lawmakers seated, there is no real opposition, no pushback to question any of the conclusions or expand inquiry. over the next couple of weeks, we anticipate the unveiling of never before seen testimony, documents, video, audio from january 6th. even tonight we will see that whether that changes how people look at the event or how much it impacts politics going forward is yet to be seen. congressional correspondent chad pergram starts us off tonight live from capitol hill. good evening, chad. good evening, bret. the goal of the committee remind the public of what happened that day and warn people of threats to american democracy. tonight s hearing is a made for tv docudrama in prime time. tonight will be sort of an opening of the narration, the narrative of what happened as an assault on our democracy on our constitution, on our capitol, on our congress and in a very violent way. republicans anticipate something else. we can expect a circus. the democrats have been sh
president bush. he actually participated in it. this is an effort before the midterms to change the subject. the people who went into that capitol and i was there that day are being prude. that s great. we are all trying to work better together to make sure it doesn t happen again. this hearing is not about solutions. it s about trying to blame president trump in a fashion to change the outcome of the midterms. it s being done in a way it s never been done before. kevin mccarthy, the republican leader in the house, his nominees to the commission were rejected by the speaker bowers she didn t like them is partisan to the core. it will have no credibility with the public. and they are trying to change the subject and it won t work. bret: but the question is going to be asked again and again to republicans, do you believe, like donald trump believes, that the 2020 election was stolen? i accepted the 2020 election. i think there was shah containry in these states but i wasn t convi
the opposition party try to offer something worse than that. is that a fair assessment? yes, it is. we saw that yesterday with the republican congressman apologizing to bp. i m sorry you destroyed the gulf. what s he apologizing for? that s beyond beyond. is the ultimate problem, and then i ll let you go, the fact that we don t have a competitive primary process? so we re not getting the yield of the competition that may be better because the incumbents are reelected 95% of the time. as a result, that s why they accommodate special interests and don t care about the voters. is that the problem? we do need election reform. one party in the country is entirely on the take and cares about nothing but tax cuts for the rich.