the january 6 u.s. capitol riot. we don t swear an oath to an individual or a political party. we take our oath to defend the united states constitution. we have a breach at the capitol. our work must do much more than just look back. the cause of our democracy remains in danger, conspiracy to fraught the will of the people is not over. it is friday, june 10th, 4:00 a.m. in washington where the house select committee investigating the capitol riot says january 6 was the cull men nation of an attempted coup by donald trump and his supporters. republican vice chair liz cheney said trump lit the flame for the attack and she explained how the former president and his aides knowingly spread lies that the 2020 election was stolen. here is trump s daughter, ivanka. how did that affect your perspective about the election when attorney general barr made that statement? it affected my perspective. i respect attorney general barr. so i accepted what he was saying. and benn
the blue line heading in the opposite direction is the president s approval average. you are watching fox and friends first, i m carley shimkus. ashley: i m ashley strohmier in for todd piro. take a look at that graph, approval going down, gas going up. when is last time you filled up? carley: as james carville says, it is the economy stupid, that is all that matters, kitchen table issues and we re going to dive into them this morning. ashley: yeah, i was saying, i don t know when the last time you fill up, when i cost up it is costing upward of $60 to $65, in a honda accord. my husband s gas kicks off at $75, where we live north of here. it is getting ridiculous and these are issues that people in america carley: also the inflation report coming out later this morning, we are at 8.3, when the president entered office it was less. ashley: republicans trashing democrats prime time january 6 hearing as nothing more than a partisan spectacle orchestrated just in ti
here. from all of our colleagues across the networks of msnbc news, thank you for staying up late and i will see all of you at the end of tomorrow. tomorrow now it is a top of the hour. we are looking at live images of the cannon caucus room at the u.s. capitol. members of the january six investigation are about to enter the room and take their seats. in terms of what we are expecting, here betty thompson is expected to gavel the hearing in the session. as i was mentioning we expect opening statements both from chairman thompson, and from the republican vice chair liz cheney. we also know that there are two live witnesses, who are slated to testify tonight. capitol hill police officer who was injured, and the attack. also documentary filmmaker, who captured footage on january 6th that we will be seeing for the first time tonight. he is and that it with the pro trump paramilitary group, the proud boys that was a subject of a seditious conspiracy, federal felony indictment earl
revealed. right now, the nation s focus returns to the u.s. capitol as we await the most comprehensive account yet of crimes committed against the united states on this sacred ground. welcome to cnn special coverage of attack on democracy here on cnn. i m jake tapper, about an hour away from the rare prime time presentation on this committee and let s be clear, what will happen in the hearing room tonight is not just about the mob that stormed the capitol on january 6th, specifically, it is a month s long campaign and conspiracy to undermine democracy in america. it s about a president and those around him desperate to hold on to power at any cost, even if it meant destroying the american experiment. committee aides say we will hear and see interviews conducted with trump insiders for the first time. we expect that to possibly include members of the former president s family, as well as former senior administration and trump campaign officials. the hearing will showcase l
tonight, the january 6th hearings. good evening. thank you so much for being here with us tonight. we know that you have a lot of options for where to watch and how to watch tonight s hearing. it makes us all the more grateful that you have chosen to be here with us on msnbc. i m rachel maddo with joy reid. tonight is a big night for us. a big night for american democracy. we have had a few other instances in our modern history of big, public hearings. all the networks scuttling their schedules to air the proceedings live, but none of us have ever covered something quite like this before. the january 6th investigation is about the first time in american history that the transfer of power between presidents was not peaceful. tonight in the ornate cannon caucus room inside the u.s. capitol the january 6 ths investigators said they would give them a skralg amount. the investigators plan to show video footage from the attack that s never been seen by the public before, including