she accepted it bill barr s conclusion that the 2020 election was not stolen. according to nelson, 20 million tuned in to watch the first public hearing. the next one will begin this monday. msnbc news we ll have the latest on monday. joining me now is former congressman, carlos cobbles of florida. the host of the digital show ryan unfiltered. and jason johnson with a word with a jason johnson podcast and he is a political contributor. because your onset with me, jason, i will kick it off with you. i know that we are saying over 1 million watched. this is a lot of people. let s put this in contrast. 120 million watch the super bowl. this is a big contrast. what did you learn that you did not already know? i did know a lot of this reminded me of the impeachment hearings. there is still an appetite and a level of curiosity that the american people had. i tweeted this. this was amazing to me. before the hearings, i got a text from my barber who said get your popcorn ready. i
from msnbc world headquarters. welcome to alex witt reports. we are beginning this hour with breaking news as thousands of students are leading marches and rallies early across this country demanding action on gun violence. survivors of the 2018 parkland school shooting are leading another push for a change in our gun laws. among those taking place at rallies today, younger students summoned in austin texas, saying that they are traumatized by active shooter drew drills and use of school shootings. this gathering took place in nashville in the last. our students were joined by moms demanding action. in new york city, moments ago, mayor eric adams joined those marching to demand action from congress. there s also pay paid tribute to ten killed in a racially charged shooting in buffalo last month and 21 tilde at robb elementary in uvalde. and one organizer said that more voices need to be added to the discussion. i m speaking for the places left out of the conversation about
the january 6th committee hearings. an in-depth look at the committee s dramatic first public hearing this week. donald trump was up the center of this conspiracy. president trump summoned the mob, assembled the mob and lit the flame of this attack. but committee providing a wealth of material, including never before seen footage of the riot as it unfolded. [noise] they were peaceful people. these were great people. the crowd was unbelievable. there was love in the air. i had never seen anything like it. an emotional testimony from the capitol hill police officer who nearly died trying to hold the line. there were officers on the ground, they were bleeding, they were throwing up, they, i mean as a friends with blood all over their faces. i was slipping in peoples blood. it was carnage. it was chaos. the committee, laying all of that blame squarely on the feet of one, that donald trump, using words from his own loyalists and family to make the case that he knew
january six insurrection took direct aim at former president donald trump for his role in inciting the events of the day. the prime time televised hearing paid into a picture of a president who at best was unmoved by the chaos he helped create. at worst, was intent on capitalizing on the arrest we, unrest, to overturn the 2020 election. [inaudible] multiple members of congress requested pardons from trump after the sixth. i was one of the first to call after that day a coup. the house select committee has only confirmed my suspicions. unfortunately, many of the americans who most need to hear the truth about what happened in the tumultuous final days of the trump presidency, remain in the dark. many of the largest conservative media outlets have chosen to play down or completely ignore the select committee s important work. joining me now, congresswoman robbyn kelly, democrat of illinois, who sits on the house oversight and reform committee. congresswoman, thank you for joini
revealing that the capitol attack was farm of former president trump s plans, not just a rally that got out of control. as chairman bennie thompson put it, quote, the violence was no accident. i represented trump s last stand, the most desperate chance to hold the transfer of power. officials testified that they informed trump repeatedly that he lost. former ag bill barr called bs on trump s election conspiracies. according to the committee i had three discussions with the president that i can recall, one in november 23rd, one was on december 1st and one was on december 14th. i have been thoroughly give and take out those discussions and within that context, i made it clear that i did not agree with the idea that saying the election was stolen and putting out this stuff. i told him that it was according to the committee however, trump continued to meet with rudy giuliani and other election deniers. on december 18th, 2020, they talked about sending troops to seize voti