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after a stunning series of attacks today against targets in new york and in washington d.c.. the world trade center and the pentagon. the terrorist used hijacks a billion airliners and their passengers as guided missiles in their attacks. the most serious attack on this country since pearl harbor. tonight, the dead still are being counted, an unknown number still of missing. at this hour, in this war, another development, there are reports out of kabul, the capital of afghanistan, of explosions, with the pentagon and the cia are flatly denying that the united states had anything to do with those explosions. this has been one of the darkest days in america, and it is not yet over. here at home now a quick look at the locations where the airliners hit, the twin towers of the world trade center, 20 minutes apart. then, within an hour this morning, the pentagon. and then, the final crash just minutes later about 80 miles southeast of pittsburgh, 266 people on the four airpl ....
dead. we ve heard republicans, including their dear leader himself, turn the rioters into victims and martyrs, even as video showed them beating police. we heard congressional republicans like andrew clyde even describe k it as, quote, a normal tourist video, and then widely reject a bipartisan commission to investigate the attack. what is also emerged in the past six months is a clearer picture of what happened on january 6th thanks to the government s have you had yo evidence released at the request of nbc news and other organizations. some of that new video shows police trying to rotate fresh officers to the frontlines of the siege. slowly, guys. we re rotating out. we ve got a shield behind you. you go behind me. you, come here. go, go. you, go. ladies and gentlemen, back up! joining me now is scott mcfarland, investigative reporter for nbc washington, michelle dean, nbc columnist. scott, i want to start with you. you ve been going through and pouring through ....
downplayed and even flat out deny the violence and left five people dead. we ve heard republicans and dear leader himself turn the rioters into victims and martyrs. even we heard congressional republicans and withdrew clyde describing it as quote and widely reject the bipartisan democrats launched in its place. what is also emerged in the last few months is a clear picture of what happened in january six. thanks to the governments video evidence released the request of other news organizations. some of that new video says police trying to rotate officers to the front line of the siege. slowly guys. we ve got a shield right behind you. you go behind me. you, here. though. go. go. [noise] ladies and gentlemen, back up. joining me now is scott macfarlane, investigative reporter for nbc for washington, michelle goldberg, calmest for the new york times and dean obeidallah, host of the dean obeidallah show on msnbc. thank you all for being here and scott i want to sta ....
building or something. they didn t have guns, but a lot of them had extremely dangerous ideas. talk about the constitution, or something called their rights. some of them made openly seditious claims. they insisted that the last election wasn t fair. the whole thing was terrifying. and then, they committed unspeakable acts of violence. by the time thousands of soldiers arrived to restore order, on unarmed air force veteran lay dead. to that day, that woman is the one verified casualty, the only death we can say definitively was caused by specific events on january 6th. we know how she died. the funny thing is, you almost never hear that woman s name. possibly that is because she was not a democratic member of congress or even a job biter bi. when you are fighting insurrectionist, you don t have to explain yourself. you just hyperventilate about qanon and then you do whatever you want. when they show up at your office, you don t have to listen to their complaints. not f ....
they wandered t freely to the capital like it was their building or something.. they didn t have guns but a lot of them had extremely dangerous ideas. they thought about the constitution and something called their rights. some made openly seditious claims. they insisted that the last electiond was not entirely fai. the whole thing was telephoning terrifyingand the committed unse acts of violence. by the time thousands of soldiers arrived, and an armed woman, an air force woman lay dead. to this day, that woman is the one completely verified casualty of the insurrection, the only personua whose death we said the been the bully was caused by a specific event on january 6th. we know how she died. funny thing is you almost never hear that woman s name possibly because she was not a democratic member of congress or a joe biden boater, she was a protester. her name was ashley babbitt. she was 35. we still do not know who shot ashley babbitt or why. no one will tell us. when ....