Tonight on the reidout and remember this, remember this, joe biden is a great threat to our democracy. Hes a tremendous threat to our democracy. Trump over the weekend doing his best George Orwell trying to turn the tables on his own autocratic plans by claiming joe biden is a threat to democracy. Meanwhile, the selfprofessed billionaire apparently doesnt have enough cash to secure a bond in his civil fraud case. Also tonight, the family of a liberal icon was furious that an award given in her name is be handed to the likes of elon musk and Rupert Murdoch, and tonight theres an update on this story. Plus, Nikole Hannahjones at the table tonight on how the right has hijacked the term color blindedness, not to advance racial progress but rather to reverse it. But we begin tonight with a sad and terrifying reality that we face in america. Namely that a mad man is running for president. And too many people are pretending that that is not the case. Americans seem to be numb to the ramblings
don t think i could even hear my own voice. my body camera captured the violence of the crowd directed toward me during those very frightening moments. it is an important part of the record for this committee s investigation and for the country s understanding of how i was assaulted and nearly killed as the mob attacked at capitol that day and i hope that everyone will be able to watch it. the portions of the video i ve seen remain extremely painful for me to watch at times. but it is essential that everyone understands what really happened that tragic day. during those moments, i remember thinking there was a very good chance i would be torn apart or shot to death with my own weapon. i thought of my four daughters what might lose their dad. i remain grateful that no member of congress had to go through the violent assault that i experienced that day. during the assault, i thought about using my firearm on my
i m sure i was screaming, but i don t think i could even hear my own voice. my body camera captured the violence of the crowd directed toward me during those very frightening moments. it s an important part of the record for this committee s investigation and for the country s understanding of how i was assaulted and nearly killed as the mob attacked the capitol that day. and i hope that everyone will be able to watch it, the portions of the video i ve seen remained extremely painful for me to watch at times, but it is essential that everyone understands what really happened that tragic day. during those moments, i remember thinking there was a very good chance i would be torn apart or shot to death with my own weapon. i thought of my four daughters who might lose their dad. i remain grateful that no member of congress had to go through the violent assault that i experienced that day. during the assault, i thought about using my firearm on my
inch, to prevent an invasion of the capitol by a violent mob, intent on subverting our democratic process. my fellow officers and i were committed to not letting any rioters breach the capitol. it was for a prolonged and desperate struggle, that rioters attempted to breach the capitol were shouting trump sent us. pick the right side. we want trump. i heard officers screaming in agony, in pain, just an arm s length from me. i didn t know at that time but that was officer hodges. he s here today to testify. i, too, was being crushed by the rioters. i could feel myself losing oxygen and recall thinking to myself, this is how i m going to
to get past us by any means necessary. at some point during the fighting, i was dragged from the line of officers and into the crowd. i heard someone scream i got one! as i was swarmed by a violent mob, they ripped off my badge, they grabbed and stripped me of my radio. they seized ammunition that was secured to my body. they began to beat me with their fists and with what felt like hard metal objects. at one point i came face to face with an attacker who repeatedly lunged for me and attempted to remove my firearm. i heard chanting from some in the crowd get his gun and kill him with his own gun. i was aware enough to recognize i was at risk of being stripped of and killed with my own firearm. i was electrocuted again and again and again with a taser.