sandra: fox news alert as we top off a brand new hour, we are now learning new details about the attempted assassination of former president donald trump. fox news has now confirmed explosives were found in the car of the suspect, thomas matthew crooks. that car was parked near that trump rally in butler, pennsylvania, and fox can now confirm that the suspect s gun was purchased by his father. more and more details coming in by the minute. welcome to a brand new special edition of america reports on this sunday afternoon, i m sandra smith in new york. john: and i m john roberts. wish we were here during different circumstances, but it is what it is. president biden is set to speak at 1:30 from the roosevelt room at the white house. alexis mcadams, who witnessed the shooting firsthand last night, is live in butler with the latest on the investigation and aftermath. reporter: hi, john and sandra. yeah, you could hear what sounded like, you know, pop, pop, pop right there in
i ll discuss it all. with the u.s. surgeon general. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. we begin with an emotional and very powerful testimony about the capitol riot. let s go to our congressional correspondent ryan nobles. ryan, these officers shared graphic details of the horrors they faced on january 6th and the consequences. no doubt about that, wolf. this explosive hearing shocked many of us who thought we had learned so much about the capitol insurrection already. even the members of congress asking the questions seem surprised at the serious risk against their lives on that day. so help you got. reporter: from its opening moments, the first hearing of the select committee to investigate the january 6th insurrection was a jarring display of the violence on that day. never before seen video and clips previously released showing front line officers dragged into the mob and beaten an
puppet of his own choosing. revelation ramping up tensions in a region on the brink of war. in washington, d.c., what s described as a who s who of the anti-vax movement hitting the streets to spread misinformation. we re live on the scene. plus, the biden administration taking stock after some tough new nbc poll numbers out today. they suggest what s gone wrong for the president but also offer a possible road map for a comeback. good to have you with us. we begin with breaking news in the january 6th investigation. committee chairman bennie thompson confirms the panel has been having conversations with former attorney general bill barr. that development on the heels of the committee getting its hands on a trove of trump white house documents that the former president had been fighting to block for months. joining me now, nbc s julie tsirkin on capitol hill, and barbara mcquade, msnbc legal analyst and former u.s. attorney general in michigan. julie, bring us up to spee
had conversations with the former attorney general already. that s right, the chairman confirming that the committee has spoken to former trump attorney general bill barr, loyalist who made an abrupt and ugly exit after the 2020 election. what might he know about the trump efforts to overturn the results, efforts that reached a fever pitch on january 6th? in a moment, i m going to talk to january 6th committee member congresswoman zoe lofgren about that, as well as where the committee is now and where they re headed in the investigation. plus, a new nbc poll shows major divisions in the country, but one thing that appears to unite almost everyone, fear that our very democracy is in danger. this time, the threat is from within, but democrats in congress say they re willing to continue to fight for it. i think there is widespread understanding of what we have done for the last six months has failed from the policy point of view, it has failed politically. we need to chang
extremist group the oath keepers and ten other members with seditious conspiracy in connection to the violent attack on the capitol. this is the first time prosecutors have filed sedition charges against any of the more than 700 people accused so far in the siege. the indictment paints a detailed picture of the members alleged actions on january 6th. prosecutors describe the group s stack formation as they marched up the east steps of the capitol and then entered the capitol building with the mob. they also detail how the accused allegedly procured weapons, organized, and trained for that day. the indictment also says the oath keepers began plotting just after election day 2020 and continued to do so after january 6th. the fbi arrested rhodes in texas earlier today. he is scheduled to appear in court tomorrow. his attorney tells nbc news, quote, i don t think the facts alleged support the charge of seditious conspiracy. rhodes has also attracted attention of the january 6th