the culture. if you think about music or film, african americans, we have contributed so much. so, it s important for us to celebrate the excellence that s displayed. and for the naacp, we understand that how we are seen on the screen or heard through music or felt through our narratives is how we are treated in public policy. so, we need to celebrate excellence because we want to ensure that our experience in this country and on this globe is appreciated, celebrated, and amplified. you know, congressman benny thompson of mississippi will be honored with the chairman s award and civil rights attorney ben crump that he will receive the social justice impact award. well was there actually any competition for either of those awards? they are the perfect recipients. think about the contribution that chairman thompson made
for the move, saying that it posed grave security risks for anyone in the capital, and this afternoon, congressman benny thompson, the former chair of the house january 6th committee he gave a private presentation to house democrats about what this means but. joining us now is benny thompson, democratic congressman from mississippi, and former chairman of the january 6th committee. i just would love to get your first thoughts and reaction from inside the democratic caucus and on the decision from the part of the speaker of the house. thank you very much for having me, alex. let me just say that the democratic caucus in its entirety was absolutely flabbergasted that the speaker would make 44,000 hours of video available to any news media without any standards, any protocols, or any notifications of leader jeffries, or house
and practices of the house. the fact that as chairman thompson said that he did not even consult with the capitol police before releasing the capitol police is surveillance videos you can make an argument, wrong as it might be, it s partisan. he did not consult with the security efforts with revealing security footage. as chairman thompson said, it s a dereliction of duty, not just to the democrats, to the police, to the people that work in the capital, in broad, late to the american people. what can we do about it? nothing in directly but he and the other republicans will have to answer for it at the ballot box. this is a party that says that they backed the blue. this is the behavior of a party that says it is the party of law and order. new york congressman dan goldman
they meaning leader mccarthy and people in the hill because of the violence? he was scared, yes. in addition to releasing these 44,000 hours of security footage to a right-wing proxy uganda machine, speaker mccarthy is now fundraising off of this decision. he is soliciting money by declaring that america requires truth and transparency over partisan games. senate leader chuck schumer today, blasting speaker mccarthy for the move, saying that it posted play security risks for anyone in the capital, and this afternoon, congressman benny thompson, the former chair of the house january 6th committee, gave a private position to the house democrats about what this means but. joining us now is the democratic congressman from mississippi, and former chairman of the january 6th committee. thank you for making time to be here, we really appreciate it. i would just love to get your first thoughts and reactions from inside of the democratic
first improvement inquiry into donald trump. the fact we have to step be late this, the first impeachment inquiry, but i digress. congressman, let s start with where we left off at congressman thompson, which is the subpoenas that are coming from the special counsel s office. are you optimistic the directly going to have to testify, or do you think we re going to get into protracted executive privilege battle? i think they ve waived executive privilege if they testify in the january 6th committee. i would expect them to at least show up. are there going to be things that they claim are covered by executive privilege? it s possible. certainly nothing that they have already spoken about, and they can now claim executive privilege. i would expect if they will show up, i don t think they re going to litigate this, and given their history with the january 6th committee. i do think that one of the benefits for ivanka trump