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the january 6th committee kicking off its next public hearing just hours from now, and we re told that they re going to focus on the former president s efforts to pressure mike pence to overturn the election and how it, quote, directly contributed to the insurrection. this coming as we re getting new video of a capitol tour led by a republican congressman right before the riot. cnn s ryan nobles has the latest now. reporter: there s no escape, pelosi, schumer. reporter: new video released by the january 6th select committee showing a man outside the capitol directing threats at democratic members of congress. pelosi, nadler, schumer, even you aoc, we re coming to take you out and pull you out by your hairs. reporter: that same man seen the day before on a tour of the capitol complex with republican congressman barry loudermilk, snapping pictures the committee believes are suspicious. chairman benny thompson righting to loudermilk, quote, individuals on the tour ....
efforts to pressure mike pence to overturn the election, and how it, quote, directly contributed to the discussion. this as we get new video of a capital tour led by a republican congressman right before the riot. ryan nobles has the latest, now. there is no escape, policy. schumer. reporter: new video released by the january 6th select committee, showing a man outside the capital, directing threats to democratic members of congress. pelosi, nadler, schumer, even you, aoc. we are coming to take you out. we will pull you out by your hairs. reporter: that same man, scene the day before on a tour of the capital complex, with republican congressman barry loudermilk, snapping pictures the committee believes are suspicious. chairman bennie thompson, writing to loudermilk, quote, individuals on the tour photographed and recorded areas of the complex not typically of interest to tourists, including hallways, staircases and security checkpoints. the committee re-upping i ....
barr s statement that the department found no fraud sufficient to overturn the election. how did that affect your perspective about the election when attorney general barr made that statement? it affected my perspective. i respect attorney general barr. so i accepted what he said, was saying. but the committee is making it clear this is not just about what happened on january 6th, or in the days leading up to it. it s about a clear and present danger to our democracy and what could happen in the next election. we ve got a lot to talk in the coming hours here on cnn. here with me, so glad you could join. first manu and ryan in washington on capitol hill with the latest on this. gentlemen, good evening. ryan, you first. stunning first night here. shocking new video. emotional live testimony. taped testimony from people close to the former president and the january 6th committee making the case that the former president, donald trump, was at the center. tell us more ....
on the u.s. capitol, that he was the central player in trying to overturn the election and that they have the evidence to prove it. over the next few weeks we will see how they meet the high bar they have set for themselves. during the primetime hearing they presented never before seen video of the violence as rioters breached the capitol and there was testimony from a u.s. capitol police officer who suffered a traumatic brain injury during the attack. republican liz cheney presented the case that trump s election lies inspired the insurrectionists alleging trump had a sophisticated seven-part of plan to overturn the election and she highlighted the former president s actions and inactions as the riot unfolded. you will hear testimony that, quote, the president did not really want to put anything out calling off the riot or asking his supporters to leave. you will hear that president trump was yelling and, quote, really angry at advisers who told him he needed to be d ....
That mike pence had him as a lawyer during that time. he brings that kind of credibility and gravitas to this committee hearing. george, this is a reminder of what trump was saying about pence leading up to the attack on the capitol. here it is. i hope that our great vice president our great vice president comes through for us. he s a great guy. plus if he doesn t come through i won t like him quite as much. you think the committee is going to be able to prove that trump s pressure campaign directly contributed to the january 6th attack and put pence s life in danger? i think so. i think he was he was he tweeted a lot about pence during that period of time, and he tweeted about pence in the middle of the riot. and i think that had an effect on the crowd. there was somebody with a megaphone reading the tweet attacking mike pence about mike pence, you know, failing to act ....