extremist groups like the proud boys and oath keepers. as we approach the one-year anniversary of the capitol attacks, it s still unclear who will talk no matter how hard the committee tries to turn the legal screws. joining me, adam schiff who sits on the select committee investigating the attacks on the capitol. mr. chairman, thank you so much for joining me. i should also say you have a book out, midnight in washington. so let s talk about the january 6th committee. it is now roughly five months that you have been investigating. you ve interviewed more than 200 witnesses including former trump administration officials. have you found any evidence at this point that donald trump knew of plans for violence at the capitol that day? i can t go into the evidence
family. reporter: that is one of the overarching themes here, that the murdoch family so closely associated with law enforcement for so long could perhaps have in some way interfered with investigations. there s no proof of that yet. it just gets twistier and twistier. thank you for the reporting. it s the top of the hour. good to be with you. in just two days there will be a rally of the right wing at the u.s. capitol. capitol police are now asking the pentagon for support from the national guard. that temporary fencing is up against. the organizers of this justice for january 6th, as they call it, rally, they say it s being held to support the rioters who were charged in the deadly january 6th capitol
to announce bogus investigations into joe biden. big news for parents of young children, the first vaccine maker revealing when kids as young as 5 will likely be able to get vaccinated. that s neat. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world, it s tuesday, june 8th. a new bipartisan senate report just released reveals stunning security breakdowns ahead of the january 6th capitol attacks. details miscommunication, and unheeded warnings that led to a chaotic response on that deadly day. perhaps most telling is what s missing from the report. not a word about donald trump s role in the riots. the word insurrection it never appears in the document.
The White House on Thursday batted down the prospect of President Biden As the President has said, the events of January 6th were an unprecedented assault on our democracy and he believes they deserve a full, and independent, investigation to determine what transpired and ensure it can never happen again, press secretary Jen Psaki Congress was attacked on that day, and President Biden firmly agrees with Speaker Pelosi that Congress itself has a unique role and ability to carry out that investigation. Because of that, the President doesn’t plan to appoint his own commission, she added.
ADVERTISEMENT Members of Congress swore an oath to support and defend the Constitution of the United States, and the President believes they can, and must, do that by putting politics aside and supporting a full and transparent investigation into January 6th.”