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
federal law for elections. there are very different laws in 50 different states, plus the district of columbia. so in all these districts, we re seeing efforts made to undermine voting, limit voting to allow state legislators to cancel votes. what the committee hearings might do, and probably the most positive contribution would be to take the lie and expose it even further. donald trump knew he was lying, and today s hearing demonstrated that beyond question. and he used that lie to try to motivate his friends and his allies, and he used them for his own narrow purposes. and so to the extent that the committee can continue to push that, and show that, demonstrate it, it undermines efforts in some of the states to do what donald trump wants. to prepare the way for a 2024 race. in los angeles, good to see you. appreciate it.
the nullify cations. i completely agree. we ve talked about this offline. the most insidious thing about all these losses they re handing to legislatures and politicians, the right to overrule results of it is the thing donald trump wanted and couldn t get in 2020 that saved us from that election being overturned. i think people need to focus on the most important thing. obviously the abridgements or things that limit voting is egregious. i have a lot of confidence in the american people to fight back on that. if you hand to a bunch of politicians the right to say, no, we won t semithose votes. we re going to only accept votes that please us. then as matthew says, your democracy is done. we really need to focus only. i have a lot of faith in the
people, individual people, can hold their leaders accountable. the vote is their only way. they can call. they can write. but really, fundamentally, the only way leaders of this country are held accountable is through the vote. and the biggest concern, i have, in all of these bills getting passed. yes, the restrictions on voter rights are awful. is the potential for nullifications of elections. absolutely. that s the biggest concern i ve had. the the invitation process and nullifications of elections. david, you want to weigh in? quickly, please. i completely agree and mat and i have talked about this offline. the the most insidious things about all these laws is they are handing, to legislatures and politicians, the right to overrule results. it s the thing that donald trump wanted and couldn t get, in 2020. that saved us from that election being overturned. and and i really do think people need to focus on the most important thing. obviously, the abridgements or or
justice department s civil defense unit to try to bolster protections as they move forward and key actions, saying they want to evaluate the recently passed laws that limit voting access to see if they violate existing protections as well as analyzing state laws across the country to see if they discriminate against minority voters. he spoke to this yesterday during that announcement, the reasons behind wanting to take these measures. take a listen to what he said. there are many things that are open to debate in america, but the right of all eligible citizens to vote is not one of them. moments of voting rights expansion have often been met with counter efforts to curb the franchise. actually securing the protections guaranteed by our constitution and laws has always required vigilant enforcement by congress, the courts and the justice department. reporter: garland called on congress to pass new measures