of which those parties are supposed to be custodians, then maybe we are not up to this. that s a painful reality. we might as well say it. maybe for a series of reasons, too many americans are going to choose chaos and not the constitution. wow. it s a heavy statement to make. jon meacham is absolutely correct. the powers with the people here. we have to talk about this around elections and people coming out to vote and exercising their power and making their voice heard on the issues that affects them. but when we talk about what kind of country do we want to be, are people choosing chaos over the constitution and vice versa, this power directly rests with individual citizens which is why a point that you made multiple hours ago, steph, i would like to bring back to this, table you talked about how we are here having a fact
how do americans feel about a possible rematch? a new survey says more people feel exhaustion over the idea. 23% describe their feelings as hope. today more gun violence gripping america. this time at a post-prom party in jasper, texas. at least nine teenagers were injured after gunfire erupted at a house about 40 miles west of the texas/louisiana state line. our mark strassmann has a look at the impact recent shootings are having on an already anxious nation. reporter: time and again lately, innocence has met armed americans assuming the worst. a stray basketball rolled into a neighbor s yard in north carolina. gunshots. he shot my daddy. reporter: a texas cheerleader got into the wrong car. and in new york, cars pulling into the wrong driveway became a fatal mistake. each time, gunshots.
16-year-old ralph yarl rang the door bell of the wrong house. he s recovering from a gunshot to the head. he was supposed to stay outside and his brothers were supposed to run outside, get in the car. and they come home and that was what was supposed to happen. and why he was standing there, his brothers didn t run outside, but he got a couple of bullets in his body. reporter: legal experts say homeowner andrew lester may claim self-defense under missouri s stand your ground law. about 30 states have stand your ground laws. florida was first in 2005, a law made famous by the trayvon martin shooting in 2012. but those laws don t provide blanket protection for shooting anyone who comes at you. and one study linked stand your ground laws with an up to 11% monthly increase in gun homicides. it s a volatile, violent mix. armed americans already on edge and a minor mishap later, gunshots.
january 6th, telling them, be there, will be wild. the committee says for the right wing fringe, that one tweet was about instant call to action. and now donald trump is calling on his supporters to descend on washington, d.c., january 6th. he is now calling on we the people to take action and to show our numbers. if necessary, storming right into the capitol. january 6th! there s going to be a million plus geeked up, armed americans. the time for action is now. where were you when history called? one user asked, is the sixth d-day? is that why trump wants everyone there? reporter: today, the american people hearing one trump supporter, stephen ayres of ohio, who testified he answered the president s call. why did you decide to march to the capitol? well, basically, you know, the president, you know, got everybody riled up, told everybody to head on down. so, we basically we were just
that day, he said following trump s words. he s been charged. he said he believed the president s claim of a stolen election and he also believed it would be overturned that day, but in looking back, he now urges americans to take the blinders off. and that emotional moment right after the hearing today. rachel scott leading us off from the capitol again tonight. reporter: today, the january 6th committee methodically laying out how president trump summoned an armed mob to washington, d.c., ignoring his top white house advisers, who told him he had lost the election. we re coming for you! reporter: one of the loudest voices, his white house counsel pat cipollone. there was no evidence of election fraud sufficient to undermine the outcome in any particular state? yes, i agree with that. reporter: trump s attorney general agreed, his daughter ivanka, top cabinet secretaries. the president ignored them all. president trump is a 76-year-old man. he is not an impressionable ch