trump recorded the day after the riots on january 7th. the whole thing is only about three minutes long of what we saw. but it took an hour to shoot, according to the washington post. and even then, it still needed to be edited. watch for when the camera position changes. now congress has certified the results. a new administration will be inaugurated on january 20th. my focus now turns to ensuring a smooth, orderly, and seamless transition of power. this moment calls for healing and reconciliation. 2020 has been a challenging time for our people. a menacing pandemic has upended the lives of our citizens. so, how was the other 57 minutes spent? what s in those outtakes? and why was it so hard for him to condemn the violence? now, those outtakes, we re told are going to be part of the committee s case that donald trump abandoned his duties as president, like to stop his own supporters from attacking the u.s. capitol for more than three hours, mind you. and tonight, we ha
on the green agenda. can the congress rein in energy costs. in a moment, we will speak about all of this. sandra: big show coming up. first, america reports with the safety of the supreme court in focus at this hour following a threat on the life of justice brett kavanaugh. hello, welcome everyone. sandra smith on this thursday afternoon in new york. hi, john. john: good to see you, glad you got the pink memo today. john roberts in washington. activists assembling outside of kavanaugh s home to protest demonstrations that are prohibited under federal law. the protest and in your face exercise just hours after police arrested a man accused of planning to assassinate the justice. police have charged nicholas roske with attempted murder. he could be indicted as early as today according to a criminal complaint. roske was planning to kidnap and kill kavanaugh when he was arrested early wednesday morning. sandra: republicans point the fingers at democrats rhetoric on abort
video tape depositions and interviews and weaving it into the hearing. i think while there may just be two people sitting live at the witness table, we re going to hear from a lot of people who worked in the white house for donald trump. and i think it s going to be very compelling. the two witnesses are extremely credible. i led the staff interviews of both of them, and i can tell you they came across as sincere and credible. so, i think they re going to be powerful. but we re going to hear from others. i expect to hear from people like pat cipollone and people close to donald trump. i wonder in those moments where you were having the initial witnesses and interviews, were there moments you had the jaw drop and the aha moments and have we seen those moments playing out already? is there more in reserve? every hearing so far has had more information, and i think the same is going to be true of this next one. i don t know if there s going to be anything that s going to quite match w
what does the committee intend to do tonight? the january 6th committee, the mission tonight is an opening statement to the american people and then a preview of other upcoming hearings. committee aides say there will be multi-media presentations throughout the 90 minute or so hearing, fresh video and audio not publicly released before. and clips from video tape depositions the committee has done. aides say they will remind people what happened. initial findings about the january 6th attack and causes and connect the dots for the american people. house speaker nancy pelosi offered this preview to reporters a short time ago. tonight will be sort of an opening of the narration, the narrative of what happened as an assault on our democracy, on our constitution, on our capitol, on our congress, in a very violent
there is a large segment of people saying this is america. in terms of past behavior, the press conference, we have never seen evidence of anything remotely like this. there were lawsuits by the federal government by the department of housing and justice that were settled. in today s day and age of social media would we have approached it differently? maybe. he settled but he was sued over and over again. there were video tape depositions of people testifying to abhorrent bayer behavior and just because he had the money to settle and have those never get adjudicated, why didn t you launch your own investigation? i don t have a good answer for that.