and they know better. they know better. but they are still a propaganda outlet for him and cover up their own involvement in the attack on democracy and attack by this institution, which is why, it will be fascinating to watch how this plays out, how it plays out in the investigation. but the president of the united states today trying to shake people, maybe people that didn t vote for him, saying, this day was different. listen. finally the third big lie told by a former president and his supporters. since the mob who sought to impose their will to violence on the nation s two patriots. is that what you thought? when you looked and the mob ransacking the capitol, destroying property? literally defecating in the hallways? rifling through the risks of senators and representatives, hunting down members of congress.
attempt to puncture donald trump and his big lie. just listen. what did we not see? we didn t see a former president who had just rallied the mob to attack, sitting in a private typeing room off the oval office in the white house watching it all on television, the former president of the united states of america has created and spread a web of lies about the 2020 election. the big lie being told by the former president supporters trying to rewrite history because the former president lost instead of looking at election results from 2020, the former president and his supporters have decided the only way for them to win is to suppress the vote. he s not just the former president. he s a defeated former president. jeff zeleny, kaitlan collins joins our conversation. i ll start with you. joe biden was making a very
scene. the former republican vice president dick cheney who served in the house many years ago accompanied his daughter liz cheney where he spoke with reporters. his words aimed squarely at current day republican leaders who give donald trump s big lie a pass. it s not a leadership that resembles any of the folks i knew when i was here for ten years. also this morning, a forceful speech from the president of the united states, joe biden. the president s warning, our democracy remains one year later quite fragile. biden telling the nation today, he will climb into the foxhole as he put it to win the battle of our time. i did not seek this fight brought to this capitol one year ago today. but i will not shrink from it either. i will stand in this breach. i will defend this nation. not allow no one to place a dagger at the throat of
democracy. we will make sure the will of the people is heard that the battle prevails, not violence. but a thauthority in this natio will always be peacefully transferred. biden reminding people of simple truth, too much republicans want to deny. there are these. donald trump lost, donald trump is a former president. now president biden never used his name. 16 times he referenced the former president and he made clear that in his view the former president put a dagger to the throat of american democracy with his big lie and watched for hours as the mob paraded through the halls of the capitol building behind me. cnn s dana bash, and melanie, you were among those inside that building when it was breached? i was. 21 of the moments that stands out to me when we were thrown into the house chamber, the doctors were locked.