and let the facts speak for themselves. let me say in closing, the women and men seated around me are the most genuine in public sense. they put aside politics and partisanship to ensure the success of this committee in providing answers to the american people. i especially want to thank and acknowledge our vice chair who has become a true partner in this bipartisan effort. miss cheney of wyoming. and i also recognize her for any opening statement that she care to offer. thank you very much, mr. chairman. and thank you for your tremendous leadership of this committee. i know we all have benefited greatly from your wisdom and your wise counsel. so thank you very much. in april of 1861, when abraham lincoln issued the first call for volunteers for the union
0 very place we know for sure was right here, fascinating. a lot of people have told the life of jesus, it s a humbling and audacious task, this is different because we took you there. thanks for everybody watching. stay for special coverage of the january 6th select committee meeting right now. sandra: special coverage of the january 6th committee proceedings. in just moments the panel will announce criminal referrals to the justice department for prosecution during what is expected to be its final meeting in the investigation of last year s capitol riot. looks like it is just moments away now. welcome, everybody. sandra smith in new york. hello. john: good to begin another week with you. this meeting is set to begin at any moment, all nine members of the committee, seven democrats, two republicans will present portions of their findings after an investigation that lasted nearly 18 months. sandra: we have been getting some hints of what is to come, leading up to this moment. t
0 testimony from people we have not heard from before. it doesn t mean the justice department wasn t. but there was some evidence until they started remember, they started a year ago july that s right. long before justice was engaged january 6th. and we know they have spoken to more than a thousand witnesses. we don t know what the just department has said and done. they don t present it in the way congress does. it s very likely. and andrew made this point earlier, that the committee started sooner and may have moved more quickly. i have no doubt that the justice department, a, has much better tools, much more experience, and if they haven t caught up will not only catch up but exceed the work of the committee. all right. we should expect to see those double doors open any moment now with bennie thompson coming in, the committee behind him. again, we just have another couple weeks before this committee will be disbanded and a new congress is sworn in. frank, as we await this
said they no, no. lincoln did get elected so we will leave, which is different from now. may i say this is the really important thing if this is the important thing, you can say it. lincoln said the central idea by the struggle, he said this in april of 1861 is if the minority and he meant losing the dks can, just as you say, break from the union the whole experiment of democracy is impossible. it will show people cannot govern themselves and that s exactly what s happening now. we have to take a break. when we come back, we ll going to talk about the constitutional crisis that lies awaiting us in 2022. ho ho ho! not again. oh no.
have to break here, but they accepted the election result. they didn t contest, they said they no, no. lincoln did get elected so we will leave which is different from now. may i say this is the really important thing if this is the important thing, you can say it. lincoln said the central idea by the struggle he said this in april of 1861 is if the minority and he meant losing the election can, just as you say, break from the union, the whole experiment of democracy is impossible. it will show people cannot govern themselves, and that s exactly what s happening now. we have to take a break. when we come back, we ll going to talk about the constitutional crisis that lies awaiting us in 2022. one role of a lifetime.one sore throat. but she had enough. she took new mucinex instasoothe sore throat lozenges. show your sore throat who s boss.