told him he needed to be doing something more. and aware of the rioters chants to hang mike pence, the president responded with this sentiment, quote, maybe our supporters have the right idea. mike pence, quote, deserves it. mike pence deserves it. that s one of several new findings revealed yesterday. you may hear there was nothing new, but that s not the truth. cheney revealed multiple republican congressman, including gop representative scott perry, sought presidential pardons for their roles in trying to overturn the election. trump s attorney general bill barr told him, his claim the election was stolen was bs. ivanka trump testified she believed barr when he said that. and overnight a source close to former vice president pence told cnn that his team did not call the white house for help as the riots unfolded because they did not think the white house, that is the president, would help them. that s the vice president. capitol hill police officers who were attacked an
this. again, the custodial staff of the capitol, they re not trained to fight for their lives. they re just trying to keep the building open and functioning. we need to hear from them and so we want to make sure that people understand that for those who secure the capitol, those who work in the capitol, it s important that our first hearing show those individuals that this select committee cares about them. that is significant news, congressman, before i let you go, clarify one point for me here, if, in fact, you move forward as it sounds like you will on the 21st or 22nd and do not have those five gop selected members joining, could they at some point would they still join down the road, you know, for the second or third or fourth hearing if kevin mccarthy does appoint them to this commission? is that how you see that unfolding, just the logistical question. well, the legislation is
question. impeachment is one of the gravest powers of congress second only to our power to declare war. it must always be our last option reserved for those rare times when we can t wait for the next election. today s hearing show we may be at one of those rare times because these professors made a very strong argument that abuse of power and bribery engaged by the president threatens the integrity of our national election. do you think they made the point it says duty as well as an appropriate sanction, that the president ought to be impeached? they made a very strong point that the trump administration has taken a position that the president cannot be indicted, and therefore the only mechanism to hold the president accountable is impeachment. in this case, the facts show that donald trump withheld critical aid to ukraine, withheld a critical aid to a ukrainian leader in exchange for
reporter: republican senator jeff sessions, the first u.s. senator to come out in support of donald trump was a u.s. attorney in al when then president ronald reagan nominated him for the federal o court. but the appointment broke down at the session s confirmation hearing when allegations of his alleged racial remarks took center stage. allegations that sessions angrily denied then and now. i am not a racist. i m not insensitive to blacks. i have supported civil rights within my state. i have done my job with integrity, equality and fairness fur all. transcripts of that hearing show that tomas figures, a black former assistant u.s. attorney testified that sessions called him boy and joeblked about thu
administrative leave for a while, then reassigned to other positions within the state department. i mean it seems like pretty pitiful discipline to me. i submit respectfully, mr. chairman, accountability includes being relieved from your job and assigned to other positions. no one miss ad paycheck. in the real world, this would never happen. this would never ever happen. they would be fired. they would be terminated because they failed. who made the decision, you or secretary clinton to not be transparent with regard to bonus incidents? i don t think it was either. i have to go back and find out. the real people who should be held accountable are not even interviewed. that is appalling. bill: that is yesterday. what will happen today? south carolina congressman trey gowdy is on the committee. you will ask questions moments from now. what will this hearing show, sir. good morning, bill.