and to, quote, connect the dots between the former president s election lies and the violence that unfolded that day. images are still so shocking. tonight is expected to include never before seen video leading up to the capitol attack and as it unfolded, as well as clips of taped interviews with trump administration officials and family members, their testimony. we also expect to hear live witness testimony from two people who had an upclose view of the rioters. and this is just the first round. more hearings are scheduled over the several weeks coming with the committee releasing a final report in september, that, of course, a couple of months before the midterms. let s begin with lauren fox on capitol hill. so, lauren, walk us through what we expect on the first day of these hearings tonight. reporter: well, this is the first opportunity for this committee to come back after months of work behind closed doors. we expect all of this is going to kick off with an opening
over the january 6th insurrection. [ chanting hang mike pence ] s. it s over. you better run, cops. [ stop the steal chant ] investigating the violence and the lies that fuelled an attack on this nation s democracy. tonight a january 6th select committee presents its case in prime time involving a former president, his enablers. the committee promises new evidence. what will it mean for america s future? let s start with cnn congressional correspondent ryan nobles. and ryan, 1,000 witness interviews. mountains of documents, and a promise that the public will see some things for the first time tonight. walk us through what to expect. well, the first thing is that anybody that watches this hearing tonight should not be prepared to see what they would think of as a traditional congressional hearing. committees are describing it as a multimedia presentation. we re going to see graphics. we re going to see sound bites from witness interviews that t tack place behind closed d
much for the latest. it s the top of the hour on cnn newsroom. i m alisyn camerota. i m victor blackwell. we start this hour with the tears and the grief and the stories of terror from capitol hill today as people who have been deeply impacted by america s latest mass shootings testify to the house oversight committee. the youngest voice, just 11 years old, a 4th grader who survived the massacre in uvalde, texas. recounting the worst moments that she endured 77 minutes of living hell. she had to play dead. she had to smear her best friend s blood on her to hide from a gunman. there s a door between our classrooms, and he went there and shot my teacher and told my teacher good night, and shot her in the head. and then he shot some of my classmates when i went back to the back. he i thought he was going to come back to the room so i got blood and i put it all over me. do you feel safe at school? why not? because i don t want it to happen again. and you think it s