that in just a moment. but first, let s talk about the sedition trial that s happening today after a break for the holiday weekend, the day, federal prosecutors in washington, d. c., resumed prosecuting a case against five members of the oath keepers on charges of seditious conspiracy, or trying to overthrow the government. last week zeroed in on the group s founder, stewart rhodes. but today s former afghanistan veteran. her name is jessica watkins. introduced evidence that watkins discussed cutting off pool cues to serve as antifa smasher is. she sought to recruit and train people to join the oath keepers. if it convicted of seditious conspiracy, watkins and her fellow defendants face up to 20 years behind bars. there s been a lot of wrangling on the radar. but today s trial is important because it s another example of individual accountability. and this, case accountability for a small group that s not tweens flicked significant damage. individual accountability do
on charge of seditious conspiracy trying to overthrow the government. last week, the group focused on the founder stewart rhodes. but today focused on afghanistan veteran, jessica watkins. and she cut off pool cues to serve as antifa smashers january 6th. if they re convicted of seditious conspiracy, watkins and her fellow defendants each face up to 20 years behind bars. now, there s been a lot of legal wrangling on the radar lately, but this trial is incredibly important because it is yet another example of individual accountability. in this case, accountability for a small group that sought to inflict significant ghdamage. at the same time, accountability does not get to the root of the problem. let s take the case that happened to d.c. police officer michael fanone on january 6th. i should warn you some of what we re about to show is graphic. if you don t want to see it, now is your chance to turn away. this is the image that made officer fanone famous. it s a snapshot tak
the january 6th committee is about to reveal a minute-by-minute count of president trump s actions and inamb inaction after the deadly capitol attack after weeks of testimony by trump s inner circle, investigators are zeroing in on the day of the insurrection and form per president trump himself. the president summoned the mob and lit the flame of this attack. on capitol hill tonight, house investigator are expected to show never-before-seen have you video clips of the attack. the house select committee is promising to give us an inside look with what donald trump was doing, with whom he was talking and what he knew of the unfolding riot at the capitol in real time. it is going to focus on the infamous 187 minutes, a little over three ours, from near the end of trump answer speech ur urging rally goers to head to the capitol and the video in which he told supporters to leave the capitol and go home after the deadly attack was well under way and blood had already been sp
hung. he thinks mike deserves it. he doesn t think they re doing anything wrong. tonight new testimony from witnesses who were inside the white house with the president when it happened. it was bad and the situation was getting out of hand. we were always in the dining room. it was my understanding he was watching television. i thought the president needed to tweet something. i read that tweet and made a decision to resign. mike pence didn t have the courage to do what should have been done. the chairman of the investigation, bennie thompson, out with covid. joining tonight by video. we will walk through the events of january 6th minute by minute. we ll tell the story of that supreme dereliction by the commander in chief. a supreme dereliction. tonight s january 6th hearing live from washington with nicole wallace, joy reid, chris hays, lawrence o donnell, stephanie rule, alex wagner. all here for msnbc s primetime hearing on the january 6th investigat
just around the corner, republicans and democrats are raising the stakes as senate democrats celebrate the passage of their major spending legislation, republicans also gain an edge of sorts by forcing democrats to vote and show their cards on several key midterm issues. moderates appear to be left with a bad hand. republicans are preparing to up the ante with plans to target moderates in november and beyond in 2024. congressional correspondent asha has any is on capitol hill with our report. good evening, asha. good evening to you, mike. that s right, senators are headed back home for the august recess. handing the baton to the house which is expected to vote on this massive tax and spending plan on friday. republicans in the meantime promising democrats will pay the price in the midterms. [cheers] it was a feat some didn t think was possible. i put in one word persistence. even republican senator josh hawley tweeting tonight i will give the dems this with a 50/50 se