and could you marry someone you had onlyjust met.? the reality show from down under, thats riding high in the ratings. hello, i m katty kay in washington, christian fraser is in london. why didn t the capitol hill police know that violence was possible onjanuary 6th? did the fbi miss crucial intelligence that might have alerted authorities to the eventual assault on congress? today the director of the fbi chris wray was giving his first public account of what the agency knew when and how they responded. he was pushed on whether the bureau had missed key intelligence. he mostly dodged the questions. we need to do better at collecting, was as far as he went. he did though dispel the myth, fed by the likes of republican senator ronjohnson, that antifa or fake trump supporters were somehow involved. it was he said a clear cut case of domestic terrorism. i was appalled like you at the violence and destruction we saw that day. i was appalled that you, our countries elected lead
today he s going to hit the road for his first official trip as commander in chief, milwaukee, wisconsin, will be his first stop and he s pitching his covid relief plan directly to the american people. passing relief is at the center of the tug of war right now on capitol hill between democrats and republicans. not so much nationwide, though. in fact, take a look at this. this is a recent quinnipiac poll and it found that 68% of americans support the president s relief plan. among republicans 47% oppose it. but 37% support it. washington post headline puts it this way. biden winning republican support for his $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief plan, just not in washington. and just a few moments we re going to talk to a republican mayor who is quoted in that piece about the real challenges facing his city and so many others right now. and it s not just pandemic relief dominating the conversation. democrats are looking to strike while the iron is hot, so to speak. later this w
keen about what to expect. the white house endorsed the idea for that commission as president biden prepares to leave for his first domestic trim. we begin this hour with the federal lawsuit filed by the naacp on behalf of mississippi democratic congressman benny thompson against former president donald trump and his lawyer rudy giuliani. along with extremist groups, the proud boys and to think he keepers for their roles in the capitol riot. the suit alleges that trump and giuliani violated the ku klux klan act. it was set up to interfere with constitutional duties. joining me, benny thompson, the chair of the homeland security committee. thank you so much for your time. let s start with the broad generalities here. what is the goal of this lawsuit? this case is civil, not criminal. we should note. is the purpose to create a record that trump violated the law or how would you describe it? well, it s to create the record but it is also to set the standard. if you disagree in
we go now to kenosha where alexis mcadams is live on the ground with more reaction. alexis? good morning. there was a lot of emotion inside of that courtroom here in kenosha, wisconsin. but those emotions didn t really flood out here onto the streets like some people expected as they braced for that verdict here in the kyle rittenhouse trial. and getting to what we know so far. so after more than 20 hours of deliberations behind those closed doors here in wisconsin the jury finding kyle rittenhouse not guilty on all five counts. the illinois teen now free after shooting three men killing two during the unrest following the police shooting of jacob blake in kenosha, wisconsin last summer. as each count was read rittenhouse breaking down in court grabbing his knees and the family very emotional. i looked at kyle and he looked at me and it was just one of those, you know, finally, finally. like kyle gets to start his life as a young man as an innocent, an acquitted, as a n
lie, the other searches for a message that would stick. as the 11th hour gets underway on this friday night. good evening, i m christiane stepping in for stephanie ruhle. on tonight, and your bunch of text messages between mark meadows and sean hannity revealing just how closely they work together to push trump s big lie. cnn reports they exchanged more than 80 messages between election day in 2020, and joe biden s inauguration. they suggest hannity was at times louis a fox news host, and more a white house advisor. even a researcher. on november 20, ninth 2020, he wrote, i ve had my team digging into the numbers. there s no way biden got those numbers. just mathematically impossible. it s so sad for this country that they can pull this off in 2020. we need a major breakthrough. meadows replied, you re exactly right. working on a breakthrough. but about a month later, as it became clear trump s efforts to challenge the election were going nowhere in the courts, and he began t