the country to tourists after a 2 year ban due to covid. it s six in the morning in singapore, and six in the evening in washington dc where in just 2 hours time, the hearing into the january 6 assault on congress last year is set to begin. committee aides say the evidence will show that mr trump was at the center of an effort to overturn the election result. but top republicans say the committe s work is illegitimate and a sham. barbara plett usher reports. it was an astonishing attack on democracy. the capitol, stormed by supporters of a defeated president trying to overturn the 2020 election results. the investigation into how and why it happened is the most sweeping ever conducted by congress. but much is already known because these graphic scenes played out on television screens in real time. we fight like hell, and if you don t fight like hell, you re not going to have a country any more. and president trump s fighting words that day echoed around the world. what happ
expecting to achieve? their hopes are to document exactly expecting to achieve? their hopes are to document exactly what - are to document exactly what happened onjanuary are to document exactly what happened on january six. are to document exactly what happened onjanuary six. to connect dots between the different bits of evidence and some of which we have seen already and some they say will be new to show not only what happened on that day but also the efforts by donald trump and those around ten in the weeks and months beforehand to undermine and challenge donald trump s 2020 presidential defeat. a lasting record and press remind american voters of exactly how they felt on january six over a year ago and spent the first election, the midterm election in november conducted nationally since that attack. ~ . , . attack. what fresh evidence can we meet against attack. what fresh evidence can we expect against the attack. what fresh evidence can we expect against the former - attack
anti trump republican candidates who were picked by democratic leaders after nancy pelosi rejected the slate of nominees presented by the republican leadership in the house of representatives, identifying two of representatives, identifying two of the people that the republicans wanted on this committee as having taken part in the efforts to challenge the election results and that they would not come into the investigation with an open mind. so, it is a bipartisan committee, but it s definitely committee the looks of donald trump and his activities with great suspicion and concerns. are the expectations of this can lead to prosecutions and new laws to strengthen security in the future? members of said at some point that they re going to come up with proposals and legislative proposals and some of the shortcomings that the seed that were abused by donald trump and those in his circle to try and undermine the election results and undermine the election results and these laws can strength
president trying to overturn the 2020 election results. the investigation into how and why it happened is the most sweeping ever conducted by congress. but much is already known because these graphic scenes played out on television screens in real time. we fight like hell, and if you don t fight like hell, you re not going to have a country any more. and president trump s fighting words that day echoed around the world. what happened here was shocking. it was dramatic, and it was a year and a half ago. americans have a lot of other things on their minds right now. so the committee is hoping to grab their attention with a blockbuster event with video and testimony and new details, arguing that the threat to democracy still remains. the committee is determined to shape the narrative of that tumultuous day. it s focused on what the president did and when he did it. we were getting ready to win this election. frankly, we did win this election. from the point when he refused to accept thatj
the election and took steps to stop the steal , to the day when congress gathered to certify the vote, what was his goal? did he want his supporters to go this far? and were the militias who marched to the capitol part of a conspiracy directed from the top? more than 800 of the rioters have been charged. the big question is whether the president will also be prosecuted. i think that the committee believes he has committed crimes. a federaljudge has actually ruled that he likely committed a felony conspiracy to do what he did. but whether the justice department takes that view, i think that s going to be a much longer story. the story is also about the role played by trump s aides and loyalist republican lawmakers. the committee has examined their private communications. they rejected subpoenas to testify. and after initial criticism, the party has rallied around trump. john bresnahan was inside the capitol building the day of the riot. to see a crowd of americans openly attacking us