We closed in on a go time. On saturday. A Veteran Reporter from the Los Angeles time was there at the scene. To witness the Peoples Streaming in. To witness the huge crowds converging. Ready to make themselves heard. That reporter, Doug Melbourne from the l. A. Times, was able to capture the scenes. As we closed into that noon hour. He captured the scene this way, at 11 33 am anne yes that was. It. And this isnt just a shot that was taken in the wrong direction. Or a shot that was taken of the sidelines. If you look where were reporting out there, thats the big screen. That is the stage. Thats the center of the main event. Less than a half hour before the whole thing was supposed to kick off. Worries everybody . Now, to be fair, this was 11 33 am. Things did fill out a little bit by the time noon actually rolled around. But, not by that much. This was as biggest the whole thing ever got on saturday. This was around 1 pm. About an hour into it. When there is a big march, a rally, in was
Witness the huge crowds converging, ready to make themselves heard. That reporter from the l. A. Times was able to capture the scene as we closed in on that noon witching hour. He captured the scene this way at 11 33 a. M. Yeah. That was it. And this isnt just like a shot that was taken in the wrong direction or a shot taken of the sidelines. See what were pointing out there . Thats the big screen, and thats the stage. Thats the center of the main event less than a half hour before the whole thing was supposed to kick off. Where is everybody . Now, to be fair, this was 11 33 a. M. Things did fill out a little bit by the time noon actually rolled around. But not by that much. This was as big as the whole thing ever got on saturday. This was around 1 00 p. M. About an hour into it. When there is a big March Or Rally in washington, a big gathering, sometimes News Outlets will use like, you know, Crowd Size experts or aerial views of the crowd or do a bunch of complicated math to try to ap
Gaveltogavel coverage of congress. A number of Veteran And Consumer Product Safety measures. Well take you live to the House Floor on cspan. The speaker the house will be in order. The prayer will be offered by our chaplain, chaplain kibben. Chaplain kibben will you pray with me. God our creator, redeemer and friend, we offer to you all that we have and all that we are this day. Our cares and concerns. Our anoinses and aggravations, our fears and frustration, our tempers and entanglement as well as our hope and happiness, our selfconfidence, our strengths and our service. We ask that you would recreate our spirits that we have to face life with renewed Purpose And Emboldend faith, that you would redeem our lives and the circumstances we face that from our Anxiety And Uncertainty would emerge courage and wisdom. And that you will remind us of the joyce of daily life, the blessings of home, the warmth and friendship, that through them we would find the gift of your abiding presence of ho
I realize we are mostly in our districts this week, but thank you to the members for logging on and being part of this very important hearing. We have mr. Davis, ms. Scanlon and the chairman. So thank each of you for joining us today. We do have a quorum. As we begin, i want to note, we are Hold Thing Hearing in compliance with regulations for remote Committee Proceedings pursuant to House Resolution 8. We ask subcommittee members and witnesses to keep their microphones muted when not speaking. Members will need to unmute themselves when seeking recognition or when recognized for their five minutes. Witnesses, and thank you for joining us today. The witnesses will also need to inmute themselves when recognized or when entering a question. Members and witnesses, please keep your cameras on at all times, even if you need to briefly step away. Please do not leave the meeting or turn your camera off. That will not be a good idea. I would also like to remind members that regulations governi
Even in defeat, cheney remained defiant. We must go forward based on truth. We cannot both embrace the Big Lie and embrace the constitution. Meanwhile, the House Oversight Committee convened a hearing on the January 6th riot in which former acting Defense Secretary Christopher Miller said he was concerned about sending in troops over fears that it could be perceived as a Military Coup and Jeffrey Rosen who replaced Bill Barr in december after he publicly said theres no evidence of election fraud, declined to say whether he spoke with the president about overturning the Election Results. President biden assembled the congressional leaders for the first time since taking office and was asked about the republicans purge of cheney, watch. Now for his part, mccarthy, who led his party against certifying the elections said, the issue is settled. I dont think anybody is questioning the legitimacy of the president ial election. I think that is all over with. Were sitting here with the presiden