man fighting with the ukrainian army are sentenced to death by a russian backed court. and tributes are paid to bruce kent, the veteran british peace campaigner, who s died at the age of 92. welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. the congressional committee investigating the storming of the us capitol last year has held its first public hearing on prime time television. it says it s established that the former president donald trump conspired to overturn the result of the 2020 election. graphic new footage was shown of the riots at the capitol building in washington last january when supporters of mr trump tried to prevent the peaceful transfer of power to president biden. the committee spent almost a year investigating the attack. some republican leaders called the hearings a democratic smokescreen to promote a radical agenda. but liz cheney, the committee s republican vice chair, said mr trump had summoned the mob, lit the flame of the attack, an
they had i mean, i saw friends with blood all over their faces. i was slipping in people s blood. the uk s foreign secretary will talk to her ukrainian counterpart about two british men sentenced to death by a russian backed court. and heading to the high court: lawyers try to stop a controversial scheme that will send asylum seekers from britain to rwanda. hello and welcome. the congressional committee investigating the storming of the us capitol last year has held its first public hearing on prime time television. it says it s established that the former president donald trump conspired to overturn the result of the 2020 election. graphic new footage was shown of the riots at the capitol building in washington last january when supporters of mr trump tried to prevent the peaceful transfer of power to president biden. the committee spent almost a year investigating the attack. some republican leaders called the hearings a democratic smokescreen to promote a radical agen
some republican leaders called the hearings a democratic smokescreen to promote a radical agenda. but liz cheney, the committee s republican vice chair, said mr trump had summoned the mob, lit the flame of the attack, and then failed to intervene to end the violence. she called on her party colleagues to honour the oath that binds them to uphold the constitution. tonight i say this to my republican colleagues defending the incident indefensible, there will come a day when donald trump is gone but your dishonour will remain. finally, i ask all of our fellow americans, as you watch our hearings over the coming weeks, please member what s at stake. remember the men and women who have fought and died so that we can live under the rule of law, not the rule of man. liz cheney s-ueakin not the rule of man. liz cheney speaking there. i m joined by our correspondent, anthony zurcher.
back and assaulted by these protesters. as well as a live camera footage security camera footage from in the capital that were showing minute by minute the protesters as they are breaching the lines as they entered the building and stormed the hallways and as members of congress and house staffers flowed for their lives because they were fearful that the violence was going to reach them in their offices. them in their offices. anthony zurcher live them in their offices. anthony zurcher live there them in their offices. anthony zurcher live there from - them in their offices. anthony zurcher live there from the i zurcher live there from the capitol. thank you. we can now speak to the us political analyst max kutner in new york. what have been a democrat and a reactions? .. ., , what have been a democrat and a reactions? ., , ., reactions? the reactions from the mcgrath reactions? the reactions from the mcgrath is reactions? the reactions from the mcgrath is that reactions? th
compelling, more compelling than previous hearings that didn t have these sort of multimedia elements. that will be interesting to follow the impact this has and this isn t adding to note, there is weeks of testimony and it came out tonight that vice president, former vice president pence s lawyer will testify or at least was asked to justify at the next hearing so this will be going on for quite a long time and maybe that will work out for democrats as 2024 approaches to have these hearings are still going on. everything is always played over and over on social media. what is the reaction they are? everyone is on social media, it s been memberfired, it s on tiktok, there is a faction i have noticed of people on twitter, the 0bama foakes, biden foakes, the clinton folks who are following this in public even closer than i am and closer than you