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Know, the rally organizers and what happened after the rally, is that right? >> reporter: yeah, thats exactly right, anderson. and i caught up with jamie raskin of -- of maryland. he is a member of the house select committee. and he explained to me exactly what they were looking for. take a listen. >> well, we are trying to reconstruct the entire chain of events that led to the most violent assault on the u.s. capitol since the war of 1812. and 1814. so its important for us to figure out exactly...

Anderson. and i caught up with jamie raskin of -- of maryland. he is a member of the house select committee. and he explained to me exactly what they were looking for. take a listen. >> well, we are trying to reconstruct the entire chain of events that led to the most violent assault on the u.s. capitol since the war of 1812. # um and 1814. so, its important for us to figure out exactly what the relationships were between the official rally organizers and the white house. and the violent insurre...

Reporting by "the new york times" which says he was texting his fbi handler a play-by-play of events during the assault. the times report claims the narrative suggests the proud boys were caught up in mob mentality rather than a coordinated attack. and former reports should always be taken with a grain of salt. still, it raises serious questions about how this will impact the governments case against several proud boy members. im joined by arlette and sunderland. what does this times report reve...

Informant at all to me is significant. the issue i think, if you read the story, thats really important and that a lot of people are skipping over is something thats fundamental in the spy business. that is access. if you have somebody, and it looks like this person does not have access to leadership circles in the proud boys. if you have somebody thats not that significant, they can still tell you stuff like where are they meeting? when are they getting to the city? what are they talking about?...

This is the most anti-cop, anti-police statement that donald trump could put out. >> well, thats right. and this may not be the a-team, but these are people who feel like the former president is calling them the a-team and theyre people who probably want to be on the a-team, and whats one way of doing that for yourself? even if youre in a group thats only a few hundred instead of 10,000, sparking some violence, maybe initiating a clash with some counterprotesters, that can get you some attention...

Is a very real ending. we showed the photos here. you say that no great victory intellectually being right because everybody could make up their own mind, that is the theme of the covid year. >> but we should work with the right facts in history. but the next time there is a fear or a threat, farenheit 911, you mentioned how many people watched it because it was very effective at showing how fear is designed in a mob mentality, even a democracy to short circuit the thinking so people run on to t...

That u.s. forces were able to go and move across afghanistan with a very minimal force. but this is not the same thing. we are talking about a very dense urban area that has a mob mentality going on with it where they have taken over what were previously american high ground positions, very secure positions like our embassy as an example. extremely fortified places and they are learning about their capabilities more and more. so that is not the same situation. i believe if we want to flip that s...

Each with one minute. so we wanted to get there early. we were peaceful. one handed me a bottle of water prior to the meeting. we were fairly civil. i bumped knuckles with a gentleman prior to the meeting. understand inside the decordeco went out of control. that was a mob mentality. we recessed and came back. the board started talking. there are videos of one gentleman who spoke his mind and walked out and a bunch of people walked out in a very violent uproar. i use the word violent in terms of...

Be believed and treated fairly. all people should be given that. and everybody should have the chance to respond and everybody should be scrutinized with what they say by facts, context, and evidence. that hasnt happened here. our country has a rule of law. i believe in the rule of law. not mob mentality and not media mentality. the governor deserves to be treated fairly and that did not happen here. thank you for listening. thank you for your time. >> harris: and that was nearly a half hour of ...

All people should be given that. and everybody should have a chance to respond and everybody should be scrutinized with what they say by facts, context, and evidence. that hasnt happened here. our country has a rule of law. i believe in the rule of law. not mob mentality, and not media mentality. the governor deserves to be treated fairly. and that did not happen here. thank you for listening. and thank you for your time. >> all right, everybody. weve been listening to andrew