the capital in an attempt to o overturn the twenty twenty election results. for more , let s go to chief congressional correspondent chadress pergram. good afternoon. the committee aimed to tieye the riot to formerd president trump. the panel played new audioudpr and videotape of those close tof the president that included former attorney general bill barr who said there was no fraud in the election. y wyoming republican liz cheney invoked a painting in the capitol which shows president george washington resigning his military commission. p cheney says former president trump did all he could to stay in office with this noble act. washington sete the indispensible example of the peaceful transfer of power what president reagan called nothing less than a miracle the sacred obligation to defend this peaceful transfer of power has been honored by every american president except one . there was dramatic testimony from u.s. capitol police officer caroline edwards. she sustain
to overturn the 2020 election results. for more, let s go to chief congressional correspondent chad pergram. good afternoon. the committee aimed to tie the riot to former president trump. the panel played new audio and videotape of those close to the president that included former attorney general bill barr who said there was no fraud in the election. wyoming republican liz cheney invoked a painting in the capitol that shows president george washington resigning his military commission. cheney says former president trump did all he could to stay in office. with this noble act, washington set the indispensable example of the peaceful transfer of power. what president reagan called nothing less than a miracle. the sacred obligation to defend this peaceful transfer of power has been honored by every american president except one. there was dramatic testimony from u.s. capitol police officer carolyn edwards. she sustained a traumatic brain injury defending the capitol. th
here. from all of our colleagues across the networks of msnbc news, thank you for staying up late and i will see all of you at the end of tomorrow. tomorrow now it is a top of the hour. we are looking at live images of the cannon caucus room at the u.s. capitol. members of the january six investigation are about to enter the room and take their seats. in terms of what we are expecting, here betty thompson is expected to gavel the hearing in the session. as i was mentioning we expect opening statements both from chairman thompson, and from the republican vice chair liz cheney. we also know that there are two live witnesses, who are slated to testify tonight. capitol hill police officer who was injured, and the attack. also documentary filmmaker, who captured footage on january 6th that we will be seeing for the first time tonight. he is and that it with the pro trump paramilitary group, the proud boys that was a subject of a seditious conspiracy, federal felony indictment earl
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