close to 2000000 children are in desperate need of treatment due to severe acute malnutrition, andy brooks is the unicef regional child protection adviser for eastern and southern africa. he says, that's concerned that the latest developments are hindering the progress that's already been made. the real standout figure is a 267 percent increase in somali beach, which is on the board, which is on the border with somalia. and he's one of the regents which helped marriage was high, but through a lots of engagement on keeping girls in school on empowering goes through different kinds of support clubs, reproductive health, etc. progress was being made, progress was being made on f, g m as well in that the sites thing. and the big fear we have is that the progress made is being unmade very, very quickly. school is a major safety that support predictable routine environ, with children can be tracked poverty. you know, the fact that, you know, we're being told that the price, the but salary, for example, to marry a girl. this is much less than it would sometimes 2 or 3 girls are getting married an

andy brooks is a unicef regional child protection adviser for eastern in southern africa. he says the impact to the drought could be reversing progress in the region. the real standout figure is, is a 267 percent increase in somali beach, which is on the board, which is on the border with somalia. and he's one of the regents where child marriage was high, but through a lot of engagement on keeping girls in school on empowering goes through different kinds of support clubs, reproductive health, et cetera. progress was being made, progress was being made on f t m as well and that the sites thing and the big fear we have is that the progress made is being unmade very, very quickly. school is a major safety that support predictable routine environ with children can be tracked. poverty is the fact that, you know, we're being told that the price, the but our, we, for example, to marry a girl. this is much less than it would sometimes 2 or 3 girls are getting married and, and it's 2 or 3 less mouse to feed in the house as well. so these are some of the drivers that lead into the

kmitded a crime. >> reporter: in tigaddition to perry and gates, other members sought a pardon, mel brooks, andy biggs, marjorie taylor greene. now greene was a second-hand witness, her her say this. she has denied asking for a parted, others will to get it, mo brooks, but anybody overturning the election, he was concerned democrats would niez the justice farmt against political enemies. >> thank you very much, i want to go to the january 6th committee which congressman, i appreciate you taking the time back in the show. it was rifting to watch this today. we heard ton hew say today and i quote him, there were a lot of people whispering in his ear, feeding him these conspiracy theories and allegations, but he, donohue, told trump these theories were false and detailed the one about the truck full of ballots and ballot count not adding up in pennsylvania. every sing. one of them ex brain trump they were false. >> do you believe your committee proved today that trump did something illegal or was he just listening to bad advice and conspiracy theories? >> well, rosen and donohue absolutely told him

those include matt gates, mo brooks, andy biggs, marjory taylor green. some have denied this ever happened. matt gates is under investigation in an alleged sex trafficking investigation. he has denied all wrong doing, he has not been charged. but according to the testimony we heard in the hearing today, matt gates was asking for one of those from the beginning of time for everything he has ever done kind of pardons. and, you know, that could be an interesting thing for prosecutors who are still looking at him and are still going to have to decide whether or not he faces these charges. it depends on what he told the white house his pardons were about. this could add complications to matt gates. at this point, these members of congress are saying that there's nothing to see here but, as you can tell from the testimony from people inside the white house, this actually happened. >> you mentioned mr. biggs -- >> mr. biggs did. mr. dornan talked about congressional pardons but he never asked me for one. mr. gomer asked for one as well and mr. perry also. i'm s

congress who say they asked for presidential pardons including congressman matt gaetz, mo brooks, louie gohmert, andy biggs and scott perry, all spread false claims about joe biden's victory. perry's office calls the claim a soulless lie. mo brooks didn't deny the pardon request but said it was unnecessary after all. and while gaetz hasn't denied the pardon request, he dismissed the committee as a political sideshow. republican congressman adam kinzinger ending yesterday's hearing with this statement. >> the only reason i know to ask for a pardon is because you think you've committed a crime. >> reporter: and last night the chair of the january 6th committee saying he can prove those pardon requests were made. andrew, mona. >> all right, jay, thank you. >>> investigators are looking into a collision on the tarmac at new york's jfk airport. the pilot of an air france flight reported that his plane was hit by a jet from italy's ita airways, but the air traffic controller had trouble understanding his accent and by the time the controller contacted the pilot of the italian jet, he had already taken off

gaetz, other republican members apparently also asked for pardons, that includes louie gohmert, mo brooks, andy biggs and marjorie taylor greene. greene has denied the testimony that the committee showed was s secondhand testimony saying that they had heard that greene had asked for a pardon through the white house counsel's office. she's denied that. others though have confirmed it including mo brooks, the congressman from alabama who said that he had asked for a pardon, a blanket pardon, for all republicans who sought to challenge the election results, overturn the election results, because he said that he was concerned that democrats coming this would weaponize the justice department against their political enemies. manu raju, cnn, capitol hill. >> thanks very much, manu. the january 6 committee has met behind closed doors with the british filmmaker who documented the final week of the trump presidency. the three part series will be released this summer by discovery plus which provided us with this clip. have a look. >> can we talk for a minute about january 6? >> yeah. well, it was a sad da

congress who they say asked for presidential pardons, including congressman matt gaetz, will mo brooks, louis gomer, andy biggs and scott perry. last night the chairman of the committee said he can prove those requests were made. the next public hearing on the capital attack is expected to be the week of july 11. reggie: state lawmakers have just approved a bill protecting abortion providers and patients. it comes ahead of a decision that could overturn roe v. wade. the bill protects and prevents civil lawsuits from outside the state from being enforced in california. it comes in response to states that have made it possible for private citizens to sue anyone that helps a woman obtained abortion. that bill will go into effect immediately after the governor signs it. oakland police need help identifying a driver that hit and killed a driver that was cycling with his kids. we will show you the video. we do warn you that you may find starving. you can see the family on their bikes at 14th and jefferson streets. they begin to cross the street when a four-door black infinity goes speeding through the crosswal

the six republicans are scott perry, mo brooks, louie gohmert, andy biggs, and marjorie taylor greenede la creep matt gaetz. ( booing ) who was looking for pardons for more than just this coup. >> the pardon he was discussing, requesting, was as broad as you could describe. "from the beginning"-- i remember he said, "from the beginning of time, up until today, for any and all things." >> stephen: that's a little broad. "yeah, ah, i need a pardon from the beginning of time, or my girlfriend's sophomore year, whichever came first." and this was important to matt gaetz. he wouldn't let it go. >> mr. gaetz was personally pushing for a pardon, and he was doing so since early december. i'm not sure why. >> stephen: i am. i'm pretty sure there's a major reason. and it involves a minor. we'll be right back with beto o'rourke. stick around! ( cheers and applause ) ( band playing ) hey, got you a drink. thanks! ♪ ♪ it's right around the corner. do you see that? hiiiii! that's what's so good about it! ok, you can look. i like it. ahhh! (laughter) what are you doing tomorrow? (laughter) can dove

. >> reporter: and cnn's reported some of those other congressmen include paul gosar, andy biggs and mo brookse question is, if you were seeking a pardon, why are you now saying that you did nothing wrong, which is something all of these members of congress have said. now, scott perry himself, pushing back on this claim on twitter today. he said, quote, the notion that i ever sought a presidential pardon for myself or other members of congress is an absolute shameless and soulless lie. so, of course, the question now, victor and alison, is does the committee have this evidence as they claim, and when will they present it to the american people? that's something we're going to have to wait and see. >> ryan nobles, thank you very much. the hearing also revealed never-before-seen video of leaders of the proud boys and the oathkeepers, it shows that they met in a garage on january 5th, the night before the capitol riot. the video shows some of the violence that the proud boy members used against police officers. cnn's jessica schneider has the details. what have you learned? >> reporter: alison an

congress who they say asked for presidential pardons, including congressman matt gaetz, will brooks, willie gomer, andy biggs and scott perry. last night the chairman of the committee said he can prove those requests were made. the next public hearing on the capital attack is expected to be the week of july 11. reggie: state lawmakers have just approved a bill protecting abortion providers inpatient -- and patients. it comes ahead of a decision that could overturn roe v. wade. the bill protects and prevents civil lawsuits from outside the state from being enforced in california. it comes in response to states that have made it possible for private citizens to sue anyone that helps a woman obtained abortion. that bill will go into effect immediately after the governor signs it. police need help identifying a driver that hit and killed a driver that was cycling with his kids. we will show you the video. you can see the family on their bicycles. they begin to cross the street when a four-door black infinity goes speeding through the sidewalk, hitting the father. the father was deaf and could not hear the

and according to cassidy hutchinson, mo brooks, matt gaetz, andy biggs, louie gohmert, scott perry, marjorie taylor greene, mark meadows, and rudy giuliani were seeking pardons. there's broad knowledge that criminality had taken place. you know, the republican sort of twitter official twitterdom has tried to dismiss this testimony today as no biggy, but it seems like they all thought it was a biggy at the time. >> without question, there were a host of senior white house officials and powerful congressional republicans who worried that they would or in fact did at least face the prospect of criminal prosecution because of what happened on january 6th. and remember, cassidy hutchinson worked in the white house as office of legislative affairs before she became mark meadows' top deputy. she knew all these people. part of her job was getting to know every single house republican really closely. what do they want, what do they need? what makes them tick? that's what staffers in any administration do. it's part of the gig. and because of that, she would have been very much aware, even in these fi

former president, for their involvement in january 6th, specifically representatives mo brooks, matt gaetz, andy biggs, louie gohmert, marjorie taylor greene and scott perry, the just tipt department officials you put at the top there, was really at the center of this effort to replace rosen with clark. saying perry brought him to the white house to introduce him to the former president. the committee also saying that former president trump also kind of skirted with the possibility of presidential pardons for white house staffers, family members, and anyone else involved in january 6th, the committee suggesting that this is proof that these people, the ones who formally requested them, had some sort of acknowledgment that their aks were criminal. >> you talked about the lawmakers who were requesting pardons, some in realtime, obviously on the hill this was a shock wave. i'm curious, those lawmakers who were mentioned, how did they respond to their names? what did they say about the pardons that they requested? >> so we heard some immediate responses yesterday, others took a couple of hours, we h

, witnesses say saw preemptive pardons from president trump, they include congressman mo brooks, matt gates, andy biggs, louis gomer, scott berry, perhaps marjorie taylor, these are sitting members of as a preventative, should they be censured? should they be removed from committees? what do you think? >> i think -- that is i guess, a decision for colleagues. my job is to put that evidence out there. at the end of that, i only know of one reason to seek a pardon. because, you are worried you are guilty, you have committed a crime. this is something that they have to answer to their constituents. you know? i cannot enforce rules in the house and do certain things unilaterally, but i think the bigger point is, listen, america, do you really want your members of congress out there, trying to bend or break the law, so that they can maintain political power? that is anathema to everything we ever learned in history class , whether you are in third grade or a senior. that has got to stop.'s budget is interesting, because you had three trump loyalist, rosen, donahue, and engel testified today. these are

efforts to overturn the election and the stop the steal rally, including jim jordan, andy biggs, paul gosar, mo brooks asked for preemptive presidential pardons while others have faced trump's wrath for not focusing enough on his election lies. for the hundreds of witnesses and thousand of hours of testimony it's important to remember who has been trying to hide from the truth and what other information they may have about the ex-president's attempted coupe. don't let obstruction blur into the background because accountability is the only way to ensure that this never happens to our country again. and that's your reality check. ♪ ♪ >>> good morning to viewers here in the united states and all around the world, it is wednesday, june 22nd. i'm john berma

a remarkable development showing these republicans, scott perry, louis gohmert, matt gaetz, mo brooks, andy biggs, and marjorie taylor greene had some knowledge that what they were engaging in was criminal, was illegal, and yet they pursued the big lie of voter fraud and everything that accompanied it and ultimately fueled a deadly insurrection. that stunning revelation of presidential pardon testimony, those requests, came as the committee put front and center today the pressure campaign waged by the ex-president on his department of justice, whose top officials fortunately for all of us stood up for the rule of law and the constitution and did not ever bend to the ex-president's demands to legitimize his lies. former doj officials described in dramatic detail a surreal meeting in the white house three days before the january 6th insurrection wherein they relayed to the ex-president that if he installed his guy at doj, jeffrey clark, as acting attorney general, they would all resign en masse. >> i said, mr. president, i would resign immediately. i'm not working one minute for this guy, who

and according to cassidy hutchinson, mo brooks, matt gaetz, andy biggs, gohmert, marjorie taylor greenews and rudy giuliani were seeking pardons. broad knowledge that criminalability had taken place. they tried to dismiss this testimony today as no biggy, but it seems look they all thought it was a biggy at the time. >> without question there were a host of senior white house officials and powerful congressional republicans who worried that they would or, in fact, did at least face the prospect of criminal prosecution because of what happened on january 6th. and remember, cassidy hutchinson worked in the white house office of legislative affairs before she became mark meadows top deputy. she knew all these people. part of her job was getting to know every single house republican really closely, what do they want? what do they need? what makes them tick? that's what ola staffers in any administration do. it's part of the gig. because of that, she would have been very much aware, even in these final days, even after she was in the office of legislative affairs role of the way that these m

a brooks of alabama, matt gaetz, louie gohmert, marjorie taylor greene, scott perry, and andy biggs.republican congress member adam kinzinger. >> my colleagues and i also take an oath. some of them failed to uphold theirs and instead chose to spread the big lie. days after the tragic events of january 6, some of these same republican members requested pardons in the waning days of the trump administration. five days after the attack on the capitol, representative mo brooks sent the email on the screen now. as you see, he emailed the white house "pursuant to a request from matt gaetz, requesting a pardon for representative gaetz himself and unnamed others." witnesses told the select committee that the president considered offering pardons to a wide range of individuals connected to the president. let's listen to some of that testimony. >> and was representative gaetz requesting a pardon? >> i believe so. the general tone was we may get prosecuted because we were densive , you know, the president's positions on these things. e pardonhat he was diussing reqsting was as broad as you can

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mo brooks, louie gohmert, matt gaetz, marjorie taylor greene, and andy biggs are the ones that the committeemony today said asked for pardons for themselves in relation to the 2020 election, and what they had said, again, very serious accusations, especially from one -- from members of congress against the other. so we're waiting to hear for their -- from their response. judy: yes, ande heard white house -- former white house aides and advisers making some of those statements. and, finally, lisa, this was the last hearing that we know has been scheduled. but we are now told there are going to be more hearings in the future. what do we know about that? and looking back on what we have learned so far, how do you put it together? lisa: we expect more hearings in july. we do not yet know how many. we don't know when. and one source told me that they're still deciding that, that they have a mountain of evidence to go through. and, in fact, they are getting more evidence now. one example, representative mo brooks of alabama, i just mentioned him as someone who was in the hearing today, testimony s

moe brooks wrote in an email specifically that matt gates was one of the lawmakers as well, i was asking for a pardon and andywas also involved and asked in some capacity. these lawmakers were asking for preemptive pardons. moe brooks put out the full email after the committee's hearings and tried to clarified that it was because of potential unfair persecution from democrats, even though the word he actually used an email was prosecution. you are exactly right there, there is a suggestion of guilt when juan asked for a printed pardon. >> persecution, prosecution, you re-arrange the vows and confidence, they are still fundamentally different words. what is the legal criteria for blanket pardons? can they cover, quote, from the beginning of time up until today for any and all things, as congressman gaetz apparently requested? >> it is academic because they did not get them, but it can be for crimes that have not yet been charged but they must be for crimes that have been committed. it can't just be, just in the off chance that you may have done something wrong once. we are not saying we did, but you will get t

they include congressman mo brooks, matt gaetz, andy biggs, louie gohmert, scott perry, perhaps marjorieill your sitting colleagues in the house of representatives. what should happen to them? should they be censured? removed from committees? what do you think? >> no, look. i guess that's a decision for colleagues, right? i mean, my job is to put the evidence out there. and as i said at the end of that, i only know of one recent to seek a pardon -- because you are worried that you are guilty. that you committed a crime. this is something they have to answer to their con sstituents. you know, i can't enforce rules of the house or do certain things unilaterally. but i this i the biggest point is, listen, america. do you really want your possible members of congress out there trying to bend or break the law so that they can maintain political power? that is like anathema to everything we learned in history class whether in 3rd grade or a senior and that is got to stop. >> you had rosen, donoghue, and engel testifying today. these are officials whop loyal to donald trump but were willing to

five pardons all together, kevin mccarthy himself, andy biggs, scott perry, jim jordan who mccarthy wanted on the committee in the first place and mo brookswed up in a bulletproof vest. seeking pardons, does it mean that you committed a crime does it mean that you think you did? >> it means you looked at your own actions and you saw what happened saying somebody might have a problem with what i just tried to do because what i just tried to do was overthrow the united states government and i almost got people killed so maybe i need some legal protection now. look, one of the things we saw last night, joy, is that liz cheney is going to dog walk for kevin mccarthy. it's going to be a bad five days for kevin mccarthy was scared and we know he was. a bunch of them were. they were frantically calling and trying to get the very one person that they all knew could stop it. lindsey graham called the vapors he was so scared, but now that the immediate physical dangers to their persons have passed, now they have this now -- now they are back tock more scared for their jobs than they are for their people and one of the things we'll see with the pard

andy scholes has it all covered. >> good morning, this is the second tournament for liv golf, first in the u.s. and former major winners brooksng their debuts for that series later today. all the golfers who left the pga for big money have faced heavy criticism for helping saudi arabia try to sports wash, improve their image through golf. ken koepka was asked about that yesterday. >> they are allowed to have their opinions. you know, we've heard it, i think everybody has, but like we said, our only job is to play golf and that is all we're trying to do. trying to grow the game, do all this other stuff, trying the best we can. >> and this week's tournament will feature ten major champions with 20 wins between them. the tournament starts at 4:00 eastern. >>> to baseball, mets and astros, scary moment. alvarez and pena both chasing after this fly ball to left center. they will get into a nasty collision. alvarez afterwards, he stayed down for several minutes. eventually had to be carted off the field. pena who held on to the ball for an out was able to walk back to the dugout. both guys were evaluated for a concussion. the game,

congressman andy biggs says that this is a false accusation and then you have scott perry, his office tells me that it's a ludicrous, soulless lie, then republican representative mo brooksnot denying this at all. he told me he spoke with trump multiple times after january 6th about his pardon request and that it was trump that told him to put his request in writing. he is standing by his actions this morning, cecilia. >> asking for a pardon for 147 republicans, rachel, thanks so much. amy. >>> cecilia, now to ukraine and the european union granting the war-torn country candidate status. it is a powerful and symbolic moment on the path to full membership that sends a strong message to russia and it all comes as the u.s. announces it will send another $450 million in military aid. our foreign correspondent james longman is in ukraine with the latest on that. good morning, james. >> reporter: yeah, good morning, amy. i'm at a sports complex her in kharkiv. it was hit last night by a brrage of russian rockets. take a look at the level of devastation. day in, day out, russia is smashing this area. this as we understand ukrainians are now withdrawing from severodonetsk. this