take as much time as you want. i m done. i m done. i m done. thank you, rachel. thank you. well, we are going to be joined tonight by congresswoman grace meng, who had a moment today in a house judiciary committee hearing that gave powerful voice to the thoughts and emotions that many asian-americans have experienced this week in particular. you could see in that moment a frustration that had been building for much longer than just this week. congresswoman grace meng took on a republican congressman from texas who tried to change the subject of the hearing, when the subject of the hearing was supposed to be about violence against asian-americans. we ll show you what happened in that hearing and grace meng joins us later in this hour. today the fbi released new videos of what officials called ten of the most violent but still unidentified suspects in the january 6th attack on the capitol. quote, the fbi is asking for the public s help in identifying ten individuals sus
in the presidential election. he said basically there were a bunch of ballots at that post office that had been sent in too late. they had been mailed in after election day was over, but his supervisor, he said, he heard talking about plans to doctor those ballots, to change the date, change i guess the postmarks on all of those ballots to make it look like they were sent in time, even though they weren t. da da da! very dramatic claim that would be a very illegal thing to do, right? so what did this letter carrier do with this information after he says he overheard this very damning, very concerning conversation that involved his supervisor? well, he went the a right wing activist group, and they drew up an affidavit, a statement that he then signed swearing that what i just described is what he witnessed. signed his name to the bottom of it, and then this right wing activist group publicly released this sworn affidavit as evidence of massive voter fraud. this is like the sw
we re going to be joined tonight by congresswoman grace meng who had a moment today in a house judiciary committee meeting that gave powerful voice to the thoughts and emotions that many asian-americans have been experiencing this week in particular. and you could see in that moment a frustration that had been building for much longer than just this week. congresswoman grace meng took on a republican congressman from texas who tried to change the subject of the hearing when the subject of the hearing was supposed to be about violence against asian-americans. we ll show you what happened in that hearing when grace meng joins us later in this hour. today the fbi released new videos of what officials called ten of the most violent but still unidentified suspects in the january 6th attack on the capitol. quote, the fbi is asking for the public s help in identifying ten individuals suspected of being involved in some of the most violent attacks on officers who were protecting the
they had been mailed in after election day was over, but his supervisor, he said, he heard talking about plans to doctor those ballots, to change the date, change, i guess, the postmarks on all of those ballots to make it look like they were sent in, in time, even though they weren t. dun, dun, da! that is a dramatic claim. that would be an illegal thing to do, right? so, what did this letter carrier do with this information after he says he overheard this very damning, very concerning conversation that involved his supervisor? well, he went to a right-wing activist group, and they drew up an affidavit, a statement that he then signed, swearing that what i just described is what he witnessed, signed his name to the bottom of it, and then this right-wing activist group publicly released this sworn affidavit as evidence of massive voter fraud. this is, like, the sworn affidavit thing, this is one of the weird things you kept hearing about from trump supporters and the trump cam
i m erin burnett. outfront tonight, defending the indefensible. tonight, investigators in georgia are trying to determine the motive of an alleged 21-year-old gunman who killed eight people, six of whom were asians. the fbi director says it does not appear to be racially motivated. but it comes in the midst of an anti-asian crime wave in this country that is down right disgusting. in a hearing today on capitol hill, which the whole purpose of this hearing was to raise awareness about the rise of anti-asian violence, congressman chip roy used his time to attack the very community the hearing was designed to protect and then even went on to glorify lynching. hear it for yourself. there s an old saying in texas about find a rope in texas and find a tall tree. i m not going to be ashamed to say i oppose the chicom. whether talking about the chinese communist party, whatever phrasing we want to use, some people say we think those guys are the bad guys, for whatever reason. and