halfway through his second year, president biden still has a long to-do list with pressure mounting to act on the climate crisis and turn around the economy. can the biden administration keep its promises? i ll speak exclusively to biden cabinet secretary pete buttigieg in moments. hello. i m jake tapper in washington where the state of our union is wondering whether some people really are above the law? this week the january 6th committee presented a seasoned finale of sorts to the series of eight hearings they ve held this summer. the committee laid out minute by minute how former president trump sat and watched as rioters stormed the capitol for more than three hours, refusing to call for the violence to end, refusing to reach out to law enforcement or military to send help. two of president trump s former president newspapers both owned by rupert murdock wrote damning editorials. in an astonishing reality, trump is taking very real action to run forment again, stumping
its future but after another election denier wins his primary in maryland has the gop already made its choice? the outing republican governor of maryland larry hogan joins me to discuss. ahead. plus, feeling the heat. halfway through his second year, president biden still has a long to do list with pressure mounting to act on the climate crisis and turn around the economy. can the biden administration keep its promises? i ll speak to pete buttigieg in moments. the january 6th committee presented a season finale of sorts to the series of eight hearings they have held this summer. the committee laid out minute-by-minute how former president trump sat and watched as rioters stormed the capitol three hours he sat this refusing to call for the violence to end and refusing to reach out to the law enforcement or military to send help. this weekend two of former president trump s favorite newspapers both owned by rupert murdoch ran a pair of damming editorials saying trump s acti
our democracy. joining me now is democratic congressman jim himes of connecticut. he s a member of the house intelligence committee. congressman, thank you so much for staying up late and being part of our special coverage tonight. let me broadly ask you sir if i can, your broad takeaways of this final hearing that we heard and overall the eight hearings that we witnessed? well thank you for having me a man. i think i was one of the last of the congressman out of the chambers on that day and remember the weapons that were drawn in the insurrection. i remember seeing them displayed out on the ground just outside the chamber as they reasserted control over the capitol. despite that, i will tell you that getting the full picture, how this was a comprehensive, detailed plan with all kinds of different aspects right? we re gonna call the secretaries of state of georgia and demand the precise number of votes to be found too i would let me win the election. setting up fake elector
investigation. they re a series of witness testimonies and visuals, the committee presents evidence that donald trump is not only aware of the violence taking place inside the capitol, but he was counting on it. he was encouraging it through social media posts, and refusing assistance from aids and family members to stop it because he was waiting to see if it would be successful in blocking the proper counting of electoral votes that would cement his loss. according to the testimony provided by the committee for multiple instances, after his incendiary speech at the so-called stop the steal rally on january six, after he told his followers to march to the capitol, donald trump tried to go to the capitol himself. he was only prevented from doing so by his own security detail, who refused to take him there. within 15 minutes of leaving the stage, donald trump knew that the capital was besieged in under attack. at 1:25 president trump went to the dining room off the oval offic
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