the january 6th committee hearings. an in-depth look at the committee s dramatic first public hearing this week. donald trump was up the center of this conspiracy. president trump summoned the mob, assembled the mob and lit the flame of this attack. but committee providing a wealth of material, including never before seen footage of the riot as it unfolded. [noise] they were peaceful people. these were great people. the crowd was unbelievable. there was love in the air. i had never seen anything like it. an emotional testimony from the capitol hill police officer who nearly died trying to hold the line. there were officers on the ground, they were bleeding, they were throwing up, they, i mean as a friends with blood all over their faces. i was slipping in peoples blood. it was carnage. it was chaos. the committee, laying all of that blame squarely on the feet of one, that donald trump, using words from his own loyalists and family to make the case that he knew
president trump gave no order to deploy the national guard that day and he made no effort to work with the department of justice to coordinate and deploy law enforcement assets. now, the committee heard from capitol police officer caroline edwards who was injured during the insurrection. they also played a video of mostly never before seen footage showing some of the most violent scenes on the day. we need back-up! [ bleep ]. we are going to give prior warning. declaring it a riot. trying to breach and get boo the capitol. be advised capitol police will start moving resources inside. we re coming in if you don t bring her out. you back up. more now from cnn s ryan nobles. the january 6th select committee has now made its case to the american people, showing a bit of what they ve been working on behind closed doors for more than 11 months. laying out their thesis that former president donald trump is responsible for a plan that was hatched right around novemb
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
so i accepted what he was saying. mr. meadows was asking me what i was finding, if i was finding anything and i remember sharing with him that we weren t finding anything. what was mr. meadows reaction to that information? i believe the words he used were so there s no there there? good morning, i m andrea mitchell in washington. joined by katy tur and hallie jackson for our special msnbc coverage, taking you through all the new facts, stunning new videos and compelling testimony from the january 6th committee s first primetime hearing on thursday night. and looking forward to what we have in store in the coming weeks. among the major questions that we will be tackling, what evidence will the committee provide in subsequent hearings to place former president donald trump at the center of an attempted coup. allegedly using radical groups like the proud boys and oath keepers, whose leaders have been both been charged with seditious conspiracy to try to overthrow our go