the chaplain will lead us in prayer. let us pray. oh lord our god, yesterday this chamber reverberated to it a standing ovation for the coverage of officer eugene goodman in defending this building and human life. may our legislative jurors strive to emulate his courage in their defense of the united states t constitution. lord, touch and move them to believe that the end does not justify the means. help them to remember that they and is inherent and built-in to the means. fill our senators with the spirit that combines common sense with commitment, conscience and courage. we pray in your mers cell phone name merciful name, amen. please join me in signing the pledge of allegiance. i pledge allegiance to the flag of the united states of america in to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible with liberty and justice for all. [inaudible conversations] senators please be seated. if there is no objection the general proceedings of the trial are
the suspect in the stabbing attack appeared before a judge a short time ago and ordered to stay behind bars. mike pompeo is traveled to travel this week as the impeachment continues to grip washington. nee details about president trump s decision to freeze ukraine aid and how his top policy officials pleaded with him to release the money. i will talk with jaime raskin and new york mayor, bill de blasio and our analysts and correspondents are standing by. first, our reporter is at the scene of the stabbing steen in new york. reporter: we talked to several here and they are telling us they are terrified what is happening in their community and across the country and including new york. lots more details coming out about the suspect and a lot of people concerned about what they re hearing from authorities where he is linked to certain groups, and talked with anti-semitic words and now he is facing five federal hate crimes. tonight, the man accused of going on a stabbing rampag
this week, following key allies, allies who helped organize the rally that took place before the capital attacked. amy kramer is the founder and chair of woman for america first. it is a conservative rallies that helped organize rallies on and before october 6th. and trina thompson who was a campaign aid. they are expected to testify before the house select committee in the coming weeks. and the panel is asking them for records for the planning, the funding and the participation in those preceding rallies and bus tours. this could prove to be a watershed moment in the investigation, where we could learn more about what was doing what in the lead-up to the capital attack. and the deadline is hit for those hit with the committee s previous subpoenas. confidants like steve bannon, mark meadows and kash patel have until next thursday to hand over any documents related to the attack. they will sit down for a deposition the following week. now, while the ex-president expects them t
attend. meanwhile, the deadly january 6th insurrection happened exactly 263 days ago. how one of the worst assaults on our democracy was allowed to happen remains top of mind and the threat posed by the rioters who participated in the attack still seems far from over. as we learn more about these far right extremists, new revelations are raising questions about law enforcement s ability to properly grasp how dangerous they are. a stunning new report from the new york times reveals an fbi informant was among the violent mob and they were texting realtime updates to his handler in the bureau. according to the report, this suggests that federal law enforcement may have had greater insight into the capitol attack than was previously known. the house january 6th select committee is ramping up its investigations and now wants to hear directly from rioters. the committee has started issuing requests for some defendants to voluntarily provide testimony as to why they stormed the ca