Holly morris with us. Were told most of the passengers have been released from flight ms 181 were told hijack ser egyptian citizen and theres reports he also held a duel u. S. Citizenship but those reports are not correct. This is not a terrorrelated ins accidentch the mans motivation is not clear but in a bizarre twist some government Officials Say the man seems to be in love Civil Aviation officials said the man gave negotiators a man of woman living in cypress where the mraep was forced to land and asked them to givemer an envelope. Reports also say he is veterinarian from alexandria egypt. Now, right now, egypt civil air minister says three passenger and four crew members are on board and dozens of others were released earlier. There are reports eight americans were on board and its unclear whether theyre among those still being held. Obviously details still coming but very bizarre twist. Whole love angle is latest and most interesting. You know how hold he is . Have not heard how
Rioters and opening the barricades for rioters to pass through. Some of them were even armed. I would like to contrast that with the response we start over the summer with largely peaceful protests for Racial Justice in dc that were quickly met with tear gas, militarized police, rubber bullets. We cant read anybodys minds but we can report what they do. Virtually nobody is defending yesterdays riots, donald trump hammered on all sides but suggesting that police were complicit a racist does not line up with the facts as we know them tonight. United States Capital Police Officer on life support at this hour and pilot and a federal Law Enforcement may be surprising to some but not to nancy pelosi who defended the frontline officers but attacked the leadership. Before any investigation into how Law Enforcement agencies coordinated yesterdays fully underway, democratic mayor of dc is floating a solution that would result in two new democratic senators. We must get stated on the president s
Kkk, but also recognized the lives lost. Heather heyer was run over and killed when a driver just plowed into this crowd of counterprotesters, and state troopers h. J. Cullen and burke bates were patrolling near the site of these clashes between white nationalists and protesters when their helicopters crab. Here was the president. Racism is evil, and those who call violence in its names are criminals and thugs, including the kkk, neonazis, White Supremacists and other hate groups that are repugnant to everything we hold dear as americans. Two days ago a Young American woman Heather Heyer was tragically killed. Her death fills us with grief, and we sent her family our thoughts, our prayers and our love. We also mourn the two Virginia State troopers who died in service to their community, their commonwealth ther, their country. They exemplify the very best of america and our hearts go out to the families and friends and every member of american law enforcement. These three fallen america
greater. we are now walking down the inaugural path to the capitol building. reporter: she attempted to climb through a shattered window leading to a speaker s lobby outside the house chamber just as police were evacuating lawmakers. capitol police lieutenant mike berg shot once and killed her. three investigations determined he was justified. former capitol police chief terry gaynor agrees. given what he knew at that time at that moment and what the insurrectionists were doing trying to break down that door, a few feet from the hallway that would enter the chamber while we were trying to empty the chamber of members. reporter: in washington, whitney wild, cnn. thank you very much for that reporting. joining me now professor of history at nyu, the author of strong men, mussolini to the present. ruth, thank you so much for joining us. so conspiracy theorists and the right wing media made ashli babitt a false martyr to their
leading to a speaker s lobby outside the house chamber just as police were evacuating lawmakers. capitol police lieutenant mike berg shot once and killed her. three investigations determined he was justified. former capitol police chief terry gaynor agrees. given what he knew at that time at that moment and what the insurrectionists were doing trying to break down that door, a few feet from the hallway that would enter the chamber while we were trying to empty the chamber of members. reporter: in washington, whitney wild, cnn. thank you very much for that reporting. joining me now professor of history at nyu, the author of strong men, mussolini to the present. ruth, thank you so much for joining us. so conspiracy theorists and the right wing media made ashli babitt a false martyr to their cause. why is so much about january 6th manipulated and twisted into propaganda? because january 6th is the