presidential election on january 6th at the u.s. capitol. that, i mean, bottom line that s why trump called for a rally in washington d. c. on january 6th. a rally he said would be wild. that s why he then told the people who showed up, when he called them to d. c., that today, that they should march down to the capitol. what was happening at the capitol at that moment? trump hoped, trump was trying to engineer, that mike pence would reject the votes of the electoral college and thereby throw the election results out, throw the united states government in the chaos, thus allowing for the overthrow of the u.s. government and for trump to stay in power, even though he had been voted out. the vice chair of the january 6th investigation, liz cheney, put out a statement last night, which we covered here on last night show, in which he said, president trump was told that any such effort to get pence to do that would be illegal. he was told it was illegal, but he did it anyway. we
we got an answer about the mob that day looking for individual members of congress, hunting down individual lawmakers they wanted to target. the answers we got today were the worst possible answers. we have been looking at this. we ve been asking questions about this for a long time, since right after the attack, including multiple segments here on this show talking about it. now, as of today, the whole country looks like we finally know. it started, for us, we first got word of this worst-possible scenario, as i say, right after the january 6th attack. it was a week after january 6th, 2021. congresswoman mikie sherrill, who was a navy veteran, former federal prosecutor, she made a just hair-curling public allegation about other members of congress, republican members of congress. it was very, very worrying, again, one week after january 6th. not only do i intend to see that the president is removed and never runs for office again and doesn t have access to classified ma
nevada. bill: we ll try to get a fair debate here soon. we ll see what happens in nevada on tuesday. thanks. thanks. dana: house committee investigating the january 6 riot at the u.s. capitol will soon hold its second in a series of public hearings today. they plan to focus on president trump s claims of voter fraud and efforts to overturn the 2020 election results. welcome to a new hour of america s newsroom. i m dana perino. good morning. bill: i m bill hemmer. that hearing delayed a bit as one witness, former trump campaign manager can t testify. he has a family emergency. won t testify today we should say. lawmakers plan to present evidence aimed at showing president trump spread false information to cast doubt on the election. what democrats are calling the big lie. protests take place outside the u.s. supreme court less than a week after the assassination attempt targeting justice brett kavanaugh. an event largely ignored by the networks. brit hume last hour w
that. make no mistake, tonight s so-called hearing is not in good faith, it is not an honest probe into the security breakdown on that fateful day, and we will prove that to you tonight. instead, it is a made-for-tv smear campaign against president trump, featuring sliced and diced video that fits their predetermined political narrative from the very beginning, accompanied by the biggest trump haters on capitol hill. every single person on this committee is on record hating president trump, and they all voted to impeach him. now, people who support donald trump were not allowed to participate on this illegitimate, hyperpartisan committee, and sadly, those running the circus are not interested in what went wrong. they are not interested in what actually happened. they are purposely omitting what is critical information. we will tell you about tonight, and we will show you tonight, that will reveal where massive security failures did occur, and beyond that, show you the people
audience at the january 6th hearing on capitol hill, which ended up being a 12 minute sue w spouse heavy on rhetoric the arco the president of the united states trying to stop the transfer of power. a president that has stood for 220 years even as our democracy face its most difficult test. laura: i get it, now benny thompson cares about the transfer of power and making sure it works okay? remember, he s the same benny thompson that voted against certifying george w. bush s election. by the way, i m not talking about the 2,000 recount, we are talking about 2004, okay? the blowhard of the evening award goes to liz cheney. if you thought her interviews were rough to watch, when it was off-the-cuff stuff, try watching her for 34 uninterrupted minutes of screen reading. to defend the united states constitution, and that oath must mean something. tonight, i say this to my republican colleagues who are defending the indefensible. there will come a day when donald trump is gon