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He goes higher than that. under attack from a violent siege, he called president trump. he said reuters were breaking into his office. when it became apparent nothing would be done about it, mccarthy asked, quote, who the f do you any youre talking to? apparently the president already knew, a man who badly wanted to become speaker, which is why weeks later mccarthy went down to mar-a-lago and kissed the ring on the hand of the man who did not call off the mobs terrorizing him, but crucially coul...

Outside the capitol. leading the rally down some and anthony, yvonne cyr has no idea wait for her. >> and i was excited to get to the capitol. oh six sided to see what was going to happen. sweat 1:11 we started marching. >> 1776. alex jones, the conspiracy profiteer, with the organizer o stop the steal, aliaksandr come in toco begins his own march t the capitol ground. >> i skipped, literally skipped with my flag, all the way to th capitol. >> in the crowd, ashli babbit. >> where working with th...

We are going to walk down -- an when you walk, but right here, were going to walk down to the capitol. [applause ] to peacefully and patriotically make your voices heard. [chanting usa ] how would you characterize donald trumps speech at the ellipse on january 6th? in the siding. he said peacefully and patriotically, but he was telling people go up there. and its hard not to see that that was fomenting, and killing people that he had been [indiscernible] >> we will never take back our coun...

>> he was watching television and admiring what he saw. and was happy that the certification was delayed. they were near efforts to get them to issue some kind of statement. those did not work. he didnt make a single phone call to any member of his government. >> at 1:49 when bc place officially declared a riot, trump tweeted out to a speech o the ellipse, the very one that helped incite that riot. realizing the severity of the situation white house counsel pat cipollone rushed to mark meadows t...

>> which is a lonely said something to the effect of, "please make sure we dont go u to the capitol, cassidy, keep i touch with me." were going to get charges of every color imaginable if you make that movement happen." [chanting fight for trump] >> but nobody could change tr trumps mind. and has his family and aides arrived at the rally, his chief of staff mark meadows, was keeping the presidents hopes alive. >> why was mr. trump taking the stage that morning, he was unde the impression by mr. ...

The best route now." >> the catalog continues. military aid has confirmed that he wants to walk. they are begging him to reconsider. current route will be 15 to f and f to 6, 6 to 10, penn to th capitol. so this happened. >> what was he going to do up there? i think you are just going to lead his people, be with his base to lead his base. i dont think this was somethin that he had thought out too w well, other than he was acting like somebody we didnt think h had anything to lose is all vic pr...

President. take me up to the capitol now." to which bobby responded, "sir, you have to go back to the west wing, pickles the president reached up toward the front of the vehicle to grab at the steering wheel. mr. engel grabbed his arm and said, "sir, you need to take your hand off the steering whee we are going back to the west wing. we are not going back to the capitol." >> its a shocking story, and weve now heard from at least a washington, d.c. detective something very similar. >> trump would...

Investigation. >> well not talk about this until its over. >> reporter: and appeared before a grand jury in august. at the moment, perhaps the most perilous investigation for donald trump has nothing to do with the attack on the capitol. >> former president donald trumps mar-a-lago home in florida has been searched by the fbi. >> the investigation that at the moment seems most directly threatening to donald trump is the one into his handling of classified documents and taking documents to mar-a-...

Day. i just thought he was going to go out there, give a speech, an that that will be it. >> st. matthews is donald tr trumps former deputy white house press secretary, and was in the white house january 6th. >> it was kind of quiet, to be honest, in the west wing that morning, at least. >> that quiet would not last that long. after the speeches that the ellipse, the president returned to the white house and rioters made their way to the capitol. already aware of the increasing violence while tr...

[chanting usa] >> trump would repeat his dangerous lies and put a target on vice president pence prame. >> i hope mike is going to do the right thing. i hope so. and mike pence is going to have to come through for us. and that speech near its end, inside the capitol. >> the senate and house of representatives are meeting a joint session to verify the certificates and count the vote of the elect doors. >> but outside, headed their w way: >> ive got three men walking o the street on the scene carr...