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turned from protesters, to rioters, two insurrectionists. >> not only did president trump refused to tell the mob to leave the capitol, he placed no call to any element of the united states government to extract that the capital be defended. >> i can just remember my breath catching in my throat for her, because what i saw was a war scene. >> tonight i say this to my republican colleagues whos are defending the indefensible. there will come a day where donald trump is gone. your dishon...

revealing that the capitol attack was farm of former president trumps plans, not just a rally that got out of control. as chairman bennie thompson put it, quote, the violence was no accident. i represented trumps last stand, the most desperate chance to hold the transfer of power. officials testified that they informed trump repeatedly that he lost. former ag bill barr called bs on trumps election conspiracies. according to the committee -- >> i had three discussions with the president...

chilling conspiracy to remain in power. an intentional scheme that played out in seven different way, one that culminates in an attempted coup. >> all americans should keep in mind this fact. on the morning of january 6, president trumps intention was to remain president of the united states despite the lawful outcome of the 2020 election and in violation of his constitutional obligation to relinquish power. over multiple months donald trump oversaw and coordinated a sophisticated seve...

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...

as they fell, you know. it was carnage. it was chaos. >> it was an emotional night for police officers like carey dunne and brian sicknicks partner brought to tears, reliving the horrific day. carey dunne will join us just ahead. the committee also used testimony from trumps own attorney general, and his daughter and adviser ivanka trump to show president trump was told repeatedly his claims of election fraud were a lie or as bill barr put it, bs, and he did not abbreviate. and commi...

attempt to overturn a free and fair election. we saw stunning new images of officers desperately calling for backup as they were attacked by the rioters. there were also several new revelations from members of trumps inner circle in their testimony. his former attorney general bill barr detailed how he told the president his election fraud claims were b.s. trumps own daughter, ivanka trump, testifying that when she heard that she believed barr, and the committee vice chair, republican ...

election fraud. trump and his advisers knew he lost the election. a fox political editor will be one of the witnesses called to testify. last night, the committee gave a damming two-hour opening presentation that argued that the former president led a sophisticated 7-point plan to overturn the 2020 election, incite the capitol riot, and subvert american democracy. >> all americans should keep in mind this fact, on the morning of january 6th president donald trumps intention was to rema...

attention off the biden administrations failings. >> all theyre doing is try to paint a new political narrative in november. >> its inflation, sky high gas prices. border crisis. democrats created the crisis. the hearings are no more than an attempt to change the narrative. they are desperate. >> we all know its a sham committee process. they want to put donald trump in jail. if they dont get that they want to keep his name off the ballot. >> dana: chad pergram is live on capitol hill ...

and well get a live reaction from the white house. but we begin with the house committee investigating the deadly january 6 capitol insurrection. holding its first in a series of highly-anticipated public hearings last night. the panel released previously unseen footage of the riot. and featured damning testimony to make the case that the january 6th attack was the direct result of then president donald trumps desperate attempts to cling to power. the chairman of the committee congress...

has taken office. >> neil: after more than 1,000 interviews, tens of thousands of documents and hundreds of hours of video and audio recordings, some never seen or heard before, its on. the january 6 committee is ready to make its case and democrats say its a damning case of a president determined to up end the golf as he sought to nullify an election. republicans say its a prime time snow job. intended to deflect attention away from soaring prices, soaring crime and plain old sore ame...