january 6th hearing reveals that trump knew he lost but tried to steal the election anyway while cheating his maga supporters out of their hard-earned money. plus, some are calling the gun reform framework a good first step. that suggests more is coming. color me skeptical. we ll talk about all that have and more with karine jeanpierre in her first live primetime interview since she made history, become the new white house press secretary. but we begin with day two of public hearings by the house january 6th committee today showing how donald trump deliberately launched the big lie to convince his own voters that he won an election he lost using claims of nonexistent fraud and then seeking to corrupt the justice department, his own campaign team, his donors and our court system in an effort to cling to power. if you think he cooked up that plan after the election as a hail mary simply because he couldn t accept defeat understand that donald trump went into the election alread
the select committee to investigate the january 6th attacks on the united states capital will be in order. without objection the chair is on the rise to declare the committee in recess at any point. pursuant to house deposition authority regulation can, the chair announces the committee s approval to release the deposition material presented during today s hearing. good morning. last week the select committee laid out a preview of our initial findings about the conspiracy overseeing and directed by donald trump, to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election and block the transfer of power, a scheme unprecedented in american history. my colleagues and i don t want to spend time talking about ourselves during these hearings, but as someone who is run for office a few times, i can tell you at the end of a campaign it all comes down to the numbers. the numbers tell you the winner and a loser. for the most part the numbers don t lie. but if something doesn t add up w
we will leave this here to meet our 40 year commitment to congressional government. the january 6 hearing continues live on c-span. you can also watch live on c-span.org. or on our video app, c-span now. it will be re-aired tonight starting at 9:00 p.m. eastern here on c-span. the u.s. house is about to gavel in morning our speeches, legislative work starts at 2:00 p.m. eastern. and lives to the house floor on c-span. mr. speaker, as we celebrate national dairy month this june, and recognize the incredible work that is done by small dairy farms in pennsylvania, i am reminded of the words written by rick ha harvey. on the eighth day god looked down on his planned paradise and said, i need a caretaker. so god created a farmer. god said, i need somebody willing to get up before dawn, milk cows, work all day in the fields, milk cows again, and go to town and stay up past midnight at a meeting of the school board. so god made a farmer. in congress, i m proud to represent the inc
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former president donald trump was at the center of an attempted coup. plus, the president of uk ukraine pleads for a modern defense system as russia pummels the country. we are live with more. it is being called an important step in the right direction. a bipartisan group of u.s. senators say they have reached an agreement, in principle, on gun safety legislation. the deal includes more funding for things like mental health and school safety resources. a so-called red flag provision and enhanced review process for buyers under the age of 21, and penalties for so-called straw purchasing. the proposal has support from 10 republicans and would be critical to defeat a filibuster in the senate. if the deal becomes law, it would be the biggest gun reform legislation in decades, by far. that sneers, just 19 days after a gunman opened fire inside an elementary school involving in uvalde texas, killing 19 children and two teachers. listen to this. since that tragic day, there have