with his 2:24 p.m. tweet condemning mike pence directly endangered his vice president s life. he d been told exactly how bad it was at the capitol. although the president s chief of staff, mark meadows, has refused to testify before this committee, mr. meadows aid, ben williamson and white house press secretary sarah matthews testified that mr. meadows went to the dining near the oval office to tell the president about the violence at the capitol before the president s 2:24 p.m. tweet. it was clear that it was escalating and escalating quickly. so, then when that tweet, the mike pence tweet, was sent out, i remember us saying that that was the last thing that needed to be tweeted at that moment. congressman pete avril says the committee s investigation says that immediately after that tweet, the crowd inside and outside the capitol surges. two minutes later, the secret service evacuated the former vice president from the senate chamber, coming within 40 feet, according
possibly a crime. they knew, and according to a testimony today, they do it anyway. and the testament knew that. he also in new in realtime that the actions that he was taking, or about to take with his 2:24 pm tweet the he had been told exactly how that it was at the capitol. although the presidents chief of staff, mark meadows, is refusing to testify before the committee. mr. meadows aid, ben williamson, and white house press secretary, sarah matthews, testified that mr. meadows went to the dining room near the oval office to tell the president about the violence of the capitol before the president s 2:24 pm tweet. it was clear that it was escalating, and escalating quickly. [noise] so then, when that we, than mike pence s tweet was sent out. i remember saying that that was the last thing that needs to be tweeted at that moment. pete aguilar says the committee s investigation shows that immediately after that tweet, the crowd in the capitol search. two minutes lat
the january 6 u.s. capitol riot. we don t swear an oath to an individual or a political party. we take our oath to defend the united states constitution. we have a breach at the capitol. our work must do much more than just look back. the cause of our democracy remains in danger, conspiracy to fraught the will of the people is not over. it is friday, june 10th, 4:00 a.m. in washington where the house select committee investigating the capitol riot says january 6 was the cull men nation of an attempted coup by donald trump and his supporters. republican vice chair liz cheney said trump lit the flame for the attack and she explained how the former president and his aides knowingly spread lies that the 2020 election was stolen. here is trump s daughter, ivanka. 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 was saying. and benn
backed tournament. and they re doing it for the money. wait till you hear much. let s go outfront. i m erin burnett. outfront tonight, they are going to go nuts. that s a direct quote from a republican congresswoman, talking about trump supporters the day before the january 6th riots. saying she was very concerned about what was to happen the next day and she asked the house republican leader kevin mccarthy to come up with a safety plan. i m not just giving these quotes from somebody said she said. no, it s all on tape. and part of new audio just released from new york times reporters alex burns and jonathan martin. here is congresswoman lasco on january 5th, 2021. i also asked leadership to come one a safety plan for members. i m actually very concerned about this, because we have who knows how many hundreds of thousands of people coming here. we have antifa. we also have, quite honestly trump supporters, who actually believe that we are going to overturn the elect
much for the latest. it s the top of the hour on cnn newsroom. i m alisyn camerota. i m victor blackwell. we start this hour with the tears and the grief and the stories of terror from capitol hill today as people who have been deeply impacted by america s latest mass shootings testify to the house oversight committee. the youngest voice, just 11 years old, a 4th grader who survived the massacre in uvalde, texas. recounting the worst moments that she endured 77 minutes of living hell. she had to play dead. she had to smear her best friend s blood on her to hide from a gunman. there s a door between our classrooms, and he went there and shot my teacher and told my teacher good night, and shot her in the head. and then he shot some of my classmates when i went back to the back. he i thought he was going to come back to the room so i got blood and i put it all over me. do you feel safe at school? why not? because i don t want it to happen again. and you think it s