the president does not have — president.th you, i listen to this testimony tonight and i think to myself my, goodness. from the white _ to myself my, goodness. from the white house i was in and there — the white house i was in and there have been, for lack of a better— there have been, for lack of a better way of putting it, there should — better way of putting it, there should have been an adult in the room _ should have been an adult in the room who said this is wrong you need — the room who said this is wrong you need to go out there right now— you need to go out there right now and — you need to go out there right now and right this wrong and the fact— now and right this wrong and the fact that we had those many minutes, — the fact that we had those many minutes, those many advisers were — minutes, those many advisers were sitting around commiserating with the president of the united states in his— president of the united states in his private dining room, i find — in his private dining room, i find astounding in ways th

the president said, vice president pence -- president trump called vice president pence a coward and placed all the blame on him for not turning -- when we ask you about your reaction to seeing 224:00 suite in real-time, you used the same imagery to describe it. you made the decision to resign after seeing this tweet, could you please tell us why? >> yes. that was shortly after i'd gone back to the white house. i began to see, for the first time, those images on the tv of the chaos that was unfolding at the capital. one of my aids handed me a -- one of my aides handed me a sheet of paper. i was quite disturbed by it. i was disturbed and worried that the president was attacking vice president hence -- vice president for trying to do his duty. we needed at that moment was a de-escalation. it looked like fuel being poured on the fire. that is the moment i decided i would resign. it would be my last day at the white house. i simply did not want to be associated with the events that were unfolding at the capitol. >> what was your reaction to the tweet about vice president pence? >> the si

karine: the vice president spoke with the president, i'll let her speak to that. you heard from the first lady, of course she's a first lady, she spoke she said she tested negative. clearly she is a close contact. look, you know, i'll say this. our commitment since last july is to disclose when the president or one of the four principles is a close contact of staff who tested positive as defined by the c.d.c., the definition by the c.d.c. or when he tests positive which is what we're doing for all of you today. for example, we were transparent with the vice president. when she tested positive. when the second gentleman tested positive. and we're doing that currently right now with him. so we are transparent when the president biden was a close contact of a staff member in december, but for privacy reasons we will not get into more details as it relates to that. so we're starting the process. i don't have a number, a list of folks to share with you. i think that if i know some of your colleagues traveled with us, if there are any concerns or questions feel free to

is doing what on president? >> get to serve it. that big short i say. in addition, mister cipollone testified that it would have been feasible as commentators on television were suggesting. >> for president trump to immediately appear at the podium in the press room to address the nation. would it be possible in any president to walk down to the podium and >> tough talk to the nation any between first 2 o'clock in for 17, 1, 2, the new season. >> without the cost would have been possible. yes, yes, with possible. we just heard mister cipollone say that president trump could have gone to the press briefing room to issue a statement at any moment. >> to give you a sense of just how easy that would have been. let's take a look at a map of the west wing. as we saw earlier, the president's private dining room is at the bottom of the map. the press briefing room is at the top highlighted in blue and the rose garden where the president ultimately filmed his go home video is on the right next to the oval office and that

and vice president. mr. cipollone tried to participate in this meeting, but he was apparently turned away. >> you didn't go to the meeting in the oval office where easement went to meet with the president. do you remember why you didn't personally attend? >> i did walk to that meeting, i did go into the oval office with the idea of attending that meeting. ultimately, i did not attend that meeting. >> why? not >> the reasons for that -- >> were you asked not attend the meeting or did you make the personal decision not to? >> again, without getting into -- >> recall that greg jacob, the vice president's counsel stated that mr. eastman acknowledged he would lose 9 to 0 if his legal theory were challenged in the supreme court. mr. cipollone had reviewed mr. eastman's legal theory and expressed his view repeatedly that the vice president was right. he even offered to take the blame for the vice president's position. >> i thought the vice president did not have the authority to do what the meeting suggested un

presidents. part of it is his age, part of it is the sheer fact of who he is as a politician. he was not elected to go after the governor of florida. he was not elected to be the loudest voice in the room. so now, some democrats, the frustration is boiling over. as he said the other week, i'm the president who you have. he's the president in the moment here. there is nothing he can perhaps do to satisfy all of the anxieties and frustrations. but there's more he likely could do. he's frustrated -- he has said many times, he told me at the beginning of the year in a press conference he planned to leave washington more, to be in the country. that has not happened much. he traveled to cleveland, but it was his first domestic trip in quite some time. presidents are busy, his schedule is busy with foreign trips, etc. the reality of what he can do, he's never likely to meet the moment of some other progressives. not sure we want our president to be going after individual governors. and of course, govern

every president swears or affirms to faithfully execute the office of president of the united states and to the best of their ability preserve, protect, and defend the constitution of the united states. the president also assumes the constitutional duty to take care that our nation's laws be faithfully executed. and as the commander in chief of our military, r hearings have shown the many ways in which president trump tried to stop the peaceful transfer of power in the days leading up to january 6. with each step of his plan, he betrayed his oath of office. and was derelict in his duty to night, we will further examine president trump's actions on the day of the attack on the capital. early that afternoon, president tromp instructed tens of thousands of supporters at and near the ellipse rally. a number of whom he knew were armed with various types of weapons to march to the capitol. after telling the crowd to march multiple times, he promised he would be with them and finished his remarks at $110.00 p. m. like this, we're going to walked out and i'll be there with you. we're going t

snowmobiling saw the president president ford and his family. principally golf carts to get around or walk. >> just a reminder to everyone we are going to be taking questions at the end of our conversation. if you do have questions for mike about camp david comments history, what it's like please put them in the chat will get to as many as possible. stock a little bit about the history of camp david the historic events that have taken place for camp david. can you talk about some of these episodes for them and why presidents might choose camp david for the setting of these historic occurrences? >> i will mention four events and then i will focus on the fifth one in particular. we have seen photos from the nearby stream. but the point of the bottom left of them talking about how, roosevelt on the top left inside aspen the stone hearth fireplace is still there for there is a wagon wheel the roosevelt table is still there. president truman, i only went ten times in his tenure he preferred key west. the presidents come that that's the first time wit

but the president didn't care. the next day chief of staff maurer meadows sent a flurry of emails to you, mr. robin, asking that the department look into a new set of allegations. and we're going to put those emails here on the screen. here we see three requests made on january forest. one email is a request from mr. meadows to you, mr. rosenberg, to send jeffrey clark to fulton county. what did you do with this request? >> well, really, nothing. certainly didn't send mr. clark to fulton county. but that email was the first corroboration i had seen of mr. clark had told me that that point is that the president was considering making the change by monday, january 4th. so mr. meadows's email was something awful corroboration that there were discussions going on. i had not been informed about by mr. clark or anybody else. >> i'm interested in the second request. you have is to have the department of justice lawyers investigate allegations of fraud related to new mexico. mr. rosen, did you have concern about these emai

presidency. also this weekend at 2:00 p.m. eastern on the presidency, his book for the presidency where he documents stories of every presidential campaign from george washington to donald trump. exploring the american story. saturdays on c-span 2. and find a full schedule on your program guide or watch online anytime at c-span.org/history. >> every sunday on c-span 2 features leading authors discussing their latest nonfiction books. at 9:00 eastern harvard professor and 2022 book prizewinner on his book the weirdest people in the world where he recounts how and why western democratic societies offered. at 10:00 eastern former nasa deputy administrator the first efforts to modernize nasa with her memoir book escaping gravity. she is interviewed by kristin davenport. find a full schedule on your program guide or watch online anytime at otb.org. -- book tv.org. >> mike pence talked about the supreme court's overturning roe v. wade during a service at the florence baptist temple in south carolina. t

the day of the senator's death president johnson sent letters to the president of the senate and the speaker of the house. which urgently implored congress to enact a meaningful and effective gun control law. what in the name of conscience will it take? to pass a truly effective gun control law this hour of tragedy that question should at last be answered. let us now spell out our grief. in constructive action during the month of june as he had done throughout the entire period of his incumbency the president continued to members of congress to stop the senseless criminal violence resulting from easy access to guns. on june 10 the president convened the national commission on the causes and prevention of violence. gathered in the east room the special panel, which would come to be known as the eisenhower commission after its chairman, dr. milton eisenhauer. included members from across section of american life church government education and labor and my charge to you. is simple and direct? i ask you to undertake a penetrating search. for the causes and the prevention of violence. a

every president swears or firms to faithfully execute the office of president of the united states and to the best of their ability preserve, protect and defend the constitution of the united states. the president also assumes the constitutional duty to take care that our nation's laws be faithfully executed. and he's the commander in chief of our military. our hearings have shown the many ways in which president trump tried to stop the peaceful transfer of power in the days leading up to january 6. with each step of his plan, he betrayed his oath of office. and was derelict in his duty. tonight. we will further examine president trump's actions on the day of the attack on the capitol. early that afternoon, president trump instructed 10's of thousands of supporters add in near the ellipse rally, a number of whom he knew were armed with various types of weapons to march to the capitol. after telling the crowd to march multiple times he promised he would be with them and finished his remarks at one 10:00pm like this. >> we're going to walk down and i'll be there with you. we're going to

shadow president. the actual president was not doing anything but creating more chaos. the details of the white house, lawyers and otherwise, ringing with situation. they timely got the president to make a statement and they collapsed. mike pence had another half a day ahead of him to the capitol. he was the just on the phone asking about the military. he worked another half a day for the vote to be taken and stay at his post. mike pence was doing the job of the day as the president of the united states fled the field. >> scott, we also learned tonight that members of vice president's secret service detail were saying goodbye to family members. they were concerned about their own physical safety. it was that close to where they were. they were concerned they couldn't even evacuate mike pence and his family there. >> that radio traffic really landed vice president's security detail, secret service detail, calling about their families, worried they were in danger. that the former vice president was cry h

so if president trump wasn't calling long foresman or military leaders, what to president trump spend his time doing that afternoon. while he 1st settled into the dining room, he was calling senators to encourage them to delay or object to the certification years kaylee mckinney, his press secretary to explain or this is back there and he was list of senators and he's calling them one by one. you know which ones you go to that to my recollection. know on as i say, in my notes, he wanted a list of the senators and you know, i left and i'm at at that point because the presidential call log is empty. we do not yet know precisely which senator's president trump was calling. but we do know from rudy giuliani's phone records that president trump also called him at 139. after he had been told that the riot was under way at the capital. mister juliani was president trump's lead election lou attorney, according to the phone records, the president, his call with him lasted approximately 4 minutes. recall that fox news was on in the dining room. let's take a look at what was erin. as this call w

and vice president. and, i believed at that point that the means for him to pursue litigation was probably closed. >> and, do you recall what his response, if any, was? >> he disagreed. >> we have also seen this testimony from attorney general barr, reflecting a view of the white house staff in late november, 2020. >> and, at that point i left, and as i walked out of the oval office jarred was there with dana who ran the presidents social media. and, who i thought was a reasonable guy and believe is a reasonable guy. and i said, how long is he going to carry on with a stolen election stuff? where is this going to go? by that time meadows had caught up with me, and, leaving the office. caught up to me and said, they said look, i think he is becoming more realistic and knows that there is a limit to how far he can take this. and then, jared said, you know, we are working on this. we are working on it. >> likewise, in this testimony cassidy hutchinson, an aide to mark meadows, described her conversations wi

president biden's covid-19 diagnosis. karine: president biden finished his first round of paxlovid. his condition has improved. he had a fever that responded favorably to tylenol. he has remained normal since then. his symptoms remain characterized as runny nose an occasional nonproductive and loose cough. his voice is deeper this morning. his pulse, respiratory rate, and oxygen saturation remain entirely normal. the president is tolerating treatment well. we'll continue paxlovid as planned. his symptoms will be treated with oral hydration, tylenol, and albuterol inhalers that he uses as needed. his eloquent -- are being held during paxlovid treatment and for several days after his last dose. during this time, it is reasonable to use low-dose aspirin as at -- as an alternative type of blood thinner. he is backs and twice boosted so i think he will respond favorably. there has been nothing in the course of his oma's thus far that gives me cause to alter the initial expectation. early use of passover provide additional protection against severe disease. he will isolate in accordance w

the white house can be -- president can be a president anywhere. it doesn't matter where he's located. heec has the technologies and te tools. what he needs. there's been no change to the protocol. >> i've got to go around. your colleagues are going to kill me. >> did he start experiencing the cough last night or all the symptoms last night? >> when did he start experiencing fatigue? ... t>> and then when doctor o'connor probed him further on symptomsi that's when he mentioned. so i really think his symptoms either began late last night or early this morning. >> does he have any nose or anything? >> totally normal and said he felt totally normal all day yesterday. >> any brain fog or fever? >> no fever. >> can we not play the game of telephone. >> i don't think this is a game t of telephone he runs a covid-19 response to me were here regularly from doctor o'connor so we will be as transparent as we have been. we putut out a statement this morning and a letter from mr. o'connor and we are here taking your questions and answering then you start a pic

president. president biden: thank you very much. i'm honored to be back here in the capital of israel. as i said yesterday, i met with every prime minister since golda meir and mr. prime minister, deep have taken a deeper hole in my gut since i first visited here in 1973 as a young senator. i'm returning for 10th visit this time as president of the united states, but i have never forgotten what the prime minister told me when i was a brand new junior senator. just weeks before the yomkippur war and she could see i was worried. as i stood before the press taking questions and pictures and she looked at me and said don't look so worried, senator. israel has a secret weapon. and i looked at her as i turned my head, and i just looked at her and she said we have nowhere else to go. i never forget what she told me. that was 50 years ago. 50 years ago, the threats were real then and still around here. we must never forget the horrors which an unchecked patriot can leave and that's when i returned, i wanted to visit and landed yesterday to

where the former president -- vice president mike pence was being evacuated and former president trumpas resizing him. why did that stick out to you? >> we know the hearing was billed as what president trump did not do for the 187 minutes. what struck me was what he did do. it was not simply that he sat passively. he did things and that tweet is symbolic of the belligerence that he had over what was going on. here's a moment when everyone around him in the white house believes that he should walked into the briefing room and make a statement to the national audience and tell the people rioting on the grounds to go home. instead, he sends a tweet attacking his own vice president, calling him a coward. in essence, putting gasoline on the fire that is already raging and it was striking to me how indifferent he was to not just the safety of his vice president, but the threat that was underway at the capital. >> it was absolutely striking. there is so much in this hearing. i want to focus back on to the super service. the details about people calling their family. what are you hearing from

that is something the president supports. >> president biden speak to president xi this week and whatf you could tell us what he plans what topic will or will not dominate thatot conversatio? i'm not going toge get ahead of the president. i know we just spoke about this. not going to add more to what he said. you know, you have heard me say this. you've heard us say this before. we have kept the lines of communication openep with china having staff to staff conversation. the president spoke to, as you know president xi back in march. i'm just not going to to the present on any announcement or confirmation of a call. >> i am not going to lay out the agenda of what potentially would happen on the call. >> not to belabor the point technical recession morgan stanley, wells fargo, citigroup those are not -- i'm wondering is that simply a phrase we won't hear from the white house? would you call that? >> a top official of give you want a top official at goldman sach's to be historically unusual for the labor market to be as strong as it is at present even at the very onsetev of a recession.

vice president harris last saw the president on tuesday.ative today and said this. >> before i begin i do want to speak about our incredible president, joe biden, this morning he and i spoke by phone. he is in good spirits, he is feeling well. he is doing well. he is fully vaccinated and twice boosted, and of course he is, and as everyone who would encourage who was eligible would do the same. >> it's not clear where the president picked it up. yesterday he was in massachusetts with members of congress talking climate, he flew with a big crew on air force one and sunday returned to his middle east trip from israel and saudi arabia. despite being vaccinated twice and boosted twice, he got it, one year to the day, by the way, that he said this. >> you are ok, you are not going to -- you are not going to get covid if you have these vaccinations. >> the plan is for the president to stay isolated until he tests negative, a step beyond the cdc requirements that say isolate five days and wear a mask after that. as of now, he is missing events in p

giuliani and president trump. i want to advise viewers that these statements are completely false, and also deeply disturbing. >> tape earlier in the day of ruby freeman and shea freeman moss, and one other gentlemen, quite obviously, surreptitiously, passing around usb ports as if they are vials of heroin or cocaine. i mean it's obvious to anyone who's a criminal investigator or prosecutor that they are engaged in surreptitious illegal activity. that's a week ago and they are still walking around georgia lying. they should have been questioned already. their places of work, their homes, should be searched for evidence of ballots, for evidence of usb ports, for evidence of voter fraud. >> that video was from rudy giuliani's appearance at the georgia state senate hearing on december 10th. how did you become aware, first become aware, that rudy giuliani, the presidents lawyer, was accusing you and your mother of a crime? >> i was it work like always. and the former chief, mr. jones, asked me to come to his office, a

joseph ard bite, enjoying your, the president of the united states of america. president herzog is to prime minister paid to not, or the once again stand with with friends and visit the independent jewish state of israel. president nixon was the 1st american president to visit israel 1974. i was actually my 1st visit was as you mentioned, as a young united states senator from delaware in 1973. just a few weeks before the arm kapoor war had the privilege of spending time with prime minister golda meir. i'll never forget. i was sitting next to a gentleman my right when their aids, his name was robin. i've been look back on it all now. and i realized that i had the great honor of living part, the great history of this. and i did say, i say again, you need not be a jew to be a zion. the fact is that since then i've known every single prime minister and it's been an honor form strong work relationship with each of them. and now this is my 10th visit, every chance to return to this great country, where the ancient rude to the jewish people they back to biblical times is a blessing. because

meadows or the president? >> do you know whether he was watching tv in the dining room when you talk to him on january 6th? >> it's my understanding he was watching television. -- >> all of this comes one new speculation and questions and swirl around the secret service's text messages. the washington post now reports that the dhs inspector general knew months ago that the secret service have erased text from january 6, but chose not to tell congress. whistleblowers inside that office ultimately five to lawmakers, because, quote, not alerting congressional investigators to missing records reduced the chances of recovering critical pieces of evidence related to the january 6 the tactical want to bring in cobble hill correspondent allie vitali. kimberly atkins is a common is for the boston globe and a political analyst. john phil amato is back with us. chuck rosenberg is an msnbc contributor as well as from u.s. attorney and senior fbi official. allie, i want to dig a little more into your great interview about

that was the president's decision. he wanted to make sure he read out what occurred in the bilateral meeting with the saudi arabian government too. >> ultimately we get back from this trip there's no new commitment to increase oil production and the gulf. so what was the point of this trip? >> i just read out earlier, peter, of all the things that occurred. some of the due outs are some the things we were able to get done during this trip. look, let's step back for a second and talk about what the president was trying to do on this trip. if you look at this region, the middle east is a critical. his intent was to make sure there is not a vacuum in the region you did have china and russia stepping in to fulfill that vacuum. it is important for the united states to make sure we are having those conversations and that we should talk about our national security. talk about food security, we talk about climate change. all our issues important to the american family. as it relates to the oil production, i talked about and ge

president? >> i was aware of listening devices, yes, sir. >> when i got the confirmation that there was a taping system, i was elated. they would tell much more than i would remember in those conversations. >> my mind is not tape recorder. it does recall impressions of conversations very well. >> everybody realized that this was a major breakthrough in the case. >> what would be the best way to reconstruct those conversations, mr. butterfield, in the president's oval office? >> well, in the obvious manner, mr. dash. to obtain the tape and play it. >> during the watergate period, there had been a revolving door at the department of justice. john mitchell is succeeded by richard kleindienst. richard kleindienst is forced to resign and replaced by elliot richardson. >> elliot richardson, highly regarded, was nominated by president nixon to be attorney general. and the senate said to him, we like you, we respect you. but if you don't appoint a special prosecutor, we're not going to confirm you. >> a

president. after spending three days in the region, he traveled to saudi arabia for the next leg of his trip. this runs 25 minutes. please ride bryce for the state the president of israel and the president of the united states of america the honorable joseph r biden. moco moco moco moco moco moco moco moco moco. that's the honorable joseph r biden junior, president of the six avenue america his excellency yair lapid the state of israel. ministers, collective members, religious leaders, excellencies, distinguished leaders and honored guests. mr. president you are the 16th consecutive american president with whom my family has had the privilege of engaging for over 80 years fdr was the first one. i am so delighted to host you here in the heart of jerusalem as i said yesterday mr. president, this is a visit amongst family and old friends. you have been >> your tireless advocacy of the enduring u.s.-israel partnership in word and in deed has truly stood the test of time. your journey of peace here i

own vice president. not everyone wanted these lines regarding the vice president included in the president's speech including white house lawyer eric herschman. >> did you ever speak with the president based on the objection from counsel? >> maybe had a brief conversation about it with eric herschman. >> tell me about. what do you remember him saying? >> i just remember him saying that he had a -- trying not to get this wrong. something to the effect of thinking it will be counter productive, i think he thought, to discuss the matter publicly. >> so came up in the context of editing the president's speech on january 6? >> the conversation where eric knew it wasn't in the speech, so he had a side bar with me about it. >> so the speechwriters took that advice and removed the lines about vice president persons. later that morning at 11:20 a.m., president trump had a phone call with the vice president. as the committee detailed earlier, that phone call was by all accounts tense and heated. during the call, t

palestinian president . talk to us about what the israelis and palestinians got from this visit. these rate has got a lot of concrete support these. busy got a lot of better seniors got a lot of words. the policy has got some nice words. i think present biden's a sweet talker is what is free talk these raise his sweet talk to the finance but is i continues to occupy palestine and i think it was difficult for president by then to sweet talk. busy apart paid because that's the situation we are left with. he comes, he goes, but apart, paid stays, and sweet talking apart ages basically impossible. so i think in the end of the day present the bus is happy to have a photo op with the american president. i think the, the, the entered on prime minister is right, is also happy to be, to have this quote off with the american president because it helps them both domestically. i think it helps more of these really than the person in well, what happens next is that president biden is now heading to jetta on the 1st ever

this children along with others around the president, many of the president's critics called then and enablers. it's true at times they seemed to be enabling his behavior but often times their turning away and not doing too much to corral him and when you talk to sources familiar many of them it's an impossible task to do anything but just nod and go along with what's happening inside that white house. >> another audience question, do you think trump in his heart of hearts really believes the election was stolen from him? bob woodward. >> it's a great question and i wonder how you tap into trump's heart of hearts. he wouldn't talk to us for this book though last year i interviewed him for 10 hours. he was nice happy with the last book rage about how he failed to protect the people from the coronavirus when he was given intelligence warnings and so forth. you know, what this reporter learned, you want to describe the events and behavior and what's said, what seems to be the motive but the motive is something you never get full clarity on. what is trump up to? and again, is he rational

the president is fully the president is fully vaccinated and twice boosted so i anticipate he will respondst maximumly protected patients do. paxlovid provides additional protection against severe disease. he will isolate in accord dance with cdc recommendations. i will keep your office upped with any changes in his condition or treatment plan. n or treatment plan. i also wanted to provide you with a brief readout i also wanted to provide you with a brief of activity. doing calls with senior staff, myself and dr. jah here with us as we read out, the president also called senator casey, representative cart wright and mayor of scranton and wilkesboro and representative clie burn. the president also called cousins from scranton who were set to attend today's event in pennsylvania. he spoke with ambassador corn enyou have seen the photo and video released to all of you out of transparency moments ago. he will continue to work from the resident. today as you all know and as i just mentioned. dr. jah or covid response coordinator is joining us today in the briefing room and as i tweeted out earl

president in our history.ember, our testimony has come primarily from republican witnesses. from republicans and his justice department, his campaign, his white house. people that have come forward to say that he attempted to overturn an election. the election was not stolen, there was no evidence of fraud sufficient to overturn the election. even his lawyer made clear that he does not have sufficient evidence to overturn the election. donald trump has parade on the patriotism of honorable and good people all across this country with a big lie. it is simply not true. >> the attorney general seems reluctant. this is what he said this week. >> there is a lot of speculation about what the justice department is doing, what it's not doing, what our theories are, what our series art. we have to hold accountable every person that is criminally responsible for trying to overturn the election. we must do it in a way built on integrity and professionalism. >> do you have any indication that the doj is moving forward? >>

, the former vice president. you i checked in with somebody close to mike pence this morning, and their position has not changed. they don't see any reason for him to go and testify, that greg jenkins, the then vice president's chief counsel testified extensively both in private and in public. marc short, his chief of staff, testified extensively in private. and then the other thing that they argue sort of privately is -- and i think they have done it publicly as well, that it would be a bad precedent for the vice president of the united states to comply with a request from congress, kind of pitching forward to what happen as in november if the house does go for republicans and if as expected they launch a slew of investigations on democrats, including the white house, is that going to be precedent-setting when it comes to the separations of power. so there are lots of issues here. and again, unlikely -- it will be unlikely that the former vice president will testify. according to -- and this is not my opinion, t

we will also see today how president trump summoned a mob to washington and how the president's stolen election lies provoked that mob to attack the capitol. and we will hear from a man who was induced by president trump's lies to come to washington and join the mob and how that decision has changed his life. today's hearing is our seventh. we have covered significant ground over the past several weeks, and we have also seen a change in how witnesses and lawyers in the trump orbit approach this committee. initially, their strategy in some cases appeared to be to deny and delay. today there appears to be a general recognition that the committee has established key facts, including that virtually everyone close to president trump, his justice department officials, his white house advisers, his white house counsel, his campaign, all told him the 2020 election was not stolen. this appears to have changed the strategy for defending donald trump. now the argument seems to be that president trump was manipulated by others outside the administration, that he was persuaded to ignore his closest

as president.ate diplomacy for an administration that's pledged to put human rights first, but is also balancing middle east realities, especially in saudi arabia. that's where the president will spend friday and saturday. tomorrow, he will travel to jerusalem where nick schifrin begins our coverage. nick: it's a city holy to three religions, but this week, they raised three colors -- the red, white, and blue. they rolled out the red carpet and buffed the busts at the israeli president's house. and they called out the cavalry ahead of president biden's arrival. israel and the u.s. want to focus on defense. israel, the u.s., and regional arab militaries are working together on air defense using israeli technology, including the still-in-production iron dome lasers. they're designed to combat common enemy iran and its own advancing missile technology. it's also an outgrowth of the trump administration's efforts to normalize arab-israeli relations. what biden will not announce -- changes to trump admi

president trump wasn't vaccinated. president biden is. and so i think he's going to stay out of the hospital because of that. but, you know, god fobid if he gets sicker, we know how to treat covid-19 in the hospital with a whole variety and range of medications to treat the potential complications from covid-19 infection. >> scott, to you on capitol hill, we know and heard again in the last hour how the president was in close contact with a number of members of congress over the last few days. you're hearing from some of them on the hill. >> that's right. a number of members of the massachusetts delegation did travel back to massachusetts to their home state with the president yesterday. this was so the president could talk and talk about his executive order on climate change. a number of those lawmakers have talked to us this morning and said that they are taking precautions. senator elizabeth warren was one of those. she said i'm wearing a mask, i'm getting tested and i have no symptoms. senator ed markey from massachusetts said he is -

president trump.e said that day. president trump. let's take a look at what he said that day. >> mister president, it looks like you likely lost the state of georgia. we are investigating. there's always a possibility. i get it. what you don't have the ability to do, and you need to step up and say, this is stop encouraging people to commit potential acts of violence. someone is going to get hurt. someone is going to get shot. someone is going to get killed, and it's not right. it's not right. what's prompted you to make these remarks? >> mister schiff, we had had a previously scheduled press conference that day, as we were in the habit of doing, trying to be as transparent as we get about the election on the counts going on. a little after lunch that day, at lunchtime, i received a call from the project manager from dominion voting systems, who was oddly, audibly shaken. she's not the kind of person i would expect to be that way. she's a graduate of mit, naval county, and it is very on the, ball and

presidency. the law of not allowed them to call out the on for says to maintain law in order to have to be rescinded. i'm not reissued and finally election a very clear plan to avoid elections as soon as practically possible is the way out of this. in fact. so i would people actually react if the interim presence of the former prime minister actually goes into power. i think the public are already very concerned about it. you can see that in the protest, you can see back in social media, and if he is elected back, would lead to the protest continuing that would lead to tension that would lead to more conflict and a lot of public opposition, which would create or exacerbate the existing instability, which means you really can't focus on the important issues like solving the konami crisis. i'm dealing with the basic needs of the people who have been cut could immense suffering. let's talk about the former president to know he and his family have been blamed for mismanaging the country. they are the

vice president. by this time, the president had been in his dining room for an hour. i want you to just think of what you would have done if you were in his shoes and had the power to end the violence. you would have immediately and forcefully told the rioters to stop and leave, like stop and leave, done. as you heard, that's exactly what his senior staff had been urging him to do, but he resisted. and he kept resisting for another almost two hours. in the meantime, all the president did was post two tweets, one at 2:38 and the other at 3:13. one said, quote, stay peaceful. the other said, quote, remain peaceful. but the president already knew that the mob was attacking the police and had invaded the capitol. neither tweet condemned the violence or told the mob to leave the capitol and disperse. to appreciate how obvious it was that president trump was not meeting this moment, it's helpful to look at the realtime reactions of his on son, don junior, to the first tweet captured in a series of text mes

president biden is continuing to carry out the duties of president and tweeted out a picture of the presidentthe phone with his national security team, receiving his daily intelligence briefing virtually, the president wearing a mask, not the case from the first picture of the president indoors yesterday. the president has other meetings today, meeting with his economic team to discuss gas prices and senior advisors on legislation advancing through congress and we are expecting another briefing from the white house press secretary as well as the white house coronavirus coordinator this afternoon. >> jeremy, thank you. dr. carlos del rio from the emery school of medicine. doctor, it is great to see you. we have the memo from the president's physician saying his temperature hit 99.4, responded favorably to tylenol. dry cough yesterday and now they say it is a loose cough. you understand it better than most. is that normal, if you will, for a covid patient? >> that is normal for someone that is vaccinated and double boo boosted. the president has a very mild case of covid and i think it is manag

president trump turned him down. so we tried to call the president's children. republican house member mike gallagher also implored the president to call off the attack. mister president. >> you have got to stop this. you are the only person who can call this off. call it off. the election is over. call it off. >> president elect joe biden also went live on tv to demand the president trump tell the mob to leave. >> i call on president trump. to go on national television now. to fulfill his oath. and defend the constitution. >> and demand an end to this siege. >> there was a desperate scramble for everyone to get president trump to do anything. >> all this occurred and the president still. did not act. i yelled to my friend from virginia. >> thank you, mister kinzinger. president trump finally relented to the pleas from his staff. his family and from capitol hill for him to do. something more at 4, 1787 minutes. more than 3 hours after he stopped speaking at the ellipse. after he stopped speaking to a mob that he had sent armed to the capitol. that's when he twee

this is what the president ought to be doing. this is the kind of thing only presidents can do.t's not clear he did much on this trip but he is trying after afghanistan, because of the dreadful withdrawal there, people lost faith in him. and not a lot has happened since with inflation and a range of other issues that are not going well. people have lost confidence in him. and i don't think he has done much to get it back. >> bret: brit, the saudis are saying something different happened behind the scenes or didn't happen as far as the conversation that was ongoing. now you have vladimir putin heading to tehran, the "wall street journal" writes it this way: putin seeks to cement ties with iran, turkey in rare trip abroad. mr. putin's trip comes just days after president biden's own tour of the middle east where he sought to rally israel and other countries to count russia and iran whose influence was grown while the u.s. has scaled back its presence in the region. for allies of this president, what do they point to are? for critics, obviously they have a throat hammer this presid

president's first middle east trip. for the time being, let's head back to you in london for our other stories. >> thanks very much, becky. we know you'll be tracking all of that for us here on cnn. >>> now to the investigation into the january 6 insurrection. a source tells cnn that washington police officer has confirmed details about the heated exchange between former u.s. president donald trump and a secret service agent when he was told he could not go to the u.s. capitol after his calorie. according to the source the officer who was in the moteorcae has spoken to the january 6 committee. we first heard about it from cassidy hutchinson who spoke under oath about what she was told. >> the president said something to the effect of i'm the fing president, take me up to the capitol now. to which bobby responded, sir, we have to go back to the west wing. the president reached up towards the front of the vehicle to grab at the steering wheel. mr. engel grabbed his arm and said sir, you need to take your hand off the stee

president going and meeting with mbs when this president believes he was responsible for ordering themal khashoggi in 2018, poor human rights record and there are a lot of things that don't fit with american values. there is an 80 year relationship between the united states and saudi arabia, a profound one in defense and security and, of course, oil. there are times where presidents have to deal with figures that are unsavory on the world stage in the u.s. interest. what was unusual, it was not on the schedule. they told us there was nothing planned. they added it. the real message will be after he met with mbs, what is the president's take away. that's what we are looking for. >> so, hadley, you are an expert in this region. what reporting have you gathered today? >> in the view of saudi arabia specifically, this visit by joe biden is overdue. the question of how you get from pariah to partner in under two years is energy. it's about how much it costs, who wants it and paying for it. the idea that the united states wouldn't have a direct line to saudi arabia is baffling not in just t

president. the presiding officer: the majority leader is recognized. mr. schumer: i move to proceed to legislative session. the presiding officer: the question is on the motion. all those in favor say aye. all those opposed nay. the ayes have it. the motion is agreed to. mr. schumer: i move to proceed to executive session to conside. the presiding officer: the question is on the motion. all those in favor say aye. all opposed sayall opposed nay. all in favor aye. all opposed nay. the ayes appear to have it. the ayes do have it. the motion is is agreed to. the clerk will report the nomination. the clerk: nomination, the judiciary, elizabeth wilson hanes of virginia to be united states district judge of the united states of virginia. mr. schumer: i send apcloture motion to the desk. the presiding officer: the clerk will report. the clerk: , cloture motion, we, the undersigned senators, rule 22 of the standing rules of the senate do hereby move to bring bring to a close the nomination on calendar 1068 signed by 16 senators fools. the presiding officer: withou

president. the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. schumer: madam president, over the last few decades, americans' views on cannabis legalization have dramatically, dramatically changed. 20 years ago, less than a third of americans believed that cannabis should be made legal. today, that is nearly 70% of the population, the highest level of support ever. we can see the shift playing out in the states. nearly 90% of americans live in a state ha has legalized cannabis for either medical or adult recreational use. new york legalized cannabis in 2021. even voters in deep-red south dakota voted to legalize it for adult recreational use. cannabis legalization has proven immensely successful at the state level. so it is time that congress catches up with the rest of the country. last year, senators wyden, booker and i discussed a discussion draft of the cannabis administration and opportunity act. after receiving more than 1,800 public comments and working with numerous senate committees to imp