tonight, brand-new januar 6th committee transcripts, jus in, as we analyze the full report, and where all of the investigations go from here. then, from dangerous weather to tripledemic illness on th rise what you need to know, heading into this holiday weekend. looking back at this consequential week, and th focus on fighting for democracy, and freedom, both here, an abroad our favorite historians, her to put it all in perspective as a special, extra earl addition of the 11th hour is underway, on this friday night good evening once again i am stephanie ruhle nearly 24 hours after its fina report was made public, tonight, the january 6th committe released a new batch of witnes transcripts. they are from interviews wit key people in trump administration, including, bil barr, pat cipollone, kayleig mcenany, hope hicks, and his daughter, and senior adviser ivanka trump we will break down what we are learning in just a moment, but first, the committee s repor is wrapping up
during the midterms, for som people, that s wha accountability looks like. but i think the notion o accountability being lifted narrative is not one unfortunately it s going to be enough i stick to barbara s opinion but it s not gonna be enough t people to understand and learn the lessons in history book, because ultimately the rule of law vis-à-vis prosecution, it doesn t hold up. it s not something that people are going to say it counts because they re goin to look at what happened, an then they re gonna want to say that these people will hav gotten in office so, first and foremost, i m big fan of narrative and getting the narrativ correctly. i think that you actually have to reinforce this with consequences of some sort. and that s why the clock is on for jackson. then what s gonna happen to the j, charles, when they re met with the, i do not recal symphony, that clearly was sounded over the last 18 months it s common. ivanka, two months from now, ivanka isn t gonna go, you kno w
losing him seats and one thing we can almos always be sure of, almos always about mitch mcconnell s that for him, it is party over country. party and the power that h wants is more important even then what the country needs. and make no mistake, whe people say how long is thi bridge going to last he is going to get right bac behind donald trump if trump s brand becomes a winning bran again for the republican party is he going to do anythin legislatively, push his part in congress to take action t ensure that trump wouldn t b able to run again, david absolutely not. he had a chance to convict donald trump on impeachmen charges and that would ensur that he wouldn t be qualifie for office again and he chos not to the only reason that we do not make fun of mitchell connell for his simplicity like we d for kevin mccarthy is becaus mitch mcconnell is not a
house has, when trump s made posts on to social, when his people have gone out and don they have drawn a lot of attention to some things which is glaringly anti-democratic this white house likes thi contrast the president, the people wh are around him are expecting him to seek a second term an make it official in the ne year they clearly want a rematc with donald trump so they will talk about this. i think on the hill, it is interesting, it is a mixed bag kevin mccarthy is still trying to lock down the speakership and luke knows all about this. but he s not going to suddenly say, this report seems legit maybe i ll think about it. there s no way that they are going to take th recommendations, and barr trum from ever holding office again with the republicans coming in and controlling the house in january. but at the same time this was republican party that is not monolithic at this time on donald trump yes, many of them before the big lie over th last year or two, but now afte novemb
moment, or any moment for th past six years since donal trump emerged. he is as much of a coward as every single nationa republican on the playing fiel today. and if what you are seeing, amy, is that mitch mcconnell will not go so far as to tak action, which the committe recommended to ban trump fro running from office again, instead he is just going to do an interview here, and a interview there, and just drop these tents, what do the democrats do to take advantage of this moment where republicans are kind of dodging, weaving, and hiding? you know, i think that th democrats, first of all, the january 6th committee did it job. it did his job politically because it outlined to the american public the systematic attempt that donald trump made to subvert our democracy trump lead it, he knew about it, he knew it was illegal, and he did it anyway. and what it did, what that reported was continue to sho