we re going to make america great again. i love you. thank you. ladies and gentlemen, please welcome the 45th president of the united states of america, donald j. trump! and i m proud to be an american where at least i know i m free and i won t forget the men who died who gave that right to me and i gladly stand up next to you and defend her still today yes, that actually did happen last night in tampa, florida. but unlike the lyrics to that lee greenwood song, trump did not gladly stand up to defend the country on january 6. he sat as the testimony was laid out watching television for 187 minutes while the insurrection unfolded and even last night he wasn t letting go of his big election lies. if i stayed home, if i announced i was not going to run for office, the persecution of donald trump would immediately stop. we know that. everybody knows that. but that s what they want me to do. and you know what, there s no chance i do that. there s just no chan
supporters of donald trump who may have been and attendance at the rally. we are going to need to say something. and you have a clue as to why [inaudible] the white house? if i recall, i told kayleigh that i think we needed to encourage individuals to stop, to respect law enforcement, and to go home. although president trump was aware of the ongoing riots, he did not take any immediate action to address the lawlessness. instead, a 203, he called rudy giuliani again and that call lasted for over eight minutes. moments later, at 2:13, rioters broke into the capital itself. one of the proud boys charged with seditious conspiracy, dominick pezzola, though used officers shields to smash the window and rioters flooded into the building. [noise] as rioters were entering the building, the secret service held vice president pence in his office right off the senate chamber for 13 minutes as they worked to create a safe path to a secure location. now, listen to some of that radio
good evening. earlier this week i received a positive covid diagnosis. pro cdc guidelines i have received the initial two shots and all of the boosters. thus far i have been blessed to experience very minimal symptoms. because i am still quarantined i cannot participate in person with my colleagues. i have asked vice chair miss cheney to preside over this evening s hearing, including maintaining order in the room and swearing in our witnesses. over the last month and a half, the select committee has told a story of a president who did everything in his power to overturn an election. he lied, he bullied, he betrayed his oath. he tried to destroy our democratic institutions. he summoned a mob to washington. afterward, on january 6th, when he knew that the assembled mob was heavily armed and angry, he commanded the mob to go to the capital, and he emphatically commanded the heavily armed mob to fight like hell. for the weeks between november election and january 6th, donald tr
and no one knows exactly what he plans to do, but the committee has been filling in critical gaps of what was happening and perhaps, more notably what was not happening. during those 187 minutes on january 6th when they argue then president donald trump was derelict in his duties. cnn s tom foreman has been going through all of the evidence and all of the testimony. tom, what stands out to you? what stands out is how much trump was alone. this hearing laid out new and clearer detailses about how he urged supporters to converge on the capitol and even as it went out of control for hours, he refused to call off the attack. did he know about the violence? witnesses say absolutely it started minutes after he finished speaking. virtually everyone on the staff was aware of it, concerned about it, and one witness after another say the president went to this dining room next to the oval office based on this graphic video exhibit where he sat all afternoon watching fox news, which w
Line you want the American People to know . There was a very sophisticated multi part plan overseen by donald trump. You cant ever accept when they steal and rig and rob. To attempt to stay in power. As the longest, largest investigation into Donald Trumps attempt to stay president comes to a close, we put it all together. Ive got Three Men Walking Down The Street in fatigues and carrying ar15s. The explosive testimony. I heard the president saying something to the effect, i dont care if they have weapons, let my people in. New insight from witnesses. I said, you want me to take my state, 3. 2 million voters, and just throw them out the window . Was he asking you to commit a crime . It gets back to the criminal intent issue. I dont know what he believed. Hang mike pence and what might lie ahead. The former president and his allies represent a Clear And Present Danger to democracy. Not because of what they did On January 6th. You better run, cops its because of what they pledged to do i