and it s about a young man at 24 years old that was living his dream, that a few hours ago was getting ready to play the biggest game of his nfl career and there was probably nowhere else in the world he wanted to be, and now he fights for his life. we forget that part of living this dream is putting your life at risk. and tonight, you know, we got to see a side of football that is extremely ugly. shock and sadness during monday night football. buffalo bills safety demar hamlin is in critical condition this morning in a cincinnati hospital. he suffered cardiac arrest following a hit during last night s game. we re following the latest on his condition this morning and also the outpouring of support. also this morning, kevin mccarthy has already moved into the speaker s office on capitol hill despite an influential group of republicans who have vowed to vote against him today. we ll tell you why we may see something on the hill today that hasn t happened in 100 years. we re
adviser to mike pence. in advance of that life testimony, nbc news has obtained exclusive new video ahead of today s hearing. highlighting how the events of the 6th were only the end of a pressure campaign against mike pence to overturn the election results that began much earlier with pence consistently pushing back according to testimony from his chief of staff mark short. was it your impression that the vice president had directly conveyed his position on these issues to the president not just to the world, through a deer colleague letter, but directly to president trump? many times. and had been consistent in conveying his position to the president. very consistent. okay. we ll see more on that coming up in the hearing. another angle to the january 6 story, we re getting new details on how protesters may have known their way around the capitol. now video from the january 6 committee raising questions about what happened the day before the riot on the fifth. the
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there were also details of transport convoys and assembly points and maps of the tunnel system around congress. yet the authorities didn t act. they were unprepared and there s really not good reason for it. there were plenty of people, certainly outside the government, researchers who were monitoring the planning that was going on in extremist social media circles and chat forums. sometimes there s a lot of talk, but no real mobilization, but here you saw the logistics. by the time i got here onjanuary the 6th with the proud boys, it was clear something had gone badly wrong with the police operation. not only had i not seen any police officers on the march up here, now it was clear the capitol hill police force was panicking. as the proud boys marched past, police were scrambling to put on their riot gear. meanwhile, at the capitol, low barriers and a tiny number of police just one lone officer on the senate steps. but when it came to the january 6th committee,
the democratic party controlled congressional investigation, the lack of police preparation and the clear failure of intelligence was barely mentioned. why don t the democrats want to get to the truth? why don t they want to answer the fundamental question, which is why wasn t there a better security posture on that day? the then chief of the capitol hill police force says he did make a request for national guard help three days before, but this was turned down by the house sergeant at arms because of optics . his concern for the optics, i believe, goes back to pelosi s decision, the statement that she referred to federal agents and national guard on the streets of america as stormtroopers. and i think shejust didn t want the look of stormtroopers up on the hill. in the summer of 2020, the use of national guard or riot police was controversial in america. many on the left thought they were being used to shut down legitimate protest in the wake of the murder of george floyd.