dead. we ve heard republicans, including their dear leader himself, turn the rioters into victims and martyrs, even as video showed them beating police. we heard congressional republicans like andrew clyde even describe k it as, quote, a normal tourist video, and then widely reject a bipartisan commission to investigate the attack. what is also emerged in the past six months is a clearer picture of what happened on january 6th thanks to the government s have you had yo evidence released at the request of nbc news and other organizations. some of that new video shows police trying to rotate fresh officers to the frontlines of the siege. slowly, guys. we re rotating out. we ve got a shield behind you. you go behind me. you, come here. go, go. you, go. ladies and gentlemen, back up! joining me now is scott mcfarland, investigative reporter for nbc washington, michelle dean, nbc columnist. scott, i want to start with you. you ve been going through and pouring through these
championing the country s progress on beating the pandemic. today, all across this nation, we can say with confidence, america is coming back together. history tells us that when we stand together, when we unite in common cause, when we see ourselves not as republicans or democrats but as americans, then there s simply no limit to what we can achieve. and then on the other side there s florida man, still holding his maga cult rallies and spreading the big lie about the election. we re not going to play what he said, not just because it s really, frankly, sad how much of a sore loser he is, but because his claims are downright dangerous at this point. he knows exactly what he s doing, riling up his supporters, and then giving them hope that somehow he ll magically come back into office, which is never going to happen. and he s gone even further than usual in the past week, asking the menacing question, who killed ashli babbitt? putting the officer who shot her as she attem
new exclusive interviews. the sounds surrounded us but then once they started banging on the door that s all i heard. new details. over ran the capitol. i never dreamed he would ever do anything like that. it just getting started. tonight a cnn special report assault on democracy, the roots of trump s insurrection. the early morning of january 6th, 2021 started for many as a day of anticipation. they came, tens of thousands from all walks of life. led by a lying president they would converge with a singular goal, do whatever it takes to prevent the peaceful transition of power in the greatest democracy on earth. president donald j. trump lost the election. they were deceived into believing the presidency had been stolen, their country was threatened. they had come to washington to fight for what they thought was right. they feel they re the heroic revolutionary courageous warriors saving democracy. but they were wrong. it was all a lie. january 6th was i
bur burnett. outfront tonight, mccarthy and the trump defenders. kevin mccarthy is about to pick the republicans for the january 6th special committee. now actually doing this, moving to pick them is a big shift in strategy because just days ago that same kevin mccarthy threatened any republican who accepted an offer from nancy pelosi to serve on the panel. so you might say, oh, he s putting people on it, he s woken up, he wants to know the truth. no. at least right now this appears to be mccarthy making a farce of the truth because many of the likely republicans on his list have something specific in common. that is that they re trump defenders about the insurrection. many of them have helped to whitewash what happened on january 6th when a mob stormed the united states capitol, breaking windows, forcing doors open, beating officers with whatever they had on them, hockey stick, american flag, fire extinguisher. people died. officers an officer lost an eye. some people were
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