Time. In july 1998 a delusional, seriously mentalally ill man walked through carrying a loaded. 38 caliber smith and wesson revolver. Jacob chestnut stopped the man and asked him to go through the metal detector. The man turned and shot the officer in the head and killed him and shot and Wounded Another Police officer. Officer Douglas Mcmillian who Returned Fire and hit the attacker. Shot and mortally wounded a u. S. Capitol police detective. John gibson. As gibson told members of congress and their staff to take cover. Detective gibson was killed by the attacker that day. But before he died he nevertheless was able to return fire as well and that is apparently what took the gunman down and ended that oneman attack on the u. S. Capitol in the summer of 1998. The attacker, although he was shot by officers that Returned Fire, he survived. A u. S. Senator, who was a Heart Surgeon was nearby when the Gun Fight Broke Out and may have saved the gunmans life after the shooting stop and accomp
On january 6th. Were also one week out from the former president s second Impeachment Trial, this time on the charge of inciting that insurrection at the capitol. We now know how house Impeachment Managers plan to make the case to convict the former president and what his own attorneys plan to offer as a defense. This morning those House Managers filed a sweeping, 80page pretrial brief that lays out in rather stark terms the events leading up to that riot that day, noting quote, trumps singular responsibility for that tragedy. After losing the 2020 election, President Trump refused to accept the will of the american people. He spent months asserting without evidence that he won in a landslide and that the election was stolen. President trump announced a save america rally on january 6th, promised it would be wild. He summoned a mob to washington, exhorted them into a frenzy and aimed them like a Loaded Cannon Down pennsylvania avenue. Hours later, trumps Defense Attorneys filed a 14pag
Ties to extremists linked to the insurrection at the capitol still has room for liz cheney, a conservative stalwart, who had the audacity to hold donald trump accountable for the incitement of the riots in january 6th. Also on the line today, who will have the fortitude to go on the record against the real threat, a Conspiracy Theorist in its own ranks. Right now the republican conference is behind the closed doors ahead on a vote tomorrow to remove congresswoman greene from her Committee Appointments. A woman who is dubious about whether the attacks on 9 11 were real, endorsed calls to assassinate barack obama, nancy pelosi, and hillary clinton. House Republican Leaders Kevin Mccarthy, for one, is reportedly feeling torn at this hour between cheney, a former State Department official, the daughter of conservative former Vice President dick cheney on one side, and a member of congress, Claire Mccaskill refers to as the q aknown lady. Reports of what went down inside the room. Mccarthy
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Across the networks of nbc news, thanks for staying up late. Well see you at the end of tomorrow. Tomorrow thank you all for joining us at this hour. We have breaking news tonight, as i just mentioned. If your calendar was marked for this coming monday, when President Trump was set to hold a Press Conference that he promised would exonerate him from the allegations laid out in that Fulton County indictment, if that was a date that was reserved on your eye calla, well im sorry to inform you, that it has been called off. Trump says tonight that his legal team is instead putting all of the overwhelming evidence informal legal filings. He adds, therefore, the News Conference is no longer necessary. That news comes right after trumps legal team and another case finally gave its answer as to when they believe the former president should go to trial. Trumps team is arguing tonight that the federal 2020 election case brought by special counsel jack smith should go to trial in April Of 2026. Th