revealed. right now, the nation s focus returns to the u.s. capitol as we await the most comprehensive account yet of crimes committed against the united states on this sacred ground. welcome to cnn special coverage of attack on democracy here on cnn. i m jake tapper, about an hour away from the rare prime time presentation on this committee and let s be clear, what will happen in the hearing room tonight is not just about the mob that stormed the capitol on january 6th, specifically, it is a month s long campaign and conspiracy to undermine democracy in america. it s about a president and those around him desperate to hold on to power at any cost, even if it meant destroying the american experiment. committee aides say we will hear and see interviews conducted with trump insiders for the first time. we expect that to possibly include members of the former president s family, as well as former senior administration and trump campaign officials. the hearing will showcase l
we should get to the bottom of that. people defending democracy from the inside. i was ready to fight. i saw a lot of bleep. i was not going to die bleep on the floor of the house of representatives. a key member of the committee investigating the coup. the hearings will tell a story that will really blow the roof off the house. and the republican congressman who wore a bulletproof vest on january 6th joins me live. he always brings up we ve got to rescind the election, you ve got to take a biden out and put me in. now he still says that? yes. a special two hour edition of all in, the an american coup, starts now. good evening from new york, i m chris hayes. in 24 hours, the first public hearings on the january 6th insurrection will finally begin. and while the story has been fairly front and center for a year and a half, the true horror of that day, the terrifying threat, the violence directed at members of congress and the police at the capitol, the vice p
tonight on a special addition of all in. one year, five months and three days ago, was a protest that spun out of control, with the violent culmination of an attempt to steal the presidency. this week, for the first time, the nation will hear the evidence live in primetime. tonight, we will talk to the people on the frontlines against the mob. it was an attack carried out on january 6th. and a hitman sent them. we should get to the bottom of that. people defending democracy from the inside. i was ready to fight. i saw a lot of back in my day i was not going to die bleep on the floor of the house of representatives. a key member of the committee investigating the coup. the hearings will tell a story that will really blow the roof off the house. and the republican congressman who wore a bulletproof vest on january 6th joins me live. he always brings up, we ve got to rescind the election, you ve got to take biden out and put me in. now he still says that? yes
gina raimondo joins me. plus, prime time event. the january 6th committee will pull back the curtain. can they make their case? the biggest challenge we have is how do we compete with a story of fantasy? i ll speak with senior advise to the january 6th committee ahead. hello. i m jake tapper in washington where the state of our union is angry at the lack of leadership. senate negotiators say this will be the critical week to see if they can do anything to respond to the mass shootings. the talks are intensifying as president biden delivered a rare primetime address thursday outlining a series of measures to try to stem the violence. even with good intentions from some on both sides, the passage of anything the chances seem remote. as lawmakers deliberate, americans continue to be killed daily in this uniquely american epidemic. three people were killed and 11 wounded after a mass shooting in south street in philadelphia. it s an area less than a mile from where i gr
election, to sweep the constitution into the trash, chris. they need to convey a sense of the importance of what happened and it is not just january 6th, as important as that is, it is the long run up, the conspiracy, a federal judge has found a likely criminal conspiracy led by trump. of course, the aftermath, the big lie still burns in american politics. i think, it s funny, obviously there was an impeachment trial for what the president did in inciting the mob that day and that was a misdemeanor committed in plain sight, we saw him inside the mob. we saw him invite them to the capital, right? what was known at that time was just how much work had gone into what looks like plausibly a criminal scheme to defraud the united states. i do think the crime that was committed hangs over all of us, even though this isn t a