Of Pop Culture Nostalgia this week to give us all the feels. So, get comfy in your Thinking Chair and grab your handy dandy notebook. We will tell you all about it. From nbc News World Headquarters in New York, im Joshua Johnson. Welcome to the week. 20 years ago, at this hour, millions of americans turned on our Tv Screens and watched president george w. Bush address the nation. Today, our fellow citizens, our way of life, our very freedom came under attack in a series of deliberate and deadly terrorist acts. None of us will ever forget this day. Yet, we go forward to defend freedom and all that is good and just in our world. It has been a day of somber ceremonies across the country. Many of us remember 20 years ago not being able to stop watching the coverage. Maybe, you felt that way today. For some of us who lost friends, family, and neighbors, they never really looked away. Everyones got their own story from 9 11 and some of you shared your stories with us On Twitter. Mary beth wr
find former trump adviser steve bannon in contempt of congress after defying a subpoena investigating the riots. nine republicans joined all house democrats in that vote and now that resolution is heading to the department of justice where bannon could face possible criminal prosecution. the investigation into that deadly attack on the capitol, though, is still in its early stages. but if you ask former secretary of state condoleezza rice it might be time to move on. let me be very clear. i said at the time january 6th was wrong. i called it an assault on law and order and assault on a democratic process. now, i think what senator mcconnell may be referencing is, yes, it s time to move on in a lot of ways. yes. i m one who believes that the american people are now concerned about their what we call kitchen table issues. the price of gasoline. inflation. what s happening in our kids in school. now at the same time the gop is actually urging us to move on, republicans a
willing to fall in line. whitewashing the attack on the capitol. using the rnc ridiculous and dangerous characterization of legitimate political discourse. and trying to dismantle trust in the 1/6 committee. florida senator did it today. on cbs. i think it s a complete partisan scam. anyone who committed a crime on january 6 should be prosecuted. and if convicted put in jail. i do not believe that we need a congressional committee to harass americans that weren t even in washington on january 6. were not in favor of what happened. have condemned what happened. they want to smear them anyway. the fact remains the committee is non-partisan. republican representatives sit on panel. and seven democrats. it is not an attack o arrest, prosecute and convict ordinary citizens if they are found to have taken part in the attack on american democracy. if you think january 6 was an isolated act as he does, you are miss the farrest for the trees. the plot to over turn the election ext
served for four years. january six was a dark day in the history of the united states capitol. lives were lost. and many were injured. but thanks to the courageous action of the capitol police and federal law enforcement, the violence was quelled, the capital was secured, and we reconvened the congress that very same day. to finish our work under the constitution of the united states, and the laws of this country. i heard this week that president trump said i had the right to overturn the election. president trump is wrong. i had no right to overturn the election. i had no right to change the outcome of our election. and kamala harris will have no right to overturn the election when we beat them in 2024. [applause] look, i understand at this point, how many feel about the last election. i was on the ballot. but whatever the future holds, i know we did our duty that day. he was referring to a statement trump sent out over the weekend that claims, quote, mike pence did have
in the history of the united states capitol. lives were lost. and many were injured. but thanks to the courageous action of the capitol police and federal law enforcement, the violence was quelled, the capital was secured, and we reconvened the congress that very same day. to finish our work under the constitution of the united states, and the laws of this country. i heard this week that president trump said i had the right to overturn the election. president trump is wrong. i had no right to overturn the election. i had no right to change the outcome of our election. and kamala harris will have no right to overturn the election when we beat them in 2024. [applause] look, i understand at look, i understand at this point, how many feel about the last election. i was on the ballot. but whatever the future holds, i know we did our duty that day. he was referring to a statement trump sent out over the weekend that claims, quote, mike pence did have the right to change the outco