does it extend

to the trump, the maga people out there. it was a domestic terror attack on democracy. and the people are still out there. >> i want to get back to the points you raised. but i want to go to steve now from a law enforcement perspective. those compelling videos of the attack, even if you see the videos before, what we saw last night was quite stunning and capitol police officer edwards testifying she was slipping in peoples blood as she battled rioters. it laid bear of what happened. >> it was pretty devastating the type of mob action that went in there. and i think people sometimes don't realize what goes on during these riots and who the victims are even if you don't see these big death tolls or something. if you have people who are wounded, if you lose police officers, there were deaths.

and it's important to show the magnitude of it. >> when it comes to conspiracy of course criminal conspiracy has a much higher standard than maybe how lay people like myself may understand it. explain the link between trump and the insurrection if they want to pursue the charges. >> what we saw tonight, this is just the beginning of the hearings, is this direct sort of causal line between donald trump and specifically the proud boys. we saw these time stamped the footage of what the proud boys were doing in the morning of january 6. and then donald trump tweeting, doing and not doing. that was really brilliant on the part of the committee. it really sort of ties donald trump in with the proud boys. and that's how you get to a criminal conspiracy. what do we do with that? now the committee with eleven month investigation they have done have established this

intent. that maybe was missing before. what will the doj do with this? will trump finally be held accountable. >> looking ahead, several more hearings next week for instance. what are you looking forward to hearing? >> i think we're going to hear from more witnesses, i think that we're expected to see text messages. tonight we saw tweets that we were familiar with. we have seen the tweets before. the footage was more extensive, the footage had time stamps. obviously we saw jared and ivanka. bill barr. i think as the hearings proceed and unfold, we're going to hear from more witnesses, we'll see more documentation. and it's really going to be damming. if this was the opening, imagine what the rest of this hearing will be like. and i just hope that it leads to full accountability because we have to protect our democracy.

>> steve, ending with you do you think we will get accountability in the end or will this just be a part of the historical record and no more? >> i think it's as much as the circumstantial evidence is extremely strong, it will come down to direct links and whether or not they can put a communication between them. if they can give us more than the circumstantial evidence that they presented today. not that it's weak, but the doj before you take a former president and prosecute him, you are going to need some very strong links. >> absolutely. we'll be watching as this unfolds, sarah and steve, thank you both so much for helping us break this down. really appreciate it. we're learning new details

about the police response to the school shooting in uvalde, texas. the "new york times" is reporting what officials discussed before they finally confronted the gunman. we have details. >> law enforcement was aware there were injured individuals alive inside the classroom before deciding to breech. that's according to a "new york times" review of the documents and videos. i want to read the high points again according to the times. one, people are going to ask why we're taking so long. a law enforcement official on the scene could be heard saying of body camera transcript. separately we're trying to preserve the rest of the life. part of the transcript reads. by our time line around 11:44 in the morning that day, officers first asked for back up. then 20 minutes later, as many as 19 officers were in that hall

way. around 12:30 again few minutes later after that, chief the school chief is heard saying according to the times, we're ready to breech but that door is locked. separately, one officer is heard saying if there's kid in there, we need to go in there. according to the times. it wasn't until 20 minutes after that, 12:50 p.m. that officers used a key from a janitor to breech the room and shoot this suspect. again, officers were aware there were injured individuals. and a law enforcement official said according to the times people are going to be asking why we're taking so long. and now, multiple overlapping investigations later, that remains the central question. cnn, uvalde, texas. the u.s. saw another mass shooting thursday the 254th this year. police say a gunman opened fire at coworkers at this

manufacturing plant in maryland killing three people. two wounded including a state trooper. police shot and wounded the attacker who used a semi-automatic weapon. on wednesday, house lawmakers passed a gun reform package raising the minimum age for buying certain weapons. the legislation is isn't expected to get anywhere in the senate. some senators are cautiously optimistic about senator gun legislation they're working on. u.s. and chinese defense leaders are meeting in singapore coming up why united states wants to set up guardrails with china. we'll have a live report from singapore just ahead. stay with us.

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in the coming hours u.s. defense secretary and chinese counter part will be meeting in singapore. tensions are growing over what washington seeing as china's aggressive actions in the region. i'm joined -- what are they discussing and what's at stake? >> this is important because it is the first person to person meeting between defense secretary and his chinese counter part. the real question is, what can possibly come of this? the two have spoken on the phone once before in april 20.

a 45 minutes conversation. that at least to some extent led to this face to face meeting here and comes on the defense secretary's fourth visit to the region. the u.s. made it clear through senior defense officials that one of the things they'd like to discuss is the chance for guardrails on the relationship between u.s. and china. to make sure that competition between the world eers two world powers doesn't lead to conflict or miscalculation or through escalation. china has made it clear it views much of the south china sea as its own territorial waters. the u.s. made it clear it does not agree with that and has conducted for example freedom of navigation operations through the taiwan strait. the question is what progress can there really be made on more open line of communication? for example something akin to the deconfliction lines with russia. even as the u.s. openly and loudly condemns the invasion of ukraine. the u.s. is looking for more

than that. at the highest levels ot military but other lines of communication between commanders there. to make sure there are ways of talking to the chinese. the real question is, is china interested in these sorts of lines of communication that would be able to make sure there isn't an open conflict between the u.s. and china. from china's perspective, much of the problem is the u.s.'s presence in the region. china doesn't see a reason for the u.s. to be in the indo pacific but in the south china sea. the u.s. sees china actions especially recently as extraordinarily unsafe and dangerous. for example china interception of australian surveillance aircraft in the region and a canada surveillance aircraft. china sees operations at safe and professional. given these positions what progress can be made. that's the real question we hope to find out more about later on

this evening. ukraine remains an issue here that hangs over all of this. and underscore that point, ukrainian president zelenskyy will be speak tomorrow afternoon. >> all right. we'll check in with you later in the day. thanks so much. coming up next, nasa is beginning a new study on ufos. when the space agency is hoping to find. stay with us. now i want to say congratulations, but it's also disappppointing. what do you mean? that's it? i've got nothing left. hey if i were you, i'd try warm milk. enough out of you! hi! oh go.. is this really helping? good days start with good nights, so you may want to talk to your doctor about both. [ sleep app ] i'm still here. oh boy.

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space agency says there's no evidence space aliens are behind ufos but it's assembling a team to study the sightings. searching for life elsewhere in the universe, but this study is aimed at practical concerns like air safety. >> nasa is formally joining the hunt for unidentified aerial phenomenon. known as ufos. according to top agency officials, the agency is establishing a team of independent researchers who bring a scientific perspective to investigate the quote observation and events that cannot be identified as aircraft or known natural fe. well aware it was a controversial area of study and careful to stress there's no evidence to support that are

extraterrestrial in nature. traditional in science they want to learn more about what cannot be explained. establishing this team is quote high risk, but high impact. as they believe ueps are a potential national security issue as well as air safety issue. nasa hopes its investigation will complement the work of the pentagon as well as other intelligence agencies that have investigated. this announcement comes weeks after a rare public hearing before congress on navy pilot sightings of uaps. it offered few answers. it did seek to destigmatize the issue. something nasa hopes to do more of. nasa also does separate work probing the universe for intelligent life and has done that for a long time. this study will begin to take place in the fall and will take about nine months. and won't cost more than $100,000. that maybe the first step. this whole process will be open

and unclassified. so fingers crossed with nasa on the case we finally get some answers. back to you. unidentified flying objects have you scratching your head. what about this. have a look. is that a wolf man on the prowl? big foot? i mean, this image was captured by a security camera in texas at the zoo last month. the city wants folks to guess what it is. some people think it's just a coyote jumping the fence. others are convinced it's a rocket raccoon from guardians of the galaxy or sonic the hedgehog. our director nailed it. that wraps this hour of cnn "newsroom." max foster picks it up after a short break. stay with us.

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live from london, this is "cnn newsroom" with max foster. >> a warm welcome to our viewers joining us in the united states and all around the world. i'm maxes for s foster. coming up, a congressional committee is unveiling a trove of