as it stands right now, 845 pages of damning evidence, painstakingly collected by the january 6th committee contain therein what amounts to a charging document aimed squarely at donald trump. the results of more than 1,000 witness interviews and hundreds of thousands of text messages, emails and documents hearings and reported combined to provide an incomplete look at what the committee uncovered the newly released final report contains a trove of important new information. so much, in fact that it could take us weeks to fully appreciate what the committee compiled some of the most startling revelations, startling witness accounts about the twice-impeached disgraced ex-president s state of mind in the leadup and during the attack on the capitol for instance, there s new evidence that indicates trump approved the violence excuse me i ve come back with a cough as it was happening one of his aides, robert gabriel texted during the siege, potus i m sure is loving this. reme
Barking dog and that appears to be what alerted the hostages captors to what was going on. During the firefight that then followed, u. S. Forpdss saw a militant go into the shack where the hostages were being held. It is believed that is when he shot both of the hostages, both of them died as a result of those injuries, as u. S. Forces were transporting them away. U. S. Intelligence did not know the identity of the other hostage being held with somers. He has since been identified as South African teacher pierre korkie. A char that worked with korkie says he was due to be released today. To discuss this and many of the other top stories for the week, joined by our panel, bring in democratic strategist basil smythe, jr. , political consultant and former adviser to mitt romney, cater packer gauge and msnbc correspondent, casey packer hunt. Obviously on this hostage story, we are learning the details, obviousiously a heartbreaking story, another report i know in the New York Times this mo
quote, the congress had the highest obligation to conduct these hearings, and the hearing itself have been historic. we begin this hour with some of our favorite reporters and friends. luke broadweather is here. his by-line is on that reporting we just read from. kim at skins, senior opinion writer for the boston globe and the emancipator. she is also a msnbc political analyst. charlie sykes is here, editor at large of the bulwark, an msnbc contributor, and basil smythe is back, director of the public policy program at hunter college. luke, this is an incredible piece. i encourage everyone to read the whole thing. take me through take me through the revelations. sure. well, what we tried to do with this piece is take the reader as a sort of a fly on the wall
to happen in the upcoming election. the truth is, i think there are a number of them that can beat donald trump. i think all of them can be beat by donald trump, too. i would not be shocked if the president, as an incumbent, wins again. i would not be shocked if he absolutely got wiped out of a by a wave of a united democratic party. reporter: could go either way. that s what i hear. yes, impeachment is overshadowing a lot of these 2020 candidates but the voters are trying, as much as they can, to pay attention to both, steph. paying attention. that is key. ali, thank you very much. i want to bring in james n pindel, former executive director of the new york state democratic party, democratic strategy basil smythe. first, how are voters reacting to these hearings?
barking dog and that appears to be what alerted the hostage s captors to what was going on. during the firefight that then followed, u.s. forpdss saw a militant go into the shack where the hostages were being held. it is believed that is when he shot both of the hostages, both of them died as a result of those injuries, as u.s. forces were transporting them away. u.s. intelligence did not know the identity of the other hostage being held with somers. he has since been identified as south african teacher pierre korkie. a char that worked with korkie says he was due to be released today. to discuss this and many of the other top stories for the week, joined by our panel, bring in democratic strategist basil smythe, jr., political consultant and former adviser to mitt romney, cater packer gauge and msnbc correspondent, casey packer hunt. obviously on this hostage story, we are learning the details, obviousiously a heartbreaking story, another report i know in the new york times this morni