coast. we have a new special report for you right now, focusing on the specific plans for the bloodless coup during the postelection period after trump lost in 2020, as president elect biden prepar to take power, few people knew then how this coup plot wa working. the new report details a comprehensive effort, much o it unseen by an unknown to the general public to overturn the votes. the idea was to do it throug politicians, not violence. and that trump would attempt t stay in power in a way tha might have worked. had enough officials gone alon with the plot. winning candidates don t nee to change results when the have a victory trump and his team had a loss. this report is new testimony from trump s campaign manage or - as the ap called the race fo biden, i think some surroundin the president looking for thes different avenues to pursue. that s when he remembered th first time the concept o having to overturn - came up. a white house aide was pushing a truly bananas plan
violent actions. you ll also hear from stephen ayres who was directly influenced by president trump s tweet to travel to washington for a day he said would be wild. and there is immense pressure on the committee today in what could be a put up or shut up moment to prove to the nation that there is a direct link between former president donald trump and those extremists responsible for the chaos at the capitol. there s a lot of expectation on new video clips of former white house counsel pat cipollone from his nearly eight-hour deposition last week. what did he tell the committee about what he advised the president on and around january 6th, and what did he corroborate from the testimony of others, specifically cassidy hutchinson. ladies, listen, just to get us up to speed on what we have seen so far, there s been a number of hearings, a number of weeks between them, just to catch us all up. remember the first one started with him knowing that he lost, being told that he los
first january 6th hearing broke the news that prior to trump s rally at the lips that day, those proud boys were actually casing the joint. just to be aware, to be advised, is probably about [inaudible] proud boys, marching eastbound and it s 400 block of independence, actually, towards the, lawn on the united states capitol. they went there 10 am, casing the capitol, at various entry points. on wednesday, we also learned about this nine-page document, strangely titled 1700s 76 returns, because it was filed in federal court by one of the proud boys and it shows their alleged december 2020 plan, including filling eight targeted buildings in the complex with their own footsoldiers and their protesters, whom they call patriots, laying a kind of siege where they could issue demands. but even if they got in, why would they think they would be in a position to hold the building and make demands? again, as the understanding has evolved, as more evidence has come in, they were hu
new york times broke ground in the collective understanding of what happened on january 6th. the proud boys paramilitary group were part of that crowd storming the capitol that day and donald trump had shouted them out before the election. but the way these groups achieved the grave, remarkable active breaching the capitol, during that long schedule national security, event that s not been fully accounted for. that s what we re going to get into right now. because this was, of course, one of the only days of the year that both houses of have congress have all their members gathered, along with the vice president. many people tend to bring their families as well for that swearing in ceremony. and yet they got in, the very first january 6th hearing broke the news that prior to trump s reilly at the ellipse that day, those proud boys were actually casing the joint. just to be aware, to be advise, there s probably about 300 proud boys, marching eastbound and it s 400 block of i
also front and center on the hill. earlier speaker pelosi visited the gun violence memorial on the national mall with former congresswoman gabby giffords who is a survivor of gun violence. we re getting more clues on where senate negotiations on new gun legislation stand at this hour. democratic senator chris murphy who is negotiating with republicans says he s hopeful for an agreement by the end of this week. he s laying down a marker saying he will not support anything that doesn t save lives. in moments i ll speak with democratic congresswoman shawn tall brown who will hearing from survivors at a hearing tomorrow. i ll ask her what s the minimum she s willing to accept on any new gun legislation. new details we just learned about who will be testifying during thursday s public hearing from the january 6th committee. ahead, we ll play what one of the witnesses told me about what she experienced on january 6th. will any of these issues matter in the midterm election? more