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Does this? >> we cant. heres the reality we face. the obvious violence of this attack can be seen in video. but we have people who are more sophisticated who want to do violence to our constitution, to the rule of law, to the principles that our country is founded upon. theyve become more sophisticated. heres the problem. the very same republican lawmakers that are now trying to minimize the attack on the cap capitol, who voted to overturn an election even after we were under attack by people wh...

The path is gilded with the potential for rich returns. former vice president pence is defending the republican national committee, even after it voted to censure representatives liz cheney and adam kinzinger. just because of their roles in the select committee investigating january 6th. that resolution described the events that day as, quote, legitimate political discourse. pence argued yesterday the rnc was not referring to the people who engaged in violence at the cap capitol. >> i just don...

Slates of fake electors. joining us now is attorney and contributing columnist for the "washington post", george conway. george, so great to see you this morning. im curious to know what you think about this. before the investigation was really focused on rioters. we have seen hundreds of people charged in that. people who actually stormed the cap capitol. now it is getting closer to former president trump. what do you think about this? >> well, i think and i hope that they are doing exactly wha...

That is the definitive answer. this committee is investigating what happened leading up to january 6th, the assault on our cap capitol. really the assault on our democracy. what steps do we need the take to prevent that from happening again? what legislation needs to be inacted to counter this threat to our country? and that the president, a former president, would try and hide th things from the committee in this important work is very disappointing. >> did you antis cipate that th former presi...

>> i think that is the key question, don. what is it going to take? if you consider yourself a super patriot, then you have to believe in our democracy and the constitution. as you see more and more concrete examples, not from democrats or journalists but marine generals saying that this man was an unhinged threat to our democracy who they were concerned was contemplating a coup before the attack on our cap capitol, whats it going to take? whats it going to take to break that fever spell to say ...

These police officers who defended them and this capitol on january 6th. were seeing video, that shows how chaotic, how dangerous, how stri violent everything was. and were hearing from officer michael fanone. he suffered a brain injury and a heart attack. he went to introduce himself to congressman clyde here at the cap capitol. he said that clyde wouldnt shake his hand. he said he defended the capitol. and clyde turned from him. heres more on fanone. he was on "new day" earlier today. >> congr...

People didnt know things at certain time, you got to look at history of the big lie. on page 22. following the states certification, president trump cont continued to the assert that the election was stolen from him. further down the page, president trump addressed before noon, the president continued his claims of election fraud and encouraged his supporters to go to the cap capitol. this is really crucial. it did not say that claim was false so it was a lie. this is really, really important. i...

Hes trying to develop for the 2022 midterms. i think were going to get more trump grievances. and its very hard, i think, for other republicans as hard as mike pence is trying, to break through with something while donald trump is committed and obsessed with this notion that somehow he didnt lose the 2020 election. >> yeah. what do you think? >> i think thats true, and i think what youre going hear from trump when he does speak is what we heard from him right after he left office in his final sp...

Dinner in new hampshire. listen to what he said. >> january 6th was a dark day in the history of the united states cap capitol, but thanks to the swift action of the capitol police and federal law enforcement, violence was quelled. the capitol was secured. president trump and i have spoken many times since we left office, and i dont know if well ever see eye to eye on that day, but i will always be proud of what we accomplished for the american people over the last four years. [ applause ] >> an...