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should have refused to count the electoral votes. and he should thereby have thrown out the results of the presidential election on january 6th at the u.s. capitol. that, i mean, bottom line -- thats why trump called for a rally in washington d.c. on january 6th. a rally he said would be wild. thats why he then told the people who showed up, when he called them to d.c., that today, that they should march down to the capitol. what was happening at the capitol at that moment? trump hoped...

presidential election on january 6th at the u.s. capitol. that, i mean, bottom line -- thats why trump called for a rally in washington d. c. on january 6th. a rally he said would be wild. thats why he then told the people who showed up, when he called them to d. c., that today, that they should march down to the capitol. what was happening at the capitol at that moment? trump hoped, trump was trying to engineer, that mike pence would reject the votes of the electoral college and there...

we got an answer about the mob that day looking for individual members of congress, hunting down individual lawmakers they wanted to target. the answers we got today were the worst possible answers. we have been looking at this. weve been asking questions about this for a long time, since right after the attack, including multiple segments here on this show talking about it. now, as of today, the whole country looks like we finally know. it started, for us, we first got word of this...

releasing damning new testimony from an attorney in trumps white house. in a tease of sorts for next weeks hearing watch this -- >> in our next hearing on thursday, the select committee will examine president trumps relentless effort on january 6th and in the days beforehand to pressure vice president pence to refuse to count lawful electoral votes. as a federal judge has indicated, this likely violated to federal criminal statutes. >> to. and thats heating up the comment, the committe...

class. there is either extreme rich or extreme poor and the rest of us just kinds of fall through the cracks. >> it is exactly those kinds of voters that democrats and the white house are trying to reach. we heard the president just yesterday insisting that americans should trust that he has a plan to help working families. but those families are feeling frustrated and overwhelmed. and, in fact, we saw a little of president bidens own frustration in a letter today where he lashed out a...

the january 6th committee hearings. an in-depth look at the committees dramatic first public hearing this week. >> donald trump was up the center of this conspiracy. >> president trump summoned the mob, assembled the mob and lit the flame of this attack. >> but committee providing a wealth of material, including never before seen footage of the riot as it unfolded. >> [noise] >> they were peaceful people. these were great people. the crowd was unbelievable. there was love in the air. i...

the january 6 u.s. capitol riot. >> we dont swear an oath to an individual or a political party. we take our oath to defend the united states constitution. >> we have a breach at the capitol. >> our work must do much more than just look back. the cause of our democracy remains in danger, conspiracy to fraught the will of the people is not over. >> it is friday, june 10th, 4:00 a.m. in washington where the house select committee investigating the capitol riot says january 6 was the cull...

on the u.s. capitol, that he was the central player in trying to overturn the election and that they have the evidence to prove it. over the next few weeks we will see how they meet the high bar they have set for themselves. during the primetime hearing they presented never before seen video of the violence as rioters breached the capitol and there was testimony from a u.s. capitol police officer who suffered a traumatic brain injury during the attack. republican liz cheney presented t...

that. make no mistake, tonights so-called hearing is not in good faith, it is not an honest probe into the security breakdown on that fateful day, and we will prove that to you tonight. instead, it is a made-for-tv smear campaign against president trump, featuring sliced and diced video that fits their predetermined political narrative from the very beginning, accompanied by the biggest trump haters on capitol hill. every single person on this committee is on record hating president tr...

here. from all of our colleagues across the networks of msnbc news, thank you for staying up late and i will see all of you at the end of tomorrow. tomorrow now it is a top of the hour. we are looking at live images of the cannon caucus room at the u.s. capitol. members of the january six investigation are about to enter the room and take their seats. in terms of what we are expecting, here betty thompson is expected to gavel the hearing in the session. as i was mentioning we expect op...