it has reminded us of this. laws are just words on paper. they mean nothing without public servants dedicated to the rule of law, and who are held accountable by a public that the leaves over this matter more than party tribalism or the cheap thrill of scoring political points. oaths. we must demand more of our politicians and ourselves. boths matter, character matters, truth matters. if we do not renew our faith and commitment to these principles, this great experiment of hours, our shining beacon on a hill, will not endure. i yield to that gentlewoman from virginia. thank you. throughout our hearings we have provided many facts and painted a vivid picture of the events of january 6th. the violence, the human toll, both emotional and physical, including the tragic loss of life. the threat to our constitution, the rule of law and the danger to this nation. a nation we all love as americans. and tonight s hearing, we have gone into great detail about the events inside the w
the attack on the capitol. high-ranking lifelong republicans, notable members of the former president s staff, detailing how he watched television as the violent assault unfolded. officials say he never called law enforcement or the pentagon to put an end to the violence. and while video evidence showed rioters hanging on every word from the then-president, we learned that trump initially refused to use the word peace when he finally sent a tweet to that mob. it was the then-vice president, mike pence, who ultimately called in the national guard as rioters were chanting to hang him. previous testimony revealed president trump thought pence, quote, deserved those chants. last night we learned that members of mike pence s security detail called loved ones in the midst of it because they feared they wouldn t make it out of the capitol safe and alive. to hear that was just stunning. and last night republican congressman adam kinzinger wrapped up the hearing with this messag
said for the year. absolutely, and a lot of the story since the market opened this morning, the dow jones currently down 800 points, about 2.7%. if it stays at that level, through the market close, in about an hour, that would be the lowest level that we ve seen the dow in 2022, and what has already been a brutal year for markets. and the big reason for all of this, have to rewind back to wednesday when the federal reserve, the nation s economic steward raised interest rates for the fifth consecutive time this year. that s to try to raise borrowing costs, to take some steam out of an overheating u.s. economy and which has led to the high inflation that we ve seen. the concern though, that the federal reserve is going to have to slow the economy too much, to get ahead of that high inflation. the fed chair jay powell saying earlier this week he s not sure if this process leads to a recession. that s why you have some on wall street calling for and projecting an increase in th
i know there s conflicting information hydration beyond the hype. about dupuytren s contracture. i thought i couldn t get treatment yet? well, people may think that their contracture has to be severe to be treated, but it doesn t. if you can t lay your hand flat on the table, talk to a hand specialist. but what if i don t want surgery? well, then you should find a hand specialist certified to offer nonsurgical treatments. what s the next step? everyone else was working to visit findahandspecialist.com today to get started. get congress back in the session, what did president trump do? at 601, just one minute after the citywide curfew went into effect, he posted his last tweet of the day. after officers engaged in multiple hours of hand to hand combat and over 100 of them sustaining injuries, president tweet president trump tweeted at 601 and justified the violence as a natural response to the election. he said quote, these are the things in events that happened when a sacred
he said quote, these are the things in events that happened when a sacred landslide election victory is so unceremoniously and viciously stripped away from great patriots who ve been badly and unfairly treated for so long. go home with 11 piece. remember this day forever. he called the mob great patriots. he told people to remember the day forever. he showed absolutely no remorse. a few minutes later, at 6:27, the president left the dining room and he went up to the white house residence for the night. on the screen is the last photograph of the president that night as he went into the residence. as he was gathering his things in the dining room to leave, president trump reflected on the day s events with the white house employee. this was the same employee who had met president trump in the oval office after he returned from the ellipse. president trump said nothing to the employee about the attack. he said only quote, mike pence let me down. miss matthews, what was your rea