it is my 42nd year. i'm calling it my jackie robinson year. so encourage you to follow his logic, when he says, a life has no meaning unless it has a good impact on others. so i challenge you are and happy birthday to me to have an impact on the best kind of way. i'll be back on wednesday night. don lemon tonight starts right now. >> i don't believe. it you have always been truthful, but i don't think are telling the truth about your age. i know that you are much much younger and you want people to think that -- i think you transpose the numbers. 24. >> let's not argue don. let's not argue. 24 is just fine with me. >> happy birthday to you, thank you so much for last week, i got to spend the week with my entire family up from louisiana. we had such a great time. we are on the water, we took both trips, we went to the beach, we swam, we barbecued. it was so nice and i can tell you the important family. so go home, enjoy your birthday,

your family, be with them. on wednesday. >> thank you so much. it was an honor to be your chair. it was great to keep it, warm but you keep it much more. >> i don't know but, that lets you later, have a good birthday to you. i would love to tell you. this is don lemon tonight. i'm back, i'm happy to be back and i have a new perspective as many people have. gonna come back for vacation. that really do have a new perspective. to some of the things that have been doing before about warning you about the trouble that our democracy is in and the importance of washington especially when it comes to each of these hearings are january 6th. this is not partisan. this is about our democracy. and saving our democracy. and fighting for documents to see. so as i've said before, do not fall for the old okey dokey. you've heard me say that. but right now, tonight, in the united states of america. it has never been more true.

just go with me here. so don't fall for the old okey dokey. don't fall for it when people try to tell you that will happen on january six is all in the past. that it is over and done. that it is not important. . because, if we don't stand up against the lies. the lies that sent a mob to storm the capital. the lies that would've overturned our election. if we don't follow the investigation wherever the investigation leads. what is to stop it from happening again? and when it happens again, maybe they will succeed. and most likely will. >> this is not about the past. it is about the future, really. and in america we want to have. the america we want to have. the one that our founding fathers wanted us to have. and what we are about to see from tomorrow's hearing ungenerous sixth of the january six committee. maybe the biggest thing yet.

that is not hyperbole. because the committee say that they are going to show how right-wing extremist groups, including the proud boys, and the oath keepers. how they plotted to attack the capitol. and what committee aides say are their ties to roger stone, and michael flynn. watch this. >> we are going to allow the evidence that we've already collected about them. the rules of those two men as well as the violent extremists. and then it is really to the american people to decide what kind of connectivity and what culpability people in the white house, including the president, had for pulling these folks together. and what resulted on january 6th. >> so, aides are keeping the witness list for tomorrow under wraps because of security concerns. obviously. but we are learning a lot about what to expect. sources telling cnn that bring to hear from a former spokesperson who calls himself, a propagandist. for the oath keepers.

as well as one of the many people who stormed the capitol cheddar six and later pled guilty to entering the capitol, illegally. we expect to hear excerpts from trump white house counsel, pat cipollone's testimony behind closed doors on friday. sources say he was asked about a meeting on december 18th 2020 in the white house. a meeting including sydney powell, and michael flynn. which eventually turned into screaming matches as some trump aides pushback on powell and flynn's most outrageous suggestions. about overturning the election and all of that stuff about the dominion and the voting machines and all of this crazy stuff. and that's what we learned already. trump's allies knew. they knew there was no evidence the election was stolen. they knew it. >> there was never an indication of interest in what the actual facts were. he knew the plan to overturn

the election was illegal. >> i would've let my body across the road before i let the vice president overturn the 2020 election. and you've heard all that from the people. not the protesters, they weren't armed, they weren't armed. well they were. and he knew the protesters were armed. >> who's to say they could march to the capitol from the ellipse. something to the effect of take the mags away they are not here to hurt me. let them in. let my people lead. they can march to cap off the rallies over. they can march from the ellipse. take the mics away. then they can march to the capitol. >> and guess what. he did nothing to stop the violence. >> i remember pat saying something to me about how we

need to do something more. they are literally calling for the vice president to be hung. and marquette responded something through the effect of, you heard him pass. he thinks he doesn't deserve and think that they do anything wrong. to which path said. this is crazy. we need to be doing something more. >> there is chilling new information about just how far the oath keepers were allegedly prepared to go. the doj revealing a court filing that they had brought explosives to the washington area. around january 6th. and had as so-called that list of election officials in georgia. meanwhile, steve bannon is changing his tune the man who said this on january 5th. >> all is going to break loose tomorrow. just understand this. all is going to break loose tomorrow. >> there you go. not telling the committee he's going to testify but only in a

public hearing. what is that about? we will discuss. >> if that was a stunt to delay his contempt of congress. his contempt of congress trial i should say. didn't work. the judge today refused to postpone his trial. we're going to learn a whole lot more about this just a few hours. but i want to hear this. a quote from an op-ed, by capitol police sergeant, -- in the new york times. he is one of the american heroes who risked their lives to defend the seat of our democracy. defining it from a mob of trump supporters who stormed the capitol. wounded sergeant gonell and many more of those officers. and tried to stop the certification of our free and fair elections. the title of this op-ed, i was betrayed by president trump. but this is what he writes. he said i believe he betrayed his oath to defend the constitution. and it was to the detriment of me. my colleagues. and all americans.

whom he was supposed to protect. he is right. we were all betrayed. by donald trump. betrayed by a president who swore to preserve, protect, and defend the constitution of the united states. full stop. period. >> let's bring in now seen and then snoop little analysts, bengal henderson, and former senior investigator for the january 6th committee. john would. so good to have both of you on. good evening to you. john, going to start with you. you've worked very closely with the committee. how are they going to show a direct connection between trump and these groups. kind of evidence with a layout? >> it remains to be seen whether there's many evidence showing direct communication between any of these groups. president trump or anybody in the white house. i think the very lace we're going to see that president trump exploited the existence

of these groups. that he certainly knew or should have known that these groups existed and that they could easily be inflamed by his language. and nonetheless point out -- and the motive general six. and use extremely aggressive rhetoric that had a natural effect of leading these groups to be violent. >> john, talked me about this former oath keepers spokesman. he is a self described propaganda. he expected to testify tomorrow. what questions will he be able to answer and will we be able to show the receipts here? >> i was not at his interview with the committee. but i think it is a huge victory for the committee that they're able to have a former member, one of the domestic violence extremist groups there. in person. testifying about his experiences.

so i think it is going to be really compelling testimony. then here just how scary some of these groups are. how much they are really dividing our country. >> me and luka henderson. a source also telling cnn that we're gonna hear from stephen heiress who pled guilty to entering the capital illegally on the sixth. is that a big deal? how big a deal is it if it is. >> it is a big deal that they have someone who was there. at the capitol. first of the kind of rally or protest. and then march to the capitol. one of those things that the committee wants to do is show that this was a mob that trump summit. and if you look at what they have said so far. he has -- he had a facebook post race point to that tweet from donald trump where he says come to the capitol, it is going to be wild on january 6th. so he drives from ohio to be there. and is facebook post you can tell he's increasingly becoming radicalized in the weeks leading up to january 6th.

he's using words like treason. he's using words like civil war. the idea of standing up to fight. this was an election that was stolen from donald trump. he is saying. so i think this is important because they get at what that mob was thinking. or how connected they were to donald trump. that he in effect not only samantha but was kind of aware of the radicalization. and radicalizing them as well. then of course we saw what happened at the capitol that day. i think they're going to try to connect it from that december 18th meeting the day before. >> the influence that he had on them. and with the carried on that day. another question for you. tomorrow to hear from some of the tape as my from former white house counsel, pat cipollone. sources tell cnn that he was asked extensively about december 18th. that meeting that you talked about 2020. or trump in a group of election deniers were plotting. why is this meeting so critical to this committee?

>> listen, this is a wild meaning that happens in the evening of december 18th. it lasts about four hours. he moves from the oval office to the private residence. you have these conspiracy theories. mainly led by sydney powell. who are saying all sorts of crazy things that centered on dominion voting machines. that the government should seize them because votes have been changed by a foreign entity. the she should be the special counsel. there is lots of yelich, rudy giuliani is on the phone listening to these meetings. you've got cipollone who's going to be arguing back and forth the participants. so there's going to be conspiracy theories versus what might be called team normal. at that point, it is after that meeting which lasted until midnight or so. it is after that meeting that the tweet comes. on december 19th. where he sums people and says it is going to be wild. so, imagine, cipollone was there. he was in lots of these

meetings. so imagine that some of his testimony we are going to hear tomorrow. on videotape. will center on that meeting. >> you, it will be wild. how does the committee prove, john, that this is actually motivated extremist act. >> well, i think we want to hear from one of the former members of one of the extremist. groups i think going to hear, probably, a lot of videotape testimony from others. that is been one of the things that the select committee has done very effectively. it is not just of live witnesses but put together very compelling excerpts of other deposition test. and so we're going to have to hear from the witnesses themselves. particularly people who were involved in the attack on the capitol. >> you know john, prosecutors say at least one oath keeper brought explosive to the d.c. area ahead of the january 6th. so is the question whether trump knew of the risk for violence? is that the question? >> well, i think it is pretty clear that he had to have known

the risk of violence. it may not have known specifically what are the domestic violent extremist groups bringing explosives to the d.c. area. but he had to be aware of the existence of these. groups these groups that were supporting him. the members of the groups are showing up on january six. he had to know that the language he used, both leading up to january 6th and in the morning of the six. created a risk. and then, of course, we might not hear too much about and tomorrow's hearing because we heard about from cassidy hutchinson. we'll hear about it probably in the last hearing which will be in primetime. is what the president did or didn't do while the attack was going on in the capital? that is one of the most damning parts for president trump. it is that according to cassidy hutchinson. and possibly others. he did very little to stop what was happening. he was the one person in the world who could've actually have set something to stop the attack. he chose not to. >> i just sitting here going over some of the names that we

were discussing. giuliani, sydney powell, michael flynn, and who else was in that sort of gallery. jen ellison. who would take any of these people seriously we and it is amazing that they were telling him what he wanted to hear? but they got those people on the reputations now. >> that's right, sort of a conclusion in that meeting you have team normal. essentially saying to trump or you can oblique us that is telling you that all these conspiracy theories out of their mind. who are you going to believe? ultimately donald trump sides with the people who are telling him what's he wants to hear. at some point i think at the meeting he says at least they are still fighting. at least they are giving me a chance. and the other folks, of course, are saying you don't have a chance. does this point, remember, electoral college has already met in all of the different states. this is official he has lost. and so, on december 18th, we have this very large contentious.

very very long. meeting in the white house. with these conspiracy theories. team normal, they're like how did sydney powell even get to the white house. there she. talking to the president of the united states. who should be worried about the transition. conducting the actual business of governing in the final days of his apartment office. but instead, he is talking to these conspiracy theories about these cockamamie theories about the 2020 election. we had a free and fair election america. i'm not happy with the outcome of the election. i thought i should've won. but, we are going to welcome the biden administration. the people of smoke and. >> wrapped those days? >> now we're living in a time where giuliani, sydney powell, jenna alice, and michael flynn are the president advisers and that louis is taking council. with the former president. check there you go. thank you both. appreciate you. >> the committee says it is focusing on extremist groups and their role on general sex.

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we are hours away from the next general six committee hearing on capitol hill. focusing on the extremist groups at the capitol riot. and details of the may have had to the trump orbit. so joining me now to discuss this is secretary nick quested. he filmed the proud boys on january 6th, testified before the genesis community in june. so listen. you are embedded within the proud boys. >> i was with them. i've been following them for a while. i had spent some time with enrique before. we were at the rallies in december. >> so it's put up some of your video. because this video, showing them streaming towards the capitol that day. remind everyone what it was like that morning as you follow

them around d.c.. what happened leading up to this violence? >> we met with the proud boys at about 10:30 on the national on. they were already walking to the capital. we were there late because we had spent some time from the previous day. when we are within reach. we picked him up from jail. we'd followed him to the meeting at the park and garish with stewart rhodes. and we went to interview meadows hotel in baltimore. so we've got there late. the proud boys were marching down the mall and they were. this time there are much more organized and they had been on december the 12th. i want the dissimilar take they walk down a mile and a formation. this time they're walking in and much more organized. >> that's igniting to you when you saw that? because -- it felt less suspicious. they're doing the same thing they did before. i ended my -- >> use of the rim organized. they were walking in a straight

line. which on the other days they could manage to do. so this time they're walking on a straight line. they had a lime and they were getting everyone who wasn't with them and they were asking them to leave. >> when did you get an idea that something was -- >> i didn't have any idea that was going to change until the bears come down. there was a couple of indications. just a little bit before. like i heard someone say that let's go get these folks. but i didn't pay any attention. when the bears came down the world changed. >> it's not what's gonna happen because you said when the bears came down the world changed. and someone who knew about that change. or at least was a part of it. we are hearing that sources are saying that the former spokesperson for the oath keepers is going to testify tomorrow. what do you think they're going to get from him? >> well i think you're referring to mr. tattle no. so i don't know i think that mr. tottenham could talk about

and that mr. rhodes is mindset in. and context. and you can see potentially an increase in the ferocity of his rhetoric as time goes by. >> do you seem as a key figure? >> yes. absolutely. >> why so? >> he had some militia. he was there on january 6th. there was there on january six in the same question that be answered there. >> the committee played some of your documentary footage showing the leaders of the proud boys and the oath keepers on the garage night on january 5th. let us watch. >> in footage obtained by the committee we learned that on the night of january 6th and retiree, and stewart rhodes met. in a parking rush and washington d.c.. >> there is mutual respect their. i think we are fighting the same fight. i think that's what's important. >> despite what you saw on the significance of that meeting.

>> well everyone points this music as a smoking gun and i can't quite attest to that in the same way that people hope. i think that we didn't actually hear any direct conversations about seditious conspiracy and that garage. but there is a chunk of footage when we were asked to put our cameras down. one of my colleagues was away from us and was behind. >> enrique. because he was talking to us about one of the lawyers about a magazine. charge >> there is about a minutes worth of footage where it is from behind a car. when stewart rhodes and a rico are talking. and we can't use our tell knowledge-y to ascertain what they were saying. in the charging documents for tarrio it's mentioned that they were discussed. that the capital was discussed.

but we weren't able to. establish >> i don't have enough readers and i don't have the same technologically federal government has. >> do you believe that they were discussing january 6th? when i heard was at their discussion of enrique was that he went based close to his boys as he called them. and that he was worried -- he wasn't worried about his communications having been be reached. that is the extent of the conversation that i heard. >> do you remember the stand back and stand by thing from the debate we -- the proud boys said that same thing. the committee's mission is that they have mentioned that the former president talked about be there. saying, quote, and generally six that to be there it will be wild. you are with them at key moments. what kind of effect do you think the statements had any kind of effect? >> i think the one thing that

holds the proud boys altogether is trumpism. it is the ideology that is consistent throughout all of the proud boys that i have talked to. so for the president to call for people to be there and for him to say stand back and stand by. it is very powerful for them. >> talk me more about that. do you think they're listening but -- they're getting cues from him? >> yes. i don't know if it is a queue but just like everyone the president's tweets are so well publicized that everyone is waiting for the next tax from the president so if you are really listening for it then this is actually a call to action. i think that it is pretty close. >> tell me about michael flynn? >> roger stone and michael flynn. i can't listen to the proud was

directly. except around december the 12th when and re-k. nordean. and roger. we're on the steps of the marriott holding an impromptu rally. >> meaning? >> there was a crowd of like a couple of hundred people. and that they were giving a short speech. it was like up rally. >> we're gonna hear tomorrow. and we'll have you back depending on what comes out of the hearings tomorrow this week. thank you nick. it's a pleasure. i appreciate you. >> president biden is facing pressure from the middle of a struggling economy and a series of seismic supreme court. rulings now there's some new polling that shows most democrats don't want him on the ballot in 2024. to freeze your pain and your doubt. heat makes it last. so youou'll never sit this one out. nenew icy hot pro with 2 max-strength pain relievers.

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so almost two thirds of democrats do not, do not want president biden to be their nominee in 2024. he words, do not. a poll finding 64% of democratic primary voters would prefer someone else on the ballot. let's dig into the new polls. paul is here, along with mark, a former adviser to george w. bush and john mccain. they may not want them, good evening by the way, but that may be all they have. let's talk about this. mark, you first. looking at the number, just months before the midterms, almost halfway through this term. it is beyond scary for this president, what do you think the conversation is like in the white house? >> well, the one thing about

this white house is that they don't scare easily and they know about democrats wedding their diverse easily. that's how they won the primary, that's how they won the nomination. they tuned out the signal over the noise. by the way, i don't think it surprising at all these numbers given all that joe biden is dealing with. i would also say that it is not surprising because in many respects, joe biden himself said he was a transitory, a president in transition which means giving the signal that he knows he is 80 years old, 79, 80 years old. he knows he is an old white guy in a party that is changing and diverse. the future is not going to be a white guy. listen, the last person to say that he's not running is going to be joe biden. he may have to take a message to him. the feature of the democratic party is not gonna be joe biden. i doubt he will be running. >> listen, now he has a track

record as president, right? before he was running in 2020, the numbers, they weren't so drastic but there is a lot of people that didn't want him to run. he proved everyone wrong, he pulled it out. >> do you know why? he was a guy that was not crazy. his message was, i will become, i may not be exciting but i'm not crazy. he came in with huge expectations, he thought he would be the next fdr. he -- the reason he got the nomination, the reason he won was because he was not donald trump, period. >> what you're saying there is the influence is the other one was crazy, right? there are lot of people who would agree with you. 94% of democratic voters want someone else to run in 2024,

that is what the future of the party wants. the question is, will they get? it 94% primary voters under 30, do under 30 people show up? go ahead paul. >> he is like that guy in the old country song, if it wasn't for bad luck i would have any luck at all. inflation spikes, the supreme court throws out 50 years of a woman's right to choose. there is a new corona virus byron. monkeypox. he has had a pretty bad string of luck. this problem with young people is acute. you are right to signal it. in the election, biden's strongest cohort was a group of 30-year-olds. the youngest borders where his strongest, i just saw poll words had 25%. that is in part because some of the other leaders of his party are undermining him, undermining him with younger voters.

they are attacking him instead of attacking republicans. it is an enormous problem. he has this huge, broad coalition. they are in the same boat, some of the people in the boat are punching holes in and complaining that biden is getting them wet. >> here is the thing, like i said, i pointed this under 30 voters think. the people who show up to the polls are, my mom's age, quite frankly, my age. i call in the church had ladies. the more moderate part of the democratic party are the ones who don't necessarily want free tradition for everyone or aren't extremists, extremely left. those are the people who show up to the polls. might these numbers, look i don't know, it's a snapshot in time, might these numbers be skewed? >> i'll tell you what's most important there, if i was in the white house are we looking at it, it's that despite all that he is still being trump.

in the same polls that show him at 33% approval, he is still beating donald trump. he is exactly right. it pains me to say it because i love that rascal. >> it is within a margin of error. when i ask people who are the ones who show up to the poll, they say i would vote for him again. they don't want the other thing. >> well, i mean, as paul just said, the good news for joe biden and the democratic party, the incumbent president had a terrible string of bad luck and a bad as plight as anyone has had as a president. it is as bad as it gets. i can't imagine it being any worse for joe biden and the party than it is right now. and yet, he still beetle trump. not just a trump, but almost all republican incumbents.

the great white -- he is beat by the vice president. listen, this is common knowledge that -- the reality is, it is pretty tough but you weigh that all up and i saw a better hand than the republicans. >> i have to go, sorry, you guys know who i said it would be to run for president, i'm not talking any particular time, when my colleagues here, the former mayor of new orleans. democrats love him, black people love him, you should walk down the street with him in louisiana or new orleans, it reminds me of clinton. that whole area of democrat. names names for me, who do you have? >> i love mitch, i don't get in the business of naming names. i'll tell you one name, these

charges that biden needs most. >> i ask you to name names paul. >> no, no sir, that undermines biden. i just complain that the democrats are undermining their own president. >> let's say not 2024, but beyond. >> i love mitch, i know him, i love him. he has the clinton level talent, you can't ignore the vice president of the united states. i can't think of a vice president who saw their nominees -- it is all mute, biden is going to run and bite is going to win. >> last word, mark? are you going to name names? i don't think biden is going to run. i don't think trump will get the nomination. so we'll have a brand-new field on both sides. >> i'm? >> are you gonna name some names? on both sides? >> i will say this. i think mitch landrieu's first

campaign for mayor, it's probably the only election here. lost [laughs] so it's gonna get the nomination? ron desantis and who else? >> he may well 20 gets on the national stage. he has such a tight tight circle does might look. spent shell [inaudible] >> and on the democratic side? >> mark i'd say that ron desantis is a 700 pound gorilla. -- >> now on the democratic side? >> i look at glenn youngkin as a much more reagan as kind of character. >> all right. thank you both. mark your calendars everyone. the prediction. trump won't get run and trump will get the nomination. >> covid cases surging across the u.s. is the new omicron

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i'm illiterate and mogadishu somalia, and this is cnn. >> so blanketed in red. that is the coronavirus community transmission map from the cdc that shows much of the u.s. in high transmission areas. this is, in part, due to the new be a five omicron variant. the most transmissible yet. which is now the dominant strain in this country. the new variant is able to partially escape the immunity provided by the vaccine or prior infections. that as a study shows that due to the problems of at-home testing the u.s. as undercounting the number of covid cases.

that is number -- that's a good point not to put the really give it to the officials. now cnn -- joining me now cnn medical analyst. doctor amara right? a lot of people tested element already reported. >> correct. right now we are reporting about 100,000 cases per day. the institute for health metrics at the university of estimates that perhaps the real number of cases is seven times that. so probably some around 700,000 people are getting infected. >> it seems like when i talked to has either had covid, know someone who does have covid, and if you look at that map let's put it up again. officials on the whole country is right. and that is just a case that we know about. as i said a lot of people aren't testing. what is going on with this new variant, dr.? >> well it is bad as contagious as measles. and it has the most immunization of any variant we

have seen. and wall sort of a lot of people claim victory in february and municipalities dropped their mitigation mask mandates the virus kept mutating. it mutated, and it mutated. and others ba.5. our vaccines aren't really good with preventing you from getting infected. thankfully and luckily. they are still really good at preventing you from getting super sick we need to be hospitalized or even die. so our vaccines have really helped for that but they haven't really held very well for infections. and if you have not had covid in the past and you go into a crowded place now. you are likely to come out with ba.5. >> wow. right now they're working on this plant to allow second covid boosters for. adults that fourth shot. considering some base of this

viruses compared to last once. how much you think that fourth shot will help? >> yeah. but i think it will do. i think will be no will to. is help prevent serious illness. what we are really trying to do is prevent people from being hospitalized. over the last month. hospitalizations have increased. they basically doubled over the last month. over the last couple of weeks we've seen that start to creep up as well. i know that we are nowhere near where we are. back in december, january, so about 20 people are dying every day. but 2000 people a week. and adding the ability to sort of boost antibodies and people under the age of 50 who have not yet gotten a second booster. it should help that group prevent serious illness and hospitalization or death. so i think it's a good idea. in the fall, we'll probably see a new version of the vaccine which includes protection

against ba.5. but that won't be here until the fall probably. that was my next question, i'm giving away my age because i've already had four shots and to boosters. are we going to get a fifth shot? >> yes, probably. i wouldn't get so wrapped up on the number of shots. >> i don't care, as long as it helps. >> those of us to get a flu shot every year, we get a flu shot every year. when i tell my patients is that even though the flu vaccine won't prevent you from getting influenced every year, it will prevent you from dying. if you get a covid shot every year to prevent you from giving seriously. make this virus more like a seasonal flu, for a cold. that's what we will do. >> thank you doctor, appreciate it, see you soon, the safe. firefighters in california are battling to contain a raging

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we are just hours away from the next january 6th hearing and we are getting new details about what we might see. the committee planning to zero in on the ties between extremist groups and trump's orbit as we learn another one of trump's closest allies, steve bannon, it will testify to the committee. senior congressional correspondent ryan nobles has the latest on what we ca