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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...

president trump gave no order to deploy the national guard that day and he made no effort to work with the department of justice to coordinate and deploy law enforcement assets. >> now, the committee heard from capitol police officer caroline edwards who was injured during the insurrection. they also played a video of mostly never before seen footage showing some of the most violent scenes on the day. >> we need back-up! [ bleep ]. >> we are going to give prior warning. >> declaring it...

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...

told him he needed to be doing something more. and aware of the rioters chants to hang mike pence, the president responded with this sentiment, quote, maybe our supporters have the right idea. mike pence, quote, deserves it. >> mike pence deserves it. thats one of several new findings revealed yesterday. you may hear there was nothing new, but thats not the truth. cheney revealed multiple republican congressman, including gop representative scott perry, sought presidential pardons for ...

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...

Hero, and a villain. i was called a traitor to my country, my oath, and my constitution. in actuality i was none of those things. i was an american. >> i was an american, more from officer edwards emotional testimony after a quick break. testimony after a quick break. azy things... ...because youre crazy... ...and you like it. you get bigger... ...badder... ...faster. ♪ you can never have too much of a good thing... and power is a very good thing. ♪ so this is the meta portal plus. a smart v...

I was called nancy pelosis dog. called incompetent. called a hero and a villain. i was called a traitor to my country, my oath, and my constitution. in actuality, i was none of those things. i was an american standing face to face with other americans asking myself how many times, many, many times, how we had gotten here. i had been called names before but never had my patriotism or duty been called into question. >> caroline is a professor of critical theory and social justice at objexidental c...

I was called a lot of things on january six, 2021, and the days thereafter. i was called nancy pelosis dog, called incompetent, called a hero, and a villain. i was called a traded to my country, my oath, and my constitution. in actuality, i was none those things. i was an american, standing face to face with other americans asking myself how many times -- how many, many times we had gotten here -- i had been called names before, but never had my patriotism or duty been called into question. i, w...

And militia gear. some were groups that were coordinating the initial assault, many were average citizens who bought into the big lie, but all were hooked on the drug of hyperpartisanship and these self-styled superpatriots attacked police officers in an attempt to stop the peaceful transfer of power. listen to the testimony of officer caroline edwards. >> i was called a traitor to my country, my oath, and my constitution. in actuality, i was none of those things. i was an american, standing fac...

And start enjoying rewards like these, and so much more in the xfinity app! and dont miss jurassic world:dominion in theaters june 10th. we are hearing chilling new details of how the violence unfolded on january 6th. u.s. capitol police officer caroline edwards testified that she was knocked unconscious that day. said she had an adrenaline rush when she regained consciousness that allowed her to fight off rioters. she compares her most vivid memories to, quote, a war scene. >> i was called a ...