hi there, everyone. it s 4:00 in new york. two years and two months after what the fbi describes as an act of domestic terrorism, and acts of violence, vice president mike pence and his family ran for their lives. fox news laura ingraham warned mark meadows that the events on january 6, quote, will ruin our legacy, a revision of history as those republicans described it under way. it s not enough to significant more what kevin mccarthy and tucker carlson are doing out of fear of amplifying their idiocy and radicalism. the truth is they don t care what we do. but we seek the clear and cold facts how republicans viewed january 6. i remember the day as a low point. i think it s inexcusable. completely 100% inexcusable. i don t care the motivation. it was a very disturbing day yesterday. i had a lot of anger as my colleagues that the capitol got overrun. these are anarchists and terrorists. steve, right, steve? we all know this is what happened after the truth bubbled out
members of congress were still dodging the disgraced ex-president s phone calls on the floor of the house. kevin mccarthy was still cutting back room deals, negotiating with his hostage-takers, trading away everything but the gavel so he could ascend finally, at long last, to the speakership. now less than one week into republican rule of the house of representatives, here we are, one newly minted republican of the house, george santos, is facing multiple open investigations and mounting evidence that he is both a pathological liar and a potential campaign finance violator among other things. speaker mccarthy is dangling the possibility of expuning one of the disgraced ex-president s impeachments. republicans are unleashing a so-called weaponization with mccarthy. democrats of the house are now receiving death threats like this one against congressman eric swalwell. getting your kicked off the committee is the least of your problems. the american people aren t going to be
legal news. it is the first conviction of anyone for defying the house january 6 committee as well. we have experts about to join us who were inside the courtroom . this is a major deal. prosecutors basically made may have won their case that steve bannon hid insurrection evidence by refusing to show up or testify or provide documents requested under that lawful subpoena. mr. bannon faces up to two years in prison in a precedent- making a victory. for the justice department and the house, we have a lot to get to. a lot of angles. we go right into the breaking news to the people who know it best. armor federal prosecutor john flannery has dealt with exactly these kind of cases and has been counsel to three confessional crannies congressional committees. josh gerstein has been covering the story. he is out side the courthouse. josh, tell us how this news came down and what it means. well ari, good to see you. deliberations were very short in this case. the trial was pretty
see you at the end of tomorrow. why, because it s 2 am. i will see you at the end of today, i ll be honored to be here again. i ll be honored to be here it s the top of the, hour the star live special coverage of the january six hearing. we ve been saying this will be the last hearing the committee members made [interpreter] clear at the outset of the proceedings that this will not be the end. they anticipate working throughout august, they say they are continuing to shake loose new evidence and new information. new material they need to go through there are still making public please so particularly to republicans to come forward and speak to the committee and tell them what they know i think that s inflected a little bit by the expectation that there are justice department active criminal investigations on the flank of this criminal investigation and when people start talking, you don t to be the last person talking at the last thing they re talking about is your own behavi
in the capitol and being targeted by the mob. during all those hours refusing to call the pentagon or any law enforcement for reinforcements. in fact according to aides even refusing to take a call from pentagon officials offering their help. are you aware of any phone call by the president of the united states to the secretary of defense that day? not that i m aware of, no. are you aware of any phone call by the president of the united states to the attorney general of the united states that day? no. are you aware of any phone call by the president of the united states to the secretary of homeland security that day? i m not aware of that, no. did you hear the president ask for law enforcement response? no. as the men and women in charge of protecting vice president mike pence became more and more desperate about their ability to get him to safety or even save their own lives. and we ll replay in that context an insight to every key moment from last night