Intelligence Community Know about this and what did it tell the Capitol Police . The Capitol Police chief says in his prepared testimony he just wasnt expecting anything like this and they were prepared for something far less violent. So im not sure were going to get the answer to that question today and it may be that the only way to get that answer is to have a 9 11style commission that can get out there and interview everybody that was involved. But that is a key question. And of course a couple of other questions about what happened on that day still havent been answered. Who planted the bombs at the headquarters of the republican and Democratic National committees which the chief says was a distraction. He says he thinks this was part of the planned siege on the capitol to basically have this diversion that would take Law Enforcement assets away from the capitol. And then the question of course who killed officer sicknick, thats turned out to be a very difficult question to answer
Received the Opening Statements from the people who are going to be testifying. And for the first time we are hearing from one of those people, paul irving, he is the house sergeant at arms, the former now, who essentially is part of the team that is in charge of securing the capitol and hes defending his actions that day as well as the others. And what he was saying in this Opening Statement, what he intends to say is that they have no intelligence to indicate that anyone was going to try and overtake the capitol. And in this Opening Statement is what he said. Let me read it to you. For each of the days leading up to january 6th and indeed on january 6th itself, the Capitol Police issued a daily Intelligence Report in which it assessed the potential for this civil disobedience and arrest as remote to improbable. So hes saying there was no intelligence to say that there mob was going to attack the capitol. And were getting the Opening Statement from the former Capitol Police chief stev
Cspan. Org january 6. Our coverage of the january 6 coittee and all cpaprogram is sponsored as a Public Service by theable Television Industry and these television providers. Up next, we will take you back now when the Committee First convened earlier this afternoon at 1 p. M. Eastern. Mr. Thompson the select committee to investigate january 6 attack on the United States capital will be in order. Without objection, the chair is authorized to declare the committee in recess at any point. Pursuant to House Authority regulation 10, the chair announces the committees approval to release the deposition material presented during todays hearing. Good afternoon. May god bless the United States of america. Four months ago, this committee started to present our findings to you, the American People. From the beginning, we understood that some people watching those proceedings would assume that the committees investigation was a part of partisan exercise. That is why at ask those who are skeptical
[gavel bangs] the chair recognizes mr. Argo are for an opening statement. On the morning of january 6, President Trump knew that the crowd was angry he knew that they were armed and dangerous and he knew that they were going to the capitol. Its important to understand the link the president was willing to go to physically be at the capitol because it was part of his strategy to disrupt congress and to stay in power. And email was circulated among intelligence officials, including secret service is intelligent officials adjusting communications among rally goers that symptom that specifically contemplate and violence. Trump has given us marching orders, one post wrote. Basically, if you are east of the mississippi, you can and should be there. Advance on the capitol. Keep your guns hidden, dont fuck around, another 50 for sidearm per person. What is clear from this record is at the white house had more than enough warning to warrant stopping any plan for an ellipse rally, and certainly
One justice that was guaranteed oh, here is First Lady Michelle Obama walking in right now. Shes guaranteed to get applause from everybody. A bipartisan warm welcome for the first lady of the United States. There she is. Shes greeting dr. Jill biden, the Vice President s wife. Dana bash, our chief congressional correspondent, is there. Tell us what its like in the room right now. As you said, there is definitely a warm welcome. Im sitting right over where the republican side is. And not only are the republicans clapping for michelle obama. I can see several of the republican lawmakerses with their cell phones out taking photographs. And theyre smiling and clapping. Shes definitely somebody who has bipartisan adoration. Thats a fair thing to say. Mr. Speaker, the president s cabinet. The cabinet is coming in right now. They Just Announced them. There is the newly minted secretary of state, former democratic senator of massachusetts, john kerry, now secretary of state, followed by the se