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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 e ....
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, don ....
That he make a strong public statement condemning the violence and instructing the mob to leave the capitol. he did not capitol leave until 4:00 where he filmed his now infamous go home message. pat was a top white house leader. his reaction to his advice throughout the afternoon. when did you first realize that there was violence? i first realized it, it may have been on television or it may have been for it may have been, and i found out that people were, they weren t in the capital yet, and then i started watching it, and then i was aware. did you think [applause] [inaudible]. i thought there needed to be an immediate response statement that people leave the capitol ....
Violence and instructing the mob to leave the david jakubonis. he did not capitol leave until 4:00 where he filmed his now infamous go home message. patrick maloney was a top white house leader. his reaction to his advice throughout the afternoon. when did you first realize that there was violence? i first realized it, it may have been on television or it may have been for it may have been, and i found out that people were, they weren t in the capital yet, and then i started watching it, and then i was aware. did you think [applause] [inaudible] . i thought there needed to be ....
We can tell you that already the french government has suggested its citizens even here in tokyo in the capitol leave, that the austrian government has temporarily moved its embassy from here 250 miles from the zone. so tremendous concern. there is a watchdog group, nuclear watchdog group and research arm, well respected in washington, d.c., and they have said they believe this could potentially reach a level seven, and that would make it equal to the great nuclear disaster in chernobyl, lawrence. chris, the japanese government saying the real danger zone on radiation is the 12 mile radius. they say if you re between 12 miles and 20, just stay indoors, and if outside of that 20 mile radius, you re okay. yet we are reporting radiation being detected in tokyo, in some areas 190 miles away. ....