says the president should call it quits after one term. let s go outfront. good evening, i m erin burnett, outfront tonight, mentally gone, detached from reality or just a liar. put star witness of today s january 6th committee hearing was trump s attorney general, bill bar who says in no uncertain terms that he made it clear to trump that the lies about a stolen election were exactly that lies. but according to barr, and many other trump aides who testified, trump didn t care. there was never an indication of interest in what the actual facts were. there was somewhat demoralized because i thought boy, if he really believes this stuff, he has, you know, lost contact with he s become detached from reality, if he really believes this stuff. and the so-called stuff being peddled by the president and his rag-tag team of lawyers, this is how they were described by the trump aides and officials who looked into them. they were idiotic claims, b bullshit, crazy, complet
the last couple of days. we ve also seen so many people with vigils and people have outreached directly to some of the victims families. so we do know that there s this overwhelming support as well. you have received hate mail in the last few days, since these shootings? yes. i don t yeah, i mean, what nature of things, and what does that tell you? i think what it shows is that the anti-asian hate has not gone away since this incident. it s still alive and well. and those individuals feel really still emboldened to outreach and to attack asian women in particular. what do you want to hear from the president and vice president today, and what needs to be said to them? i think i want to hear in the same way that former president trump consistently called it the china flu, the wuhan flu. that actually is something that i want biden and harris administration to do differently. consistently come out and negate that. consistently come out in favor of the asian-americ
and this is all a result of what we saw take place and still continuing under the leadership of donald trump throughout the country, which is that people cannot believe their own elections and this was a president who refused to have peaceful transfer of power which is at the core of our democracy. if you don t have that, you don t have our democracy. all right, gloria, thank you very much. and next, i m going to speak to capitol police sergeant who was trampled by the rioters on january 6th. hearings are personal to him. he almost lost his life. so what did he hear today? plus, trump versus niki hayley, now pitted against each other in a race that is an election denier against an incumbent who stood up to trump. what i love about nancy, she is not a push-over.
tonight, hours ahead of a major test for trump, a trump backed challenger against gop incumbent, nancy mace, and niki hayley, former governor of south carolina, going against trump. this is a crucial test and crucial test and jeff zelaney is outfront. what i love about nancy, she is not a push-over. reporter: congresswoman nancy mace locked in a tough republican primary, getting a big hand from niki hayley, former south carolina governor who served in president trump s cabinet. you may not agree with 100% of everything she does but she is fighting for you everyday. her fight complicated by none other than the former president, intent on defeating mace since she voted to certify the 2020 election. over the objections of trump and