revelation, of the secret service will play a part in a hearing. although the select committee, has subpoenaed the agency, which says it is cooperating. thursday s hearing will take place just over a week after the last public hearing, which focused on how, far-right extremist groups participated in the insurrection. also, the direct and indirect coordination, between those groups, and several of the former presidents people. that hearing also featured testimony, from former white house counsel, pat cipollone. including his firsthand account, of a raucous december 18th, 2020 meeting in the oval office. that meeting involves some really strange figures. the former overstocked outcome guy, patrick byrne, the i m sure the four seasons landscaping, is related to the hotel guy. rudy giuliani, but maybe venezuela interfered in our election, sydney powell. all reportedly pushing the former president, to overturn the election, seize voting machines, and even invoke martial law. in th
good to be with you. i m katy tur in for hailey jackson. frustration surrounding the secret service. the dhs watchdog is accusing the agency of wiping text messages from january 5 and 6th last year. it was discovered a after an internal watchdog questioned records of electronic communications tied to the insurrection. a spokesperson said the agency did not intentionally delete information after it was requested by the inspector general s office. it is explaining the data loss with a three planned agency wide system migration and phone reset and disputed claims that the agency has not cooperated with the watchdog. all nine members of the january 6th committee were breached by the dhs inspector general about the issue. those missing messages could be crush that will sheafed that could potentially back up testimony from cassidy hutchison. she claimed that the former president got physical with his protective detail after the speech on the ellipse when they would not let him go t
the january 6th committee kicking off its next public hearing just hours from now, and we re told that they re going to focus on the former president s efforts to pressure mike pence to overturn the election and how it, quote, directly contributed to the insurrection. this coming as we re getting new video of a capitol tour led by a republican congressman right before the riot. cnn s ryan nobles has the latest now. reporter: there s no escape, pelosi, schumer. reporter: new video released by the january 6th select committee showing a man outside the capitol directing threats at democratic members of congress. pelosi, nadler, schumer, even you aoc, we re coming to take you out and pull you out by your hairs. reporter: that same man seen the day before on a tour of the capitol complex with republican congressman barry loudermilk, snapping pictures the committee believes are suspicious. chairman benny thompson righting to loudermilk, quote, individuals on the tour photog
efforts to pressure mike pence to overturn the election, and how it, quote, directly contributed to the discussion. this as we get new video of a capital tour led by a republican congressman right before the riot. ryan nobles has the latest, now. there is no escape, policy. schumer. reporter: new video released by the january 6th select committee, showing a man outside the capital, directing threats to democratic members of congress. pelosi, nadler, schumer, even you, aoc. we are coming to take you out. we will pull you out by your hairs. reporter: that same man, scene the day before on a tour of the capital complex, with republican congressman barry loudermilk, snapping pictures the committee believes are suspicious. chairman bennie thompson, writing to loudermilk, quote, individuals on the tour photographed and recorded areas of the complex not typically of interest to tourists, including hallways, staircases and security checkpoints. the committee re-upping its con
recorded testimony by former pence chief of staff mark short who was with vice president pence an january 6th. was a firsthand witness to trump s pressure campaign in the days leading up to it. we re told house investigators will try to make the case that the pressure on pence directly distributed to the insurrection at the capitol and the continuing ongoing threat to the rule of law and democracy in the united states. many aides are promising new information about what the vice president was doing during the riot, and where he was hiding as that mob chanted, hang mike pence, hang mike pence. the panel also will focus on the role of conservative lawyer john eastman in pushing the bo fgus unconstitutional theory that pence has the power to invalidate legal, lawful e electoral votes. let s go to ryan nobles on capitol hill right now. ryan, the chairman of the select committee congressman bennie thompson of mississippi just chaired a block buster new information about a potentia