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the january 6th committee kicking off its next public hearing just hours from now, and were told that theyre going to focus on the former presidents efforts to pressure mike pence to overturn the election and how it, quote, directly contributed to the insurrection. this coming as were getting new video of a capitol tour led by a republican congressman right before the riot. cnns ryan nobles has the latest now. >> reporter: theres no escape, pelosi, schumer. >> reporter: new video relea...

efforts to pressure mike pence to overturn the election, and how it, quote, directly contributed to the discussion. this as we get new video of a capital tour led by a republican congressman right before the riot. ryan nobles has the latest, now. >> there is no escape, policy. schumer. >> reporter: new video released by the january 6th select committee, showing a man outside the capital, directing threats to democratic members of congress. >> pelosi, nadler, schumer, even you, aoc. we ...

barrs statement that the department found no fraud sufficient to overturn the election. >> how did that affect your perspective about the election when attorney general barr made that statement? >> it affected my perspective. i respect attorney general barr. so i accepted what he said, was saying. >> but the committee is making it clear this is not just about what happened on january 6th, or in the days leading up to it. its about a clear and present danger to our democracy and what co...

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 mike pence had him as a lawyer during that time. he brings that kind of credibility and gravitas to this committee hearing. >> george, this is a reminder of what trump was saying about pence leading up to the attack on the capitol. here it is. >> i hope that our great vice president -- our great vice president comes through for us. hes a great guy. plus if he doesnt come through i wont like him quite as much. >> you think the committee is going to be able to prove that trumps pressure campa...

>> we do have that so people can see. someone with a megaphone reading a tweet and then you can hear the chants there. do we have that? >> hang mike pence. >> what happened before we didnt show it there was that person reading the tweet from donald trump about mike pence and, again, errol, when you look at that it matters because why? particularly as this committee has made clear that they are now making a case against donald trump. >> absolutely. it matters because the president and some of his...

>> a direct line from the actions of the insurrections? >> those were the words that the president chose rather than being presidential, being the commander in chief, having the platform and the microphone to speak to the nation about stopping violence and actually being responsible for carrying out our laws. he chose to point his anger towards the former vice president. as that tweet went out, the world saw it. and there you saw literally one the rioters with a megaphone reading it outloud and ...