that pete williams talked about, that this is about another branch s oversight, this is about an extraordinary event, the opinion details everything donald trump did that day. it goes on and talks about, shortly before noon on january 6th, trump took the stage at a rally of his supporters on the ellipse just south of the white house. during his more than hour-long speech, trump reiterated his claims that the election was rigged and stolen and urged then vice president mike pence, who would preside over the certification, to, quote, do the right thing by rejecting various states electoral votes and refusing to certify the election in favor of mr. biden. toward the end of the speech, trump announced to his supporters that, quote, we re going to walk down pennsylvania avenue to the capitol, and we re going to try and give our republicans the kind of pride and boldness that they need to take back our country. urging the crowd to demand that congress do the right thing and only count the e
chris miller, a position he was appointed to november 10th. prior to appointment you served as senior director for counter tichl at the national security council. there is substantial to believe that you have additional documents and information relevant to understanding the role played by the department of defense and the white house in preparing for and responding to the attack on the u.s. capitol as well as documents and information related to your personal involvement in planning for events on january 6th, and the peaceful transfer of power. i know you have some new reporting today, betsy, but it s clear there is a lot of churn in that building specifically at the army about the time line about investigations and ig reports that are under way. talk about the importance this part of the investigation to the 1/6 committee. there is so much more to
game over. give me one, two, or three of those. well, look, if one thing we know about what donald trump has done is even as people, and nicole, you said it earlier in the show, even as people were calling in and begging for donald trump to come out and denounce the violence that was happening on the at the capitol, what if there were notes that talked about that where he said, but this is great. this is exactly what i had hoped for. i mean, i m not saying he said that, but those are the kinds of smoking guns where already there s evidence, circumstantial, but the fact that he was refusing to intervene, the fact that he was calling on people to march on the capitol, doesn t prove that he intended violence, but it certainly goes to incitement and to some excitement if there s anything where he is praising or celebrating or in any way sort
association would not, will not ever back down on making sure we re getting as much access as possssible. but you re right, that s an indication there may be some thorny discussions moving forward. it speaks to this issu though, this is someone whooes not have experience in washington rving inin government, and so there are going to be potentially some of these moments where the traditions that exist here may not be the obvious choices that are made. all right, kristen welker, thanks for your update. appreciate it. > joining me, morn s state university professor, jason johnson. mckay coppin, senior political writer at buzzfeed news. i got to start, well, let me ststart here, jason. i to play this bit of president obama talking to reverend al sharpton, the inauguration, the possibility of this moment. take a listen. i mean, can you imagine how you would feel standing on the steps of t t capitol having to hand over the power andnd watch him put his hand on that bible and become you