The ballot box. Are we still teetering on the brink, or are we in crisis? well, i think i think we have to worry when one of our major political parties is willing to embrace a way of thinking about our democracy that would be unrecognizable and unacceptable even five years ago or a decade ago. When you look at some of the laws that are being passed at the state legislative level, where legislators are basically saying, we re going to take away the certification of election processes from civil servants, you know, secretaries of state, people who are just counting ballots, and we re going to put it in the hands of partisan legislatures who may or may not decide that a state s electoral votes should go to one person or another. And when that s all done against the backdrop of large numbers of republicans having been convinced, wrongly, that there was something fishy about the last election, we ve got a problem. And, you know, this is part of the reason why i think the conversation aroun
Barack obama. What he says about the insurrection, the fate of america s democracy and republicans who failed to be a guardrail. Vice president kamala harris with a stern warning to migrants, do not scome to the u. S. And the the progressives in her party not happy. A defamation lawsuit of a woman accusing trump of rape. The surprising move ahead. Good morning to our viewers here in the united states and all around the world, it is tuesday, june 8th. A bipartisan senate report on the capitol insurrection has just been released and it paints a damning portrait of security lapses on multiple fronts during the january 6th riot and in the days, weeks and months leading up to it. The report also outlines evidence of stunning intelligence failures, critical miscommunications and unheeded warnings that ultimately led to a chaotic response that day. The report is also notable for what is not included. There s no examination of donald trump s role in the insurrection. In fact, senate democrats
I m brianna keilar alongside john berman on this new day. A justreleased bipartisan report on the january 6th attack doesn t even address donald trump s role in the insurrection. So why not? one of the senators behind it is standing by to talk to us right now. Plus, former president barack obama gets candid about race, the insurrection and republicans who embrace the big lie about the 2020 election. President biden taking off on his first foreign trip this week. What will happen when he meets vladimir putin in person? nato secretarygeneral joins us live. And jane fonda s new fight. The legendary actress and activist tells us why she grabbed a bullhorn and joined protesters with a message for president biden. Good morning to viewers here in the united states and around the world. It is tuesday, june 8th. Multiple security lapses and stunning intelligence failures led to the capitol insurrection. This is according to a bipartisan senate report on the deadly january 6th riot. This report
That day. The report contains harrowing aaccounts from police officers that were attacked, fighting for their lives. But what also stands out is what is not in the report. It does not describe this siege as an insurrection, nor does it mention former president trump s role in inciting it. This it report may be the first and only comprehensive investigation of that shameful day as senate republicans have blocked the bipartisan independent commission that would have done just that. Whitney wild is live in washington. She s joining me now with much more as this is all coming out. Can you walk us through this? well, this is a substantial report that details really the first definitive time line we have of the day that aggravates the polices time line, for example. So finally the true tiktok of the day is a clearer focus. It also lists a very long list of examples of not only operational planning breakdowns but intelligence breakdowns. A couple of those include problems that capitol police
On how illequipped the officers were, only four of the seven response platoons had right gear. And when they needed the national guard, the report says that red tape got in the way. And what the 127 page report does not address, former president trump and his role in the attack. It doesn t even use the word insurrection. Whitney wild is joining me now. So what are the biggest takeaways from this report? well, this is solidifying the time line of the day, finally a chance to combine the capitol hill security time lines and department of defense time lines to get a real understanding of how the day unfolded. So there are several example of places along the time line where different decisions could have been made and yet they weren t. And a lot of those decisions actually date back to weeks before the january 6 insurrection. Let s talk about operational planning for example. As you point out, a lot of these officers simply didn t have the right deergear, they lacked rio training, fewer th