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
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