the proud boys and the oath keepers. we re gonna go more on that point later on in the show. but we also learned a lot more about what was happening in the white house, in the lead up to the insurrection. testimony from donald trump s lawyers, his attorney general, his son-in-law, and his daughter. also just saying that trump knew what he was doing, and he knew it was wrong. for example, trump knew that he had lost the election to joe biden. how do we know that? because his own top data analyst came into the oval office and told him specifically. according to his campaign insider, jason miller. i was in the oval office. and at some point in the conversation, the league that a person was brought on. and, i remember, he delivered to the president in pretty blunt terms that he was going to lose. but trump, reportedly, argue that his legal challenges over election fraud would change the result. the only problem? there was no such thing as election fraud and the white house kn
insurrection findings. the outline out showing never before seen video showing they are expected to go into greater detail to explain how the big lie that the 2020 election was stolen led to the january 6th riot on capitol hill here s the rundown. the committee will reconvene about 24 hours from now at 10 am eastern, to talk about the origins of the big lie. then on wednesday, they will describe the turmoil within the justice department, for the weeks following the 2020 election. and on thursday, the panel spotlight donald trump s efforts to pressure mike pence to reject certain states electoral votes. among the witnesses who are expected to testimony testify at these hearings, the former acting attorney general who was put in charge of the justice department after bill barr left his post in the late december 2020. also expected to testify is greg jacobs, former vice president that pence s top lawyer, who advised him that he did not have the authority to reject the electora
the committee is also expected to take a deeper drive dive into the lies that led to supporters violently storming the capitol. we are by the president of the united states! he personally asked for us to come to d.c. that day. and i thought, for everything he is done for us, the only thing that he is asking me is it is hard to know right now just how much east trumpy detail we heard on thursday moved the needle among the 20 million americans who tuned in, according to nielsen s rating data. whether it was learning that former attorney general bill barr thought that trump s elections were quote, bs, or whether ivanka trump agreed. or that trump reportedly told his staff that vice president, quote, deserve to be assassinated. or even the never before seen footage of just how violent trump s riders were. the full impact of the hearings has gets to play itself out. still. congresswoman liz cheney had a stark warning for recalcitrant republican politicians who continue
shouted out to join the debate. they were already in those early hours, doing more than preparing for a speech that day. they had a specific operational plan that morning. and a filmmaker embedded with them saw that and recorded it. as we begin this hour of msnbc tonight, and we dig into what s important on what transpired the week and during all the buildup to the january 6th hearings reaching this investigative findings stage, it s important to listen to what that star witness then embedded filmmaker told us. because that s why he was one of the star witnesses. that s why 20 million people were subjected to hearing exactly what he said last night. we met up with the proud boys somewhere around and they are starting to walk down the mile easterly in a direction towards the capitol. there was a large contingent, more than i expected. and i was confused, to a certain extent, why we were walking away from the presidents speech. because that s what i felt we were there to co
classmates. sam was part of the rally back in 2018. sam, i wonder, what is like for you to be back here today. in 2018 you are on the stage. you are here today, four years later, what does that mean to you? is little bittersweet knowing that the reason we are here today is because there s more bodies that have been lowered into the ground. the rate of gun violence is climbing, raided the homicide, a shooting, mass shootings in, it is only been increasing. we are here to emphasize the importance of a common sense legislation. tell the people in congress and senate that we need these things passed in order to reduce the amount of bodies that we are losing every single year to everyday gun violence. sam, i wonder what it is like going through what you went through, being in those classrooms on february 14th 2018, but it s like when you wake up to what happened in uvalde? it is traumatizing. it is triggering, every single time. a conversation of gun violence is personal to