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attempted coup. we have known the contours of donald trump s coup attempt for sometime. while many assumed we would get powerful new images from the insurrection itself, like the ones you are seeing on your screen right now, there was a sense of trepidation. i think, partly borne of what happened with the mueller report, that after a year of leaks and countless tell-all books about the final days of the trump administration, there might be just nothing left for the committee to reveal. needless to say, that was not the case. in fact, people across the country tuned in in huge, surprisingly huge numbers. at least, 20 million people watched the two-hour hearing last night. that s the nielsen numbers. for context, that s on par with events like sunday night football games or the macy s thanksgiving day parade. that s big america watches kind of stuff. and the hearing also delivered in terms of what it broadcast. we on this show i ve been covering the insurrection, its aftermath about as
those details? well, we ll get a lot of details. i don t know that we have every single minute, but we will get the main elements of what he was doing and what he wasn t doing was anything to stop his supporters from trying to overthrow the electoral count. he was not calling he never did anything. he didn t call general milley. he didn t call the secretary of defense. he didn t try to do anything to protect the capital. the vice president tried and obviously he s not in the line of command, but at least he was making an effort to protect the constitution, something the president failed to do. and i know that you weren t going for the ratings on thursday night, but the nielsen numbers have come in, and it s been estimated that some 20 million americans were watching the hearing, the very first
and to chris rock s representatives. the lapd says rock declined to press charges. brian todd, cnn, washington. here in the u.s., the academy awards drew a larger audience than last year. according to nielsen numbers, the show drew an average of 15.3 million viewers for abc on sunday. that s a 56% increase from last year s show, which brought in just under 10 million viewers, which was an all-time low. it s not clear yet if there was a surge in viewership after will smith s slap to chris rock, but the altercation blew up on social media, which may have drawn more people to tune in for the show s final hour. i m lynda kinkade at the cnn center in atlanta. we re going to go back to hala gorani live in lviv after a break. stay with us. you re watching cnn.
press. i call him the great one. great one. i looked at the nielsen numbers. fake news, jimmy acosta, he released his book right around the time that you did. i saw that you are almost at the half million mark. congratulations. he s at 15,000. humpty dumpty is going to write a book about us here at fox and probably put our pictures on it and not pay us. there is pretty big discrepancy. i would say he earned his lack of sales, because he has a lack of credibility just like o donnell. mark: look, you want to know the truth? the vast majority of americans have never heard of these people. they don t know where they are. when they watch them, they don t like them. there is great disrespect for the media today. they have a credibility problem. they ve turned off half of america. they treat half of america with