managers introduced new evidence never before seen video and audio. some of the gruesome sights and sounds that paint such a vivid and harrowing portrait of the deadly violence unleashed by trump supporters. there was this view from one police officer s body cam during the moments he was under attack while desperately trying to defend the capitol from rioters. the managers also presented actual police radio traffic, the realtime audio of the panic and the alarm as the rioters surged closer to the building and started their assault. inside if not 50 charging up the west front north of the stairs. they re approaching the wall now. they started dismantling the reviewing stands. they re throwing metal poles at us. dso, multiple law enforcement injuries. dso, get up here. we re going to try to get compliance but this is now effectively a riot. 1349 hours declaring it a riot. we need units. we re surrounded. they ve breached the scaffold. they re behind our lines. cruiser
thank you so much, and welcome to the beat. i m ari melber. tonight washington and the nation are honoring capitol hill police officer brian sicknick. laid to rest in arlington national cemetery after dying defending the capital. and many say democracy itself. lying in the capitol rotunda is an honor usually reserved for former officials. he is only the fifth private citizen to be honored this way, joining people like rosa parks. against the backdrop of these solemn ceremonies is the fallout over the lies and conspiracy theories that powered the resurrection. republicans vowing to sustain pressure and holding a meeting to discuss potential sanctions for marjorie taylor greene whose trafficked in hate, lies and anti-semitism before she entered congress. the so-called plane that crashed into the pentagon, it s odd there is never any evidence shown for a plane in the pentagon. barack obama s presidency. okay. let s keep going. let s keep talking about whatever happened. yes,
days leading up to the maga invasion at the capital. the basis of the president s second impeachment trial starting next week. the genesis of the siege, revealing it wasn t an up rising but a coordinated campaign by the former president and his allies. that was rooted in a lie that was so convincing to some of his most devoted followers it made the assault on the capitol almost inevitable. and a growing list of people and organizations involved in planning, promoting and financing the rallies that precipitated the insurrection. alex jones, ali alexander, the pilly gee, mike lindell, and people who have been in the republican party, and establishment groups like the republican attorneys general association. the heiress to the publix supermarket fortune. her money paid for the lion s share of the $500,000 at the ellipse where the former president spoke. before they converged on washington, all the forces rallied around a single goal of stopping the so-called steal. and the time
hundreds actually, now they re zeroing in on republican lawmakers who may hold key information about how the capitol attack was allowed to unfold in the first place. one person they d like to speak to in particular is jim jordan. in a letter to jordan, betty johnson said we understand you had one if not multiple conversations with the president on january 6th. we d like to discuss this with you in detail. hopefully he ll be clear with the committee about the phone calls with the ex-president than he s been during past interviews. i ve talked to the president numerous times. i continue to talk to the president. no, i mean on january 6th, congressman. i ve talked to the president i ve talked to the president so many i can t remember all the days i ve talked to him. i certainly have talked to the president. on january 6th did you speak to him before, after, during the capital attack? i d have to go i i spoke with him that day after. i think after. i don t know
a great show. i ll see you tomorrow night. have a good evening. this is don lemon tonight. we ll start with breaking news. this is huge. a high ranking official from the former president s administration telling what he knows to the january 6th committee. it is a big deal. we re talking about mark short because he s the former chief of staff to mike pence. he saw firsthand what happened in the days leading up to january 6th. now he knows how the then president pressured his own vice president not to certify the election that day. he knows all about that. he was with mike pence at the capitol at the time that those rioters stormed the seat of our democracy. he knows that his boss was in peril. hang mike pence! he knows the vice president and his family had to be evacuated with the blood thirsty insurrectionists seconds away and mark short s cooperation with the january 6th committee may just be the tip of the iceberg. one source saying the committee is getting cooperat