Group as a violent militia. There is also testimony from an ohio man who pled guilty to bridging the u. S. Capitol, claiming he was there that day as a supporter of pres. Trump. They select committee to investigate the january 6th attack on the United States capitol will be in order. Without objection, the chair is authorized to declare the committee in recess at any point. Pursuing the House Deposition Authority regulation ten, chair announces the committees approval to release the deposition material, any coming from todays hearing. Good afternoon, when i think about the most basic thing to explain the importance of elections in the United States, there is a phrase that always comes to mind. It may sound straightforward, but, it is meaningful we settle our differences at the ballot box, sometimes my choice prevails, sometimes yours does, but, it is that simple, we cannot stop votes, we count the votes, if something seems off with the results we can challenge them in court and then we
Is expected to detail, then president Donald Trumps actions in the 3 hours between his speech urging the crowd to fight like hell. And the final release with video urging the writers to go home. During that time, Trump Supporters breached capital and fought with police to former white house aides, who quit after the right are due to testify. Last week does she have returns . He who is live on capitol hill . So finally, the event is getting underway. One of the people watching this, im sure is going to be donald trump. Ah, what are we expecting to see or hear . In the next coming hours . The committee is going to try and make a case. Thats what we saw in that 187 minutes or the 187 minutes that are going to give us a blow by blow account off between. When donald trump finished his speech at the white as having summoned his supporters to washington on january the 6th and 3 hours and 7 minutes later that the video message he sent to his supporters to leave the capital. That what we saw in
Good evening and thank you for joining us. Our live coverage of tonights prime time hearing from the january 6th committee, nearly a year long investigation. But tonights hearing will focus on something very specific. Were told the committee will laser in on what former President Trump did not do as rioters were attacking the capitol. Those inside the white house describing the former white house watching it all on tv and, they say, failing to act. Members of the committee calling it a dereliction of duty. Theyll focus on the 187 minutes from the time the president finished speaking on the ellipse about 1 10 p. M. Eastern, where he urged supporters to go to the capitol. Of course testimony already the president knew some of those supporters were armed. And then the hours that went by until the former president posted that video at about 4 17 p. M. Telling those at the capitol to go home. We love you. Youre very special. Tonight we will hear indepth where the president was at the white
Lived it. I could hear the din of the rioters in the building. The noise from the rioters became audible, at which point we recognized maybe they had gotten into the building. Now, the january 6th Committee Makes its Closing Argument to the American People. Reporting tonight, lester holt. Good evening. It was one of the most difficult days in american history. For more than a year the january 6th committee e s been investigating why and how a mob of thousands stormed the Capitol Building. They tried to make the case it was former President Trump who was directly responsible for the assault. Tonight will be the last in this series of hearings. Their Closing Argument for this phase as they Just Announced more hearings in the fall. For most of the previous hearings, the focus has been on what mr. Trump did. Tonight the focus will be on what he did not do during the 187 minutes after he spoke to the crowd on january 6th. Until the president finally tweeted out a video telling his supporter
Act. We also know that, from the capitol to the white house and even from people in his own family, he was being begged to do something, anything to stop the violence. Well, the Committee Says it will lay out what they call trumps dereliction of duty. The witnesses tonight will help fill in the gaps in trumps activities that day. Well hear from former Deputy National security advisor Matthew Pottinger and former Deputy Press Secretary sarah matthews. They will testify live. Were also expected to hear some other new testimony from taped depositions. Weve got our Incredible Team with us here tonight with new reporting and analysis, johlysin dickerson. This is really going to focus weve had seven hearings, this committee has interviewed more than a thousand people, but today its about donald trump specifically and a timeline. Reporter during the 2016 campaign, candidate donald trump says i alone can fix it, about the presidency, never more was that more true in his presidency than january