january six insurrection took direct aim at former president donald trump for his role in inciting the events of the day. the prime time televised hearing paid into a picture of a president who at best was unmoved by the chaos he helped create. at worst, was intent on capitalizing on the arrest we, unrest, to overturn the 2020 election. [inaudible] multiple members of congress requested pardons from trump after the sixth. i was one of the first to call after that day a coup. the house select committee has only confirmed my suspicions. unfortunately, many of the americans who most need to hear the truth about what happened in the tumultuous final days of the trump presidency, remain in the dark. many of the largest conservative media outlets have chosen to play down or completely ignore the select committee s important work. joining me now, congresswoman robbyn kelly, democrat of illinois, who sits on the house oversight and reform committee. congresswoman, thank you for joini
also tonight, liz cheney described kevin mccarthy as shaken on january 6th, scared and calling members of the trump family for help. now, he s calling the investigation of the attack illegitimate. what happened to the republican leader who privately said he would hold people accountable for the insurrection? plus, devastating new reporting about the police response to the uvalde shooting. according to the new york times, officers knew there were kids in need of medical help but waited to enter the classroom anyway. we begin with the legal case against trump and why it matters. as president biden declared today the violent siege against democracy is far from over. it s important to the american people to understand what truly happened and to understand that the same forces that led january 6th remain in effect today. trump lost election. we know that. you know that. the committee has now proved that trump and his advisers knew it, too. i made it clear i did not agree w
pump. gas prices up 50% in the last year. the cost for nearly everything you buy on the rise. how americans are coping and what the president said today. the uvalde school district police chief responds. chief pete arrodondo defending his actions. raising more questions about the police response. why he says he didn t have a radio and didn t think he was in command during the 77 minutes the shooter was left in the classroom. this as another victim, a teacher, is laid to rest. news on the pandemic. the cdc set to make a major announcement. sources telling abc news they will lift the testing requirement for all international travelers coming into the u.s. what this could mean for your summer vacation. word just coming in from florida two children struck by lightning as millions are on alert across the south. severe weather with damaging winds and flooding rains, and life-threatening heat from california to texas. rob marciano timing it all out. the dire situation now in
tonight, the january 6th hearings. good evening. thank you so much for being here with us tonight. we know that you have a lot of options for where to watch and how to watch tonight s hearing. it makes us all the more grateful that you have chosen to be here with us on msnbc. i m rachel maddo with joy reid. tonight is a big night for us. a big night for american democracy. we have had a few other instances in our modern history of big, public hearings. all the networks scuttling their schedules to air the proceedings live, but none of us have ever covered something quite like this before. the january 6th investigation is about the first time in american history that the transfer of power between presidents was not peaceful. tonight in the ornate cannon caucus room inside the u.s. capitol the january 6 ths investigators said they would give them a skralg amount. the investigators plan to show video footage from the attack that s never been seen by the public before, including
president trump, was at the center of the conspiracy to overturn the election of joe biden. the committee says it will connect the dots between trump s lies and the violence at the capitol. aides have amassed a mountain of new information. lauren fox is live on capitol hill for us. what are you expecting? how are things going to be playing out? well, kate, this is all going to kick off with opening statements from thompson, the committee chairman, and the top republican on the committee, liz cheney. we re told from aides they are going to run this hearing. they will do most of the talking. there s three areas that they are going to explore tonight. some of which is unseen to the public previously. one of the areas, they are going to play some video from the private and closed door depositions and interviews they did with trump family members and campaign officials, white house aides. we expect that is going to make an impact here. we know there s going to be previous unseen f