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and in good health. let's go out front. good evening, i'm erin burnett, raid on tape, we have new body cam video that we've just obtained of law enforcement executing a search warrant at the home of former trump justice department official jeffrey clark. sources tell cnn the raid was part of the justice department sweeping investigation into trump's attempted to overturn the 2020 election. here is the moment that clark opened the door. >> mr. clark, how are you, good morning. i'm with doj oig. can you turn that off for me. can you step outside with me, we have a search warrant and we need to speak to you. can i get you to step outside. >> and i call my lawyer? >> just real quickly got to clear the house. is your wife home? >> please step outside with me

real quick. >> we will put you over here so no one will see you. >> go ahead and step on out for me. >> can i put pants on, first. >> they are going to clear the house. >> cannot open the garage and stand in the garage? >> it's a search warrant. >> stand behind the cars. >> all right, was cnn obtained a copy of police reports which indicate official cert seeds seized a number of, officers also dispatched an electronic, the news coming as the doj's investigation appears to be picking up steam. operatives are set to set turn over information as soon as tomorrow. the doj has issued numerous subpoenas in the past few weeks in the meantime, on capitol hill, the january 6th committee is wrapping up the trump white

house counselo r pat cipollone will testify tomorrow before the january 6th committee. he's a crucial witness. his testimony could be important in helping the justice department when they hear it, determine whether criminal charges should be brought against trump himself. the committee knows that cipollone is important to their report, to the doj, and they have repeatedly pressured him to testify. >> we think the american people deserve to hear from mr. cipollone, personally. >> we want pat cipollone to come in and cooperate in a robust way. >> obviously, we would like to hear from mr. cipollone. >> because, as we've already heard from another key witness, cipollone was in the white house, he was there before, and during the ride. he said a lot during the time in fact, he said that what was happening was wrong. >> i saw mr. cipollone right before i walked out that

morning, and mr. cipollone said something to the effect of, please make sure we don't go up to the capitol, cassidy, keep in touch with me. we are going to get charged with every crime imaginable if we make that move happen. >> pat said something to be effective, and, very clearly, said this to mark, something to the effect of, mark, something needs to be done or people are going to die and the blood will be on your hands. >> well, he was right about those warnings, that cassidy talked about. trump did not act and people did die. melanie is out front on capitol hill. what more are you learning about this new video, about mr. clark, and about what we can expect tomorrow on the committee side of things? >> this footage was obtained and it shows the moment that authorities arrived on jeffrey clark's doorstep to conduct a search warrant.

we also know because of police reports the search warrant was connected to an ongoing fraud investigation and clark was the doj environmental lawyer who trump tried to install as attorney general because everyone else wasn't going along with the efforts to overturn the election. so jeffrey clark's name is one we've heard repeatedly throughout the course of the january 6th select committee's investigation. another name we've heard a lot is pat cipollone the former white house counsel. and the select committee was able to secure his testimony which will take place tomorrow behind closed doors and this was a really big breakthrough for the committee to get this testimony because cipollone is considered a key fact witness. he was a first-hand witness to many pivotal episodes both leading up to and on january 6th

, and sources tell cnn that he was in and out of the dining room with trump during those critical 187 minutes. where trump refused to act as rioters were storming the capitol building. and so pat cipollone can really help fill in the gaps there, which is important, because there are missing gaps in the white house records from that day. and we are expecting the select committee to focus on those critical 187 minutes of inaction in one of their upcoming hearings. also, he can also help cooperate cassidy hutchinson's testimony which was explosive and she's been under attack but there are concerns about cipollone's executive privilege. unclear how the committee will navigate that. but, this will be videotaped, so i'm sure we will see this in an upcoming hearing. >> absolutely, they can play it, they can transcribe it, and once they have it, it's theirs to do with it as they will. thank you so much for your reporting and i want to go to ty cobb. he's a former trump white house lawyer. so ty, thanks so much. he did serve as president trump's lead counsel . and at

the time of the motor investigation, you believe that trump should not be charged with any crime. you didn't think it investigation, in that case was warranted. in this case, do you think trump deserves blame for january 6th? >> well, first of all, erin, nice to be with you. yes, i think the president certainly deserves some blame for what happened, he charged up the crowd, you know there have been reports, knowing they were armed and his refusal to take out some incendiary rhetoric where he urged the crowd to fight for him on the hill. i think, i think, you know, it's certainly justifiable and important that the country look into this, and dig out the details but in a word, does the president deserve blame? yes. >> so, from there then, where'd you go, do you think that the

attorney general should charge trump if the doj finds proof he committed a crime, do you think they should go ahead with the charge in that case? >> i think, two points on that. i would say, one, it depends on the crime. i think you know, there's some process crimes, you know, there's anything from seditious conspiracy to attempting to influence a witness. i think the justice department is going to have a weighty decision to make about prosecuting former presidents. well that's routine, it seems, in south america, america, the united states, has not seen that. so it will be a significant policy decision.

>> it's hard to know what will happen, an d i want to show you the new video that we have, this is the video that we just got tonight, showing the moment that officers raided jeffrey clark's house. it's not clear right now whether clark himself is the subject of a criminal investigation but we do know the rate was part of the justice department investigation into the president efforts to overturn the 2020 election. so from everything you've seen and heard up to this point, do you believe anyone in trump's inner circle should be charged? >> i think, from everything i've seen and heard, thanks to the good reporting on all of this, that there are some serious facts out there, the phone calls mr. bowers, roethilisberger concern me

greatly, the demand to find the votes, that's of concern to me. the efforts in both arizona and georgia i think present difficult choices for the justice department. i also think the fact that are evolving that hutchinson testified to. i think it sounds like, if true, pat cipollone advised the president that there were serious criminal concerns at issue before he took certain actions. i think that is very problematic. i'm concerned about the role that mark meadows played, and certainly the role that certain of his individual counsel played.

>> so you talk about mark meadows, but obviously the call that you are referring to from raffensperger , that was from trump himself. and cipollone, giving the president the information, you talk about that concert, that was the president himself. what else do you need to hear, ty, to think, again, putting aside whether they choose to do it, whether it would be merited? >> i think that you know, it would be, in all these cases, intent is essential and it would be good to know a little bit more about the presidents intent with regard to the raffensperger phone call and the bowers phone call, as i recall, esther meadows was on one or more of those calls. i think i think knowing what preparation went into the calls, what they were told, if it's as simple as just do it,

which, i believe mr. bowers was told in arizona, that's highly problematic. i mean i think, you've got issues of rotting the united states with regard to the vice president issue and the big lie. you've got potential obstruction , influencing a witness and of course, you've got seditious conspiracy, if indeed, they can tie all of those pieces together. i think that will be difficult on the sedition. but i do think there certainly other criminal activity worthy of investigation. >> i appreciate your time and your honest assessment. thank you. >> thank you. all right, i didn't do anything wrong, that's a quote from the father of the 4th of

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breaking his silence, the father of the government speaking out and defending his decision to sponsor is set for a firearm permit. he believed his son wanted the guns to go to the shooting range. i've been here my whole life and i will hold my head up high. i didn't do anything wrong. he said he never saw this coming. >> i filled out the consent form to allow my son to go to the process. this has taken us by complete surprise, three days before the 4th my wife asked him, do you have any plans and he said no . >> of course they both were aware of his homicidal threats and is not suicidal threats in 2019, they reported them to illinois state police. this comes as details continue to emerge in the investigation. josh, i know you had a chance to speak with the police chief, what did he tell you?

>> you know there's been warning sign after warning sign, every new piece of information we learn paints a portrait of someone who was so troubled and disturbed and as you mentioned, it was his past police contact including, times when he had allegedly threatened to harm himself and other people yet we know, for some reason, his father after that, decided to sponsor his application to get a firearm which included the gun that was used in this attack. a lot of questions for the family but i sat down with the police chief and asked him as well, were there warning signs here that are possibly miss by law enforcement. here's that exchange. >> i don't -- we ask ourselves that. we are our hardest critics. we want to make sure we are getting it right. in this particular case, i absolutely believe our officers truly did what was legally offered to them.

we go to homes all the time where these things are happening. we can't just, they are not cooperating it or saying it's not happening, we can't just take the personnel. that's not the way the law is set up. >> obviously, the motive is under investigation . >> that's the first thing people want to know. that's what we want to know, why? we would love to have the reason out there so people could process, but not sure if we are there yet. >> and of course, when we cover the stories we hold the police his feet to the fire but in this case, you know, those who know policing, they know there's a very high bar for police to be able to arrest someone and involuntarily commit them. it appears the family didn't do that. >> so, this is all just horrible when you think about how it all came together and now we have this in the context of one of the children who actually survived the massacre, eight-year-old cooper roberts. what is the latest on his condition, josh?

>> this is so disturbing, erin, we talked a lot about the suspect but we've been focused on the humans here. we've been reporting on this eight-year-old, cooper, who was severely injured behind me, he had gunshot wounds that included severing his spinal cord, we are learning today from his family, that he is now paralyzed from the waist down, erin. >> thank you very much, josh campbell. erin reinhardt, the state attorney for lake county, illinois. and i appreciate your time, eric, i know you heard the gunman's father said he did nothing wrong by sponsoring the gun permit for his son. he thought the guns were for a shooting range. he told abc news he doesn't regret sponsoring him, obviously, he and the family had gone to state police in

2019 because of the homicidal and suicidal threats of his son. what do you say to him when he said he has no regrets about what he did? >> first, thank you for having me on the show. we continue to express our condolences. personally i want to express my condolences to those who are physically injured, those who are psychologically scarred by this terrible, terrible and cremated attack. it is heartbreaking for me as a father, to hear those additional details about the eight-year-old and our office is doing everything we can to support every single victim. it's devastating to hear that, just as i come on. as for the father of the defendant, the offender, we are looking at every part of this case. i don't want to get too much into it, he's talking to the media about these things, and we are investigating every part of this case. we know these are dangerous weapons.

i've called for an assault weapon ban nationally and also in illinois. these are dangerous weapons and if mr. crimo doesn't think he did anything wrong. i think it was wrong that his son was able to go by an assault weapon. we can't have just one point of protection, right, we've got to have several ways to protect the preciousness of life. that's how i look at it. >> so, i know you are looking into that. we know police did go to the family home because a family member told police, they reported that he threatened to kill everyone. now the gunman's father told abc news this was taken out of context. state police found 16 knives that the kid had and they took them from the home. the father downplays that as well and compared it to a collection of coins or baseball cards. i find it hard to even say those words because i'm stunned that anyone would say that. do you by any of that?

>> that comparison is pretty hard for me to understand. he's talking about a child outburst and a few months later, he's helping him obtain firearms. it's not as if that was years before he acquired the firearms, it was months before he acquired the firearms. there were a lot of problems with that, and we are looking at every part of that, and there's evidence to go through. this is still an active investigation. i have a hard time with that sort of justification. >> an attorney for the gunman's father told cnn his parents would continue to speak with law enforcement and to assist them. have they been cooperative so far? >> i don't want to characterize levels of cooperations. there's been statements to the media and we will continue to talk to them about what they knew and the scope of this attack, it was clearly

premeditated, and we need to make sure that we understand everything, so, i certainly urge them to cooperate and try to give us information, but we need to look at all of the evidence in the case, and apparently we have to take some of it with a grain of salt if he's going to compare a child outburst in the context of later getting a dangerous weapon. >> eric, thank you very much, i appreciate your time. >> thank you very much, thank you very much, erin. >> next hope is riding high on whitney griner's guilty plea. it's a strategy, she's hoping that it will help her avoid a 10 year prison sentence. a watchdog now being asked to investigate the so-called, random scrutiny by the irs. >> it just defies logic to think that there wasn't some other factor involved here.

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it was her decision to plead guilty to drug charges in a russian court. officials say they found canvas oil in her luggage. she faces up to 10 years in prison if convicted. >> this is russian justice conducted behind closed doors. a glimpse of britney griner, towering above her guards, being led, handcuffed into the cold. the wnba star was detained at a moscow airport in february when customs officials say they found small quantities of cannabis oil in her luggage, and illegal substance. officials say that she's being wrongfully detained but recordings made inside the court caption the 31-year-old through a translator, pleading guilty to the serious drug smuggling charges against her.

but under those laws, which carry a maximum 10 year sentence, usf lee told the court she packed the oil in a hurry by mistake. she could be made an example of. she's concerned. she wrote to president biden expressing concerned that she could be detained forever and pleading that she and other detainees are not forgotten. >> we've had great respons e to

her letter. we think progress is being made on that front, you know, the coverage of women's sports and the coverage of women athletes is really the concern here. i mean the question is, would tom brady be home? but tom brady wouldn't be there, right, because he doesn't have to go to a foreign country to supplement his income from the wnba. >> officials insist they are doing everything they can. >> i was able to speak with ms. griner in the courtroom. she said she's eating well and able to read books and under the circumstances, she's doing well. most important, i was able to share with ms. griner, a letter from president biden and ms. griner was able to read the letter. >> it's unclear what was written but u.s. officials already negotiated the release of one you a citizen, trevor reed earlier this year and a

controversial prisoner swap. there's no indication another prisoner swap involving britney griner is imminent but her lawyer say they are hopeful that her guilty plea plus a positive contribution to global sport will help her avoid the most severe sentence. >> a less severe or light sentence in a russian court, of course, it's rare, particularly in a trial as political as this one. having said that, of course, there are plenty of russians in the us jails that the russians want back, too, so i think what we learned from the trevor reed prisoner swap was even when relations are as tense as they are now between the united states and russia, it is possible for deals to be done. erin. >> >> thank you very much, from moscow tonight. well, one of those being held by russia as we speak, alex, also, the two americans went missing during a battle 27 days ago.

they've been missing, they were captured while fighting with ukrainian forces and tonight, we have an exclusive update on the health of one of the two missing americans. alex, in a call to his mother revealed this about andy. >> i saw him about a week ago when we did our last set of interviews. he was healthy, in good spirits. >> it's the first time that he has said anything and been able to confirm that he was alive. joy, i'm so glad to have you back and under the circumstances, what did you think when you heard that update? >> first of all, thank you so much for having me. i appreciate the opportunity. when i heard the audio clip, it was definitely very good to hear what he said. i really hope that you know, it wasn't under any kind of duress and he really meant it. we are really glad that andy

and alex got to see each other because i know they been worried about each other. i'm really hoping that the red cross can confirm what alex said about andy. >> i know, it's like, you want to have that hope but obviously, you are still so afraid and you don't know the situation. i do want to play, joy, a little more from the call that alex had with his mother, just so everyone understands, this call took place this week but just two nights ago, here it is. >> doing well. i know he hasn't had a chance to talk with family. so i'm trying to pass the word as best as i can. >> yes! not just the family but the us government is very concerned that andy has not been able to call the state department or to call his family.

they are very concerned, and they want whoever is holding you all to let andy call home or call the state department, or both. >> okay. when i've seen him, he is in good health. >> joy, i know you haven't heard from andy in three weeks, and obviously, alex's mother has been able to speak to him. how difficult is that, knowing that alex is able to speak to his family and his situation is allowing that. obviously you hear the good news that he's doing well but you still have not been able to speak to andy? >> it's definitely been really hard, but i try to look on the positive. i'm glad alex gets to reach out. what is good for one is good for both of them. it would be really, really nice

to hear from andy. i know the state department really wants to hear from andy, at least in a call to them. if andy could make a call to me or the family in general, that would be nice, just to hear from him to get some kind of confirmation about him. >> just to hear his voice. and i know you mentioned the state department. what is the latest that they've told you about the situation, joy? >> we've had really good communication with the state department. and i appreciate that, even hearing little crumbs helps with morale. they said they've got a lot going on behind the scenes, working on it day and night and they mentioned an upcoming meeting between the u.s. and ukraine embassies. to talk about many things and andy and alex are on the agenda. so we are hoping for good news

to come out of that but one of the main things that he updated is that they really want to hear from andy. >> yes, of course. i hope at least the good news that came via alex is true and you will have that opportunity so soon. thank you so much. >> thank you. upfront mix, growing calls for the irs commissioner to step down after the revelation that to fears from critics were subjected to two rigorous audits. minute of, and d trade it in for something new that suits your lifefe now? that's rigight, yeah. and then enjoy immediate success, even though you'll never forget your old phone. ever. it's a great trade. life-changing. get a free samsung galaxy s22

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randomly selected so the odds of getting one are about one and 30,000, that's according to the new york times. you have comey and mccabe, both of the fbi guys getting one. here's what mccabe said about this. >> address defies logic to think that there wasn't some other factor involved here. i think that's a reasonable question . >> so caras is out front and you been reporting on this, as one former irs commissioner said, lightning doesn't strike twice in the same place, so, what more are you learning about these audits and the inspector general investigation? we learned the irs commissioner a trump appointee, made this referral yesterday after they were contacted by the new york times with these details about these unusual audits into these two figures, who were critics of trump and who trump was critical of. so the inspector general's office has not returned our request for comment but these are computer-generated audits and the one thing the inspector general's office will be

looking to is whether they in fact were randomly selected. they will talk to the auditors, they will talk to their supervisors and look to see if there's other communications, any suggestion that someone interfered of this. this investigation already has the bipartisan support in congress by some members, the democratic chair of the house, both came out with statements saying they support this investigation and they want to get to the bottom of whether this was any political issues. they said it would be ludicrous to say that any senior officials interfered and selected who would be subjected to this audit, erin? >> where does this go from here? you've got this investigation in progress but already calls for the irs commissioner to step down , what can you tell us about him and what really is

the truth about his relationship with donald trump a >> he was appointed in 2018 by trumpeting was part of the treasury department when they agreed to shield the former president from turning his tax returns over to the house ways and means committee. that's still in litigation. he's been serving continuously under the biden administration. people viewed him as being a little bit of the ally to the bidens, but now there are questions about whether he will stay for the white house press secretary was asked if the present still have confidence in him, she said he will be up in november so i will leave it there. >> thank you very much. next, i think it's time to wake up, that's a quote for someone who advises the white house is calling for more drastic action after the supreme court overturned roe v wade. and the controversial career of boris johnson, forced to resign after immunity by his own party.

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biden's administration, his admiration for the court has been overtaken by reality. and i think it's time to wake up. up front now, kamau bell , co- author of the new book, do the work. and antiracist activity book which comes out on july 19. thanks for taking the time. i wanted to talk to you first about abortion. because, you've been talking a lot about it, you been calling for action. do you think president biden is meeting the gravity of the moment in his decision to uphold the broader institution of the supreme court? >> i don't think he is at all. i've been lucky to meet great people, we did a show with the last abortion mississippi in mississippi and they told us years ago that roe versus wade with the overturned. and i

think they knew this was coming, and those people are suffering now because of that. many things biden could do to stand up to this. i've heard he could open abortion clinics on federal law. the country support a pregnant person's right to choose and biden could be doing more, instead of waiting. >> so a new poll came out today. it shows that you asked people what your biggest concern right now, every single one of them, the economy, inflation, gas prices, every day bills. looking at about 80% of the biggest concerns facing the country is economically based. then you get to abortion and that's 5%. so is biden just to immaculate political math and saying this is only the top issue for 5% of the people so my time is better spent elsewhere? >> i mean, i would hate to think that he's that cynical but maybe you have a good point. the idea that you would do that kind of political math when america feels like it's literally at stake.

if we look around the country and everything that's going on, if you are doing little math at a time when we need you to be heroic and step into the fight. that's not the kind of leader we would want leading this country. it feel cynical to me. >> so your new season, the united states of america premieres this weekend and in your first episode, this is people in arizona you spoke to about critical race theory and how american history is taught in schools and here's a clip of how one of your conversations went. >> critical race theory, what are your thoughts? >> if the teacher says i think slavery is back, is that okay? >> no. no. >> what if they say a is not good. >> nothing is bad . >> it's totally manipulation and manufactured. >> who's manufacturing it? >> the democrats, it's always a race card. we need to teach children to

compete when the chinese know more about american history than we do. >> so we should teach better american history here. >> well, yeah. >> slavery, genocide, native americans? not that stuff? >> not the whole thing. >> all right, kamau , is it okay , this is amazing. what did you learn, as you have these conversations? >> there are forces at work in this country that are very good at distracting people from what they should be caring about and they often use as a distraction the fear of black people overthrowing the country or the fear of black people having some sort of secret plan and they came through black slang which is welcome, emma came through critical race. , and his forces at work that are good at taking these things and coming to say they are

coming to take your country back which automatically says, that's not my country. i learned those forces are doing the work to overthrow the country which is why me and my friend wrote a book, we on our site have to start doing the work, too. we can't sit back and hope that it works out. >> thank you very much. i hope everyone will watch the whole show. the first episode. it's sunday at 10:00. thanks so much. next, scandals and lies are only part of what brought down british prime minister boris johnson. his party giving him no choice but to resign.

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tonight, growing calls for british prime minister johnson to step aside immediately, instead of staying in office until a successor has been named. johnson announcing his resignation today amid what was frankly a party revolt was a dramatic ending to a very dramatic and controversial tenure. max foster is out front, from london. >> a tumultuous tenure, boris johnson's career was built on an everyman informality but defined by serious crises. he began his path like many of his predecessors at the country's most elite schools, he cut his teeth as a journalist, who would enter public life in 2001 as a member of parliament. and 2008, as london's mayor.

he governed as a relative moderate and an affable figure, famous for his hijinks during the 2012 olympic games. but it was the campaign over whether britain should leave the european union that would fuel his path to downing street. referred to as britain's trump, by the former us president, the two became allies, making parallels between them hard to escape. but donald trump was less happy when boris johnson was caught on camera appearing to mock trump with his fellow leaders during the nato summit in 2019. >> he's not good looking like us three. >> a moment later parodied on saturday night live. johnson, try to maintain his comedic character throughout his leadership, in 2019, it was meant to be a year for realizing his brexit vision. then came coronavirus. from the start, he was accused of not taking the virus seriously enough. >> i was at a hospital the other night and i think there were a few coronavirus patients

and i shook hands with everybody. >> than the gravity of the pandemic hit home. >> we word moments a month ago that uk prime minister boris johnson has tested positive for coronavirus. the maximum he was moved to the hospital, then to intensive care. it was only weeks later that he returned home to 10 downing street. >> in particular, to nurses who stood by my bedside, 48 hours and things could have gone either way. >> but his brush with death only remove the spotlight on his government pandemic response for so long. allegations of multiple parties held inside downing street, and by government aids during strict covid restrictions the previous year emerged. including an illegal birthday party, for johnson himself. and another crisis surfaced, leading to mass government resignations.

as johnson and his office, were held to account over the handling of allegations over sexual misconduct by a member of government. he now leads downing street with a legacy defined by covid- 19, and his response, meyer, and a series of scandals. >> thank you all very much. thanks to all of you for joining us. ac 360 with anderson starts now. i want to show you a little boy named cooper roberts, he's eight years old, on monday, he was at the parade in highland park, illinois with his mom and his twin brother, lee. his mom was shot in her leg and foot, luke was hit by shrapnel, both are thankfully out of the hospital. cooper was shot in the chest. he's gone through several