into the united states capitol against the orders of police is a crime. to somehow put that in the same category as a permitted peaceful protest is just a lie. i think it s bullshit. reporter: tucker carlson using curated clips of the attack to claim there was no insurrection. these were not insurrectionists, they were sight seers. reporter: kevin mccarthy gave carlson exclusive access to thousands of hours of video from january 6th. speaker mccarthy is every bit as culpable as mr. carlson. reporter: the program conveniently cherry picked from the calmer moments of our 41,000 hours of video. the commentary fails to provide context about the chaos and violence that happened before or during these less tense moments.
get him and others to leave, but officers feltout outnumbered. we have charged more than a thousand people with crimes on that day and more than 500 have been convicted already. i think it s very clear what happened on january 6th. reporter: former president donald trump proclaimed let the january 6th prisoners go and offered his thanks to carlson and mccarthy. now, there are plenty of republicans who welcome this effort to rewrite history. house republicans even tweeting a clip, calling it a must watch. as for kevin mccarthy, he said tonight he has no regrets about releasing his footage to tucker carlson saying it was in the interest of transparency. so kevin mccarthy defending his decision to give all this footage to tucker carlson. but in comments unearthed by cnn from the days after january 6th,
january 6th attack. he added, truth and justice are on our side. several republican senators expressed outrage at the fox report. i think it s [ bleep ]. there were a lot of people in the capitol at the time who i think were scared for their lives. so, i think however you want to describe it. but it was an attack on the capitol. particularly when you come into the chambers when you start opening the members desk, when you stand up in the balcony, to somehow put that in the same category as a permitted peaceful protest is just a lie. reporter: today, speaker mccarthy, who decided to give tucker carlson those 44,000 hours of raw footage, dodged questions. reporter: but we remember what he said january 6th just hours after the rioters were cleared out of the capitol. the silence, destruction, and chaos we saw earlier was unacceptable, undemocratic, and un-american.
access to some 44,000 hours of raw surveillance footage from january 6th. speaker mccarthy, why are you releasing those tapes to fox, sir? reporter: on the sixth, the country and the world saw the violence unfold. but overnight, this is what they saw on fox. they were peaceful. they were orderly and meek. these were not insurrectionists. they were sightseers. reporter: despite all the images we saw that day, rioters smashing windows, beating police officers, and rummaging through the desks on the senator foot, host tucker carlson showed selected clips with no context to claim trump supporters who broke into the building were treating it with respect. they re not destroying the capitol. they obviously revere the capitol. reporter: today, the chief of the capitol police told his officers carlson s show was, quote, filled with offensive and misleading conclusions about the
we are relieved there were no, you know, discharges from any of those cars. we were very fortunate in that. reporter: david, the ntsb has opened a special investigation into norfolk southern s safety practices. and the company s ceo has responded to the news by saying, going forward, we re going to have to rebuild our safety culture from the ground up. david? all right, alex presha again tonight. thank you, alex. we turn now to capitol hill tonight, where republican house speaker kevin mccarthy was pressed repeatedly today about his decision to hand over 44,000 hours of video from january 6th to fox. overnight, selected pieces of that video were described as peaceful and respectful from january 6th toni. tonight, the cap tom police chief outraged. republican senators angry, too, and speaking out. and it all comes after speaker mccarthy himself said after january 6th that it was un-american, calling it, quote, the saddest day i ve ever had serving as a member of this instituti