electors. make no mistake that the vice president s life was in danger. the committee is going to reveal the details of the pressure campaign. i am telling you, if it is coming we are going to drag him through the streets. [inaudible] remember the word wimp. he said that you are a win. when is the word i remember. it is a different tone tone that i heard him take with the vice president before. do you remember what s she said, if i recall. that the key word. good morning. it is saturday, a june 18th. i am michael steele sitting in for velshi. we begin this morning with a special hour on another stunning week of revelations from historic public hearings of the january 6th select committee. we have the clearest picture yet of a president donald trump s farfetched plot to overturn the 2020 election loss in a run up to the attack on the capitol and his role to induce violence. they presented evidence that trump was told numerous times that he had lost the el
the seat of american democracy, overwhelming police and delaying the certification of the presidential election until 3:42 a.m. lawmakers were forced to flee the house and senate chambers while law enforcement, with guns drawn, tried to protect the entrances. at least nine people died as a result of that day, and more than 140 police officers were injured. but the violent insurrection at the capitol is only part of the story. members of the committee believe the deadly assault is just the most visible evidence of a broader plot to undermine american democracy, one that emanated from the white house. and as the committee members enter the room, we should point out that there are seven democrats and two republicans on this committee. their staff with them has conducted more than 1,000 interviews. they ve gathered tens of thousands of documents. and now they have a difficult job of making this compelling case to the american people tonight about how close we came to losing our d
President Juan Orlando Hernandez against opposition candidate Salvador Nasralla. Massive protests erupted after the governmentcontrolled Electoral Commission stopped tallying votes when the count showed nasralla ahead. Well speak with former honduran president Manuel Zelaya, was ousted in a 2009 u. S. Backed coup. He now heads the opposition libre party, part of the coalition, alliance against the dictatorship. So democracy here. We are suffering repression. People are being persecuted. Is no duethere process. There is nothing. , thenthe coup detat changed all of the laws. Amy president zelaya in a democracy now exclusive. Then, the dangerous case of donald trump psychiatrists and Mental Health experts assess a president. We will speak with forensic lee,iatrist dr. Brandy organizer of the yale duty to warn conference. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. In california, nearly 200,000 people have been force
Francisco like maddie scott share what it was like to lose their own child and pledged to take a stand against gun violence. I have to tell my grandson, your dad wont be coming for your birthday. Your dad has been shot and killed. The scream i heard on that phone 20 years ago is a scream that gets me up off of my bed every single day. Reporter while these people know better than anyone that there is no quick fix to preventing gun violence, they say being here is a start. We can stop everyone but we can make a difference. If it is your child, that difference is the whole world. Reporter you saw congresswoman nancy pelosi was here today, reminding us that the concealed carry permit passed in washington recently, much to her dismay. That means that any carry concealed permits that were issued in any state is valid in every state, regardless of where that permit was issued. In San Francisco, jackie ward, kpix 5. A glimmer of hope for a breakthrough in the crippling citywide strike in oakla
Provide vengeance. It is to uphold the law. And alternate juror indicates stanley murder trial opening up about why he thinks the not guilty decision was spot on. It was over a week ago that a jury acquitted the man who admitted to the shooting. Katie nielsen talked with the alternate juror about why the jury could not convict. Reporter he said it all came down to the evidence, the jury deliberated for six days in the murder case. The case quickly gained National Attention because he was an undocumented immigrant who had been deported five times. An illegal immigrant shotgun, killed a citizen, was charged with murder and manslaughter and acquitted. That sounds bad. Reporter it was a verdict that renewed debate on immigration and sanctuary cities. The president turned it into a political chess piece. Because San Francisco is a think sanctuary city. Reporter he was and alternate juror on the case and had a front row seat to the trial. I was not surprised by the verdict but i was surprise