failed because this man is continuing to use a seditious lies to try to hold on to power in this country, is illegally pressuring witnesses to not give testimony to one of the branches of government that has a sacred obligation to protect the constitution. i mean, if you think about it, we have candidates all over the country proudly campaigning on this seditious lie. it is time. i feel very strongly that there is a mountain of evidence now about this man s state of mind and exactly what went down, and that when he couldn t do it legally, he said screw the law. i don t care about the law. i want to hold on to power, and that is a crime. well, so much there to unpack in your one response, claire. i think in some ways, the quietest witness was the most tragic one. it was mr. ayers. he was one such radicalized trump supporter. he described himself as a family man and a working man. he said everything about his life has changed. in an eerie way, there was an echo to a life bein
i am stephanie ruhle. it is the eve of another critical january six committee hearing, the panels fourth, one starting tomorrow at 1 pm eastern. california congressman adam schiff will take the lead. the focus, first, to pressure state officials into overturning joe biden s 2020 victory, a race, of course he won fairly. i m gonna say it one more time, a race he won fairly. and the plan to get fake electors to washington, d.c., in time to stop the transfer of power on january 6th. this was, i think, really unprecedented in u.s. history. this brought effort to overturn the presidential election, and you ll see just what the weight of the presidency brought down on these officials. in another hearing, means more republican witnesses, and that s what we re gonna get to tomorrow. arizona s republican house speaker, bowers gets his turn. committee aides tell nbc news he will detail, for the first time, how trump and rudy giuliani leaned on him directly to overturn biden s victo
eastern. california congressman adam schiff will take the lead. the focus, first, to pressure state officials into overturning joe biden s 2020 victory, a race, of course he won fairly. i m gonna say it one more time, a race he won fairly. and the plan to get fake electors to washington, d. c., in time to stop the transfer of power on january 6th. this was, i think, really unprecedented in u.s. history. this broad effort to overturn the presidential election, and you ll see just what the weight of the presidency brought down on these officials. another hearing means more republican witnesses, and that s what we re gonna get to tomorrow. arizona s republican house speaker, rusty bowers, gets his turn. committee aides tell nbc news he will detail, for the first time, how trump and rudy giuliani leaned on him directly to overturn biden s victory in arizona. joining bowers tomorrow, two other republican officials, who were targets of a very similar pressure campaign. georgia
and wife karen who s closing the curtains. according to abc the photo was taken after the attackers had already left the capitol chanting hang mike pence. this is set to focus on mr. pence a few hours after they weighed in on whether some in the january 6th crowd were aided by tours they got from republican house members. the information these were reconnaissance tours were not substantiated. today they released a video of a tour that barry loudermilk gave on the 5th of january. he was taking photos of staircases and hallways that are not typical of interests to tourists. this comes two days after the chief of capitol police said and i m quoting from the letter, we do not consider any of the activities we observed as suspicious. congressman loud erloudermilk to it. there is nothing there. there is nothing suspicious. when visitors come, they take pictures. in just a moment we ll be joined by a former police officer who was badly injured in the january 6th attack. first off,
his hanging. the photo was obtained by abc news. it was taken in his ceremonial office just moments after he and his family were evacuated from the senate chamber, according to abc. along with the former vice president, you see his brother, congressman greg pence, his daughter charlotte and his wife karen who is closing the curtains. according to abc, the photo was taken after the attackers had already taken the capitol, some of them chanting hang mike pence. this comes a day before the select committee is to focus on mike pence weighing in on whether some in the january 6th crowd were aided by tours they got from house members. the allegation there were reconnaissance tours is not, repeat not yet substantiated. but today the committee released a video of the tour of the capital georgia republican congressman barry lauder milk gave on the 5th of january. in the video, one man is seen snapping pictures of security checkpoints, staircases and hallways, which in the words of b