hey everybody. i'm yasmin vossoughian. welcome. it's good to see you. if you're still with us, thanks for sticking around. our star witness, donald trump's white house counsel pat cipollone testifying to the january six committee. perhaps nobody knows more than what happened in the white house on or before january six. and the very fact that he testified for eight hours indicated of a lot to say. >> mr. cipollone appeared voluntarily and answered a variety of questions. he did not contradict the

testimony of other witnesses. i think we did learn a few things, which we will be rolling out in the hearings to come. >> have a january 6th hearing is another mounting investigations of his actions. clearly getting's to trump's head as he lashed out in las vegas. >> biden has established committees to go after republicans. it seems as if the justice department and local and state prosecutors have become weaponized. thereafter politicians, not the people who are murdering people on the streets. >> trump reportedly even considered releasing steve bannon from his nonexistent executive privilege claim to unleash him on the committee. in a moment i will speak to senator ben cardin about the january six committee -- after the july 4th mass shooting in highland park, illinois. that community is engaged in

what has become a sad american ritual, laying the dead to rest, after one of the senseless attacks yet again. this hour also, the shocking assassination of former japanese prime minister shinzo abe. we will look at the reaction of his death and the legacy has left behind. i wanna start first with the january 6th hearings. we are learning a few details about trump white house counsel, pat cipollone's eight hour testimony before the committee. politico's kyle cheney tweeting out this, details of cipollone's interview remains hard to come by, but a sort familiar to the interview or said his testimony was quote very helpful. -- kyle, let's pick up where you left off on that tweet. would else do you know? >> unfortunately not much. subsistent lee about would pass cipollone told them. what we know is the committee

was looking for him to talk about, he was present for everything, he was there advising donald trump and his circle that a lot of what they were trying to do to overturn the election was not legally sound, was not okay. so the fact that the committee found his testimony helpful as they have already laid out that case, suggested me at the very least he did not undercut whatever already presented, and perhaps bolstered it with significant first had testimony. >> donny, this is a guy who we are told by cassidy hutchinson, essentially said, if we go to the capitol, we could see major criminal charges in our future. and then we heard -- in fact cipollone system when he did not contradict testimony from other witnesses but also making it clear, and i'm reading, this that is not the same as confirming earlier testimony. what is the distinction? >> the reason cipollone so interesting is that one of the chances that he's going down the hallway in just happens to

mention to hutchinson over gonna get charged with a bunch of crimes, but mentioned it absolutely nobody else, other than this lower level eight or assistant. >> why is that significant? >> because the reality is he's probably set it to other people. he wouldn't have just said it to cassidy hutchinson. he would've expressed that to other people, including possibly president trump. if he did, that is one more person, white house counsel, advising the president or possibly advising anyone in his circle that this whole capital idea is a horrible idea. a dangerous idea. that bill's, that's more circumstantial evidence of trump's knowledge or the knowledge of people around him. at the end of the day, no prosecutor can ever download exactly what trump believed, but they can create enough circumstantial evidence that we can infer, including a juror, can infer what was in someone's mind. this is what happens all the

time in criminal court. we never know exactly what a defendant was tanking. we use circumstantial evidence to infer what they're thinking. because they're not current net. >> do we know -- >> i was there for the bulk of that interview. just on the outside, what you saw cipollone leaving the room several times, six times total, to handle with this tierney's, and we assume to discuss the contours of where you could say when he could not say. that was all a big intensive negotiation with the committee. but we were not in there, so it's hard to say what limits he drew in what the committee was comfortable with. >> obviously danny, bannon did not have a case when i came to executive privilege. but someone like pat cipollone does have a case here when it comes to attorney klein for a when it comes to being chief white house counsel. >> barely.

i would say he doesn't have that claim. here's. why number one, president biden has already waived executive privilege. if it were to go to court, that is one -- >> executive is different than attorney-client? >> yes, but keep in mind, that's a baloney was white house counsel. that means he represents the government, not president trump, and are trump the individual. he represents the president not trump the individual. it could be argued that everything he did that they involving a joint session with congress, in which the president had zero role, did not involve any activity as president. he was acting solely in the interest of himself and his campaign. if that's the case, then white house counsel has no attorney trying relationship with him or conduct arising from it that kind of personal beneficial behavior. >> let's look to tuesday and thursday's testimony as well. i know your reporting on the possibility that the old skippers had explosives on them on january six.

you think had that gone of what could've feasibly happen, the carnage you could've seen, what do you know about? this >> that evidence sets the table for the tuesday hearing, which is about extremism and the role of these domestic extremists in the january 6th violence, the january 6th attack on the capitol. i think the committee wants to underscore exactly that, just how great this could've been, that there were, their oath keepers had stockpiled that enormous cache of weapons just across the river in arlington, and we're prepared to deploy at. had circumstances gone slightly differently. they want to show not just how prepared for violence groups were, but how much planning and coordinating their done, and how much they took their cues for what donald trump was saying and if there was some knowledge in the white house -- >> take us inside the doj if you're confirmed moment as these hearings begin to wrap up. what are they assessing moving

forward? >> the committee of firings have been a one-sided affair. like a grand jury proceedings. we are only seeing the prosecutors view of the case. the doj has to consider a lot more than that. they don't just consider whether the elements of a crime have been, that they can consider affirmative defenses. and there are other practical considerations. why would a jury look like in a prosecution of someone like trump? or those in a circle? one happens if you get two or three republicans on a jury? people who maybe subscribe to donald trump's theories? arguably, there are 50% of people in the country or fans of donald trump, who voted for him. there are a lot of to consider that the committee in their one-sided shull. >> thank you as good to see you danny and kyle. i want to bring in democratic senator ben cardin of maryland. thank you for joining us this saturday afternoon. let's pick up where i left off with mike yes, and that is of

course anticipating what we will learn from this eight hours of testimony from former white house counsel pat cipollone. what do you make so far of which you've heard from your colleague, -- who has said cipollone's text ammonium does not contradict any other testimony that we had so far? >> it has, been first of all it's good to be with you. i think we're gonna hear more information about conversations in the white house, and made it clear to all president that what was happening on january six in the presidents desire to come to the capitol was extremely explosive and violated loss. that conversation was taken place in a lot of different people, clearly they recognize that the president was doing things that a president should not be doing. >> let's talk big picture here for a moment. as we kind of take a 30,000

foot above look at all that we have learned from the january six testimony so far. and the possibility that former president trump could actually run again for office in 2024. if he does not face consequences from his actions, on january 6th, what would that look like to you? >> first of all, no one is above the law, including the president or former president of the united states. i am hopeful that, in addition to the congressional review, there will be an in-depth department of justice review as to whether the president violated laws. if he did, he should be indicted. clearly the american people are saying the facts of why it was so dangerous on january 6th and where the president encourage the type of activity that we saw on the capitol. i was there that day. i saw the insurrection take place. i saw so many people in harm's way.

the president of the united states did nothing to stop. that he did everything to encourage it. >> i want to switch gears senator. i know that you have introduced a resolution on former to honor former japanese prime minister shinzo abe after his killing just the other day. you already have some republican seizing at this moment, looking at the incredible gun laws in japan -- 's hat how did shinzo abe get assassinated with guns are banned in japan? as respeaking about what's happening in this country, mass shooting after mass shooting, and the reaction like this, what do you make of it? >> first of, all look at the numbers. the numbers of gun violence in japan is a small fraction of what we see here in the united states. there is a direct relationship between having the type of

availability of firearms in the united states and the amount of gun violence. in japan, they have virtually limited this as a concern, a general concern. when someone makes a weapon, and wants to assassinate someone, that can happen in any country. but the amount of street gun violence we see in america is so much greater than in japan, because of the va availability of weapons. -- he was an incredible leader. at a chance to be with him a few months ago. it's a real loss to japan. a real loss to the international community. a tragic event. it was somebody determined to assassinate and had the opportunity to make a weapon and got access, it was not the japanese laws which are much stricter on guns and have been able to keep gun violence at a small fraction of what we see here in the united states. >> the longest serving prime minister in the history of japan. we'll be speaking more about his legacy at the bottom of the

hour. i appreciate you letting your word there. before i let you go, i want to ask about the appetite the senate when it comes to gun legislation. -- this is really just the first step in an effort to change gun laws here in this country. is there an appetite to go further after the modest gun legislation that we have seen so far? >> we need to. we need to recognize that america is an outlier. there's no reason why this should be the private ownership of military style weapons here in the united states. we should have comprehensive background checks. all that is common sense. gun safety legislation that american people support and we need to get people safe. we are very proud of the bill that was passed, signed by the president. it will make a difference. we can't stop. there >> senator ben cardin of maryland. thank you so much sir. good to see you. still ahead everybody, former president trump's efforts to spread the big lie already

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supporters are thing although he didn't fit long-standing disputes between russia and china, he did -- well will be a base lasting legacy? and how will this stunning act of violence impact japan and the world as well? i want to bring in john -- former u.s. ambassador to japan, and the director of the asia program at the wilson center. apologies to you for mispronouncing that word. it was there on the teleprompter. sometimes the throws you off. let me talk to sue, about your reaction to this when you heard about what happened. >> first i heard that he died and i thought, it must there must of been a health friesen. then once i found out he was assassinated, i was beyond shocked. this is japan. 127 million people, with the strictest gun laws in the world. there is one death last year i think by gun violence. the average is like ten a year. americas like 20,000 a year and that's not even counting the

suicides. it just doesn't exist in terms of gun regulations. and the culture. so it was profound shock of what the people in japan must be feeling right now. >> the gun regulation and the culture as. well ambassador to you. your reaction to the assassination of the former prime minister. >> sue indicated, one is complete shock. my heart goes out to the abe family and the people of japan. this just is unheard of, this gun violence in japan. i was the ambassador during fukushima nuclear crisis. at that point in time, there was a huge shock to the country. this obviously is very different. but an equal shock. an incredible sadness going throughout japan in the world right now. >> sue, he was an incredibly popular prime minister.

he stepped down in his second term because of health reasons. had he not stepped down, he may very well have been prime minister to this day. i know the first time around, he served when you're at the time. he was seen as divisive and not popular. what does this do to the country, to the people, to see something like this go down? >> i think people of japan are profoundly sad. abe was one of the most consequential leader in model japanese history. he lived a lots of lasting legacy. he page upend back on the map. he really believed in a stronger japan. i japan that can stand up. that has better take caring of itself interrupted defense capability. abe really had a vision for japan and japan's role. he is someone who really understood in the pacific reason. we're talking about quad

quadrilateral security dialogues -- he's really the architect of that. he allowed the completion of the trade pact can -- he saw a vision of how to counter china. he was a strategist and a visionary. he was a controversial figure also of course. he was a nationalist. he was not so apologetic in terms of why wartime past history. he had issues, whether it's the koreans and chinese had some, issues particular victorians. but prime minister abe was a strategist, a visionary. i think people of japan are profoundly shocked and this is very sad. but he does leave a lasting legacy of belief. >> ambassador talk to me about how you see a base legacy. and especially how this assassination will affect the global community. >> well just to give you some

context, i was the ambassador to japan from 2009 to 2013. i had five prime ministers in four years. prime minister of a was the last prime minister before i left my post. he brought a stability to japanese politics and to japan's position in the world. he then served for eight years and became the longest serving prime minister in japanese history. that allowed him to make major accomplishments, both economically, culturally, politically, not only in japan but throughout the world. he became not only the prime minister of japan but a regional leader. he was the one that went forward with the tpp when the united states to my chagrin pulled out of it. he became a leader on the world

stage because he had those number of years in order to project himself and to accomplish the many goals that he had when he went into office. so, i cannot underestimate the blow or overestimate the blow to japan and the world as a result of the most consequential leader of japan in our times being assassinated. >> you actually treated that abe was just interviewed by the wilson center about three months ago. i want to play short clip of him talking about ukraine. >> [speaking foreign language] côte d'ivoire >> it's

fascinating because this is the exact conversation we have had, especially when we talk about the russian invasion of ukraine and how it could empower china in a possible invasion on taiwan, if in fact there are not consequences leveled against vladimir putin. talk to me about that interview. >> i couldn't really read the words, there but prime minister abe was a leader. he was the thought leader. he was a visionary. japan with acted very quickly, there were one of the first countries to enjoy a to join the sanctioning against russia.

i'm very concerned about the japanese public must be feeling right now. they have been going through a lot, in terms of more fearful security environment, after the pandemic, and more assertive china, and concern about china wants and russia's invasion of ukraine and what that would mean, and the relationship between russia and japan as well. now they have this assassination of prime minister abe. the security environment for japan, the people must be feeling, more of shock and fear and insecurity. >> ambassador thank you, and thank you as well. coming up everybody, is trump uses a new lead ruling at a red state to prop up the big lie. >> it was just ruled unconstitutional by the supreme court of wisconsin so you know what that means don't you? >> so what does it mean?

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could be here or holding a campaign rally later tonight. we will be watching because he's actively posting statements online. i want to tell the public about one that he just posted in the last hour. he called the republican state legislature to, in his words, reclaimed the electoral college votes given to joe biden from 2020 and turn them over again in his words to the actual winner. this is a former president who is out on the campaign trail here in nevada, on his way to alaska, but talking about the 2020 election in the state of wisconsin. that's where these paths are so perpendicular to to each other. you have these multiple investigations, january 6th committee, and you've also got the -- launching her investigation and opening up the door to sue potential subpoena of donald trump themself in these weeks ahead. then you've also got the letitia james investigation, the new york attorney general's investigation in the state of

new york into the trump organization. a week from today, donald trump's stated to give a deposition under oath to the new york attorney general's investigation. that's where all of this comes to ahead. and so much of it is why he is looking at republicans getting majorities in the senate and the house. at least if they're able to do that, they would all but quash any congressional investigations into him at his allies. i want you to hear's messaging though in places like nevada, which could potentially ring in republican hands. take a listen. >> biden's established committees to go after republicans that it seems as though the justice department, and even local and state prosecutors, have become weaponized. thereafter politicians, not the people that are murdering people on the streets. >> and yasmin, let's be clear. elected congressional republicans or by and large standing behind the former

president. here in nevada yesterday, you saw the gop chairman, their candidate for governor, candidate for u.s. senator, candidate for secretary of state, can you today for u.s. congress, all their campaigning with the former president yesterday. while he continues to litigate 2020, they're very must also focused on 2022 and potentially 2024 for donald trump. >> sweating it out for us in las vegas. get back inside my front. to cool off. we appreciate it. the former president maybe getting just what he wants to tip the election in his favor if he decides to run again in 2024. the wisconsin supreme court ruling on friday to bar the use of valid drop boxes and for giving the voters to absentee ballots to -- particularly those with disabilities to cast their ballots in familiar, accessible ways. joining me now is --

i feel like this is an old school panel. we are taking it back. welcome to you both guys. basil, let me start with you. talk first. i keep getting these text messages from france saying what is happening? you think about the decision that was made in wisconsin. it will make it hard for folks to vote, straight up. and then you think about the announcement coming from the supreme court to hear more -- this case coming out of north carolina which could feasibly put power back in the hands of state legislators are's to decide election disputes. are you worry? >> i'm extremely worried. let's just take the wisconsin case for example. it the attention on the secretary of state -- the gop has not run that waist

and 40 years. it was a lot more pressure on the party to hold that seat. there are over two dozen elects the secretaries of state around the country. these are the folks that oversee our elections. these are positions that, as democrats, i'm sure there were already paying attention to, but more so under the spotlight. when you add the layer of this state legislation theory that the supreme court will be taking up, it really and should concern us because that will have an effect on clamping down roads votes across the country. so that in effect, the secretaries of state won't matter. it will be the state legislatures that matter. guess what? we lost 1000 of the seats during the obama years. if we do not pay attention to state legislatures, this is go only going to continue. this should be very concerning to all of us.

we should be talking about it more. >> susan, follow up for me on that, which is are you concerned? if you, are what can be done about it? >> i'm extremely concerned, not just because it stops people from prevents people from voting, but if we want to get out of our polarized system, we need more people participating. -- we are no longer individual states needed to gather by a federal governments, but rather we are unraveling and becoming individual states with individual rules. who's to say the next thing states can do independent of one another? perhaps airplane regulations or something else? i do worry that we are definitely falling apart as a nation. we are not coming together. what can be done about? it just with basil said. this happened at the state level. there is no ifs ands or buts.

in addition just that, we need to send on people on both sides. right now the republicans are absolutely 100% responsible for not governing, but we need governance in washington. instead of knocking the gun bill that was just passed, the gun safety legislation, say that we got something done. that was a good thing. >> so you are saying democrats should get out in front. that's what i'm hearing. you are hearing voting as a solution as well. let's talk about democrats getting out in front. that's a long kick this one to you. some of the criticism the biden administration is getting. i'm sure the tweets are coming in on my phone. about not getting out in front of these issues forcefully enough, whether it be the overturn of roe, whether the gun registration so foreign and so forth. the president has been incredibly emotional about the mass shootings that have happened in this country. there has been gun legislation

that has gone through the senate. that is a success. the executive order that was signed by the president when i came to securing abortion rights across the country, that is something that he can do. otherwise his hands are really tight. talk to me about this criticism and how the president, the administration can turn around. >> i'm gonna get some tweets about this also. i absolutely agree that the administration could be doing a little bit more to show more urgency, but, if i'm going to be honest, six years ago, hillary clinton told the last chapter and verse, chapter and verse what was going to happen. >> she did. in the debate. >> in the debate. and throughout the campaign. and we should have been concerned and fearful van. my concern therefore is that the fear that whether it's joe biden or anybody else can drum up about the consequences of what's happens is not gonna be enough. unfortunately, a lot of

democrats -- as opposed to setting people to office to do the job. and right now we need to focus not just on drumming up that fear and that anger, of course that's important, because that emotional context is certainly very important. it is president right now. we also need to focus on election candidates that we know that can do the job. if the president can do that in state parties across the country's, that he absolutely can. we can just put this on his shoulders quite frankly. we need majorities in the house and the senate. and we need everybody participating in this process. >> what's fascinating is we talk about this focus on fear. that's exactly with the former president did back in 2016. he focused on fear. he tried to make the republican party and the people who voted for him afraid of what the future may look like in this country is he is not the leader. now there is criticism being

put out their, or, guidance was -- how democrats need to focus on fear if they don't remain in power what could actually happen in this country. one thing i want to play for you. one thing i want to reach for. you are gonna play some sound of the president talking about the overturning of roe. then after that i'm gonna read for you a little bit of an op-ed from the new york times. >> some of the states don't allow for exceptions for rape or incest. this is not some imagined horror. it's already happening. just last week, it was reported that a ten year old girl was a rape victim, ten years old, just imagine being that little girl, ten years old. does anyone believe that this ohio majority view that that should not be able to be dealt with? or in any other state in the nation? a ten-year-old girl should be

forced to give birth to her rapist child? i can tell you what i know. i can't think of anything much more extreme. >> the reality of the. let me reach for you susan as well a part of the new york times op-ed saying essentially democrats need to seize on the fear of the future. the party needs to scare voters and show that they too are scared, they need to demonstrate that they're willing to put themselves at the mercy of those they fail, making specific promises and letting the voters know that if they fail again, it will be more than a fundraising opportunity. do you think this is a winning strategy? is this the way to go? >> it's in part a winning strategy. in the sense that you have to rally up the base. if i was advising joe biden, i would have ended that speech with and mitch mcconnell, tell

us do you believe this ten-year-old girl should have should carry this baby for trump? mitch mcconnell, is everyone in your congress, everyone in your caucus rather, do they all support this? i would hound them, rape, in life for the mother -- that should be hounded every republican candidate nationwide, from u.s. senate to city council. on the other side, one thing i'm really surprised that this administration hasn't done is leaning on democratic governors who are flushed with cash because of covid funding, and they should be supporting those the agenda president biden, not going behind his back. >> basil, did i hear you say no arrest of that? >> i absolutely agree with that. i'll pick up on susan's earlier point about states being together. the concern that i have and that effort from friends, we

are headed for our own version of american apartheid. that's the concern. if we do not do something soon about knitting the states together, getting behind these democratic governors or governors that are willing to fight for, us we are going to be where we cannot come back. >> thank you both guys. good to see you. the challenges ahead for the uk prime minister, announcing he will step down. ster, announcing h will step down will step down but one thing can calm uncertainty. an answer. uncovered through exploration, teamwork, and innovation. mayo clinic. you know where to go. welcome back everybody.

a shocking resignation, great big waiting waiting for the naming of the new prime minister after boris johnson's resignation. megan is live for us from london. take us to have folks are reacting there, admits what's taking place over the last few days. >> yasmin, i can tell you there was a lot of frustration, certainly with the opposition party but with members of forest ronson's own party. you just look at what's happened just a couple weeks ago, last month, when members of boris johnson's own party wrote those letters which then triggered that vote of no confidence. that he narrowly survived. ever since, then we have been seeing this mounting of people saying they are fed up. they are frustrated with the current prime minister. you think about all the scandals. we've seen over the last several months.

party gate is one of them. then that sort of shifts the conversation to what's the people of this country are feeling. we have spoken to a lot of people. there are some that support the prime minister. there are others who are just tired of it. and frustrated and want to go in a different direction. i can tell you we have seen a lot of people putting their names into the ring to try to become the next conservative leader of this country. so the process will look like is that the conservative members of parliament will narrow down the field to two. then that will go to tory members throughout the country, to then vote on who they want to eventually be the prime minister of the country. this is a process that is already getting started right now. we are expecting it to kick off this week. a lot of big names in the ring, such as the former treasurer whose praise for the way he handled the economy here in the uk during those really difficult times, during the pandemic.

there is also the foreign secretary liz truss. it's also worth mentioning that the defense secretary ben wallace, he was favored, and the way in which he is handed the ukraine crisis, he's actually tweeted that he is not going to be vying for the conservative party position. if i have the time here to read this tweet for you. he's tracking it up to speaking with this family, speaking with his friends, that he went on to say that he made the decision not to move forward with this contest but that he is thanking everyone for their support. it's certainly going to be a battle that we will be watching closely as that unfolds over the coming months. >> we certainly will. nbc's megan fitzgerald for us in london. we'll be right back. s megan fitzgerald for it's easier to do more innovative things. [whistling] in london.

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that wraps it up for me everybody. i'm yasmin vossoughian. i'll be back here tomorrow 2 pm eastern. symone starts now. >> good evening. i'm michael steele in for who symone who is off today. coming up this hour, wrongfully detained, that is how the u.s. government describes the imprisonment of britney griner, paul wayland and other americans. now they're griner has admitted to drug possession, -- >> donald trump's former white house