there he is, sergeant mark robinson. he's here with me now.king out on cnn, but first, i just have a reminder for you. this is his key testimony to the january 6th committee. watch this. >> was there any description of what was occurring in the car? >> no. only that, the only description i received was that the president was upset, and that he was adamant about going to the capital, and there was a heated discussion about that. so at the end of the speech, we do know that well inside the limo, the president was still adamant about going to the capital. that's been relayed to me by the tsa agent. and so, we did part the ellipse, and we responded back to the white house. however, we, at the motorcade, were placed on standby. >> sergeant, good evening. thanks for joining. >> good evening, don. thank you. >> tell us more about how you learn that the president was adamant about going to the capitol. >> well, the communication came directly from the secret service agent and to the leading officer in the car. so, you are constantly, you know, concern

including testimony from retired easy metropolitan police sergeant, mark robinson.mp's motorcade that day. i wasn't asked by the secret service agent responsible for the motorcade said that trump had a heated discussion with his detail about going to the capital. darius, sergeant mark robinson he's here with me now this is first time speaking out on cnn but first i just have a reminder for you. this is the key testimony to the general six committee. watch this. >> was there any description of what was occurring in the car? we >> know, only that the president was upset. and that he was adamant about going to the capital. and it was a heated discussion about that. so, at the end of the speech, we do know that while inside the limo. the president was still adamant about going to the capital. that's been relate to me by the tsa agent. and so, we did partly ellipse and we responded back to the white house. however, the motorcade was placed on standby. >> sergeant good evening, thanks for joining. >> good evening don, thank you. >> tell us more about how you learn the ben

joining me now is north carolina's lieutenant governor mark robinson.s so much for joining us. i find this phenomenon on the left so troubling. people like yourself, strong, black conservatives with a compelling black story. they reserve a special degree of hatred for men and women like you. >> you look back throughout the history of america, democrats despise black people who don't go along to get along, who push back glens falls their tifs and dangerous ideologies. it is true democrats have switched and the democratic party has not changed their ideology towards black people. it's always been an ideology of control. when they cannot crawl, which -t control you, they hate you. they have done it to me and it's nothing new. dan: this is a decades long war against the black community. their war on the nuclear black family is generational. the results of that war have been devastating. it's been destroyed in areas run by liberals. your thoughts on that. >> it started with the great society program and the machinations of the democratic politicians who thou

mark robinson. told me about what he heard over the events in the presidential suv on january 6th. >> we've heard it several times. well i was on the motorcade. i think, during the speech. shortly thereafter. yet i finished a speech. the present is getting into the motorcade and he was upset. and he adamantly wanted to go to the capitol. and even when we departed from the ellipse, it was repeated again that the president. it was a heated argument in the limo. it definitely go to the capitol. so when we arrived at the white house the motorcade was placed on standby. kim look this is coming to light. it put a spotlight on the secret service. so, beyond these pivotal techs, how important is it going to be for investigators to get to the bottom of what happened on the speech at the ellipse. well the medical data reportedly demonstrates that ten of 24 secret service agents engaged in text messages on that day. so when it comes to the potential criminal implications, that is doj, not so much what the comm

metropolitan police sergeant mark robinson, speaking to our don lemon last night.s part of donald trump's motorcade on january 6th. and don is with us here to discuss this interview. so interesting to hear him talk about it. we heard it multiple times, he says, while he was in the motorcade. >> good morning. there is just having him and just doing an interview, good to see you, as well. >> you too, man. >> it is -- it is interesting to have him sort inof in that environment, he's a nice guy, he's a genuine good guy, you can tell, right, you can get what kind of a person he is, it comes through the television. but what's interesting is he said, i had been in, you know, over 100 motorcades since 2011. and i've been in these situations. not an insurrection, but similar situations where there was a motorcade and not once had the president wanted to go somewhere and everyone around him said no, we're not doing it and was adamant about it and he said, imagine if he would have gone, if we would have gone back to the capitol with the president what would have happened. mor

tenant governor north carolina mark robinson. [applause] thank you. you are a very popular guy.omebody that really took this country by storm. not just the state, but took the country by storm. tudor dixon soon to be the governor of michigan we hope. tutor is fantastic. she recently lost her father and he is looking down he saying i'm so proud of my daughter. i guess that was his last meeting. they were at mar-a-lago and he was incredible. he was somebody that knew what china was doing, he knew more about china and what they were doing to us and devastation and we put on those tariffs and they work so good i hope they don't terminate the tariffs but your father is looking down on you right now and he is so proud. he can believe it. so congratulations, go get him. she is running against a woman whose husband did not obey any of her orders. she is the shutdown queen, but everybody was shut down but her husband. he was out there canoeing all by himself. normally you would not consider that a bad thing but when nobody else is allowed to do it. now many fort michigan, attorney genera

the second witness is retired sergeant mark robinson of the d.c. police department who was assigned to the presidential motorcade that day. he sat and lead vehicle with the secret service agent responsible for the motorcade. here is how he remembers the exchange. >> was there any description of what was occurring in the car? >> no. the only description i received was that the president was upset and adamant about going to the capital and there was a heated discussion about that. >> when you say heated, was that your word? >> no, the president was upset and he was saying there was a heated argument or discussion about going to the capital. >> how many times would you say he had been part of that motorcade? >> probably over 100 times. >> in that 100 times, did you ever witness another discussion or argument of a heated discussion with the president where they were contradicting where he was supposed to go? >> no. >> like other witnesses, sergeant robinson also testified that he was aware that individuals in the crowd were armed. >> yes, i believe the

lieutenant the governor mark robinson, he is a black conservative, and my monologue tonight, please,s. they are. they reserve a special place, if they do, in their hearts for hatred for black conservatives. i'm tired of it, what they did to herschel walker this past week, some of the comments are disgusting. and the monologue or, it's going to burn the house down. i've got a doctor about the use of psychedelics, and i also bring back the rebuttal this week, will. i know you like debating on the air, it's one of my favorites too, so i'm going to get into it with a democrat over the disastrous economy -- will: who? who are you tangling with? >> my buddy jose, and it gets kind of hot at one point, he tells me -- accuses me of something that he kind of steps -- [laughter] a little bit, if you know what i mean. and i didn't like that -- [laughter] that's okay, that's okay. will: i love it. we'll be watching. thank you, dan. 9 eastern tonight. carley: all right. turning now to your headline, actress anne heche is in critical condition after she crashed into a building leaving one home in f

wayne gretzky's number 99 in hockey and jackie robinson's number 42 in baseball. and in fact, this year marks of jackie robinson breaking major league baseball's color barrier. now the dodgers is celebrating that historic agreement. before making history in his first game as a brooklyn dodger in 1947, robinson was an all star in the negro leagues for the kansas city monarchs. kansas city is now home to the negro league's baseball museum. and a short time ago, the l.a. dodgers visited the museum ahead of tonight's matchup with the kansas city royals, the team reflecting on the sacrifices and the legacy of all those that came before. and among those who had an opportunity to get through it and now talk about his experiences, joining us from kansas city, dodgers manager dave roberts. so good to see you. >> it is so good seeing you, and you couldn't have laid this out any better. this is quite the honor. what a day we've already had. this is the first time the los angeles dodgers have been to kansas city since 2014. and as you mentioned, jackie robinson, 75 years, breaking the color barrier. toda

susan: we should tell people that misses robinson will mark her 100th birthday in july of this year.nch rickey, who was he? kostya: he was the president and general manager of the dodgers. he was the man who wanted to integrate baseball. he saw a window into doing this. during the war years that is , when he thought about this before he had thought about robinson particularly. his motivation through his work was he had famously had a portrait of abraham lincoln in his office. he didn't think it was asinine -- he thought it was asinine to have segregation in baseball. he did not think it was right, but he would openly say it, he was not aware this was a business opportunity to attract new fans to the game and make the dodgers better. in the years after robinson came out, they had other great african-american players. the capture, roy campanella, the pitcher, and others, they were ahead of the game and it helped the dodgers become a powerhouse in the national league. he was thinking about in humanistic terms. without a doubt, he was somebody who was very pleased that jackie had rachel

robinson. and msnbc contributor mike barnicle. we have new reporting on what sparked the search at mar-a-lago. two weeks ago, the government recovered more than 300 documents markednald trump so far. the first batch returned in january included more than 150 classified documents, but there were more. according to the "times," quote, the number ignited intense concern at the justice department and helped to trigger the criminal investigation that led fbi agents to swoop into mar-a-lago this month, seeking to recover more. a number of people briefed on the matter telling the "times," the former president personally went through 15 boxes beforehand before handing them over in january. quote, the highly sensitive nature of some of the material in the boxes prompted archive officials to refer the matter to the justice department which, within months, convened a grand jury investigation. the government retrieved a second set of documents from the former president's aides in june, followed by a third set seized in the fbi search two weeks ago. according to the "times," the large number of documents and the amount of time they remained at mar-a-lago while being sought by

robinson. the bill that president biden signed today provides more services to veterans exposed to toxic burn pits in iraq and afghanistan, and the passage of that bill marks in a string of legislative victories for the president. of late the greatest of which will be the likely passage of the inflation act coming up. back to our panel, joe biden has been on a hell of a run and made people that said he was wrong to compare himself earlier in the administration with lbj and fdr, he didn't have margins, he wouldn't get this done. this passage of the version of build back better would make people say maybe it wasn't wiz to say those things. is that going to translate for democrats in the mid-terms? >> well, i think that things have fundamentally changes, john, from where they were in may and early june in the national environment. what's the national environment? is there a red wave? where is this headed? and the quality of the candidates and what they run on and their messaging. and i think what's happened is a combination of things what joe biden has done demonstrated competency of the democratic party, so they can run on a contrast message of competency an