sophisticated serve-part plan to overturn the presidential election and prevent the transfer of presidential power. in our hearings you will see elements of each element of this plan. donald trump and his advisers knew that he had, in account fa, lost the elections, but despite this, president trump engaged in a massive effort to spread false and fraudulent information to convince huge portions of the u.s. population that fraud had stolen the elections from him. on this point, there is no room for debate. those who invaded the capitol and battled law enforcement for hours were motivated by what president trump had told them, that the election was stolen, and that he was the rightful president. president trump, summoned the mob, assembled the mob and lit the flame of this attack. republican congresswoman and committee vice chair liz cheney cutting straight to the heart of the case there that the panel will continue to lay out over the next several weeks, but you don t have to
and to, quote, connect the dots between the former president s election lies and the violence that unfolded that day. images are still so shocking. tonight is expected to include never before seen video leading up to the capitol attack and as it unfolded, as well as clips of taped interviews with trump administration officials and family members, their testimony. we also expect to hear live witness testimony from two people who had an upclose view of the rioters. and this is just the first round. more hearings are scheduled over the several weeks coming with the committee releasing a final report in september, that, of course, a couple of months before the midterms. let s begin with lauren fox on capitol hill. so, lauren, walk us through what we expect on the first day of these hearings tonight. reporter: well, this is the first opportunity for this committee to come back after months of work behind closed doors. we expect all of this is going to kick off with an opening
that was really a great report on. it thank you. thank you. thank you a man. we have some breaking news from you all day right now. this is stunning. absolutely stunning news. yesterday afternoon, on our special memorial day coverage, i was echoing from six to 8 pm. and we reported to you then, that peter i would hondo, who was the commanding officer in the school, for those 78 minutes for when the police was doing nothing. he is the chief of police of the school district of you ve all day, that very small by person police force that he commands. he was also three weeks ago, an elected to the city council in uvalde. he won an election three weeks ago to the city council in uvalde. he was scheduled to be sworn in as a member of the city council today, at a city council meeting involved a. and yesterday, we reported to you, that that meeting of the city council for today was canceled. that was the end of the story. for today, as far as we knew. and now, tonight, the city
all day, that very small by person police force that he commands. he was also three weeks ago, an elected to the city council in uvalde. he won an election three weeks ago to the city council in uvalde. he was scheduled to be sworn in as a member of the city council today, at a city council meeting involved a. and yesterday, we reported to you, that that meeting of the city council for today was canceled. that was the end of the story. for today, as far as we knew. and now, tonight, the city council, the mayor of uvalde a, republican mayor of uvalde, has just issued a statement, indicating that no, they did not have the city council meeting. but, but, the police chief was sworn in. as a member of the city council today. and that that happened while he has been hiding out from investigators, who were trying to get more information from this police chief who has been a wall for two days. but he did get sworn in tonight as a member of the uvalde city council. and here is the wri
fraud or as a result of pandemic-related changes to the process is now widely accepted as fact among republican lawmakers into hotbeds of conspiratorial thinking. according to the times report, 44% of republican legislators in nine key swing states took steps to overturn the 2020 election. it s a staggering number. and now ahead of the next presidential election the disgraced ex-president and his allies are trying to add to those ranks and more republicans who are all, too willing to overturn the will of the voters in those states. there s a startling and significant admission quote, in an interview with the times trumpa being knowledged in deciding who to endorse in races he s looking for candidates who want state legislatures to have a say in naming presidential electors. a position that could let politicians short circuit the democratic process and override the popular vote. it s not just statehouses approximately candidates are hoping to become governors, secretaries of s