haven t seen. we re going to be in for quite a show i think in may george conway, thanks for being here. i appreciate it. next, we will be joined by senator steve daines to visit ukraine since the russian invasion began. he will join us live from ukraine. and the little girl in the red jacket in the movie shindler shindler s list she joins us on new day .
you today. good morning, and welcome back to the cross connection, everybody. look, whatever you re talking about at brunch with your girls or at the shop with your boys or at the couch, at the crib, so are we. you know who i bet feels like a sucker this morning, mike pence. the trump super fan and former vice president was called a traitor at a gathering of religious conservatives, in quote, all because he wouldn t do their dear leader s bidding and overturn an election and we have new video of the insurrectionists who did actually try to violently overturn the election on january 6th. at the request of the media, the feds have released new, disturbing video that includes a former new york police officer allegedly striking officers with a flag pole. the allegory speaks for itself. keep an eye on the man in the red jacket. no!
that was january 6 through the eyes of a police officer. every officer defending capitol hill that day experienced some version of that scene. pro trump rioters using anything that they could get their hands on, poles, barricades, stun guns, mace, bare fists to attack cops. the man in the red jacket that you saw in that video is a former nypd police officer. more than 140 members of the capitol and d.c. metro police departments were injured, one died as a result of defending democracy on that day. so when the house proposed a bill to award congressional gold medals to those officers, it seemed like a lay-up, right? no, not to these 21 members of congress who by the way take a good hard look at this, these lawmakers voted against the civil simple act of honoring
[ bleep ] take it easy, man. no, they work for us [ bleep ]! scott fairlan has been charged with 12 criminal counts, including assaulting an officer and carrying a dangerous weapon in the capitol. and there is another new video, also released by the government at the request of news organizations. this one showing that same former nypd officer questioned by the fbi about ties to his extremist groups brawling with cops on january 6th. he s the man in the red jacket. again, this video is disturbing to watch. come on, guys. come on! take your [ muted ] off! take your [ muted ] off!
insurrection. nbc news has obtained previously unpublished body cam showing a retired nypd officer thomas webster charging through metal barricades there in the red jacket attacking police with a flagpole protecting the capitol. you can see he manages to tackle at least one officer. to the ground. nbc news also got a holds of fbi interview print with webster indicted back in february. showing agents not only asked about the possible connection to groups like the proud boy answer the eatkeepers and asked whether the defendant had any connections to members of congress or capitol police. let s talk about this. joining me now to talk about what we can expect in the coming days and weeks as this probe is continuing, scott mcfarland at nbc 4 washington. scott? reporter: yasmin, the courts were closed yesterday and closed this weekend but court filings are piling up which is to be