adviser to mike pence. in advance of that life testimony, nbc news has obtained exclusive new video ahead of today s hearing. highlighting how the events of the 6th were only the end of a pressure campaign against mike pence to overturn the election results that began much earlier with pence consistently pushing back according to testimony from his chief of staff mark short. was it your impression that the vice president had directly conveyed his position on these issues to the president not just to the world, through a deer colleague letter, but directly to president trump? many times. and had been consistent in conveying his position to the president. very consistent. okay. we ll see more on that coming up in the hearing. another angle to the january 6 story, we re getting new details on how protesters may have known their way around the capitol. now video from the january 6 committee raising questions about what happened the day before the riot on the fifth. the
fraud or as a result of pandemic-related changes to the process is now widely accepted as fact among republican lawmakers into hotbeds of conspiratorial thinking. according to the times report, 44% of republican legislators in nine key swing states took steps to overturn the 2020 election. it s a staggering number. and now ahead of the next presidential election the disgraced ex-president and his allies are trying to add to those ranks and more republicans who are all, too willing to overturn the will of the voters in those states. there s a startling and significant admission quote, in an interview with the times trumpa being knowledged in deciding who to endorse in races he s looking for candidates who want state legislatures to have a say in naming presidential electors. a position that could let politicians short circuit the democratic process and override the popular vote. it s not just statehouses approximately candidates are hoping to become governors, secretaries of s
would take visitors? no, not at all. and iech given a lot of tours. and even, my god, 25, 26 years ago, if i were taking some small group around and some jack ass was taking pictures where security was, i would turn and especially like he s taking pictures of metal detectors and i would go, hey, inspector caruso, give me your phone, jack ass, or i m going to break it into a million pieces and we re go to complete these pictures. because this is so obviously beyond the pale. there are no little trains or sconces of beautiful, beautiful big bald eagle golden sconces as you re walking through security? and again i ve given a lot of tours. wouldn t take people through this part of the capitol. here it looks like they are
s the thing that we forget about the big lie. has everyone seen any evidence of fraud? no one. not even bill barr. you talk about the director of homeland security talked about the most secure election and bill barr said that there was no fraud and what i would like to have is rudy giuliani under oath and say, okay, i m going to sit here as long as you need. show me. show me the evidence you have. 18 courts in pennsylvania. show me. they have done the biggest magic act. they make tigers disappear. these guys have actually gotten the majority of the republican party to believe something where there is absolutely no evidence. that s brilliant and you went on tape for your televised hearings. exactly. i just wish they would have said we re here and we ll stay as long as long as you like. rudy s job was to find the evidence that doesn t exist. inspector caruso.