sophisticated serve-part plan to overturn the presidential election and prevent the transfer of presidential power. in our hearings you will see elements of each element of this plan. donald trump and his advisers knew that he had, in account fa, lost the elections, but despite this, president trump engaged in a massive effort to spread false and fraudulent information to convince huge portions of the u.s. population that fraud had stolen the elections from him. on this point, there is no room for debate. those who invaded the capitol and battled law enforcement for hours were motivated by what president trump had told them, that the election was stolen, and that he was the rightful president. president trump, summoned the mob, assembled the mob and lit the flame of this attack. republican congresswoman and committee vice chair liz cheney cutting straight to the heart of the case there that the panel will continue to lay out over the next several weeks, but you don t have to
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
Hello, our breaking News Coverage continues of the urgent manhunt under way in the state of maine for the suspect accused of killing at least 18 people at a Bowling Alley and at a restaurant. As many of the victims injured fight for their lives tonight for the past three hours the fbi has been outside of robered card, the suspects, home, shouting commands. The home has already been searched today. But apparently there was some activity that was noticed that prompted those teams to return. Now at this very moment, its still not clear if anyone was inside of that home or what the activity was aimed at. But what we do know is that suspect is an Army Reservist who knows survive willal techniques. We also know that survival techniques. His home is on hundreds of acres of land and woods. Im about to speak live with the lewiston mayor on everything that transpired right now for his community. But first, want to get straight to the ground with Brian Todd Outside of robert cards home in maine.
Commands from Maine State Police saying robert card welcome to the source. Im kaitlan collins. And tonight we have just been watching a dramatic scene play out at the home of the suspected gunman in maine, who, i should note, is still considered Armed And Dangerous and still on the run for tonight. For hours Law Enforcement surrounded the last known address of 40yearold robert card. Its the second time they have been at this house today. And we have seen some local Law Enforcement leaving the home this evening. The alleged gunman in last nights shooting that killed 18 and injured more than a dozen people is still at large tonight. Were going to update the devastated city of lewiston, maine, is still locked down. Businesses are closed. People are understandably terrified. I want to get straight to cnns brian todd, who is in bowdoin, maine, has been covering all of this, as weve seen this swarm of activity happening outside this address tonight. Brian, i believe we just saw some of these