comfort, teach, protect and serve in ways big and small. the first family saying you show there is much to gain in appreciation and gratitude for the gift of time and goodwill. we share. the first family going on in that statement to pay tribute specifically to those who have lost loved ones in the covid-19 pandemic saying we pray for you to find strength and from sor row and purpose from pain. there you see the first lady and the president walking into the auditorium to make those phone calls to u.s. service members. let s take a listen to that. come here, commander, commander, come here. joe, can you pick him up? here he comes. merry christmas, ladies and gentlemen. it is my distinct honor and privilege to introduce the president of the united states and the first lady of the united states. ma am. hi, merry christmas. how are you? bahrain, qatar, romania, everywhere but home. yeah. sorry. we are sorry, you know, one of the things we know because we are a milit
today the committee chairman said some of those witnesses have been coming in without being asked, without being subpoenaed even. earlier this evening, one committee member was a bit more forthcoming about their focus. we have had dozens of interviews with individuals every day, we are reaching out, we are pulling these threads to find out what transpired. and those interviews and those discussions are leading to more discussions. within the past department of homeland security, we want to know about the intelligence issues, we want to know what intelligence was out there in terms of what was said over to capitol police and what was not. and we want to know their role between the election day and january 5th and january six. now they play a key role and so we ve asked them questions and we are gonna ask questions of the national alker archives as well, for dhs material. the committee and a good many other people are also watching the justice department. and attorney gen
texas, named trey nails, gave an interview to a right-wing outlet, accusing the u.s. capitol police of murder. it happened yesterday. he was asked about the shooting of the 35-year-old dryer who was killed on january, six as she was trying to jump through a door, leading to the house chamber. how could that shooting be justified? is there any way to justify that? no. greg, it was murder. i ve been a long man for 30 years. when i was a sheriff i had deputies shoot and kill suspects. i ve had deputies shot. i have had blue on blue incidents where one of my deputies in the shooting another deputy. the point, is i understand a little bit about use of force, i understand a little bit of a grand jury s, this shooting should ve at least gone to a grand jury. but the department of justice had no intent to do a thorough investigation. the shooting took place january six, by they said no charges, we will not pursue charges against lieutenant bird. the video was quite clear, it
Interesting threat on how the committee proceeds. you have some new reporting about what s unfolding in trump world as this investigation ramps up. you write the former president appears deeply unnerved. you wrote, quote, donald trump is increasingly agitated by the house select committee investigating the capitol attack according to sources familiar with the matter and appears anxious he might be implicated in the sprawling inquiry into the insurrection. even as he protests his innocence. what more do you know about what s going through his head right now? so the portrait that emerges talking to current and former aides to donald trump is that he feels backed into a corner. he s furious with mark meadows, his former white house chief of staff for cooperating with the committee and turning over documents that were pretty damning and pretty incriminating. he was especially upset when the committee started reading out these text messages that meadows received and sent to lawmakers an
Tonight on all in. a congressman goes from battling the mob, to apologizing for. with a new defensive ashli babbitt. how could that shooting be justified? no. it was murder. tonight a new look at how brutal the attack was. and as the january six committee proceeds, new concerns and the department of justice, leading the coup plotters getaway. and more fallout from the facebook papers, why mark zuckerberg kills spanish language voter registration tools, because he didn t want to appear partisan. and as the build back better negotiations reached and stages, why paid parental leave is a no-brainer even joe manchin can get behind. when all in starts right now. good evening from new york, i m chris hayes. a republican congressman from