new tonight, new development in the doj's criminal investigation of january 6th and the efforts to overturn the 2020 election. former chief of staff to then vice president mike pence telling cnn that he testified friday in front of a d.c. grand jury. and new york times and wall street journal our reporting pence's general counsel also testified. cnn's, ryan nobles, live in the capital with the very latest.

good evening to you ryan. once again. what do you learning about these top-end states testifying before the grand jury? >> don, i was good to be with you, this is a significant development. in terms of the department of justice's investigation into donald trump's election interference and how that led to what happened here on january 6th. both jacobs and marc short were really kind of the first big win this is that the january 6th flight committee were able to cooperate that right inside that war room of the white house, the west wing, the oval office, on the days leading up to january 6th. but their testimony revealed to the committee at that time with the intense pressure campaign that was put on by president mike pence is period of time. and the steps that pence did to resist that. it also really shed a light on things like the fake elector plot that was going on around the country. these are all things we didn't

previously know until the committee was able to really crack the core of mike pence and his inner circle. so the fact that they've been willing to cooperate, yes, they were both under subpoena. we were told their testimony is behind closed doors to the grand jury. but it is a significant move for the department of justice. and more than anything, don, it shows that they are very much interested in the plot to subvert the will of the american people. beyond just the violence took place here on january 6th. >> the generous explicitly releasing new evidence today. what is a show ryan? >> well, it shows they left a lot on the cutting room floor. last thursday. there is a lot of information as it relates to donald trump's, what they call it dereliction of duty on january 6th. and, in particular, that speech that he tried to give. he did give. but it was a much different speech than what was originally planned on january 7th. i believe there's a clip that we can show that the committee

released today. >> do you recognize what this is? >> it looks like a copy of a draft of the remarks for that day. >> and as you can see throughout the document there are lines crossing out and there are some words added in. do you recognize the handwriting? >> it looks like my father's handwriting. >> in my view, he needed to express, very clearly, that the people who committed violent acts, went to the capitol, president what they did. should be prosecuted. and should be arrested. >> it looks like here that he crossed out that he was directing the department of justice to ensure all lawbreakers are prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law. we must send a clear message not with mercy but with

justice. legal consequences must be swift and firm. do you know why he wanted that crossed out? >> i don't know. >> that needed to be stated. that he did not represent him or the political views in any form or fashion. >> he also crossed out, i want to be very, clear you do not represent me. you do not represent our movement. do you know why he crossed that language out the statement? >> i do not know. >> so to be pretty clear, the stuff that donald trump didn't want to net speech. he did not want to point out that he wanted the riders to be brought to swift justice. that but they did was wrong. he also crossed out the line that said that those individuals did not represent him. he is the one that rejected that. the ultimate ending to all of

this was a very flimsy three minute speech that really didn't accomplish much, don. as we see that this whole thing played out, the optics that they showed on thursday night and now, this heavy editing of the original script. it shows that the former president was rejecting the advice of his advisers at that time. and was going off in a completely different direction despite everything that happened here before. >> ryan, thank you so much, i appreciate that. >> i want to bring in a democratic congressman, of california, good to see you thank you congressman. so, as far as we know, marc short is the highest ranking trump official to testify in front of the grand jury. let's just talk about where the investigation is going? >> there's a mountain of evidence that the january six committee has put on donald trump and all the arrows point towards his guilt. that this guy, over the months leading up to the election, before the election even happen, that is good to be a fraudulent outcome.

after the election, spend millions on social media ads to assemble a mob and buy them to washington d.c.. and then on january 6th when that mob at the capitol. all the arrows point to him and finally it looks like the department of justice is starting to go up the run of the latter. the dog getting much closer to trump. so i'd be very worried that donald trump might be the target of sophistication. >> you think so? >> how could he not. after all the evidence the committee has shown that this guy's intent is to conspire with the violent mob trying to stop congress from counting the electoral college votes. >> well there are concerns that may seem like it is political. if they do indeed indict a former president i would say we have norms in this country that you wouldn't typically not. you will try hard not to indict former president. gerald ford, of course, part and return nixon but this ain't any old former president he broke those norms when he stopped the tradition of a peaceful transition of power.

and so i think you should be treated no better than any criminal defendant that's been investigated and no worse. that really should be the way to go. because, otherwise, if we just let him go for the sake moving on. he's not getting better. in fact, he's getting worse, and he's putting in place people across the country who would go into office and who are inspired by him. who won't honor the next transition of power. >> well, richard nixon ended his political career. he left office as president. he was driven from office. largely by members of his own party. there's this new information on this lie committee and donald trump. even in the last hearing they played the optics. and the david insurrection, trump refused to say that he was sickened by the violence of the capitol. he didn't want to talk about legal consequences for the rioters. and also crossed of the line, you don't represent me or our movement. it is a stunning piece of evidence. but does, again, amount to a crime? >> that nine didn't represent what donald trump believed.

because he was with the violent mob that was attacked the police officers. this guy's not broke up. he is pro coup. and that is what is reflected by him taking that language out. i do think it goes to his intent. that he wanted the mob to storm the capital, to stop the count. so i think it is an obstruction of congress. which is a crime. conspiracy is also. crime i think the january six committee has laid out. and hopefully an independent department of justice sees it that way. to >> all of the play some of this from my colleague asking jamie raskin if you think the select committee can refer to sitting members of congress. to devise subpoenas to the justice department. here's how he responded? >> i don't know that congress can take a member of congress to court? obviously, we've never been in this situation before. but our point here is not to come up with it new dazzling theories to end up with a lot of wild east chases over the land. >> this is the concern when i said it. it may seem political if you

try to indict a former president. are you concerned that this is going to happen to shoes on the other foot. and the republican members feel compelling democrats to comply. >> yes, they've already said that. [inaudible] >> it shows that this is really about retaliation. i actually think that we have the power, and we use before in congress, to use contempt of congress to put a violence in place for anyone. why there is a member of congress or someone of that congress. if you're not quick to comply that you would be held accountable. but it would be interesting, to see that we have no intention of losing the house, but if these guys ever in the future have any congress have to subpoena power. how can they expect anyone to comply with it if they are showing themselves as being above the law. i think that's an awful precedent that they are siding. >> it is interesting because every time the end of the hearings. liz cheney will say, or someone on the committee will say, you have so much time you can call the meeting and gary are getting all this evidence.

they said they're getting so much evidence coming in the even may have to continue to work after election day. can that happen if republicans like the house? >> if republicans take the house they shut down this committee, the congressional gold medals don't go to the cops who defended the capitol, they go to the riders that donald trump has inspired. because that's who have been shown himself there with. they're more comfortable voting -- more comfortable with violence and voting. that's quite so important they continue. what is inspiring to me is that courage with this committee has beget courage. so as people come forward and show courage, like cassidy hutchinson, it inspires other people who had information who may not want to go public. to go public. and i think it's a good thing for our democracy. >> so how is your party? how are democrats going to turn something around? because americans are suffering from crippling inflation and they seem to put the blame on the party in charge. we're dealing with high gas, prices we're dealing with inflation, but usually blamed the party in charge. >> we are party to get things

done. we are part of that sees inflation is a real issue. i get it. i do grocery shopping for three kids in diapers. and our house. but we've attacked it inflation. the president went after the oil companies and worked with countries that produce oil. you are seeing gasoline, it's been down 32 cents over the last four weeks. the republicans pages pander the grievances. actually, this election is about freedom. our freedom problem to macron health care decision. our freedom forecast to be free from gun violence. warfare gun violence. and the freedom for you to have your vote counted when you cast it. those two freedoms on the line with republicans in the majority. >> no pun intended, do you think those things will trump the economy? >> you are seeing right now. right now, the democrats of surged ahead in the generic ballot because of what republicans positions are as on guns, women's reproductive rights, and showing that they prefer violence over the vote. >> thank you congressman, i was a pleasure. good to see in person, it's been a while. >> so the january six committee

has dropped one bombshell after another. but it is all of that registering to voters worried about how they're going to put food on the table. the question, free to carry, right after the break.

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some members of the dynamics like committee saying that they are getting so much new evidence that they may need to continue their work after election. day but that can't happen if republicans take the house. come november. i want to bring in now, fareed zakaria, host of fareed zakaria gps right here on cnn. fareed, good evening to you. the evidence come out of general six select committee is damning. we also learned to former top aides. mike pence testified before the

grand jury. but do you think all of these developments are registering with voters? when most are struggling to pay for groceries, rent, gas, et cetera. >> you are absolutely right, don, that they think about these issues when they are bad. they tend to occupy a special dominant place. but let's not forget the story of the last ten years in american politics. which has been that cultural issues matter a lot to people. people increasingly hard to find themselves politically. by where they are in culture. this is one of the reasons why republicans have tended to do so well. even in cases where they maybe are working class whites. republican policies are often not particularly well geared to get those voters, economically certainly, but they rub certain culture issues very well. they scratch those issues very well. well, this time, and with the first time we are seeing the

democrats take the offense on some of these cultural issues. abortion, voting rights, there are guns. their issues on which for some reason, part of it is the overturn roe v. wade, obviously. part of it is just the overwhelming persistence of these mass shootings. part of it is the september. the january 6th hearings. which has been very successful in making people understand both the level of the significance of what happens. but donald trump's culpability. all of those three cultural issues are working in the democrats favor. and kind of an unusual way. >> do you think democrats will be able to convince americans that they are working for them? because in the midterms, it just a few short months away, and as i just discussed the congress. his party is to protect

democracy are insane right now. >> yes, your skepticism about the stand, is well warranted. congresswoman said that the generic ballot, the democrats were surging, i think that might be a slight exaggeration. the democrats are doing better than they were. republicans still have a advantage. they are still leading in the generic ballot. unfortunately, because of all kinds of electoral rules and some gerrymandering. republicans over performed. that is to say, even when they lose the overall vote. they tend to get a small majority. so if they have -- if they are leading, they're going to do even better. i don't think that it is enough, yet, to change the trajectory. but people we are talking about republicans for a while. that doesn't seem as likely. there is one troubling indicator. which remains to be true. which is a very short fire predict on these things, historically. the president's approval rating

continues to be very bad. and of all the kind of indicators of the presidents party's performance in the mid term. i think i'm wrong and saying this. i think the single most surefire predictor is what is the president's approval rating? >> not very good right now. >> maybe the worst. i think that with donald trump are being the worst ever. >> and maybe lower. listen, part of the piece that you wrote. you got a lot of people talking. including have people asking me questions about it. and then at the dinner parties and would have. you and just coming up to me and thank, fareed zakaria said this i can't believe it. recently wrote something for the washington post. he said democrats need to, once more, become the party that gets stuff done. bill things, make government work for people. that's a lot more important than most americans than using the right programs. a lot of pushback for this. why do you stand by it?

what were you thinking, fareed? >> well, look, i still 100% stand by my point is the most important thing to do is to win. if you can't win, you can't do anything. you can't enact any program, you can't protect any civil rights, again, nobody is going to be protected or looked over, affirmed, without that. you gotta figure out what is the way you win. the way democrats are going to win is if they show they can be a party that governs and uses government to do stuff. one of the point i was making is that the democrats pass all these infrastructure bills but very little actually happens because it takes so long to build anything in america. mostly in the blue states. especially in the blue states. because there are so many reviews. there's so many laws and regulations that make it impossible to build anything. it's one of the reasons why housing in the blue states is such a nightmare. housing has gone up so much

because a combination of nimby-ism and environmental reviews and this review and that review. you can't get stuff done. if you are the party of government, you're the party that says we are going to use government to improve your lives. you got to show that you actually can do it. instead of a lot of virtue signaling about this, that, or the other. i'm not a vote i'm not against any of those things. i'm zain focus. when you're running an election, you have to prioritize. and if you have to ask yourself, what is it that you want to stand for. what is that you want people to know about? and what franklin roosevelt and lyndon johnson and even bill clinton understood was the way you get people to see the democrats in the right line is they say we are the party that is government to help the little guy. that's what obama did with obamacare. that's why we're so important to him. and he prioritized obamacare over everything else. now you may look back and say,

why didn't obama do game eric at that moment? at that moment he said my opportunity was to take this once a lifetime opportunity that i have that is going to push for some that want to raise tens of millions of americans who don't have health care. i'm saying is, you gotta focus. >> let me just say this for eight. you are right. and even the members of the lgbtq community talk to me about it. they believe that you are right. i listened, of course we can have a discussion about pronouns, that's all well and good. but where we are right now, culturally, where we are right now politically. where we are right now, socially. if we looser democracy, then we can't have those conversations about pronouns. and the priority, right now, until those things aren't on the list. but the party right now should be saving the democracy. whether you are democrat or republican. then you can have all the conversations about what makes

democracy great. and how different people get to exist within a democracy. i understand my point? >> i think most of you don't recognize the degree to which it really is threatening. and it is something you and i talk about. if donald trump were to run in january of 24. we face an existential democratic crisis. because we know that one of the things is gonna happen. but if trump is going to win. or is going to claim he won. even though he lost. which is going to -- have all kinds of state level officials and state legislators have been prime for. this so the most important thing to do here is to break that momentum. and i don't know, and i don't really think that the best bet is illegal would. you have to fight this politically. you have to win this politically. the cars are tens of millions of people out there. who are believing something that is a lie or believing

something that is a demagogue. you have to break the fever. hand you've got to join this fight -- >> listen off the mark of the context in which we're having this conversation. it is not as political activists or members of political party. but the only party, in general. for the most part. it is operating reality right. now as a democratic party. that's the part that people are relying on to save democracy. their members of the republican party who are doing it. but there are few and far between. in order to save the democracy, people are looking at the democrats to be able to do that and they have to get their priority straight. in order to be able to do it. thank you fareed, i appreciate, great conversation. next, a growing far right in posture of christianity. --

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>> new details emerging every day on january 6th from many americans was a big wake up call to the threat of a growing white christian nationalist movement, and they're calling what they are calling a christian revolt. joining me now cnn senior writer and producer john like, he has a new piece out, i urge everyone to read it, on cnn .com. it's titled an impostor christiane 80s threatening american democracy. john, good evening, this is a great piece. i saw, it i emailed you, i'm not sure if you got, it i thought you did a good job on it. thank you for joining us this evening to talk about this. we saw christian symbols all throughout the crowd that went to the capitol on january 6th, with this made it a christian

result, and what does that mean? >> part of it is what you just said, people that were at the insurrection, they announced their fate. if you look throughout the crowd, you saw people praying, people holding hands up to the heaven. one of the signs i saw that was really striking, someone had a picture of jesus with a red make america great again hat on top of his head. so the people themselves, they made their religious intentions pretty obvious. also, i think you have to understand, a lot of people there, they don't just see this us a political battle, they see it as spiritual warfare. and because it's a religious driven movement, people are driven by religious impulses, i think it makes it more dangerous because if it's a democratic movement, people could lose an election, they can acknowledge that someone won, they can move on to the next election. but when you're talking about a

battle between good and evil, people don't just accepted, accept defeat, and people become more desperate as the ends justify the means. >> you explain how many americans adopted the beliefs of white christian nationalism without actually knowing what it means. how does that happen? >> it's a combination of bad history and bad theology. the bad history comes through books, films, things we've heard that sound pretty innocent. for example, you had a lot of people say, this nation was founded as a christian nation. i hear that all the time. and as a matter of fact, when i was writing the, story i was told that is not true. we were not founded -- the founding fathers had a lot of different theological beliefs. many of them saw how religion had torn the -- religious wars. this is not a christian nation. and part of the bad theology,

preachers and pastors and christian leaders pass these messages on on the pulpit. there are people that have gone to churches, they say an american flag by the puppet, they will think about it. they will do a pledge of a allegiance in the church and they don't think anything is wrong with that. and that is part two of how this theology gets passed down. >> listen, i urge everyone to read it, you also talk about even if you are a christian pastor, don't even think of separating christianity from politics because you won't be a christian pasture for a long and you won't have much of a congregation or people who come to your church and listen to you. john, thank, you i appreciate, you it's called -- >> it's on cnn.com, it's analysis john blake, and -- threatening american democracy. i urge everyone to read this. nice job, thank you john. >> thank you. >> a gop congressman intended, get this, his gay son's marriage over the weekend. not news.

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for a congressman and his family. but get this, only three days before the wedding, thompson voted against a bill to protect same-sex marriage. he is one of the republicans who voted to oppose the legislation that would codify same-sex marriages, and voted into. law that the vote needs ten gop votes to pass. scott jennings and edinburgh are both here to discuss this. what is wrong with -- good evening. caught-ifying marriage and, whatever. anna, listen to this. thompson's office said that the congressman and his wife were thrilled to attend their sons nuptials and they are very happy to welcome a new cnn law in the family. but obviously, we can ask why he voted against the bill. why does that make sense to you? >> first of, all let me tell,

you congressman thompson sun, and then you son-in-law, are the two most forgiving, gracious nicest gays i have ever met. because, my father had voted against protecting and safeguarding the sanctity of my marriage three days before my wedding, if i had been his son, congressman scott would've been sitting outside on the chair, on the hottest of the year. and see how that goes. it's painful, and i can't believe people who put -- it's hard to believe people who put politics over country. it's even harder to understand people who put political and politics over. family and let me tell you about two republicans who did. it one of thumb is my friend congresswoman ilya no rosslyn, former congresswoman, who became a leader on this issue. and another one is senator rob portman who has a gay son william, and who is the

republican who signed up to cosponsor this bill in the senate. so, you know, politics should not be thicker than blood. >> listen, i do have to say that we asked congressman thompson to join us on this very program, we haven't heard, becky is welcome, because action want to hear what he says, and i would love to have his son and the new husband on. but why do you think about this, scott? >> i don't know congressman thompson wouldn't pretend to know what a relationship is between him and his son. so i think it's very personal. i did read his offices statement, and his office said he was voting no because he thought it was a show vote, and it was a distraction from the real issues of the day. so i have taken him and his office on their word on that. this is a very personal deal between him and his son. i won't even pretend to know what's going on between them, and i am glad he went. i know some people who've had

similar situations in their family where the parents chose not to attend, and chose not to engage, which i think is incredibly sad, to be honest with you, when people cannot step liberate their family. so it's a strange situation, and it sounds like from his office a statement, don, they want to keep the relationship between him and his son more private. >> i don't know what other business of the day but this is pretty important one. i think marriage between two individuals regardless of race or sex -- that's kind of important. marco rubio last week told cnn that the bill was a stupid waste of time had this to say after criticism from people but a judge, who is gay, and in relationship with a same-sex partner -- >> i'm not gonna focus on the agenda dictated by elite liberals and marxist misfits who, sadly, today control the agenda of modern democratic

party. >> this is, scott, a real problem who can't stand to lose rights. do you think your parties on the wrong side of this issue? >> well, i think if you look at the polling on gay marriage, specifically, it's moved along, long way from just ten years ago, 15 years ago. even really five years ago. i think a majority of republicans know supported a pretty wide majority of americans now support it. i think you will see different people acting different ways for jurisdictional reasons. people who represent more rural states who aren't churchgoers will feel one way, and people who will represent other constituencies will feel another. i think you will see a spit conference just as you saw on the house. my presumption is, don, it's gonna pass in the senate. it will get at least ten republican votes. i don't know who they all are yet, but my presumption is that it's going to get there. which would've been unthinkable ten years ago. so i think the republicans will

move somewhat on this, just at the same time, popular opinion has moved as well. >> and you said rural, i grew up in a rural area, they needed the most. there are more gays in the rural areas then you can shake a stick out. but no one came out, and that was very detrimental to a lot of people. that people did not come out, they couldn't live and be themselves and to this day, they are suffering the consequences of that. i know people who have never come out. or maybe later in life. and it's something that messes with their head and the end up doing bad things, it's a ripple effect. but when you talk of people who change. liz cheney changed, she supported that house bill, she is someone who changed her views because her gay sister, right? >> i think it's hard racist, or yes. i think knowing someone who is gay, i think knowing someone who is gay in a committed relationship changes you because you are seeing it. and i don't know how republicans can call themselves

the party of family values and vote against safeguarding marriage. >> when you are talking about freedom and liberty, here is whether this cheney said on cnn. she supporting the bill saying, freedom means freedom for everybody. that is supposed to be the basis of the republican party. freedom for everyone. >> and don, well it's not just this cheney who changed. brock obama also change on. that's when i first met him in 2008, he was not pro marriage equality. today, he is. so the entire country has changed over 71% of americans now support gay marriage. and this bill it was not just about gay marriage, this bill was about integration marriage, inter ethnic marriage, marriage between different nationalities. it is protecting the institution of marriage which republicans hang their head on so much. and i can think of so many gay friends of mine, floridians,

who are merit, and some of them have gay children who are married, who are marketable donors. and i'm gonna be calling those people, and gonna be telling, them you know what's? you should tell merkel reveal that giving him money and supporting him is a royals, stupid waste of time. >> so only gay leftist's, only lead leftist are gay? >> listen, marco rubio today, everything that comes out of his mouth is a noun, a verb, and socialist marcus leninist. >> i've gotta go, scott. but listen, we will continue this conversation. but thank you. all i can tell you one thank, you talked about barack obama. i went to a white house christmas party with oracle bomber when he was president. and went after it came out, he said, you know you go to lunch, and he said to me, he and the first lady said, don, you did the right thing. that's probably the only thing i remember. he said a lot to, me i remember when he was a state senator in chicago. i used to cover, him but that was one of the things that stood out to me.

he said -- >> he was not pro game marriage when he was. running >> yeah. >> joe biden pushed him into. it. remember >> thank you. , we will be back. >> thanks, don. ♪ ♪ "shakeke your thang" by salt n pepa

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>> tonight, a cnn exclusive. an fbi investigations determined that equipment made by the chinese company huawei was capable of capturing and disrupting highly -- including those used by the u.s. strategic command, which oversees america nuclear weapons. cnn's brian todd has the story for us. >> three, two, one. turn. >> america's arsenal of nuclear owned intercontinental

ballistic medal missiles, ready in remote areas of the u.s. could be threatened by vulnerabilities. tonight officials have long raised alarms of china's -- huawei, sitting on top of cell towers in american bases, including bases that have nuclear silos. multiple sources tell cnn, the fbi determined that that huawei equipment was capable of capturing or disrupting restricted u.s. military communications, including communications from u.s. strategic command, which oversees americans nuclear weapons. >> it could allow china to, for, example collect communications of military officials who are moving around and in between these various different installations. >> cnn intelligence reporter katie bo willis has a new report on a multi year investigation by u.s. officials, into china's ramped up espionage operations inside the u.s., she says it's not clear if the u.s. intelligence community has found any sensitive data was actually

intercepted and sent back to china from those sold towers where huawei was used. experts say, even if american bases use encrypted communications. >> icbms are supposed to be very, hard it might not be easy to do, but that doesn't mean the opponents will try to figure it out how to do. it >> but china's alleged spying inspirations are not ending. there according to multiple sources, in 2017, the chinese government offered to spend $100 million to build an elaborate chinese garden at the national arboretum in washington. a project that would've included temples, pavilions, and a 70 foot pagoda. but when u.s. counter-intelligence officials began digging, they found that the pagoda would've been strategically placed inside the arboretum's grounds on one of the highest points in the city, just two miles from the u.s. capital. >> so the concern for officials was that china would be able to use this friendship garden, this pagoda, as a prime

platform for signals intelligence. >> u.s. officials quietly killed that chinese project at the arboretum before it got started. as for the chinese equipment sitting at the cell towers, in 2019, after the fbi briefed the white house on their existence, the federal communications commission ordered the american companies that were using that equipment to remove it from the cell towers. but not enough money was allocated by congress to reimburse the company for. that >> the equipment is still sitting there and -- >> the chinese government strongly denies any allegations of spying on the. u.s. huawei sending a statement to cnn saying all the products exported to the u.s. were tested by the fcc before being deployed. with -- any spectrum that is in the u.s. defense department. the company, says it's never been involved in any malicious cyber security incidents. don? >> brian todd, thank you very much for. that and thank you for watching everyone. our coverage continues. we believe buying a car should be something that gets you hyped up.

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good evening we begin tonight for the major them from the january 6th hearings. >> we have much work yet to do and we will see wall in september. >> well one thing became clear, today nobody's when it was a temper. or start as we learned tonight that marc short, the former vice president's head of staff testified under subpoena last week before federal grand jury in washington. according to a source familiar with the matter. this is significant to short was there in the room, in the key moment on around the.

six he's also the highest profile witness coming to testify so far. we'll talk more about what that might say about the justice department's criminal investigation, how far can. go also, late today president biden went in on the central figure in thursday's january six hearing. >> so, it happened. the capital police, d. c. metropolitan police, other law enforcement agencies were attacked and assaulted before our very eyes. speared, sprayed, stomped on, brutalized. and lies or lost. and for three hours, the defeated former president of the united states watched it all happened he sat in the comfort of the private dining room next to the oval office. >> as for the committee, it apparently is not waiting until september either. today elaine lori, released a new video clip that shows the former presidents unwillingness to include in the speech on january 7th, language holding the mob that he invited, incited, and wanted to join.