and to, quote, connect the dots between the former president s election lies and the violence that unfolded that day. images are still so shocking. tonight is expected to include never before seen video leading up to the capitol attack and as it unfolded, as well as clips of taped interviews with trump administration officials and family members, their testimony. we also expect to hear live witness testimony from two people who had an upclose view of the rioters. and this is just the first round. more hearings are scheduled over the several weeks coming with the committee releasing a final report in september, that, of course, a couple of months before the midterms. let s begin with lauren fox on capitol hill. so, lauren, walk us through what we expect on the first day of these hearings tonight. reporter: well, this is the first opportunity for this committee to come back after months of work behind closed doors. we expect all of this is going to kick off with an opening
i m poppy harlow. and i m jim sciutto. tonight the january 6th committee will begin to lay out its evidence. after 11 months of interviewing witnesses, scrutinizing thousands of hours of video, more than 100,000 pages of documents, the panel will hold its first public hearing, this one in prime time. it will make a case, that the former president was at the center of a coordinated multistep effort to overturn joe biden s 2020 election win. the committee will present, it says, never-before-seen material. and chips of taped interviews with family officials, and witnesses who had an up-close view of the rioters in action. many leaders like kevin mccarthy, have been all over the air waves, trying to downplay and denigrate the committee s work. leaked audio from just five days after the insurrection, coming from mccarthy himself, reveals that he really wanted a bipartisan investigation into the attack. listen to part of that. we can t just sweep this under the rug. we need t
i don t mean to get all preachy about it. it s no sure thing. whatever they come up with will likely be less than what democrats want and a tough sell in the red states. they are looking at bolstering checks on 18 to 21-year-olds who want to buy semiautomatic weapons, red flag laws, school security, and mental health care. the white house says president joe biden is optimistic on negotiations and believes, quote, any step is a step forward. and you only have to listen to this to know how crucial all this is. a fourth grade teacher shot in his classroom in uvalde. every one of his students killed. he s begging parents, please, don t be angry with me. i lost 11 that day. i m sorry. i tried my best. i did what i was taught to do. please don t be angry with me. you only have to listen to the son of one of the ten people shot to death in a racist attack in buffalo testifying in a senate hearing on domestic terrorism today. my mother s life mattered. my mother s life mattered
anderson. actor and uvalde native matthew mcconaughey spoke at the white house. and a son of a woman killed in buffalo testified before the senate judiciary committee. you re elected to protect us. and because if there is nothing and respectfully, senators, you should yield your positions of authority and influence to others who are willing to lead on this issue. the urgency of the moment demands no less. my mother s life mattered. negotiations in the senate appear to be at a critical stage, with one lawmaker telling cnn they hope to reach an agreement by the end of the week. we ll have a live report from the white house coming up. first, though, some of what matthew mcconaughey said from the briefing room. he talked about getting the news, going back to his hometown of uvalde, about meeting overworked funeral directors who are trying to make badly-torn bodiyies look like children aga for memorial services. he spoke with parents like ryan and jessica ramirez, who told h
and we ll see you tomorrow night. a big show to get to tonight. thanks so much. this is don lemon tonight, and we are at a very critical point in this country right now. a crucial point, as a matter of fact. a moment when we get to decide whether we re going to do something about the gun violence that is killing more and more americans every day, even if it s only a first step, or do nothing and just watch more and more funerals, more and more families torn apart. this could be the moment. i don t want to get preachy about it but it could be the moment. a bipartisan group of senators working to hammer out a deal. but it s no sure thing and whatever they come up with will likely be less than what democrats want and a tough sell in the red states. they re looking at bolstering checks on 18 to 21-year-olds who want to buy semi-aublth v automatic weapons, red flag laws, school security and mental health care. the white house says that president joe biden is optimistic and negot