under five. is desantis more interested in catching political points then protecting children s whole? all of this coming up and more. a good saturday morning to you. i am katie fang. with just three hearings province and it s this far, it feels like we have so much to digest, including shocking testimony and surprising new evidence showing how close our democracy came to a constitutional crisis on january 6th. the committee has two more hearings coming up next week. we have allie raffa, live on capitol hill for a closer look. ali? katie, since the january 6th committee started these public hearings that more than a week ago, we have learned so much more about what a former president that trump knew about it before, during, and after the attack on the capitol on january 6th. the committee is trying to connect the dots between the continued to push about the big lie and the violence that we saw the capitol that day. we use the testimony of his own family members, for
show just how much influence donald trump have over the group. listen to this exhibit. [noise] the proud boys say stand back and stand by. you say that first increase, the proud boys, after the stand that stand by comment? mitchell, i would say trouble, probably. the number tripled. a high-ranking member of the proud boys telling the january six committee that people, basically, felt emboldened sue join after those comments from trump. we are still seeing the impact. the new york times reporting that the proud boys have now in filtrate of the leadership ranks of the miami dade republican party. can other extremist groups feeling emboldened to? just last, week the police detained white nationalist groups associates, from the patriot, group on conspiracy to right at a pride celebration. for more on all of this, we are joined by the chief of staff and culture at the southern poverty law center, alicia