They shared their experience defending the u. S. Capitol on that day against the mob of trump rioters who stormed the capitol to prevent the certification of joe biden as the democratically elected president. On january 6th for the first time i was more afraid to work at the capitol than in my entire deployment to iraq. The rioters called me traitor. A disgrace. And shouted that i, i, an army veteran and police officer should be executed. The rioters attempted to breach the capitol were shouting trump sent us. Pick the right side. We want trump. I heard officers screaming in agony, in pain, just an arm left from me. I didn t know at that time but that was officer hodges, and here s today to testify. I too was being crushed by the rioters. I could feel myself losing oxygen, and recall thinking to myself this is how i m going to die, defending this entrance. I ended up on my hands and knees, and blind. The medical mask i was wearing at the time to protect myself from coronavirus was pull
Plus, with coronavirus infections on the rise, the cdc is once again recommending that people wear masks indoors in certain areas with high transmission rate. The question is will we see that? and breaking overnight, simone biles pulls out of the overall competition. The question is will she still compete in other events next week? it s way too early for this. Good morning, and welcome to way too early the show that s always pulling for team usa. I m elise jordan on this wednesday, july 28th. We ll start out with the news. We begin with the capitol riot investigation and the emotional testimony we heard yesterday from officers who responded to the january 6th insurrection, in visceral, unsparing language, they shared their experience defending the u. S. Capitol. He were a witness for history about battling the mob of rioters who stormed the capitol for the certification of joe biden as the elected president. Here s some of their heartwrenching moments of their testimony at yesterday s
speaker nancy pelosi announcing the formation of a select committee to investigate. this morning with great solemnity and sadness i m announcing that the house will be establishing a select committee on the january 6 insurrection. again, january 6th was one of the darkest days in our nation s history. i ve said it now three times. it is imperative that we establish the truth of that day and ensure that an attack of that kind cannot happen and that we root out the causes of it all. speaker pelosi s announcement follows months now of public and brazen obstruction by senate republicans including voting against the establishment of an independent bipartisan commission. last month only six gop senators voted alongside all of the democrats in favor of it falling short of the 60-vote threshold. the select committee follows months of white washing of the horrors of january 6 by republicans including calling it a peaceful protest and likening the insurrectionists to everyday touri
Police officer with a flag pole and now trying to be released from jail. The voting rights bill facing an uphill battle. Senate minority leader mitch mcconnell is vowing to block it on tuesday. Congress democratic sheila lee responding. We passed bills in the senate without mitch mcconnell. Miracles do happen. One time tropical storm claudette damaging homes in alabama and warnings of flash floods. What is turning out to be a very busy sunday june 20th. I m kendis gibson. Thanks for waking up with us. To the astronauts up there in the space station. You see a couple of them getting ready for a space walk including sean kanesberry as well as the french astronaut. They re going to do a cool space walk. Cameras popped up the cameras in the last few minutes. Tough week for them. They have been prepping for this. Apparently install new solar array gear to key keep power up on the iss. This is going on for the next six to seven hours. It s a critical thing. Nasa said you put up the solar arr
Will both be center stage with a potential decision on the for the people act. But tomorrow, we re going to learn details of a bipartisan infrastructure proposal. Both democrats and republicans signaling there could be compromise. The clear signal they could send is to say yes, let s do it. Let s sit down and begin negotiations. We think that just as in the case one of the concerns that i do have about the bipartisan bill is how they are going to pay for their proposals. And they re not clear yet. I don t know that they even know yet, but some of the speculation is raising a gas tax, which i don t support. A fee on electric vehicles, privatization of infrastructure. Those are proposals that i would not support. A lot of interest in having a bipartisan proposal. New reaction today from the biden administration over news that north korean leader kim jongun has vowed to be ready for confrontation and dialogue with president biden. The remarks are the first directed at biden since the whit