hung. he thinks mike deserves it. he doesn t think they re doing anything wrong. tonight new testimony from witnesses who were inside the white house with the president when it happened. it was bad and the situation was getting out of hand. we were always in the dining room. it was my understanding he was watching television. i thought the president needed to tweet something. i read that tweet and made a decision to resign. mike pence didn t have the courage to do what should have been done. the chairman of the investigation, bennie thompson, out with covid. joining tonight by video. we will walk through the events of january 6th minute by minute. we ll tell the story of that supreme dereliction by the commander in chief. a supreme dereliction. tonight s january 6th hearing live from washington with nicole wallace, joy reid, chris hays, lawrence o donnell, stephanie rule, alex wagner. all here for msnbc s primetime hearing on the january 6th investigat
mike pence out really quickly. yes, they did. we re also getting word they ve shut down the house as well. speaker pelosi has been ushered away and we are announcing multiple photos we re seeing multiple members of congress have been told to shelter in place. immediately after the president s 2:24 p.m. tweet the crowds surged. the vice president was quickly evacuated from the ceremonial senate office to a secure location. we just saw protestors walking through statuary hall. there has been tear gas in the rotunda and we re being instructed to each of us get gas masks. we were told to put our gas masks on, and then there was a sound i will never forget. the sound of pounding on the door like a battering ram.
attack on american democracy unfolded around them. some of them hunkered down together in the house gallery, going into survival mode. take a look at the harrowing minutes when they didn t know if they would make it out alive. the house will be in order. reporter: 18 minutes. that s how long it was between the first rioter breaking into the capitol and the house moving to adjourn. without objection, the house is going to go back into recess. stop the steal! reporter: as members evacuated the house floor they broke the glass. everybody stay down. reporter: dozens were stuck in the gallery above. some praying for their lives. we re being instructed to each of us get gas masks. they ll let us know when we need to put the masks on. take your pins off. shots are being fired inside the capitol chamber. reporter: trapped lawmakers
take a look at the harrowing minutes when they didn t know if they would make it out alive. the house will be in order. reporter: 18 minutes. that s how long it was between the first rioter breaking into the capitol and the house moving to adjourn. without objection, the house is going to go back into recess. stop the steal! reporter: as members evacuated the house floor they broke the glass. everybody stay down. reporter: dozens were stuck in the gallery above. some praying for their lives. we re being instructed to each of us get gas masks. they ll let us know when we need to put the masks on. take your pins off. shots are being fired inside the capitol chamber. reporter: trapped lawmakers say they waited more than 15 minutes before they could evacuate. during that time, they turned to each other for comfort.