which laid out the case of who they said is at the center of the insurrection. here s congressman benny thompson. donald trump was at the center of this conspiracy. and ultimately, donald trump, the president of the united states, spurred a mob of tim aesthetic and the maze of the constitution. to march down the capitol, and subvert american democracy. any legal jargon that you care about seditious conspiracy, obstruction of a official proceeding, conspiracy to defraud the united states, boils down to this. january 6th, was the culmination of an attempted coup. a brazen attempt, as one wanted to put it, shortly after january 6th. to overthrow the government. who heard that right? quote. donald trump was at the center of this conspiracy to overthrow the government. it also blew a hole into any idea that this protest would a march to the capitol that would unintentionally turn violent. instead, there was planning and strategy. including by the proud boys who skipped the r
turned from protesters, to rioters, two insurrectionists. not only did president trump refused to tell the mob to leave the capitol, he placed no call to any element of the united states government to extract that the capital be defended. i can just remember my breath catching in my throat for her, because what i saw was a war scene. tonight i say this to my republican colleagues who s are defending the indefensible. there will come a day where donald trump is gone. your dishonourable remain. good morning. it is saturday june 11th. i m michael steele in for michael velshi. this morning we are bringing you a special hour on the first ever public hearing on the house select committee investigating the january 6th attack. we know more than we ever have about how the attack was planned and carried out. house investigators made it clear this week that they believe, and intend to prove to the american people, that the intent to overthrow the government originated with one m
from msnbc world headquarters. welcome to alex witt reports. we are beginning this hour with breaking news as thousands of students are leading marches and rallies early across this country demanding action on gun violence. survivors of the 2018 parkland school shooting are leading another push for a change in our gun laws. among those taking place at rallies today, younger students summoned in austin texas, saying that they are traumatized by active shooter drew drills and use of school shootings. this gathering took place in nashville in the last. our students were joined by moms demanding action. in new york city, moments ago, mayor eric adams joined those marching to demand action from congress. there s also pay paid tribute to ten killed in a racially charged shooting in buffalo last month and 21 tilde at robb elementary in uvalde. and one organizer said that more voices need to be added to the discussion. i m speaking for the places left out of the conversation about
more than 450 march for our live rallies taking place in cities or new york, to nashville, to austin. of course, in parkland florida where it all started four years ago with the first march for our lives. president biden making his voice heard with these marches in the backstop, calling on congress to pass a number of reforms including an assault weapons ban. let s turn now to our nation s capital where thousands assemble to call lawmakers to take some meaningful action on gun violence. let s bring in nbc s savannah sellers now, she is live in d.c. at this rally. savannah, i will ask you first, what are you hearing at today s event there in d.c., especially with the negotiations happening in the backstop trying to come up with some gun legislation? yeah, hey, aaron, we heard a lot about that and we saw a lot about that on posters all over the place. first, let me give you a little there are scheduled to go up until two, and 2:30 pm, this was full of the way back to the mo
today we are talking january 6th, and maybe you are wondering why symone, maybe you are saying symone the capitol attack last today, sure it was, bad but everywhere they went home, right? that is just it, y all. because we see through that sparked the insurrection are very much alive, the people from the capitol day they went home our democracy is still in danger. that is why, at least 20 million people tuned into the january 6th committee s first primetime hearing this past thursday, where they heard the testimony of capitol police officer caroline edwards, and documentary filmmaker nick quest among others. now the first people to breach the line of officers outside the capitol, they pushed edwards onto the concrete steps, knocking her unconscious. when she woke up, edwards went right back to the funding the united states capitol, only to be attacked again with chemical agents. yes, chemical agents. here is what she told committee members about that day. never in my wildes