Of trump supporters. The committee and the house documented 12 different requests to the pentagon that day. Trying to get help from the national guard. 12 different requests. While the attack was under way. Five different times the national guard was told that they needed to standby. And be ready to maybe do something. But it was close to five hours before any national guard troops were sent to the capitol. At which point the capitol was well and truly overrun. Today one of the pentagon officials who couldn t explain that delay in dispatching the guard on january 6, one of the officials who couldn t explain it, never the less testified about it. Was a general charles flynn. He is the younger brother of trump national security adviser michael flynn. Who of course called on trump supporters to come to the capitol january 6. Who publicly called on trump to declare martial law and have the military take over the country and rerun the election and swing states. Where trump lost. Michael fly
And maybe do something. But it was close to five hours before any national guard troops were sent to the capitol. At which point, the capitol was well and truly overrun. P today one of the pentagon e officials who couldn t explain that delay in dispatching the s guard on january 6, one of the officials who couldn t explain it, but never the less testified about it, was a general charles flynn. Charles flynn is the younger brother of trump national security adviser michael flynn. Who, of course, called on trump supporters to come to the capitol january 6. Ja who publicly called on trump to declare martial law and have the military take over the country and rerun the election and swing states where trump lost. Michael flynn s brother charlies on january 6th was the deputy chief of staff of the united states army, which he described essentially being the chief operating office of the army. After the attack happened on january 6, when hard questions started to be asked about why the nation
pictures inside the church, come a few kilometres from where george floyd was merited in the same city. the reverend al sharpton is to give the eulogy. we will listen to that lie. the united states bring dozens of world leaders together in a push to stop climate change. joe biden makes a big promise. the united states sets out on the road to cut greenhouse gases in half by the end of this decade. india has recorded the highest one day tally of new covid i9 infections of any country since the pandemic began. close to 315,000 cases have been registered in the past 2a hours. 315,000. india now has 16 million confirmed cases second only to the us. but its exponential rise far outstrips any of the other most affected countries. and this fear is this second wave hasn t even peaked yet. here s one professor in chennai. models suggests that the current situation of this huge number of cases, they have exceeded 300,000 new cases a day. now this is been going on for the last few days
divorce. kevin mccarthy admitting he backs the removal of liz cheney. in an irony, mccarthy writing to his republican colleagues tonight. i quote him. we are a big party and unlike the left, we embrace free thought and debate. let s talk about this. mccarthy is kicking out cheney for having a different opinion. he says it is for a big party that embraces free thought and debate. wow, he has in polite terms. liz cheney says the election was free and fair and trump is responsible for what happened on january 6th. these are facts and as a point of fact once upon a time, cheney and mccarthy agreed on facts on the crucial points of january 6th. there is no question that the president forms the ed the mo ignited the mob. the president bears responsibility on the january 6th insurrection. then he flipped it and flew to mar-a-lago. cheney embraced free thought and facts and responded with the truth tweeting the 2020 election was not stolen, anyone who claims it was is spre
good evening. i m erin burnett. outfront tonight, just say no. that appears to be the mantra of the gop when it comes to joe biden. mitch mcconnell today proudly admitting this well, i m anxious to stop the biden agenda, depending on what it is. well, that comes just a day after this telling declaration. 100% of my focus is on stopping this new administration. he was pretty clear there. stopping biden is the focus, 100%. that s the goal of the top republican in the senate. this as joe biden today hit the road to sell his latest $4 trillion spending plan. it s about building a strong foundation for the american people. these are jobs that can t be outsourced. can t be outsourced. they just require something we ve got in good supply here in louisiana, hard work, grit, and sweat. i m willing to hear ideas from both sides. well, you know, if he s hearing ideas from both sides, at least from what mitch mcconnell said, the idea from the republican side is the word