cassidy hutchinson told the january 6th select committee, that tony ornato told her what happened in private presidential vehicle when donald trump wanted to go to the capital. >> tony described him as being irate. the president said something to the effect of, i am the effing president, take me up to the capital 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 steering wheel, we are going back to the west wing. we are not going to the capital. mr. trump then used his free hand to lunge towards bobby engle and he recounted the story tomorrow he motioned towards his clavicle. >> joining us now is congressman democratic congressman adam schiff, he's chairman of the house committee, and a member of the january 6th select committee, services lead impeachment manager in the first impeachment trial of donald trump in the senate. the paperback addition of his book midnight in washington, how many almost lost

we heard a lot about tony ornato from cassidy hutchinson. unique position, formerly worked as a secret service agent, leading the detail for president trump before flipping to the political side going to work for the president as his operations director at the white house, ultimately returning to the secret service. but no secret service agent had done such a thing, which raised a lot of questions. again, his name was invoked by cassidy hutchinson when he testified before the january 6th committee and said tony ornato told her about the experience had inside the suv on january 6th where the president demanded that the agents take him up to the capitol on that day, they refused to do it. she said she was told that president lunged for the steering wheel and grabbed an agent by the neck. while some disputing of that, no one in the secret service has disputed president trump was furious in that suv that day and demanded to go to the hill. the reason this is all notable is because we've now learned that tony ornato is retiring after 25 years wit

and a big development tonight secret service director tony ornato has left the agency.to -- testify that ornato had told her then that president trump had told her that he was at irate with his security detail in the wouldn't take him to the captain general. six special watergate prosecutor nick akerman. good

his name is tony ornato. he was a member of trump's security detail, who took a political job at the same time he was serving in the secret service. he was actually highly ranked in the white house, he worked as deputy chief of staff, which is a very powerful position. on january 6th, he reportedly related jaw-dropping story to white house staffer cassidy hutchison, about the ex presidents attempt to join the rioters at the capitol. he shared at one of the january 6th committee hearings. >> tony proceeded to tell me that when the president got in, that he was under the impression from richard meadows, but the offer to move it to the capital was still possible and likely to happen, but that body had more information. so if the president hadn't gotten into the vehicle with bobby, he thought that they were going up to the capitol. and bobby had relayed to him or not, we don't have the assets to do it, it's not so clear, we are going back to the west wing. the president had very strong, very angry responses to th

his name is tony ornato. he's the member of donald trump security detail who took a political job at the same time he was serving the secret service. he's actually quite highly ranked in the white house. deputy chief of staff, which is a very, very powerful position. on january six, he reportedly relayed a job dropping story -- about the ex presidents attempt to join the rioters at the capitol. hutchinson's shared it on one of the january six treaty hearings. >> tony proceeded to tell me that, when the president got -- he was under the impression by mr. meadows that day -- of the capital was still possible and likely to happen but they likely have more information. so, he had gotten into the vehicle with -- he thought he was going up to the capitol, and when bobby had related to, we -- don't have the assets to do, it were not secure, we're going back to the west wing. the president had very strong, very angry response to that. tony described him as being irate. the president said something to the effect of, i

there were certainly a chance that after the after tony ornato does retire and leave government service and he can tell his version of events at some point in time. perhaps he might even follow the path of so many other former trump officials, and wait for a memoir to be published. >> they all do, it stephanie, they'll do it. keep in mind that tony ornato, while a secret service agent for so many years that is very much a political actor in the trump white house, so much so that trump elevated him from a secret service detail to become deputy chief of staff. a political appointment to guard and protect the presidents schedule, his whereabouts, where he was going. he was a very close and very loyal friend and aide to president trump. >> how many more people are going to tell us, the country was in trouble, the democracy was at risk, he was unhinged, so i did nothing to stop it at the time, but then i wrote a book about it. how many more are going to do that? i want to know who buys them. phil rucker, joyce vance, katie benner, and to the new york times, please give her a big long vacatio

our understanding was that it is not exactly clear where those discussions stand between tony ornato back in for another testament to shore up some of the details by cassidy hutchinson's testimony. >> as big a little bit deeper here. talk more about ornato make this unprecedented move in the agency to political polls in the trump administration. i mean, the implications of that. -- >> don i think i lost, you i'm sorry. but i think the other question i want to ask, me and i'm hoping i'm hearing this right. i'm sorry. >> can you hear me now with a? >> i think you know the big question now is about this unprecedented move he had made from secret service to the white house. this was at the time not a huge story. but it did have very serious ramifications along. run it is really in hindsight the see why the implications of such a dramatic move are so significant. because. you could really blur the line between a political entity and what was supposed to be in a political entity. when that happened it raised many more questions about specific security in that were made. because people began

more on tony ornato's departure in just a moment. joining me now, maggie haberman helping to lead the coverage of the mar-a-lago search. i'm very interested in the filing today. the subject with the special master, i used to write term papers, i never asked them to double the length of the assignment. you certainly don't do that unless there's stuff they want to get off their chest. >> right. i think get off their chest is the right phrase. they see this as an opportunity, john, to talk top positive tond to things that they've put in the filings and they think they're inaccurate. they're going point by point. as you said, we're talking roughly 40 pages. that is a lot. the doj has not tape, at any point since that search, they do not go first. they don't go out and talk. they do something after trump has. when you saw merrick garland, it was after trump talked. and when you saw it got unsealed that was at the request of media and others, and now you see the action that trump took. they're basically speaking two different languages, do

i want to get your reaction that tony ornato was leaving the investigation for the january 6th. >> this figure is one who has been controversial within the secret service for sometime. i think his departure from the secret service comes just as the january six commission has him now in their sights. this is a moment of some transition for the secret service. just in the last couple of days, president biden has appointed a new director, director james murray is stepping down and retiring himself. so i think we are seeing a lot of questions about the role of the secret service right now. there are ties to president trump and sort of what's the loyalty of some of the agents within that agency has been and was certainly in those hours around january six. >> nick, tony ornato is mentioned during a key part of cassidy hutchinson's testimony during january six. take a listen. >> president says something to the fact that, on the effing 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 to the front of the vehicl

tony ornato retired. he was deputy chief of staff for operations. 20-plus years with the service.the white house, that agents would come into a political job, go back to the agency. >> so unusual. and i first came across him when he was working in the president's protective detail for president bush and then he worked for president obama and then president trump. but only president trump they obviously struck up a relationship, a friendship. he trusted him to come in as deputy chief of staff. you might ask, what is deputy chief of staff? that is essentially the person who runs all the operations in the west wing. they have their finger on every sort of moving part. not necessarily policy at all, but just the moving parts from the marine one liftoff, to movements, security. he was at the center of all of this as we learned. but then to go back to the secret service also so interesting. in my time here, i cannot recall anyone -- there hasn't been anyone, frankly and it raised the eyebrows of agents who were dedicated and professional of their job. you elect -- the people elect, the

we know tony ornato was someone who was a first-hand witness to some of the chaos that took place on january 6th. cassidy hutchinson testified in that blockbuster testimony earlier this summer that ornato was one of the people who recounted the fight, the alleged fight that former president trump got into with the driver of the beast, the vehicle that was driving him after his speech at the ellipse. trump wanted to go, according to our reporting, to the capitol to encourage and further rile up his supporters. secret service at that moment notified him it was too dangerous and would not be possible. the former president protested. the details of the altercation are still a little murky. the secret service did try to discredit cassidy hutchinson's account. but that is why january 6th investigators have wanted him to come back in to provide his firsthand sworn testimony as to what happened in his view as cassidy and ornato did have a very tie relationship, and there is so skepticism that the secret service is being honest and truthful in terms of coming forward with what actually happene

let me go to tony ornato, who you have worked with, you know. secret service assistant director.d the story of what happened inside the suv after the former president's speech on january 6th. let's get a reminder of what she told the committee. >> 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 steering wheel. we're going back to the west wing. we're not going to the capitol. mr. trump then used his free hand to lunge towards bobby engel, and when mr. ornato had recounted this story to me, he had motioned towards his clavicles. >> sources say he has denied that story. sources say he's been planning to retire for some time but has he been too politicized to stay? what do you make of this decision now? >> so, a number of us who knew tony and worked with him in the previous administration had known for a while or had at least heard rumblings that he was going to leave sometime this summer. his 25 years was up. but the other side of this -- and i don't like to speak in

he came into the spotlight by cassidy hutchinson who said that tony ornato said the president became irate when tony told the president he could not go to the capitol that day. from lincoln, nebraska, this is wesley. caller: hello. earlier this month there was a report by "politics insider" that there is a growing call for a constitutional convention that is among republican strong-leaning states. i am not opposed to that motion but with very different priorities. like amending every article except maybe the sixth. host: the biden administration was offering free covid-19 tests. the rapid tests. that program being cost. ms. ginger otis reporting in the wall street journal that " ordering through this program will be suspended friday, september 2, because congress has not provided additional funding to replenish the nation's stockpile". on the website, the biden administration has pushed congress into billing additional funding for covid-19 vaccines, boosters, treatments and testing. lawmakers negotiated a bipartisan deal to purchase 10,000 dollars in fund for covid-19 funding but that

keep in mind that tony ornato, well as secret service agent for so many years that is very much a politicalactor in the trump white house, so much so that trump elevated him from a secret service detail to become deputy chief of staff. a political appointment to guard and protect the presidents schedule, his whereabouts, where he was going. he was a very close and very loyal friend and aide to president trump. >> how many more people are going to tell us, the country was in trouble, the democracy was at risk, he was unhinged, so i did nothing to stop it at the time, but then i wrote a book about it. how many more are going to do that? i want to know who buys them. phil rucker, joyce vance, katie benner, and to the new york times, please give her a big long vacation in september, she has not had one single day of the summer, i would like to know that. when we come back, trump supporters were warned of riots in the streets, while democrats are suddenly punching back against gop attacks. a new report says that any congressional public meeting, they didn't even talk about the former guy. and la

secret service official who was the subject of an explosive january 6 testimony is leaving his post tony ornato led former president trump's protective detail and also served as a white house political advisor, now announcing he is retiring after 25 years of service to work in the private sector former white house aide cassidy hutchinson testify thad ornato described former president trump lunging at his driver on january 6, insisting he be taken to the capitol where the riot was unfolding. hutchinson's account has been disputed by some people familiar with the matter. in a statement to nbc news, ornato said he'd been planning his retirement for more than a year >>> the justice department says it's done with the initial review of all the documents seized from former president trump's mar-a-lago home, potentially undercutting mr. trump's effort at getting a special master to independently sift through the files joining us from d.c. with more on this is brie jackson, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, p phillip. they discovered some documents that may fall under the attorney-client privileg

tony ornato, a senior secret service official at the center of the january 6th investigation, cassidy hutchinson, the former trump aide testified that he had knowledge of how former president trump behaved in the motorcade on the day of the capitol attack. he announced his retirement yesterday. he has not spoken to investigators since hutchinson's testimony. >> now we have a private lawyer, right? robert costa, thank you so much. >>> all right. now to some news that is just in. the u.s. army has temporarily grounded its fleet of chinook helicopters after a small number had engine fires. an army spokesperson says they have identified the root cause of the fires and they are implementing corrective measures to resolve this issue. the u.s. official says this affects approximately 400 helicopters. >>> all right. there is a shortage of new homes. we'll show how you women are helping solve the problem. that story in 60 seconds. >>> the housing boom may be slowing nationwide, but prices remain stubbornly high, according to a new report out just today. one of the problems, not enough new home

l let's talk about tony ornato. hutchinson revealed in her testimony back in june. >> the president reached up towards the front of the vehicle to grab at the steering wheel. mr. engle grabbed his arm and said, sir, you have to take your hand off of the steering wheel. we're going back to the west wing, we're not going back to the capital. mr. jump then used his free hand toby engle. when he told the story to me, he motioned towards his clavicles. >> he has spoken to the committee twice. that's before cassidy hutchinson's testimony. the fact that he is retiring now, did that change anything in terms of getting him in potentially to speak again? >> yeah. i think it can. let's talk pragmatic matters. you saw what happened with the fbi executives who were caught up in the whole january 6th thing, the trump thing. the entire trump presidency, esse essentially. and one of them lost his retirement and others were afraid for their retirement. that's their source of income for the rest of their lives, essentially. and once

and a big development tonight secret service director tony ornato has left the agency. that is according to two sources. this coming just to -- testify that ornato had told her then that president trump had told her that he was at irate with his security detail in the wouldn't take him to the captain general. six special watergate prosecutor nick akerman. good evening to one and all if i can get my lips to work tonight i'll be able to have to get some questions. how are you doing, good to see you. carrots i wanna get your reaction to the news that tornado is leaving the secret service. any of location for the january six investigation? >> well this figure is one who has been controversial within the secret service for sometime. and his departure from the secret service comes just as the january six commission now has him in their sights. this is a moment of some transition for the secret service. just in the last couple of days. president biden has appointed a new director as director james murray stepping down and retiring himself. so, i think we are seeing a lot of qu

by the way, we also learned, according to deputy chief of staff tony ornato, that what the last administrationlling a "peaceful crowd" on january 6th was in fact armed to the teets. >> i remember tony mentioning knives, guns-- in the form of pistols and rifles-- bear spray, body armor, spears, and flagpoles. tony had relayed to me something to the effect of, "these f'ing people are fastening spears onto the end of flagpoles." >> stephen: they had spears on the end of flagpoles? well, at least those flags will be able to defend themselves when the former president gropes them. ( laughter ) so this mob showed up to his rally ready for violence, but because of the weapons, they were being stopped at the magnetic metal detectors, or "mags," so the crowd wasn't as big as it could be. and here's what hutchinson heard the angry ex-president say about that. >> i was in the vicinity of a conversation where i overheard the president say something to the effect of, "i don't f'ing care that they have weapons. they are not here to hurt me. take the f'ing mags away. let my people in. they can march to the c

secret service assistant director tony ornato, who is at the center of so much a former white house aide cassidy has since testimony to the january six committee, has left the secret service. what can you read into that, should that, will that have any impact on whether the committee can or will compel testimony? >> you know, it's hard to read too much into that, john, federal agents and in particular federal gauges in high-ranking leadership positions are eligible to retire when they reach age 50 and have 20 years of service. and most do retire shortly after they're eligible because they have opportunities for careers in the private sector it's entirely possible that's all that's happened here, we heard reporting that there was planning on leading before cassidy hutchinson testified. the important thing here though, is what does the january six committee gonna do about obtaining the testimony. the fact that it's no longer with the service doesn't mean he's beyond the reach of the committee. if they want his testimony, if they feel like he's an important witness who sided with -- the gon

a man house investigators say would be a crucial witness, secret service assistant director tony ornatois leaving the agency. this comes two months after the explosive testimony from cassidy hutchinson. she said ornato told her that trump was irate after learning his security detail would not take him to the capitol on january 6th. >> the president reached up towards the front of the vehicle to grab at the steering wheel. mr. engle grabbed his arm and said, sir, you need to take your hand off the steering wheel. we're going back to the west wing. we're not going to the capitol. mr. trump then used his free hand to lunge toward bobby engle and when mr. ornato recounted this story to me, he motioned toward his clavicles. >> his career has spanned more than 25 years protecting five presidents. he tells cnn in a statement that he has long planned to retire. the january 6th committee has exc expressed a desire to speak with him. it's not clear if and when he will. >>> ukraine is claiming some early wins as president zelenskyy vows to chase russian troops out of the country. we're live in kyi

tony ornato, the sis tachbt director of the secret service left the agency on monday. it comes two months after his name came up in explosive testimony by former white house aide cassidy hutchinson. she said ornato told her then president trump was furious with his security detail for refusing to take him to the capitol on january 6th. >> the president said something to the effect of i'm the f'ing 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, said, sir, you need to take your hand off the steering wheel, we're going back to the west wing. we're not going to the capitol. mr. trump then used his free hand to lunge toward bobby engel. when mr. ornato mentioned the story to me, he motioned near his clavicle. >> cnn's kara scannell has the details. >> good morning. this departure is very sudden. it comes two months after cassidy hutchinson, that white house aide gave that revealing testimony before

secret service assistant director tony ornato who -- you know, his participation in the day of januarye. we've learned he's left the agency. what more can you tell justice. >> he tells cnn he's not going to work for any type of trump entity. he's obviously very close to former president donald trump. we have to wait to see exactly where he goes. for the secret service, this was a career credit service agent who went to the white house in a political role. most agencies send details to the national security council to work with the line level share of information but this was different. this was a political role that cast doubt on the secret service. i think a lot of agents will be glad to see this go away. the debate whether the agency was politicize. we'll see where that ends up. >> josh, katie bo, thank you for reporting. >>> we do have news, how former first lady melania trump reacted when she learned that fbi agent has searched her mar-a-lago home. >>> plus -- >> a dire climate forecast, new details showing that ice melt could raise global sea levels by more than a foot. it's time

tony ornato who was the deputy chief of staff at the time of the riots, left the agency after 25 yearsservice after two months after cassidy hutchinson testified that ornato trump was irate upon learning that his security would not take him to the capitol that day. hutchinson already testified that ornato described trump lunging at the driver of the presidential vehicle, demanding to head to the capitol. hutchinson's account has been disputed by some people familiar with the matter. in a statement to nbc news, ornato said i long planned to retire and have been planning this transition for more than a year. president biden will be in the critical swing state of pennsylvania today. where he is expected to argue that democrats, not republicans, are the real law and order party. highlighting that the recent violent rhetoric surrounding federal law enforcement from some members of the republican party. le also tout his administration's quote, safer america plan, which calls for increased funding and training for 100,000 new police officers. and he's expected to talk about money from the ame

tony ornada, he's a name that cassidy hutchinson echoed frequently, where she says that tony ornato,mp, was in the car with the former president on january 6th and hutchinson said that he told her about the president getting irate, wanting to go back to the capitol. we have yet to hear from him, now we understand he's leaving the secret service. i'm told it's because he became eligible for retirement earlier this year. he's leaving in good standing. he was not forced out. but the question now will be, will he make himself available to the january 6th committee and to the department of homeland security inspector general, who has questions about those missing secret service text messages around january 6th. he's a central figure in this. we haven't heard from him yet. so the questions is, will he be cooperative and will we get more information that will get us further inside that car on that crucial day to learn what the former president said. >> julia and paul, thank you very much. >>> coming up, why one year after the u.s. withdrawal from afghanistan, many of the refugees who resett

>> reporter: we're talking about tony ornato, the head of president trump's detail while he was in office ornato retired after 25 years with the secret service telling nbc news this was long planned you'll remember that ornato was at the center of explosive testimony during the january 6 hearings when former aide cassidy hutchinson testified he described to her how mr. trump lunged at the driver on the day of the insurrection. that account has been disputed ornato has testified in front of the january 6 committee according to an aide sheinelle? >> hallie, thank you >>> ukrainian forces are launching a major counter offensive, appears to be aimed at reclaiming russian-held territory in southern ukraine. there are reports of new strikes around that besieged nuclear power plant that has sparked fears of a potential catastrophe. nbc's meagan fitzgerald joins us from kyiv. good morning >> reporter: days after the u.s. announced the $3 billion aid package for ukraine, the country seems eager to show it's putting these resources to good use. this morning ukrainian troops are on the attack, launc

he came into the spotlight by cassidy hutchinson who said that tony ornato said the president became when tony told the president he could not go to the capitol that day. from lincoln, nebraska, this is wesley. caller: hello. earlier this month there was a report by "politics insider" that there is a growing call for a constitutional convention that is among republican strong-leaning states. i am not opposed to that motion but with very different priorities. like amending every article except maybe the sixth. host: the biden administration was offering free covid-19 tests. the rapid tests. that program being cost. ms. ginger otis reporting in the wall street journal that " ordering through this program will be suspended friday, september 2, because congress has not provided additional funding to replenish the nation's stockpile". on the website, the biden administration has pushed congress into billing additional funding for covid-19 vaccines, boosters, treatments and testing. lawmakers negotiated a bipartisan deal to purchase 10,000 dollars in fund for covid-19 funding but that got h